Courtesy of The Island

by M.L.Wickramasinghe

There is a continuing and interesting dialogue on the Constitution. The majority of Sri Lankans is strongly apprehensive of federalism and believes that maintaining the status quo with regard to the current limits on …

By Rohana R. Wasala

The United States State Department’s 2016 International Religious Freedom Report on Sri Lanka is replete with distortions of the factual situation in the country regarding religious freedom. This is my personal view as an ordinary Sri …

By Neville Ladduwahetty

(Courtesy of The Island)

A petition (SC SPL 03/2014) was filed in the Supreme Court claiming that the “aims” and “objects” of the Illankai Thamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) was to establish a separate state under terms of …

(Courtesy of Daily Mirror)

The weekly evidence of the unprecedentedly dependent, servile character of the Yahapalana administration came in the form of a report in the prestigious Hindu by its smart, Colombo based correspondent Meera Srinivasan. Captioned ‘India keen to …

The real reason behind the lynching of Wijayadasa Rajapakshe

By Dr. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA

The Working Committee of the UNP disgracefully passed a unanimous vote of no-confidence against Minister of Justice and Buddha Sasana Wijayadasa Rajapakshe. …

By Abhijit Singh

Sri Lanka’s pact with China for Hambanbota port may well be a case of strategic deception, and not just a political balancing act between India and China.

 Late last month, Colombo inked a revised version of a …

(Courtesy of The Island)

The unprecedented political crisis caused in the wake of the alleged Central Bank-Perpetual Treasuries bond scams has threatened the continuation of the UNP-SLFP coalition.

Perpetrated in Feb. 2015’ and March 2016, the alleged scams, compelled President …

By Neville Ladduwahetty

(courtesy of The Island)

MP Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne P.C. during the course of an interview had stated: “We must go for a referendum if we are to introduce a new Constitution. For example, if we want …

By Brian Senewiratne –

President Sirisena and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe claim that since they took over Government from the Rajapaksas in 2015, the situation in Sri Lanka has changed for the better. However, a report by the International Truth and

A country has every right to protect its history & heritage. A country has every right to react to the sinister plans taking place to create an artificial history by removing a history that is over 2600 years old. A …