According to the Presidential Media Division, during his recent meeting with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa claimed his Government would “take immediate action with regard to
Self-sufficiency, of course, has many shades. The scope of policies that can be proposed and enacted depends on the historically shifting balance of forces between capital and labour, though the
“Stifling the peaceful expression of legitimate dissent today can only result, inexorably, in the catastrophic explosion of violence some other day.” – Justice and President’s Counsel (PC) Mark Damien Hugh
One day, on a day after tomorrow, I too will return to my land with mine and my own, and all around me, to give life to a lovely spreading
In October 1990, some 75,000 Muslims in the Northern Province (about five percent of the province’s total) were forcibly expelled from their homeland by the LTTE. In some places the
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s general election dawned at a crucial time of extreme uncertainty and precariousness. The island’s political, social, and economic spheres have been dismantled by an unexpected global
Until recently, the Office on Missing Persons (OMP) was housed in a magnificent colonial building in a leafy Colombo suburb that used to house members of parliament; now it has
Photo courtesy of Tiruchelvam.com (written for the 21st Death Anniversary of Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam) This is the time to remember Neelan and Sithie Tiruchelvam. Along with Kumari Jayawardena, their living rooms were
We must acknowledge torture is a problem Laws alone cannot achieve social change Media should not sexualize and infantilize women Nationalism has the power to empower as well as to
Last month (May 2020) a Magistrate in Jaffna had withdrawn quarantine orders against the organizers of end of war commemorations, based on appeals by lawyers.[1] At least three lawyers have faced
