Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran has become a controversial figure in the recent past. Many

Traditionally,UNP does not possess lasting power in governing and it is historically proved. Juggling with democracy J.R. Jayewardene.....

The Sunday Times today reports that President Sirisena has called for the complete abolition of the Executive Presidency and having a.....

The public elected the common candidate as President with huge practical expectations. But support for Good Governance has been.....

The export sector experienced growth since the opening up of the Sri Lankan economy. By 1990, Sri Lanka’s export.....

Sunday June 26 was the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking with the highly published event being held in....

Sri Lanka being a signatory to the Paris Agreement, is committed to safeguard the environment, help reduce global warming and.....

Realization has gradually dawned on me that I am old, very old. Now, that I am 84 years, keeping young is problematic. It is.....

When my aunt Ramani Ponnambalam suggested that I wrote a brief note on her father (My grandfather), Neville Wijeyekoon on his.....

Commentators of South Asian politics tend to view the voting habits in the region with a degree of condescension. They indeed have a.....

The referendum in the UK on whether the country should remain in the European Union (EU) or leave it –‘Brexit’ is......

one of Shakespeare’s most quoted sayings is “O! Judgement Thou art fled to brutish beasts and men have

Within matter of days, a self-appointed ISIS “lone wolf” Omar Mateen, with no actual links to home office ISIS

Why do some people fear or dislike refugees? Why are they xenophobic? Isn’t harbouring ill-feelings...

Yesterday was a special and important day -- the International Widows’ Day intended by the United...

Former   Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) leader Somawansa Amarasinghewho passed away last...

All over the world, minorities are under attack. One would expect mass scale migration, wider travel...

The decision by the forces is a matter of concern though it appears to be justifiable: from where did they get the courage

The word mechanism is used there is, if I put it simply the consultations are going to take place with affected people.

A few days ago a die-hard UNP loyalist shared a story on Facebook. The claim was that the First Phase of the Colombo-Kandy Expressway would be completed in 36 months. There was a comment along 

While the world’s attention will be focused today on Britain’s historic referendum to decide whether it should remain

As the Steering Committee of the Constitutional Assembly forges ahead, it has become visible that the principal 

Many of our rural folks have been conditioned and brainwashed with a notion that poverty is caused mainly by exploitation of one class by the other. The influx of Socialist Marxist thinking, in addition to the sheer arrogance and insensitivity of the

WAs the Yahapalanaya government reaches the significant milestone of a year and a half, it is, perhaps, a worthwhile exercise to look back on the performance of an administration which held out abundant promise to the public on multi-faceted “C

The healthcare industry today is openly described as a ‘mafia’ due to various underhand quotations and tenders that have been passed to issue drugs. Recently the two heads of the NMRA stepped down from their seats since they believed that

It is pandemic and has become a terror in many sub-tropical and tropical countries of the world. Especially after the heavy rains and floods, Sri Lanka has become a country, which is gravely affected by this deadly disease. However, in the recent pas

In the aftermath of the Orlando massacre and the brutal murder of one of the British Parliament’s rising stars, Sri Lanka also needs to consider the imposition of tougher laws against extremists. Last Sunday, a week after the massacre of civili

Scientists Manoj Hettiarachchi and Nalin Kannangara, co-creators of a patented process for the manufacture of Dry Powder Inhalation medications to relieve Asthma and COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), were recently awarded a Silver medal a

The nutrition month is commemorated by the government in June every year. However, this year’s theme formulated by the Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Ministry is ‘Shape your meal to shape your body,’ interpreted as measur

Can’t stay with Govt. if Gota comes in: CBK -Daily Mirror, June 16, 2016   Today (June 22) being the death anniversary of my father Mervyn de Silva, the founder-President of the Editor’s Guild of Sri Lanka, CBK’s threat to leav