It all ended in an orgy of violence orchestrated by the Sri Lankan army in May 2009, with the death of every LTTE leader who had not defected to the army years earlier. Prabhakaran and his entire ...

Sri Lanka’s premier political party representing the Tamils of the Northern and Eastern Provinces is the Ilankai Thamil ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, during his recent visit to Jaffna, toured Velvettiturai. His presence in the historically significant port city was ...

Notes from the Jaipur Literature Festival, Eric Solheim on Prabhakaran book, talking to Charlotte Wood and more ...

The first part of this article published last week briefly outlined the history of Sri Lanka’s national anthem being sung in ...

The 77th Independence Day saw Sri Lanka more ‘in dependence’ than independent. Tamil Nadu fishermen invade our territorial ...

Nearly two decades have passed since the 26-year civil war ended in Sri Lanka. Yet, Muslims displaced from the island nation still face significant challenges in returning to their homes and ...

The political economy of language teaching: by Gamini Keerawella (Based on a speech delivered at the BCIS Language Awards ...

While the country was rapidly heading for an unprecedented political, economic and social crisis, then President Gotabaya ...

Former senior LTTE official Subramaniam Sivakamy, better known as Colonel Thamilini, has died at the age of 43, due to cancer, a source from the Maharagama cancer hospital says. Thamilini was ...