US Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris’s Key Sri Lankan Tamil Aide

An overwhelming feeling of relief has descended upon the world-not merely the US- after the Presidential elections of the United States of America ended.

How can we stem the spread of the Coronavirus in prisons?

According to media reports, as at 10 November 2020, 109 prisoners and two officers have tested positive for COVID-19 at Welikada, Bogambara and Matara prisons.

Biden ushers in a time to heal and revive America’s soul

The white House has virtually been turned into a white-washed sepulchre with the defeated President Donald Trump refusing to concede defeat as traditionally done in the United States which is considered by the free world as a model democracy with checks and balances.

‘Brewing tea’ during the pandemic - EDITORIAL

The COVID-19 pandemic serves us with a wake-up call. How? It teaches us that we have to save up for harder times.

US Republican Party’s soul in danger as Trump plays last card

What has happened to the Republican Party? Picking Donald Trump in 2016 as the Republican candidate, giving him victory in primary after primary.....

Burial or cremation: Where is the experts’ opinion?

The issue of burial of bodies of people who had died of COVID-19 has again surfaced with unconfirmed reports to say that the Cabinet has approved the burial....

The 19th, 20th and Judicial appointments

Draconian. Dictatorial. Authoritarian. Hitler-like. These are the words that were used when Gotabaya Rajapaksa first announced the decision to contest, throughout the election campaign and even now, as he approaches one year in office.

COVID-19 is refusing to go, so is Donald Trump

It is no secret that this incarnation of the COVID-19 pandemic is spreading even more rapidly across the country and according to the research carried out by scientists at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, this strain is more virulent than the one that invaded the country in early March.

Don favours MMPR system for new Constitution

The 20th Amendment that was incorporated into the constitution is now operational. The Parliamentary Council which replaced the previous Constitutional Council is now in place. Now, the experts’ committee appointed to work out a totally new constitution has gotten down to business. The evolution of a new electoral system in place of the present proportional representation system as part of the new constitution is being discussed. The Government a

Sri Lanka can take a cue from its last leader

There are many people who praise President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s efforts taken to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. There are also those who dislike his approach to settling some of the country’s issues; a good example is backing of the 20th Amendment.

Agriculture Minister speaks of“Vegetable Mafia” - EDITORIAL

Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage who was in Nuwara Eliya on Sunday to get first-hand knowledge on the plight of vegetable farmers during COVID-19....

US Presidential Election Result: When will Trump stop? Never!

Court cases are not something new to Donald Trump. From the inheritance case that he fought for his father’s property, to countless business.....

Shattering the glass ceiling, Kamala Harris style

It’s champagne time in the United States. Some 231 years after the founding of the US, the world’s most powerful country has c

SL could look forward to fruitful ties with US under Biden

Going by the policy pronouncements made by the US President-elect Joe Biden during the poll campaign, it seems that Sri Lanka can hope for better understanding from, and fruitful bilateral cooperation with, the Biden Administration when i

Biden faces old problems and new challenges

Joe Biden will assume office as the 46th President of USA on January 20, 2021. He defeated the incumbent Donald Trump in a bitterly fought contest. Biden polled 75.2m (50.7%) votes and has secured 290 of the 538 electoral c

Regime change in the US: Who gains? - EDITORIAL

In the early hours of Sunday (November 8) morning, CNN announced the projected victory of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States.

‘Pandemoniac’ Yankees; Lost in an Archaic E-College

Pandemic deaths averaged 1200 with over 120,000 new cases added each day, while election hanged on swing states for four days.

How the SLAF killed the LTTE’s “Smiling Cobra” in an air strike

More than eleven years have passed since the war between the Sri Lankan Armed Forces and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) organisation concluded.

COVID-19: Responsibility left with the people

In the first seven months between March 11 and October 4 Sri Lanka saw only around 3500 coronavirus infected people out of whom 13 died. But, for the past one month since October 4 the number of infected persons has surged by over 9,000, bringing the total close to 13,000, while the death toll dreadfully rose up to 29.

Biden will turn the catastrophe into a blessing

America’s coloured people like the famous “Old black Joe” who picked cotton for centuries, yesterday were given the blessing and Beatitude virtues of picking the most powerful man in the United states if not the world.

Muslims love a peaceful existence - EDITORIAL

There is much hate against the Muslims the world over and even those practising the faith preached by Prophet Mohammad in Sri Lanka wouldn’t tend to think otherwise.

Is can’t-lose Trump trying to subvert democracy?

What is separating United States President and Republican candidate Donald Trump and the much fought for second presidential term....

A new constitution, seriously?

Crisis. This is interestingly a word that at some level warms the cockles of a politician’s heart. Governments can point to calamities and pooh-pooh demands to address issues that have plagued society for a long time. They provide ammunition to the opposition, even one which is weak, clueless and indeed precipitated the issues that are marked ‘Of overriding importance.’

Being socially responsible and protecting each other

It is getting to be too difficult to keep pace with the rapidly-spreading COVID-19, mainly in the Colombo District, which Army Commander Shavendra Silva, who Heads the National Operation Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO), has described as the hotbed of the infection.

Different implications of U.S. electoral outcome on SL

Presidential Elections in the United States (US) generate interest from the world over. Americans went to polls on November 3 in record numbers, according to the foreign media, braving the pandemic.

A sick mentality worse than COVID

Leave the dangers of COVID-19 alone the mentality of Sri Lankans in how they set about dealing with this pandemic isn’t very healthy.

United States’ Presidential Elections 2020 - EDITORIAL

Yesterday, 3 November 2020, Americans went to the polls. They began voting for their next president. Americans have a choice between Donald Trump....

Public trust a must for effective contact tracing

Looking at Sri Lanka while stuck somewhere thousands of miles far off has always given me a sense of living in two parallel universes.

Pompeo’s visit and issues beyond MCC

Visits from US Secretaries of State to Sri Lanka are rare. In the past seventy two years there have been only four visits - 1956, 1972, 2005 and 2015....

WHAT IS BEAUTY?

Beauty has varied throughout time, various cultures and the vast different perceptions of the universe have applied varied connotations and perceptions to Beauty.