Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam is the youngest member of Parliament representing the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and is also the youngest MP sitting in the Opposition. Rasamanickam has gained attention for raising some salient points in Parli

State Minister Vidura Wickramanayka said that omitting Tamil in the plaque violated the official language policy in Sri Lanka

This may be an unpopular opinion, but the Port City Economic Commission Bill that was passed last week is perhaps the only noticeable piece of work of the current government, so far. The Bill envisaged to provide substantial tax conces

The Asia-Pacific region has been termed the ‘clothing factory of the world’ as it accounts for 60 percent of the world’s total apparel exports according to statistics compiled by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The garment s

Multimedia artist Koralegedara Pushpakumara has been shortlisted for Asia’s most prestigious art prize. The Sovereign Asian Art Prize.....

Mohamed Nasheed born on May 17, 1967 to a middle-class family is the fourth and the first democratically elected President of the Maldives.....

For a young, unstable republic that has seen more years under emergency laws, counter-terrorism and prevention of terrorism....

As Lankans, we the people - yes, you and I - have rarely been able to rise above petty political differences to take a united stand.....

Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated 30 years ago by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) at a place called Sriperumbhudur in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu on May 21st 1991.

The Government this time imposed inter-provincial travel from May 11, while continuing with selective isolation of Grama Niladhari (GN) and police divisions despite pressure from Colombo middleclass to have a countrywide total lockdown.

Migrant worker departures reducing over the past year has caused some concerns for the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and foreign employment agencies.

There are so many theories about the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) 12 years ago by the armed forces.

Is oppression good? Is colonialism good? Is encroachment good? Is capitulation good? Can we support injustice?....

Today the United Nations celebrated World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development and it is important for Sri Lanka....

The influx of COVID cases in Sri Lanka has prompted authorities to setup new facilities to accommodate patients with as much facilities as possible.

At the beginning of the second wave of the pandemic in Sri Lanka, there were only 38 ICU beds for COVID-19 patients despite other parties....

It was around 11 a.m. when Wishma started struggling to breathe. In her solitary confinement, she groaned in pain for hours before falling silent near 1.30 p.m.

No sooner had Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardane read out the Supreme Court determination on the constitutionality of the Port City Economic Commission Bill than the government announced it would amend the bill accordingly to make it consistent with th

When the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) celebrated 12 years after winning the civil war on Tuesday (May 18) the battered Tamil community had a lot to ponder on.

Twelve years ago, almost to the day, the Sri Lankan security forces brought an end to a three decades long struggle against terrorism against the world’s most ruthless terrorist organization.

If the life of one whom the law has taken into its custody is at the mercy of the mob, the administration of justice becomes a mockery -- US Supreme Court Chief Justice Melville Fuller

The farming community in Dimbulagala is complaining of grievances because the Department of Wildlife and Conservation.....

The sudden spike in COVID cases in Sri Lanka has overwhelmed hospitals thereby prompting decision makers to request asymptomatic......

Israel’s war against Palestinians in Gaza continues into its second week in all its ferocity. Jerusalem is experiencing its worst unrest in years.

The announcement by State Minister of Primary Health Services, Pandemics and COVID Prevention Dr. Sudarshani Fernandopulle that asymptomatic COVID 19 patients would be treated at their homes indicates the gravity of the pro

The Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluations (IHME), an independent global research Centre at the University of Washington recently predicted that as many as 20,876 COVID-19 deaths will be reported from Sri Lanka by September 2021. This is a tenfo

The police explanations of killings have the same old hackneyed excuse. Almost all suspects have tried to grab a weapon from the cops when they were taken to recover hidden weapons. In other instances, some have tried to escape, jumping to rivers w

Vijay Thanigasalam MPP, a 29-year-old financial adviser has successfully presented in the Ontario Legislature, a Private Bill 104 Called , “Tamil Genocide Education Week Act”. Canada is one of the Geneva-based UNHRC’s Sri Lanka Core Group membe

With the things you constantly see in media, especially with the Indian experience of Covid-19, there was a cloud of uncertainty hovering around us. People have constant doubts and questions about this disease and what would happen to them. We wante