Gamini Akmeemana’s (GA) brilliant article, “English: What Our Politicians Failed to Understand” (13th January 2025), inspired me to offer both heartfelt praise and clarify a popular misconception.

As an island nation with a high population density, Sri Lanka is already grappling with multiple challenges concerning biodiversity conservation.

Given Sri Lanka’s dependence on remittances from expatriate workers, there is strong justification for enabling them to vote.

Journalist Victor Ivan is perhaps one of the greatest examples of a person braving all odds and a partial disability to achieve lofty goals and most importantly leave an indelible mark in his chosen profession, the field of media.

Habitat fragmentation due to human activities has posed significant threats to biodiversity on this planet.

On Monday, the United States of America swore in as its 47th president, Donald J Trump, a convicted felon who made a remarkable comeback, ditching jail time by virtue of getting elected to the highest office of the most powerful democracy in the worl

Paddy cultivation in the country is a peasant industry with no corporate bodies involved unlike in tea. The paddy lands are essentially family-owned or by a small group of farmers. This background taken together with the fact there is no agricultural

Rohingyas are an ethnic community from Myanmar’s Rakhine province who have been facing severe persecution for decades. Myanmar’s government doesn’t accept them as citizens and hence, they are stateless. Many have been living as internally displ

Today we are witnessing a rather vulgar sight of a past and sitting president of our country spitting venom and washing dirty linen in public. It would be comical, if it was not so shameful. The unfolding drama of the inauguration of the 47th Preside

On Tuesday, the Mothers’ Movement of Sri Lanka (MMSL) will submit to the US embassy here, a petition addressed to President-elect Donald Trump, urging him to keep up his fight against LGBTQIA++ Woke values and help restore traditional social and fa

There seems to be an issue with the government’s decision-making process which is sometimes manifested by conflicting statements or acts by government institutions or ministers on various issues.

Former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Jaffna District Commander Sathasivamillai Krishnakumar alias ‘Col’ Kittu was regarded as the uncrowned king of Jaffna in the mid-eighties of the twentieth century.

There is an emerging international debate about what is at stake with GDP growth. In Sri Lanka, not just nationally, but even at the provincial level, GDP growth and contribution are attributed to economic success.

Whether one reads the newspaper, switches on the radio or watches social media, one topic dominates. They all have one criticism or the other of our four-month old regime.

Many political alignments are being planned in the North as well as South these days in view of the forthcoming local government and provincial council elections. However, the only proposed plan that might have a significant bearing on the political

Yesterday, negotiations led by the US, officially brought the carnage unleashed by Israel on Palestine to an end. The Agreement sees an immediate stop to Israeli aggression in Gaza and the biggest release of Israeli captives since the last temporary

We may die in our thousands; you may destroy our dwellings, hospitals, and infrastructure; and you may deny us access to food, water, and electricity, but never shall we let injustice triumph.

China’s President Xi Jinping might not be captured smiling on camera, but President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) has been grinning quite often during the latter’s ongoing official visit to China.

The legal education system in Sri Lanka, while rooted in tradition, faces significant challenges in preparing students for the rapidly changing demands of the modern legal profession.

After Ranil Wickremesinghe handed the baton over smoothly to the winner at the 2024 Presidential Elections, Sri Lankans still had ‘concerns’ if ‘worries’ wasn’t the best word to use at that period of time.

The NPP government’s ‘Clean Sri Lanka’ campaign has already received mixed reactions from the public.

Sri Lanka has witnessed a remarkable political transformation. Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) has been elected as the country’s President. His party, the People’s Liberation Front (JVP), leads the National People’s Power coalition. Just four ye

Dr. Neranjan Dissanayake, President of the Sri Lanka College of Pulmonologists said that Sri Lanka, despite being a unique country with good health indices, faces concerning issues regarding the respiratory health of the individuals suffering from As

The new government’s “Clean Sri Lanka” [CSL] initiative is a bold and transformative step toward national renewal, deserving the unwavering support of all.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s state visit to Beijing, his second overseas visit since assuming office, is a case of continuity of the Sri Lankan foreign policy. However, more than any of his predecessors, he is in a position to strike the ri

Speaking on the role of the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II, controversial British war-time Prime Minister Winston Churchill praised the efforts of Britain’s air wing, saying ‘never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so

Justin Trudeau, Canadian Prime Minister for nine years, announced on January 6, that he would be stepping down in March, unable to resolve the contradictions within his Liberal Party.

The consumers in the country are clueless on the rice crisis currently prevailing in the country since October last year.

While everyone is obsessed with the country’s economic crash, the consequences of the linguistic crash we suffered from 1956 onwards is just as serious.

Local government elections have not been held in Sri Lanka since 2018. Elections were scheduled to be held in 2022.