Delimitation: to conduct or not to conduct election?

The Opposition political parties are again accusing that the government was going to postpone the elections, especially the local government elections. This is the third time these parties have been making....

Teachers and students must be more accountable - EDITORIAL

Schools and universities are again producing news for all the wrong reasons. The last few days we heard of how two primary school kids were brutally abused for allegedly stealing money from a teacher’s....

War and mixed up priorities: Highway to climate hell

Yet another high-profile climate summit and yet another half-hearted attempt by big-time polluters and rich nations to put the world on a war footing to face the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced....

Who’s pocketing the compensation from X-Press Pearl accident?

It has been a year and five months since the vessel X-Press Pearl caught fire and sank. What the islanders are left with is the massive ocean and coastal pollution which resulted from the accident involving....

The long night of physical slavery

Sri Lanka is still in one hell of a mess burning in its worst ever socio-economic and political crisis since independence in 1948.

Low birth weight babies; a possible intervention

Your article on November 1 Daily Mirror triggered my memory regarding an intervention we tried in the early 1990s to correct this problem.

From multiple crises to… A job-rich and inclusive recovery in Sri Lanka

Over 2020 and 2021 the COVID-19 pandemic created an unprecedented economic and labour market crisis around the world; mostly as a consequence of the lockdown and other containment measures used....

This was chaos in the making

If you are a cricket fan, you remember that video. Even if you are not, you should. The 29-second grainy video of two men at a city square, searching for or waiting....

Lankan cricket takes yet another wallop - EDITORIAL

Even as this column is being written, our country is making world headlines for all the wrong reasons once again. This time in the field of cricket. It was only 31 short years ago; on July 21, 1981 to be exact....

A miscarriage of justice - EDITORIAL

After eight Tamil detainees were released on a Presidential pardon on October 24, the day on which Hindus celebrated Deepavali, the Presidential ....

Danushka Gunathilake’s trial by social media

Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilake, who is accused of allegedly sexually assaulting an Australian woman, he met on Tinder....

Sri Lanka under international pressure to act on ethnic reconciliation

Sri Lanka is gradually coming under the influence of the West, with the non-Western powers clearing the ground for that. China is dragging....

You pushed the Aragalaya to a corner: Don’t drive it underground

I was going to continue with the second part of my analysis of the dilemma faced by the people’s struggle (Aragalaya), not simply.....

NAP 2022: Two ladies and a man plan a reunion through art

Art nourishes your soul and can also fix your mood. You can also buy art and get closer to the colours and the meaning they portray. But it would....

‘Neth Suwaya’ gives vision to fishing community in Negombo

‘Neth Suwaya’ Eye camp donating free spectacles to those in the fishing communities in and around Negombo was organized by Sustainable....

Shock Policies and Wage Repression

Sri Lanka’s economy is collapsing with people pushed to the brink of starvation. There is mounting anger towards the Government.....

Is ‘Aragalaya’ dying? - EDITORIAL

Has the ‘Aragalaya’ died or is it rising from the ashes? Protests in the country are springing up by the day in one part of the country....

Downfall and death of LTTE’s Mahathaya

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ceased to exist as a functioning entity after its military defeat on the shores of Nandhikkadal lagoon in May 2009.

Democracy under scrutiny

We all as concerned citizens bemoan and cry over the current plight of our dear motherland.

War in Ukraine now threatens to engulf Europe

The war in Ukraine is now entering its ninth month and is stalemated. On the one hand, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is driving Finland and Sweden into the arms of the NATO bloc and with it, the probability of US and NATO troops and missiles closer to Russia’s doorstep.

Hopes thinning for the rice farmer - EDITORIAL

The Maha Season is approaching and there is great concern within the agriculture community. One of the biggest concerns is farmers not receiving fertilizer at the expected time. When the farmers....

Netanyahu back; deadliest year for Palestinians

Benjamin Netanyahu is a suspected war criminal. The adjective ‘suspected’ is added here to conform to journalistic ethics and in deference to a judicial principle where a person is not guilty until proven....

Dual citizenship and law-making in Sri Lanka

Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) leader Patali Champika Ranawaka subsequent to the adoption of the 21st Amendment to the Constitution said that there are 10 members of Parliament with dual citizenship. He observed....

Looming food shortage and farmers’ woes

Many people predict that Sri Lanka is on the verge of a famine due to an imminent food shortage in Sri Lanka by 2023. However, it seems that there is a possibility of an acute food crisis....

Indigenous people, youth should lead the climate action

In major religions, leaders and scholars have been proclaiming that our spirituality needs to go wider and deeper by our active and effective involvement in poverty alleviation,

Towards peaceful, inclusive EU

A good hearted woman, Barbara Undershaft, devotes all energies to help the poor as a major in the Salvation Army. She sees Andrew, her millionaire father, an arms dealer, as someone who needs to be saved.

Ahead of COP27, Lancet details Climate change’s impact on health

The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, designated as COP27, will be held from November 6 to 18 at Sharm El Sheikh....

Our economic crisis needs ‘out of the box’ solutions - EDITORIAL

Our country continues to limp through the worst financial crisis which hit it since independence. Our outstanding foreign debt remains....

The messy electoral reforms

Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has on October 26 requested Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to appoint a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to recommend reforms in all three tiers of elections in the country, Pa

Rishi Sunak; why SL did not have a Tamil or Muslim as President?

Britain now has a British Asian, Hindu Prime Minister, though Rishi Sunak is whiter than White in his policies and richer than the Brit