By Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka I hope everyone saw Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood, with Russell Crowe in the title role. The BBC History channel backed it up with a two hour programme, piecing together the legend from historical fact and circumstance....

from the BBC: The Sri Lankan foreign minister has said that a UN panel on human rights will not be allowed into the country. GL Peiris said that there was "no need" for the panel to come to the country...

June 16, 2010: 11.00 am Siobhain McDonagh: (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab): I am grateful for the chance to highlight again the appalling treatment of Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Government....

The headline and two articles of four in the front page of The Sunday Leader of last week was on money. The lead article screamed “UNP Leader Got Rs. 48 mn From One ‘Donor’” . The other two titles were: “One Billion Rupees For IIFA”; “Sumal Wants Rs. 19 bn For Waters Edge”. With pulse racing ...

by Dr.Daya Somasundaram University of Jaffna Abstract The phenomena of suicide bombers in Sri Lanka share some similarities with but also have some marked differences with what is seen in other parts of world today. Increasing discrimination, state humiliation and...

External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L.Peiris has urged the Tamil Diaspora worldwide to get involved in the rehabilitation process after the end of the conflict. Speaking from UN headquarters in New York, Professor Peiris told BBC News that the Sri Lankan Government was stepping up its effort to rehabilitate displaced Tamil people. Well as far as the Diaspora [...]

Foreign media has reported that the general election is peaceful. BBC reported that the Sri Lankan displayed keen enthusiasm in exercising their franchise. It said that the President is much popular among the citizens, mainly for ending the 26 year old war. It was confident that the President would register a clear victory at the polls. CNN [...]

India's foreign secretary will arrive in neighbouring Sri Lanka for a three-day visit involving talks with top officials.