by Shamindra Ferdinando

(Courtesy of The Island)

Foreign Secretary Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage on Monday (25) night revealed that the government was having discussions with the UK-led Sri Lanka Core Group in a bid to explore the possibility of reaching …

In all likelihood, Sri Lanka will face a tough resolution at the March session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, as the draft sent to the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry by the Office of the High Commissioner …

Was TNA created by the LTTE in 2001? Yes.Press release on 22 Oct 2001 was signed by Sampanthan for TULF, N.Kumarakuruparan  for ACTC, N. Srikantha  for TELO & K.Premachandran for EPRLF. Why was TNA formed by LTTE in 2001? …

Sri Lanka is never short of controversy. Colombo East Container Terminal is at the centre of a major national crisis which would decide the future of the current government and would decide the country’s future. The issue has traversed this …

(Sources: https://www.wsws.org)

ARD, the German public television network, began the new year with a controversial programme examining the value of police using torture to compel suspects to confess.

The network went to considerable lengths, broadcasting Enemies (Feinde) in …

The Tamil National Alliance was formed in 2001 by the LTTE and became known as LTTE’s political wing. The rationale to create a political wing was probably the outcome of 9/11 and the US steered global ‘war against terror’. The …

Was TNA created by the LTTE in 2001? Yes.Press release on 22 Oct 2001 was signed by Sampanthan for TULF, N.Kumarakuruparan  for ACTC, N. Srikantha  for TELO & K.Premachandran for EPRLF. Why was TNA formed by LTTE in 2001? …

There is much hue and cry over allegations of post-independent Sri Lanka disenfranchising Indian Tamils. Let us therefore address this question directly.

Sri Lanka was illegally invaded and occupied by 3 western European countries from 1505 – the Portuguese, the …