Another May Day comes by. According to the news, there will be 21 rallies held by the NPP. People don’t need any more promises, but they want to see that these promises already made are being delivered. The government reiterated the fact that it

Writing about a historical figure is no easy task. Readers could tire of reading about the same feats year after year. However, every year there are readers who could gain knowledge of history created by our own men and women. Today is 1st May, Labou

Life, by its very nature, invariably presents a myriad of challenges that are fundamental to the human experience. The various social ills that afflict humanity cannot be understood without recognising the profound human dynamics at play. Navigating

Sri Lanka Cricket Board Chairman Shammi Silva’s resignation came in at a time when the most popular sport in the country is gasping for breath. Cricket, once a much-celebrated sport in every nook and corner of the country, gradually became unpopul

The National People’s Power (NPP) government, since it was voted into power in 2024 thanks to the unprecedented economic crisis the country underwent four years ago, is gradually learning to mend the gap between theory and practice in politics, y

Recent events compel us, as Sri Lankans, to confront an uncomfortable truth: we have repeatedly failed to act, even when forewarned.

The recent exploit of US$ 2.5 million from Sri Lanka’s external resources department, tricked into funding a US$ 2.5 million sovereign debt payment to a malicious third-party account, is embarrassing enough.

Although Opposition parties so far have not proven their allegations of corruption against the government, they have succeeded in creating considerable suspicion among the people about the moral high ground the National People’s Power (NPP) has bee

To the dismay of the whole world, a shooting incident occurred near the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, D.C., prompting the immediate evacuation of President Donald Trump and other officials off the stage to safety a

Sri Lanka occupies a position on the global map that is disproportionate to its physical size. Often described as a ‘teardrop’ off the coast of India, a more strategic assessment reveals it to be the ‘unsinkable aircraft carrier’ of the India

Bullying is a term usually reserved for schools. Many of us have experienced some kind of bullying at school, but it doesn’t stop there, extending to our institutions of higher learning. The dreaded ragging phenomenon so prevalent in our universiti

S.J.V. Chelvanayakam KC Memorial Lecture Delivered at Jaffna Central Collage on Sunday 26 April by Professor G. L. Peiris D. Phil. Peiris is an(Oxford), Ph. D. (Sri Lanka); Rhodes Scholar,Quondam Visiting Fellow of the Universities of Oxford, Cambri

It’s over a year-and-a-half since the National People’s Power (NPP) Government captured political power in this country. Over four years have passed since the country declared itself bankrupt in 2022 following an unprecedented economic crisis.

The landscape of domestic violence in Sri Lanka is defined by a profound tension between progressive legislative frameworks and deeply entrenched patriarchal social norms. While the State has made significant strides in codifying protections for wom

Residents and visitors to George Pieris Mawatha, Colombo 15, accessed via Ferguson’s Road, continue to face significant hardship due to the complete absence of a bus service along this stretch. Whether approaching from Raasamunakande (Kanda Uda) or

Few agricultural products in the world carry the prestige and recognition of Ceylon Tea. For more than a century, the emerald hills of Sri Lanka have produced a beverage that has travelled from misty plantations to the tables of millions across the g

It has been one year since you passed, and we all still miss you more than ever. I wish you were here to watch Amelia and Lily grow into the mischievous little ones they are. I am so glad that Amelia got to spend time with her Seeya. She adored you a

In a moving tribute to the late Mangala Samaraweera on what would have been his 70th birthday, reflecting on a man who was both “aging and ageless.” Mangala was a rare political creature -a pragmatist who abhorred racism and a free-thinker who ob

The diversion of nearly USD 2.5 million from Sri Lanka’s Treasury highlights a dangerous evolution in financial crime: the manipulation of trusted communication over traditional hacking. With investigations pointing toward compromised emails and

The Joint Opposition has raised concerns regarding the government’s proposal to setup a three-judge Trial-at-Bar to take up the case against former President Ranil Wickremesinghe. The case against Wickremesinghe is the alleged misappropriation of s

Nothing in recent human history has dominated the life of a human being than the motor car. Be it war, peace, exploration, or any kind of humanitarian activity, they have always increased in efficiency due to the motor car and of course its internal

The recent “money hacking” incident at Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry has cast a long and uncomfortable shadow over the government’s reform narrative. It is not merely the breach itself that alarms, but its timing—coming in the wake of the Ce

When a trust deficit exists between Iran and the United States, a peace deal between them — ceasefire notwithstanding — is not worth the paper it is written on. Pakistan, elevated to a rare peacemaker role, appears to be drawing on every guidelin

I refer to the erroneous payment of USD 2.5 by the Treasury which translates to nearly Rs. 800 million, a staggering loss by any standard. Such an error cannot be dismissed as routine oversight; it reflects negligence of the highest order. In any pro

Sri Lanka is once again in the global spotlight with the ‘Ehipassiko’ Global Walk for Peace currently parading the streets across the country. Led by Ven. Pannakara Thera, the Walk commenced in October 2025 when monks from the Huong Dao Vipassana

Flaws in procedures in procurement of 14,000 carrom boards and 11,000 checkers (Damm) boards landed former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage and former Sathosa Chairman Nalin Fernando in jail last year. Would a similar scenario take place in t

Amid prevailing dry weather conditions and the urgent need to conserve grid electricity, a significant number of street lights across Colombo remain switched off. While the intention to save energy is understandable, the unintended consequences of in

All the “Living Beings” prove that they are living by being in ‘action’ and it proves that the ‘actions’ are prompted by initiation, which in turn prove that they need kinds of prodding that may be very mild at the lowest while such can

In some Sri Lankan streams, what disappears first is not the water, but our understanding of what still lives there.

Sri Lanka is spending hundreds of millions of rupees on elephant management strategies that scientists, affected communities, but Sri Lanka’s own National Action Plan (NAP), as all acknowledge, is making the problem worse.