By Senaka Weeraratna

Buddhism has shaped the lives of our people, the identity, and the direction of our society in a way unmatched by any other religion. Buddhism has been the national faith for over two millennia and the bedrock …

(Courtesy of The Island)

By Shamindra Ferdinando

Sri Lanka lacked a strategy to counter lies, propagated by Western powers, bent on undermining the war effort.

Successive governments, particularly the war-winning Rajapaksa administration, had been overwhelmed by high profile relentless propaganda …

Can you really divide a country and tell a group of people to live on one side and declare the other side newly ‘independent’? What a preposterous suggestion. Prey tell us how this can be an ideal situation when majority …

(Courtesy of The Ceylon Today)

BY PANCHAMEE HEWAVISSENTI

Although, Sri Lanka’s Constitution declares that the country is a ‘Unitary State’ some are of the view that the country should be a ‘United State’. Legal experts say that 13th Amendment would …

By Hassina Leelarathna

(Sri Lanka Express)

When it comes to US foreign policy, there’s no difference between the Democrats and Republicans: both believe in American Exceptionalism and, consequently, both parties believe that the United States is predestined and entitled to …

There was a regime change in Sri Lanka on January 8, 2015 and the Yahapalanaya government was voted to power due to two reasons. Firstly President Mahinda Rajapaksa who gave political leadership that resulted …

(Courtesy of The Isalnd)

By SANJA DE SILVA JAYATILLEKA

“Engaging in arguments and debates in the international domain over the number of civilians who may have died at a particular time in the country will not help resolve any issues, …

(Courtesy of The Island) 

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By Bandula Jayasekara

It was July 1981. I still remember when our family came to Diyatalawa to see my fourth brother Rohana passing out as a 2nd Lieutenant from Sri Lanka Army’s Intake 13. It …

by Lakshman I. Keerthisinghe

On the basis of the evidence available to this Commission and the prevailing law, the suggestion that the crime of genocide was or may have been committed during the final phase of the war is without …