Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith presided over the April 21 commemoration with the participation of other religious leaders. Talking about the issue he has said that the…
Photo courtesy of Shreen Saroor Thirty-one people died in the suicide attack on Zion evangelical church in Batticaloa on April 21, 2019, of which 14…
Photo courtesy of Asia News Aluth avurudu is generally a relaxed period in the country where most people spend time with family following various traditions.…
Photo courtesy of Forbes What are the constitutional and legal implications of the proposed Colombo Port City Economic Commission? I take the view that in…
Photo courtesy of Twitter “But China has told us take whatever (money) necessary and pay back whenever possible.” Parliamentarian S.B. Dissanayake (to Rev. Keppitiyagoda Siriwimala Thero…
Resilient is a word frequently used by human rights activists and the development sector, to describe persons affected by war and violence. In Sri…
They joke of being followed by intelligence officers and questioned on who visited them and what they spoke about but underneath lies a real fear…
Photo courtesy of Ada Derana It is not for fun that the Government established processes for taking decisions and implementing them. It is the age…
Thennamaravadi is an isolated rural village some 65 kilometres north of Trincomalee on the Pulmoddai Road. The inhabitants rely mostly on farming and fishing to…
Photo courtesy of Namal Kamalgoda The Sinharaja Rainforest has been in the public eye for a few weeks now. Is it being threatened by encroachment…
Photo courtesy of Roar Media The youth of a country are the forerunners of social progress; notwithstanding this historical fact, we cannot underestimate the role…
Photo courtesy of The Morning The recent scandals involving sugar and coconut oil should point the country to the dangers of private sector mafias and…
Photo courtesy of Sri Lanka Mirror Today is World Health Day Towards end of March, about two months into the pandemic, a TV program discussed…
Photo courtesy of Twitter Saumya is a mother of two from Polonnaruwa who has taken a loan of Rs. 200,000 from a well-established microfinance company…
Photo courtesy of RUnews Subsequent to the recent release of the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the Easter Attacks and after the…
Photo courtesy of Just Security The farcical arithmetic of the regime and its apparatchiks notwithstanding- that the abstentions should be counted as support for the…
Today is the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims On March 24,…
Photo courtesy of Kumanan Kanapathippillai The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) passed a resolution on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka…
Photo courtesy of Oneindia The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution “Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka” was adopted with 22 members…
Photo courtesy of Namal Kamalgoda Today is World Water Day World Water Day 2021, at the start of a critical decade for climate action and…
Photo courtesy of Twitter “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two is four. If that is allowed all else follows.” George Orwell (Nineteen…
Photo courtesy of Facebook Today is the International Day of Forests “Knowledge is power: You hear it all the time but knowledge is not power.…
Photo courtesy of Voice of America In the 1970s, an idealistic young medical student was seized during a US-backed military coup. She and her parents…
Photo courtesy of Rediff Kannan was ten when he joined the LTTE; he left when he was fourteen. His testimony on what he had experienced…
Photo courtesy of Netral.News As the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) winds its way in Geneva, it is now almost certain…
Photo courtesy of Huffpost It is one year since Sri Lanka went into lockdown. At a recent press briefing by women members of Sri Lanka…
Photo courtesy of Wai Wai An online interview with Wai Wai, a young female protester in Yangon, Myanmar, on March 12. How was your day…
Photo courtesy of Kumanan Kanavaripillai At its 46th sessions, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) will be debating the resolution on Sri Lanka that has…
Photo courtesy of Twitter “This country can never be developed as long as there are environmentalists.” “Can we eat oxygen?” “Those who come to our…
Photo courtesy of Centre for American Progress (A briefer version of this article was published in the UK Guardian on March 4.) In the thrall of an…