Dayan Jayatilleke

Dr. Dayan Jayatilleke is a Sri Lankan diplomat, political scientist, and former Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva. He has written extensively on Sri Lankan politics and international relations, including “Sri Lanka: The Travails of a Democracy” and “Fidel’s Ethics of Violence: Revolutionary Moralism and the Cuban Experience.”

October 2, 2026

News/Sri Lanka

Police Sergeant Suspended Over Alleged Chicken Meat Bribe in Sri Lanka

A police sergeant attached to Malwathuhiripitiya Police in Sri Lanka’s Gampaha Police Division has been suspended following an investigation into an alleged attempt to obtain a kilogramme of chicken meat in exchange

Editorials/Human Rights

The Moral Ambiguity of Christa Pike’s Execution

Christa Pike's survival has exposed a contradiction that capital punishment normally conceals. The state can declare a life forfeit, but when its machinery of death fails, it suddenly becomes responsible for keeping that life alive.

October 2, 2026

Sri Lankan Socialist Party Figure Claims Two-Thirds of Population Is Poor

Human Rights/Sri Lanka

A senior figure in Sri Lanka’s Frontline Socialist Party has claimed that two-thirds of the country’s population has fallen into poverty under the current

Sri Lankan Designer Showcases Batik Collection at Moscow Fashion Week

Events/Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka was represented at Moscow Fashion Week with a presentation by Sri Lankan designer Kamil Hewavitharana, whose label Limak by Kamil showcased a

Fidel Castro Centenary: The Last Homeric Hero

August 18, 2026

Editor's Choice/History

The month he turned 50, my father, Mervyn de Silva, and my mother, Lakshmi, were in Havana watching Fidel Castro take over the chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement at its 6th Summit.

The Sallay Affair and Sri Lanka’s Deepening Political Fault Lines

June 11, 2026

Human Rights/Politics/Sri Lanka

“Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice’” ~ Jesus Christ, in Matthew 9:13 Anura’s JVP-NPP administration will enter history as the one which jailed the highest number of

Sri Lanka: This Is How Nations Betray Their Defenders

January 2, 2026

Columns/Geopolitics

I have no intention of even implicitly commenting on the legality of the ongoing incarceration of Douglas Devananda. I’ve no legal background, and that’s because, having been selected for the Law Faculty

Sri Lanka: Kadirgamar’s Unbroken Line

August 12, 2025

Columns/Geopolitics/Sri Lanka

Remarks by the author at a panel discussion on the late Lakshman Kadirgamar, held in aid of the Peter Weerasekara Children’s Home, Yakkala. The event took place at the International Women’s Club