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 ...

ITAK MP for Batticaloa Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam recently called on the international community to pressure the Government to give serious attention to protecting the Chemmani mass grave ...

Nagesh was the undisputed king of comedians in Tamil cinema from the early sixties to mid-seventies of the previous century. After a “lull” the versatile actor re-entered Tamil cinema in a new “avatar ...

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj The Ilankai Thamil Arasuk Katchi (ITAK) known in English as the Federal Party will celebrate its 75th Birthday in December this year. The premier political party of the Sri Lankan ...

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Lakshman Kadirgamar’s 18th death anniversary was observed last Saturday. The former foreign minister fell victim to a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sniper in Colombo on 12 ...

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj (This article was first written in 2018 for the “Spotlight” column in the “Daily Financial Times” to commemorate the 30th death anniversary of popular actor-politician Vijaya ...

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj (26 November 2024 is the 70th Birth Anniversary of LTTE Supremo Veluopillai Prabhakaran) The demise of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Veluppillai Prabhakaran occurred ...

By D.B.S. Jeyaraj (It was Ten years ago on September 30th that Sembuge Gamini Shelton Fonseka known generally as Gamini Fonseka passed away at the age of 68.The uncrowned monarch of Sinhala cinema was ...

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 ...

By Tisaranee Gunasekara “Doubt is not a pleasant condition. But certainty is an absurd one.” Voltaire (Letter to Fredrick the Great – 28.11.1770) Sri Lanka’s road to ruin was marked by miracles. The ...

By Tisaranee Gunasekara “No spectators at chasm’s door…” – Mahmoud Darwish (I have a seat in the abandoned theatre) Sri Lankans are a notoriously impulsive people, quick to violence and to generosity.

By Shreen Saroor (Shreen Saroor is a peace and women’s rights activist and runs the Women’s Action Network (WAN) in Sri Lanka, a collective of women’s groups that empowers and advocates for women and ...