Sri Lankan government and the LTTE have never been as close to open war in the past five years as they now are. War rhetoric has replaced negotiations everywhere

BY Amantha Perera 22 February 2007

The 'peace process' seems confined to the trashcans as both sides decide to exploit it for tactical advantage, even as they seek consolidation through hostilities on the ground.

BY Amantha Perera 15 October 2006

The four year old ceasefire in Sri Lanka is tottering at the brink of collapse as the special Norwegian Peace Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer tries to convince both parties to pull back from mutual hard-line stances and return to negotiations.

BY Amantha Perera 6 August 2006

When the new Mahinda Rajapakse government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam agreed to hold another round of talks in Geneva between April 19 and 21, there was a collective sigh of relief, but how long will this troubled peace last?

BY Amantha Perera 1 March 2006

The coming elections have left Colombo bereft of steady leadership, opening the room for the Tigers to argue that they can only talk with a more stable order.

BY Amantha Perera 7 September 2005

The only chance Kumaratunga has would be if she can revive the peace process, a dead-beat Tsunami reconstruction effort and a lagging economy, all at the same time. Updates

BY Amantha Perera 23 June 2005

LTTE denies any role in the recent spate of killings that seem to have its stamp all over, and suggests that 'serious political hierarchies' may be the masterminds as the battlefield between Colonel Karuna and Prabhakaran gets bloodier...

BY Amantha Perera 11 October 2004

The attacks against Karuna have spread to the capital, Colombo, as well. With both sides willing to adopt a hard-line stance, the ceasefire is likely to be tested even more in the coming weeks.

BY Amantha Perera 23 August 2004