Parliamentary elections were being held on that day and the grand old lady of Sri Lankan politics was returning to Colombo from Gampaha district after casting her vote in Horagolla. Sirimavo suffered ...

October 1990 is a cruel and unforgettable month in the history of Sri Lanka’s Northern Province Muslims. It was in October 1990 that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelamn (LTTE) forcibly expelled the ...

Vijay is therefore the latest in a long line of Tamil film actors transforming themselves into political leaders. He launched his own political party named “Thamizhaga Vettrik Kazhagam” (TVK) last ...

“The Commission finds that Israel is responsible for the commission of genocide in Gaza,” said Navi Pillay, Chair of the Commission. “It is clear that there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in ...

Chemmani, a sparsely populated area in the northern peninsula of Jaffna has in recent times acquired a somewhat dubious image. Just as Nallur in Jaffna is associated positively in public perception ...

The first major assassination of a prominent political leader in Sri Lanka known formerly as Ceylon was in September 1959. The Country was shocked when the serving Prime minister SWRD Bandaranaike was ...

Lakshman Kadirgamar’s 18th death anniversary was observed last Saturday. The former foreign minister fell victim to a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) sniper in Colombo on 12 August 2005.

When Sri Lanka’s Justice Minister calls upon an opposing parliamentary colleague taking issue with the ‘new’ Anti-Terrorism Bill tabled in Parliament this week, to justify where and in what country, ...

The United Lingdom (UK) has imposed sanctions on four Sri Lankans allegedly responsible for serious human rights abuses and violations committed during the war between the Sri Lankan armed forces and ...

(Chandani Kirinde traces the close friendship between Emperor Asoka and King Devanampiyatissa that led to the introduction of Buddhism to this land) India’s Emperor Asoka and King Devanampiyatissa of ...

History was made 65 years ago in July 1960 when 44 year old Sirimavo Bandaranaike assumed office as the prime minister of Sri Lanka known then as Ceylon. Sirimavo shattered a glass ceiling by becoming ...

“…it is not the elimination of racialism or nationalism that we want in this world today; it is the harmonisation of nationalism and racialism for future progress ...