The 22 September 2026 Trial-at-Bar judgment provides a detailed account of the alleged network behind Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, tracing the prosecution’s case from ideological indoctrination and recruitment to weapons,
For three decades, Claudia Mary Antonette Sallay lived with the fear that came with having three sons serving in the Sri Lankan Army during a brutal conflict. Every military update carried the
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by Luxman Aravind When President Anura Kumara Dissanayake recently declared in Parliament that no crime committed in Sri Lanka would go unheard, he once again placed justice at the centre of his
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by Durga Velayudham There is something profoundly disturbing when retired President Bishop of the Methodist Church Sri Lanka, Rev. Asiri P. Perera, abandons the moral restraint expected of his office and instead
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The public debate surrounding the detention of former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director Major General (Retd.) Suresh Sallay has entered a new phase following an exchange of open letters between his wife,
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The events unfolding are murky — it is unclear which direction the nation is heading. Since the introduction of provincial governance and the office of governor, Sri Lanka has not previously witnessed
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Three individuals, including the son of former Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapaksa, have been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption over an alleged Rs. 120 million bribery transaction
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For more than four decades, Raimundo Batista de Souza carried memories of a place he believed he would never escape alive. Speaking from Porto Nacional in Brazil’s Tocantins state, where he now
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo For years, the search for accountability over Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday terrorist attacks has unfolded through investigations, commissions, political disputes, public campaigns, and courtroom proceedings. Now, a
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Social media debates on issues connected to the Easter Sunday terror attacks have got down and dirty, with religious and political leaders becoming targets of scurrilous attacks. The situation is likely to
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by Our Political Affairs Editor We believe no introduction is necessary for Ali Sabry. His name is already tied to one of the most dramatic and painful chapters in Sri Lanka’s modern
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by Our Political Affairs Editor Former Finance, Foreign and Justice Minister Ali Sabry has launched a strong defence of due process in the continuing debate over the Easter Sunday attacks, accusing the
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Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader Rauff Hakeem, MP, recently expressed concern over the alleged way Balachandran Prabhakaran, 12-year-old son of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed, in cold blood, on 19
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A significant contradiction has emerged between the position taken by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and arguments previously advanced by the Attorney General’s Department regarding the mental
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“In the age of misinformation, the line between fact and fiction is blurrier than ever,” the Abu Dhabi-registered video news agency Viory declared in a LinkedIn post in April 2026, framing its
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by Durga Velayudham It is often said that governments reveal their true character not in the promises they make, but in the instruments they choose to preserve once power is secured. On
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