Politicians are like fine wine men

Chaminda Pusswedilla, albeit being a figment of innovative imagination, is not a figure that is far off the mark from many local politicians. To many, he is a semblance of resemblance to those who govern the country. During an interview with the Daily Mirror , Pusswedilla gives us some insight into his thought process in line with his performances that have, both won rave reviews on the one hand and garnered harsh criticism on the other.

UPFA, UNP brace for presidential election

The ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance(UPFA) gave further rise  on Monday to speculation in political  circles about a snap presidential election in January next year.  

A Nobel cause but cut the pedantics

Last Friday, a Pakistani and an Indian jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize.

eDITORIAL-The crisis of fake food and imitation milk

As we mark World Food Day today, we need to reflect deeply on what has happened to our traditional food and nutrition diets during the past 40 years of the globalised capitalist market economic policy which Sri Lanka swallowed wholesale after 1977.

Politicians are like fine wine men

Chaminda Pusswedilla, albeit being a figment of innovative imagination, is not a figure that is far off the mark from many local politicians. 

The Opposition’s rush to commit hara-kiri!

Those who do not learn from history will be condemned to relive it. The United National Party (UNP) and the mainstream parliamentary Opposition in Sri Lanka...

Two fighters for children’s rights win Nobel Peace Prize

It was not long ago that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jeyaram was convicted and sentenced to a four-year jail term in a disproportionate case.

End the gender apartheid

There’s a form of apartheid that’s been taking place worldwide in every society, culture and religion known to mankind.

EDITORIAL-Nabila Rehman’s tragedy conveniently forgotten by the West

As Malala Yousafzai, the Swat Valley activist became the co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, there won’t be a better time to talk about Nabila Rehman of Wazirsthan,...

SAVING THE TOP SEVEN

The Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) of Sri Lanka has officially named seven wild animals as “Top Seven Wild Sri Lanka” at the Department’s 65thAnniversary which was.......

12th World Day against the Death Penalty : France committed to universal abolition of capital punish

France’s commitment in favour of the universal abolition of the death penalty across the world and in all relevant international fora has been determined and consistent. It constitutes one of France’s priorities with regards to Human......

EDITORIAL - Yal Devi, gold and title deeds for northern people

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday re-inaugurated the Yal Devi train service to Jaffna after a lapse of more than two decades. He also handed over to the owners the gold jewellery that had been pawned......

Why Sri Lanka needs a sexual revolution

The plight of a sex worker in Ratnapura, who was assaulted by a cop in public and now has her mother remanded over trumped up charges of prostitution is...

Underdevelopment, Poverty and Public Health

The spread of the deadly Ebola virus in three West African countries, namely, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea has created a public health crisis in these countries...

EDITORIAL-Role models for education and child rights

Education was the subject of international attention last week with children’s education activist Malala Yousafzai becoming the youngest person in history to...

Blame the British for Hong Kong’s democratic deficit

When 17 years ago the British lowered the Union Jack on their last remaining important colony, Hong Kong, Chris Patten,...

EDITORIAL-Mental Illness: Let’s all be mindful of our attitudes

With the Health Ministry’s latest surveys showing that as many as 2.3 million Sri Lankans are suffering from mental disorders,...

Phenomenal influence of cinema on politics in India’s Tamil Nadu state

The  South Indian state of Tamil Nadu has been ruled alternately by two “Dravidian” political parties since 1967.

Robust and Independent Judiciary behind Jayalalithaa conviction…

Extremists of both corners of the political spectrum, in India as well as in Sri Lanka, must...

Kashmir exploding again: Modi must act like statesman

It was only weeks ago that the Kashmiris on both sides of the divide came under the onslaught...

EDITORIAL - Cataract Mafia and right to sight

Yesterday was World Sight Day and our cartoonist Awantha Artigala showed that a picture or a cartoon...

Papal visit SLFP in a dilemma over setting date for election

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), the largest and key ally of the government, is now caught in a dilemma in selecting a date for the snap Presidential Election in January.

Che the uncompromising and unrepentant revolutionary

Ernesto Che Guevara was assassinated on October 9, 1967.  He was captured in a military ambush in the small village of La Higuera in Bolivia.

eDITORIAL-Tiger claws: The breast is bad for business

With Sri Lanka still embroiled in a crisis over the large-scale import of powdered milk valued at a staggering Rs.140 million a day,...

Spearheading Buddhist knowledge and education in Sri Lanka

Buddhism is one of the oldest and most valuable heritages of Sri Lanka. Today, at a time when there is much hullabaloo about Buddhism being destroyed, it is important to protect the true teachings of the Buddhist.........

Should Buddhists continue to eat meat?

The Katina or Cheevara month is approaching. The most meritorious act (kusalakamma), Buddhists believe is the offering of Katina cheevara (robe) to  monks who practise this age....

How the Education System Marginalises Society

The Kannangara reforms of the 1940s, and later initiatives that sought to improve access to education to marginalised groups, addressed issues of democracy through education. Yet, even with these.....

EDITORIAL - Nexus between corruption and politics

Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jeyaram’s bail application, which she had submitted last week after she was given a four-year prison sentence in the disproportionate assets case, was taken up at the Karnataka....

Meaningful Constitutional Reforms

Hardly a day passes without something being said in the media about the need to abolish the Executive Presidency. I am of the view that anyone is entitled to his or her own opinion on this matter. Whatever the form of government.......

Brutal police attack on Ratnapura girl and bitter reality

By her own admission, the ‘nameless’ young woman, who was brutally beaten in public by a police sergeant at Ratnapura, is a sex worker. The assault was luckily filmed by a bystander with a camera phone. As a result, the police......