DBS Jeyaraj

David Buell Sabapathy Jeyaraj (popularly known as David Jeyaraj or DBS in short) is a senior journalist and political commentator based on Toronto, Canada

October 23, 2026

Politics/Sri Lanka

Rajapaksa Tells Imprisoned Son to Trust Courts and Avoid Political Revenge

Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa has urged his imprisoned son, parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa, to place his trust exclusively in the judiciary and refrain from political retaliation, recalling his own experience of

Editor's Choice/Human Rights

Special: Chemmani Report Leaves Mass-Grave Claims Unproven

by Our Special Correspondent in Jaffna An interim archaeological investigation at Chemmani in Sri Lanka’s northern Jaffna district has recovered 574 minimum-number-of-individuals human skeletons, documented 51 accumulations of disarticulated bones and registered 170 artefact entries, but has not established when

October 23, 2026

Lessons from Dhaka: Power, Survival, and the Bay of Bengal Conversation 2026

Geopolitics/Sri Lanka

As the world enters a period of mounting geopolitical uncertainty, policymakers, scholars, and strategists are increasingly grappling with fundamental questions about the future of

Japan to Mobilise $6.35bn in Private Investment in Bangladesh Over Five Years

Diplomacy

Japan is preparing to arrange 1 trillion yen ($6.35bn) in private-sector investment in Bangladesh over the next five years, marking an effort to expand

Chandrika at 80: Sri Lanka’s Iron Daughter

June 29, 2025

Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga – who celebrates her 80th birthday on 29 June 2025 – made history in November 1994 when she was elected as Sri Lanka’s first female executive president. Kumaratunga known

Sri Lanka: Profiling the Ring Leader of Easter Bombing, Zahran Hashim alias ‘Abu Ubaidah’

September 13, 2023

Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

Mohammed Zahran Mohomed Hashim known as Zahran Hashim the fiery Muslim preacher from Kattankudy in Batticaloa district was a man about whom very little was known outside of Islamic circles before the

40 Years Later: Recounting ‘Black July’ Through My Family’s Eyes

July 29, 2023

Columns/Politics

Although I have written extensively about Black July in the past, I have never written about those happenings from a personal perspective. As a Sri Lankan Tamil journalist, Black July did have

Sri Lanka: Diabolical mind of LTTE Spy Chief – Part 2

December 16, 2022

Defence

The first part of this article published last week narrated certain aspects of the life of Sivashankar alias ‘Pottu Ammaan’ the much-dreaded intelligence chief of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

Sri Lanka: Revisiting the Tamil Tigers Spy Chief

December 8, 2022

Defence/Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) supremo Veluppillai Prabhakaran along with many senior LTTE leaders was killed in the military confrontation with Sri Lanka’s armed forces in May 2009. With that military