“There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there 

Would India have allowed Ban Ki moon to travel to Kashmir and have a political dialogue with strident 

Cerebral Palsy, a group of permanent movement disorders which appear from an early childhood, has 

National Government leaders, especially President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, have been repeatedly stressing the need for all people to revive our Sri Lankan 

In the South, children of good governance overwhelmed the descendants of nationalism. Presidential 

Major General Kamal Gunerathne, who retired from the army after 35 years of service authored a 

Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Harsha de Silva says Sri Lanka’s objective of becoming the Indian Ocean hub will be....

Former Director General of Trade and Commerce P.D. Fernando, who dealt with transnational trading said the Government....

It is rather strange that nobody has yet cried ‘conspiracy’ over the High Court sentencing Duminda Silva and four others to....

Police are under fire after the disappearance of a 20-year-old youth who was arrested by the Hambantota Police in....

Erudition acquired through scholarship and practical self-introspection ennobled the entire monastic life span of the Most Ven. Nauyane Ariyadhamma Anunayake Maha Thera....

What is Hajj and what takes place during the pilgrimage? Let us turn to an English scholar who wrote the following in the...

General Secretary of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Agriculture Minister Duminda Dissanayake, in an interview with  says....

Matara district Joint Opposition MP Mahinda Yapa Abeywardane, in an interview with Daily Mirror, says it will continue to....

An Executive Director, UN, in his keynote address on the Rule of Law organised by the Institute of Justice, Thailand, sometime....

Last week the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon was in Colombo -- on his second visit to Sri Lanka since the.....

The Feast of Our Lady of Matara is celebrated from September 9 to 11, to mark the birth of Mother Mary, our Heavenly Mother. Large crowds are expected to attend this year’s Feast.  All other facilities are arranged by the Administrator and

I am constrained to give my comments on the Article published in the press by Asoka Obeyesekera titled ‘Electoral reform - MMP the only game in town’  

President Maithriapala Sirisena, visiting Jaffna yesterday for ceremonies to mark the 200th anniversary of the Jaffna Central College and other events, reassured that the National Government would take effective steps to bring the North to the mainst

We cannot be over optimistic that this week’s G 20 summit in one of China’s most prosperous cities 

Times of Ceylon, evening daily carried a news item on August 8, 1949, reporting a speech by 

After President Maithripala Sirisena and the National Government assumed office last year with the 

Coinciding with the 13th death anniversary of the Most Venerable Madihe Paññ?s?ha Mahanayake Thera, a newly-constructed four-storey building will be dedicated in his memory on September 10, 

Cancer is an umbrella term used to describe a complex disease which occurs when cells in the body 

The remark that is said to have been once made by the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil 

Inequalities in society are inevitable. The society we live in is an excellent example of diversity. Our country is blessed with the four great religions of the world: Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity and Islam. There are also differences in wealth,

Prisoners are often stigmatized and labelled as being criminals, immoral and even unintelligent. In 2015, the debate team from the Eastern New York Correctional Facility consisting of prisoners, defeated the team from Harvard University in a debate o

President Maithripala Sirisena appeared to have earned the wrath of the rank and file of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) when he, in his address at the public function in Matara last month to mark the first anniversary of the National Unity Government

A self-proclaimed Marxist recently listed 12 things that the Yahapalana Government cannot achieve. He should have put it this way: ‘Should but cannot achieve’. As someone who once said ‘we must hope that the Government will not def

Anyone who travels along the Kandy – Jaffna highway, may be able to view the picturesque scene of the Dambulla rock and the cave temple which are considered as iconic landmarks which addsprestige to the ancient city. It has stood there majestic