During the 16th and 17th centuries, when Portuguese Governor Filipe de Oliveira (infamously dubbed the “God of the Sword”) actively ordered the demolition of major shrines like the Nallur Kandaswamy ...

Do not secretly monitor the people. Systematically listen to them. That would give Sri Lanka the benefits of an organised national feedback mechanism without descending into the methods associated ...

They have become accustomed to travelling in overcrowded buses and trains, pressed against one another and sweating; buying medicines privately when government hospitals have none; or accepting ...

The Foreign affairs of the Sinhala Kingdom of Kandy (1469–1815) were defined by a sophisticated, high-stakes strategy of survival. As the last independent native monarchy in Sri Lanka, Kandy leveraged ...

In a sense, this theory helped the convert to revert to Hinduism without a second thought when the Portuguese quit in 1658. Portuguese rule ruined Jaffna, Abeyasinghe says. Though the Jaffna peasant ...

There is deep resentment in Sri Lanka that continues to this day over the Portuguese policy to erase the Dharmic religions i.e., Buddhism and Hinduism and replace them with Christianity. As much as ...

The Rothschild & Co article analyzes these ‘clever’ instruments to enable a so-called ‘debt rescue’. However, one analyst has described these tools as ‘The Rothschild strangulation & control of Sri ...

However, Sri Lankans have heard many similar investment announcements in the past, while actual implementation has moved painfully slowly. The Government’s official statement confirms that Foreign ...

One of the least discussed tragedies of the treaty era is that the Allied naval blockade of Germany was maintained even after ...

A Foredoomed Ultra Leftist Adventure”. In the July 1977 elections, the J.R. Jayewardene-led United National Party won a landslide victory, securing 140 of 168 seats. JR’s government liberalised the ...

A road map without a driver remains a document on a shelf. Sri Lanka does not need another description of the destination. It needs an empowered person capable of taking the country there.

A contestant who does not wish to eat or handle pork because of religious conviction should be respected. There is no ...