Administration has moved to stifle criticism with a draft of new, repressive laws by Meenakshi Ganguly Deputy Asia Director (Human Rights Watch) Sri Lanka is still...
(Excerpted from Selected Journalism by HAJ Hulugalle) “He was a verray parfit gentil knight”, in the words of the fourteenth century English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Dudley...
By Uditha Devapriya Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s recent visit to India, on an invitation extended by the Indian government, underlies a tectonic shift in Sri Lankan politics,...
By Ramindu Perera Senior Lecturer, Department of Legal Studies, Open University of Sri Lanka The recent visit of a delegation from the National People’s Power (NPP),...
by Kumar David It is no longer a secret that a progressive section of the Buddhist clergy (Sangha) and Tamil parties (for example the Global Tamil...
View from the gallery by Saman Indrajith President Ranil Wickremesinghe ceremonially commenced the fifth session of Parliament on Wednesday with a speech (once called the Throne...
by Rajan Philips Sunday this week marks Sri Lanka’s 76th independence anniversary. By President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s reckoning another twenty four years will have to go by...
By Saman Indrajith CWC leader and Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Minister Jeevan Thondaman says that if President Ranil Wickremesinghe decides to run in the upcoming...
by Rajan Philips The Collective for Democracy and Rule of Law (CDRL) is making a commendable intervention to launch a platform for constitutional reform early on...
View from the gallery by Saman Indrajith The second sitting week of parliament this year was limited to only two days, Tuesday and Wednesday, intended for...