Sections of progressive opinion in Sri Lanka are currently commemorating the second anniversary of the country’s epochal ‘Aragalaya’, which brought down the dictatorial and racist Gotabhaya...
by Susantha Hewa A Shramadana (collaborative work) in a village is a good example of participatory democracy in action, where it is “of the villagers, by the villagers,...
THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF JANUARY 6, 2021 INSURRECTION/TOURIST VISIT/FAMILY PICNIC by Vijaya Chandrasoma Donald Trump held a “Commit to Caucus Rally”, in Newton, Ohio yesterday, to memorialize...
by Kumar David Apologies for the untidy title where I have coupled democracy with descriptors that convey different implications. Social-democracy underscores livelihood concerns and the circumstances...
The imposition of severe restrictions on the independent media and media professionals by governments has become a recurring feature of the continuing crisis of democracy in...
Democracy in Sri Lanka will not work unless there are robust accountability mechanisms, Executive Director of Verité Research Nishan de Mel has said.Dr. De Mel said...
Text of the speech delivered by Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda at the launch of the book, Democracy and Democratization in Sri Lanka: Paths, Trends and imaginations, September...
BY Kingsley Wickremasuriya, Senior DIG (Retd.) The post of Inspector-General of Police is ‘vacant’ and the government is dilly-dallying with the appointment of a successor to...
By Saman Indrajith The JVP yesterday announced that it would challenge in court a private member motion by MP Jayantha Ketagoda, seeking to empower the line...
By Rathindra Kuruwita All laws introduced by the incumbent government were aimed at weakening democracy, Education Secretary of the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP), Pubudu Jayagoda said yesterday...