A news report from the Vatican Information Service(VIS)  datelined January 14th 2016 stated that  His Holiness Pope Francis has  accepted the resignation presented by Bishop Rayappu Joseph upon reaching the age limit...

For  more than two decades the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC)  has remained the foremost  political party of the Sri Lankan Muslims. The SLMC co-founded  and...

Political developments in Sri Lanka during  the post–independence years have devalued the concept of power sharing through the federal idea. Each major ethnicity has viewed the question suspiciously through its particular prism. 

The new year has dawned on a note  of hope and  optimism for Sri Lanka. On January 9, 2016 President Maithripala Sirisena is scheduled to present a resolution in Parliament proposing that Parliament be converted into a Constitutional Assemb

Blessings of Christmas are once again  upon us all! Even as we immerse ourselves in this universal season of peace and great joy,   my thoughts hark back to a terrible incident which marred the spirit of Christmas and sanctity of a Church a

Veteran Indian Journalist P.K.Balachandran who has been resident in Sri Lanka for many years has over the years  acquired  a remarkable insight into the politics and politicians of  the Island known once as the pearl of the Indian ocea

Political tensions  prevailing  within the Tamil National Alliance(TNA) underwent a dramatic transformation last week. In an unexpected twist’, Leader of the Opposition and TNA leader , Rajavarothayam Sampanthan...

The age of seventy or three score and ten  regarded as the span of life  has a special aura about it. The Bible (psalm 90 verse 10) says “The days of our years are threescore years and ten...

The Investigation launched by the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has in accordance with its terms of reference   probed the period of time from the 2002 February  ceasefire until the end of the war in  

Thamil Makkal Viduthalaip Puligal(TMVP)leader Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias “Pillaiyaan” is currently being detained and interrogated by the Police over his suspected involvement in the twin assassinations of Tamil National Alliance

The Human Rights Investigation  report on Sri Lanka compiled by the Office of the United Nations  High Commissioner for Human Rights released last month  has revealed  much information about the alleged activities of the Sri Lanka

The long-awaited  UN  report on Sri Lanka compiled by the Office of the United Nations  High Commissioner for Human Rights released last week has predictably evoked much excitement and controversy. 

Karunarathne Jayasuriya popularly known as Karu Jayasuriya was elected unopposed on September 1st 2015 as the Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament.

 National Government is a term that has re-entered the political discourse of the country in a big way and  is very much in  vogue currently. The term National Government  first came into usage  in Ceylon - as Sri Lanka was c

A total of 6,151 candidates from 21 registered political parties and 201 independent groups are contesting the Sri Lankan Parliamentary elections scheduled for August 17, 2015...

Valvettithurai is a place that has figured prominently in the politics of Sri Lankan Tamils.

Election mania  spreads rapidly in the country with Parliamentary polls being scheduled for August 17, 2015, and the Tamil inhabited ....

The Nugegoda Rally demanding the return of Mahinda Rajapaksa to politics was the opening gambit in a planned series...

“My Bonnie lies over the Ocean” was a Scottish folk song quite popular in Sri Lanka in those days.

Sri Lanka’s ebullient Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera is currently in the forefront...

An event of great significance occurred within the sphere of minority community ...

Politicians are a breed  thriving  on publicity – negative or positive. Their preference is to bask in the limelight always. They crave attention almost all the time and love to be the cynosure of all eyes.

?“Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark” is perhaps an apt description of how  the International Workers Day was observed in Sri Lanka on May 1st. Instead of being given pride of place on May Day...

The month of May is significant in the history of the Tamil secessionist armed struggle in Sri Lanka. It was on May 5,  1976, that a section of  militant Sri Lankan Tamil youths re-organized themselves into  an  organization 

The successful passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in Parliament with an overwhelming...

The tenth death anniversary  of  well-known columnist  D.P. Sivaram  who wrote under the  pseudonym  of “Taraki” falls this week.

Friday April 17th was the 99th birth anniversary of Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike who created history as  the world’s first woman Prime Minister. The 55th anniversary of her  being appointed as the then Ceylon’s Premier f

A very effective message regarding the contentious  issue of the National Anthem being sung in Tamil was...

Once upon a time there was a Beautiful Island with wonderful people  that  was  regarded as God’s own country.

The phenomenon of “Traitorization” in Tamil Nationalist Politics has raised its ugly head again.