By Prof. Chandre Dharmawardana
(Courtesy of The Island)

The so-called  Millenium Challenge Compact (MCC)  of the USA  proposes to grant nearly half a billion dollars to Sri Lanka’s development. Sri Lanka has already received over 2.5 billion in Chinese aid, …

His task will be tell the UNHRC session in February-March 2020 what Sri Lanka can and cannot do in the matter of accountability for alleged war crimes.

Veteran Sunday Island columnist, C.A.Chandraprema, has been appointed as Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative …

On 4^th March 2011, the Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry responded to the adopting of Resolution (S. Res 84) by US Senate. What is poignant about US Resolution and Sri Lanka’s response is the manner that the groundwork had been …

By Shamindra Ferdinando

(Courtesy of The Island)

Oct 2015 Geneva Resolution based on pack of lies

Apropos Midweek piece ‘What will be Prez Gotabaya’s Geneva policy’ published in the January 15, 2020, edition of The Island, Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera has …

(courtesy of The Island)

Amidst the flurry of diplomatic activity that characterized the past week, the visit of Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov from 13th-14th January had significance for its resonance both locally and regionally. From Colombo Minister Lavrov went …

Ranil Wickremesinghe’s refusal to quit, when the rising waves of the UNP are pushing him out, confirms his total inability to grasp the grinding power of the ground realities that had knocked him out 30 times in the power struggle …

Jana. M. Jananayakam
(Courtesy of The Sunday Island)

The Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord was signed in Colombo on July 29, 1987, between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayewardene. The accord was expected to resolve …

(Courtesy of The Sunday Island)

During the two-day adjournment debate on the policy statement delivered by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R Sampanthan’s outburst had more holes than a target sheet in a firing range (and Swiss …

Military personnel, stationed in the North, are often perplexed when told that their continued presence is objectionable to the local population. Their experience is different. When they ask the people about their presence, the answer they receive is a positive …

By Gamini Keerawella
Professor Emeritus, University of Peradeniya
(Courtesy of The Island)

Matters relating to the substance of democracy and the texture of civic space in Sri Lanka have emerged as focal issues in political discourse more than ever today, …