“Building Buddhist temples, placing statues under Bo-trees have negated reconciliation efforts”, making a very potentially-unpopular observation, Rajitha Senaratne, Minister of Health, Nutrition and 

How is it that the much-celebrated peace agreement heralding national reconciliation in Colombia between its

However, in more recent times, labour migration in Asia meant more and more women to take up paid 

Yesterday August 30 was the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances -- an 

Rajitha Dissanayake’s latest play ‘Nethuwa Beri Minihek’ (A Much Needed Man) will hold its premiere at the Lionel Wendt in Colombo on September 2 and 3 at 7.00 pm.  

She doesn’t mind losing the marriage now, but her biggest worry is the lack of recognition as an Olympic and World Championship medallist.   

Miguel Mendis Silva studied at Wesley College, Colombo, where he excelled in Christianity (Methodist), English and....

The ever increasing narcotic drug trades across borders, have raised concerns globally. Making matters worse, quite a number of these....

Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga says her father the late Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike brought the....

While the national government is taking practical and concrete measures for reconciliation and the rebuilding of a....

The thousands of devotees, who frequent the Kandy Esala Perahera, see that the perahera come to an end only after the....

An elderly Tamil gentleman, who in his retired secluded life in a rural village seems eager for company, surprised me with his perfect Sinhala....

Considering the law and order situation in the country, may I suggest that our government seriously considers introducing an.....

While addressing an event held to mark the National Youth Day in May last year; organised by the National Youth Services....

The International Day against Nuclear Tests observed on August 29, was established at the 64th Session of the....

Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Duminda Dissanayake and his United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) counterpart Mahinda Amaraweera saying that the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his loyalists had been invited for the 65th SLFP convention schedu

Politicians have it in their DNA to hype our supposed present dangers. So do journalists. So does the military-industrial complex. So do certain think tanks and university professors who depend on sounding the alarm about this and that to gain grants

The Joint Opposition must surely be faulted for having neglected to challenge the constitutionality of the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) Bill in the Supreme Court during the time available to do so. 

Next week’s three-day visit to Sri Lanka by the United Nations outgoing Secretary General Ban Ki-moon gives us an opportunity to reflect on the ties between our country and world body and the role the UN is playing or not playing in internation

The Animal Welfare Coalition of Sri Lanka, set up to advocate a new Animal Welfare Bill, recently organised a consultation in Colombo to raise awareness on the subject matter among community service organisations, policymakers and the general public.

Safeer’s book comes across as a must read for theatre artistes, most particularly to those in the South Asian sub continent. Addressing itself to a specificity born out of concerns in the context of Sri Lankan theatre, the book makes a take off

An international conference on ‘Human Rights, Citizenship and Democratization’ is scheduled to be held in Colombo this Saturday (27) and Sunday (28) with the participation of both local and foreign 

A chilling picture of a child – identified as Omran Daqneesh from Aleppo in Syria - is making 

On the railway track last week in Chettikulam there was a horrible elephant tragedy which needs to be a trumpet call as to how serious Sri Lanka is in its commitment to protecting and promoting 

Coal is inherently dirty. Once you add allegations of fraud, manipulation, illegality and wastage of 

In the aftermath of the removal of 41 members from the organizers posts of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), a rift between party leader President Maitripala Sirisena and his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa looked widened, and antagonism worsened.  

The revival of a people-friendly, efficient, honest and independent Police Service is widely seen as an important dimension of the national government’s mission to rebuild a just society with interracial and inter-religious unity in diversity.

The greatest Cultural Pageant of the Colombo District -- the 66th Annual Randoli Maha Perahera, of the historical Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya will be held on August 27, 2016.  

The following is an extract from the speech delivered by Development Strategies and International Trade Minister Malik Samarawickrama at the inauguration of the CIMA Business Leaders’ Summit on August 23:   

A lot is often made of alleged historical ties between India and Sri Lanka. Too much and too often, perhaps. ‘Historical Ties’ is an oft used sweetener to help one force unpalatables down the throats of another party, typically by the str