Last week, President Dissanayake and former President Rajapaksa took turns paying homage to the members of the Armed Forces who sacrificed their lives or were disabled during the Civil War, referring to these brave men by different epithets or labels

The south west monsoon period will commence during the last week of this month.

Words fail to describe your demise. But that is the ultimate reality we all have to face. From humble beginnings to being acknowledged as the Queen of Sinhala cinema is a feat in itself.

What is National Security? It is a question many ask. It was asked before and was always being asked. Quite recently when it was asked ‘rhetorically’ the question was too artificial, too oblique. However, the question is important because we live

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) led National People’s Power (NPP) recorded a landslide victory at the Parliamentary elections held in November 2024.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has caused a controversy with his apparently reluctant participation in the National War Heroes Commemoration held at the National War Heroes commemoration cenotaph near Parliament in Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte on Ma

Two days ago, the British tabloid ‘Daily Mail’ highlighted a story of a young British woman who was apprehended at the Katunayake airport with 46 kg of ‘Kush’—a potent strain of cannabis—in her possession.

It was with great sorrow and reverence that my friends and I recently visited the Oddamavadi burial ground to offer prayers for those laid to rest there—individuals who tragically lost their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.

After 17 months of appalling complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Western nations are finally condemning the horrors inflicted upon Palestinian civilians. Their sudden transformation from sociopathic bystanders to paragons of virtue seems too g

Galle is a celebrated tourist destination for both local and foreign tourists. Very recently a partnership that Sri Lanka and China entered into added to the importance of Galle, which is already a UNESCO heritage site. This week, China and Sri Lanka

Recent inspections by health officers in Colombo have uncovered troubling conditions in many local eateries — unhygienically stored food, dirty refrigerators and freezers, kitchens doubling as bedrooms, and poorly maintained premises. These raids,

Peter M. Haugan, the policy director at the Institute of Marine Research, Norway and a professor at the Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen in Norway, shares his vision on the blue economy and what the ocean holds for the benefit of manki

On Monday, over 1400 apparel sector employees, most of whom were females, lost their jobs when a leading apparel manufacturing company in the Katunayake Export Processing Zone ceased operations. Despite being one of the main sectors that contribute t

Sri Lanka got through the Local Government (LG) Elections sans much difficulties. Now we have to see whether these LG bodies serve a practical purpose as boasted before the elections. The phrase ‘practical purpose’ is a nice phrase to be used as

Today, the 22nd day of May, is the 53rd anniversary of the Republic of Sri Lanka. It is not a national holiday. The government has chosen not to celebrate it. It has instead preferred to honour the 4th of February, the day on which, through the good

I wish to pen this article to make the public aware of inflated charges and unjust late fees with regard to the water bill. Hence customers, please stay vigilant!

Each cup of your favourite tea may contain billions of microplastic and nano plastic particles, potentially posing risks to your health.

Modern democracies tend to be reluctant to use air power against insurgents because of the fear of causing collateral civilian damage and harming the bid to win the hearts and minds of the people.

My, my, my, our dear friend and president – AKD for short- after much huffing and puffing did put in an appearance at the government-sponsored National Heroes Commemoration Ceremony (NHCC) on Monday.

It has been tragically reported that the recent death of a second-year student from the Faculty of Technology at Sabaragamuwa University was the result of ragging.

A day before the government held National War Heroes Commemoration at the National War Heroes

Following the tragic Kotmale bus accident that claimed 22 lives and injured many more, the police have announced they will begin checking the running condition of buses on the road. While this may sound reassuring, it raises important questions about

A new direction on a revised script of acclaimed director Prasanna Vithanage’s Sinhala language adaptation of Dario Fo’s play, “Horu Samaga Heluwen,” is currently being staged at two strategic locations across Colombo. This innovative theatri

On 7 October 2023, Israel commenced bombardment of Palestine’s Gaza Strip. Gaza is a small beachside land-strip of around 365 sq miles bordering the Mediterranean Sea, sandwiched between Egypt and Israel.

Restructuring is often a top down process. The Board of Directors may want to restructure a company by laying off workers.

In today’s context the title of Bob Dylon’s famous song ‘The Times they are a changin’ is becoming more relevant, not only to us in Sri Lanka, but the world over.

People are in panic mode due to the shortage of salt and they blame the government for not being able to rectify the matter before it aggravated.

Universities are closeted worlds. But the time they were held in awe as creators of the cream of a country’s workforce talent is long gone.

At least 12 persons have been reported to have been arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) since the swearing in of the new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on September 23, 2024.

The medical experts attached to the Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) insisted yesterday that they have not been given an opportunity to discuss road traffic accidents and safety with the president and they doubted whether their letter requesting