Manipulation of  how we think and what we think has always been the greatest strategy of those who want to control us. The corporate world, arguably led by, historically as well as methodologically, the tobacco and.....

What is Opposition Leader R. Sampanthan’s stand on the alleged involvement by Colombo District UNP parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra in the abduction of a youth from a shop in Dematagoda.....

Foreign employment, one of the biggest contributors to the Sri Lankan economy has become one of the darkest topics to talk about today. With numbers rapidly increasing, foreign employment is another factor......

Female fans invading the stage; their intimate apparel flying over the artistes when popular singers perform are common occurrences though it happened for the first time in this thrice blessed......

“Ganga Addara” is a popular song which has undergone several covers, including one by the Sound Asia Academy, and another excellent one by Billy Fernando. But the most interesting version to......

Last week Defence Secretary Karunasena Hettiarachchi acknowledged that ‘at least 36 Sri Lankans have gone to Syria’and that ‘some of them have joined the ISIS’.  That was after the Sunday Time.....

As the yahapalanaya or Maithripalanaya government launched on its second crucial year with the focus being on a  midterm strategy for sustainable eco-friendly development and social justice, it......

Parliament is supreme. Parliament is the creation of the people of this country through a universal suffrage. It is the voter who gives the mandate for Parliament to function as Parliament to regulate legislations to govern them. 

January 8 is remembered for change. First there was the brutal killing in broad daylight of Journalist and Editor Lasantha Wickramatunga who stood out exposing the excesses of the Rajapaksa regime.

Yesterday the nation marked the first anniversary of the silent people’s revolution where 6,217,162 people of all races and religions freely elected common candidate Maithripala Sirisena as the sixth Executive President. It was a stunning spect

In the dawn of the New Year, the government is bracing for the celebration of the first...

With the government’s move to introduce a new Constitution to the country,President Maithripala...

Yahapalanaya has more challenges to face in creating national reconciliation...

One year ago, Sri Lanka elected Maithripala Sirisena as the sixth Executive President.  Today...

Providing protection to a diplomatic mission is the responsibility of the host country. Both Iran...

From 8.00 a.m. on January 8 last year more than 12 million of Sri Lanka’s sovereign people...

As we mark the first anniversary of  January 8 regime change or popularly called Rainbow revolution we spoke to Venerable Athraliye Rathana Thera who played a crucial role in 

Tagged national compass, zigzags erratically in the hand of President Sirisena. Hold it southward, swivels northbound. President carries no magnetic power in his grasp but gasps to be the elected Prime Minister. Naturally,

In recent Editorials, the Daily Mirror has been warning about the subtle and sophisticated economic neocolonialism which is taking place mainly through transnational giants. With the dawn of the New Year, the world media reported some good news for S

“I can see badder weather” “Badder Weather” (Josephine Oniyama, with Mathew Halsall & the Gondwana Orchestra)

One year has passed since the historic resolve taken by the masses of the country to restore democracy and good governance that had deteriorated to dangerous levels.

After several years of horribleness, the 8th of January last year brought about a welcome change. Like a breath of fresh air after a long hot summer or a bleak, cold winter of discontent.

There appears to be considerable confusion about the legally prescribed procedure for repeal or amendment of the Constitution.  In view of the impending exercise which the Government proposes to embark on at the end of the week, it is important

The JanathaVimukthi Peramuna (JVP) members of the Uva Provincial Council have refused to join a group of members of their council, who were to undertake a foreign “study tour” claiming that it would be an utter waste of public funds. 

Sri Lanka has been quite notorious in the international arena with regard to undergarments. Lingerie in particular. BuzzFeed, a popular American internet media company picked up the story about a.......

No class of persons should be denied the rights that are enjoyed by others in the same society in like circumstances. Where is the reality here as it is one year since the sweet promises we.......

A painting -- be it on oil or canvass -- is a mode of   expression.  It is also a spiritual healer; a kind of meditation, keeping your mind focused on one thing, instead of letting it go astray.  Art  is a subject where much.

This year’s four hundredth anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare is not just an opportunity to commemorate one of the greatest playwrights of all time. It is a moment to......

While more than 4.5 million children are back to school and into a new world of digital education through which they could attain unlimited knowledge with the press of a button, the General Certificate of Education.....

Tommo, a pussycat and Ooty an owl, both employed as vermin controllers at the Wallside Restaurant and Bar were chatting over their beers courtesy the Wallside management. While the pussycat puffed on a......