GMOA after monopoly: SAITM

Ms. Himali Jayatilake – Deputy Chairperson of the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) explains why the 

FAILURE OF THE NPC

‘It has merely been a talk shop with resolutions and statements. Its notorious genocide resolution a month after regime change in Colombo last year, apparently passed to mobilise international actors, 

Policy Change in Z-Score Cut Off marks

Z-score cut off marks were released last week. While some students cried in jubilation some others were heartbroken as....

The single largest challenge faced by our profession is delay: Justice Thurairaja

The following is an extract of the speech delivered by newly-appointed Justice Sithambarampillai Thurairaja who has been....

Demise of Senior DIG in Police Hospital and medical negligence

Medical negligence is a worldwide phenomenon; however, it is studied to a great extent in countries whose healthcare systems....

Dress code for parents: How incongruous!

It seems Principals of some public and private schools are enforcing morality as over zealously as Mullahs in Tehran. A few....

Senaka Bibile dies again - EDITORIAL

Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne, speaking at the Senaka Bibile Commemoration meeting last Friday,proclaimed that....

POST-WAR TOURISM: A TERROR TO MANY

Though the government has pledged to navigate all communities collectively towards peace and reconciliation, war tourism and land-grabbing for purposes of 

COMETH THE HOUR, COMETH THE MAN -

The eighth of September this year is the fifth death anniversary of Deshamanya Cyril Herath, former 

The Revolutionary Educationist

The 31st of August 1870 was a memorable day in the town of Chiaravalle, Italy. Maria Montessori, the greatest educationist of our....

ANOTHER DOC DEMAND OUTSIDE THE LAW

Watching the evening news on Catastrophic TV, Shelton Perera the proprietor of the Wallside Restaurant and Bar nearly....

Analysing President’s bitter pint

President Maithripala Sirisena is nothing if not outspoken, when it comes to gender-sensitive issues. While handing out life-time....

How effective is Parliament?

Parliaments in the past few decades have been weak, ineffective and neglected. Modernization and reforms in Parliament.....

Income gap gets uglier

Taxation is a key public policy instrument that modern democratic States use to reduce social inequality and ensure.....

With friends like these,who needs enemies - EDITORIAL

In March 2011 a simple pro-democracy protest rally shook the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The crude mishandling of....

What if Mahinda was Attacked by Pro-LTTE Elements in Malaysia?

Sri Lankans were shocked and disturbed in the first week of September by two violent incidents directed against a Buddhist prelate and a senior diplomat in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur (KL). In the first incident on Saturday September 3, the chief Adhikarana Sangha Nayake of Malaysia, Sri Saranankara Nayake Maha Thera was attacked opposite the Buddhist Temple at Sentul in KL. This incident however was of a minor nature. In a more serious

A soft-drink a day will increase body weight by 39 pounds a year

During this week the Daily Mirror editorials have focused on how transnational companies are manipulating the markets to dump their products here though the quality is questionable and some of them are even known to contain possibly  cancer-causing substances.   

More American hostility towards China ?

The two American presidential candidates give the impression of being rather hostile towards China. This is counterproductive. “The US should not adopt confrontation as a strategy of choice. In China, the US would encounter an adversary skilled over the centuries in using prolonged conflict as a strategy and whose doctrine emphasizes the psychological exhaustion of  the opponent. 

Khemadasa’s ‘Pirinivan Mangalyaya’ performed after seven years

When Premasiri Khemadasa’s ‘Pirinivan Mangalyaya’ is performed after seven years, the event becomes important enough to be called an occasion. This musical rebirth was possible due to the tireless efforts of Gayathri Khemadasa, the maestro’s daughter, film actress Anjoja Weerasinghe and the Sri Lanka Navy.  

Glyphosate: Don’t allow TNCs to run the government

Powerful transnational corporations especially those involved in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and 

Zika virus: How bad can it get?

The outbreak of the Zika virus in early 2015 in South America caught health officials off guard. The 

NAM and sham: Whither Non-alignment?

In neighbouring India, which recently signed a defence agreement with the US, enabling the two 

Climate change: There are no options

Climate change is now internationally accepted as a scientific fact. At present, the global climate is changing at an 

Not full HOUSE

Ahead of Parliamentary business over two key financial matters - a Supplementary Estimate and an Amendment to the Appropriation Act for 2016, the Government was facing a dilemma as 30 of its members had gone overseas, most without approval even.

The democracy deficits within

Politics is about power. Rhetoric is frill. Objection on grounds of morality, unconstitutionality, illegality etc., with chest-beating to accompany the uttering of terms such as good governance, democracy, accountability and transparency, amounts to ‘necessary drivel’.  

The Lady in the well: ‘I thirst’

In our sister paper the Lankadeepa yesterday and below our Editorial today we published a picture that would break even the hardest hearts and bring tears. The picture shows a Polonnaruwa mother at the bottom of a well, with a small ladder - a rope, a mammoty and a bucket apparently trying to cut deeper and get some precious drinking water for the survival of her family. If this picture does not prompt us to stop wasting water then it may be a ca

Driving smoothly with corruption

The Department of Motor Traffic in Werahera, popularly known as RMV, has been one of the main destinations visited by many individuals with a dream of obtaining a driver’s licence. But lately, there have been rumours about bribing activities that have been going on within and outside the premises. In an attempt to shed light on this issue, the  herewith exposes certain observations made during an attempt to find out the sums

CUBA LIBRE: IMBIBING A LESSON FROM HISTORY

Driving along the Malecon, Havana’s landmark seafront esplanade, an unusual monument comes into 

Reconciliation:  Progress made, More action needed – Douglas

As usual, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) promised to do a lot to the people. People expected the 

Political tailwinds backing the UNP and the headwinds buffeting the SLFP

One does not have to look anywhere else. Daily headlines in the mainstream newspapers have been