The Soul of a Nation. That a nation has a soul was introduced by Plato in the Republic, in which he stated that the state is infused with a soul that resembles the soul of an indi ...

Restoration of Judiciary independence was one of the key pledges by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) and his National Peoples Power (NPP) in their respective election campaigns and Sri Lankan ...

Sri Lanka is currently making slow progress in recovering from bankruptcy and still remains under the control of international financiers. The leadership of the NPP seems genuinely committed to ...

Sri Lanka’s state university system, with its enviable human resource base, is on this job. But due to structural problems such as funding for ongoing projects, the availability has been short of the ...

The recent assassination of contract killer Ganemulla Sanjeewa by another contract killer, identified as Samindu Dilshan Piyamanga Kahadanaarachchi, has once again exposed critical vulnerabilities in ...

Sri Lankans are eagerly watching to see if the Attorney General will be impeached over allegations of obstructing justice in the Lasantha Wickrematunge case. As the drama unfolds, the country is ...

While the Tamil community no longer mobilizes in the streets or gathers at iconic locations like Galle Face, as they did during the ‘Aragalaya,’ one of their most fundamental demands remains steadfast ...

This article was written in 2018 and published in The Island. I am updating it with some additions and a few changes. The discussion on the Capital Punishment (CP) has come to the fore again. I do not ...

Prior to the Presidential Election I was at a seminar and I was questioned about what will happen after the elections. I said if Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) wins he will continue with the IMF ...

Be that as it may what is discussed below is another aspect of cleaning which the current government needs to take care of. However, the strength of the enemy should not be underestimated. There are ...

Extrajudicial killings are not a new phenomenon in Sri Lanka. Over the years, successive governments have been accused of sanctioning or turning a blind eye to the unlawful killing of suspects by ...

The Daily Mirror (08.02.2025) reports that “The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), in a letter to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, strongly emphasised that decisions of the Attorney General in ...