Commentary

The 1881 colonial census listed 71 ‘races’ in Ceylon, including Chaldeans, Circasssians, and Kelts, etc!  After Lanka’s second war...

Sri Lanka’s resident neoliberals claim to disdain “rentiers”. But who or what do they mean by a rentier? According...

Those who worship free markets would say, ‘there is no such thing as a free lunch.’ Nothing comes free. Everything has a...

In 2015 after the yahapalana government came into power, Harsha de Silva, then Deputy Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs and UNP Electoral...

On December 1, 2020, Presidential Secretary P.B. Jayasundera wrote to Treasury Secretary S.R. Attygalle to close down the Public Utilities Commission (PUC)....

Why is Sri Lanka unsuited for a presidential system of government? Because, it was an idea that was hatched in the head...

Is it absolutely safe to bury those who have died of COVID-19? No one can say with absolute certainty. The World Health...

The MCC (Millennium Challenge Corporation) Compact was, in the words of a) MCC people, b) US Ambassador, c) Mangala Samaraweera, d) Yahapalana...

Some people think (their) religion is scientific. That’s faith. Some scientists act as though science is a religion. There’s faith there too....

Paris has returned to Antananarivo a crown atop the throne of Ranavalon III, the 19th Century Queen of Madagascar. The crown has...

Ambalangoda is famous for puppet shows. The puppeteer, as we know, operates from behind the screen. The audience doesn’t see the puppeteer.

MCC. MCC Compact. That’s Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact. A wonderful thing, according to….yes, the US Ambassador Alaiana Teplitz and…yes, the MCC. Wonderful,...

Not too long ago, the Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that Sri Lanka has an ‘India First’ foreign policy. He later...

Year-end roundups by capitalist media can make you forget the real 2020. Time magazine’s cover has a buy-two-whites-get-one-darkie free deal: Kamala as beige...

Geneva Jayay flails to sound hip. He usually quotes white US rockNrollers. Now he peppers flaccid prose with a domesticated bluesman: BB...

Karu Jayasuriya’s comments about the pillars of democracy being assailed by the present government has a plantation Raj era flavour to it....

This is an exclusive interview conducted with Prof. Rohan Gunaratna on strengthening ethnic and religious harmony in Sri Lanka. He is an...

Book Review Title – ‘Vijithapura Sita Nandikadal Thek Sri Lankeya Sangrama Ithihasaya (The History of Sri Lanka’s wars...

By G H Peiris 1. Preamble This article is prompted by the recent announcement that the...

Successive governments owed explanations why a confidential UN report that dealt with the Vanni offensive had never been used in the defence of our armed forces. Although, the UN has publicly acknowledged the existence of the report, it is not yet in public domain. The UN acknowledged the report dealt with the situation in the Vanni during August, 2008, to May 13, 2009. The report placed the number of persons killed, and wounded, during this period at 7,721 and 18,479 respectively. There cannot be a better detailed account than the UN report as it was based on information provided by NGOs, ICRC, as well as numerous other sources trapped in the war zone.

By Rathindra Kuruwita A large number of senior intelligence officers had left the service after 2015 and that had...

US leaves Lanka out of MCC By Shamindra Ferdinando The much-touted Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact (MCCC)...

Failure to arrest Zahran By Rathindra Kuruwita The Attorney General has recommended disciplinary action against Deputy...

By Rathindra Kuruwita The Nuwara-Eliya Police, on two separate occasions, had attempted to silence a person who had given...

Text and Pix by Dinasena Rathugamage Archaeology Department officials have unearthed a granite slab inscription buried from a land...