Visharad Fr. Edmund Tillekeratne Continuing the legacy of creative clergies

The annals of the Catholic Church have been dotted, for centuries, with the names of some illustrious members of its clergy, whose outstanding creativity in the fine arts is hailed even  today.

Repeat of Olcott-Era: Dharma Voices for Animals - EDITORIAL

In what could turn out to be a repeat of the Henry Steel Olcott era for the revival of Buddhist values and virtues, another American is now in Sri Lanka for the launching of the Colombo and Kandy Chapters of the worldwide movement known as the Dharma Voices for Animals (DVA).

Justice delayed is justice denied

Crimes have become just headlines in newspapers today. For one to commit a crime it may take a couple of seconds or a few months. But for a suspect to go behind bars, it would take.....

D.S. Senanayake: Post-independent Sri Lanka’s outstanding Political leader

DS. Senanayake was the most outstanding political leader of post-independent Sri Lanka. This great leader and the.......

Prisoners are human beings too - EDITORIAL

It is not clear whether the Tamil remand prisoners languishing for years in various prisons in the country started their hunger strike on October 12 spontaneously calling.....

Education: Going beyond six percent

The government has announced a four-fold increase for education under the budget in 2016. The allocations for education would go up to Rs. 185.9 billion from the Rs. 47.6 billion......

Prospects and Challenges for achieving 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

The post 2015 development agenda adopted by the UN this year is presented as a strategy for transforming the world. This is understandable given the fact that the goals that.....

A notable musical rebel

The seventh commemoration of Sri Lanka’s foremost film music composer and pioneer of Sinhala opera Premasiri Khemadasa took place at the Sri Lanka Foundation......

The OISL Report: Need for introspection and State responsibility

Six valuable years have been lost since the end of the war, as the previous Government undermined efforts to seek the truth about the tragic past, stalled institutional reforms necessary to......

Participatory democracy and participatory development - EDITORIAL

Though most people are unaware of it and others choose to ignore it, world poverty alleviation is a high priority issue because until and unless there is a more equitable distribution of wealth and......

Intelligent Transport: Antidote for traffic snarls

Intelligent Transport System (ITS), an advanced technology developed as software and camera systems is used to analyse the traffic behaviour patterns inside tunnels and on highways.

Twin Assassinations of TNA Parliamentarians Pararajasingham and Raviraj

Thamil Makkal Viduthalaip Puligal(TMVP)leader Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias “Pillaiyaan” is currently being detained and interrogated by the Police over his suspected involvement in the twin assassinations of Tamil National Alliance...

Bringing about Asia’s Best Education System

The Minister of Finance is allocating 6% of the budget for education and aims at making Sri Lanka’s education system the best in Asia. If that is not to remain just another fanciful dream that is politically attractive, many practical things have to be done.

Waist not, want not - EDITORIAL

Yesterday was World Food Day with the year’s theme being ‘social protection and agriculture: Breaking the cycle of rural poverty’. It spotlights the link between ending hunger and food insecurity by enhancing social protection, a key tool in breaking the cycle of poverty.

Charity for Humanity - when hearts unite

?What is humanity if we do not care for each other and learn the art of giving and sharing?   One should be able to understand another person’s feelings, his wants and needs, and especially those of the less privileged and not so lucky enough to have a good life.

Israel writes script for the crisis and solution

President Barack Obama, wake up. The bloodletting in the holy city of Jerusalem sends...

EDITORIAL - Saving our girls from modern slavery

The world’s major religions have come together in a sacred mission to curb or end modern...

Aye for extra judicial killings; Nay to death penalty

Opposition to the implementation of capital punishment by many politicians is nothing but the best...

From a colonial retreat to a modern global workplace

To be at the forefront of what the Deputy Foreign Minister Dr. Harsha De Silva termed as “global...

Right to Information a missing link in our democracy

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya on Tuesday has told a delegation of civil society activists of the...

tipping point?

Is Saudi Arabia a house built on sand? If so are the sands shifting?  Even Hillary Clinton, the candidate for US president, until recently a staunch ally of the House of Saud, has publicly criticized the appalling human rights record of Saudi Arabia. 

Go green, Sri Lanka

The National Government has repeatedly pledged it is building a new Sri Lanka based on consensus and consultation, inter-religious, inter-racial and inter-cultural unity in diversity so that there will be sustainable eco-friendly

Still in Amber

University education or higher education is a dream for every student during his/her schooldays because it is widely regarded as a jewel in the crown for every aspiring individual to become a distinguished academic – a graduate and pursue their career towards a bright future.

Eye on Earth Summit 2015 and achieving the SDGs

The Eye on Earth Summit (www.eoesummit.org) is the convergence of a series of initiatives by several organisations over the past few years that collectively address the global challenge of increasing access to information to support sustainable development. 

WHY I FIND MYSELF AT VARIANCE

“Well I’m older now but still running against the wind” – Bob Seger

DRUG PRICES TO BE DRASTICALLY REDUCED SOON - EDITORIAL

With the private medical sector to a large extent turning into a big profit-making business, Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne has assured that prices of essential medicinal drugs would be significantly reduced in the coming weeks and months.

Forming the New Constitution

The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has been the constitution of our country since its original promulgation in 1978. It is Sri Lanka’s second republican constitution and its third since the country’s independence in 1948. 

JVP calls for measures to end fishing by Indian vessels in Sri Lankan waters

On Friday last week the  Vijitha Herath M.P., opened the first ever debate in Parliament on the challenges facing the Sri Lankan government as it continues to grapple with the thorny issue of persistent illegal,...

Judiciary desecrated: ‘darkest day’ in Parliamentary democracy

October 16, 1980, the ‘darkest day’ represented yet another blow to parliamentary democracy in Sri Lanka when Madam Sirimavo Bandaranaike, 

eve teasing enough is enough!

“Aaahh nangiiii!!” the common place passing comment that is almost customarily heard by every girl who walks on the road. Ironical how ‘ah nangi’ could be actually a pleasant phrase......