UNHRC resolutions: How far is too far?

The 261-page-report on Sri Lanka presented to the UN Human Rights Council is not a pleasant reading. Understandably so, because, it refers.....

Need of the hour: Rebuilding Sri Lanka’s image professionally

Sri Lanka unjustifiably retained US PR and lobbying firms in the post-2009 period at a massive cost to the country. This stands out as a gigantic fraud considering that the war......

An Efficient and Effective Parliament Secretariat is a must

Overseas Development Institute in a report on Parliaments published in 2005 states – “In terms of enacting laws,  debating national issues,  checking the activities of the......

Listen to heart-cry of the ocean - EDITORIAL

Those were the days when people could peacefully sit on Sri Lanka’s golden beaches and sing with the well-known Nina and Fredrick the beautiful song, “Listen to the ocean.....

Is the water we drink safe?

The Kelani River, a 145-km-long and ranked as the fourth longest river in the country. From its root in the Sri Pada Mountain Range it flows through Nuwara Eliya, Ratnapura, Kegalle, Gampaha and reaches Colombo.

“Zero tolerance on violence against women”

Minister of Women and Child Affairs Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe is entrusted with the duty of playing a proactive role -- both inside and outside Parliament -- to ensure women and children’s rights.....

Persisting Economic Crises and the Fate of Social Sciences

There were media reports about a week ago revealing that the Japanese authorities have ordered the closing down of Social Science Faculties at The Universities in Japan. This is incredible but......

FROM HERE TO THERE TO WHERE?

Tweedledum and Tweedledee are toilet-trained to share a common loo as newly weds in an era of same sex marriage. A streak that runs in a national government predominantly stuffed with.....

Hospitals are not undertakers - EDITORIAL

Medicine or the sacred art, if not the heart of healing has for centuries been revered as a vocation on the lines of the priesthood. The Hippocratic Oath is an oath historically taken.....

The colour of the blind Concert by blind youth for the blind

?To see , to hear, to smell, to taste and to feel are all privileges of living. Yet, there are few of us deprived of one or more of these essentials. 

Yahapalanaya is at a tangent

Berty from 68 Watte, a slum, was the owner of a battered three-wheeler he hired hoping to make ends meet, but couldn’t. 

Making peace arrive IN Ukraine

On the last day of last month, right wing demonstrators, mostly from neo-fascist movements, hurled themselves against the police in Kiev’s Maidan square, ...

Policy change in school curriculum could solve unemployment problem

In the run-up to the recent Presidential and General Elections, United National Party (UNP) leader Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe said:....

Let speech promote harmony - EDITORIAL

With the new national unity government headed by President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe committed....

Fortress Europe tries to STOP Mideast refugees

The world is going through its worst refugee crisis since World War II, with 42,000 people displaced every day.

Facing the UNHRC resolutions

The United States of America has not ratified the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court (“ICC”). Consequently,

Geneva games Prince Zeid’s war on Sri Lanka

Zeid Al Hussein and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...

Geneva report: A way out for Sri Lanka

The much feared report is now out and it says little in terms of any new allegations. Many...

Sins of war: the ball is in Sri Lanka’s court

At a meeting on Wednesday (16) in Myanmar’s new capital Nay Pyi Taw with...

Sri Lanka’s inconvenient truth

An interesting situation in respect of the much talked about report released on Wednesday...

EDITORIAL : Let’s book a place in the world

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. Those who do not read live only one, according...

Abuse of an Autistic youth

There have been several stories read and heard through several media about people who were born and/or made disabled due to various reasons. But the saddest and the bitter fact is they are often isolated in society.

Where we erred and where we were right

The social dimension of the work carried out by this human being  (Podi Hamuduruwo)transcends media or even that of an empire. Therefore, when someone does something with compassion

Day of the Jackal of Sri Lankan Political Zoo

“My Friends called me old Fox” - J. R. Jayewardene  By name, the Resplendent Isle or the pearl of the Indian Ocean as Sri Lanka was known, it was the foreigners who carried away, or exported our precious gems. The Kings, merchants and the Elite, a

Lanka plays major role in protecting ozone layer

As the world yesterday marked International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, the United Nations Secretary General Ban ki-Moon had some good news that effective steps had been taken to protect the ozone layer and he appealed

Road accidents: from BAD to WORSE

There is an increasing number of road accidents being reported everyday. Who could be held responsible for the increasing number of road mishaps? Is it motorists or pedestrians ?

GOOD LEADERSHIP IS THE NEED OF THE HOUR

The year 2015 will go into history as a relatively significant year to all Sri Lankans for good reasons.

Dharmapala chintanaya for Sri Lanka - EDITORIAL

Launching week-long ceremonies to mark revivalist Anagarika Dharmapala’s 151st birth anniversary, President Maithripala Sirisena said on Monday he believed Sri Lanka needed to revive and re-live the Dharmapala chinthanaya.

Thirty Years of Ozone Protection

Every year, September 16 is observed as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer – the natural ‘shield’ in the upper atmosphere that protects all life on Earth from the Sun’s harmful ultra-violet rays.

Killing of Little SEYA Is it a wake up call?

Child abductions, cases of child abuse, exploitation, harassment and child labour have become breaking news over the recent past much to the disappointment of the people. Their.....