Opinion
India and Sri Lankan Tamil political parties
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Once again, Sri Lankan Tamil political parties met Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar recently at India House in Colombo...
Why the PSTA must be debated and changed
By Dr. Jehan Perera A prominent feature of the first year of the National People’s Power (NPP) Government is that it has not...
Bouquets outnumber brickbats in AKD’s performance
By Col R Hariharan The year 2025 will be remembered in Sri Lanka for Cyclone Ditwah, which struck the Sri Lanka coast towards the...
Why Venezuela matters to the Global South
By J. Abeywickrema Who rules when rules disappear? A single man and a small circle of his closest aides, unknown even to the...
Deferred accountability and elevated expediency
In the annals of governance, few practices are as corrosive as the predilection to manufacture crises, then feign investigation when they explode in...
Unresolved grievances don’t disappear with time
By Dr. Jehan Perera The Government is rebuilding the cyclone-devastated lives, livelihoods and infrastructure in the country after the immense destruction caused by...
Forests: The lifeline we cannot afford to lose
Deforestation, human-animal conflict and global experiences Part 3 By Lionel Bopage The global crisis Deforestation and human-animal conflict have become dangerously intertwined as...
The Queen of Songs of Lanka and A Few of My Experiences
By Lionel Bopage The passing away of veteran singer Mrs Latha Walpola, “The Queen of Songs of Lanka”, has created an unfillable void...
