Can Anura’s logical oratory spur people’s imagination?

The mantle of leadership of the left-leaning Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) passed on to Anura Kumara Dissanayake last Sunday, heralding a sea change in arguably the country’s third largest political force.

Nomination for PC Elections The much anticipated leadership change in JVP

Ahead of the provincial council elections, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), an active Opposition party, had a change of leadership last Sunday at its convention. At the event conducted at the Sugathadasa Stadium, party members were waiting anxiously for the moment to select the new leader.

Gamini Abhaya Iriyagolle - A Patriot and Visionary Commemoration of his Demise on 03-01-2003

Some believe it is easier to talk about a person of worth and greatness than to write about him. This perhaps is caused by the emotional surge that disturbs the admirer in relation to the departed. The late Gamini Iriyagolle is one such person much admired by those who were fortunate to know him.

Cancer: Preventable if you are careful - Editorial

Some decades ago the phrase or cliché ‘spreading like cancer’ was used largely figuratively, but today in the world it has become literal. It is a leading cause of death and a global crisis.

Beyond my pretty face is a great vision

Popular actress and politician Geetha Kumarasinghe gave an interview to Daily Mirror on her journey in politics so far, her plans as a politician, and of her aspiration to become the next Chief Minister of the Southern Province.

TN lives off SL fishing stocks Two sides talk, but poaching continues

The January 27, 2014 discussion between the representatives of Sri Lanka and India lasted till 1.30 am on the following day in Chennai. It was a meeting coupled with heated arguments and counter arguments. 

‘Wigneswaran was loud and clear in the first place’

Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Cabinet members blame Chief Minister Wigneswaran for demanding self-rule and power sharing.  How can anybody complain about what he is doing? He is doing, exactly what he said he would do.

'CAB is a good way to promote Sri Lanka to the world'

Scottish artiste Neil Butler who was behind the success of the international cultural programmes: Street Biz, Shine On Glasgow, Big in Falkirk and Merchant City Festival is presently visiting Sri Lanka. He is a Curator of this year’s Colombo Art Biennale (CAB) which is currently happening around Colombo.

‘Cancer is completely curable if diagnosed early’

'Any kind of cancer can be cured if diagnosed early.  Gone are the days when we thought cancers are incurable and the patient is destined to death. It's the time to debunk the myths on cancer and eradicate the factors causing it' said Dr. Neelamani Paranagama, Director, National Cancer Control Programme during the.....

P. Krishnaswamy: A Dedicated Journalist

"A Reporter", he answered within the space of a heartbeat, when someone asked our beloved Appa what he would like to be in his next birth. P. Krishnaswamy (Krish or PK), was the consummate reporter till death claimed him on 8th March 2012.

NEXUScon: Are we ready for 2015?

NEXUScon, an event organised by the AIESEC team of Colombo Central local committee in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), was held on January 29, 2014 at the auditorium of the Ayurvedic Medical Faculty, University of Colombo.

Looking at East more meaningfully

It should be recalled that it was then Prime Minister Sir John  Kotelawala who first reached out to the East by  summoning  the  first  Asian Prime Ministers Conference in Colombo in 1955, this was followed by a conference in New Delhi, when we were all then developing  countries emerging from five centuries  of colonialism.

NPC eclipsed by TNA dogma - Editorial

The resolution that was adopted in the Northern Provincial Council calling for an international investigation into the alleged violations of human rights and international humanitarian law during the last lap of the war has triggered a debate in the South over its legality. But what matters most is not the legality of................

Today is Independence Day Are we really Independent after gaining it zealously?

This year we are commemorating the sixty sixth anniversary after gaining independence. Hence, it is high time for us to contemplate as to whether we have made good use of the independence which our forefathers won after much struggle. Our forefathers had wrested the Independence. It was not a gift or a donation.

I’m against celebrities coming out of the blue

United National Party (UNP) Parliamentarian Rosy Senanayake who is also a strong voice for women in Sri Lanka told the Daily Mirror during an interview that the status of women in the country was in a grave situation.

Joys of our Paradise Isle a ‘limited privilege’

The recent price hike in powdered milk is certainly going to adversely affect most people in this paradise isle of ours. Sadly it appears that paradise joys are available only to a small percentage of the population to whom.....

Editorial - The Truth will make us free

Sri Lanka marks the 66th anniversary of its Independence today amid mixed feelings among the people as to how independent we are and whether the benefits and rights of independence have real meaning and value in the lives of our 21 million people.

World Conference on Youth comes to Sri Lanka in 2014

The World Conference on Youth (WCY) is scheduled to take place from May 6 through May 10, 2014 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall in Colombo. The crosscutting theme of WCY will be ‘Mainstreaming Youth in the Post 2015 Development Agenda’.

Mikhail Kalashnikov - AK47 creator mastermind behind the weapon that shook the world

The death of Russian designer Mikhail Kalashnikov at 94 in December was noted worldwide. I wonder if anyone would have noticed if he had designed the safety pin instead of the assault rifle which bears his name.

BEAUTIES AMONG BEASTS In a new trend, more and more drama and fashion queens want to serve the peopl

Cacophonous election bells to choose people for governance in a democracy–of the people by the people and for the people–and so on, have begun to ring again. And it is at a time when the government is in shaky defence facing local and international flak.

Why do children cut themselves?

Some scars of heart are too deep for children to ignore; sometimes they seek solace in bringing the very scars to the surface, to find release of their inner turmoil by reflecting their inflictions in the very physical form. It is no longer a secret that a lot of children have started cutting themselves;.......

DENZIL S . J. DE ALWIS - AN APPRECIATION A Great Valuer who will be missed and remembered always

It was in October last year, I with two other Valuers visited Denzil at his Dehiwela residence on hearing that he was not too well. Having spent some time there with reminiscences of our long association we bade him good bye and left.

Food Contamination, Human Health and the State

The protection of the food chain from possible contamination by toxic chemicals is a major challenge faced by many countries around the world. While the excessive use of toxic chemicals in agriculture continues to be...........

Law and order: A point to ponder - Editorial

It was a shocking Sunday morning for Sri Lanka’s journalistic fraternity. News crept in slowly that former Sunday Times and AFP journalist Mel Gunasekera had been killed in cold blood at her residence in Battaramulla while her family was attending the Sunday morning mass at the nearby church.

Neelan Tiruchelvam

January 31is the birthday of eminent constitutional lawyer, academic and politician Dr. Neelakandan Tiruchelvam. Neelan as he was popularly known would have completed the biblical lifespan of three score years......

Feminine Beauty and Beastly Politics: Women as catalysts for change

The well-known proverb ‘beauty is but skin deep’ has a rather pessimistic vision of bodily beauty. Like Buddhist philosophy also does, this aged adage teaches us the impermanence and the fragile nature of the human.....

Editorial - From the people and to the people

Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) front liner Udaya Gammanpila who is contesting again for election to the Western Provincial Council launched a practical campaign on Thursday in a novel and.......

Can Ukraine cut its umbilical cord with Russia?

The western press doesn’t understand Ukraine. That is clear after weeks of reporting the demonstrations...

Editorial : Vinitha, Lanka needs more doctors like you

At a time when the profession of medicine practised under the hallowed Hippocratic Oath has become...

Obama and socio-economic crimes against humanity

Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday appeared to be an attempt by a second-term president playing...