The runway of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) will be overlaid next year and as a result, the airport will be closed.....

The Pasikuda beach, which has delighted both foreign and domestic tourists since the Eastern Coast of Sri Lanka opened up to the....

The National Handicrafts Board (Laksala) has made a name for itself for purchasing handicrafts from artisans, thus providing an extra....

I refer to Kelum Bandara’s  Interview with Ven. Bengamuwe Nalaka Thera in the Daily Mirror of October 5, which is a.....

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, having won the Presidential Election, in his first address to the Nation in 2005....

“Thuhooot! What is this commotion of some schools asking papas and mamas of school kids to follow what they call a ‘dress code’, Tommo?” Ooty, an owl employed as a vermin exterminator at the 

Findings from University of Sri Jayewardenepura suggests possible protective effects of Ceylon 

A recent study on water stress published by the World Resources Institute, identified 33 countries 

The 17th Summit meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) held in Venezuela last September is over, done and dusted with.   

Sunetra Illangakoon nee Seneviratne and I entered the kindergarten of Bishops’ College together and 

On October 1, we commemorated the International Day of the Elders. Sri Lanka has become a country 

The film feels exactly the right length, neither too short nor too long. It’s about a hard up young 

The many world leaders who gathered in Jerusalem last week for the funeral of Shimon Peres, the 

In the afterglow of the January 8 change last year and the formation of a National Government 

‘No one can be the slave of two masters; such a slave will hate one and love the other, or will be loyal to one and despise the other.’   

Sri Lanka’s bitter near two-and-a-half decade long ethnic war ended in 2009. During that period nearly 

The present Constitution-making process seems awfully narrow and politically dictated by the leaders of this government. This is not a “public driven” drafting process. What is highlighted by this government as “public consultation&

Foreign policy making is like tightrope walking. Performing a balancing act in foreign policy making is not only a science that the mandarins at a foreign ministry need to excel in, but also crucial for a country’s survival. 

Amidst the controversy over the “Ezhuga Thamil” procession and the rally held by the Tamil People’s Council (TPC) led by Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran on September 24, another controversy is slowly brewing betwee

We have much to learn from October 5 which was the United Nations World Teachers’ Day with the theme for this year being Valuing Teachers, Improving their Status– highlighting the importance of the teaching profession for global developme

A police sergeant who sought treatment in the form of a shanthikarma from a temple in the Rasnayakapura area to rid him off the effects of an alleged poisoning, had been subjected to a forced vomiting that lasted two days and at the end of which he d

The ban on the manufacture, sale and use of polythene products below 20 microns was brought into effect on January 01, 2016 and strictly enforced from February 01 onwards by the Government.  Nevertheless, polythene products such as lunch sheets

Behind every heinous crime committed there is an untold story. Often we tend to ignore the untold story for the gravity of the offence and the destruction inflicted on victims. We fail to realize that perhaps ‘prisoners’ simply needed a c

On many occasions when the issue of ‘homelands’ (traditional ones, that is) have come up, I have made the following observation: the current provincial boundaries (which are the basis for the Tamil chauvinists’ claims and demands fo

Two political protest marches took place in recent times- one organized by the Joint Opposition from Kandy to Colombo and the other by the Tamil parties under the leadership of Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran in Jaffna. The contexts

Alcohol is undoubtedly the commonest toxin willingly consumed the world over. In Sri Lanka, alcohol dependence is a major health and social problem. Most medical and social workers are aware of this. Unfortunately, a few speak openly of this grave ma

Retired High Court Judge, Maxwel Paranagama, Chairman of the Presidential ‘Commission on Missing Persons’ discussed its mandate, final report, recommendations and other related issues with Dailymirror.

Two news items published in the Daily Mirror on Monday about the ageing population in Sri Lanka points to the bleak picture of a section of Sri Lankan society that had been neglected after rendering a great service to society. As pointed out by the C

Since time immemorial, whether rural or urban, the basic amenities and services to the residents have been provided by the Local Authorities (LAs). A standard all over the world.    

After a nine-hour long drive, we reached a beautiful village in the Ampara District called Panama, a village that struggled during the 30-year-war