In a recent interview with The Hindu at the Temple Trees in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe expressed his views on how an unusual political project had gone thus far. 

The Syrian government troops’ victory in Aleppo against the rebels and the western powers’ concern over civilian casualties may appear all too familiar to Sri Lankans. The allegations now being hurled at the Syrian troops are similar to t

To mark International Migrants Day on Sunday December 18, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is calling on the world community to come together and remember the refugees and migrants who have lost their lives or have disappeared while

After Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe made an apology in Parliament on December 5 over the burning down of the Jaffna Library in 1981, some had criticized him saying that it was an unintended and off-the-cuff apology, which is true.   

“These employees had no legal document issued to validate their employment. I personally visited the employees at the Port and briefed them about the actual situation of their employment. Most of the employees were recruited to the Magampura Ha

The land registration system in Sri Lanka consists of many loopholes which are yet to be adjusted. In a previous conversation with eminent property rights lawyer Kirthimala Gunasekara,

The episode in the Hambantota Port where the Navy was deployed to disperse unarmed port workers engaged in a satyagraha demanding assurances regarding job security,

Explaining his stance on the opposition to government the JVP Politbureau member K.D. Lalkantha opined as follows during a discussion held recently.  

On World Human Rights Day last Saturday, the incident at the crisis-hit Hambantota Port premises 

 The story of Ceylon’s journey from Independence to a crescendo of corrupt family rule. 

Obviously, the UNP is now the lesser of the major parties. Rule of best evidence establishes it 

Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) Leader Douglas Devananda, in an interview with Daily Mirror, says the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) 

A few years back during a ‘BBC Session’ at the Galle Literary Festival clearly designed to rant and 

Leader of the Ilankai Tamil Arachu Kachchi (ITAK) Jaffna district MP Mavai Senathir

A deep sense of shock and sorrow overcame me when I heard of Wijes’s death. We had been close 

When we speak of Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka it refers to a conflict which exists between minority 

Noam Chomsky, one of the world’s most cited scholars, considered the ‘Father of modern linguistics’, a paradigm shifter in Human Sciences, Cognitiv

In this festive season-with the Holy Prophet Mohamed’s Birthday being marked on Monday, Uduwap 

“An emphatic aspect of the glorious life of Podihamuduruvo, (Ven. Galboda Gnanissara Nayaka Maha Thera), is the new tradition of....

This country is no stranger to protests, demonstrations and trade union strikes. However, not every protest is the same. Take for....

Today is Unduwap Full Moon Poya Day. This is the last Poya Day for the outgoing year in the Gregorian Calendar year of 2016....

The Buddha has said that out of all forms of life, the human life is the most advanced. A human birth is very rare compared to....

The introduction of Buddhism to Sri Lanka took place on Poson Poya Day with the arrival of Arahat Mahinda. The arrival of...

Navy Commander Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne was caught on camera assaulting a journalist assisted by an armed group of....

They say that reading biographies is perhaps the best way to learn real life lessons. That is because a biography is a record of....

A lady medical consultant was driving cautiously but her life was taken away by a private bus that came from behind, attempting to....

The unveiling of the new statue of this truly great politician on Sunday by President Sirisena himself brings to mind memories: I had...

Dong Zhongshu some 2000years ago, as Chinese historians believe, had advised the enlightened men at the time, against the....

Jayalalithaa Jayaram -- the “iron lady” of Tamil Nadu (TN), film star-turned politician, acolyte of the then TN supremo M.G. Ramachandran and....

Those who have known or met the second Prime Minister of then Ceylon are but a few among the living now, albeit....