High Commissioner for human rights seeks international prosecution of Lankan war criminals

The UN rights chief called Friday for sanctions and international prosecutions of Sri Lankan war criminals,…

Fixes are in Colombo not Geneva

Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday presented a damning report on…

Repealing PTA

People are seen placing their signatures during a campaign to abolish the proposed PTA  I often…

Politicians without any sense of shame By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana

Politicians are well known to be economical with the truth but our former president Maithripala Sirisena…

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith meets UNHRC Chief Michelle Bachelet

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith meets UNHRC Chief Michelle Bachelet The country is moving towards pitch darkness instead…

For how much longer will people have to suffer?

The main news items in yesterday’s Daily Mirror warned readers of 10-hour power cuts this month.…

Holy Violence With Unholy Motives By Ameer Ali –

The nature and speed of Sri Lanka’s economic decline during the past two years and its…

Sirisena’s cross

Former President Maithripala Sirisena has gone on record as saying that he cannot be sent to…

Lankan envoy and RSS chief discuss religious relations, scope for dialogue

High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda meeting with Chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Shri…

Proposed abolishing of the Quazi Court System By faisz musthapha

  Letter to Hon G L Peiris 21.02.22

The foreign policy of self-isolation from the West comes to bite

Two years back when Gotabaya Rajapaksa was elected president, he had the best of both worlds.…

UN Human Rights Chief’s report questions PTA; Easter bombing probe

The United Nations Human Rights Commissioner’s 17-page report which makes further indictments on Sri Lanka, will…

Shani makes bombshell claims on Easter attacks in FR case filed to prevent arrest

Former Criminal Investigation Department (CID) director and retired Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shani Abeysekara filed…

Moving back to White Van governance?

The attack on the house of journalist Chamuditha Samarawickrama, last Monday night, gave a show of…

Need more dialogues on registration of new places of worship: Maha Sangha

The Maha Sangha of the Presidential Buddhist Advisory Council today pointed out that it is important…

Sri Lanka is a country that violated its Constitution since Independence: – Victor Ivan

The country is on the verge of an anarchy  This crisis marks the end of Sinhala-Buddhist…

The farce called amending of PTA

Many are the cases where detainees have either perished under dubious circumstances without judicial supervision, which…

Geneva controversy: Ambika hits back hard at Foreign Ministry

Human Rights Advocate Ambika Satkunanathan has alleged that the culture of impunity is well documented, not…