Police brutality sometimes euphemistically referred to as ‘excesses’ committed by individual or rogue bands of law enforcement…
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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,…
Substantive MMDA Reforms: In the name of bringing justice to women and girls
We welcome the news that the Advisory Committee on Muslim Law Reforms has submitted its report…
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…
Deceiving the Sinhala Buddhists by Victor
The dream planted in the minds of the Sinhala Buddhist people was that the journey towards…
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…
The second coming of Basil Rajapaksa by Javid Yusuf
The appointment of Basil Rajapaksa as Finance Minister last week was overshadowed by the situation arising…
Make this an opportunity for reconciliation By M S M Ayub
Youth and Sports Minister and Digital Technology and Enterprise Development State Minister Namal Rajapaksa had made…
A bullish regime’s inability to perceive dissent By Ravi Nagahawatte
Picture shows opposition parliamentarians staging a protest against the present Government’s attempts to suppress dissent (Picture…
A Monarchy of Family Power
The Basilaagamanaya or the New Rise of Basil Politics is having its immediate impact on the…
Bigger than Basil: The rule of unreason by Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka
The crisis is bigger than Basil. So is the GR model. BR could have re-balanced and…
SJB: Rajapaksa family incapable of managing national economy By Shamindra Ferdinando
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday (8) gave up his finance portfolio to accommodate founder of the…