I was watching a political ‘debate’ on a private TV channel last night, but got entirely confused and frightened.

We have much to be glum about at the onset of  2015 -- the latest is the killings of the cartoonists in Paris by ultra Islamists.

Rampant corruption, bribery, the plunder of public wealth and criminal frauds amounting to billions of rupees were among the main...

Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed who was alleged to have been ousted...

More than a million people marched in Paris on Sunday in what has been described as the biggest...

With the Maithripala Sirisena-Ranil Wickremesinghe administration completing one week today...

?A few days after his defeat, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa sent a team of his party’s MPs to meet with new President Maithripala Sirisena. The delegation included Western Province ....

Our collective prayers have been answered and the Presidential election is over with little violence as feared by many. My own doubts and fears about the state of democracy and the political wisdom of our voting public have been laid to rest. 

T?he country seems to be facing a tricky situation after the election of Maithripala Sirisena as the President, with the support of the parliamentary Opposition. Now it is not clear as to what party wields the majority power in the Parliament since t

Yes, he did. It was not only a hope or wish. It was a strong conviction and belief that he would win and win convincingly.

This column would not have been published if Maithripala Sirisena didn’t win. I’m not saying that with any sense of irony or bitterness.

It was Dr. N.M. Perera, the Sri Lankan politician I admire the most, who said in the 1970s that there were no resting places on the road to socialism.

We urge the reformist government led by President Maithripala Sirisena to extend its 100-day programme by...

?The 6th President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena (MS) gives a fresh start to politics in Sri Lanka. He is the very first President to win the hearts and minds of all Sri Lankans, irrespective of any differences and divisions in post-war Sri Lanka

Youthful enthusiasm and aspirations are the ever-flowing fountain and permanent foundation of future achievements. All great undertakings stem from humble beginnings. Greatness in one’s old age comes out of graciousness in one’s young age

We join millions of Sri Lankans in saying a hearty Ayubowan, Vanakkam and Assalamu Alaikum to Pope Francis who since his election in March 2013 has emerged as one of the most loved, most respected and most powerful servant leaders in world history.

?Initials S.L surpassed surname Gunasekera. Branded to blend with the land of his birth - his name attracted shades of love and despair. Reciprocally, he loved those who made the country proud and despised those that discredited his cherished land.

?Our congratulations go first to our new President Maitripala Sirisena and next to the people of our country who have taken the first step to restore real   Democracy and the Rule of Law; and in the process to restore the dignity of the cou

?The functioning of democratic systems of government depend heavily on effective and independent public institutions. While these institutions are diverse, i.e. Political, administrative, judicial, law enforcement, educational or....

T?he new era of democracy, freedom and good governance, social justice, mercy and humility was launched yesterday by Sri Lanka’s sixth Executive President Maithripala Sirisena with a nationwide address from the historic Buddhist shrine of the S

Born on September 3rd, 1951to a farming family at Laksha Uyana, in Polonnaruwa Maithripala Sirisena is the first President produced from historic Rajarata. Incidentally, he has been born after a few hours of forming the SLFP, the political alternati

Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) Parliamentarian and the convener of the Pivithuru Hetak movement, Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thera was a front liner who supported the common candidate Maithripala Sirisena.

A historic election and a historic victory. But why is it so historic..? Not one, but there are several reasons for it to be significant among other Presidential Polls held in the country. 

After a momentous and miraculous turn of events which began November 21 last year, President Maithripala Sirisena was yesterday elected and sworn in as the sixth executive president, with a manifesto pledging to launch a new era of good governance an

?Damaso Guerroro Magbual, an international election observer from the Asian Network of Free and Fair Elections (ANFREL) stressed the need to enact a strong election campaign finance law in Sri Lanka. In an interview with the  he said the organis

The writer was an investigative journalist who worked closely with Lasantha Wickrematunge at The Sunday Leader from 2006 until shortly after the latter’s assassination.

?A crucial election held, a winner declared, what’s next? The way forward is not victory celebrations or taking political revenge.  What Sri Lanka badly needs today is a civilised political culture. 

T?hankfully, yesterday’s crucial presidential election to a great extent was free, fair and peaceful with a relatively high turnout of between 70% and 75%. Significantly, the turnout in the five districts of the Northern Province......

?In preparation for monitoring the Presidential Election 2015, the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence deployed 160 field coordinators based in polling divisions or electorates, while 25 field coordinators were deployed in the 25 administrative d

?Voting is a democratic right of every citizen. However, many of us have only a vague idea of polling and counting procedures. How these votes get counted for the final result, what makes a vote invalid and whether there is a proper coordination