The proposed amendments to the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act No 48 of 1979 (PTA)…
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Govt to amend controversial anti-terror law
(PTI) The government will amend a controversial anti-terror law that gives police sweeping powers to arrest suspects…
Commemorating Judge Weeramantry’s 5th death anniversary – Weeramantry: One of the greatest Jurists
One of the greatest Jurists the world had ever seen was Judge G. Christopher Weeramantry. We…
Tsunami aid-Racism even in human misery. By Latheef Farook
It is seventeen years today since devastating Tsunami struck mainly the east coast of the island…
Lynching In Sialkot & Burning Alive In Sri Lanka – A Comparison By Latheef Farook
On Thursday 3 December 2021 Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara, was brutally killed by workers of the…
The Shafi fiasco
The announcement of the reinstatement of Dr. Shafi Sihabdeen of the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital by the…
SJB: Prorogation of Parliament aimed at handing over Trinco oil tank farm to India By Saman Indrajith
Disclosure of New Fortress agreements has frigthened govt. – JVP The sudden prorogation of Parliament is…
More Dialogue Needed About One Country, One Law – National Peace Council of Sri Lanka
The principle of one law, one country is upheld by the constitution of the country, which…
Independence waylaid
The Cabinet decision to refer the controversial Pandora Papers revelations to the Commission to Investigate Allegations…
When will a Sri Lankan leader visit a Gulf country?
I have been eagerly waiting to see a Sri Lankan leader visiting Saudi Arabia or any…
Sri Lanka is not an Indian colony | By Tanvir Ur Rehman
SOUTH Asia is the mosaic of fragmented tendencies on account of its religious, cultural, linguistic and…
A State of Emergency that lost its purpose by M S M Ayub
Twenty-four days after the declaration the government withdrew the control prices on September 27, claiming that…
Thinking of libraries and queues at wine stores – EDITORIAL
People are eagerly awaiting the day the country would be opened up for travelling sans restrictions.…
Sri Lanka faces the ‘gallows’ as political savagery crucifies the nation
Are we a nation of savage beasts that a drunk State Minister, ironically tasked to oversee…
Webinar on Indian Expansionist Designs A Challenge for the Regional Countries in General and Sri Lanka in Particular Parallel to the 48th Session of UNHRC, Geneva, Switzerland
September 15, 2021. A webinar on “Indian Expansionist Designs – A Challenge for the Regional Countries…
Al Qaeda and ISIS will get buried if US and NATO stop invading other nations By M M Zuhair
Former US President George Bush’s and then British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s post 9/11 ‘War on…
This Government has dangerously lost the plot by Shyamon Jayasinghe
Ten years of Rajapaksa rule would have been enough to get experts and plan a proper…
Ranil against recognising Afghanistan under Taliban rule By LATHEEF FAROOK
This is in response to UNP leader and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe cautioning the government…