THE RETURN TO CHINA AND THE GOVT’S CONSTITUTIONAL AGENDA

So economic reality dawned and the UNP leadership had to eat humble fortune cookie. China is back in the game in a major way, which is....

A ray of hope flickers in the sky - EDITORIAL

The National New Year beginning tonight is perhaps one of the most important in recent decades. For the first time, the two major parties have....

A true democrat and a gentleman in politics

White is the colour of mourning. It is associated with death and is used predominantly in funerals. In a remarkable co-incidence astrologers had....

A win-win game for the tobacco industry

Implementation of Article 11 (Pictorial Health Warnings on tobacco products) (PHWs) of the Framework Convention on Tobacco....

Getting heavier on top

Our political history since Independence had been studded with numerous events such as communal riots, two insurgencies, a prolonged ethnic.....

Base education on good values of life

All seem to agree today that education imparted in most schools in Sri Lanka seem to be lacking what is important and need.....

Where is the TNA-led Main Opposition ?

It has been a long time since we last heard from the Opposition, I mean the TNA-led main Opposition. Even when there are occasional isolated....

VIP security should not be taken for granted - EDITORIAL

So many things have been said and written about the present controversy over security provided to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa since the first....

New rise for farmers

Agriculture has been an important part if not the heart of Sri Lanka’s culture and civilization since ancient times

Leaderless nation that lives in hope

The ‘glory men’ are at the cleaners.All is not lost. There are a few in every political party,

Red carpet in Beijing, Blue Ridge in Colombo

The red-carpet welcome accorded to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in Beijing on his just-concluded

A question of security for ‘war heroes’

“In wars, people, the media and politicians refer to ‘war heroes’.   The thirty-year war against LTTE terrorism

“Stateswoman” Sirimavo made history as the world’s first woman prime minister

A 44-year old  Kandyan Sinhalese  widow of aristocratic “Radala”  lineage  gained global fame for her country in 1960  when she became the world’s first woman prime minister. She was none other than Sirimavo  Bandaranaike who was sworn in as prime minister of Sri Lanka known then as Ceylon on July 21st 1960. It is said that the British press had to coin a new description...

Being snug, dumb and numb in a Kakistocracy

When Mahinda Rajapaksa defeated Sarath Fonseka in 2010, a senior member of the UNP, responding to claims by a set of fellow UNP...

Lasting reconciliation this New Year - EDITORIAL

Next week’s National New Year – when people of all races and religions come together for a multitude of cultural events centred on the festival of the Sun...

Prevent, Treat Beat Diabetes

The number of diabetes patients has quadrupled since 1980 making diabetes one of the four main non-communicable diseases to affect people the world over, said Dr. Jacob Kumaresan...

The secret swindlers in Panama Papers: Casting pearls before swine

Most politicians and the politically connected elite have no conscience and we can say this with...

EDITORIAL - Diabetes; Dear parent see that your child does not die before you

To mark World Health Day yesterday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for global...

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world; THE HERALDING OF THE WORLD’S FIRST WOMAN PRIME MINIS

William Shakespeare said: “Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness...

The 1971 insurrection in retrospect

The People’s Liberation Front, the party commonly known as the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)...

“Vasa Visa Nethi” Project

According to Mr. Godage, the President has banned all agrochemicals.  President Maithripala Sirisena 

Truth about ‘Poisoned Glass of Milk’

The above statement was made at the grand event held at the BMICH to launch the biography of C P de Silva,

New Constitution making Not a walk in the Parliament park

Ahead   of the Sinhala and Hindu New Year, another week of parliamentary sessions   would conclude

Soul Sounds

It is a universal truth that the world’s best entertainers,  the truest artistes,  the most passionate performers

EDITORIAL: The Swindlers’ List: Find the plunders of the poor

Most of the people today appear to be caught up knowingly or unknowingly, in a world system that is essentially

WHITHER THE JVP...

our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”-Confucius April 5 marks the 

PET Scanner to bring new hopes to Apeksha Hospital

The Apeksha Hospital, also known as the Maharagama Cancer Hospital  is badly in need of a PET CT scanner. So far only one private hospital has the facilities necessary to do PET scans. One scan costs around Rs.150,000 and during the course of treatment most patients need to undergo many scans but they cannot  afford private scans.

Let’s talk in the New Year; Government for the People

It has been some years since I wrote a column for a mainstream newspaper.  Looking back on it, I gave up writing for a combination of reasons, which oscillated from being bored and tired of saying the same thing to focusing on more practical action to effect change.   The change happened in that in those two decisive national elections of 2015, we came out of the darkness of impunity, profligacy and loot to a new dawn of hope and expect

Who’s kidding about kidneys - EDITORIAL

Sri Lanka appears to be facing a major kidney problem -- not only physically but also morally and legally. On the physical side there is a kidney disease epidemic mainly in the North Central Province where tens of thousands of farmer families have been affected with more than 10,000 deaths during the past few years. It is officially described as a chronic kidney disease of unknown origin, but most soil scientists and other analysts believe it is

CEB is in a quagmire; retrieving is a herculean task - Handuneththi

Currently the issue in connection with power failures and black outs, the pointing of fingers at various quarters and institutions are continuing. It has now become a widely-talked subject at the COPE too. Expressing his opinion, JVP parliamentarian Sunil Handuneththi who is also the Chairman of the COPE revealed the following facts.