Doctors need emergency surgery - EDITORIAL

Next to the priesthood, the healing art or heart of medicine has been considered as a sacred vocation with medical doctors taking the Hippocratic Oath saying, “I solemnly pledge to consecrate my life to the service of humanity…

Zionist Goliath mauls Gaza, where’s David?

Tens of thousands of people who stand for justice hold demonstrations in various world capitals...

EDITORIAL - Criminal waste of Sri Lanka’s fresh water

Water is the liquid gold of the 21st Century. Independent world affairs analysts say that...

Is the West threatening Russia?

What would Conservative President, Ronald Reagan have done if the Ukraine debacle had happened...

As UVA PC polls approach Joint opposition voice for abolition of Executive presidency

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader Justice Minister Rauff Hakeem was under fire from President Mahinda Rajapaksa in recent times, particularly after he made a salvo at the government over the outbreak of communal riots in Aluthgama, Beruwala and adjacent villages.

Upul Jayasuriya in the limelight again

The controversy surrounding the alleged intimidation of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) President Upul Jayasuriya has thrust the veteran lawyer into the limelight as he deals with yet another tussle as the head of the country’s most influential body representing the legal fraternity.   

Agriculture turning into a vulture - EDITORIAL

Sri Lanka for the past few decades has been sowing with the wind and is now reaping the whirlwind with the vital field of agriculture being virtually turned into a vulture. So severe is the crisis that the Internal Trade Ministry, according to a report in our sister newspaper the Sunday Times..........

When people lose sight of the law

It has been reported that a politician of the ruling party recently assaulted a Grama Niladhari in the Rideegama area in Kurunegala.

Through the eyes of the damned...

“In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.”

EDITORIAL-Questions over security for BASL Chief

The question involving the security of Sri Lanka Bar Association President Upul Jayasuriya continues with the authorities dragging their feet in providing him with...

We are capable of solving our issues internally

Deputy Minister of Investment Promotion Faiszer Mustapha in an interview with  spoke on the recent incidents relating to Muslim community and of the need to increase standards of Colombo. . .

An End to Landmine Use by 2025

The world is getting ready to end the menace of the victim-activated weapons known as Anti-Personnel (AP) mines from the earth on or before 2025. This was officially revealed at the recently concluded 3rd Review...............

EDITORIAL - Bane of shortsighted infrastructure development

Parliament was informed last week that the Mattala Mahinda Rajapaksa International Airport has generated only Rs.16,185 as revenue in May. It is understandable that a new airport, or any new........

Undergrads who neglect academic activities are donkeys, cows and politicos- S.B.

Higher Education Minister S. B. Dissanayake in an interview with  last week spoke candidly on the issues raised by undergraduates and academics

Beyond Neo-liberalism Towards a sustainable and contented global order

Most countries around the world by now have gone through a process of economic and social transformation, to a greater or lesser extent, thanks to neo-liberal reforms that have pervaded the global landscape over the last several decades.

EDITORIAL-TNCs not rocking but robbing the cradles

The media have regularly spotlighted the grave and dangerously growing channals through  which wealthy western countries are continuing to plunder the resources

not just another political party

The Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL), one of the oldest political parties in the country, celebrates its 20th National Congress which is to be held on July 25th – 27th, 2014 in Ratnapura.

Israel’s dangerous ignorance of its own history

If the people of Israel want to go back to memories of their war against the Arab nations after they had been attacked following the handover by the British in 1948; if they want to go back to the Holocaust..........

Big pharma probed for international corruption - EDITORIAL

Sri Lanka is still embroiled in a battle against the pharmaceuticals mafia and government leaders are apparently playing games with the people on the implementation of Prof. 

EDITORIAL-Get ready to sue tobacco companies

If there has ever been a good fight it is the struggle of the anti-tobacco lobby against tobacco companies.

Will Harin be the pointer in the barometer?

In the last two weeks, opposition United National Party (UNP) parliamentarian Harin Fernando has constantly been in the news.

Gaza: Massacre of children by Zionist Pharaohs

For the Zionists, the Palestinians do not exist. If they exist, they are not people; they are things – things to be wiped out.

Signor back ashore with renewed hopes BJP delights Govt

In 1505, a few Portuguese vessels under the guidance of Dom Lourenço de Almeida came   ashore to Sri Lanka mainly in their search of spices.  After more than 500 years, Portugal now looks for better ties with Sri Lanka, but not for the spice trade.

From Subsistence Production to Precarious Work

Liberal economic reforms implemented in Sri Lanka since the late 1970s have facilitated the transfer of a majority of people from rural livelihoods to non-agricultural activities, mostly in the informal sector.

urgent need to police the police - EDITORIAL

While the Armed Services are maintained mainly for national security, the Police Service is for the security and safety of civilians or the ordinary people for whom the police station needs to be a refuge where they could find a solution to a crisis or problem.

We will not allow an intrusive foreign probe

Dr. Subramanian Swamy - Chairman, BJP Committee on Strategic Action and Member of BJP’s National Executive Committee in an exclusive interview with  spoke candidly on what to expect in changes to India’s foreign policy under Prime Minister Modi’s administration and on India’s support to Sri Lanka.

Nation at the altar of faith

All indications of certain societal decay are present; the symptoms of a terminal sickness are frighteningly manifest in the body politic of the country. Yet no one, no physician, no surgeon, no psychiatrist or any other medical practitioner or a social scientist has diagnosed the illness.

EDITORIAL - Will there be a second crime?

Speaking to the media in Colombo, soon after the verdict on British Red Cross worker Khuram Shaikh was delivered on Friday, the brother of Khuram, Nasser Shaikh, said that he was “not ready to forgive the initial delays involved with the prosecution of his brother’s murde........

More than a peep into mysteries of the universe

Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe is a Sri Lankan born veteran astronomer and astrobiologist. Well known and highly respected around the globe, he is currently the Director of the Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology........

Confusion clouds another special envoy’s visit

First it was Gopalaswamy Parthasarathy who came to Sri Lanka some thirty years ago as India’s special envoy to “assist” in this country’s long quest for peace. And then Parthasarathy’s successor......