It is worth noting that in 2013, New Zealand’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Murray McCully, visited Sri Lanka, marking the first visit by a New Zealand Foreign Minister to the country. This visit ...

Have the 16 years of war victory celebrations and suppression of commemoration of the war dead among the Tamil people helped achieve unity, reconciliation, and cohesion among diverse communities? How ...

Pope Francis passed away on 21 st of April at the age of 88 years. The College of Cardinals commenced the process for the selection of the next Pope. This could take up to five days, during which time ...

In recent years the History of Sri Lanka has become an important subject, not only because it is in school curriculum, but also because it has been used to shape politics and justify the ...

The birth of a child is still heralded with pleasure in Sri Lanka, and a girl child is usually no exception. In recent times, a close member of my extended family gave birth to a beautiful girl.

Full text of the Maxwell Paranagama Commission report, officially known as the Presidential Commission of Inquiry Into Complaints of Abductions and Disappearances tabled in parliament on Tuesday; ...

Wheels within wheels: Gotabaya Rajapaksa at President Sirisna’s brother Dudley Sirisena’s son’s wedding: ...

A glance at the rounded, elliptical, an-iconic image of Shiva Lingam placed on a circular base (known as Peedam), which is found in the Sanctum Sanctorum (Garbhagraha) in all Shiva temples, has given ...

Celebrating the 100 th Anniversary of the Jaffna Colleg Alumni Association – Colombo Branch, and 190 th anniversary of the Batticotta (Vaddukoddai) Seminary (1823) and Jaffna College (1872) 3 rd ...

The valuable message given by the Dalai Lama at the inter faith seminar on the ‘Preservation of Religious Harmony, Co­existence and Universal Peace’ organised by the International Association for ...

Alfred Duraiappah who was Jaffna’s independent MP from 1960-65 and several times mayor was a popular figure. Although this is denied by many Tamil nationalists, the fact is that in all elections for ...