The Black July pogrom carried out by Sinhala goons with official connivance marked the transition of Tamil minority’s ...

The Fort Police today arrested a man by the name of ‘ Dan Priyasad ’ who calls himself the ‘Saviour of the Sinhalese’ and has been threatening to bomb Muslims in Sri Lanka. A spokesman at the police ...

Within the Sri Lankan context the concept of sharia law was never being the subject of controversy in the past. Historically the “Sri Lanka’s legal system is a rich mix of native laws and laws that ...

Dr.Sivalingam Sivananthan, a distinquished old boy of Jaffna Hindu College (1968 -75) and currently professor of physics at the University of Illinois Chicago and founder of Sivananthan Laboratories ...

The recent gang rape and murder of an eighteen year old Tamil school girl, Vidya Sivaloganathan in Pungudutivu, raised righteous protests and condemnation from all decent people throughout the Land.

I will use the Five Aggregates framework to assess the type of journalism fostered by a selected few who have phenomenologically understood the folly of craving and attachment because a “being” (often ...

Muhandiram ‘ “An idiotic,ignorant and stiupid “ Look in the mirror. You will see one. The writer says: “THE fact is that Muslims are poor, illiterate and weak. What went wrong? Arriving at the right ...

The judiciary, law enforcement, and the Bar comprise the backbone of the democratic system. But when the Bar boycotts the courts for whatever reason, and if the judiciary accommodates such trade union ...

Talk of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with India is heard again louder than a whisper in both professional and business circles. When it surfaced last time, the local professionals in ...

While the Defense Secretary‘s remarks should not automatically be seen to reflect the views of mainstream Sri Lankans nor the broader international community, it is true that with the end of the war ...

Large-Scale corruption will continue to thrive so long as professionals – particularly auditors and lawyers (i) are not held accountable (ii) ‘named & shamed’ (iii) punished – for dereliction of duty ...

The necessity for changing the political culture of distorting history and resorting to personal slander: Part 7 When I left the JVP in February 1984 after submitting my letter of resignation, not a ...