As Malala Yousafzai, the Swat Valley activist became the co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, there won’t be a better time to talk about Nabila Rehman of Wazirsthan,...

Education was the subject of international attention last week with children’s education activist Malala Yousafzai becoming the youngest person in history to...

Yesterday was World Sight Day and our cartoonist Awantha Artigala showed that a picture or a cartoon...

With Sri Lanka still embroiled in a crisis over the large-scale import of powdered milk valued at a staggering Rs.140 million a day,...

At a time when the cancer of bribery and corruption has reached the worst proportions, the JVP...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and former South Indian actress Jayalalitha Jayaram has been handed over a four-year simple prison term with an Indian rupee one billion fine for her role in a high-profile corruption case.....

In the aftermath of the Rajapaksa Government’s worst-ever political setback at last Saturday’s elections to the Uva Provincial Council,...

Sri Lanka has come a long way since the war ended in 2009. The country has seen a massive development in its infrastructure which includes highways,..

Matara District United National Party (UNP) parliamentarian Buddika Pathirana last week revealed an important fact about his colleagues, the legislators of Sri Lanka. According to Mr. Pathirana 142 out of the 225 members.......

Significant though somewhat confusing signals came from Saturday’s elections to the Uva Provincial Council--with the UPFA Government closely winning...

Significant though somewhat confusing signals came from Saturday’s elections to the Uva Provincial Council--with the UPFA Government closely winning...

After what most election monitors see as a campaign marred by a relatively high degree of violations, the people of Uva—Sri Lanka’s smallest province...

Imagine a situation where President Mahinda Rajapksa has agreed to take an ice bucket bath or to eat ‘amumiris’ (green chillies) before TV cameras after...

Sri Lanka today proudly celebrates the 150th birth anniversary of Anagarika Dharmapala, who played a historical  role in the revival of Buddhism not only...