Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga – who celebrates her 80th birthday on 29 June 2025 – made history in November 1994 when she was elected as Sri Lanka’s first female executive president. Kumaratunga ...

By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Shanmuganathan Sivashankar alias “Pottu Ammaan”, the former intelligence chief of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is a keen topic of discussion these days within a Europe ...

By Bhadri Durghabakshi Would you believe that a humble lumpy brown bulb could transform into one of the world’s most photographed wonders? In the Netherlands every spring millions of tulips burst into ...

It can be seen that the Tamil parties have divided into two camps, namely the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) and the Tamil People’s Council (TPC). They compete with each other in the process of ...

By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Leading Tamil film actor Kamal Haasan -who is no stranger to Sri Lankan film fans – is very much in the news lately, for three reasons. Firstly the actor-politico will be elected in ...

By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Even though a month has passed since the Local Government (LG) Elections, political parties have been unable to form administrations in the majority of local councils.

By D.B.S. Jeyaraj The Jathika Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) led National People’s Power (NPP) recorded a landslide victory at the Parliamentary elections held in November 2024. The personal popularity of ...

By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham While addressing the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) at the Viharamahadevi Park in Colombo on 14 May, President Anura Kumara ...

The Lamb of God is victorious! That is why, today, we can joyfully cry out: “Christ, my hope, has risen!” (Easter Sequence).The resurrection of Jesus is indeed the basis of our hope. For in the light ...

. By D.B.S.Jeyaraj 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 ...