Driving along the Malecon, Havana’s landmark seafront esplanade, an unusual monument comes into 

As usual, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) promised to do a lot to the people. People expected the 

One does not have to look anywhere else. Daily headlines in the mainstream newspapers have been 

Breathalyser tests are administered to ensure the safety of airline, the passengers as well as the 

Some decades ago, transnational food corporations apparently sponsored studies by some world food scientists who claim that our good old coconut oil which has kept us healthy for centuries could 

The Grand Old Party has just celebrated its 70th anniversary, a historic event attended by President Sirisena and former....

The VAT Bill was placed before Cabinet for approval. Earlier the Supreme Court blocked the attempt to legalize the...

Pyramid schemes are illegal and perilous ‘get-rich-quick’ schemes that can end up costing you a lot of money. You may....

Dr. Harischandra Wijayathunga, Pannamaththu Kavirayar and Padma Edirisinghe were this year’s Godage Literary Award....

The grade- one school admission is high-stake business. Parents play every magic and trick to get their kids to a good...

The just-concluded 17th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Margarita Island in Venezuela, has placed a....

“Social status can be determined in two ways; one way is through personal achievements and the other is through....

On September 10 the Daily Mirror reported that between January and August this year a total of 334 murders had taken place....

Since Independence, we have not been able to make a tangible improvement in the Public Sector. At the same time....

The government stated that the Bill was brought forth in order to address several 

The International Day of Peace is observed around the world on September 21. The United Nations General Assembly.....

Anniversary celebrations of the two main political parties were held in two consecutive weekends this September. Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) in Kurunegala on Sunday 4, and the United National Party (UNP) in Colombo on Saturday 10. The UNP was form

Yesterday September 16 was a vital day for the world but unfortunately most people were not even aware of it though at one point it meant life or death for millions of people. In 1994, the United Nation’s General Assembly proclaimed September 1

The declaration of Martial Law and imprisonment of National Heroes in 1915 intensified the political struggle for national independence in Sri Lanka. 

When I was small, my grandfather would read and explain poems to me. One day, we were both having a nice time doing poetry, when a mosquito landed on my little arm. My immediate reaction 

The two leading political parties - the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and United National Party (UNP) - undoubtedly overshadowed the usual practice followed by them throughout the past six 

It may be a cliché to say that the world will never be the same again. But it needs to be said again to 

“O Gotami,” said the blessed one, “perform a miracle in order to answer the misconceptions of those badly informed men who do not recognize the spiritual abilities of women.”  

The Ven. Galaboda Gnanissara Thera, chief priest of the Gnagaramaya temple, has urged Sri Lankans to work hard, honestly and with commitment in whatever they do and to be ready to work 

Eminent social and political thinker, Ernest Barker, in his ‘Social and Political Theory’ describes political democracy as a system of government by which each citizen lays his/her mind alongside other minds in a voluntary process of comm

The Mahanayake of the Malwatte Chapter of the Siyam Nikaya, the Most Ven. Thibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Thera was spot on about proposals to change the constitution. The Venerable Thera is reported to have observed the following: ‘Causi

There can be many possibilities as to what happened to medical student Harindra Seneviratne, who was found dead on September 11 in his room at the Medical faculty hostel in Maradana.  But the tragedy that occured will hover in everyone’s m

Today is the International Day of Democracy with the theme this year being Democracy and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The link between democracy and all-inclusive development is vital and challenging.  

The controversial Chinese funded ‘Colombo Port City’ project has been re-christened also without public consultation as ‘Colombo International Financial City’ to establish an offshore financial centre as the centrepiece of the

After a Cabinet meeting with much deliberation, the government approved the proposal to reintroduce the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, more or less, identical to the original one aborted on a court ruling.