Cerebral Palsy Lanka Foundation relocated in Battaramulla

Cerebral Palsy, a group of permanent movement disorders which appear from an early childhood, has 

Are you with the oppressed or the oppressor?

National Government leaders, especially President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, have been repeatedly stressing the need for all people to revive our Sri Lankan 

Presidential elections: Contest between Kids of ‘15 and Veterans of ‘56

In the South, children of good governance overwhelmed the descendants of nationalism. Presidential 

WE BECAME SOLDIERS NOT TO KILL, BUT TO PROTECT THE COUNTRY

Major General Kamal Gunerathne, who retired from the army after 35 years of service authored a 

Dr. Harsha de silva: ETCA a means to become Indian Ocean hub

Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Harsha de Silva says Sri Lanka’s objective of becoming the Indian Ocean hub will be....

Fix FTA before ETCA - Former DG

Former Director General of Trade and Commerce P.D. Fernando, who dealt with transnational trading said the Government....

So why Did Duminda Silva end up in prison ?

It is rather strange that nobody has yet cried ‘conspiracy’ over the High Court sentencing Duminda Silva and four others to....

OMP AND THE HAMBANTOTA DISAPPEARANCE - EDITORIAL

Police are under fire after the disappearance of a 20-year-old youth who was arrested by the Hambantota Police in....

Ariyadhamma Anunayake Thera led by example

Erudition acquired through scholarship and practical self-introspection ennobled the entire monastic life span of the Most Ven. Nauyane Ariyadhamma Anunayake Maha Thera....

Hajj: The annual pilgrimage of Islam

What is Hajj and what takes place during the pilgrimage? Let us turn to an English scholar who wrote the following in the...

Mahinda should not seek office, but support SLFP to gain power - Duminda

General Secretary of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Agriculture Minister Duminda Dissanayake, in an interview with  says....

JO to fight for recognition in Parliament as a separate group - Mahinda Yapa

Matara district Joint Opposition MP Mahinda Yapa Abeywardane, in an interview with Daily Mirror, says it will continue to....

ARE PEOPLE HAPPY ABOUT LEADERSHIP That HANDLES GOVERNANCE?

An Executive Director, UN, in his keynote address on the Rule of Law organised by the Institute of Justice, Thailand, sometime....

Wake up Sri Lanka - EDITORIAL

Last week the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon was in Colombo -- on his second visit to Sri Lanka since the.....

Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra’s Murder and Hirunika’s Quest for Justice

Former parliamentarian and presidential adviser Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra known as “Lucky Aiya” was gunned down along with three of his bodyguards in Mulleriyawa on October 8, 2011. The past few years has been a taxing period of struggle for Bharatha’s daughter Hirunika Premachandra -- now a Colombo district MP -- as she sought justice for her father’s killing. Finally Hirunika’s quest for justice triumphed on S

National Shrine of Our Lady of Matara celebrates 109th annual Feast

The Feast of Our Lady of Matara is celebrated from September 9 to 11, to mark the birth of Mother Mary, our Heavenly Mother. Large crowds are expected to attend this year’s Feast.  All other facilities are arranged by the Administrator and Parish Priest of this Church, Rev. Fr. Damian Arsecularatne and his assistant Rev. Prasad Ruwan, together with the parish family.  

Why complicate Electoral Reforms? Let’s go for a simple solution

I am constrained to give my comments on the Article published in the press by Asoka Obeyesekera titled ‘Electoral reform - MMP the only game in town’  

Mainstream media should cover the North too

President Maithriapala Sirisena, visiting Jaffna yesterday for ceremonies to mark the 200th anniversary of the Jaffna Central College and other events, reassured that the National Government would take effective steps to bring the North to the mainstream sustainable and eco-friendly development strategies.

G20 SUMMIT: SUBSTANCE WAS IN THE SIDESHOWS

We cannot be over optimistic that this week’s G 20 summit in one of China’s most prosperous cities 

Split & Quit by DSS and SWRD

Times of Ceylon, evening daily carried a news item on August 8, 1949, reporting a speech by 

FIAT JUSTITIA

After President Maithripala Sirisena and the National Government assumed office last year with the 

Ven. Paññāsīha Mahanayake Thera’s concepts of Dhamma School education

Coinciding with the 13th death anniversary of the Most Venerable Madihe Paññ?s?ha Mahanayake Thera, a newly-constructed four-storey building will be dedicated in his memory on September 10, 

Cash in hand but PET scanner blocked by cancer of red tape

Cancer is an umbrella term used to describe a complex disease which occurs when cells in the body 

The moral dilemma of the JO

The remark that is said to have been once made by the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil 

The United National Party stands by the youth

Inequalities in society are inevitable. The society we live in is an excellent example of diversity. Our country is blessed with the four great religions of the world: Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity and Islam. There are also differences in wealth, education, social status and background. Whatever differences exist, equal opportunities to reach heights in any field should be available to all irrespective of financial background, educational stat

The ‘Mandela Shield’ between Prisoners and Law students

Prisoners are often stigmatized and labelled as being criminals, immoral and even unintelligent. In 2015, the debate team from the Eastern New York Correctional Facility consisting of prisoners, defeated the team from Harvard University in a debate on whether public schools should be allowed to deny enrollment to undocumented students.   

President vows to continue NU Govt. amid growing challenges

President Maithripala Sirisena appeared to have earned the wrath of the rank and file of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) when he, in his address at the public function in Matara last month to mark the first anniversary of the National Unity Government, said the current system of governance could not be jolted under any circumstances for another five years. It did not get with the hardcore SLFPers looking for a government of their own, casting asid

The planetary preferences of yahapalana apologists

A self-proclaimed Marxist recently listed 12 things that the Yahapalana Government cannot achieve. He should have put it this way: ‘Should but cannot achieve’. As someone who once said ‘we must hope that the Government will not defeat the LTTE’ when the latter’s invincibility braggadocio was being put to the sword, so to speak, his support for the yahapalanists is understandable. In fact he throws in a tired caveat

The Dambulla cave temple- the untold story

Anyone who travels along the Kandy – Jaffna highway, may be able to view the picturesque scene of the Dambulla rock and the cave temple which are considered as iconic landmarks which addsprestige to the ancient city. It has stood there majestically for generations, depicting the Buddhist Culture, values and the beauty of Sri Lankan heritage.   

May this disturb a comfortable world?

History has shown that the powerful role of prophetic figures and statesmen or women, is to comfort the disturbed or the distressed and to disturb the comfortable. Thus the comfortable world was disturbed and hopefully shocked yesterday, when the United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed there were more than 50 million child refugees or migrants and this heinous crime against innocent humanity had increased by as much a