Exploding gas cylinders and household ‘accidents’ - EDITORIAL

During the past two weeks, the country has witnessed around six explosions in households caused by liquid petroleum gas (LPG) as cooking fuel. At least one person has died as a result of exploding....

CEYLONESE HOSPITAL MAP TO REVIVE TOURISM

With new COVID variants being detected, global travel is facing yet another setback. Nevertheless, tourism needs to thrive for island nations like ours to sustain themselves....

Turmoil in Toronto as “Tigers” Target TNA Meeting

Last Saturday (Nov. 20) saw a group of self-styled political activists create a ruckus and disrupt a public meeting in the Scarborough area of Toronto City in Canada.

Ignore the Signals and Head for Disaster

Every year I have been writing articles to mark the birth and death anniversaries of the Late Mr. Athulathmudali to bring to the attention of the public as well as those in governance the skill and competency with which this great man handled any and every situation that was thrust upon him.

Apartheid by any other name is just as bad

The United Nations observes 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, the same date in 1947 on which the UN General Assembly adopted the resolution on the partition of Palestine.

Kandyan armies which kept Europeans at bay for two centuries

The Kandyan Kingdom’s dogged resistance to European invaders from the 17th Century to the second decade of the 19th Century....

US gives fresh assurances to TNA on political  solution 

The US State Department engaged a leading delegation of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) along with the representatives....

Why choose the worst way to reach school? - EDITORIAL

The ferry tragedy in the Kuringankerni Lagoon on Tuesday underscores the fact that some journeys to school in Sri Lanka aren’t....

Tamil Diaspora, Taliban and the Muslim politics

Although the demonstration against the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the disruption of its meeting in Canadian city of Toronto...

Sri Lanka mired in the fertilizer muddle

After a year of unprecedented protests by thousands of farmers camping on the borders of Delhi since last November and after more than a dozen deaths from the heat, cold and COVID, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a surprising announcement said on Friday he would repeal the three controversial farm laws introduced in September last year.

‘One country, one law’ and forgotten manuscripts

One country, one law. Now there’s something that has to prompt wild cheers from so-called liberals (including ardent UNPers, SJBers, not-so-red JVPers, funded-voices, rent-a-protest agitators and other Colombians). They are not cheering.

Let us liberate ourselves to end all forms of slavery - EDITORIAL

The United States’ most respected and greatest President Abraham Lincoln - the man who freed his country from the curse of slavery.....

Two years of presidency

A glorious day passed without much funfair. Two years ago on November 16, 6.9 million Sri Lankan voters elected as their executive....

Traders millers rule the roost in rice mafia

The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) issuing a gazette on September 2 announced that a maximum retail price for rice would.....

Antibiotics are running out: Spread awareness, stop resistance

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when organisms causing infections evolve ways to survive treatments. The term antimicrobials includes antibiotic, antiprotozoal, antiviral and antifungal medicines.

REVERSING CHEMICAL FERTILIZER BAN

There seems to be a huge issue in the process of decision-making by the government, given the reversal of previous decisions one after one. The government had issued several gazette notifications on assigning control prices for rice and sugar, and all of which have by now been withdrawn, leaving the traders to have a field day. Now, the prices of those items together with those of all other food items including the locally grown vegetable are sky

This is no legal budget to vote on

The annual budget for year 2022 presented in parliament on November 12, 2021 by Finance Minister (FM) Basil Rajapaksa was wholly condemned at its second reading by Dr, Harsha de Silva MP based on his economic learning. Young “social activists” were also making fun out of the budget presentation on social media promoting their anti-Rajapaksa m

Rising prices and scarcities spark fears countrywide - EDITORIAL

Prices of food in the country are rising at an alarming rate. A plethora of basic food items such as powdered milk foods – a basic....

Crisis Budget for 2022: Wrong Priorities and Flawed Solutions

Sri Lanka is mired in multiple crises. The country continues to be devastated by the pandemic, crippled by balance of payment problems....

Luck or Destiny; Sirimavo Escapes: Prime Minister and 1962 Coup d’é Tat

“There will be need for a new word; presumably we have to call her Stateswoman”- was the striking headline the ‘Evening News’, London....

MUSLIMS IN POST-WAR SL: REPRESSION, RESISTANCE AND REFORM

Sri Lanka has always been a multiethnic, multi-cultural country and minority communities have always been a part of the nation’s....

FINALLY...CINEMA IS AN INDUSTRY

Finally, Sri Lanka has joined the world of international cinema and accepted the obvious fact that Cinema is an INDUSTRY.

The Sandahiru Seya all set to attract devotees in Anuradhapura

Atamasthana is a common term used by Buddhists in Sri Lanka when they refer to the eight historical places of worship in North Central Town of Anuradhapura.

Autochthonous or Home Grown Constitution

I wish to offer my sincere and heartfelt congratulations to Rev. Fr. J. C. Pieris for his well thought out article, brilliant in its exposition,

Domestic violence against women and girls

During the past 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka, most people have been living in fear but the calamity has had a more devastating effect on vulnerable sections of the population. One of these areas is domestic violence against women.

Hiding behind the virus

Can the main Opposition, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) give an assurance to the country that its demonstrations....

The epic economic fall: Bad policies consequences and sycophantic defence

Bad policies, more often than not, lead to bad outcome. Still, you might get out of the rot with a light touch, before it sets.....

Thoughts on the death penalty in Sri Lanka - EDITORIAL

Sri Lanka is a strange country when its comes to the application of the law. Just the other day we heared of the news that a person....

US in the dock over war crimes cover-up in Syria

Physician, heal thyself: This is often what countries like Sri Lanka accused of violating human rights should tell those countries....

Gepants - the breakthrough medicine for migraine

The migraine headache is known to be the second most disabling medical condition after lower back pain. This disabling headache that keeps you from doing your day-to-day activities,