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 ...

The sadness is even more acute when the journalist was someone known to you for […] It is learnt that the group behind this “Pottu Ammaan is alive” myth is the same one that earlier engaged in the ...

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 first Sinhala language feature film “Kadawunu Poronduwa” (Broken Promise) premiered on 21 January 1947 at the Kingsley theatre in Colombo. Four months after that historic event ...

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 Ilankai Thamil Arasuk Katchi (ITAK) known in English as the Federal Party (FP) has expressed strong opposition to recent moves by the National People’s Power (NPP) Govt of President Anura Kumara ...

By M.A.Sumanthiran (M.A. Sumanthiran is a President’s Counsel practising at Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court, a former Member of Parliament of Jaffna, and the General Secretary of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu ...

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 advent of the Local Authority elections in 2025 saw the emergence of a new electoral alliance in Eastern Sri Lanka. The Tamil Makkal Viduthalaip Puligal (TMVP) led by ...