Afterwards, instead of taking necessary steps to improve conditions for foreign employment or to 

As the annual budget debate progresses in Parliament, the government looks engulfed in 

A popular thinking among the SLFP supporters in particular was that the second leader of the SLFP 

Against the backdrop of the Government move to increase the minimum fine for traffic offences, the 

“Accelerating Growth with Social Inclusion” creating the broader theme for the National Budget 2017, marks the 71st Budget of Sri Lanka. As the second Budget presented by Good Governance, Budget 2017 aims at delivering relief for Sri Lank

Disclosing on his blog that he was “reluctantly voting” for Hillary Clinton and explaining why, Richard Falk, Prof Emeritus of International Law at Princeton and former UN Special Rapporteur on Occupied Palestinian Territories, noted with

After Monday’s discussions held by the Finance and Transport Ministers with private bus owners, operators and other stakeholders, it was announced they had agreed that a thumping fine of more than Rs. 25,000 would be imposed on those found guil

Rehabilitation, Resettlement, Prison Reforms and Hindu Religious Affairs Minister D.M. Swaminathan speaks about the political solution....

Need of a nation is for fresh leadership – both of the government and the opposition. A generation of ‘royal’ pretenders squandered the....

The recent fire that broke out at the Fashion Bug store in Pepiliyana has given rise to new questions. For anyone who.....

For instance, giving free tabs to students would bridge, to a greater degree, the digital divide between the rich and the poor and....

In a major step towards transparency and public accountability, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya announced that from yesterday parliamentary....

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP for the Jaffna District Dharmalingam Siddharthan speaks about the political solution, the aspirations...

Sri Lanka is in a better footing compared to most countries in South Asia in the context of child healthcare; especially in terms...

Can Sri Lanka achieve economic growth and development without a significant reduction of corruption – sans good governance.....

On Friday, November 18, 2016 the Supreme Court (SC) of Sri Lanka upheld the right of the people of Sri Lanka to sing the national anthem....

Remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) are a new component of the aviation system. RPAS alter drastically what the world....

On Ill Full Moon Day my neighbour, a retired school head, famously known as ‘…… Sir’, by his Mathematics students was on....

On 17 November the Organisation of Professional Associations organised a seminar on ‘COPE- RESPONSIBILITY OF PARLIAMENT’ at....

People in general are fed up and disgusted at the government’s refusal to fulfil its pledge to bring to book, those involved in crime, corruption, amassed wealth illegally, plundered the country, waste and other such activities during the previ

In women studies, the major space is given to analyze gender roles assigned to men and women and how women become the second category prior to men’s dominance. In order to identify the gender and gender roles, difference between sex and gender

Verbal communication stands as one of the most effective forms of communication, and thus each and every individual use different languages to express themselves. For an instance, a newborn is taught a language at home. Then the child is sent to kind

In 1772, sailing to the far south, Captain James Cook deflated the prevailing myth of Antarctica, that it was a temperate land, fertile and populated. Although he never landed on the continent he saw the vast icebergs, the frozen sea and the “w

Tomorrow, November 20, is the Universal Children’s Day as declared by a resolution approved by the United Nation’s General Assembly (UNGA ) in 1954. It is a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding among children, with activity devot

This collection of essays and articles, written and mostly published previously covering various issues of the Constitution-making process in Sri  Lanka, focuses on ethnic reconciliation and democratisation of the political system.   

It is with profound sorrow that I wish to record the passing away of Professor Ashley Halpe who was closely associated with the Peradeniya  University for over 60 years as student, lecturer, professor, Head of the Department, and Faculty Dean, a

A hilarious debate on the Muslim Personal Law or particularly the Muslim Marriages and Divorce Act (MMDA) is ongoing on social media between certain Muslim and non-Muslim groups. It is indeed hilarious because the contending parties have no basic dif

The aboriginal or indigenous Sri Lankans, known as the Veddahs, appear to be happy as they are. They seem to enjoy some ancient rituals and customs to this day, and apparently have no issue with their lifestyle. Although they do see how other Sri Lan

We said last week that it was too early to judge the United States’ president-elect Donald Trump, notwithstanding his outrageous campaign utterances. But as days pass by, our fears are only increasing however much we say “give him a chanc

Whether people know it or not an autoimmune disease epidemic is sweeping the globe. It has already hit tens of thousands of Sri Lankan people and most of them do not even know they are having some of these secret diseases. The mysterious epidemic is