Women and Children! A call to protect the unprotected…

Yuri Gagarin, first to see the Earth as a foreign land

“The man who sees his homeland sweet is still a tender beginner; he to whom every soil is seen as his native one is already strong....

Avurudu, World Health Day and suicide bombers - EDITORIAL

Three significant events come together in the month of April. The first is the second anniversary of the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombing.....

Mannar Bishop Rayappu Joseph was the Voice of the Voiceless

The Easter Sunday bombings of April 21, 2019 and its consequences have caused a profound impact on the body politic of Sri Lanka.

The Geneva Fiasco: A Way Forward

I have been commenting on the UNHRC’s actions on Sri Lanka since 2012 and written 3 books on the subject. In 2018, I worked with Sir Geoffrey Nice QC of the U.K. to file an unprecedented “complaint procedures” petition

We cannot buy good health, but it is a valuable savings account

Medical doctors and nutritionists agree that food is an important part of our health. What matters is not how much we eat but more so what we eat and how nutritious it is.

Bishop Rayappu Joseph: A true disciple of Jesus Christ

This tribute was written on the Good Friday of 2021, a day that is significant for all Christians and especially for us who.....

Who is in a fix Govt. or the masses?

Excessive hype would result in excessive hope. Excessive and idealistic hopes would end up in disappointment. This is not something new to Sri Lankans.

Proscription of Muslim groups: Points to ponder

The government has obtained the Attorney General’s approval for the proscription of 11 Islamic organisations, some of which carry the Thowheed label associated with Wahhabism, an ideology that is accused of promoting extremism.

The JVP needs new thinking - EDITORIAL

Revolutions are essential when the democratic paths fail do good to the masses. The 1977 Elections brought the UNP into power and the JR Jayewardene Government opened up the economy.

Challenges in the way of PC polls

The conduct of elections to the provincial councils is in the interests of the top brass of the government but fresh political hurdles now stand in the way of it.

Where is Sri Lanka heading after UNHRC resolution?

Sri Lanka gained independence from the British at the end of World War II that saw the onset of the decolonisation process.

PC elections could stump constitutional reform(ers)

There’s talk of Provincial Council elections. Various parties or rather their leaderships have instructed the respective ranks and files to get ready. A good time, then, to talk of this particular political exercise.

COVID-19 Vaccines: Uncertainty over second dose 

A news item, which is bound to alarm most Sri Lankans was that the Health Ministry had from March 31, temporarily halted its COVID-19 vaccination programme due to the delay in obtaining a sufficient quantity of AstraZeneca vaccines from the Serum Institute of India (SII).

Myanmar coup are military dictatorial regimes viable?

Myanmar, also known as Burma, has been beset with political instability since it declared independence from Britain in 1948. Between 1958....

#WhatsHappeninginMyanmar

For the third month running now the streets of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, have been battlegrounds.

A year after lockdown... many lessons to be learned - EDITORIAL

Its been just over a year since the discovery of the first case of a Covid-19 patient in the country. On January 27, 2020.....

Needed a clear cut environment policy

Deforestation in several environmentally sensitive areas in the country has been the focus of discussion in the recent past. Wanathawillu, Anawilundawa and Sinharaja have been making headlines since recent times. Allegation and counter allegations between political parties are traded in this regard while environmentalists are pointing out a dangerous trend of dwindling forest land and forest cover.

Explosive Politics of Religious and Nationalist Fusion

Great social crisis like the one we are in now, are often explained through narratives and discourses about the past. In other words, there are powerful stories about the past that claim to provide political solutions for current problems and future possibilities. Such stories often legitimised as history are always about something we have lost from the past; the great visionary kings, the idyllic sustain

“Appuhamy Expired. Funeral April 5-JVP”

The first armed revolt was carried out by the Marxist (JVP) under the leadership of Rohana Wijeweera, a former medical student from a Russian University and a former member of the Communist Party (Chinese Wing), against the Government of Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike elected with the help of JVP

Looking back upon a year of COVID-19 blues

One thing I am sure of – once the world is deemed safe enough for us to go out without masks, the faces we meet won’t look the same. They will be harder, more alert, more egocentric. Even if they don’t carry signs of change outwardly, the owners of those faces would have changed profoundly inside

UNHRC Resolution: Robust discussion on UNHRC resolution followed by remedial action needed

We as a country may not be happy about the outcome of the UN Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) resolution adopted on 23rd March 2021.

Growing Police violence and the culture of silence - EDITORIAL

From Africa to Britain to the US, from Russia to China or from India to Sri Lanka, the unlawful use of force by the Police.....

Easter Bunnies and bunnies of other seasons

Abuse and violence against women: Silent tears of daughters of Sri Lanka

Both physical and sexual abuse of Women and Children are rising in our beautiful island nation, Sri Lanka. We as a nation with a recorded....

Cinematic links between director Lester and actor Gamini

Sinhala cinema’s pioneering director Lester James Peries is the Sri Lankan filmmaker I like, admire and respect most.

SL, Maldives in the cross-hairs of Indian Ocean Game

The Maldivian Parliamentarians have been up in arms since its government’s signing of a defence agreement with India in February which, according to a leaked draft, permits Indian military presence.

Easter– The Story of Life and Hope

Easter brings together the victorious death and the glorious resurrection or the glorious life beyond the death of Jesus of Nazareth.

The greatest Truth of living for others and dying for others - EDITORIAL

All over the world more than 2.5 billion Christians today commemorate the most solemn day of the year - Good Friday.

Easter Sunday massacres: will we ever know?

Two years have passed since more than 260 people were killed in churches and hotels in Sri Lanka by ruthless extremists in the name of an evil ideology....