Looking back at the history of Sri Lanka, then known as “Lanka” in Sinhala and in Tamil Ilankai (I+Lanka+I) has throughout the ages the two communities Sinhalese and Tamils in the country lived as distinct […]

Sixty-five years after the late Egyptian president Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal, prompting the 1956 invasion by the UK, France and Israel, the waterway continues to hold a vice-like grip on global commerce. A single ship […]

With four great religions of the world practiced in Sri Lanka, the people are stuck not knowing how to protect themselves from the impact of coronavirus pandemic. As they are not well aware of their […]

The United Nations 47-member Human Rights Council passed a fresh resolution on Sri Lanka, with 22 countries in favour, 11 against and 14 abstaining. The UNHRC has thus received a mandate to collect evidence of […]

Today in the international arena, the Sri Lankan rulers have proved their incapability to sustain the ‘National Sovereignty’ in the hands of the same friendly nations, who in 2009 helped the rulers to regain lost […]

The concept behind Buddhist Dharma is anything that upholds or sustains a positive order and an individual, a family, a community, a nation and the universe all help uphold order. All creations except humans obeys […]

Ecosystem diversity deals with the variations in ecosystems within a geographical location and its overall impact on human existence and the environment. Today children, who finish schooling are well aware of ecosystem and its importance. Unfotunately, […]

On United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution No.46/1, the sixth in a decade on Sri Lanka, the minority Tamils in the island nation will find no consolation in Geneva. Therefore realistically the Tamils need to […]

If Sri Lanka’s new political system is to lead the country to greater decentralization of internal self-determination, then a state supremacy over the present province is possible. The country needs two separate state parliaments in […]