Two weeks back, I wrote that the Sri Lankan reality under the Gotabaya Rajapaksa government is both more ludicrous and grimmer than a dark comedy. Given the history of key protagonists in the play, I must add, it is also a sinister one. The app

The Sri Lankan government is to enact an integrated law banning cow slaughter. The government is portraying the ban as an economic and development-oriented measure to enhance domestic production of milk and secure greater income for the farmer

The film, however, is effectively banned in Sri Lanka by arresting persons in possession of a copy, presumably because it has been released by “Thamileela Thirai Kalanjiam

“Mung Okkoma Horu Malli” – handcuffed Ranjan Ramanayake [RR] was making a general appraisal of our legal fraternity, the outspoken law-maker yelled to the media crews that thronged...

The Bajrasudha Gajanurak Project originated from a concern shared by His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Her Majesty Queen Suthida, having learned of the conflict between local communities...

The much-hyped 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland commenced yesterday, 31 October. US President Biden’s Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry.....

Continuing failures and confusion in policymaking and implementation are at the heart of Sri Lanka’s governance crisis What has Gotabaya....

“Men of an era are rarely born, but once born they live in the hearts of people long after their demise” King Mahasen who earned the encomium “Mahasen Deviyo” was a king amongst a long line of kings who did yeomen service to the country.

We are a battered people battered by a variety of Covid-19 strains, by the RAT racketeer, PCR hucksters and quarantine hotel sharks,

One of the darkest moments of the long war in Sri Lanka was the eviction of the Northern Muslims. In October 1990, the LTTE in an act of ethnic cleansing forced the entire Muslim population of the North to leave behind their homes,

World religious leaders are often proclaiming that as part of our spirituality we need to get actively and effectively involved in the climate change battle which could have catastrophic consequences for the human race, nature and its extraordinary b

When the leaders of the government say farmers’ protests against the shortage of fertilizer were not spontaneous but engineered.....

Turkey has urged Sri Lanka to remain vigilant on the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), which was accused of being....

As soon as Sri Lanka rejected the consignment of organic fertiliser from China, India took immediate steps to come to Sri Lanka’s.....

Sri Lanka is slowly working towards promoting organic fertilizer in its attempt to eliminate chemical fertilizer. That initiative....

Come Sunday, world leaders or their representatives will gather in Glasgow, Scotland for talks aimed at making the planet habitable....

The government decided, all of a sudden, to implement organic farming in place of chemical agriculture which Sri Lankan farmers are accustomed to for nearly 60 years.

We focus today on journalists, Maria Ressa and Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov, who were awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace”.

Receiving the coveted ‘Sahithyaratne,’ the Lifetime Award of State Literary Awards 2020 at 87, will not slow down the literary pace of Namel Weeramuni.

It is absolutely correct if we say that Sri Lanka’s democracy received its worst ever blow on October 26, 2018. The then President....

When the Sri Lankan team left for the T20 World Cup series in Dubai earlier this month, the team left without much fanfare....

The Jaffna People’s Forum for Coexistence strongly condemns the casteist violence unleashed on the oppressed community....

Ragging in Sri Lankan universities has overshadowed many bright futures and even cut short young lives full of potential. Deaths...

A recent speech made by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and a comment made later by Foreign Minister, Professor G.L Peiris....

The Opposition parties in Sri Lanka seem to be banking on the failures of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) government to come to power at the next Presidential as well as Parliamentary elections. It is natural, and it has to be so, but it would

It has been more than six weeks since that epic moment when a ruling party politico who happened to be the state minister of prison reforms stormed the Anuradhapura Prison, and forced a group of Tamil inmates on their knees, threatening them a

Born on the 26th of October 1896 to a distinguished family in Balapitiya, Sir Cyril as a young boy had his education at St. Thomas’ College, Matara, then at Richmond College, Galle and finally at Royal College, Colombo

The British, who had dubbed him the devil-incarnate, became his guardian after overthrowing him

On November 16, 2019 Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was declared winner at the presidential election and assumed the presidency....