Which way Modified India?

India’s prime minister-elect Narendra Modi is a conundrum.  So it seems for the time being. From his alleged role in the massacre of Muslims in the 2001 Gujarat communal riots to his invitation to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Shariff to attend his inauguration on....

Vietnam and US versus China over oil in the sea

Who makes the law of the sea as China and Vietnam clash over China moving an oil rig close to an island only 25 miles from the mainland of Vietnam?

A friend's silence more hurtful than an enemy's sword

For centuries Sri Lanka has bloomed with the hallowed culture of Buddhism, but in recent years we have been seeing a dangerous trend towards a culture of impunity. Ruling alliance politicians, especially their stooges and supporters including killers in underground crime syndicates seem to....

BJP victory Govt elated, UNP draws inspiration

The United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe received a call on his mobile when he was addressing his party’s parliamentary group on Tuesday morning. He walked out of the meeting room in the parliamentary complex   to answer the call.

New era dawns in Indian politics

With BJP Leader Narendra Modi being elevated to the position of Prime Minister in India, a new era has dawned in Indian politics. Narendra Modi, a leader who comes from the grassroots level, does not belong to the elitist circle of Indian politicians.

New Bill will kill free health service - Editorial

About 40 years after the then Sirimavo Bandaranaike Government was virtually forced by the United States to scrap the Essential Medicines Concept of the revered Professor Senaka Bibile and nine years after the Cabinet approved a National Medicinal Drugs Policy (NMDP) based on this concept

STATE OF THE NATION

Look back in satisfaction; look forward in dismay. Lost the way in failing to take the right turn in not keeping to an intelligible road map.

Probe recent arrests of Sri Lankan abroad on terror charges

The government of Sri Lanka must join hands with the Indian authorities in the investigations into the case of Sri Lankan national Zakir Hussain...

How the UNP ‘brand’ suffered over the years

What is the ‘brand’ of the United National Party (UNP)? How does the average villager identify the Party?

Editorial-If the legal system is not to remain a mere spectator

Attorney General Palitha Fernando speaking at the ceremonial sitting of the Supreme Court

We prefer to die in a democratic country not under a dictatorship

United National Party (UNP) Leadership Council Chairman and parliamentarian Karu Jayasuriya agreeing that the parties slogans used in the past had not struck a chord with the masses appeared confident in the revival of the UNP under the new structure that is being implemented.

Political Culture, Ethno-religious Tension and Way Forward

The ethno-religious tension prevailing in the country casts a dark cloud over the country’s future and is the last thing that the hapless masses want. Moreover, the country can ill-afford another period of socio-political instability, given the backdrop of violent conflicts in the recent past.

The might of the franchise triumphed over the might of politicians

The United National Party congratulates the newly elected government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. We wish the new Government all success in its endeavours to chart India’s future and assure our fullest support.

Editorial-The Modi factor impact on Sri Lanka

Analyzing the election results in countries like Sri Lanka and India is a complicated task, since one factor attributed to a particular situation in one place cannot necessarily be applied to a similar situation in another place.

We can defeat this regime with a common opposition

One of United National Party (UNP)’s ‘rebel’ or ‘reformist’ MPs Ashoka Abeysinghe who has constantly criticised the incumbent leadership of the UNP...

Coleman’s Tattoo ordeal: Cutting a sorry figure

The fiasco regarding British tourist Naomi Coleman and her Buddha tattoo ended by deeply embarrassing moderate Sri Lankans.

Paradigm or limbic shift

When people realised that the earth was not flat but round, they shifted a paradigm.

Editorial-Banking sector: Where it is heading?

The performance of Sri Lanka’s banking sector during the past two quarters has given us things to ponder about.

ATTEMPT TO REVIVE THE LTTE Aborted

The arrest and detention of Jeyakumari Balendra resulted in a huge outcry strongly critical of the Government. The fact that Jeyakumari and her daughter were well-known participants in protest demonstrations placed the arrest in a negative light.

Nigeria’s oil has cons and pros

Oil provides 70 % of booming Nigeria’s government revenues and without that, since tax collection is so poor, Nigeria would be a country without much in the way of education, health facilities, infrastructure building and urban renewal.

India turns tables: Lessons for Lanka - Editorial

In what analysts describe as a historic day and the beginning of a new era for India, the world’s largest democracy, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by the charismatic 63-year-old Narendra Modi yesterday swept to the biggest landslide victory in 30 years.

War and Peace, this time by Vladimir Putin

The game which Russia and the West are playing in Ukraine is becoming curiouser and...

India under Narendra Modi Is Sri Lanka ready?

The Indian general election would, if the forecasts are proved to be correct, result in a change in...

Walking the political tightrope

Northern Province Chief Minister C. V. Wigneswaran caused ripples in political circles this week...

Editorial : Protest by all means but spare the public!

Currently, hardly a day passes without demonstrations, picketing, work stoppages or any...

MPs Unite to seek bigger fuel quota

Ruling party’s  Dr. Ramesh Pathirane complained in Parliament recently that his fuel quota was insufficient for his regular travel

The Buddha’s Advice on Family Life

It has been mentioned in many a place in the Buddhist scriptures the Buddha’s was a Caritanukula Desana....

Editorial-May Sri Lanka become the Light of Asia

With more pageantry than in previous years, pandals and lanterns, dansal and devotions...

Rising challenges to the Buddhist world

The crisis facing the Buddhist world is neither a decline in religious conviction nor an....

Yo dhammam passathi, So mang passathi Seeing The Buddha through Dhamma

We assume that what we think is reality.  However the truth is different. We have various concepts about the world which we have learnt from our parents...