Open letter to the President and the CGI : save our elephants

The Federation of Environmental Organisations in Sri Lanka,  an umbrella organisation for the conservation community, in an open letter to President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Clinton Global Initiative, New York......

EDITORIAL - We only have one planet – let’s save it

In the afterglow or should we say the  aftermath of World Animal Day last Saturday, we need to ponder deeply on the latest World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report which warns  that the overall number of mammals......

Why SWRD is not the villain some blame him to be

A bitter irony in our independent history is that many well- intentioned policies went awry. S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike whose 55th death anniversary fell on September...

Today is World Habitat Day ‘Many social issues stem from lack of adequate housing ’

The World Habitat Day is celebrated globally on the first Monday of October every year and this year it falls today (October 6).

Neo-liberalism and the Fate of Modernity

Karl Marx did not foresee an end to the contradictions inherent in Western industrial capitalism until the ruling capitalist class was overthrown by the politically...

EDITORIAL-Pensioners are struggling: who is responsible?

World Children’s and Elder’s Day was celebrated on October 1 the world over. Sri Lanka also celebrated the day with events organized with State patronage.

National Heritage protected at minimal costs

National Heritage Minister Jagath Balasuriya in an interview with the Daily mirror revealed the plight of the ministry  when protecting and conserving national heritage...

Are We as a Nation Heading in the Right Direction?

Denizens of Paradise Isle are facing a multitude of issues concerning many facets of life today.

EDITORIAL-Enact the Animal Welfare Bill of the Law Commission

Today is World Animal Day.  It commenced on October 4, 1931 in Florence, Italy at a convention of ecologists.

PREFERENTIAL VOTING SYSTEM SHOULD BE ABOLISHED

Recently, it was highlighted in the National Press that polls laws were to be amended with the limited objective of relaxing provisions related to campaigning.

US policy Promoting or perverting democracy?

US President Barack Obama in a recent speech and in a presidential memorandum has vowed to launch...

Controlling ISIS without bombing

A Western viewpoint (courtesy of Aubrey Bailey): “Some of our friends support our enemies, and some...

EDITORIAL : The cancer of corruption

At a time when the cancer of bribery and corruption has reached the worst proportions, the JVP...

International spotlight on Sri Lanka dimmed

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, a day after his return from New York, had an eventful day on Tuesday.

India’s Moment in the Sun and On Mars

Last Wednesday and a week after this column last appeared, billions of Indians woke up very early and switched on their TV sets.

EDITORIAL-The power of love and love of power

In India and all over the world, billions of people will today remember the legendary Mahatma Gandhi on the 67th anniversary of his assassination by a Hindu...

Regime’s Chintana A bogus document on mythical promises

This is the stuff that myths are made of. Agriculture, power and education, three key areas where development could be visible and tangible,...

Ratnapura Policeman’s public attack on a woman widely condemned This brutality a shame to Lanka

In the aftermath of the Wariyapola incident where a young woman publicly assaulted a man who is alleged to have sexually harassed her,...

Children’s rights, equity and our common future

Throughout history, the advance of civilization has been closely tied to the idea that all people have rights -- universal,...

EDITORIAL-What’s wrong in Int’l Schools teaching history and religion in English?

Some big-wigs in the Government had lately lamented that international schools in Sri Lanka did not teach History and Religion.

Taking a Vital Cue from our Giant Neighbour

The landmark judgment given by an Indian Court to incarcerate the all-powerful Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jeyaram Jayalalithaa, who commands demigod status among South Indians and who has been a thorn in the Sri Lankan.......  

Pharma Mafia sabotages National Medicinal Drugs Policy

Minister Maithripala Sirisena, who initially made a genuine effort to introduce the NMDP in line with WHO ratified Professor Senaka  Bibile’s proposals, recently presented a draft bill in a total deviation from the Bibile......  

EDITORIAL - India metes out Justice irrespective of post or status

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and former South Indian actress Jayalalitha Jayaram has been handed over a four-year simple prison term with an Indian rupee one billion fine for her role in a high-profile corruption case.....  

Good Governance Still Matters

This is not just another commentary on the Uva PC elections.  Already many commentaries, including the present one, have appeared both in the electronic media as well as in the newspapers.  A close examination of the......  

The long road to justice

The conviction of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case by a Special Court in Bangalore is a significant vindication of a vital constitutional principle — that the rule of law be upheld for all......

Do honest judges have no place in the Judiciary? – Upul Jayasuriya

The following is an excerpt from the speech delivered by Upul Jaysuriya, President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) at the opening of the refurbished auditorium under the name of Dr. H. W. Jayawardene on September 27.

EDITORIAL - Lessons for Lanka from Jayalaithaa conviction

For political leaders, who seek power, prestige and popularity, personal gain or glory, by plundering the people’s wealth and resources, someday and in a devastating way, a great fall will come. That is a golden principle of life. So it was for Tamil Nadu’s......

World Pharmacist day Drug is not a Shopping item

Medicines are used to obtain chemical actions to get rid of the disease from the patient’s body.

eDITORIAL-Climate change: It’s now or never

A selfish, self-centred and greedy world order has during the past four decades brought Planet Earth to a now-or-never catastrophe.

The breaking up of international law

There is little doubt that Russia broke international law with its take-over of Crimea and the rushed...