Revolutions are essential when the democratic paths fail do good to the masses. The 1977 Elections brought the UNP into power and the JR Jayewardene Government opened up the economy.

The conduct of elections to the provincial councils is in the interests of the top brass of the government but fresh political hurdles now stand in the way of it.

Sri Lanka gained independence from the British at the end of World War II that saw the onset of the decolonisation process.

There’s talk of Provincial Council elections. Various parties or rather their leaderships have instructed the respective ranks and files to get ready. A good time, then, to talk of this particular political exercise.

A news item, which is bound to alarm most Sri Lankans was that the Health Ministry had from March 31, temporarily halted its COVID-19 vaccination programme due to the delay in obtaining a sufficient quantity of AstraZeneca vaccines from the Serum Ins

Myanmar, also known as Burma, has been beset with political instability since it declared independence from Britain in 1948. Between 1958....

For the third month running now the streets of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, have been battlegrounds.

Its been just over a year since the discovery of the first case of a Covid-19 patient in the country. On January 27, 2020.....

Deforestation in several environmentally sensitive areas in the country has been the focus of discussion in the recent past. Wanathawillu, Anawilundawa and Sinharaja have been making headlines since recent times. Allegation and counter allegations be

Great social crisis like the one we are in now, are often explained through narratives and discourses about the past. In other words, there are powerful stories about the past that claim to provide political solutions for current problems and future

The first armed revolt was carried out by the Marxist (JVP) under the leadership of Rohana Wijeweera, a former medical student from a Russian University and a former member of the Communist Party (Chinese Wing), against the Government of Prime Minist

One thing I am sure of – once the world is deemed safe enough for us to go out without masks, the faces we meet won’t look the same. They will be harder, more alert, more egocentric. Even if they don’t carry signs of change outwardly, the owner

We as a country may not be happy about the outcome of the UN Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) resolution adopted on 23rd March 2021.

From Africa to Britain to the US, from Russia to China or from India to Sri Lanka, the unlawful use of force by the Police.....

Both physical and sexual abuse of Women and Children are rising in our beautiful island nation, Sri Lanka. We as a nation with a recorded....

Sinhala cinema’s pioneering director Lester James Peries is the Sri Lankan filmmaker I like, admire and respect most.

The Maldivian Parliamentarians have been up in arms since its government’s signing of a defence agreement with India in February which, according to a leaked draft, permits Indian military presence.

Easter brings together the victorious death and the glorious resurrection or the glorious life beyond the death of Jesus of Nazareth.

All over the world more than 2.5 billion Christians today commemorate the most solemn day of the year - Good Friday.

Two years have passed since more than 260 people were killed in churches and hotels in Sri Lanka by ruthless extremists in the name of an evil ideology....

This year marks two years since the deadly Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka in which over 260 people were killed, including some tourists.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had a telephone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday. It should not be viewed as just another regular telephone conversation between the two leaders because of the background that preceded it.

The general breakdown of law and order in the country is of great concern. Days ago we witnessed the beating up of a lorry driver by a law enforcement officer; all in broad daylight. The reason for the assault was the lorry driver knocking down anoth

Unclear. Untold. Unfair. These are words that one can reasonably expect in any decent conversation or review of the recent UN Human Rights Council resolution on/against Sri Lanka. However, such dismal descriptives are applicable to other matters, ins

In a paradoxical turn of events, it was while cricketing legends from several countries were batting for Road Safety in India that Sri Lanka suffered one of its worst bus accidents in recent times when a passenger transport bus plunged down a 200-fee

At the recently concluded UNHCR sessions in Geneva our country was being challenged, not only for alleged crimes committed during....

According to our Foreign Minister, there is nothing worrisome about the fact that 22 countries supported the UNHRC Resolution on Sri Lanka....

The trustee of the Seenigama Devalaya (shrine) is alleged to have converted to other uses funds in the shrine to the tune of one million rupees.....

Responding to a Right to Information (RTI) application filed by our sister paper, The Sunday Times, Parliament interestingly has refused to disclose the educational qualifications of ministers and Parliamentarians (MPs), on the basis it would be an