It is becoming increasingly evident that India is not keeping to its credentials as the world’s largest democracy with Prime Minister Narendra Modi turning a blind eye to the bigotry with which his ardent supporters deal with dissent. 

The validity of the appointment of Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka to Parliament through the United...

Let me begin this letter with a short comparison of two stories that recently happened in two different...

It takes an incredible amount of grace, ambition and willingness to ask tough questions for a country...

They talked of high-handedness.  They spoke of illegality, the violation of human rights and decried ...

In the Daily Mirror editorial last Wednesday we highlighted a shocking report by Transparency...

The presidential entourage consisted of Strategic Development and International Trade Minister Malik Samarawickrama,

There are three schools of thought in American foreign policy -- two you have heard about and a third that is relegated to the background.

The government announced yesterday it would launch an accelerated national, natural food production mission from March 6 to give the Sri Lankan people, specially our children, food that is not polluted or poisoned by the use of imported agrochemicals

Those who lose at elections don’t seem to realise that they, elections, have consequences. Dulles Alahapperuma, Dinesh Gunawardene, Rohitha Abeygunawardene, Kumara Welgama.

An internationally renowned soprano from Sri Lanka sings the popular devotional song Danno Budunge at Galle Face as part of the independence day celebrations. She gets hooted by the crowd and pilloried by television and electronic websites. A week af

I had a great time at the Colombo Jazz and Blues Festival and a bad one reading about the Consultational Task Force of NGO types to “enforce” the intrusive, US-driven Geneva resolution under the monitoring of a UN expert.

With the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) getting back to work after its chairman Prof. Laal Jayakody and Chief Executive Officer Prof. Krishantha Weerasuriya agreed to come back to their posts, it is pertinent to look at some of the de

I consider it a great privilege and an honour to make this brief presentation on the occasion of the release of Volume 1 of his reflections by Lakshman Ratnapala, a distinguished alumnus of St. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia. I am particularly gl

A year has passed by since the present government came to power, and so many changes have taken place within then.  The budget was passed,   independent commissions have been formed, and a new financial crimes investigation division (FCID )

When most of the developed countries are making a frantic effort to conquer the space with the use of Rockets, unmanned and with spacecraft carrying Astronauts, a youth from Sri Lanka living in...

World history finds its greatness and attraction through the services rendered by philanthropists. A person whoever he is, achieves greatness through ideologies borne in his.....

Stella Young, the Australian comedian, journalist and disability advocate once said, “The thing about disability is that you adapt, you do what works for you.” Yet at times there are so many difficulties in....

The Yahapalanaya government came to power with a promise to apprehend those involved in corruption, thuggery and murder. But later a public outcry developed when no.....

A few smaller parties in the UPFA,   namely MEP,   NFF,   DLF,   and PHU supported by some other SLFP members who have extended their support to the former President have collectively formed the Common Opposition in....

A three-day workshop began in Parliament yesterday to educate MPs on the full restoration of parliamentary democracy by making Parliament to be like a virtual government with

Transgender is an umbrella term for people whose gender identity, expression or behaviour is different from those of typically associated with their assigned sex at birth. In many countries....

‘Namo Namo Matha’ sung by the people of this country from the time of independence translated into Tamil or any other language deprives it of its status and identity with Sri Lanka....

Sri Lanka’s third Executive President Dingiri Banda Wijetunge, was born in a village near by our last kingdom, on February 15, 1916. As a fitting tribute to this grand politician and.....

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein concluded his four day visit with what was widely seen as a conciliatory note: He conceded that the....

Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, essentially an imported Western concept dedicated to romantic or personal love. This year and in the years to come, we are called upon to.....

Sri Lanka, though recently categorized as a middle income country, has achieved very good health statistics for several decades at a relatively low cost ....

Switch on your radio today, though it is difficult to tune into the correct station because there are about 75 channels in Sri Lanka alone. Today is the annual World Radio.....

Today is ‘World Radio Day’ - a day to cherish the distinctive quality of radio to touch lives and bring people together across every corner of the globe. Radio is ubiquitous, reaching listeners on-air, online, on site and on demand......

The singing of the National Anthem in Tamil not only brought tears into the eyes of many Sri Lankans...