India’s Moment in the Sun and On Mars

Last Wednesday and a week after this column last appeared, billions of Indians woke up very early and switched on their TV sets.

EDITORIAL-The power of love and love of power

In India and all over the world, billions of people will today remember the legendary Mahatma Gandhi on the 67th anniversary of his assassination by a Hindu...

Regime’s Chintana A bogus document on mythical promises

This is the stuff that myths are made of. Agriculture, power and education, three key areas where development could be visible and tangible,...

Ratnapura Policeman’s public attack on a woman widely condemned This brutality a shame to Lanka

In the aftermath of the Wariyapola incident where a young woman publicly assaulted a man who is alleged to have sexually harassed her,...

Children’s rights, equity and our common future

Throughout history, the advance of civilization has been closely tied to the idea that all people have rights -- universal,...

EDITORIAL-What’s wrong in Int’l Schools teaching history and religion in English?

Some big-wigs in the Government had lately lamented that international schools in Sri Lanka did not teach History and Religion.

Taking a Vital Cue from our Giant Neighbour

The landmark judgment given by an Indian Court to incarcerate the all-powerful Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jeyaram Jayalalithaa, who commands demigod status among South Indians and who has been a thorn in the Sri Lankan.......  

Pharma Mafia sabotages National Medicinal Drugs Policy

Minister Maithripala Sirisena, who initially made a genuine effort to introduce the NMDP in line with WHO ratified Professor Senaka  Bibile’s proposals, recently presented a draft bill in a total deviation from the Bibile......  

EDITORIAL - India metes out Justice irrespective of post or status

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and former South Indian actress Jayalalitha Jayaram has been handed over a four-year simple prison term with an Indian rupee one billion fine for her role in a high-profile corruption case.....  

Good Governance Still Matters

This is not just another commentary on the Uva PC elections.  Already many commentaries, including the present one, have appeared both in the electronic media as well as in the newspapers.  A close examination of the......  

The long road to justice

The conviction of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case by a Special Court in Bangalore is a significant vindication of a vital constitutional principle — that the rule of law be upheld for all......

Do honest judges have no place in the Judiciary? – Upul Jayasuriya

The following is an excerpt from the speech delivered by Upul Jaysuriya, President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) at the opening of the refurbished auditorium under the name of Dr. H. W. Jayawardene on September 27.

EDITORIAL - Lessons for Lanka from Jayalaithaa conviction

For political leaders, who seek power, prestige and popularity, personal gain or glory, by plundering the people’s wealth and resources, someday and in a devastating way, a great fall will come. That is a golden principle of life. So it was for Tamil Nadu’s......

The incident that rocked Ceylon 55 Years Ago The Assassination of Prime Minister S.W.R.D. Bandaranai

The  three-decade period of intense conflict from 1983 to 2009  has resulted in  hundreds of political assassinations in Sri Lanka.

World Pharmacist day Drug is not a Shopping item

Medicines are used to obtain chemical actions to get rid of the disease from the patient’s body.

eDITORIAL-Climate change: It’s now or never

A selfish, self-centred and greedy world order has during the past four decades brought Planet Earth to a now-or-never catastrophe.

The breaking up of international law

There is little doubt that Russia broke international law with its take-over of Crimea and the rushed...

Mother Earth sacred, don’t pollute her

Just as there were traitors in small developing countries which were militarily invaded...

IS monster and Middle East mayhem

President Barack Obama has taken his war on terror to another Arab country. Syria is the...

UNP buoyed while UPFA gripped by political tremor

His security officer picked the mobile phone, and brought it to him to answer the President who was on line. Jolted out of his nap, he answered the phone.

Progressive Realization of Human Rights and Domestic Obligations

Many states have undertaken, as part of their international obligations (especially under ICCPR) to implement and enforce the rights enshrined in the Conventions...

eDITORIAL-Enter the Dragon

In the aftermath of the Rajapaksa Government’s worst-ever political setback at last Saturday’s elections to the Uva Provincial Council,...

uva Beginning of a change?

What materialized at the elections held on Saturday, September 20 was the possibility number 3 as reasoned out in my last week’s column:

GBV: How can we end the scourge?

There are many problems which pervade society, problems which have existed from long ago, and will exist long into the future,...

Rise in Price of Rice: Who Do We Call?

In 2013, Sri Lanka earned close to US$6 million exporting 50,000 metric tonnes of rice on the back of a bumper harvest during the year producing 4.6 million metric tonnes.

eDITORIAL-Good governance vital for economic growth

Sri Lanka has come a long way since the war ended in 2009. The country has seen a massive development in its infrastructure which includes highways,..

Ashraff’s mystique still lingers among Eastern Muslims

This is a period of  time in Sri Lanka which is referred to as “Ashraff season” in lighter vein  by observers of the Sri Lankan Muslim political scene. The Country witnesses a series.......

Uva releases many messages

The Uva Provincial Council is a rehearsal for the coming Presidential and General elections. Winning three electorates and increasing the vote base and closing........

‘Lands of extremes’ and the plight of their masses

The Nigerian extremist rebel group Boko Haram  massacred several hundred villagers in north east Nigeria last month. Unfortunately, this follows the unprecedented kidnap of over 300 schoolgirls on April 14 in the troubled north. Some.....

EDITORIAL - CAN unqualified MPs pass laws requiring qualified MPs

Matara District United National Party (UNP) parliamentarian Buddika Pathirana last week revealed an important fact about his colleagues, the legislators of Sri Lanka. According to Mr. Pathirana 142 out of the 225 members.......