By I first met Mr David Pieris in 2021. David came for tea at my place in Jaffna on one of his business visits to the North.

Jaffna District Commander Sathasivamillai Krishnakumar alias ‘Col’ Kittu was regarded as the uncrowned king of Jaffna in the ...

Unhappy about photos on Ukraine war and South China Sea The Russian and Chinese Embassies in Colombo have taken exception to some photographs exhibited at the World Press Photo exhibition now open at ...

Step into any modest kitchen in Sri Lanka and you will find the traditional, local ingredients meeting the artful mastery of ...

Forced by India, successive governments since 2012 have invested disproportionate amounts of money in schools in estate communities. From a layman’s point of view, it is a good” thing and it will ...

He was an officer in the Sri Lanka Navy who remained a prisoner with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for eight long agonizing years, at times chained in a cage-like environment.

Basic modus operandi of the LRRP was for small groups to clandestinely infiltrate territory controlled by the LTTE and target senior Tiger leaders and key operatives. LRRP operations were undertaken ...

Residents of Mullivaikkal, a coastal village in Sri Lanka's Northern Province, rescued 112 Rohingya refugees, including 25 children, from a sinking boat, and welcomed them. Despite this, the ...

One often hears the complaint that we work in silos, even within the Ministry of Defence. A whole-of-government approach and ...

Stella Selvamanie Selvadurai, who taught English at Jaffna College for fifty years, was one such impactful teacher. She ...