US President Donald Trump is back in the White House and is creating a monstrous cacophony of noise. He is so-to-say, upsetting the ‘apple cart of the ordinary man and woman on the street in lands as far away from the US as in little Sri Lanka.
At long last, the political opposition has come together to achieve a lofty national goal! That is to make sure former president Mahinda Rajapaksa continues to reside in his palatial 30,500 square feet mansion in Wijerama Mawatha, paid by public money. The residence, located in a sprawling one-acre plot and valued at Rs. 3 billion has an estimated monthly rental value of Rs. 4.6 million, according to the government’s assessors.
It is my great privilege and honour to have been invited to write this brief critique on the life and mission of Rev. Dr. Harold Peter Francis Panditharatne; a genius philosopher, a master pedagogue and simplicity personified. I began my life in the National Seminary in September 1979, and Fr. Pandith (as we then called him) was my Rector of the National Seminary in Ampitiya. I vividly recall how we went to meet him in his office on arrival. He
With reports indicating the rising prevalence of joint diseases becoming a major public health concern in Sri Lanka, a leading Rheumatologist expressed his thoughts regarding the increase in such diseases among the elderly and those who are susceptible to them.
The “Clean Sri Lanka” project of the National People’s Power (NPP) government led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake covers every aspect of life of Sri Lankans and Sri Lankan society including environment, governance and attitudes of individuals.
Life doesn’t come with a manual, but it does come with its fair share of curveballs. Whether it’s a job loss, a breakup, or just one of those weeks when everything seems to go wrong, the ability to recover and move forward is what keeps us grounded.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s warning last Sunday that the security provided for former President Mahinda Rajapaksa would be removed if the latter grumbled further about his security was unbecoming to his stature and his professed promise to bring in a new political culture.
A plethora of changes are taking place in our land since the presidential election of September 2024 and general election which followed in November 2024. Yet, some things remain unchanged. Our country’s External Debt reached USD 56.6 billion in September 2024, compared with 55.9 USD billion in the previous quarter. This debt has to be paid off. The projected repayments in the period 2021 - 2025 is expected to be USD 4.432 billion. In other words
The podium crowd at the latest US presidential swearing-in ceremony does not bode well for keeping hate, vitriol, and fakes out of the digital information space. The presence of tech bro-billionaires hint at one thing, acquiescence to the new mode of play. And taking stock of what has happened to X (formerly Twitter) since the take-over by the tech-bro-in-Chief, Elon Musk, serves as a harbinger for similar chaos likely to unfold on other platfor
Sri Lanka stands at crossroads in its economic history. Following a series of financial challenges, the country requires a robust and comprehensive policy framework to stimulate recovery and ensure long-term prosperity.
Last week’s historical judgement by the Colombo High Court Judge M. K. M. Patabendige with regard to money laundering, monies specially earned from drug peddling, exposed a massive scale drug mafia which had been operating despite many security units claiming to be on alert and fighting day and night combat such illegal activities.
Journalist Victor Ivan is perhaps one of the greatest examples of a person braving all odds and a partial disability to achieve lofty goals and most importantly leave an indelible mark in his chosen profession, the field of media.
Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) MP Palani Digambaram, spoke to Daily Mirror regarding the current political developments and stressed that both Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and United National Party (UNP) should get into an electoral pact.
On Monday, the United States of America swore in as its 47th president, Donald J Trump, a convicted felon who made a remarkable comeback, ditching jail time by virtue of getting elected to the highest office of the most powerful democracy in the world.
Paddy cultivation in the country is a peasant industry with no corporate bodies involved unlike in tea. The paddy lands are essentially family-owned or by a small group of farmers. This background taken together with the fact there is no agricultural banks in the country leave a massive vacuum in financing paddy cultivation which is eagerly filled in by the big-time rice millers.
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