Chartering Our Future / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 8th September 2026
Rajnath Singh’s visit comes 38 years after the previous official visit by an Indian Defence Minister. The visit is described in terms of defence cooperation, maritime security, connectivity and economic partnership. But...
A Judiciary does not exist to please a Government. It does not exist to please an Opposition, prosecutors, politicians, activists, media personalities, public opinion or foreign governments. THE JUDICIARY EXISTS TO ADMINISTER JUSTICE...
ශ්රී ලංකාව අද ක්රියාත්මක වන්නේ විදේශීය බලපෑම්වලින් යුත් මිශ්ර නීති පද්ධතියක් යටතේය. රෝම-ලන්දේසි නීතිය, ඉංග්රීසි නීතිමය මූලධර්ම සහ සීමිත චාරිත්රානුකූල නීති කිහිපයක් සමඟ පොදු නීතියේ පදනම ලෙස පවතී. යුරෝපීය ආක්රමණික යටත් විජිත පාලනයට පෙර...
Sri Lanka today operates under a foreign infused mixed legal system. Roman-Dutch law forming the foundation of common law together with English legal principles & a handful of customary laws. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE...
Every religion must be respected. But multiculturalism cannot mean that everyone else must live by restrictions based on one religion only. Sri Lanka is a majority Buddhist-nation where different faiths are free to...
Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st September 2026
මේජර් ජෙනරාල් සුරේෂ් සලේ අත්අඩංගුවට ගනු ලැබුවේ චෝදනා සම්බන්ධයෙන් අධිකරණ තීරණයක් මත නිකුත් කළ අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීමේ නියෝගයක් යටතේ නොව, ත්රස්තවාදය වැළැක්වීමේ පනත (PTA) යටතේ ජනාධිපතිවරයා සතු විධායක බලතල භාවිත කරමින් රඳවා තබා ගැනීමෙනි. එබැවින්...
Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st September 2026
Suresh Sallay was not arrested pursuant to a court order following a judicial determination of the allegations; he was detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) through Presidential executive powers. The starting...
