Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka must protect integrity and be firm with USA
Tamara Kunanayakam on NEWSLINE
27/10/2020
As Chair of MCC & US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo...
Mike Pompeo is arriving amidst a sudden & unexpected covid surge in Sri Lanka and coming from two of the worst covid-hit countries. He...
Dual Citizenship and Amendments to the Constitution – An Open Letter...
Dear Parliamentarians,
We urge you to refrain from voting for any Amendment to the Constitution that would permit foreign citizens to enter Sri Lanka’s Parliament...
Can Sri Lanka be ‘neutral’ with an ‘India first’ policy?
By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya
In several interviews after his recent appointment as Secretary to the Foreign Ministry, Adm. (Retd.) Jayanath Colombage has sought to explain the...
Sri Lanka: The Assault on Land
By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya
The government’s recent move to do away with an important land circular, announced by the Cabinet Spokesman,Minister Bandula Gunewardena on 02.07.20, has...
Sri Lanka: police brutality, the ‘new normal’ and neoliberalism
By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya
Former minister Mangala Samaraweera’s decision not to contest the upcoming parliamentary election, despite his name being on the candidates list, is unlikely...
Sri Lanka cardinal seeks UN probe on China’s Coronavirus
March 15, 2020
The head of Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic Church Sunday alleged that the highly contagious Coronavirus may be man-made and wanted those responsible...
Sri Lanka’s Millennium Challenge Compact and the US ‘Pivot to Asia’
By LasandaKurukulasuriya
During the run-up to Sri Lanka’s November presidential election there was widespread agitation against attempts to rush the signing of a compact with...
India is steadily creeping from democracy to some form of thugocracy
by Pranab Bardhan
Jan 18, 2020 Indian Express
Contrary to expectation in many quarters five years back, the current regime has proved itself rather inept...
Big powers converge in Colombo during Lavrov’s visit
By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya
Jan. 23, 2020
It was an unusually busy week for the foreign ministry in Colombo earlier this month when there werevisits by Russian,...