President Maithripala Sirisena, in his speech delivered at the 68th convention of his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) on Tuesday, laid emphasis on the post of prime minister. He said it is all powerful under the 19th Amendment which was incorporated i

Elections to every single local government authority in the Galle District were held on February 10, 2018. Except Elpitiya. That was due to a petition pleading relief over a perceived error in a nomination list being rejected. Time passed. We had the

While the World marked the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on August 30, the kith and kin of those who had disappeared, during the near 30-year armed conflict in Sri Lanka between the security forces and the LTTE, took to

A good many of the clergy in Sri Lanka are now directly involved in politics. We read so much in newspapers these days about the clergy wanting to confer politicians with honours . The latest recipient was Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe who was honoure

Change is necessary, it is vital, but are our politicians geared to effect the necessary changes, are they capable or more correctly, do they recognise that CHANGE IS VITAL??? Change is important from the country’s point of view, for its very surv

President Maithripala Sirisena was reported in the media as saying that millions of rupees spent on constitutional reforms were a waste as nothing fruitful had come out of the spending. Obviously given the extent of his constitutional literacy as was

With party politics having degenerated from what was expected to be a Public Service to a big business, most people are looking for a statesman to vote for at the upcoming Presidential Election. On Monday Sri Lanka lost the legendary Professor Carlo

We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future - Franklin D Roosevelt Move on mid-life crisis. The quarter life crisis is gaining ground. Addicted to phone and social media, often distracted, endowed wi

Two weeks ago, the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) arrested the Judicial Medical Officer of Palai Hospital, Sinniah Sivaruban for allegedly trying to revive the LTTE. Later, allegedly based on information provided by the suspect, TID discovere

Yesterday marked the 68th anniversary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). It was not the second or even third party to be established here: after the LSSP in 1934, the Communist Party in 1943, the UNP in 1946, and the Bolshevik Samasaja Party in 1

Enforced disappearances are a recognizable problem in developing countries, including those in South Asia, even though many of these countries have modern democratic institutions. State-backed abductions are tacitly accepted as a necessity on grounds

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby visited Sri Lanka last week of August. He is head of the Anglican Communion whose membership is over 50 million worldwide, He calls to offer strength and solidarity to Christians in Sri Lanka....

Respecting people’s sovereignty under a ‘five star’ democracy, SLFP and UNP appointed nine candidates rejected by the voter [who lost the trust of the people] as national list MPs to ‘represent the people’ [which people?]. JVP....

August 29, was the International Day Against Nuclear Weapons. In our country unfortunately, the date went largely unmarked. On December 2, 2009, the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly declared 29 August the International Day...

The SLPP presidential campaign of Gotabaya Rajapaksa is gaining steam and the JVP has announced Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its candidate, but the UNP is in crisis without a candidate.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) rally at Galle Face recently was large, and it reminded me of the Rajapaksa- Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) rallies in Nugegoda, Kurunegala, and yes, Galle Face.

I have a very difficult task to perform. That is to summarize three excellent speeches made by the esteemed and erudite panelists this evening. At the outset, let me summarize the current geopolitical and strategic situation in the Indian Ocean.

With Sri Lanka still probing the hundreds of cases of enforced disappearances in the north, east and the south, yesterday’s United Nations international day of the victims of enforced disappearances, needs to draw....

At a time when the timing is critical to conform to the requirements prescribed in the Constitution of the Republic of Sri Lanka as far as the holding of elections is concerned at different levels and.....

When the JVP packed the 12-acre Galle Face green with People under the banner of their front organisation the National People’s Power (NPP), to announce Anura Kumara Dissanayake....

Only two political parties in the country seem to be certain as to what they are going to do in respect of the forthcoming Presidential Election and as to what the outcome of the election would be.

Carrying large wounds caused by unprecedented burn injuries, Mother Earth is crying in pain and we, her reckless and heartless children, are digging a grave to bury her, not realsing that when she dies, we all will die.

Teachers are assets to the country despite those rendering this service not being among those who are earning a decent salary in keeping with their qualifications. Recently the focus on teachers....

Sri Lanka seems to be a nation which relates well to indiscipline. The country’s lawmakers promote indiscipline and its citizens haven’t been taught any other way of living by those who wield political power. We read in newspapers that the United

As the representatives of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) came out after their latest round of bilateral discussions, they commented to the media only in broad and abstract terms. They dubbed talks as successful,

‘Romesh Kaluwitharana ct Sachin Tendulkar, b Wasim Akram.’ Remember this? You probably would if you were an ardent cricket fan. You would, even if you were not, being an Indian and a Pakistani, old enough and interested enough (obviously) in shar

In our editorial on August 1, we focused on the container-loads of garbage consisting of industrial and clinical waste belonging to other countries being surreptitiously dumped or downloaded on Sri Lanka and its people in the midst of the ever-increa

Sri Lankans are once again eagerly awaiting a presidential election hoping that a new regime would bring about a much needed change.

Our country is politically bankrupt; poised on the brink of presidential election, but who should the people vote for??? A million dollar question that has no answer!!! It is time now for the young ones to break away and form an alliance so they can