Their Charter, it says “…… the Third World has frequently lived with concepts of development …. with issues of economic strategies and value......

Sri Lanka’s former diplomat Udayanga Weeratunga is reported to be flying freely with two passports from country to country despite.....

Women’s representation at decision making level has remained at a bare minimum when compared to that of men. Topics of gender....

With the lapsing of the May Day, the future of SLFP and related subjects were concerns that were taken

More than six decades after Independence, we, as a nation, are now  experiencing a new political culture. 

Dolly Parton, the most honoured female country performer of all time has written a beautiful song about 

Following the May Day rally by the joint opposition, Matara District UPFA MP and national organiser of the

On October 31, 2014, a Chinese submarine and a warship arrived at the Colombo Port. As the calm...

During this World Media Freedom Week, President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil...

Had one compared the enthusiasm on this year’s May Day shown by the two factions of the Sri...

With several celebrations taking place to mark the International World Press Freedom Day, media...

Joint opposition lawmaker Weerakumara Dissanayake on Wednesday told journalists that Australian...

A physical altercation, coupled with verbal abuses, took place in the well of the House on Tuesday over 

In the highest tradition of democracy Parliament is, or is expected to be, the supreme legislative assembly

The May Day poster of the United National Party had an interesting caption: ‘Kepakarapu janathavage maidina raeliya’

You have a huge national responsibility on your shoulders presiding over sessions of an exceptional Parliament and the Constitutional Assembly tasked to introduce a new Constitution.

Crowds do not mean much at May Day rallies but MP’s on stage read the minds of the voters. An elected-not a nominated-MP...

“The object of terrorism is terrorism. The object of oppression is oppression. The object of torture is torture. The object of murder is murder.

Recent developments in the North and East have raised concerns on the one hand of a purported LTTE revival and on the other about the continued use of the PTA..

The national or consensus Government has pledged that after May Day and its roaring rallies, priority would be given to the implementation of promises or policies relating to vital areas.

Value Added Tax (VAT), in other words is tax on value addition. According to economists, a shirt, for instance, would cost Rs. 800 and....

As is well known, our countries have had very productive bilateral relations over seven decades.  The US continues to be Sri Lanka’s largest....

The word “Media” encompasses television, radio and newspapers which are used as means of communication. Sometimes media is.....

Parliamentary Reforms and Media Ministry Secretary Nimal Bopage may be correct, in a way, when he said in a statement last week....

Do we know what exactly went wrong in Sri Lanka? A majority of politicians and public officers did not accept that there were problems. They.....

As the entire country is aware, the public transport sector has gone from bad to worse over the past decade or so. Currently we have....

A man fully kitted up armed with two rubber tubes prescribes for a child, pill after pill of antibiotics. They are colourful and they just need.....

Every Tom, Dick and Harry in this country wants to teach journalists a thing or two about how they ought to do their work. Those.....

With political and other leaders reiterating their May Day pledges to restore the dignity of labour and the living standards.....

On May 1st in Sri Lanka, rallies scheduled to be held would comprise festivities, colourful pageants and  processions.