Resurrection and true social progress

What is the deeper meaning of Jesus’s death and resurrection? How does it serve his message? What is the importance of his Gospel message for our contemporary world? Is it still relevant?

Terrorism Bill: A march forward or backward?

The Bill, if enacted in the current form might become counterproductive to those who vote for it as well.

A geopolitical shift, the US and the West - EDITORIAL

French President Macron is presently on a visit to China. IMF Chief von der Leyen too will be in that country. Speaking in Brussels last week Ms vonder Leyen publicly criticised China’s ‘no limits’ ties with....

Anti-terror bill: Who’s terrorising whom

“I am just the average American citizen, formerly a housewife, now an activist, who cannot stand quietly by while my government enacts and enforces laws that are unfair, unbalanced and just plain....

Sport for peace and development

This is not a sports page, but an editorial comment on the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) on the theme scoring for People and the Planet.

Kanchana Wijesekera and necessary restructuring

A few weeks ago, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) posted a ‘wanted’ advertisement for a Financial Consultant ‘to provide guidance on investment decisions, cash management and day-to-day organizational expenses

Finding Peaceful, Equitable, Sustainable Way Out of Economic Crisis in Sri Lanka

I wish to begin this article with a very broad assertion, namely, Sri Lanka’s present economic crisis is the result of a series of deliberate and short-sighted policy measures taken by post-liberalization regimes since 1977.

a need for non aligned policies

Since his assumption to the office of president, Ranil Wickremesinghe has on numerous occasions referred to Lanka’s strategic location on important trade routes in the Indian Ocean. He has emphasised the need to make maximum use of this position.

Sri Lanka needs a political ceasefire

The headline of this article is not mine; rather, it echoes the collective wish of the majority of Sri Lankans who took the brunt of the economic freefall and who now see, with a sense of relief, that their....

Education is not merely a commodity - EDITORIAL

Leaders of the government since lately have been claiming that Sri Lanka would be an education hub with plans to establish new universities and to upgrade existing universities in a manner that they....

Path to Peace: Building Domestic Mechanism for Criminal Accountability in SL

Sri Lanka’s history of ethnic conflict and insurgencies since gaining independence in 1948 has left a long-lasting impact on the nation, particularly with the Sinhala and Tamil ethnic groups. After a brutal...

Economic, ethnic crises - two peas in a pod - EDITORIAL

The economic crisis and ethnic problem the have for long been fermenting in our country. The issues date back to the time of independence where we received and expected subsidized food....

Hard Questions on Debt Restructuring

Sri Lanka for the first time in its history defaulted on its external debt a year ago on 12 April 2022. As with the large debt overhang of many developing countries – including in particular the few countries....

Versatile and vibrant playback singer TMS

Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin (MK Stalin) the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu State in India, unveiled the name board of a road with a new name on March 24 2023.

Brinkmanship and dangers of an unintentional nuclear war

War mongering and brinkmanship are escalating in the European theatre, where the US and NATO are fighting a proxy war with Russia in Ukraine. On March 14, a US MQ-9 Reaper drone was brought down over the Black Sea by Russian fighter jets, after the drone allegedly violated Russian airspace and carried out its flight with transponders turned off.

The challenges ahead of ruling parties

The Local Government Elections, which were first scheduled to be held on March 9 and then rescheduled for April 25, are destined to be postponed again as the Government seems to be determined not to release funds for it.

Refusing to see positivity in a land sans queues - EDITORIAL

The Sinhala-Tamil New Year is fast approaching and people are having mixed thoughts about how much they should spend on purchases. This is the time to buy garments because by the time April dawns....

China’s soft power behind Iran-Saudi deal; Changes in Middle East geopolitics

Politics is the art of the possible. As long as politics remains, this quotable quote famously uttered by 19th Century German statesman Otto Von Bismarck will also remain. In real politics, nations and politicians....

Improving Lankan women’s access to economic opportunities: The business case

If 2023 is just like any other year, as women’s history month wraps up this Friday, slowly but surely, women’s faces slowly fall off the panels, roundtables, stages and meeting rooms, and everyone’s favourite buzzword, “empowerment” is retired for another year.

Human rights: The way, truth and the light

Today in Sri Lanka, President Ranil Wickremesinghe and the splintered Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) government are trying pull the country out of its worst ever socioeconomic crisis since independence in 1948.

Let’s talk digital hygiene

Rahul Samantha Hettiarachchi, my colleague from the deep south is a bit of cocky character. Abrasive at times, hard to deal with. But he is a heck of a journalist. he is one....

Keep Indian Ocean, a ‘Zone of Peace’ - EDITORIAL

Today once again a repetition of the ‘Cold war’ between the US and Russia is threatening to spill over into a military confrontation in the battlefields of Europe. The epicenter Ukraine – where the US....

English medium education and the hurdles ahead

April 2022 makes me feel proud of Sri Lanka

It was a warm April night. You could say typical, notwithstanding global warming and vagaries of weather. But something exceptional happened.

Quick impressions on post-war development

The recent visit to Jaffna, after several years of forbidden travel due to the pandemic, provided an opportunity to revisit areas of interest and observe the changes, including positive and negative developments, in both the economic and social fronts.

Role of diasporas in the contemporary world

Diasporas are not a new phenomenon. The Jewish Diaspora is one of the earliest and also the best known. But it is only now that the Diasporas have become a political factor in their host countries and their countries of origin (the Homelands).

IMF facility, ethnic harmony and sports diplomacy - EDITORIAL

During the past few months, the single most talked-about subject in our country has been - whether the country would receive ....

71st and 51st Death Anniversaries of Two Greats: Ranil-Rajapaksa or Ranil-Gunawardena?

The Live telecast of adjournment debate on the President’s statement on IMF, was different. It signified a paradigm shift in the stance....

With IMF boost, Ranil will target 2024 Presidential poll

Friday, March 24 was the 74th birthday of Ranil Sriyan Wickremesinghe. The Sri Lankan President was born in Colombo on 24 March 1949.

It’s too early to celebrate

Some of the responses of the ruling parties and some in the Opposition parties on the approval of the bailout package for Sri Lanka by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday were amusing.