Another devastating fire kills at least 80 in Bangladesh capital
The inferno was fuelled by chemicals stored in the area, despite repeated government promises of crackdowns on building code violations.
•Sujeewa Amaranath
Max Schneider
Income inequality worsening in Bangladesh
Official statistics contradict World Bank and the Bangladeshi government claims of “remarkable progress in poverty reduction.”
•Sujeewa Amaranath
Dozens killed in Indian railway accident
While the immediate cause appears to be brake failure, the broader reason for the derailment lies in the rundown of the rail network by successive governments.
•Sujeewa Amaranath
Who is Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena?
Sirisena is not a “common man” but a bourgeois politician devoted to imperialism and big business.
•Sujeewa Amaranath, W.A. Sunil
A million people hit by drought in rural Sri Lanka
A long-running drought has further impoverished peasant farmers across wide areas of the island.
•Sujeewa Amaranath, Ratnasiri Malalagama
French humanitarian group alleges Sri Lankan security forces executed aid workers
The report provides more damning evidence about war crimes committed by Sri Lankan security forces during its long-running civil war against Tamil separatists.
•Sujeewa Amaranath
Sri Lankan Supreme Court hands land powers to central government
The verdict overturns constitutional provisions and further strengthens Rajapakse’s authoritarian administration.
•Sujeewa Amaranath, Panini Wijesiriwardane
Sri Lanka: Pro-government thugs attack TNA candidate’s house
During the election campaign, the military and its associated thugs carried out systematic intimidation against opposition parties.
•Sujeewa Amaranath
Sri Lankan SEP holds meeting in defence of Snowden
The Colombo public meeting unanimously adopted a resolution demanding an end to the witch-hunt against whistleblower Edward Snowden.
•Sujeewa Amaranath
Sri Lankan chief justice expresses contempt for democratic rights
The country’s top judge justified the ruthless suppression of a prison protest that resulted in the death of two prisoners.
•Sanjaya Jayasekera, Sujeewa Amaranath
Pressure mounts on Sri Lanka over human rights abuses
A UN Human Rights Commissioner’s report last month criticised the Sri Lankan government and called for an international investigation into war crimes.
•Sujeewa Amaranath
Report highlights UN “failure” in Sri Lanka
The lessons drawn from the report are aimed at fashioning the UN into a more effective tool of imperialist intervention.
•Sujeewa Amaranath
US criticises Sri Lanka at UN Human Rights Council
The US and India want Colombo to distance itself from Beijing in order to advance their strategic and economic interests in South Asia.
•Sujeewa Amaranath
Sri Lanka: SEP holds Piyaseeli Wijegunasingha memorial lecture
The lecture, “Counterculture or Scientific Socialism,” explained and defended Piyaseeli’s struggle for Marxism, particularly in the field of art.
•Sujeewa Amaranath
Sri Lanka suicide rate one of the world’s highest
Poverty, joblessness, high debt burdens and other social problems are rampant throughout the country.
•Sujeewa Amaranath
Sri Lanka: Pro-government thugs kill two JVP supporters
The murders are part of the anti-democratic methods being used to stifle any opposition to the government’s imposition of IMF austerity measures.
•Sujeewa Amaranath, Wasantha Rupasinghe
Sri Lanka: Opposition web site suspended
The ban on Lanka e-News marks a further assault on fundamental democratic rights by the regime of President Mahinda Rajapakse.
•Sujeewa Amaranath
Sri Lanka: Opposition web site editor arrested
Rupasinghe’s detention is the latest in a series of attacks on the media and journalists by the Sri Lankan government.
•Sujeewa Amaranath
Sri Lankan military court convicts former army commander
Former presidential candidate and army commander General Sarath Fonseka was found guilty last Friday of “engaging in active politics while in uniform” and stripped of his military rank, medals and pension.
•Sujeewa Amaranath
Sri Lanka: Widespread malnutrition among women and children
Recent surveys reveal that malnutrition is rife amongst Sri Lankan children and women, highlighting the impact of the 30-year anti-Tamil war and endemic poverty.
•Sujeewa Amaranath, Kapila Fernando