Despite the undeniable shock caused to Sri Lanka’s democratic system on October 26th 2018 as a result of President Maithripala Sirisena’s swearing in of...
Image: Navy base, Trincomalee.
The progress of ongoing criminal investigations into the grisly killing of several Tamil youths following a racket of abduction for ransom,...
Image: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe leaves after appearing before a presidential commission of inquiry into issuance of treasury bonds in Colombo, Sri Lanka,...
The Vidhya prosecution differed from the Krishanthi Kumaraswamy prosecution... ( Photo: A protest held against the killing of Krishanthi Kumaraswamyin in Colombo; credit Sunday...
Kishali Pinto Jayawaradena.
That Sri Lanka’s new Minister of Foreign Affairs has chosen to flippantly wave aside the stupefying conduct of the Inspector General of...
In the chaotic merry-go-round characterizing the drafting of Sri Lanka’s proposed Counter-Terror Act (CTA), the periodic surfacing of one version followed by another has...
BY Kishali Pinto Jayawaradena.
It is unfortunate that a Bill purporting to amend Sri Lanka’s Code of Criminal Procedure Act made public this week takes...
The regular posturing by the so-called Rajapaksa-led Joint Opposition calling for the upholding of democratic rights in Sri Lanka must be treated with the...
The ‘Rainbow Revolution’s ‘Satakaya’ Infiltration.
In a typical twist of Sri Lankan humor, there is a sardonic caricature doing the rounds of Ministers in the...
Several wickedly problematic tragi-comedies are playing on Sri Lanka’s political stage right now, none of which are to the benefit of the country.
Why was...
(Gotabhaya at FICD)
As former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa emerged smiling into television cameras this week following summons issued by Sri Lanka’s Presidential Commission on...
The Government’s frantic rush towards finalizing a new Constitution for Sri Lanka has, in its path, several formidable obstacles. These include cautions emanating from...
Image: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, center, sings the national anthem during an event to mark the anniversary of country's independence from British colonial...
