Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka
The SLFP participation at the Ratnapura rally trumped the cooptation (‘National Government’) tactic of the SLFP Rightwing.  The anti-Mahinda tendency of the SLFP is now caught in the coils of its own contradictions. If it follows the …

(Courtesy of  The Island)
D. Chandrasiri Unawatuna
According to news item appearing in the island of March 13, 2015, the Northern Provincial Chief Minister, Mr. C. V. Wigneswaran has said that the time has come to move ahead of the …

(Courtesy of Sunday Times)

Almost a century ago — August 1920 to be precise, the United States of America passed the 19th Amendment to its Constitution. By this amendment, its Congress (Parliament) granted franchise – the vote, to adult women …

(By Courtesy of The Island March 24, 2015)

By Neville Ladduwahetty

The Island editorial of March 16, 2015 quotes Northern Province Chief Minister C. V. Wigneswaran as having stated as follows during Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Jaffna:

 “Thirteenth …

By Shamindra Ferdinando

Courtesy of The Island

Removal of security zones in the North – paving way to terrorism again

High Security Zones (HSZs) had been an integral part of the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) defences in the …

By Ranjith Soysa

(Courtesy of The Nation)

In 1987, the Indian Peace Keeping Force was deployed in Sri Lanka after signing the Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka as expected ended up …

The post-independent period is a unique segment of Sri Lankan history where everything that ought to have happened, happened without breaking up the democratic foundations of the nation which is a  remarkable achievement.  In the main, the nation faced (1) …

By Mano Ratwatte –

 Modi’s new India

Let’s take a good look at a few recent Indian and Sri Lankan headlines. Senior BJP leader Subramaniam Swamy said “God does not reside in Mosques and churches which are only places of …

There are huge problems with the proposed 19^th Amendment to the Constitution.  In this article I’ll focus on just the first and foremost of those, which has to do with the proposed changes to the Executive.  (I am using …

Beijing:  Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Tamil-dominated Jaffna as “interference” in Sri Lanka’s affairs, an official Chinese think tank today said the recent “incidents” in Sino-Lankan ties are sufficient to “merit Beijing’s attention.”

“PM Modi’s trip to Sri …