Obama’s Middle East retreat

American Middle East interventionists chide President Barack Obama for not doing more.

To dream the impossible dream -

In the afterglow of a Holy Week which testifies to the everlasting truth that love,...

Saudi-Iran cold war explodes in Yemen

When the Gaza Strip was being pounded and thousands of innocent civilians including hundreds of children...

EDITORIAL : A message of love and compassion

As a new Sri Lanka evolves with multi-party, multi-religious and multi-ethnic unity on an unprecedented...

Abolition of the Executive Presidency is a national need

Civil society forces teamed up to bring about a striking change in  the country’s politics Ven. Maduluwawe

china looks to improve ties with SL

As President Maitripala Sirisena remarked to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that no problem lay with the Chinese...

Signs of a historic April - EDITORIAL

Though April jokingly begins with the feast of all fools, April 2015 may turn out to be one of the most important months in the history of independent Sri Lanka.

I am not rich, but gifted my property and Peacock Mansion to Mahinda Rajapaksa

Media recently reported that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is to be gifted with the Peacock Mansion belonging to A.S.P. Liyanage who contested unsuccessfully at the recent presidential election. The excerpts from an interview with Liyanage are reproduced below.

Drifting without a leadership?

Happenings around are unenviable: zany events unfold in rapid succession; voters are bewildered, skeptical, disoriented. Worse- democracy is not standing tall, as desired. 

Dictatorship, Democracy and National Development

A decade is a long period in a fast moving world. It is particularly long in a country like Sri Lanka that lost nearly three decades for a destructive and destabilizing war.

Living to eat: Beware, fast foods can kill you fast - EDITORIAL

?For the past four decades after Sri Lanka was forced to swallow wholesale the globalised capitalist market economic policies, nutritionists have been warning that we are poisoning ourselves with every meal. 

The no-confidence motions are not something new to me

Currently, John Ameratunge, a senior Govt. Minister is  much in the news even before the expiry of fifty days of the new regime, and is faced with a no-confidence motion already. In the interview with Daily Mirror, much light is thrown.....

Is the continuing brawl due to inadequate fishery management?

What is going on? First China wants a chunk of Sri Lankan land, now India has proposed to take over Sri Lanka’s seas! The Sri Lankans are familiar with Sri Lanka being the ‘Miracle of Asia’. At this rate, it would be a miracle....

Judiciary Serving society without fear or favour

The unity, independence and integrity of the Bar are essential not only for its survival, and for its meaningful contribution to society, but to also ensure that the critical institutions set up......

Some are seeing the light even though its too late - Editorial

The result of the January 8 Presidential election has been a revelation to almost all UPFA politicians. They who treated the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration as something like a divine rule.....

Rajapaksa is right; the government holding back development

?Ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa in a message read in a political rally held in Ratnapura, last week alleged that the current administration has stalled development in the country. I cannot help, but agree, though grudgingly. 

Appointments to High Posts and Independent Commissions

Appointments to the following offices shall be made by HE in consultation  with the PM, Leader of the Opposition and  the committee of parliamentary leaders of all parties 

The role of Government and Opposition: Distinct or blurred?

?The Institution of Parliament depends for its efficacy and indeed, its very existence, on some basic principles, without which it cannot function at all. 

To make us healthy, wealthy and wise - EDITORIAL

S?etting a palatable example to religious institutions and social justice groups, the Gangaramaya Temple last Wednesday launched a movement to provide nutritious and hygienically prepared packets of rice and curry for lunch or dinner at the affordable price of Rs. 50 a packet each. 

History of Sri Lanka’s National Anthem mired in controversy

A very effective message regarding the contentious  issue of the National Anthem being sung in Tamil was...

Nigeria’s big election questions

It has been said that “Brazil has a future and always will”.

Who really leads ‘The Opposition’? - EDITORIAL

One of the biggest problems that have plagued democracy in Sri Lanka according to many...

Spitting venom then: Sitting pretty now

Politics in the Sri Lankan context has always been a drama worth watching. The various defections, mud-slinging and defamatory remarks politicians throw at one another are  entertaining. 

Lee’s five powerful lessons for Lanka

All that man wants is freedom from fear and hunger. The entire gamut of human rights stems...

Sri Lanka must avoid diplomatic stinks of the Ukrainian kind Professionalism is the buzzword of our

Last week’s Sunday Times carried a somewhat disturbing headline story that brought embarrassment...

Taking the bull by the horns - EDITORIAL

Amid public criticism of the Government’s delay in taking action against former VIPs who were allegedly involved in large scale corruption, the Police announced on Wednesday they....

National Drug Regulatory Authority Bill: An insight

The National Drug Regulatory Authority Bill was subjected to an evolutionary process before it was passed in Parliament recently. The long fight to instil justice in the field of pharmaceuticals was won by Dr. Senaka Bibile who was the founder of the Senaka Bibile Essential Medicines concept.

Losing the Reform Moment, Once again

?Within just three months in power, the National Democratic Front (NDF) coalition seems to be disintegrating. All indications are that the unity that the NDF coalition partners showed in the pursuit of their common objective of dislodging the Mahinda Rajapaksha family from power has largely dissipated. 

Some thoughts on Good Governance

Governance in broad terms encapsulates the importance of transparency, predictability, accountability, stakeholder participation, rule of law, anticorruption, independence of the judiciary and media freedom, among others.

Is flying the safest mode of travel? - EDITORIAL

?Is flying still the safest mode of transportation? Yes it is. According to a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Professor the death risk for passengers of commercial airlines is one in 45 million flights.