Sri Lanka to resume govt services fully despite health warnings

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka will resume usual government services with Covid-19 health guideline from August 2,…

Military training: Misguided, Counterproductive, and Against Buddhist Values. BY NIPUNA KUMBALATHARA.

ECONOMYNEXT – Minister Sarath Weerasekara, a former naval Rear Admiral, insists that all Sri Lankans –…

Hishalini: only for political and media consumption by M S M Ayub

On 15 August 2009, the bodies of two girls were found floating in the Torrington canal…

Sri Lanka ruling party and main opposition two sides of the same coin: ex foreign minister

ECONOMYNEXT – The ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and the main opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya…

The President’s Tweet On A National Reconciliation Policy By Jehan Perera

The government comfortably overcame a vote of no confidence in one of its key ministers over…

Justice for Ishalini: Chased by the shadows of paedophilia

A COPE Report published in February 2021 revealed that the national child protection policy hasn’t been…

“WE NEVER LEARN LESSONS FROM THE PAST” -MP IMTHIAZ BAKEER MARKAR

The government is adopting suppression because it has failed There are allegations that this government is…

Military, monks, militant racists – the new trinity? by Tisaranee Gunasekara

The state of limbo created by the pandemic has given the President invaluable time and space…

Police ‘excesses’ – dailymirror EDITORIAL

Police brutality sometimes euphemistically referred to as ‘excesses’ committed by individual or rogue bands of law enforcement…

Sri Lanka in deep crisis: Demands more focused and stronger action

In the context of the deepening global economic crisis, Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange (forex) situation is…

Back to the period before Black July by M S M Ayub

The main Opposition, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) launched a picketing campaign against the suppression of dissent…

Sri Lanka: Can we have a National Ethic beyond Religious Morality?

Cry a halt to tangential Politics ! We were destined to be a proud, self-reliant and…

Are journalists failing today’s public?

Journalists perform a vital function in keeping the public informed about everything that happens around them,…

Cardinal gives one month deadline to take action against Easter attack perpetrators

Cardinal Malclom Ranjith together with several bishops of the Catholic church in Sri Lanka in a…

Easter Sunday carnage: Criminal proceedings against Sirisena demanded By Norman Palihawadana and Shamindra Ferdinando

*P CoI faulted for not making specific recommendation against Ranil *Criminal liability of CNI and SIS…

Sri Lanka sliding down a dark and slippery slope

Somewhere after defeating separatist terrorism in 2009, Sri Lanka missed a glorious chance of turning a…

THE WORLD HERITAGE SITES OF SRI LANKA -THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS

It was on July 31, 2010 that UNESCO inscribed The Central Highlands of Sri Lanka comprising…

Lifting Sri Lanka’s Covid mask to unveil the frightful face of state terror

Waves of brutal police violence directed towards trade union leaders, students, fishermen and farmers in Sri…