Unsung heroes of yesteryear

There are many   people among us who should be considered as heroes who are not recognised for their dedication and hard work to create a better and a safer environment   and also a better world.

Soy and other legume nutrition towards vegetarianism

No single food can provide nutrition that your body needs. Yet a balanced vegetarian meal with  whole grains, brown rice, legumes like soy, mung, cowpea, green pea, gram   and other lentils,  super vegetables  like moringa, gotukola, spinach...

The Solheim claim: ‘Mahinda planned to offer the North to Prabhakaran’

Former Norwegian Development Minister and peace envoy to Sri Lanka, Erik Solheim dropped this bombshell days ago claiming that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had been willing to give self-rule to Tamils without calling for elections in the North.

A quagmire that could have been avoided

The recent student-police clash in Colombo raised many concerns and questions with regard...

Civic society, come out against government corruption

If a substantial section of Sri Lanka’s people took the risk of being labelled as ungrateful...

Towards a just and law-abiding society - EDITORIAL

As Sri Lanka prepares for a special National Law Week – special because the foundation...

Dr. Lily De Silva, Professor Emerita : A great scholar in Pali and Buddhism

I wish to write this message with profound grief and deep sympathies on account of the passing...

Different political effects in Past & present

The police had incurred blame on the excessive use of force in the past to disperse and to control crowds, no matter whether they were university students, workers or the general public, up against perceived injustices by the incumbent governments. 

Controlling the seas laced with bad behaviour

The US has done a daring and -- some would say -- dangerous thing. Towards the end of last month it sent a destroyer to sail within 12 nautical miles of two man-made islands claimed by China in the South China Sea. China was outraged.

A Constitution to Constrain Politicians…;

The need of the hour is a Constitution that tightens around the politician and prevents him from doing what he wants. A Constitution that keeps the politician within the bounds, regulates, control and impede them: this could not materialize from

Regenerative farming to make Lanka a global home garden - EDITORIAL

The National Government will today reach a landmark in its journey when Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his capacity as Minister of Policy Planning and Economic Affairs...

An identity beyond borders

Amartya Sen in his internationally acclaimed book ‘Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny’ laments the ‘little boxes’ of identity to which people put themselves into and live in a world of single dimension of seclusion. 

Tale of two govts or Two of the same!

Fortunes of a nation lie on a trunk of a leader. If the heart of Mahinda Rajapaksa were attached to the mind of Ranil Wickremesinghe, the nation could come smelling of roses after the war. Patriotic sentiments blended neatly with worldly wisdom. It was not to be. Becomes a land of a splintered torso.

Logos Hope- Bringing hope to many

Francis Bacon said that “Reading maketh a full man”. Sri Lankans do love to read and the crowds which gather at the Colombo International book fair is the best evidence.

Holistic healing of patients is sacred

With the setting up of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA), patients’ rights groups are hopeful it will be the first small but significant step towards restoring a health service where the well-being of patients is given top priority.

LG polls: We need few new men

Let us begin a new era in our history; let us hold the local government elections without the political parties contesting each other. Should we not try out the method of electing our local government representatives in their individual capacities? 

UNAIDS to commemorate World AIDS Day AIDS is out there

In an attempt to arrest the transmission of HIV and AIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have been organising many programmes to raise awareness among the general public. 

Kirthi Sri Karunaratne A tribute to a friend

….The Colombo 7 cuties of 1956 broke with tradition. When you see them tomorrow night at the dance you will see what I mean. You notice a cutie in her splendiferous raiment and politely ask her who designed it.

University students Are Our Most Valuable Assets - Lakshman Kiriella

Higher Education Minister Lakshman Kiriella in an interview with dailymirror over the phone, spelt out the Higher Education policy of the new Government, an approach different to the previous Government in some aspects. 

Understanding inclusive and holistic development

I had the great opportunity to represent Sri Lanka at the recently held Policy Forum on Development, Meeting of the Asia and Pacific Region, in Bangkok, Thailand.

Denial of Democracy?

?In a democracy,  the representation of the people is the foremost duty of parliamentarians.   In the past few decades or so did they perform their primary function satisfactorily or live up to the expectations of the citizens?

Attack on students: Police should have acted with restraint - EDITORIAL

The shocking pictures published in Friday’s newspapers of police assaulting HNDA students at Ward Place, Colombo 7 pose the question whether the police or some of its personnel are suffering from an unquenchable thirst for blood.

Sybil: Life in a colourful world

By A child’s world is innocent and full of colour and imagination. They live in a world of their own, curious to learn new things, and fascinated by colourful objects and experimenting with what they get.

Time ticking for Tourism

The tourism industry in Sri Lanka has always been up and running although it has taken a few twists and turns with changing of governments. With the good.....

National reconciliation: An unfinished agenda

A serious, well-coordinated action plan for national reconciliation is long overdue. The war and its aftermath made such a plan imperative, in order to build bridges across long standing ethno-linguistic divisions.....

Something is wrong in the State…

Like its predecessor, the new government excels at keeping the public enthralled. The Rajapaksa regime’s recipe was hard.......

Organic farming to save mother earth - EDITORIAL

Sri Lanka yesterday began November on a healthy note with the long delayed imposition of a blanket ban on the import, sale or use here of the herbicide Glyphosate which, according to.....

Revisited The 1988 Maldivian coup that failed

On 28 September 1988,  quite out of the blues news trickled through of an attempted coup on the Maldive Islands. Sri Lankans were more shocked when it was learned that the coup leaders -Maldivians led by Abdullah Luthufi-...

A new Ministry - the need of the hour

?A new Ministry MUST be established under the Prime Minister himself since the government has placed economic development as its main platform, we need to seek the support of the world to achieve this objective.

Israel’s Apartheid State

?Albert Einstein once said that “insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result”. That’s how it seems to be with President Obama sending his Secretary of State, John Kerry, to attempt to resurrect the talks about talks between Israel and Palestine.