In a fine example of good governance and its principle of all being equal before the law, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday appeared before the Presidential Commission probing the alleged scams in the Central Bank bond issues and testif

With the exit of Nawaz Sharif from the Prime Minister-ship of Pakistan in July this year, and the recent formation of a 23-party alliance by former military dictator Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the military is likely to acquire a greater role in the troub

Article 9 of the Constitution has become the subject of much discussion. Could or should it be removed from the Constitution

Government parliamentarians and their peers in the joint opposition seem to agree at least on one thing; their opposition to the Attorney General’s Department for revealing secret telephone 

Committee on Public Enterprise (COPE) Chairman Sunil Handunnetti in an interview with the  said that the revelations of COPE members in constant contact with Perpetual Treasuries owner Arjun Aloysius was evidence of a “mafia” type or

At the rate the interested parties have been propagating the image of a “Moonshine mafia” these days, any outsiders might....

Why is there so little interest about a political solution among the people throughout the country? How is it that the....

The latest budget is out, and the electronic media is going full-throttle interviewing the ‘man and woman on the street’ to get his....

One of top five bestselling bookings on international affairs this year was Harvard scholar Graham Alison’s book titled, ‘Destined For...

The Associated Press (AP) story on a new set of torture allegations by Tamil asylum seekers come just a month after Lord Michael Naseby presented in the British parliament, the most damning evidence yet, that his government lied, or at the very least

Following Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera’s proposal to impose excise tax based on the volume of alcohol and type of liquor, much has been said and discussed over the media on the relief it provides to the price of soft alcohols like beer

When Donald Trump stretched his hand across our television screens on Sunday to shake the hand of the Philippines’ president, Rodrigo Duterte, and then said he had “a great relationship” with him I felt my gorge contracting. Having

There are important lessons for Sri Lanka’s political leaders from the military Coup de Grace against Zimbabwe’s long-standing President Robert Mugabe who ruled with an iron fist for almost four decades, isolating his country and bringing

On January 1 last year, this column drew attention to what was then a subtle move to formalise a new geopolitical region dominated by an alliance between India and the United States. The backdrop was a nascent cold war between the US and China. 

Much has been said and more talked about Mangala’s maiden budget, the 72nd budget in Independent Ceylon and now Sri Lanka. 

After a long-running wrangling between its main constituent party and the other relatively smaller parties, the main Tamil coalition - the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) - seems to have finally split clearly. 

The UPR was enacted in 2006 by the General Assembly of the UN as a process in which the human rights record of every member state is scrutinized by fellow member states and its adherence to obligations in the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of

Those defeated, sacked from parties and scribes living in comfort in other countries, to which they fled long ago, are included too.

Every country has two Constitutions: a “Legal Constitution” and a “Political Constitution”. To win a referendum and to introduce a new Constitution, Sri Lanka must change both. 

Hypocritic oath, humanity, professionalism all weighed against pecuniary interests leads to conflict of interest, pushing doctors to a catch-22 situation. With little options, naturally they would choose the economic alternative; select the affluen

I do not come to bury Yahapalanaya or to herald the blossoming of the pohottuwa. The Yahapalanists are burying Yahapalanaya and that’s not cause for celebration but lament. As for the fortunes of the pohottuwa, again it appears that the Yahap

Despite regular disputes on policy issues and personal agendas, the National Unity Government’s coalition partners -- the United National Party (UNP) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) -- have little or no option but to stay together. Thi

Law and Order Minister Sagala Ratnayake, in an interview with the Daily Mirror, spoke about the progress of the investigation into various cases and the plans for reforming the police and current politics. Minister Ratnayake, who is also the Chief

The month of November is a gloomy and sombre one in the calendar. It is the start of winter in certain parts of the world with bleak sceneries, dreary days and cold nights. 

Although the news from the Middle East creates an impression of an imminent war, chances are that Iran and Saudi Arabia continuing to play it by proxy until the rookie, the impulsive Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is assured of unlimited mili

Gautam Mody is the General Secretary of the New Trade Union Initiative (NTUI) of India. When still a student he joined the trade union movement inspired by some workers taking over a ?metal factory. 

A public debate has already begun on the proposed new Constitution/Constitutional Amendments. Heated arguments are being carried out on various aspects such as proper place to Buddhism, whether the country should be called Unitary/Orumitta nadu or Un

Prior to the last Presidential Elections in 2015, the Rajapaksa clan tried a fast one. And it backfired. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara, who is more akin to a street thug-clad-in-saffron robes in search of a cause to push his own ego and those of whom he h

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera has opened a Pandora’s Box, while presenting the budget for 2018, by saying that beer is healthier than sweetened soft drinks.

Statement issued by the Expert Committee on Tobacco, Alcohol, and Illicit drugs of the  Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA). SLMA is the national professional medical association which brings together medical practitioners of all grades an