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Why I stand by our cartoon
Updated, 16 September, 6.30pm: It was brought to the attention of some hours ago that despite what Mr. Jayasuriya notes below (coupled with the fact that as we flag at the end…
Updated, 16 September, 6.30pm: It was brought to the attention of some hours ago that despite what Mr. Jayasuriya notes below (coupled with the fact that as we flag at the end…
UPDATE, 1600hrs, Colombo: Despite the acting editor of noting via Twitter the following, #The lakbima cartoon is a matter of artistic expression and therefore of freedom of expression. #lakbimacartoon — Ranga Jayasuriya…
M.A.Sumanthiran, is a National List Member of Parliament from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA). has carried in the past the Minister’s submissions to Parliament against the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, for…
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Reports online suggest that Dialog Axiata and Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT),, are blocking access to a number of Tamil language websites reporting on Sri Lanka. In the morning we were asked whether…
Image courtesy 3mana In my interview with the Secretary of Defence, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, broadcast on the BBC a week ago, his comments on the demography of the North aroused particular interest. DBS…
Photo credit JDS Aung San Suu Kyi, the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, 1991 in a contribution titled “Human development and human dignity” stated that The concept of human development is…
Image courtesy Colombo Page From around 5pm to 5.30pm today, Ass. Sec. Blake took questions from those on Twitter in South and Central Asia. Ass. Sec. Blake is the Assistant Secretary, South…
The President looking at war crimes in Vietnam. Courtesy Defence.lk A mapping of differences amongst and alliances within member States of the UN Human Rights Council, reduced to 46 with Libya not…
Photo courtesy Facebook page It is Lakshman Piyasena, introduced to me by my friend Jayantha Dhanapala, who first told me of Udayasiri Wickramaratne’s play. Piyasena urged Dhanapala and me to see a performance…
Photo courtesy REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte Despite the many limitations and criticisms levied at the final report of the LLRC, it must be recognized that in the presentation, the report reached a level of professionalism,…
Photo courtesy JDS An Analysis on recent court orders obtained by Police to restrain meetings & rallies in Sri Lanka ### Basic Liberties cannot be taken away by any State Organ Let…
Photo credit Ada Derana This is the question of the day. This is raised nationally and internationally and answers contrast for different reasons. In this article, I endeavor to briefly answer this question…
As part of the Galle Literary Festival, I had the opportunity to speak with Shashi Tharoor, whose writing I’ve immensely enjoyed read since my University days in India. As the festival’s website…