US being taught the lesson of its life - EDITORIAL

A time-tested lesson of history is that if we sow the wind we will reap the whirlwind. In the aftermath of the Donald Trump....

Regime Change? Reading China Right

The spat Chinese Ambassador Yi Xianliang had with Minister Karunanayake last week, not only led 

SLFP split kicked off by GL

Who would believe that former foreign minister G.L. Peiris would voluntarily form a new political party 

Let’s give Trump a chance

When George W. Bush, a highly disliked president worldwide for his gung-ho policies and wars across 

The External Degree are students robbed of their second chance?

Let us break the chains that are holding back our education” ( Akuru Bandlana yandam Bindhalamu), was one of the many slogans that were carried b

Electoral lessons

One of history’s biggest political earthquakes which hit the United States at the Presidential Election 

SriLakan Airlines: A pawn in the political chess game

Alot of things have been said about SriLankan Airlines, the country’s flag carrier. Though it used to be Sri Lanka’s pride in the skies, of late it has become more of an embarrassment. The dismal financial performance of the airline has made it a liability rather than an asset. The 2008 Emirates pull-out and the events that followed hadn’t helped the airline either.  

Unrest simmers

When the annual budget is around the corner, people from all walks of life keep their fingers crossed looking for succour in terms of salary hikes, welfare measures, subsidies, price reductions of essential food items etc.  

Trump overturns US poll predictions

The most divisive US election is done and dusted. President-elect Donald trump overturned all projections of US media giants to garner a comfortable win at the election.   

The limbs, eyes and lives of our (relatively) good times

In the film ‘Doctor Zhivago,’ based on Boris Pasternak’s celebrated novel there’s an argument between two officers of a Red Guard unit. One believes that Zhivago, who had been abducted by the unit because a medical officer was needed, should be allowed to leave since he had served well. The other objects because there operations were ongoing and his services were needed. Placing ‘party’ above all, he reminds hi

Spike in turtle deaths along the Kosgoda coastal belt GILL KILL

Aquatic species endemic to Sri Lanka are found in abundance along the coastal belt and in other ecosystems. Yet due to...

Some cope members attempted to rope me in

In accordance with the basic laws of the land, the management of state finances or public finances, come directly under the....

“We will present a development-oriented budget tomorrow”

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake, on behalf of the government, will present the 2017 budget to Parliament tomorrow. This is...

Role of JO in Parliament: Appearance and reality

One of the reasons for the aggravation of current issues of national importance, and the elusive nature of practical solutions....

POST-SCAM POLICY & POLITICS

So, great folly follows grand fraud, which is to say we are saddled not only with thieves but also fools. In its relations with....

Peace scribes wish for lasting peace - EDITORIAL

A newly-formed journalists’ movement has welcomed the National Government’s draft policy for reconciliation and....

Clinton should be President

Hilary Clinton will be, and should be, the next President of the United States of America. This is not 

Mystery over mother’s death in Kuwait

S.B.R Niluka Nilmini Jayathilaka (38), a mother of two, returned to Sri Lanka in a coffin on Oct. 25 

Clinton or Trump? THE AMERICAN D DAY

As Sri Lanka reads this today, America will be in silent slumber. A Monday night usually is not the 

Sri Lanka barking up wrong tree?

Perhaps the Foreign Ministry is barking up the wrong tree.     

Let’s not wallow in garbage

Television channels showed on Saturday Provincial Councils and Local Government Minister Faiszer 

WE ARE IN A RIGHT ROYAL MESS; is there a way out?

No new faces, no innovations, no out of the box thinking, no principles – appeals not to the floating 

ABOLITION OF EXECUTIVE PRESIDENCY: IS IT WARRANTED?

We have experienced during the past regime of former President, that absolute power vested in Executive Presidency 

Ven. MADOLUWAWE SOBITHA THERA An irreparable loss to countrymen

We must not forget that LTTE was formed five years before Hezbolla, ten years before Al Qaeda and 

US election in a changing world

Tomorrow, 8 November, the people of the world’s most powerful nation will elect a new president. The 

Murder most foul of moderate Tamil MP Raviraj

Former Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Jaffna District Parliamentarian and Lawyer Nadarajah Raviraj and his Police bodyguard Sgt.Lakshman Lokuwella were gunned down on a Colombo street in broad daylight ten years ago. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) investigation report on Sri Lanka (OISL) presented at the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in September 2015 summed up the shooting in the following manner:-  &

Exposing The unpublicised victim of war and armed conflicts

The international day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict will be observed worldwide tomorrow, with the theme being of special significance to Sri Lanka in the aftermath of a devastating 30-year civil war. 

Katina ceremonies at Dalada Maligawa

It was Arahat Ananda who designed the “Cheevara” for Buddhist monks. The Katina Cheevaraya is what is offered to monks soon after their retreat or “Vas “. It came about when Gautama Buddha, during one of his wanderings for the good of man, was passing through “Magade Desaya” with his pupil Arahat Ananda. Buddha spoke to Arahat Ananda and told him to keep in his memory the pattern of the rice fields beyond. It i

‘Miya giya Ohuge Miniya wahannai Seetala saluwa wiyanney’

Sannaliyane…, Sannaliyane, Katada Saluwa Wiyanney?  “…Seetala handa eliye - …Malawunu muhunin wewulana dethin, Katada saluwa wiyanney ; …Seetala saluwa wiyanney, Miya giya eyage Miniya wahannai Seetala saluwa wiyanney”

North-East must be recognized as Tamil homeland

Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, in an interview with the , speaks about the causes of the national question, its origin and the way forward for a resolution.  He also speaks of Tamil people’s identity. Excerpts: