By Maryam Azwer On Friday August 13, the MV Sun Sea landed at a naval base in Western Canada, with 492 people on board, all of them Sri Lankan asylum seekers. Canadian authorities say they have swung into action and are trying to decide what should be done with yet another batch of refugees. Commenting [...]
By Indi Samarajiva There has been much commotion about the recent (and ancient) animal sacrifice in Chilaw. On www.thesundayleader.lk the news has drawn hundreds of comments, most condemning the practice. There is no similar condemnation, however, of the daily killing of thousands of animals to supply the appetites of Sri Lankan omnivores. The issue cannot [...]
Dear Sri Lanka, Almost two weeks ago, after six whole months of illegal detention and many court cases, my father’s first court martial case convicted him of doing politics while in uniform. I must say, this did not come as any surprise to us since we knew that the verdict was written by this regime [...]
There are times when one simply cannot believe the attitude of the government. It acts with an impunity never quite before seen and unlikely to be seen elsewhere either. They send out signals to the international community with no apparent care in the world for what our overseas trading partners think. The case of stripping [...]
By Hishan Welmilla The only Sri Lankan gold medalist in a Commonwealth Games (CWG), weight lifter Chinthana Vidanage, will lead the Sri Lankan Contingent to XIX Commonwealth Games scheduled to get underway in Delhi, India from October 3. Sri Lankan contingent will comprise of 78 male athletes and 18 female athletes who will compete against [...]
Text and pictures by Natalie Soysa A kovil in Chilaw, namely the Arulmigu Sri Maha Bathrakaliyam Kovil was the cause of much commotion a few days ago. The slaughter of 300 goats and a countless number of chickens was to take place in celebration and devotion to the goddess Kali. This annual festival and slaughter [...]
After reading the article “A Decree By Malice” a couple of things came to mind. First, the words of the Queen in Lewis Caroll’s Through The Looking Glass. “No, No,” said the Queen “Sentence first. Verdict afterwards.” Perhaps Sophocles had someone like the Queen in mind when he cried out “This, is the end of [...]
In and around Colombo and the outskirts I find many police constables every few yards on the roads (on one road about 10-15 police constables) for long hours — may be eight to ten hours just doing nothing. Some of them are either facing the road or their backs turned to the road. I have [...]
Sri Lanka in Transparency International’s (TI’s) Corruption Index for last year has been ranked 97th out of 180 countries with a score of 3.1 points out of 10 (higher the rankings, lower the perceptions on corruption, higher the corruption perception, lower the ranking). Highest ranked (1st) was New Zealand with a score of 9.4 points [...]
New Zealand have plummeted four spots to sixth in the ICC one-day international rankings as they depart Sri Lanka with an ‘F’ from their first pre-World Cup exam. It all started so well in Dambulla, a 200-run hiding of India lifting them to the dizzy heights of second-ranked ODI team in the world for the [...]
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