Typically on a parent’s birth or death anniversary family members make a trip to the graveyard, place flowers, say a silent prayer or shed a tear. April 12, 2013 marks the 81st birth anniversary of my ...
Taraki Sivaram or Dharmeratnam Sivaram (11 August 1959– 28 April 2005) was a popular Tamil journalist of Sri Lanka. He was kidnapped by four men on April 28, 2005, in front of the Bambalapitya police ...
Although the JVP did not realise it, the turning point in its fortunes came when it began to hound and kill its detractors from the Left. It was a tendency it shared with the LTTE in an effort to ...
Political activists and leaders of the People’s Struggle Movement in Sri Lanka, Mr. Premakumar Gunaratnam[1] and Ms. Dimithu Attygalle[2] disappeared on 6 th April 2012. Prior to their disappearance ...
The self-proclaimed prophet called Jerome Fernando, described as the “Overseer” of the Sri Lanka branch of what is called “Global Church” on the church’s official website, is in hot water after a ...
A repressive new internet law that Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is trying to rush through parliament this week would create broad and vague new speech-related offenses punishable by ...
The struggle for proper democracy in Sri Lanka and a country free of corruption has just begun, with its epicentre at the so called “#GotaGoGama” at the Galle Face Green, which appears to be largely ...
While the immediate cause of the current public protests are due to the Rajapaksa government’s corruption and mismanagement, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to acknowledge that ...
His face as still and serene as a statue’s, the Buddhist monk who has taken the title “the Burmese bin Laden” begins his sermon. Hundreds of worshippers sit before him, palms pressed together, sweat ...
It’s the wrong time, Mr Pastor. The world is agog with the excrutiating and shocking story a few days ago from Kenya. There, in the far east vast massacres unearthed from the village of Shakahola ...
Historically, the Muslim community of Sri Lanka has been noted for its late entry to modernity. The dominant influence religious orthodoxy held over Muslim mindset and consequently the community’s ...
NPP received massive mandate by the people across ethnic, religious and social divide to charter the course of the country for the coming five years. Attracted primarily by their slogan of eliminating ...