The little girl did become a queen – a moviedom Queen! She took to acting and reigned for many years as the Queen of Sinhala cinema. Forced into exile 25 years ago and compelled to stay away in order ...

A 75-year-old Sri Lankan Tamil refugee, who returned from India after decades of displacement during the civil war, was on Thursday (May 29, 2025) detained by Sri Lankan authorities at the Palaly ...

Island wide Local Government elections held on May 6th was perceived as a twin test to gauge whether the NPP/JVP Govt still retained it’s popularity and whether the Anura wave had lost its vigour or ...

Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated 34 years ago by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) on May 21st 1991. The date of Rajiv Gandhi’s death has poignant significance for ...

In her last appearance a couple of weeks ago, Malini Fonseka, arguably the queen of Sinhala cinema echoed the words of one of her most famous films ‘awa soya adare’. “I have come looking for love,” ...

That a State Minister has called upon President Ranil Wickremesinghe to pardon Gnanasara Thero now serving his most recent sentence of four years handed down by the Colombo High Court last month for ...

Former World Bank senior economist and novelist, Sriyani Hulugalle, has published her latest novelette in Sinhala under the title ‘Shadows of Hantana’, a story she had penned when she was at the ...

“Doubt is not a pleasant condition. But certainty is an absurd one.” Voltaire (Letter to Fredrick the Great – 28.11.1770) Sri Lanka’s road to ruin was marked by miracles. The story, born in mystery, ...

The Parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 was an important turning point in the post-independence history of Sri Lanka known as Ceylon then. It was this election held sixty years ago that led ...

The United Lingdom (UK) has imposed sanctions on four Sri Lankans allegedly responsible for serious human rights abuses and violations committed during the war between the Sri Lankan armed forces and ...

(Shreen Saroor is a peace and women’s rights activist and runs the Women’s Action Network (WAN) in Sri Lanka, a collective of women’s groups that empowers and advocates for women and women survivors ...

Examining several aspects of this dispute is relevant against the wider backdrop of Sri Lanka’s painful struggles with political accountability. Marking the fifth anniversary of the attacks last week, ...