The National Endowment for Vexatious Interference (USA) and its local pawns

Did you just google ‘National Endowment for Vexatious Interference’? If so, you would be disappointed. There’s no such thing.

Right of reply: IN DEFENcE OF THE SJB

Following is an article written by Sri Lankan academic, diplomat and writer Dayan Jayatilleka as a response to an article penned.....

Marching single file in the age of social media

I was just driving out of Kandy on work when I received the first indication of something was not right on April 21, 2019.

Extremism by any other name is putrefying - EDITORIAL

The belief that the use of fear or terror is justifiable tools to achieve political, religious and social change and the use of violence by individuals.....

Badulla district rocked by rice mafia

Medium scale rice mill owners complain that many issues have arisen with regard to the purchase of paddy harvest this season.

Fighting anxiety over new pandemic waves

The wave comes. It crashes on the seashore only to be followed by another. They seem to be never-ending. Has the pandemic come to stay?

Despite mounting deaths due to gun culture, US dithers on gun control

Despite mounting deaths due to the licentious use of the gun, the United States continues to dither on gun control. After eight people were killed by a 19 year old male in Indianapolis last week, all that President Joe Biden said was that the incident was a “national embarrassment”. He did ask Senate Republicans to help pass a gun control bill already cleared

Right of reply Geneva -the misconceptions Response to ‘Sri Lanka’s Last Hope’

We never had an ethnic civil war in our country. It was not a fight between Sinhalese and Tamils

“We are just giving it away for Yuan” SLPP Parliamentarian Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe

The basic idea is to safeguard the nation. We are doing politics not for our personal benefit

SJB: Fast asleep or a sleeping giant?

Bhagya Abeyratne became a household name overnight when she spoke with passion and sincere devastation about the destruction....

Mood of the country has changed it’s grim

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world early last year, the corporate world discovered a new golden rule – work from home.

Shocks, Accumulation and Women’s Livelihoods

Visiting a small village in Mannar, I was awed by the vibrancy of the Thrift and Credit Co-operative Society....

USA is ‘leaving’ Afghanistan - EDITORIAL

Twenty years after the US commenced its military operations in Afghanistan in response to the terrorist attacks carried out by AL-Qaeda....

‘What’s in a Name?’ Cardinal’s ‘Compassionate’ Ultimatum!

Less than 48 hours remain for the government to meet the ultimatum set by Archbishop His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith....

Security Threats Faced by TNA Jaffna District MP Sumanthiran

Two days before the advent of the “Pilava” April New Year on April 12, Colombo Chief Magistrate Buddhika Sri Ragala released 11 suspects who had been in custody for two years since early 2019.

Cinnamon cigarette - a gateway drug to other hard drugs

The Act of the National Authority on Tobacco & Alcohol (NATA) 27 of 2006, Clause No. 38.2 states that: “A person shall not manufacture or import for sale, or distribute free of charge, any article which is not a tobacco product having the appearance of a tobacco product.” Therefore, manufacturing of cinnamon cigarettes and launching of such product is a violation of the Act.

Let us unite to save Mother Earth

During the past 50 years the world has caused serious degradation to Mother Earth and as the United Nations marks the International Mother Earth Day on April 22 we need to pay attention and take effective action because to the extent we degrade mother earth to that extent we degrade ourselves.

May the New Year bring Peace, Joy & Good Health - EDITORIAL

Sri Lankans – mainly Sinhalese and Tamils celebrated New Year on Wednesday in a more relaxed manner this year when compared with last year, with the COVID-19 pandemic compelling the authorities.....

Israel’s reckless nuclear terrorism: Disarmament the only solution

When Israel last Sunday attacked Iran’s premier nuclear plant, it is not nuclear rivalry. Rather, it is outright nuclear terrorism requiring worldwide condemnation. For, it could have caused a catastrophe killing.....

Govt. should stick to mandate - Udaya Gammanpila

Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila takes questions from the Daily Mirror on internal squabbles of the government and his criticism of certain actions.

National disaster turned into political football

The government seems to be in a fix in meeting the ultimatum thrown by the Archbishop of Colombo, His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith to bring the perpetrators of the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks to justice before April 21.

Strong domestic agricultural policy needed to eliminate waste

Based on an audit conducted by the National Audit Office in 2015, the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) has pointed out last week that about 270,000 metric tons of vegetables and fruits are being wasted annually, according to the news item published by the Parliament’s media division. The COPA also states that the Sri Lankan economy incurred a loss of ar

Growth and decline of Muslims in maritime trade European intolerance and the Muslims’ inability to keep pace with technology caused their downfall

Muslims of Ceylon and peninsular India, who are ethnologically similar, were in the vanguard of maritime trade in South and South East Asia from the 3rd century BC till the emergence of the Portuguese and other European powers in the 16

Covid 19 nights have their Edvard Munch feel

I got into the habit of travelling to work at night during the pandemic. Much of the past year seems to have been spent in lockdown.

Women and Children! A call to protect the unprotected…

Yuri Gagarin, first to see the Earth as a foreign land

“The man who sees his homeland sweet is still a tender beginner; he to whom every soil is seen as his native one is already strong....

Avurudu, World Health Day and suicide bombers - EDITORIAL

Three significant events come together in the month of April. The first is the second anniversary of the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombing.....

Mannar Bishop Rayappu Joseph was the Voice of the Voiceless

The Easter Sunday bombings of April 21, 2019 and its consequences have caused a profound impact on the body politic of Sri Lanka.

The Geneva Fiasco: A Way Forward

I have been commenting on the UNHRC’s actions on Sri Lanka since 2012 and written 3 books on the subject. In 2018, I worked with Sir Geoffrey Nice QC of the U.K. to file an unprecedented “complaint procedures” petition

We cannot buy good health, but it is a valuable savings account

Medical doctors and nutritionists agree that food is an important part of our health. What matters is not how much we eat but more so what we eat and how nutritious it is.