Action against corruption was a main promise given by the leaders of the ‘Yahapalanaya’ government during last year’s presidential and parliamentary elections to woo voters who had been frustrated by 

We are carrying out our work and the plans for development of the country are now being finalised, and within the next six months or one year the envisaged work would commence.    

It’s not yet two full years, yet close enough. And close enough for us to pass our verdict on the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe Combo that is holding reins in Sri Lanka’s polity today. Passing judgment 

True intelligence is not measured by book-learning alone but also through how people counter daily challenges. Kasun Chamara, 25, from Matara recently graduated from the prestigious Sri 

A 14- year-old schoolgirl in Haputale was reported to have  been raped by a bus driver recently. When the complaint was lodged at the Haputale.....

Sri Lanka is now making a collective effort to seek national reconciliation. That would require concerted actions, through constitutional and....

What is the difference between portraying a young actress drinking in a commercial/advertisement and her.....

There is almost no need for me to say that we are living in an era of social and political uncertainty, and even turmoil, no matter....

The well-known singer-songwriter Nimal Mendis, in one of his most popular and challenging songs, ‘Master Sir’ refers to....

This globally renowned cultural and religious pageant is held annually to pay homage to the sacred Tooth Relic of the Exalted....

The media–the print media to be precise–has been in the limelight recently after the PM of the country made allegations that...

The panic created within the Unity Regime on hearing the news of Padayatra led to an extension of the Maithri-Ranil temporary ‘Two-year Living-together’ to.....

Sri Lanka has been recognized as a country with a high literacy rate. These statistics however do not reveal the factual situation. Reduced...

The majority of the people clearly identified the abysmally low quality politicians who held power with the Rajapaksa government and....

The US presidential election will be held in November this year. There are major differences between the US presidential election.....

State-owned enterprises are a part of public wealth and are supposed to be for the benefit of the people of the country. Therefore, it is necessary to set up a framework to have State-owned 

As the controversial and conflict-ridden Rio de Janeiro Olympic games began at around 5.00 am (Sri Lanka time) today with the biggest ever worldwide television audience of about three billion people, our 

The rhetorical observations made by those for and against the “Jana Satana Paada Yathra” or the 

How far behind the West is China? Is its economy still booming so it could within 20 years overtake America? Is its military becoming of such a strength it will take the big decision to confront the US 

While most of our politicians are arguing over the import of duty-free vehicles worth hundreds of millions of rupees and other privileges, the day to day problems of the ordinary people are often side 

A recent report released by the prison headquarters stated that a staggering 154 prisoners have escaped prisons last year. Accordingly, 127 convicted and 27 remand prisoners have escaped, and 50 of them have been recaptured.  

When former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was resting at the Abhayaramaya Temple in Colombo, a police officer delivered him a note with permission for Paada Yatra final day rally to be conducted at Campbell Park. Yet, he declined  to accept it.

What did the Joint Opposition achieve by marching from Kandy to Colombo? What does it say about the strength of the joint Opposition? Does it say anything about the strength or otherwise of what is being called, tongue-in-cheek, the ‘Official S

Saturday August 6, marks the 71st anniversary of the Hiroshima nuclear bomb holocaust. On August 6 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explo

Have you ever come home tired and stressed? An urgent draft unfinished and left at the office desk? An ailment? A huge amount of homework awaits you? Stress of exams? Pressure of a match? How many of us wish for a ‘less-stress day? Simply being

This is the first time that we are doing an award ceremony for the Alumni, said W.K.H. Wegapitiya, Chairman of the Sri Jayewardenepura University Alumni Association. 

Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Karunasena Hettiarachchi in an interview with the  spoke of issues surrounding the perceived demoralisation of the military, demilitarisation, the occupation of private land and much more.

The play ‘Dutu Tena Allanu’ (Arrest on Sight) was staged at the open air theatre of the Peradeniya University on July 12. Part of the audience booed and forced the performance to a stop by throwing 

In the Denzel Washington movie ‘The Equalizer’, a character explains his behaviour after an especially dramatic scene, 

Excessive privatization, commercialization or marketization of vital areas such as healthcare, educatio