President Maithripala Sirisena’s speech, covering several key aspects of his six-month rule, was timed to be a critical political intervention on the eve of election. The broad overview of his stewardship was angled to undermine his bete noir, Mahinda …

By Milinda Senawiratna
So finally the President has spoken.  That’s good.  He was correct when he said that he had been vilified no end during the past few weeks.  He added for good measure ‘as no other president before me …

If the sovereignty of Sri Lanka is inalienable and lies in the People that a set of people are brought into Parliament given strategic portfolios is a violation of that franchise. This is one argument to do away with the …

Truth always has a way of coming out eventually. The LTTE propagandists in their over-enthusiasm to portray a fictitious ‘genocide’ is now attempting to compare Mullaivaikkal with Srebrenica little realizing that the Srebrenica ‘genocide’ has become a proven hoax. Yet, …

By Neville Ladduwahetty

The forthcoming election is between supporters of former President Rajapaksa and those who are upset with the very prospect of his return to politics.

The motivations of the two camps are driven by contrasting values.

The values …

(Courtesy of The Island)

By Sumanasiri Liyanage

Many people belonging to Colombo civil society appear to think that every one—rich and poor, old and young, urban and rural—wishes to have good governance (yahapalanaya). Mesmerized by the term and its …

(Courtesy of  Asian Tribune – May 2005)

 By H.L.D.Mahindapala

It is not fashionable to be identified as a Sinhala-Buddhist in the current climate where all blame is heaped on them for the north-south crisis that exploded in devastating proportions in …

When colonial invaders landed in Sinhale with the intent to trade and spread Christianity they had just one obstacle and one enemy – the Sinhalese Buddhists. The nation of Sinhale to which these colonials arrived saw the culture, the heritage, …

The State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China published a report titled “Human Rights Record of the United States in 2014” on Friday.

Human Rights Record of the United States in 2014

State Council Information Office of …