Colombo, August 15:
In 1991, the Indian economy was in dire straits, in some ways like what Sri Lanka has been going through in the past year. Unlike Sri Lanka, India did not default on external loans but was on...
Both the Sinhalese and the Tamils were into Buddhism in ancient times. But while the religion survived and went from strength to strength among the Sinhalese, it declined among the Tamils both in Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu to...
In a March 28 tweet, Assange’s partner Stella Moris said that “after a hard night, Julian woke up this morning to a kind, personal message from Pope Francis @pontifex delivered to his cell door by the prison priest.”
“Our family...
Colombo, April 12: Muslims of Ceylon and peninsular India, who are ethnologically similar, were in the vanguard of maritime trade in South and South East Asia from the 3 rd., century BC till the emergence of the Portuguese and...
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, quotes the FAO/WFP Hunger Hotspots Report for October 2022 to January 2023, to say that Sri Lanka is listed as a “hotspot of high concern”.
The economic crisis is the “worst...
Colombo, October 5:
The Taliban regime in Afghanistan is likely to get international economic support if not de jure diplomatic recognition, sooner than generally expected.
Indications of this are seen in two recent events: (1) the proceedings of the Russian-led conclave...
While developed countries in the West have knit their diverse peoples into a nation on the basis of “citizenship” and not ethnicity or religion, in many parts of the developing world, countries are increasingly using religion and ethnicity to...
The opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has said that the Gotabaya Rajapaksa government’s bid to nullify court rulings and to impose civil disabilities on key opposition leaders on the recommendationsof a Special Presidential Commission on Political Victimization, is tantamount...
The Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is to visit India shortly to meet his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and other key Indian ministers, reliable sources said on Tuesday. The exact dates of the visit are being worked out,...
In the 16th.Century, the principality of Sitawaka, in South Central Sri Lanka acquired a reputation for resolutely opposing the Portuguese who were trying to dominate the Western coastline which was the principal entry point for Europeans.
Sitawaka’s King, Mayadunne (1521-1581),...
When Sri Lankan military exploits are talked about or written about, only two of episodes are mentioned. They are: the defeat of the Tamil king Elara at the hands of the Sinhala prince Dutugemunu in 161 BC and the...
In recent days, there has been a lot of concern over the deterioration of air quality in Sri Lanka due to the increase in the level of fine particles (PM2.5) in the atmosphere. The primary reason for the current...
