Increasing number of Cerebral Palsy patients in Sri Lanka

Recent statistics show that an estimated 40,000 people suffer from Cerebral Palsy in Sri Lanka. When this figure is compared with the 33,000 Australians suffering from Cerebral Palsy in a country with a similar population of 20 million, the situation in Sri Lanka cannot be considered as favourable.

Govt. doing nothing to counter ECJ ruling on LTTE - EDITORIAL

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) while striking down anti-terrorism sanctions imposed on the LTTE by the European Union has attributed its ruling last week to the decision by the EU leaders in 2006 to place the LTTE on a list of terrorist organisations being based on........

Research, Development...

Daniel Bell, a well -known American sociologist, used the phrase, ‘post-industrial society’ to refer to highly developed countries like the US, Japan and Germany.

D.S. Senanayake – The Father of the Nation

It is with great respect and reverence that I thought of writing this article on the Rt. Hon. D.S. Senanayake, who was the most outstanding political leader of post-independence Sri Lanka.

The poor have suffered enough!

Living a lavish life is a dream for anyone and everyone on earth. Yet, unfortunately, not many can see this dream come to reality within their lifespan.

Government faces its moment of truth - EDITORIAL

Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) parliamentarian and the ‘Pivithuru Hetak’ (Clean Tomorrow) National Council leader, Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thera dropped a political bombshell to a packed audience,...

Slaying of Kingsley Rasanayagam by LTTE ten years ago

The assortment of political parties  known as the Tamil National Alliance(TNA) is regarded as the premier  political configuration representing the Sri Lankan Tamils in Parliament, ....

Slaying of Kingsley Rasanayagam by LTTE ten years ago

The assortment of political parties  known as the Tamil National Alliance(TNA) is regarded as the premier  political configuration representing the Sri Lankan Tamils in Parliament, ....

Menopause Is it a Problem?

LIFE AROUND MENOPAUSE Certain important definitions with respect to Menopause are -...

Richest 1% owns half of global wealth - EDITORIAL

Yesterday was the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. It is a good time to reflect on the historical fact that poverty could be alleviated or eradicated not just by doling out money, grants, loans or subsidies but by identifying, challenging and breaking down the structures of crass capitalism.

Cats and rats jump out of the Mervyn bag

Well-known for his conduct and controversial statements Minister Mervyn Silva has come to the limelight once again with yet another allegation that there are some people who prevent him from carrying out his duties as a people’s representative.

ISIS Crisis: Who’s battling whom for what?

All fish live in water; dolphins are fish; therefore dolphins live in water. The construction of logical arguments such as this may not apply to politics. Don’t they say that politics defies logic? Nowhere is this truism more evident than in the crises involving ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

World’s Press Calls for Greater Protection for Journalists

The Board of WAN-IFRA, the global organisation for the world’s news publishers that represents 18,000 newspapers, 15,000 online sites and more than 3,000 companies in 120 countries

Ebola; Are we ready? - EDITORIAL

In a video summit on Wednesday the leaders of the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Italy  said the raging Ebola pandemic was the most serious international public health emergency in recent years  and the international community needed to do much more and faster to check the calamity.

ARE THEY POISONING OUR CHILDREN?

The article is based on a speech delivered by Dr. Damayanthi Perera at the symposium held at the Annual Scientific Sessions of the Medico Legal Society of Sri Lanka. Dr. Damayanthi Perera, nutritionist and an independent researcher, Ms. Deepika Seneviratna, Assistant Government.........

Politicians are like fine wine men

Chaminda Pusswedilla, albeit being a figment of innovative imagination, is not a figure that is far off the mark from many local politicians. To many, he is a semblance of resemblance to those who govern the country. During an interview with the Daily Mirror , Pusswedilla gives us some insight into his thought process in line with his performances that have, both won rave reviews on the one hand and garnered harsh criticism on the other.

UPFA, UNP brace for presidential election

The ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance(UPFA) gave further rise  on Monday to speculation in political  circles about a snap presidential election in January next year.  

A Nobel cause but cut the pedantics

Last Friday, a Pakistani and an Indian jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize.

eDITORIAL-The crisis of fake food and imitation milk

As we mark World Food Day today, we need to reflect deeply on what has happened to our traditional food and nutrition diets during the past 40 years of the globalised capitalist market economic policy which Sri Lanka swallowed wholesale after 1977.

Politicians are like fine wine men

Chaminda Pusswedilla, albeit being a figment of innovative imagination, is not a figure that is far off the mark from many local politicians. 

The Opposition’s rush to commit hara-kiri!

Those who do not learn from history will be condemned to relive it. The United National Party (UNP) and the mainstream parliamentary Opposition in Sri Lanka...

Two fighters for children’s rights win Nobel Peace Prize

It was not long ago that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jeyaram was convicted and sentenced to a four-year jail term in a disproportionate case.

End the gender apartheid

There’s a form of apartheid that’s been taking place worldwide in every society, culture and religion known to mankind.

EDITORIAL-Nabila Rehman’s tragedy conveniently forgotten by the West

As Malala Yousafzai, the Swat Valley activist became the co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, there won’t be a better time to talk about Nabila Rehman of Wazirsthan,...

SAVING THE TOP SEVEN

The Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) of Sri Lanka has officially named seven wild animals as “Top Seven Wild Sri Lanka” at the Department’s 65thAnniversary which was.......

12th World Day against the Death Penalty : France committed to universal abolition of capital punish

France’s commitment in favour of the universal abolition of the death penalty across the world and in all relevant international fora has been determined and consistent. It constitutes one of France’s priorities with regards to Human......

EDITORIAL - Yal Devi, gold and title deeds for northern people

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday re-inaugurated the Yal Devi train service to Jaffna after a lapse of more than two decades. He also handed over to the owners the gold jewellery that had been pawned......

Why Sri Lanka needs a sexual revolution

The plight of a sex worker in Ratnapura, who was assaulted by a cop in public and now has her mother remanded over trumped up charges of prostitution is...

Underdevelopment, Poverty and Public Health

The spread of the deadly Ebola virus in three West African countries, namely, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea has created a public health crisis in these countries...

EDITORIAL-Role models for education and child rights

Education was the subject of international attention last week with children’s education activist Malala Yousafzai becoming the youngest person in history to...