Migrants: Each of them has a name and a story

To mark International Migrants Day on Sunday December 18, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is calling on the world community to come together and remember the refugees and migrants who have lost their lives or have disappeared while trying to reach safe harbour after arduous journeys across seas and deserts.   

Significance of an apology It’s off –the- cuff, but momentous

After Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe made an apology in Parliament on December 5 over the burning down of the Jaffna Library in 1981, some had criticized him saying that it was an unintended and off-the-cuff apology, which is true.   

Chaos in Hambantota: Indicator of Worker Rights of future

“These employees had no legal document issued to validate their employment. I personally visited the employees at the Port and briefed them about the actual situation of their employment. Most of the employees were recruited to the Magampura Harbour which had been established as the Magampura Port Management Company (MPMC),”  Ports Minister Arjuna Ranatunge was quoted in the DM Online 12 December, 2016.

To buy land one needs to be pro-active

The land registration system in Sri Lanka consists of many loopholes which are yet to be adjusted. In a previous conversation with eminent property rights lawyer Kirthimala Gunasekara,

Labour and environmental concerns in Hambantota investment plan

The episode in the Hambantota Port where the Navy was deployed to disperse unarmed port workers engaged in a satyagraha demanding assurances regarding job security,

‘‘Government loosening its grip on arresting frauds and corruption’’Lalkantha

Explaining his stance on the opposition to government the JVP Politbureau member K.D. Lalkantha opined as follows during a discussion held recently.  

Hambantota attack; Test of the government’s sincerity

On World Human Rights Day last Saturday, the incident at the crisis-hit Hambantota Port premises 

From DS to MS: How Sri Lanka became so mediocre

 The story of Ceylon’s journey from Independence to a crescendo of corrupt family rule. 

Politics is for the selfish How the UNP looks at elections or undone by moles from within

Obviously, the UNP is now the lesser of the major parties. Rule of best evidence establishes it 

TNA always comes out with impractical demands -Douglas Devananda

Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) Leader Douglas Devananda, in an interview with Daily Mirror, says the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) 

Death by Obfuscation: The prerogatives of the federalist lobby

A few years back during a ‘BBC Session’ at the Galle Literary Festival clearly designed to rant and 

Autonomy to North east under Federalism is our demand -Mavai Senathirajah

Leader of the Ilankai Tamil Arachu Kachchi (ITAK) Jaffna district MP Mavai Senathir

A vibrant lady with a kind-hearted soul

A deep sense of shock and sorrow overcame me when I heard of Wijes’s death. We had been close 

Ethnic conflict and reconciliation

When we speak of Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka it refers to a conflict which exists between minority 

Neo Liberal policies are the cause of world strife -Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky, one of the world’s most cited scholars, considered the ‘Father of modern linguistics’, a paradigm shifter in Human Sciences, Cognitiv

Solutions to key issues through inter-religious dialogue

In this festive season-with the Holy Prophet Mohamed’s Birthday being marked on Monday, Uduwap 

Podihamuduruvo of Gangaramaya is 73: A prelate with dynamic philosophy

“An emphatic aspect of the glorious life of Podihamuduruvo, (Ven. Galboda Gnanissara Nayaka Maha Thera), is the new tradition of....

Why there are so many strikes?

This country is no stranger to protests, demonstrations and trade union strikes. However, not every protest is the same. Take for....

Unduwap Full moon Poya Day : Radiant factors of Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi

Today is Unduwap Full Moon Poya Day. This is the last Poya Day for the outgoing year in the Gregorian Calendar year of 2016....

A Buddhist perspective Being born as a human being

The Buddha has said that out of all forms of life, the human life is the most advanced. A human birth is very rare compared to....

Freedom From Thought: The Message of Sanghamitta Therani

The introduction of Buddhism to Sri Lanka took place on Poson Poya Day with the arrival of Arahat Mahinda. The arrival of...

Can the Navy justify the Hambantota assault? - EDITORIAL

Navy Commander Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne was caught on camera assaulting a journalist assisted by an armed group of....

Muhammad: An example for all people of all times

They say that reading biographies is perhaps the best way to learn real life lessons. That is because a biography is a record of....

Resurrect ‘CTB of Anil Moonesinghe’ to fix the bus hooligans

A lady medical consultant was driving cautiously but her life was taken away by a private bus that came from behind, attempting to....

Dudley Senanayake, the gentleman politician remembered

The unveiling of the new statue of this truly great politician on Sunday by President Sirisena himself brings to mind memories: I had...

China’s Pursuit of Quick Success and Instant Benefits

Dong Zhongshu some 2000years ago, as Chinese historians believe, had advised the enlightened men at the time, against the....

The enigma that was Jayalalithaa - EDITORIAL

Jayalalithaa Jayaram -- the “iron lady” of Tamil Nadu (TN), film star-turned politician, acolyte of the then TN supremo M.G. Ramachandran and....

LTTE Political Adviser Balasingham knew the world was going to clobber the tigers

Ten years ago in the third week of November 2006, I received a telephone call from London. It was from Anton Stanislaus Balasingham....

President to unveil new Bronze statue of Dudley Senanayake in Borella

Those who have known or met the second Prime Minister of then Ceylon are but a few among the living now, albeit....

The rich get richer, So do the poor

President-elect Donald Trump is about to make the American rich even richer with his plan to cut their taxes, a cause for....