The second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, -- both of whom at one time insultingly described each other as a ‘little rocket man’ and ‘a mentally deranged US dotard’...

A recent article on tuk-tuks (three wheelers doubling as low-level taxis), claimed there was a registered population of two million. Tuk-tuks, starting life as disdained, mechanical bone shakers, rapidly metatasised into every village.

His Royal Highness, the Duke of Cambridge KG GT, more familiar to us as Prince William, from Kensington Palace eulogizing on the Royal Air Force (RAF) Centenary, drawing attention to his great grandfather, His Majesty King George VI (then Prince Albe

Not only in sustainable economic development, but also in religion, highest priority is being given to the battle against global warming and climate change with its catastrophic consequences including the unbalancing of the delicate balance in the ea

Kim Jong-un, paramount leader of the North Korean dictatorship, is in Vietnam ready to meet President Donald Trump.

Harim Peiris, in an article on Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s presidential ambitions (“Sinhala nationalist critique of democracy – a mistake”), conflates the man’s candidacy with what he refers to as “the new Sinhala nationalist political project

The Daily Mirror on 12 February 2019 carried an interview with Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, who believes he is the ideal candidate for the next Presidential Election. He is being paraded by a few ex-military officers....

The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) showed its grave concerns about the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan and called for the two neighbouring nations to act in a manner that ensures security, peace and stability in the entire region.

It is the time of the year when nations convene in Geneva to assess the world’s human rights situation. Can a nation escape scrutiny by saying “the rules of fair play do not apply in love and war”?

Despite the winds of adversity raging within the precincts of Parliament over the shocking allegations made by United National Party (UNP) member and State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake that some parliamentarians including ministers are known to be usin

Once it appeared to be an arduous task for President Maithripala Sirisena to clinch the presidential candidacy. Sirisena apparently took an interest in getting the present executive presidential system scrapped –that

Samantha Jane Power, US Ambassador to the UN during the Obama administration is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at an event celebrating Mangala Samaraweera’s completion of 30

State Minister of Highways and Rural Development Ranjan Ramanayake seems to encounter problems in what he wishes to convey to the media. Now the actor turned politician states that he was misquoted in the media with regard to the revelation he made a

Sri Lanka, which came under the spotlight for its human atrocities during the civil war, is now accused of being cruel to elephants. Opposition to how Sri Lanka treats domesticated elephants was aired in British Parliament by MP Dr. Rupa Hue recently

W.P. Ariyasena was last seen on the evening of December 12, 1989. Caught between the violence of two forces of the Government and rebels, Ariyasena was one among hundreds who never returned home during the reign of terror. “He left for the town, du

Kusal Mendis is the prototype for a national cricket star in the making in the age of social media. When Mendis, the diminutive designated flag-bearer of the national cricket team hits the sweet spot, social media goes into top gear. When he fails, w

IWhat a potpourri!!! What a deadly combination!!! What a colossal amount of money involved??? YET, MADUSH IS LOOKING AT ONLY LIFE IMPRISONMENT!!! Jewellery heist of another enormous amount and the culprit/culprits are laughing!!! It would be interest

In Sri Lanka, numbers of high-profile reputed criminal gangs are largely operating in the provinces of Northern and Southern with blessings of prominent politicians in power. The trend has led Sri Lanka to become the main illegal cocaine and heroin h

The American Nobel literature prize winning author Ernest Hemingway in one of his bestselling novels, ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ says, “I belong to humanity and every person’s death diminishes me”. It is in the light of deep reflections such

I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail– Abraham Maslow Sri Lankans had been a caring nation. People here used to help their neighbours and were hospitable to visitors. If someone

By the late 1940s,Sri Lanka had a formidable network of English medium schools operated by the colonial government, missionaries, Buddhist and other faith based organizations. Contrary to the bunkum that was later advanced as a means

For the past few decades, India has been witnessing internal migration from State to State and also unauthorised immigration from Bangladesh, both movements being driven by economic factors.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness.....

During the last few months, our dear motherland had experienced chaos and tragedies unprecedented. The constitutional crisis plunged this dear country in a 52-day cloud of unknowing and confusion.

Tensions between South Asia’s super powers -- India and Pakistan -- are once again on the boil, after a car laden with explosives was detonated by a suicide bomber in Indian-occupied Kashmir, killing 40 Indian paramilitaries.

It’s time overdue that the misleading myths on immigration are thrown into the trashcan. They are causing untold damage. The fact is that President Donald Trump’s...

The year was 1985. Junius Richard Jayawardene was the Sri Lankan President while Rajiv Gandhi was Prime Minister of India. The New Delhi facilitated talks between an official Sri Lankan Government delegation and six entities representing the Sri Lank

The following is a speech made by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera during the adjournment debate on the Constitutional Council in Parliament on February 21:

“If you want peace and development, work for social justice” is the theme of the United Nations World Social Justice Day which was marked this week. In a statement, the world body says, social justice is an underlying principle for peaceful and p

Replying to my column last week (“Reflections on Sri Lanka’s Nationalisms”) Dr Dayan Jayatilleka posted the following comment: “Ceylonism did exist and not only as the consciousness of a socioeconomic elite.