Dr. Muttukrishna Sarvananthan of Point Institute of Development in Jaffna, says that Chinese lending to Sri Lanka between 2007 and 2022 was marked by an absence of due diligence,

President of the World Tamil Confederation, Pazha Nedumaran again on Sunday has stated to an Indian news website that Velupillai Prabhakaran,

Our country is today caught up in a financial meltdown of our own making. We are dependent on the goodwill of all nations to keep our country economically afloat. We are now dependent....

The Independent Election Commission has been under pressure from the ruling party to postpone the LG elections, says Prof. G L Peiris. The group of SLPP dissidents led by GL,Vasu, Dullas, Wimal, and Gammannpila....

Jaffna City the capital of Sri Lanka’s predominantly Tamil speaking northern province was described as the cultural capital of the Tamils of Sri Lanka during its halcyon days.

Citizens of this country received yet another rude shock on Wednesday when the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) with the approval of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) increased electricity....

A one-day breakdown in the system in the passport office creates chaotic scenes, with thousands of applicants for new travel documents refusing to leave the premises despite pleas that they will be given priority....

With the postponement of postal voting on Tuesday, the local government elections seem to be hanging in the balance. The main hurdle to the smooth functioning of the Election Commission in respect....

Consider the irony! As it should, Maithripala Sirisena, the former president, was indicted and found guilty of failing to prevent the Easter Sunday attack that killed 250 churchgoers and patrons at tourist hotels. He was ordered to pay Rs. 100 millio

Amidst growing controversy over alleged moves to postpone the Local Government elections scheduled to be held on March 9,

I remember how excited we were when we got our first home computer. It was bulky IMB that needed two people to carry the monitor. There was no Wi-fi, I don’t think we had heard of that. A friend....

Our country has been in dire straits since it defaulted payment on its foreign borrowings. Our local tax collection dropped well below par, when a now disgraced president decided he was cutting income tax....

Habarana, a biodiversity hotspot and a sensitive environment for elephants and other fauna and flora, has been chosen as the location for an event titled ‘Deep Jungle Fest’ and scheduled to be held from February 17-20....

As part of measures to make devolution under the 13th Constitutional Amendment (13A) meaningful, Sri Lankan Tamils have suggested that the powers now vested with the Provincial Governor be pruned, and more powers granted to the Provincial Board of Mi

The timing of the fire broke out in Kotikawatte garbage dump on Saturday, might be an embarrassing episode for the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) leaders of the Kotikawatte- Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha, as it is one of the 339 local government b

Mihintale Raja Maha Viharaya Chief Incumbent, the outspoken Ven.Walaha henguna wewa Dhammarathana Thera, a few weeks ago....

High Commission of India (Colombo) states in a press release the official dedicating of the Jaffna Cultural Center (JCC) to the people of Sri Lanka....

The way independence was celebrated this time shows how conventional the government’s thinking is during a time of unprecedented....

As doubts began to surface as to whether the constitutionally required local government elections would be put off or postponed, several political....

40 years ago on February 13, 1983, a privately owned Lear jet flew out of Malaysia’s Subang Airport at 8.41 p.m. with six on board.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe seems to be using all four “Upayas” (strategies) namely Sama, Dana, Bheda and Danda applied by the ancient Indian scholar Kautilya who lived between 375- 283 BC to solve problems.

The never-ending war in Ukraine -like the now concluded war in Afghanistan- continues. Just days ago in a surprise to the UK Volodmyer Zelenskiy, president of Ukraine in a speech to the House of Commons called on British parliamentarians to supply hi

Today Russia celebrates Diplomats’ Day, the professional holiday of the Foreign Ministry’s current and retired staff members. It was established by the Presidential Decree in 2002. The date is closely associated....

The Commonwealth-Secretary General, Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, pledged the Commonwealth Secretariat’s full support to Sri Lanka as the country navigates difficult challenges. Speaking during a lecture....

Any reforms the government makes to put its economy in order will be painful for the people. Right now people are concerned about how their salaries would be taxed in the future. Apart from that President Ranil....

To pop up a balloon, all that is required is a sewing pin or a needle or a backward jump to land on it on your butt. But after sitting on it for days, the United States used fighter jets to blast it. Perhaps, the Pentagon....

With the continuing turmoil in Sri Lanka with the country being bankrupt and the cost of living soaring higher than ever before,

There are some uncomfortable truths about the 13th Amendment, devolution of power and of course provincial councils.

The ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka had hampered his marketing job and thus, when he heard he could earn US$1,000 a month at an IT job in Thailand, he jumped at the chance. Little did he know....

*Velayuthan and his family live next to the Kinthusity Cemetery in Kalaimathy, off Puttur in Jaffna. Every day when they wake up, they worry about the possibility of smoke drifting over from the open-air cemetery ....