Not many leave the safe comforts of our Island on a perilous journey to discover the mysteries of an 

Soundarie David Rodrigo is the consummate musician who transformed the Western choral 

With the North East monsoon starting, it would be a good time to reflect again on water and we hope 

UN special Rapporteur on Minority issues Ms. Rita Izsak is on an official visit to Sri Lanka from 10th to 20th of October 2016, at the invitation of the Government. During her visit she meets Government delegates, civil societies and other groups of

Though initial battlefield successes have encouraged the Iraqi government and the United States to 

So the President has ended all speculation and accepted the resignation. If the exit of Britain from Europe was

President Maithripala Sirisena’s outburst against the Bribery Commission, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the Financial Crimes Investigation Department (FCID) rattled politics. It eventually led to Bribery Commission Director Ge

The General’s House, a bungalow built in close proximity to the Nuwara Eliya city during the British rule and assigned for the chiefs of the forces, is today used by the parliamentarians as a holiday resort. 

This week the world marked the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty – with special significance for Sri Lanka because the National Unity Government has declared 2017 as the year of poverty alleviation.

Heavy rainfall and severe droughts are of common occurrence. We had heavy rains a few months ago and now we are faced with a drought causing immense problems to people in many parts of the country. Prof. Hettige in his piece on Rainwater Harvesting p

“This is not something we can ignore…this is not something that we can sweep under the rug…the shameful comments of our bodies…it’s cruel and it’s frightening…and the truth is, it hurts”, no person

Dr Jayampathi Wickramaratne, who is described as someone playing a pivotal role in the constitution-making process in his capacity as a member of the steering committee on the subject, has offered some thoughts on the progress of the initiative in an

Certain lands said to belong to National Livestock Development Board (NLDB) are not owned by the Board. In fact some of these lands are still said to belong to the Land Reform Commission. Despite directives to hand them 

‘When it comes to individual behaviour, many things have puzzled me to the point that it seems 

Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a recent interview hinted about his future plans which included entering national politics if he was invited. The once-powerful Defence Secretary says he was not addicted to power but was willing to give

The banned chemical Glyphosate made headlines recently as Minister of Plantation Industries 

In a monumental move in the life-or-death battle against global warming and climate change, nearly 

Vote to Regret - be it North or South. Blame attaches to the Vote, tailed by regret,directed at the candidate that succeeds in....

It was with a sense of considerable anger that I read Prime Minister Modi’s comments on Ravana, the great King of Sri Lanka....

MP Dr. Jayampathi Wickramaratne, who plays a pivotal role in the Constitution- making process, says he is optimistic about the process.....

In what appeared to be a major policy shift, Democratic Left Front stalwart joint opposition MP Vasudeva Nanayakkara, who once....

There were two disturbing developments last week. First, it was President Maithripala Sirisena’s speech at an event held.....

President Maithripala Sirisena’s remark at a function held at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute on October 12 that the CID, FCID and....

What an exciting moment it would be if you met a friend or a relative after twenty five or thirty years? Then, how about personally....

There was a commotion in the Perera house that morning. Shelton Perera, the owner of the Wallside Restaurant and Bar was....

Hungarian Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Szijjarto, in an interview with Daily Mirror, said his country looked forward....

The President in a hard hitting speech denounced the steps taken by the CIABOC, CID and FCID to take the former Defence Ministry....

The injunction order handed down against the public screening of Prasanna Vithanage’s latest movie Silence in the Courts has....

The United Nations (UN) established on 24 October 1945, was set up to promote international co-operation in the aftermath of World.....

The Four Noble Truths are as follows;    The truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the cessation of suffering and the truth of the path leading to the cessation of suffering.