At this particular juncture I will consider actor Malini Fonseka ’s particular appearance in Sri Lankan film called Punchi Baba (1968) and suggest an anti-representational ways of understanding the ...

It ended with a disgusting display of Arab opulence. It is disgusting not because of its financial magnitude and glitter but because of the circumstance in which it took place. A four hundred million ...

May 2024 marked the 15 th anniversary of the ending of the long Eelam War. Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardana presided over the annual ‘war-heroes’ commemoration. Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa was ...

And then the scaremongering – if the NPP government were to fail and suffer defeat at the next election, will it pave the way for the return of the Rajapaksas, yet again, but this time under a new ...

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; ...

The offices of Lycamobile, owned by Sri Lankan born Subaskaran Allirajah was raided by French Police, with 19 people working for the company arrested in connection with a multi-million pound tax and ...

The local government elections that took place last week saw a consolidation of the democratic system in the country. The government followed the rules of elections to a greater extent than its recent ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over the past 40 years, the world has experienced a fractious relationship between value systems associated with nationalism and globalisation, which social scientists have identified as two defining ...

Two bearded leaders smiled for the camera in Colombo this week. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was greeted by the Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. There was much singing and dancing.