Kittu utilised this ceasefire to the advantage of the LTTE. He clandestinely set up tiger bunkers and trenches in strategic positions close to military installations. The armed forces were caught ...

AFTER MORE than 15 months of war, and just five days before Donald Trump is inaugurated as America’s 47th president on January 20th, a ceasefire in Gaza has at last been agreed. The deal, struck on ...

The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka has expressed its profound sorrow at the passing away last Sunday of one of its erstwhile members, Victor Ivan. Ivan was at the time a frontline member of the Free ...

Basic modus operandi of the LRRP was for small groups to clandestinely infiltrate territory controlled by the LTTE and target senior Tiger leaders and key operatives. LRRP operations were undertaken ...

Meanwhile another ‘twist’ occurred in the north. Kittu learnt belatedly that senior tiger leader and close friend ,Aruna was being held by the Army at the Jaffna Fort. It was believed earlier that ...

Memories of the 33 year long war between the armed forces of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) are slowly receding nowadays. The LTTE ,known generally as the tigers, was formed ...

The 16th anniversary of the assassination of The Sunday Leader founder Editor-in-Chief Lasantha Wickrematunge, which falls on 8 January, will be marked with a service at his graveside. Family, friends ...

Compliments of the Season everyone and best wishes for a bright and blessed 2025. I am beginning the new year by re-posting “The Hymn of Ceylon” on my Blog. The “hymn of Ceylon” was written by by Rev.

Sri Lanka’s newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has successfully concluded his first state visit to India from December 15 to 17. The optics of the three day visit to New Delhi has been ...