Cyril Ramaphosa is the Deputy President of South Africa and the Deputy President of its ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC). He visited Sri Lanka in 2014 at the invitation of the Rajapakse Government and now immediately following the …

I am disappointed with my countrymen. The 69th anniversary of independence was celebrated with the usual enthusiasm. National flags were hoisted even in private homes. But there was no mention of the atrocities the British committed during …

If a government is supposed to be by the people and for the people why should MPs who have been rejected by the people be brought back into Parliament through the backdoor using the provision of the national list. What …

This is a very serious agreement. It will affect the national security of the country, future ethnic composition of the country, the livelihood & employment of Sri Lankans, the question of resources to meet a large flow of Indians arriving …

Time to re – write our history books

August 15 is the day Japan commemorates the war’s end. Soon it will be 70 years after that day in 1945 when two Atomic Bombs dropped from American planes on Hiroshima and …

Sunday Times 2

By Lt Col (Retd) Anil Amarasekera

The general elections on 17th of August will decide which political party will rule this country for the next five years. The two main contending political parties are the UPFA and …

It was the time when terror enveloped the whole of Sri Lanka. The JVP’s second insurgency was raging. Many were the sacrifices made to appease the demons in human form. They were celebrating and enjoying life while murder squads under …

Ira de Silva London

“It is imperative that the UNP, SLFP and all other parties clearly state their intentions and attitudes regarding the TNA manifesto without confusion, obfuscation and half truths and include them in their manifestos and  public speeches. …

Sri Lanka’s geopolitical positioning has been both a blessing and a curse. Despite 17 invasions from South India, 3 Christian Western colonial occupations over 410 years at no time did Sri Lanka fall except to be handed over to the …

The impression made with each commemorative year of the 1983 riots is that the violence and mayhem were committed by the Sinhalese public. This is far from the truth. The Sinhala public have been declared guilty by default for lack …