Youth, across continents and throughout history, more than any other segment of the population, believe that change and in particular systemic change is not only desirable but possible.  They have the idealism, the energy and the belief in quant

Any discussion on claims which contain words such as ‘traditional’ or ‘historical’ can make sense only if assertions are backed by facts and not by myths. They should be buttressed by a corpus of evidence that are coherent a

When an historic Obama Presidency took control of Washington in early 2009, there was a wide expectation that the new administration would rectify one of the Bush administration’s greatest moral failings – its use of torture......

Despite the promises of large-scale Foreign Direct Investments-many have promised but few have come- Sri Lanka is facing a major economic crisis over the repayment of foreign and domestic loans, most of them obtained on high commercial interest rates

I would like to join Dr. Harini Amarasuriya’seffort to broaden the debate on private university education in Sri Lanka......

A crisis of sorts has emerged with the BASL elections, which are now due, having to be postponed ?on account of the JSA refusing to act as presiding officers.......

In a free society, the ‘vision thing’ is left to private individuals; civil servants are kept on a tight leash, because free people understand that a ‘visionary’ bureaucrat is a voracious one and that the grander the governmen

Nine years later, in two separate incidents five army personnel were arrested during the past few days for the inhuman assault on....

A few years back under the former regime, it was not a nice spectacle when slum dwellers in Colombo were evicted by gun-toting...

On November 29, 1947, in its collective wisdom, the UN General Assembly via Resolution 181 planned the carving up.....

Gauthama Buddha not only accepted an invitation for alms by  Ambapali, but acknowledged a donation of ashram by the lady sex-worker.....

Monday, February 20 is World Day of Social Justice on the theme, ‘Preventing Conflict and Sustaining Peace Through Decent Work’. 

Reporting on President Donald Trump’s new energy policy which plans for a big increase in domestically produced oil and gas, the Financial Times reported yesterday:

As part of the all-inclusive and eco-friendly development strategy, the National Government has also launched a mission for .....

Kim Jong-un has some guts. The North Korean leader’s foolhardiness apparently knows no bounds. Though baby faced, he....

Amid a simmering crisis over the recognition of medical degrees offered by South Asia Institute of Technology and Medicine.....

“Yes, it is true that there is rampant corruption in the Government even now as we inherited a corrupt system from the last administration and practices of that regime were yet there,” Minister for Strategic Development & Internatio

The astounding rapidity in the turn of events taking place in the southern Indian State of Tamil Nadu after the death of the State’s Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jeyaram does not allow anybody to surmise as to what is going to happen next. 

Leading medical teacher Dr. Channa Jayasumana, attached to Rajarata University who has done extensive studies about history, says the Sinhalese protected Theravada Buddhism more than anyone. In an interview with the Daily Mirror, Dr. Jayasumana sai

In the backdrop of the ongoing Constitution-making process, civil society activist Sudarshana Gunawardane, who advocates pluralism and multiculturalism, says such concepts will not harm the entrenched traditions of the country. Mr. Gunawardane, who

When the Government’s staunchest apologists voice disappointment it is a sure sign that things are more than ‘pretty bad’. According to one yahapalanist, the public perception is that the Government has not (cannot?) ....

Coinciding with Independence Day on February 4, instead of only impressive talks and military parades, Sri Lanka also had the privilege of the historic Right to Information Act coming into operation -- guaranteeing to the people their fundamental r

Mangala Samaraweera announced to the Foreign Correspondents Association last Tuesday evening that the government had decided that it was “worth the risk” to go for a referendum on a new Constitution. Lakshman Kiriella reiterated this in P

Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has presented its third interim report to Parliament on February 8, which pinpointed Rs. 110 billion losses incurred to the State from 15 State institutions......

Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, the Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is an expert in governance and peace. He has submitted research papers on the subjects in international.......

There was this rather intriguing article in Forbes, which read as:  “After claiming South China Sea to be its own sea, telling America to stay off its islands, China is reaching for the Indian Ocean, telling India to stay off its own colon

Donors said yesterday they would be forced to withdraw tens of millions of rupees if the Health Ministry went ahead with the plan to transfer the Vision 2020 Social Justice Unit to the College of Ophthalmologists.

Minister of Science, Technology and Research Susil Premajayantha in an interview with the Dailymirror said that it would be ill-advised for the government to go for a referendum at this time. He said his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) was o

The UN report published on Friday January 28 describing a ‘culture of torture’ in this county has been described as a....

The South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine or SAITM –Sri Lanka’s only private university with a licensce....