SLFP ON BRINK OF DESTRUCTION; CAN IT BE SAVED?

SLFP is on a path of self-destruction ably assisted unwittingly by its hierarchy. Those at the helm are the ones who are taking the party to oblivion notwithstanding holding the prime positions of Presidency and partner of a National Government and holds peak positions in the Cabinet.

Political dinosaurs please step out - EDITORIAL

As we move into 2016, we need to think positively, count our blessings one by one, be thankful and grateful for what happened or did not happen.

On board the Tsunami train

Thousands of innocent lives were sacrificed to the deadly tsunami that struck the Pearl of the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004. It was a poya day and hundreds and thousands of Buddhist devotees were praying for the goodwill of their lives and of their loved ones.

The ‘Megapolis’ objective is to make Colombo and the WP investor friendly

Many questions have been asked by people after the new government took over the country’s reins. Will the new government carry out development work? The last government did some work albeit amidst allegations of......

COPE will be completely politicised if ministers are summoned-DEW

Former minister, COPE chairman and the general secretary of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka D.E.W. Gunasekara was interviewed by the  on his recent visit to India and the future of  COPE. Excerpts of the interview.....

Path ahead for Sri Lanka won’t be a bed of roses

The 2016 Budget was one of those passed in parliament with the most number of amendments since independence.   It also created unprecedented public protests countrywide resulting in several of the......

APRC Process: Spiriting Away the Constitution

Since January 2015 Ms. Arudpragasam has been working as the Private Secretary to Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister. She first decided to produce a documentary on the APRC process in 2013, while she.....

Prof. Manique Gunasekera - Head of English Department, Kelaniya University

I got to know Manique when I started my university life at Kelaniya in 1973. Manique had also joined the university but to pursue a different academic path - the English stream. I was on the other hand, pursuing a mass.....

Travails of the elderly - EDITORIAL

A 42-year-old woman was recently arrested at Balagolla for allegedly locking up her 72-year-old father in a kennel. The father was living in a cramped room – similar to a cage made of bricks and metal.....

Hirunika Vicious cycle of sinister system

Hirunika Premachandra took a path to Parliament that was well trodden by her predecessors; the public sympathy over the untimely demise of a family member that turned into votes at the......

Need for a National Consumer Network

We have been railroaded into living in a consumer society. This is not a good place for the citizens of a nation but it is where we are. Time was when most of what we wanted we produced......

A practical approach to peace through schools

What appears to be needed in the present context is a practical approach to the problem by aligning the school curricula to remove the existing compartmentalisation of students by race......

Stop this massacre now - EDITORIAL

From age to age in our undefiled heritage, one of the principles relating to Human Rights has been found in the hallowed Middle Path. With enlightened eyes, we see there an inseparable connection......

Mangalam St. George: A Genial Friend

We cherish pleasant memories of love and friendship of  people, whom we love, who are close to us, and from time to time, we tend to go back down memory lane, where the memories we hold close......

Catching the disillusionment

Sita Ranjani’s Thiththa Kaviyakata Pera Wadanak (Foreword to a Bitter Poem) is an odyssey in verse through the turbulent sea of life – her own life, and the turbulent politics of......

Murder in the Cathedral

Blessings of Christmas are once again  upon us all! Even as we immerse ourselves in this universal season of peace and great joy,   my thoughts hark back to a terrible incident which marred the spirit of Christmas and sanctity of a Church a decade ago.

11 years after Tsunami: Long road to recovery

The Boxing Day tsunami that hit Sri Lanka and many other countries bordering the Sumatra island, was one of the deadliest disasters that went down in history. Thousands of lives were washed away irrespective of.......

What drives religious extremism?

What drives people to extremes? Why do the people behind Al-Qaeda or the Islamic State (IS) get so charged up and angry? Perhaps to understand we should go back to.....

Tsunami: Listen to the ocean - EDITORIAL

The day after Christmas, December 26 is unfortunately remembered most by Sri Lanka for one of the worst ever natural catastrophes, the Tsunami, which occurred on December 26, 2004. Though some......

2015: No world war; it’s the year of China’s rise

As we get ready to say goodbye to 2015 and welcome 2016, we can only heave a sigh of relief...

EDITORIAL - behold the servant king

A modern thinker Eckhart Tolle, followed by millions invited his students to look at the whole...

Wignesaran openly rebels against Sampanthan

The internal strife in the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has taken a new turn with the sudden...

New Year greetings from GMOA

NO TREATMENT will be the New Year greetings of medical doctors to their poor patients...

Birth of the Nazarene

‘Twas the night of nights. Cold - freezingly, bitterly, cold. The star-spangled inky blue sky...

Journey of the ill-fated Tsunami train

One of the significant incidents which took place that day was where a train was...

“Merciful like the Father” Celebrating Christmas in the Year of Mercy

The logo of the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy is drawn from Luke 6:36. It reads...

Unduvap Full moon Poya day

After the Parinibbana of Lord Buddha- the Enlightened One- there are three kinds of items for the worship of the Blessed One by the devotees. The first kind is “Saririka Dhathu” – relics of the Enlightened One, the eminent example being the Tooth Relic-Sri Dalada 

Understanding Racial Myths In search of Harmony

Violence is organized carnage in the name of a faction, in the name of God or country. When you call yourself a Sinhalese or a Muslim or a Christian or a Tamil, or anything else, you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind, therefore you are being violent.

Look beyond our noses

Today is a significant day for inter-faith unity -- it is Uduwap Poya Day, the Holy Prophet Mohamed’s Birthday and Christmas Eve. It will be a holy time to deeply reflect on one of the biggest crises facing all people -- saving our common homeland or Mother Earth.

An amended 2016 Budget: Listening to the people?

Although the 2016 Budget was passed with a comfortable majority of 109 votes, uncertainty hovers over implications when implementing its provisions next year.