The University of Jaffna is a State university. It is funded by the Government of Sri Lanka and Faculty are paid salaries by the GoS. Therefore, all staff are bound by rules & regulations applicable to the Public Sector. Jaffna …

The Government was elected on a mandate promising not to sell the national assets and resources of the country. Whatever, MoUs or MoCs are cited as excuses, we do not owe any explanation to India for breaking any bilateral …

The Olcott Oration delivered to the Old Boys Association of Ananda College (November 2020, Perth, Western Australia)

By Dr D Chandraratna

(Continued from Midweek Review (30. 12.2020) 

Buddhist Schools and Col Olcott

With Col Olcott’s initiative and guidance, the theosophists …

Sri Lanka is an island nation which makes its ports and airports – the entry & exit points to the Nation strategically important and necessitates elected governments to place this significance above all else. The importance of Colombo Port is …

UK wants to bring war crimes Resolution against Sri Lanka at UNHRC

The court could have set a powerful precedent in holding Britain to account. Instead, it has become a laughing stock and few will be able to take it …

President Trump’s pardon of four Blackwater mercenaries, tried and convicted of mass murder in Baghdad during the Iraq War, is a clear signal that American soldiers and the paramilitary thugs who assist them can kill with impunity in wars of …

Tamil politicians can speak for the welfare and rights of the Tamils, Muslims can demand rights and privileges for Muslims, Hindus, Christians and Catholics can demand their rights but why is it considered taboo for Sinhalese to speak about the …

Jean Shaoul

(Courtesy by www.wsws.org)

The Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) Service Prosecuting Authority (SPA) has acknowledged that none of the allegations of war crimes made against British soldiers in Iraq are likely to lead to a criminal prosecution.

SPA Director …

(Courtesy The Island)

From 2012, Reconciliation and Accountability have been the twin pillars of the series of Resolutions that emerged from the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Perhaps, the thinking of those who developed the formula of linking Reconciliation …

(Courtesy by https://www.wsws.org)

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has abandoned its inquiry into war crimes committed by British troops in Iraq between 2003 and 2008.

The decision is a green light to the major powers to ignore international criminal and …