Is Sri Lanka Going To Be The Next China Town In Indian Ocean?
Co-Written by Punsara Amarasinghe & Eshan Mandara Jayawardane Chinese presence in Sri Lanka was not emerged out of the blue in the island’s recent political past. Having located in a…
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Cosmetic Plastering: No bona fide Unity In Sri Lanka’s Unity Government?
Since 2015, Sri Lanka has been governed by a Unity Government comprising of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party of the President and United National Party of the Prime Minister. In…
Sri Lanka: Violence Is The New Nonviolence
A Group of GMOA members and the medical faculty undergraduates were on their way to pelt stones on SAITM building in Malabe. On the way, they saw Lord Buddha meditating…
Sri Lanka: Maha Sangha Should Be Banned From Politics
Ivor Jennings, who was primarily responsible for drafting our Constitution upon gaining Independence from the British, handed us a secular constitution. Multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural as Ceylon was then and…
Sovereignty & Sangha: Island Without Democracy
Citizens enable the modern democratic State. With all its highs and lows and the complexity, democracy enables citizens to actively participate in the process of governing. Although democratic system allows…
Ms Ndiaye, Special Rapporteur’s Visit Sparks Hope For The Tamils
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights announced that Ms Rita Izsák Ndiaye, UN Special Rapporteur on minority issueson problems faced by minorities in various countries, is to…
Ban Ki Moon’s Apollonian Speech At BMICH Colombo
UN Secretary General Mr Ban Ki Moon’s speech at the Bandaranayake International Memorial Conference Hall (BMICH) in Colombo to citizens of the South of Sri-Lanka showed that he has revived…
Sri Lanka: Dear Mr. President! — ( An Open Letter)
Dear Mr. President, The wave of political enthusiasm which generates hope for a nation sans, bribery & corruption, mismanagement of the state resources, and the cunning culture of bureaucracy, in…
Sri Lanka And Office Of The Missing Person
Sri Lanka with one of the worst records in human rights violations has come up with a positive step. It has passed the missing person bill with some amendments in…
Sri Lanka: Ranil’s Dream And The Delusional Opposition
Arresting of an intelligence officer attached to Sri Lanka Army over the murder of late Lasantha Wickramatunge has sparked questions about the underworld of the state, and questioned the very…
Sri Lanka: Neither Anti-Tamil Nationalism Nor Anti-Sinhala Nationalism Would Solve The Convolution
It was yet another period of dark days in the history of Jamaica, where gobbled and devoured political parties along with other interest groups were instigating and fueling brutal civil…
Sri Lanka: Post-War Abyssal
But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? ― Albert Camus Here is the disastrous and forlorn situation that many are facing…
Sri Lanka: A Comment On The Proposed Office Of Missing Persons
The attitude towards murder is one thing on which hardly any progress can be made in Sri Lanka. Murder is regarded as quite normal and not something to worry too…
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