“The Prime Minister is Dead” was the striking headline in extra-large, bold letters of a special edition published by the now defunct “Times of Ceylon” on the morning of Saturday, September 26, 1959.

With Sri Lanka’s presidential election to be held on November 16, the main party candidates need to give a pledge that they will give priority to climate change issues and we are happy to reveal....

On the strong recommendation of a friend, I visited an astrologer cum séance whose skills were hailed with words such as “unbelievable, fantastic and amazing”. I went to see this “gifted” person with the air of a certain Thomas with doubts.

National Elections Commission (NEC) on Wednesday announced the dates for the much-talked-about Presidential election and the nomination period for it. Nominations will be entertained on October 7 and the election....

The hype that came about immediately after Gotabhaya was announced as the SLPP presidential candidate by a sullen faced Mahinda Rajapaksa whose preamble for the announcement was all about his own credentials...

The island-wide token strike launched by the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) not only crippled some of the health services in the country, but also inflicted mental wounds on patients who were inconvenienced.

Neither Saudi Arabia nor the United States will start a war on Iran following last Saturday’s attack on two Saudi oil installations in Abqaiq and Khurais. The strikes, seen as the most devastating of a series of recent attacks....

A National Savings Bank (NSB) official admitted to the recruitment of 1,707 staff assistants and office assistants since 2015 of which 390 recruitments have taken place since 2017 based on name lists provided by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera

The article titled ‘Where did Sajith Go Wrong’ by Dr. Upul Wijayawardhana in the Daily Mirror a couple of days ago was interesting enough, but it would have been more readable, if he stuck to facts rather than to fiction and to his own assumption

By about the end of the second year of the Yahapalana regime those voted for a change hung their heads in shame. They had already started thinking whether they had done the right thing. The much promised Executive Presidency wasn’t abolished and th

Further confusion added to the internecine feud of the United National Party (UNP) over presidential candidacy after its civil society allies floated the idea of fielding Speaker Karu Jayasuriya as the presidential candidate this week- that is in pla

Colombo Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake has issued an interim order preventing protesting disabled soldiers from entering the Lotus Road and being anywhere close to the President’s and Prime Minister’s office.

Tucked away on Page 4 of the September 11 Daily Mirror is an alarming if not shocking news item quoting Lanka Private Bus Owners Association (LPBOA) President Gemunu Wijeratne as saying that some 50 per cent of private bus drivers and conductors coun

Rebellion is very much part of our time, of one sort or another, for one reason or another. But it is certainly a cause for alarm to see those holding top positions in the Grand Old Party – once the most disciplined of all – disobeying rules, flo

As party infighting continues to dominate the political landscape, voters are still left guessing as to the nature of programmes the main contenders in the forthcoming presidential election hope to introduce if they win. This is with only a couple of

It is not every day that you hear some sense being talked by those who wear saffron robe; to the contrary what we are used to hearing from them is absolute nonsense and worse still, verbal material that incense already raging fires. In such a backdro

While the fireworks were illuminating and banging the Colombo’s skies during the celebrations for official opening of the 350-metre high Lotus Tower, the tallest structure in South Asia, President Maithripala Sirisena dropped a bombshell by reveali

Legislation is one of the most important instruments of government in organising society and protecting citizens. It determines amongst others the rights and responsibilities of individuals and authorities to whom the legislation applies.

In this resplendent isle, the day begins with the chanting of Pirith to invoke blessings and ends again with the chanting of Pirith to thank the deities for their blessings and guidance. Evening prayers are also recited, Bana (lectures) are delivered

Handling demanding, rebellious teenagers and balancing multiple roles as parent, spouse, son/daughter, son-in-law/daughter- in- law while holding on to a competitive career beset with never-ending challenges, all with deteriorating stamina are enough

The UNP’s all lose–no winners cold war over the Presidential candidacy seems to be heading to a saner end. Party heav

Afghanistan, a link between South and Central Asia, has been coveted by external powers for its strategic location from the earliest times. This has led to endless invasions, leaving in their wake devastation and disruption of colossal proportions.

Sandya Salgado’s’Not Just My Good Karma’ is partly an autobiography and partly an account of a very different era in advertising in the country. Which of these I should be reviewing in this space, I don’t know. I haven’t met Sandya, I have

As reported in Friday’s Daily Mirror,Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has met with a few party men loyal to him and stated last Wednesday, that he commanded majority support of the party’s Working Committee.

Why hasn’t there been a powerful peasant movement in Sri Lanka? Are the rural people governed by an ethnicised Sinhala state? Is political patronage the reason for changes in land use in the countryside?

The national development of any country, if to be successful, requires three essential elements: First, honest, knowledgeable and committed political leaders. Second, a robust or thriving private sector and third....

Since 1980, the United Nations World Tourism Organization has celebrated World Tourism Day on September 27. This date was chosen as on that day in 1970, the Statutes of the UNWTO were adopted.

Perhaps, politicians are exempt from compulsory retirement for a reason; maybe, years of experience compensates for progressively diminishing cerebral function. After all, Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamed came....

Although the smallest of the three major oceans, the Indian Ocean has been growing in geo-political significance. Asian countries accounted for more than 60 per cent of world economic growth last year.

The global hegemony of finance capital is based on burgeoning household debt accompanied by devastating dispossession. This is more evident in peripheral societies, where state investment in the rural economy....