Day by day, we witness an increasing number of high-rise buildings being constructed across Colombo and its suburbs. While such vertical expansion is often portrayed as a mark of progress, it brings with it a set of serious urban challenges that are

On a humid morning in a small government school outside Kurunegala, a teacher waits patiently as ten-year-old Isuru tries to read a sentence aloud. The words come slowly.

Nandana Gunathilake, who shouldered the rebuilding of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) after a bloody crackdown of it by the United National Party (UNP) Government in the late eighties passed away on January 18.

Since being elected for his second term as US President, Donald Trump has been upending the so-called ‘rules-based’ international order promoted by the West.

It was reported on page 2 of yesterday’s Daily Mirror newspaper that the Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanaga S. Bodaragama, sentenced an individual, who shared his former girlfriend’s nude photographs with friends via WhatsApp, to a six-month suspen

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka has strongly emphasised that it is the duty of the government and law enforcement agencies to ensure that there is no unwarranted interference with the exercise of the powers of the Attorney General, as reported in th

United States President Donald Trump fits the description of the kind of world leader the Madman Theory warns about.

The full reopening of schools following the conclusion of the G.C.E. (Advanced Level) Examination has once again exposed a serious and recurring urban challenge—severe traffic congestion. At around 2.00 p.m. yesterday, Maradana Road came to a comp

During his recent visit to Jaffna, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake highlighted actions of Sinhala-Buddhist extremists. He said that some would pass by the Sri Maha Bodhi and observe sil in the North, but these actions are done with an intention o

The following anecdote should interest Sri Lankans who want to mimic Singapore but are unwilling to accept the trade-offs that come with it.

I would like to extend my congratulations on your appointment as the Mayor of Colombo and wish you every success in serving our city.

In January 2026, Sri Lanka stand at historical crossroads. The past year was characterised by a complex interplay of political transition under the JVP-led administration and the devastating physical and economic shock of Cyclone Ditwah (November 202

As I grew up in semi-rural towns before my parents finally settled down in Colombo in the 1970s, I acquired a lot of Americana – pop music, Westerns, and literature. This was on my own.

In contemporary Sri Lankan political discourse, a specific and recurring pattern has emerged. Whenever a citizen advocates for individual rights, a transparent market, or rational governance, they are met with a familiar accusation: they are labeled

Over the years the US and the West has been in the habit of imposing tariffs, sanctions and other economic pressures on particular countries whose policies they claimed were not in keeping with a “rules-based international order.” The US has take

US President Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace (BOP)’ for the rehabilitation of post-war Gaza could turn out to be a pie in the sky, with opposition to it coming from both hardliners and liberals.

The Police must enforce road discipline to counter accidents. The best is a very strenuous training in prevention, detection and proper prosecution. These are the three main ingredients the Police should concentrate on if the Police is to achieve des

It is reported that a Trial-at-Bar is being contemplated in respect of allegations against former President Ranil Wickremesinghe regarding misuse of state resources for a visit to a British university on his return from attending sessions of the Unit

Within a short time span since the British rulers left Ceylon, the Tamils have been subjected to a quagmire situation wherein there is no dearth of discrimination, racism, religious fanaticism, chauvinism, xenophobia, misanthropy, violence, racial ri

The New Year 2026 has already eroded several days but is still in its infancy, opening up vistas of hope, fulfillment, hopeful anticipation and optimism, for “hope springs eternal in the human breast” and always at the dawn of a New Year; with th

If not for an exclusive revelation by a journalist in 2003 when the ceasefire agreement between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was in force, Sri Lanka’s history between then and now would have been totall

Our country is like no other. A past president once described this land as the ‘Wonder of Asia’. How right he was. We as a people were able to successfully end a near three-decade-long insurgency aimed at dividing the country.

It’s high time that the new government takes adequate measures to resolve the waste crisis in Colombo. In some areas, the waste collection trucks arrived today for the first time after the New Year.

Daily Mirror, in its Wednesday edition, reported that China-based Amber Adventures (Private) Limited—the country’s first cable car venture—had officially pulled out of the Ambuluwawa Cable Car Project, citing what it called “regulatory obstru

Arguably one of the oldest, if not the oldest, continuous nation-states, Iran is facing yet another existential threat of tectonic-shift proportions, similar to the many challenges it has endured and overcome in its more than 3,500-year political exi

Public attention has rightly focused on the dangers of polythene and plastic pollution, and some progress has been made through bans, awareness campaigns, and regulatory action. However, an equally serious — and rapidly growing — threat is being

Even though rice is the staple diet for most Sri Lankans, purchasing a few measures of rice has become a luxury today. Enjoying a meal of premium rice varieties such as keeri samba or basmati has now become next to impossible. With rice becoming the

Sri Lanka’s import tariff regime is dysfunctional by design. Tariffs are among the highest in the region and highly complex, with importers required to pay multiple para-tariffs in addition to Customs Duty, such as CESS and the Ports and Airports L

Education reforms in Sri Lanka are both necessary and long overdue. Few would dispute the need to modernise curricula, teaching methods and assessment systems. However, the manner in which reforms are conceived and implemented is as important as the

The government’s retreat on education reforms proves that even a record-breaking parliamentary majority cannot override Sri Lanka’s deeply rooted religious and cultural ethos.