Everyone including those who sponsored a Sri Lankan duo who wanted to plant the Sri Lankan flag at the top of the world wondered whether the.....

Tobacco is unlike any other product on the market - the only legal consumer product that kills, when used as intended by the....

With smoking now under increasingly heavy fire, Sri Lanka joins the international community today in marking World No-Tobacco.....

With his latest feature ‘Let Her Cry’, Director Asoka Handagama has taken one step forward and two steps backward. His last feature......

The path of love is not a path of comfort. It means going forward into “the unknown”, trusting in God. Without trust there is no hope for love.....

Revelations by Eran, the sophisticated Deputy Minister of Public Enterprise Development at an interview with.....

Tmanagement is doing things right.  Leadership is doing the right things. What did our leaders do in successive governments since.....

Eastern Province Chief Minister Nazeer Ahamed should now be every chief minister’s envy. They hardly make news even when they try......

With the floods and landslides continuing into the third week yesterday, religious leaders have urged that we need to go.....

The transnational pharmamafia, some corrupt official in the Health Ministry and other vested interest are 

The Ministry intends to make the general public aware on how entering into trade agreements should be looked 

It is of pivotal importance to turn back and learn from the bitter experiences faced by mankind during World War

The state of the world’s economy, terrorism, the refugee crisis, the uncertainty over Britain’s...

It was a sinister cloud, an enormous explosion, a terrible flash, a heavy roar. Nothing like it had ever...

Political ‘misfires’ are seen in abundance irrespective of the regime in power. Recently the Eastern...  

From time immemorial places of detention have been regarded with much skepticism as they were...

With the national unity government’s long term economic strategy involving opportunities, at city and rural

If we look at Sri Lanka’s history, we have been subjected to many a natural disaster.  We have heard of 

“Unlike in 1992 and 2010 this year (2016) both Kelani

The floods, landslides and inclement weather that wrought 

I do not know his ‘ge’ name.  I do not know his address.  I do not know if he owns 3 acres of land, 5 acres

In the aftermath of the cyclone which devastated the island’s Eastern province in 1978, I wrote a piece in the Lanka Guardian which opened with the line “the dialectics of nature lay bare the structures of society” (LG,Jan 1st, 1979

With the government and the people of Sri Lanka still focusing attention on effective relief and rehabilitation measures for more than half a million victims of the ongoing deluge, we need to join the international community in giving emphasis to the

During the past few weeks, a highly-expensive and politically-driven media campaign had been conducted by the Ministry of National Policy and Economic Affairs, using public funds, to convey the impression that the “debt trap”that the

The adverse weather conditions which lately took over the island affected many innocent lives. While leaving some of them displaced, others were orphaned as their loved ones were buried in the tragic landslides which occurred in Aranayake and Bulathk

The National Heroes’ Day was marked on May 18. Defeating the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) and their terrorists-in-arms is indeed a very significant victory for the Sri Lankan security forces. The Army, the Navy and the Air Force with

The woeful plight of SriLankan  Airlines is a major issue under close scrutiny.  People also seem disappointed that action against those who are alleged to have been responsible for this  situation is dragging too long. Seeking an insi

After 16 months of holding the post of Prime Minister, is UNP on a navigated route or on a collision course with the people?  Undoing is.....

How else does one explain the return of Jayalalitha Jayaram as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu; she had two cases filed against her amongst.....

Very fat people are very unhealthy. There is no such thing as a fit fat person. They are filled to the brim and beyond with blubber......