Marie Musaeus Higgins: Her footprints on the sands of time

The mere mention of the name, Marie Musaeus Higgins brings to the mind of everyone in this country today the prominent Buddhist school for girls in Colombo 7...

EDITORIAL-Are we waiting till they come for us?

In what appears to be a showdown battle for the restoration of democracy, justice and the rule of law...

The Need of the Hour Tolerance And National Integration

The role of the Authorities is not to eliminate pluralism but to ensure that the competing groups tolerate each other...

Come together or perish, one by one!

“The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin.

EDITORIAL-The Heart of a champion

With billions of people watching the FIFA World Cup matches and the final on Sunday....

I left service due to threat on my life

Police Constable Suminda Saman, who was subjected to humiliation and bodily harm allegedly by Deputy Minister Hemal Gunasekara at the Kottawa access point on the Southern expressway, had no other alternative than to.......

Casinos: Development or social upheval

Foreign Direct Investments in Sri Lanka are governed by Board of Investment Law No. 04 of 1978 and Strategic Development Project Act No. 14 of 2008 and subsequent amendments made thereto......

EDITORIAL - The task before Ramaphosa

The South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in Sri Lanka to assist the country to find a solution to the conflict which led to a bloody thirty-year-long war which ended in 2009. He is not visiting the country......

Malaka and I are poles apart

Minister Mervyn Silva’s son Malaka Silva recently stated that he would start his political journey from Matara. The following is an interview with the SLFP Party Organiser of Matara and the deputy Minister of postal services and former Sri Lankan cricketer......

Why a regime change would not help

In spite of the political rhetoric, most people in the country seem to be worried about their future prospects. This is largely due to the prevailing state of governance and the.....

EDITORIAL - The truth is in the tours

Abouquet to those backbenchers. Finally, some intelligent Parliamentarians appeared to have realised their duties as representatives of the people. Instead of being the typical Magodis Thumas, a derogatory.....

The anatomy of an alleged conspiracy

The main players - The U.N machinery 2) M/s Navi Pillay, U.N.H.C.R 3) a Norwegian puppet 4) a Kiwi puppet 5) a Pakistani puppet Aided by glorified N.G.O’s from 1) Channel TV 4 of the U.K. 2) an ex-peaceful diplomat from Norway - now having changed sides.

Is it time for a tobacco-free military?

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus recently announced that he wanted to end tobacco sales on all Navy installations. Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel, citing both financial costs and tobacco’s  harmful effects on.......

EDITORIAL - The river of no return

For thousands of years, Sri Lanka’s fresh water resources have been one of our greatest treasures. Unfortunately, this blessing and nature’s free gift to us is often taken for granted and in recent decades we have seen waste, mismanagement.......

Caliphate: Hysteria or history in the making?

On the first day of Ramadan as Muslims worldwide began their month-long fasting period, the Islamic State (IS) which was until then known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) announced the formation of a khilafah or caliphate, an Islamic state in territories conquered in Iraq and Syria.

China is not going to be a miracle

The Nobel-prize winning economist, Robert Fogel, believes that China’s economy will grow at an average rate of 8% until 2040, by which time it will be twice as rich as Europe in per capita terms. His model is based partly on so-called geometric growth.

Anti Dengue campaign: go to the gutters - EDITORIAL

With another dengue epidemic raging and this year’s number of victims being the highest ever, the Government needs to act immediately on some practical and concrete proposals made by a leading chartered architect and town planner to curb the dengue menace where the victims are mainly children.

Govt members surveyed on main elections PAFFREL inspired by Korean election model

The government members received a piece of paper with five questions mentioned, at a workshop conducted on Monday in Beruwala. The workshop, meant for all the ruling party members, was graced by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The name in the news

Opposition Parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera, never out of the limelight for long, was the focus of attention this week when he made startling accusations about the Army’s alleged involvement in the communal riots that engulfed Aluthgama and its neighbouring towns recently.

who is sick? - EDITORIAL

Conflict after conflict, conflicts within conflicts and diseases within diseases for the past few months among doctors, nurses, midwives and other paramedical personnel, have plunged Sri   Lanka’s life-or-death Public Health Services into a shameful shamble.

Buddhism existed before Mihindu thera

Buddhism existed in Sri Lanka even before the arrival of Mihindu Thera says Professor Raj Somadeva an eminent Archaeologist in an exclusive interview with the.

BBS is only the symptom

Once you’ve built the big machinery of political power, remember you won’t always be the one to run it.

EDITORIAL-The new weapons of mass deception

Politicians are often heard making lofty proclamations about the need to protect Mother Lanka. The foundation of Mother Lanka, as of any country, is Mother Earth.

I will change my old records

Minister Mervyn Silva’s son Malaka Silva who is from Kelaniya had gone to Matara and organised a Dansala there. It aroused the curiosity of almost everybody. A journalist has asked him the reason for this sudden change.

Politics moving down the generations

There is a new trend in the field of politics where the sons of the politician fathers are given opportunities to enter politics. By proving this trend, Tharu Dissanayake, the son of  Minister S. B. Dissanayake is getting ready to enter politics in the near future.

Watareka Thera’s Melodrama, Cousin spills the beans

Watareka  Vijitha Thera recently  hit the head lines of every paper and the electronic media over his abduction and the bodily harm he had encountered alleged to have been caused by his abductors. His subsequent declaration......

EDITORIAL - “Campaign” behind the riots

External Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris has said that there had been a “campaign” behind the riots that took place in Aluthgama, Beruwala and Welipenna on June 15 and 16 which has had as its aim the weakening or destabilising the Government......

EDITORIAL - This drag must end

That line is from a mob movie. Well, not those exact words of course, but that’s how the mafia operates. Covers all bases.  Don’t leave things to chance.  But there are mobs and mobs, high profile corporate entities included.

Start commune gardens in city

Increasing density of population in the Colombo metropolitan region due to rural urban migration over the last few decades has resulted in the fragmentation of land and loss of open space in the region, particularly in and around Colombo.

Fallouts on : three-term Presidency

A third term in office can have a bogey trap set for devaluation or diminution of any Presidential image in seeking to do such overtime. Therefore a new candidate was the option taken previously.