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M. Jaffer, an Ettam kattai resident was despairing. “The main junction is going up in flames. At the same time, the authorities are folding their arms and....
As if the electoral bashing it was subjected to at the Local Government polls was not enough, the government,in short order, had to face the further....
What do we in the West know about Islam? Perhaps more than we did before 9/11 but not much. When Tony Blair was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, he was photographed walking along holding the Koran.
March 8 was not only World Women’s Day, it was also World Kidney Day and with Sri Lanka still facing a virtual kidney disease epidemic in the North Central province and other areas, the day had special significance for our country.
It’s not a good thing to mess with a sore wound and likewise the recent uprisings have made things a lot ‘bitter’ than expected.
Sri Lanka’s nation-building process, it appears, is a farce and the state-building process a failure.
The Nobel Prize-winning American novelist Earnest Hemingway in his famous book, ‘For Whom the bell Tolls’ wrote an equally famous if not immortal truth that, “I belong to humanity and every person’s death diminishes me”.
A week ago, after Sinhala Buddhist mobs rioted in Ampara, a dumb group of four Muslim youths played into the hands of Sinhala Buddhist mobs creating mayhem in Digana, Kandy.
“Teldeniya Burning!” – that’s how one commentator puts it. Conclusions are being drawn, inferences are being made, and all the while the nation has been numbed.
When the Amnesty International (AI), the London-b ased Non-Governmental Organization working on human rights issues around the world listed Sri Lanka among countries unsafe for Muslims in its latest report titled ‘The State of the World’s
The world today marks International Women’s day amid an unprecedented international ‘me too’ movement to curb sexual harassment or assault of women in areas ranging from the highest places to public transport and also for gender j
Communal violence, sparked by the death of a 41-year-old man, overshadowed the political developments that were to unfold this week. A motion for the vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, a political rally by the Joint
President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in recent statements have alluded to people fishing in troubled waters for political gain. It’s an ‘it’s not us’ kind of position to take. Safe. &n
The weak institutional structure of the Local Authorities: Creation of a weak institutional structure due to the failure of one major political party to secure a clear majority in a large number of Local Authorities.
Since the day the Local Government election results were out, the entire political landscape has assumed the form of a circus or a roadshow, with politicians from the national level to the LG level itself, engaged in an exercise bent on either grab
“They create a communal clash or put fuel to the fire to intensify the on-going clash. Every Government maintains its power with the full awareness of separating the society into race and class.” This particular dialogue from Sahodaraya
In the aftermath of violence in Ampara last week and in some areas of Kandy on Monday, the government yesterday declared a state of emergency for ten days. Reports yesterday afternoon said the situation in Digana, Teldeniya and some other areas was
Sri Lanka is surrounded by the Indian Ocean. Yet, the physical presence of India up north has had an intimidating influence on most of Sri Lankans. While its admirers, especially those Indophiles, who have made it a point to be more conversed in In
It is about time we had a Minister of Law and Order, who could uphold and administer Law and Order in the explicit. We need a man with a spine, a man with guts, one who is not afraid to call a spade a spade, to put his foot down with a firm hand.
What had happened in Digana on March 4 (Sunday) was a crime committed on an Sinhalese lorry driver by three Muslims, alleged to have been under the influence of liquor, who were travelling in a three wheeler. It’s a matter for the law enforceme
Political parties have created a muddle in the local government bodies by adopting a flawed law providing for female representation in them. In spite of their intention being lofty, the provision in the recently adopted Local Authorities Election Ame
Last week, there was a fresh round of ethnically motivated violence in Ampara. Suspicion that led to unrest was as real as black magic is. A group of drunken youth had stormed a Muslim owned eatery in the town and forced the cashier to confess sellin
A mixture of anti-incumbent sentiment and sheer chutzpah has helped the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gatecrash into power in the North Eastern States of Nagaland, Tripura and Meghalaya in the recently held
I dare say Sri Lanka has earned the dubious distinction to be listed by the European Union as a ‘high risk country for money laundering’ subsequent to the ‘Financial Action Task Force’ (FATF) placing the country on its ‘
The best argument against democracy, is a five-minute conversation with the average voter – Winston Churchill Democracy is said to be a form of government where....
The recent Act to provide 60% First-Past-Post and 40% Proportionate Representation at the Local Government Elections, was carelessly drafted and then....
The local government elections last month and their aftermath continue to have their reverberations. While some politicians and political analysts critical of the Rajapaksa...
Last week the Defence Secretary ceremoniously opened the cyber operations centre based at Sri Lanka Air Force Head quarters, which was primarily established to....
To celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild fauna and flora, the United Nations General Assembly at its 68th session on December 20, 2013 declared March 3 as World Wildlife Day. Similarly the United Nations General Assembly resolution
Today is an important day for Sri Lanka and the world – it is world Wildlife Day with the 2018 theme being “Big Cats: Predators under threat”. According to the United Nations, on December 20, 2013, at its 68th session, the UN Genera
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