Parents, give priority to education - EDITORIAL

With political and other leaders reiterating their May Day pledges to restore the dignity of labour and the living standards.....

MAY DAY for workers or politicians ?

On May 1st in Sri Lanka, rallies scheduled to be held would comprise festivities, colourful pageants and  processions. 

The 130-Year March from Chicago to Colombo

Contrary to the popular belief, massacre of violent demonstrators in Chicago did not take place on May 1, but May 4, 1886. 

Sa dukin pelena un, dan ithin nagitiyaw - EDITORIAL

As politicians, trade union leaders and the workers prepare to mark what many see as Sri Lanka’s most party-politicised May Day in recent decades...

Iran’s voices from below

Iran is a country where women are banned from watching football matches. Nor can they sing in public.

Saudi-US marriage on the rocks, but no divorce

The snub President Barak Obama received at the Riyadh airport when he arrived for a regional summit...

Editorial : Hidden chemical war in Sri Lanka

With some terrorist groups and even countries resorting to the barbarism of chemical warfare and the...

Complications and hazards of the wigneswaran resolution

The resolution that was adopted by the Northern Provincial Council last Friday has opened a political...

TNA’s suicidal path to Federalism

Before we examine the action and events originated by the Tamil leadership of Sri Lanka that defined...

‘Sinha’ in many facets

No argument that he was “The Guru” for many new comers to cinema or to television. Everyone...

The Zoo Controversial leisure destination

The much visited Dehiwela Zoological Gardens has been subjected to much criticism from animal...

Two students from HFC run in to their death

Road and railway accidents have taken many innocent lives away. But some of them happen due to negligence of victims themselves.

Some politicians poison country’s political environment - Sampanthan

I will tell you what happened exactly.  I went to Kilinochchi where I addressed a meeting in the compound

May Day; love’s labour lost

As we prepare for what is perhaps the most party politicised May Day in recent decades, it is significant 

May Day

May Day is meant for the advocating of workers’ rights, but it has become a political event the years with

NPC Resolution is both a threat and an opportunity

Canagasabapathy Visuvalingam Wigneswaran has a lot of opinions.  To him, Veluppillai Prabhakaran is a hero.

Health is a vocation, the patient is sacred

Agents and vested interests sponsored by trans-national pharmaceutical   corporations appear to be trying to undermine the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) after they tried for about 10 years to delay, derail or dilute the Bill to implement Prof. Senaka Bibile’s essential medicines concept. 

The Rag-Brainwashing and Pol Thel

Several articles have appeared recently, including one by columnist Ranga Jayasuriya who wrote about his own experiences as a rag victim at university.  His experience vis-a-vis a Vice Chancellor rang a bell as I recalled, what a friend told me some time back. 

After the Panama Papers: Will the US be the next mega tax haven?

In the weeks ahead when the second lot of the ‘Panama Papers’ revelations is expected to be published, it will be interesting to see if any Americans are included in the list. The Mossack Fonseca data leak  included 3072 companies, 441 clients, 211 beneficiaries and 3467 shareholders in the US, but none were revealed. The conspicuous absence of US entities in the initial explosive disclosures on how the world’s super-rich h

NORTHERN PC GOES ROGUE WHILE SLFP FISSURES

Anyone has a right to call for federalism but not in every which way and anywhere they like. If the members of the Northern Provincial Council gathered as a collection of citizens and not as the official NPC, and held a seminar at the Veerasingham Hall endorsing federalism, then it would have been debatable as an idea, but legally and constitutionally unobjectionable. 

Sweden in favour of GSP plus for SL- Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister

Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström, in a short interview with the Dailymirror during her visit to the country, said her country was in favour of giving the GSP plus facility for Sri Lanka to gain better access to markets in the European Union.  Expressing that Sweden is eager to strengthen relations with Sri Lanka, she said she was happy to see the country engaged with the international community on human rights issues.

Papaya leaves can beat dengue

Dr. Sanath Hettige won the Presidential Award for the best medical invention for 2013 at the presidential awards ceremony held on the.....

Chelva was the Tamil people; Tamils were Chelva

Samuel James Veluppillai (SJV) Chelvanayakam was born on March 31, 1898 in Ipoh, Malaya. He passed away on....

78th death anniversary of Allama Iqbal (April 21, 2016): Poet of the East

A former director of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation Allama Sir Mohamed Iqbal was one of the finest thinkers of modern....

Why we need more Kannangaras now!

Dr. Kannangara, the father of free education in Sri Lanka, a visionary and a patriot, was elected to the State Council in 1923, 1931 and 1936. He served....

NPC opens Pandora’s Box - EDITORIAL

The Northern Provincial Council led by Chief Minister C.V.Wigneswaran has again opened a Pandora’s Box by adopting a resolution....

The VAT hat people are expected to wear

While that religious aspect is not forgotten, Christmas means getting through a somewhat hazy midnight mass because the cheer had....

World Malaria Day falls today: Towards a malaria-free nation

From 80,000 deaths recorded between 1934-1935, which was the most devastating outbreak of malaria the country has experienced, to....

The trailblazer that he was ‘Cinema, TV are disappointing today’-DB

It was to the , the celebrated film-director, television producer, accomplished cameraman, efficacious public administrator and the mentor to many,  Dr. D.B. Nihalsingha....

PM’s liberal universities: How to make them?

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has called for creating a liberal culture in our universities. A noble goal, indeed.  Still better if he advocates a.....