There is much hullabaloo over the pardoning of Corporal Sunil Ratnayake by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The usual set of culprits are 24×7 preoccupied in carrying out a globally hyped campaign against the decision. Everyone does make mistakes. People are after …

By C. A. Chandraprema

(Courtesy of The Island)

A veritable caterwaul of protest has erupted from local and international NGO quarters over the presidential pardon extended to a former soldier Sunil Ratnayake, who had been convicted and sentenced to death …

(First Released in 2015)

Sri Lanka is a resplendent island, famous for its scenic beauty and its Theravada Buddhist cultural heritage.

Our great nation epitomized the great and good in human nature. Compassion, selflessness, generosity, integrity and, above all, merciful …

By Shenali Waduge 

As if we did not have one global virus to contend with – there is another biased virus. A bandwagon calling themselves human rights activists deem the pardon of ‘butcher’ Sunil Ratnayake to be an …

(This article firstly released in 2015)

War hero Ratnayaka Mudiyanselage Sunil Ratnayaka is on death row at the age of just 38 for the crime of protecting his country from bloodshed and ruin. Very little is known of Sunil by …

The pioneering Indo-Aryan settlers, who came to be known as Sinhalese later, never stopped making history from the time they stepped ashore. The mission of making history came naturally to them. It was their innate penchant for making history that …

By Kamalika Pieris

The government, the public and even our own soldiers thought that the LTTE was a superior fighting force, said Kamal Gunaratne

A senior minister told Kamal Gunaratne, the present Secretary of Defense, you can’t win the war …

The US embassy Colombo is repeatedly saying $480m is a gift & not a loan from the US to the People of Sri Lanka but then insists on signing an agreement & having it passed in Parliament, affording US troops, …

(Courtesy of Daily Mirror)

According to Mr. Premadasa, the blame for resolution 30/1 ultimately lies with the people who were in power in 2009 and now that they are back in power they cannot arbitrarily withdraw from the …

The former Colombo Chief Magistrate Thilina Gamage has made 3 startling allegations at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on political victimization as per 6 March 2020 Island newspaper article by Shamindra Ferdinando. Mr. Gamage is alleging that UK intervened in …