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Chemmani still holds our attention

25 Jun 2026

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Excavations of over a year at the Chemmani mass grave at the entrance of Jaffna city have unearthed over 400 skeletal remains, many belonging to children. Some reports put the number at 412 by Monday, with the exhumation of 13 more skeletal remains on that day.

Torture is illegal, but a norm in every country

11 Jun 2026

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Several political parties have been agitating against the arrest and detention of former State Intelligence Service (SIS) chief retired Major General Suresh Sallay over the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in 2019.

A cross-over ban alone will not result in principled politics

04 Jun 2026

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The government’s announcement to enact a law to prevent members of Parliament, provincial councils and local government bodies from crossing over to other parties from the parties they were elected from does not seem to have evinced much interest from political circles.

PC polls haunt the NPP

28 May 2026

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Tilvin Silva, the General Secretary of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has stirred up a hornet’s nest by claiming that the provincial council elections which had been last held in 2014 would only be held next year, if any new issue is not cropped up.

Interference with the judiciary is a part of governance in Sri Lanka

14 May 2026

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Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was questioned by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) on Tuesday in connection with an alleged US$2 million bribe linked to the purchase of Airbus aircraft during his second administration.

Vijay’s rhetoric cannot undermine India’s realpolitik

07 May 2026

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There was a time when the State assembly election in Tamil Nadu drew much enthusiasm from the Sri Lankan people as politics of the State held a profound and consistent bearing on the of its southern neighbour while the latter was engaged in a bitter war with the separatist Tamil armed group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

NPP in a bind over Theepachelvan’s books

30 Apr 2026

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The National People’s Power (NPP) government, since it was voted into power in 2024 thanks to the unprecedented economic crisis the country underwent four years ago, is gradually learning to mend the gap between theory and practice in politics, yet giving ammunition to its adversaries.

Coal deal: Did the NPP lose its moral high ground?

23 Apr 2026

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Flaws in procedures in procurement of 14,000 carrom boards and 11,000 checkers (Damm) boards landed former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage and former Sathosa Chairman Nalin Fernando in jail last year. Would a similar scenario take place in the case regarding the coal procurement controversy, landing Kumara Jayakody, the Energy Minister of the National People Power (NPP) government, in prison?

Let the courts decide who the mastermind is

09 Apr 2026

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Former Minister Udaya Gammanpila has stolen the limelight at least for a few weeks by launching his book ‘Searching for the Mastermind of the Easter Sunday Attacks’, despite it disappointing many

How a national pride became a national disaster

02 Apr 2026

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I just asked Google AI what really prompts the US to attack Iran. It gave a list of reasons. Here are some of them, which it attributed to US President Donald Trump:

What really went wrong for IRIS Dena?

28 Mar 2026

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It must be the ongoing war in West Asia that has been the toughest issue that the National People’s Power (NPP) Government has encountered since its assumption of power in late 2024.

Expect the unexpected

21 Mar 2026

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Following the Government’s announcement last week that Wednesday would be a holiday in order to reduce fuel consumption in the country in the face of escalating conflicts in the Middle East, certain health sector trade unions had demanded a holiday allowance for their members as they are not entitled to that holiday.

Wanted, a serious Opposition

14 Mar 2026

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Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva last week said that Sri Lanka now has a government that people trust, and the country’s recovery is being powered by that trust which is a rare and valuable asset.

Choice of survival over principles

07 Mar 2026

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The Sri Lankan Government facing multiple issues that have stemmed from the missile attack by US and Israeli forces on Iran on February 28 and the latter’s retaliation targeting Israel and the US bases in nine countries in the Middle East that has now grown into a regional war.

Sallay issue: The government reaches a point of no return

28 Feb 2026

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A huge controversy has erupted over the arrest of former State Intelligence Service (SIS) chief Suresh Sallay on Wednesday over the suicide attacks on Christians by a group of Muslim terrorists on 2019 Easter Sunday, which fell on April 21 in that year.

MP’s pension issue; who benefits?

21 Feb 2026

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The Opposition seems to be not certain of their own stance about the Parliament Pensions (Repeal) Bill that was passed on Tuesday. They criticised the Bill, but did not vote against it. They had left the House when the Bill was put to vote, instead.

Does corruption index reflect the reality ?

14 Feb 2026

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After ten years of negative performance, Sri Lanka has risen from 121stplace to 107th place on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index for 2025.

An intellectual dialogue on a model Constitution: Province or district as unit of devolution

07 Feb 2026

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Sri Lankans appear to be obsessed with Constitutional reforms, said Professor Deepika Udagama, the former Head of the Department of Law at Peradeniya University at a special event on Constitutional reforms held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) on Tuesday.

The Importance of a new constitution for Sri Lanka - Past attempts mostly ill-conceived

31 Jan 2026

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There are several promises which the National People’s Power (NPP) gave during the last Presidential and Parliamentary elections, but cannot keep as a government -- at least for the moment. One of them is replacing the current Constitution with a new one.

An Opposition lost direction and consistency

24 Jan 2026

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Nandana Gunathilake, who shouldered the rebuilding of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) after a bloody crackdown of it by the United National Party (UNP) Government in the late eighties passed away on January 18.

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UPDATE - Death toll rises to 26, over 100 injured

UPDATE - Death toll rises to 26, over 100 injured

Updated World Test Championship standings after West Indies’ record win over Sri Lanka

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