Tamara Kunanayakam On 8 October this year, the Cabinet media spokesman Vijitha Herath announced the new JVP/NPP Government’s ...

The rebuttal came after several posts on platform X, formerly known as Twitter . The posts claimed that Goa was “down in the dumps,” with many tourists preferring to visit Sri Lanka, Thailand, or ...

A draft UN Resolution- A/HRC/57/L.1 titled "promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka" was adopted without a vote during the ongoing 57th Regular Session of the United ...

On the campaign trail, President AKD followed-up his memorable line “I hear talk in certain places about an Opposition. An ...

In the UK, Sri Lankan refugees to enter after 3 years The United Kingdom will permit 64 Tamil refugees, including 16 children ...

I will say to any terrorist who kills an American, and threatens the American People, or threatens our troops, or our ...

The question about whether a woman can become the president of the United States has been asked time and again. Yet in other ...

Dr Bilesha Weeraratne is a Research Fellow and Head of Migration and Urbanisation Research at IPS. Prior to re-joining IPS in ...

perhaps we need to call the United Nations election monitors. I know this isn’t Somalia or Sri Lanka, but it would be nice to have objective eyes on the process to avoid intimidation at the ...

through strengthened and inclusive multilateralism within the framework of the United Nations Charter. Sri Lanka's application to join BRICS underscores the effectiveness and inclusivity of this ...

“Our [presidential election] manifesto contains very ... Speaking at the UNHRC session, Sri Lanka’s permanent envoy to the UN in Geneva, Himali Arunatilaka, claimed that the proposal to ...

This week’s announcement makes clear that the JVP/NPP administration will not hesitate to use the PTA and other repressive ...