Editorial - Are we sovereign or a pawn?

06 Sep 2012

5

In the wake of the Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Teheran, Sri Lanka which has played a significant role in NAM since its inception needs to review its...

Emirates, Qantas enter global aviation partnership

06 Sep 2012

0

Emirates and Qantas yesterday announced a new global aviation partnership that will give customers a seamless international and Australian network...

Sri Lanka Premier League 2012 Final

31 Aug 2012

2

Guatemala’s murderous past and belated justice

30 Aug 2012

0

Guatemala’s claim to fame, apart from the ruins of the highly sophisticated Mayan civilization which present generations had nothing to do with, is that...

Editorial - Blunder and plunder: Deal with VIPs also

30 Aug 2012

3

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who visited several districts where provincial elections are to be held, hit out strongly at local council politicians and...

NAM neither dead nor alive; is it a sham?

30 Aug 2012

3

Iran has touted the Non-Aligned Movement summit which began yesterday in Teheran as a major diplomatic victory, especially for its leaders Ayatollah...

Munchee emerges ‘Best Employer Brand’ at CMO Awards

30 Aug 2012

0

Munchee, the flagship brand of the Sri Lankan confectionery powerhouse, Ceylon Biscuits Limited was awarded the prestigious title, the ‘Best Employer...

Assange case: The right to information at stake

23 Aug 2012

4

If a killer like Raymon Davis could be made a diplomat and given immunity, why cannot an alleged rapist? The question assumes much...

Get a life! Terrorists are no big threat

23 Aug 2012

1

Prime Minister David Cameron has ordered the continuation during the Paralympics that begin next week of the deployment of anti-aircraft guns...

Editorial - Writing on the blackboard for education

23 Aug 2012

7

The vital education sector, which decides the future of millions of young people, is facing its gravest crisis since independence, with blunders and a...

DIMO launches ‘My Service’

23 Aug 2012

0

As part of its continued commitment to customer satisfaction, the authorised distributor for Mercedes-Benz in Sri Lanka – DIMO is launching...

Delivery 2.0: New challenge for governments

16 Aug 2012

0

McKinsey & Company, the leading management consultancy, has undertaken a great deal of work in assisting governments around the world to improve...

Syria is not Libya; it may explode region-wide

16 Aug 2012

3

Kofi Annan, until recently the UN and Arab League envoy for Syria, has warned, “Syria is not Libya — it will not implode, it will explode...

Editorial - Act fast for reconciliation

16 Aug 2012

2

Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, opening the Defence Seminar 2012, said much progress had been made since the end of the war in the five...

Hunting down the war criminals

16 Aug 2012

2

There can be no question that if President Bashar al-Assad of Syria falls the International Criminal Court will want to put him on trial for war crimes...

Mars: The soft power mystery, mayhem and political myths

09 Aug 2012

5

A few minutes after 11 a.m. Sri Lanka time on Monday, television sets across the world beamed pictures of United States scientists at the NASA...

Nothing ever happens in Sweden!

09 Aug 2012

5

If all the world were like Sweden there would be no news to report. The last time that Sweden hit the front page was when its foreign minister, Anna...

Remembering Lakshman Kadirgamar

09 Aug 2012

6

It is seven years since a Hero of our times; Lakshman Kadirgamar was felled by a cowardly LTTE assassin’s bullet. LTTE terrorists which targeted...

Proprietary software made more accessible

09 Aug 2012

0

The revolution will be a quiet one, it will certainly be gradual, yet inevitable!  It will first happen in our office, beginning with what would be a steady...

Editorial - Blank cheques for high-level crooks

09 Aug 2012

4

Like a malignant cancer, unchecked and unprecedented corruption is killing the country. For instance, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, which...