Access to Information Leads to Transparency and Accountability

A majority of public servants and politicians now put their own interests ahead of those citizens they serve.   They resort to corruption and....

A spark in the darkness - EDITORIAL

The country-wide power failure on Sunday -- the second major power outage within three weeks after the new government came to power in.....

Lost in the maze of aisles

Marking The World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD), which falls tomorrow, March 15, the Consumer Affairs Authority is launching the ‘Reward the.....

Donor Card to save kidney patients

A media seminar was conducted for world kidney day by the Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine. The organisers introduced a novel idea.....

Who was the finger on the trigger In the Rajapaksa regime ?

The multiple misdeeds, alleged crimes ranging from abductions, assaults to even murder, acts of corruption and nepotism, providing wrong and deceitful information.....

Why ‘Occupy the Square’ didn’t push any boundaries

A recent online video showing a young couple challenging two security guards who were trying to evict them from Independence Square for spending time....

Rajapaksa’s prison visits: What’s he up to?

Ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa has recently developed a habit of visiting all kinds of suspects in remand prisons, many of them implicated in offences.....

Let the seeds fall on good soil and bear fruits - EDITORIAL

An unexpectedly large crowd of about 300,000 attended the three-day exhibition and sale held at the BMICH on March 6, 7 and 8 as the first....

THE TAMIL WOMAN POLITICIAN WHOM MOST SINHALESE LOVED TO HATE

Mangaiyarkkarasi Amirthalingam known widely among Tamils at one time as “Mangai Akka”(elder sister Mangai) passed away at the age of 82 in Britain where she had been residing for the past 27 years.

WHO IS TO BE BLAMED?

Big match fever is on and many schoolboys from leading schools are parading the streets to support their teams.

Destroying Mother Nature: This insanity must stop now

The national government is giving top priority to the challenge of tackling the kidney disease epidemic and one of its main causes -- the excessive use of imported agro-chemicals for the cultivation of paddy

THE ‘SQUARE’ IS STILL UNDER OCCUPATION

Last Sunday (March 6, 2016) a protest was held at Independence Square. The ‘call to action’, so to speak, came in the form of a post on social media by unknown persons calling themselves ‘Occupy the Square’.

Why this Trumpophobia?

It is an inexplicable irony that New York-based billionaire businessman Donald Trump is winning the...

EDITORIAL - Animals are important even if they can’t vote

The mutilated eagle’s picture which went viral on social media websites is one of the most harrowing...

The Presidential Punch

President Maithripala Sirisena, who handled his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) with a somewhat...

Stop the blame game; think of the future

My mind started debating with itself after reading the thought provoking piece by our senior and most...

The Indo-Lanka trade Landscape

The Indian High Commissioner Y.K. Sinha’s stricture on the joint opposition’s Prof. G. L. Peiris and former President

The burning problem and the solutions

Smoking is a  problem in many aspects;  mainly in health, economic, socially and development context. It is a problem at individual

Restoring the spirit of sports, start in school

A somewhat battered Sri Lanka team left on Tuesday night for the T2O World Cup tournament in India -- with

Constitutional Protection for all Animals: a need of the hour

National Constitutions are a valuable instrument for protecting animals, providing strong legal clout to the existing Animal 

Why Conserve Marine Mammals and Environmental Health of the Ocean?

Have you ever borne testimony to the graceful gliding of a whale that cuts its way through the swift currents of the rippling blue ocean? One of the oldest and most magnificent of sea creatures, whales are unique marine species that should be protected at all costs. However the very existence of whales and the rich marine biodiversity we own have been endangered due to the marathon run by business rivalries in pursuit of commercial gains and the

Parents and school teachers need not panic

Hand-foot-and-mouth disease rampant among pre-school children these days causes distress in anxious parents. An extremely contagious condition caused most often by a cocksackie virus, which is a virus of the enterovirus family, the outbreaks of it largely occur at this time of the year here at home. In the West, the outbreaks are witnessed in summer and fall.  Although the condition sends panic waves among parents and pre-school teachers, pr

A colossus of an academic and a unique human being

March 4th marks three months since the passing away of Prof. Manique Gunesekera, who was  called “Prof. Manique” by most of the lecturers at the English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU)  of the University of Kelaniya in typical Sri Lankan style, or “Miss” by her former students who  are now on the staff of the ELTU, or simply “Manique” by the senior staff. Much was written  and said in the mome

A Mission for vision Removing of Corneas from dead persons’ eyes

H.K. Chandrika (46) a technical officer of the Eye Donation Society, residing in Kolavenigama Deniyaya, though a seamstress by profession is an expert in removing the cornea from the eyes of dead persons, and coordinating with the Eye donors’ society in having them transplanted to those with weak eye sight.

Are you coming or WHAT!??

Generally,  the process starts with an innocuous sounding email from my oldest friend Aruna in early February.

‘Behind Every great Woman, You will find a Great…’

Why do women behave in an uncanny manner before men -- They throw bras, embrace and hug male performers on stage?  Would a man ever think of doing such silly frolics in public? By such ridiculous behaviour, they surrender their ‘chastity’ to the male; next, they cry foul.  Discrimination can be challenged and corrected: but ‘equality’ is a far-fetched reality. 

President vows: no more ‘wasa wisa’ food - EDITORIAL

President Maithripala Sirisena, in one of the most powerful speeches since his historic election victory in January last year, said on Monday that Sri Lanka’s people and Mother Earth had been poisoned by agro-chemicals for more than 60 years -- and he solemnly pledged  there would be no turning back from the decision to go for organic cultivation.

International Women’s Day: Pledge F r Parity

As we “Pledge For Parity” on this year’s International Women’s Day, it has to be noted that countless women worldwide face harassment at the hands....

Can baby Nandi survive New Zealand

The practice of gifting elephants, as a symbol of strengthening diplomatic relations, has become common in Sri Lanka over the.....

Sex Work: The Untold Story

“Where do I start?” Priyani (not her real name) asks looking down at her hands. Priyani is a former sex worker who, with much difficulty, had managed to....