Recalling ‘Black October’ LTTE expulsion of Muslims from the North was ethnic cleansing

A quarter of a century has elapsed since the atrocious eviction of Muslims from the Northern...

A dilemma: Security personnel placed in business enterprises

I was in Trincomalee last weekend along with a media colleague and my wife. We had several...

No magic lamp solution without Syria’s Aladdin

After nearly five years of violence that has displaced some 12 million people, some real...

An embodiment of feminine power

She is described as a “fairy Godmother,” a playful and mischievous rebel and the epitome...

EDITORIAL : It is our UN, our responsibility

On the theme “Strong United Nations. Better World”, the main world body reaches a milestone...

The Biased OISL Report and the Dangers of Disinformation

At the end of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s recent visit to Japan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Mass Media and the Official Government News Portal announced that on 6th Oct the PM addressed the Parliament of Japan,

Transport Reforms in Megapolis: Turning an Inhibitor into an Enabler

Among the recent moves to address traffic congestion in Colombo, was the new traffic plan tried out on the Borella-Rajagiriya section, with the six-lane parliament road turned into a ‘one-way’ and the parallel ‘four-lane’  road left for ‘two-way traffic’. Although this experiment should have been ‘logically’

Sri lankans shouldn’t repeat the same mistake - JICA

A natural disaster is quite a spontaneous event. Although it may come with many signs of danger, people often tend to be excited at the time of such an event and do not respond promptly. 

Restore public confidence in the Rule of Law - EDITORIAL

The restoration of the rule of law, the independence of the judicial and police services and the streamlining of the legal process, broadly defined as the law’s delays, were among the main promises of the new National Government. 

The pains of two innocents may never go away

 On the 13th of September 2015, Sri Lanka was rocked with the harrowing tale of the rape and murder of a four-and- a- half year old girl

Police should be a force to reckon with

The Police are the official arm of the State responsible to protect people and property, make people obey the law, find out about and solve crime, and enforce the law against the people who commit crimes. 

Visharad Fr. Edmund Tillekeratne Continuing the legacy of creative clergies

The annals of the Catholic Church have been dotted, for centuries, with the names of some illustrious members of its clergy, whose outstanding creativity in the fine arts is hailed even  today.

Repeat of Olcott-Era: Dharma Voices for Animals - EDITORIAL

In what could turn out to be a repeat of the Henry Steel Olcott era for the revival of Buddhist values and virtues, another American is now in Sri Lanka for the launching of the Colombo and Kandy Chapters of the worldwide movement known as the Dharma Voices for Animals (DVA).

Justice delayed is justice denied

Crimes have become just headlines in newspapers today. For one to commit a crime it may take a couple of seconds or a few months. But for a suspect to go behind bars, it would take.....

D.S. Senanayake: Post-independent Sri Lanka’s outstanding Political leader

DS. Senanayake was the most outstanding political leader of post-independent Sri Lanka. This great leader and the.......

Prisoners are human beings too - EDITORIAL

It is not clear whether the Tamil remand prisoners languishing for years in various prisons in the country started their hunger strike on October 12 spontaneously calling.....

Education: Going beyond six percent

The government has announced a four-fold increase for education under the budget in 2016. The allocations for education would go up to Rs. 185.9 billion from the Rs. 47.6 billion......

Prospects and Challenges for achieving 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

The post 2015 development agenda adopted by the UN this year is presented as a strategy for transforming the world. This is understandable given the fact that the goals that.....

A notable musical rebel

The seventh commemoration of Sri Lanka’s foremost film music composer and pioneer of Sinhala opera Premasiri Khemadasa took place at the Sri Lanka Foundation......

The OISL Report: Need for introspection and State responsibility

Six valuable years have been lost since the end of the war, as the previous Government undermined efforts to seek the truth about the tragic past, stalled institutional reforms necessary to......

Participatory democracy and participatory development - EDITORIAL

Though most people are unaware of it and others choose to ignore it, world poverty alleviation is a high priority issue because until and unless there is a more equitable distribution of wealth and......

Intelligent Transport: Antidote for traffic snarls

Intelligent Transport System (ITS), an advanced technology developed as software and camera systems is used to analyse the traffic behaviour patterns inside tunnels and on highways.

Bringing about Asia’s Best Education System

The Minister of Finance is allocating 6% of the budget for education and aims at making Sri Lanka’s education system the best in Asia. If that is not to remain just another fanciful dream that is politically attractive, many practical things have to be done.

Waist not, want not - EDITORIAL

Yesterday was World Food Day with the year’s theme being ‘social protection and agriculture: Breaking the cycle of rural poverty’. It spotlights the link between ending hunger and food insecurity by enhancing social protection, a key tool in breaking the cycle of poverty.

Charity for Humanity - when hearts unite

?What is humanity if we do not care for each other and learn the art of giving and sharing?   One should be able to understand another person’s feelings, his wants and needs, and especially those of the less privileged and not so lucky enough to have a good life.

Israel writes script for the crisis and solution

President Barack Obama, wake up. The bloodletting in the holy city of Jerusalem sends...

EDITORIAL - Saving our girls from modern slavery

The world’s major religions have come together in a sacred mission to curb or end modern...

Aye for extra judicial killings; Nay to death penalty

Opposition to the implementation of capital punishment by many politicians is nothing but the best...

From a colonial retreat to a modern global workplace

To be at the forefront of what the Deputy Foreign Minister Dr. Harsha De Silva termed as “global...

Right to Information a missing link in our democracy

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya on Tuesday has told a delegation of civil society activists of the...