But political Buddhism is the antithesis of Buddhism and a biproduct of the cultural awakening movement started in late 19th ...

Sri Lanka’s Right to Information Commission (RTIC) issued a tough Public Statement on Thursday November 20th correcting ...

Nugegoda meetings have had a short history of success for the country’s political opposition. The first ‘impeachment rally’ organized by the then Democratic United National Front (DUNF) in 1993 was ...

Chitra and I had the privilege of attending the launch of කැකිරි පැළුවා සඳමඬල (The Moon Curved Her Silver Lips), the debut ...

A substantial share of Sri Lankans live in rural areas and depend on agriculture, fisheries, and small-scale enterprises.

Media organizations around the world are beginning to recognize this issue. Some have already established guidelines that ...

This open letter submission is made taking account of the sustainable long-term interests of the government led by you, Sri ...

With the impeachment motion against the Chief Justice, some of the old debates have surfaced in new form. One of which is the question of supremacy of Parliament. This was a matter of contention in ...

Historical origins of Srilankan Muslims: It is pathetic that some extremist Buddhist people are protesting against Muslims in Sri Lanka today for no reason. Muslim people have been accused of many ...

A few years ago someone came up with the campaign line ‘small miracle’ as a unique proposition to promote Sri Lanka to tourists. The Rajapaksa Government took exception to the ‘small’ and scrapped the ...

When we reflect on the JVP’s journey from its formative years in the late 1960s to its current role as a leading force in government — alongside its NPP partners — one striking shift becomes clear. In ...

Nineteen centuries back, Silappathikaaram a Tamil epic cited the inevitability of retributive justice as a warning for misgovernance. Perennially true the learned would affirm. The discomfiture of a ...