When the members of the JO rushed to the President’s Office like a shoal of fish rushing to a fleshy bait (an apt simile from our classical literature) and when at the end of it Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that he …

The British ruled parts of Sri Lanka from 1796 and the whole of Sri Lanka from 1815 to 1948. Sri Lanka marks 4 February 1948 as its day of Independence. When our history is related by the very nations that …

There is a reason to say majority of conflicts today are a result of policies of colonial rulers. Western European invader-rulers have done much damage to the world. There is little they can argue against this. Creation of artificial states …

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By Bandu de Silva

Nehru’s Dilemma

The history of India’s attitude towards the Palestine issue and response to the creation of the state of Israel from the days of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru presents an interesting …

We can all agree that democracy has become a farce in practice. Political parties will go down on their knees and beg for people’s vote promising to deliver the sun & the moon but after elections voters will see only …

In August 2013, President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed a Presidential Commission to investigate complaints of abductions and disappearances”. The terms of reference were expanded in July 2014 to include an investigation into civilian loss of life at the end of Eelam …

By Dr. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA

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There were strange reactions to Sri Lanka’s political responses to and UN vote on the issue of Jerusalem. There are those spokespersons of the Sinhala Far Right who criticized the Sri Lankan …

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British High Commissioner in Colombo James Dauris recently warned that disputes about the number of people killed or missing, during the war, or in the immediate aftermath of the conclusion of military offensive, in May 2009, …

Even to dance the tango the two have to dance to not only the same tune but to the same steps. What is clear from the very statements by Tamil leaders and their representative parties over the years is that …

It is high time that someone invited the London Mayor to Sri Lanka and detailed him of the British atrocities here as we observe the 200th anniversary of the Uva Wellassa massacre. It is high time that someone demanded an …