No lessons learnt from Dr. Shafi affair

The Health Services Committee of the Public Service Commission last week closed its inquiry into Dr.…

Anti-Terrorism Bill and lack of public trust

The general public sees the ATA bill not as an instrument for the well-being or, to…

How the Wanda Pethi canard fomented 2018 anti – Muslim violence

New Cassim Hotel   By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Five years have passed since anti-Muslim violence erupted in the…

ANTI-TERRORISM BILL FAILS TO MEET DEMOCRATIC STANDARDS

The government has decided to delay presenting its proposed Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) to parliament.  The National…

Attack on Puttalam Quazi: A judicial system cannot bypass the regular justice system

Puttalam Quazi Dr. Mohamed Rahmathulla Mohamed who came under attack     Women’s Action N e…

Anti-Terrorism Act: Everywhere, everyone, everything, could be terrorist

The local and international calls were for the repeal of the PTA, not for it to…

PTA as a bludgeon

Colombo Chief Magistrate Prasanna Alwis, who heard a case against Convenor of the Inter-University Students’ Federation,…

Stop this cold war: A country in dire straits cannot afford conflicts

A country in economic dire straits or even otherwise, cannot afford to allow anyone to create…

Muslim expatriates observe “Remembrance Week”

To highlight persecution of Muslims in Sri Lanka

By Latheef Farook A group of Sri Lankan Muslim expatriates in the West, comprising mainly professionals and…

Muslims oppose bid to remerge North and East, Minister tells party leaders

President Wickremesinghe speaking with Dharmalingham Siddarthan, Angajan Ramanathan, M. A. Sumanthiran and R. Sampanthan (seated) at…