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 ...

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 ...

By engaging in timely discussions with the relevant parties, the government can prevent escalation of conflicts into violence and chaos. And such a process will ensure that the promises made during ...

It is worth noting that in 2013, New Zealand’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Murray McCully, visited Sri Lanka, marking the first visit by a New Zealand Foreign Minister to the country. This visit ...

1. Government acknowledgement: The need to reform and adopt a suitable legal framework, due to the deficiencies, ineffectiveness and oppressive nature of the PTA. 2. Violation of human rights: ...

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However, readers will be surprised to learn that under Bishop Pathmathayalan’s leadership (and earlier under Bishop Thiagarajah’s leadership too), the Jaffna Diocese engaged in massive fraudulence by ...

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 ...