Decent Lanka 2015, a civic organisation has sent the following statement on the tragedy that took place on Friday, April 14 night, in which 26 residents were killed.....    

Since of late, there seems to be a spate of interest in our Prime Minister. Often referred to as Ranil, instead of Prime Minister, he has managed to draw unusual attention to himself; by the nineteen eighties he had already become the darling of the

Aged old boys – Ranil and Mahinda need each other to keep both politically afloat. If one is to win, is it due to the unpopularity of the other? Votes come less from the dwindling party cadres: others think twice before they vote? .....

With the United States dropping the biggest ever 21,600-pound non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan a week after 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired at a Syrian Air Force base, the world appears to be on the brink of an Apocalypse with nuclear war drums

Ananda College, named after the principal disciple of Siddhartha Gautama the Buddha is, more often than not, revered for her celebrated contributions to the revival of traditional Buddhist education, reckoned for her distinct accomplishments in non-a

The Meethotamulla residents who filed a fundamental rights petition last year stating that there were individuals and companies who were interested in purchasing the garbage for re-cycling at their own cost without harming the environment.

In September 2015, countries gathered to agree on certain goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda. All countries therefore, are supposed to implement the Sustainable Deve

The collapse of the Meethotamulla garbage dump on Sinhala and Hindu New Year day on which Good Friday also fell was not a natural disaster, nor was it something unexpected. What neither the people nor the authorities knew was the date and the time of

Since independence, Sri Lanka has never planned for a long term. In that pervasive sense of short-termism, garbage was the least of the problems, as long as it could be dumped somewhere. One of those mammoth garbage mountains collapsed on the Av

The Choir of St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa, presents An Evening of Easter Reflection in Music titled ‘Because He Lives, Hallelujah’ at the college chapel on April 22 (Saturday) at 6.30 p.m.    A strong combination of a

As Sri Lankan’s enjoyed the festive season last week, from policy makers to media personalities voicing thoughts of optimism, about....

A house to shelter from the heat and rain and work for sustenance are two basic demands of resettling communities. Not only.....

If a country is not able to manage its own garbage, that creates serious questions about its citizens’ discipline, respect for natural...

The National New Year’s day and Good Friday Meethotamulla mayhem or massacre reminds us of callous disregard or irresponsibility....

Dudley Senanayake’s 44th Death Anniversary falls on 13th April 2017, which signifies the dawn of a New Year, though popularly....

There’s sabre-rattling in Washington. There’s sabre-rattling in Moscow. Tit-for-tat talk. Rattle-for-rattle. Neither the USA....

One of history’s great lessons is that there is power in unity -- the power to face any personal crisis, social or national....

Rohana Wijeweera was a remarkable man. At the height of the cold war in the international arena, when the United States of America....

We got Independence from the British in 1948. I vaguely recall as a tiny tot, when my late father was reading a newspaper....

Recently the government sought Parliament approval for spending a total of Rs.288.2 million in order to purchase vehicles....

Prime Minister Wickremesinghe is about to give Trincomalee to the Indians. According to the Political Column of a respected.....

Today is the International Day of Human Space Flight celebrating the beginning of the space era for the people. The United Nations....

Sanjeewa Pushpakumara, in a Facebook tribute posted the other day, made the following observation: “Vasantha Obeyesekere tharamata....

Forty six years ago on April 5, the JVP launched its first rebellion, which was quickly extinguished though at a hefty cost of....

Those who continue to agitate against the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) in the name of free....

There are many who foresee an explosion of the government close at hand. In this interview, the Minister of Megalopolis and Western Province Patalie Champika Ranawaka deals with this matter and other allied crucial subjects.  

On Thursday, US President Donald Trump ordered US warships in the Persian Gulf to launch 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at a scarcely used Syrian airbase in Idlib from which Syrian warplanes purportedly carried out chemical attacks which killed number

Last week’s main international story should have been the most anticipated meeting of the two global heavy weights, President Trump and President Xi. Many global leaders and analysts were keen to see how the two men both at their zenith of po

These views are aimed at addressing public interest issues affecting the socio-economic development of Sri Lanka. Becoming an....

The Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) has put out a paper prepared by its Senior Researcher Andi Schubert....