Even his strongest critics will admit that Sarath Fonseka was THE MAN to lead the Army in the...

From whatever angle we look at it, there were positive as well as negative aspects in the statement...

Arising from my recent presentation to the ‘Public Committee on Constitutional Reforms, I wish to...

At the primaries for the United States presidential election in November this year, an unprecedented...

When President Maithripala Sirisena came out of a virtual nowhere to be elected as the Executive President in the people’s silent revolution of January 

Recent news on Lalith Kotelawala being summoned before PRECIFA, and the Bill Gates of Lanka arriving there on a Wheel chair, 

The governments in the past could no doubt meet the challenges in economic,   institutional and ideological changes in the country.  There is a perception that moral and ethical standards in public sector personnel

Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, the newly appointed Member of Parliament, took oaths yesterday under the UNP’s’ elephant symbol to fill in the national list position left vacant following the passing  away of the late Minister&nbs

He is in the news again. Parading in yellow robes, portraying himself as a martyr of the present day and saviour of Sinhala Buddhists; Galagoda Atte Gnanasara Thero, a Buddhist monk whose credentials are more of a homage to a defeated regime of corru

As we move into the eco-friendly, all-inclusive development year 2016, Government leaders need to be conscious of some of the main dangers or temptations facing them. It applies to religious, business and civic society leaders also.  

The Constitution of any State is the organic and the supreme law of that State. It explicates, regulates and articulates relationship and cohesiveness between the State and its people, people and people, State and institutions, institutions and peopl

‘Health is wealth’ -  a popular saying of yesteryear could be replaced as ‘Health equals wealth’ in today’s context. In an unexpected turn of events,a case was filed by the Telangana police against six Lankan doctor

Compassion, forgiveness and redemption: the important precepts in the life of a Christian that our Saviour Jesus Christ preached and commanded us to follow for which he died on the cross to redeem our sins.   

I had the rare opportunity to attend and appreciate the annual book donation programme of the Dehiwala – Ratmalana Development Foundation and the Lalith Athulathmudali  Commemorative Foundation. The programme kept its promise to over 1000

With the arrest of Yoshitha Rajapaksa, the topic of money laundering has resurfaced.  In a candid interview with the Daily Mirror , Deputy Minister of Public Enterprise Development, EranWickremaratne

We celebrated the 68th anniversary of the country’s political independence on the 4th of this month. The period that we have completed is as long as the average life span of a Sri Lankan citizen today. Some of us.....

Tamil leaders in the North, according to media reports had requested the United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner Prince ZeidRa’ad Al Hussein who was currently on a four-day official visit to Sri Lanka to.....

Compassion for all beings is a message which is conveyed by all religions to the society for every living being on this earth has a right to live. Not only human.....

Cerebral palsy is any one of a number of neurological disorders that appear in infancy or early childhood and permanently affect body movement and muscle coordination which don’t become intense with time.

Former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Justice (1970–1977) and an expert in Constitutional Law, Dr. Nihal Jayawickrama who strongly believes that the vacant position of the Attorney General should be filled with the senior most officer i

Finally, the Joint Opposition, a euphemism for the cronies of the ex-President in Parliament, has turned to God. If the legend in Sinigama lives up to its fame, the  hundred thousand coconuts they smashed at the Devalaya there during the.....

Sri Lanka lost US$ 40 million worth of sea catch a month to Indian fishermen who trespass the Sri Lankan Maritime Boundary to fish, a seminar was told in Colombo recently at the National Library.

Today’s food market is without doubt dominated by fast food. Asian countries like Sri Lanka are caught in the fast food trap, with more and more people getting addicted.  However, it is a well-known fact that fast foods are......

The media are the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that is power, because they control the minds of the masses.

Sri Lanka’s history since 1505 shows clearly that it was the intervention of an external power that had always helped us to get rid of a foreign occupier from the country’s soil. 

There was a time in the recent past when ruling party politicians were considered to be above the law. 

The sixth guitar festival of the Sri Lanka Guitar Association was held at the Royal College auditorium last Sunday. 

United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein is to visit Sri Lankan...

What is this movement Sinha Le? Who is behind it? Who are the leaders? These questions had been...

There has been a lot of discussion on the appearance in public of a sticker with a particular spin on...