Is it liberally chic to treat the Chinese in a racist manner, just because China is a key investor in this country? The Port City Commission Bill, made into law recently, has brought on in its wake a steady stream …

For more than three decades, the terrorist environment has had a very long history of the desperate desire to achieve a narrow goal of establishing a separate state in Sri Lanka.In fact, it was the era that brought death to …

Tolerance means sympathetic understanding

Tolerance means the ability to live with others who hold different views, and perhaps follow different ways of life that arise from such views; without interfering with them or attempting to force one’s own ideas and …

My intention in writing this note is to share with others my thoughts on the above question developed through, reading, varied experiences and quiet reflection over many years. I claim no expert knowledge on the issues involved but I consider …

On 18 March 2021, nine US Members of Congress co-signed a letter addressed to the US Secretary of State Mr. Anthony Blinken. They didn’t mince their words. Immediately after congratulating Mr. Blinken on his new appointment the 9 Congress representatives …

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing – Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke was an influential Anglo-Irish politician, orator and political thinker, known for publicly expressing his opposition to the French Revolution. …

NEW DELHI, May 17: New excavations across Asia suggest that Buddhism had spread wider, lasted longer and was more influential than anyone thought till now.

Across Asia, geography is changing history. A slew of excavations and chance discoveries shows that …

Sri Lanka brought the war to a successful conclusion on the morning of May 19, 12 years ago. The nearly three-year-long combined security forces campaign ended on the banks of the Nanthikadal lagoon with the elimination of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the …

Last month, in the runup to the 12th anniversary of the end of Tamil terrorism in Sri Lanka, the Association of Relatives of the Disappeared in the Sri Lankan Civil War organized roadside event in the Vavuniya  in Sri Lanka’s …

Canada has long had issues with Sri Lanka ever since the 1983 race riots. The country opened its doors with an abundance of goodwill to planeloads of ‘refugees’ fleeing from the madness. Keen to showcase the nation as a caring …