The economic downturn that eventually led to the 2022 bankruptcy commenced on August 12, 1953, when the Dudley-JRJ government reversed its policy of sustaining an extensively subsidized rice ration....

Sri Lanka’s finest Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar was assassinated in Colombo by a suspected sniper of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on August 12, 2005.

The 13th Amendment to the Constitution; a subject matter of unending debate for the past thirty-six years since 1987 when the so-called Indo-Lanka Peace Accord that was imposed by India on Sri Lanka was reached. The debate is continuing and seems to

On 10 August the Inter University Students Federation (ISUF) attempted to hold a rally protesting government’s move to grant recognition to the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University and the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine

Sports in Sri Lanka must be protected and nurtured at all costs. This is because sports have given this blessed country and its sportsmen and women numerous opportunities to showcase their talents to the....

To rekindle the devolution-debate fire in a country that has still not come out of the economic bankruptcy may appear to be out of sync. Since devolution of power is linked to political stability, which in turn....

Recently the United Nations marked the International Day of Friendship in a world wreaked and ruined by wars and violence, mainly the bloody conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the crisis in the West African country of Niger where the Presidentia

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has called on all political parties to submit their views on the 13th Amendment. He, more than anyone else, should understand that right now the legitimacy of all political parties (including his) and all politicians (i

Since independence, the Sri Lankan government has implemented a number of welfare state measures, such as subsidizing the costs of food, fuel, transport, providing free education and free health care. These.....

Two weeks back, the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Expansion of higher education issued its report, which anyone who has not defined their whole existence on finding fault with every other government....

The plight of the farmers in the Udawalawe area who have been severely affected by the prevailing drought was the most prominent news item carried in the Sinhala language newspapers yesterday. The water capacity in the Udawalawe Reservoir which is sa

The incidence and nature of suicide in Sri Lanka have varied over time. The cause, frequency and method of suicide have changed with changing conditions. In the last three years (i.e.: 2020,2021 and 2022) 15.6 out of every 100,000 of the populatio

On 5 Saturday August 2023, Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was sentenced to three years in prison on corruption charges and issued his arrest warrant. Imran Khan , a former cricket star who went on to forge a political career, servi

Ukraine has long been known as a world leader in organ trafficking. Scandals involving the illegal removal of organs from corpses began to appear in the late 1990s in the wake of the country’s socioeconomic deterioration. The problem began to mo

While we Lankans are still engrossed in the mispronunciation of a single word in our National Anthem, many earthshaking events.....

One of Sri Lanka’s great achievements beginning in the late colonial period and continuing to this day is its free education....

President Wickremesinghe aims to bolster the nation’s healthcare system by formulating a new Medical Act within six months....

Recently this venerable priest was in the news when he was offloaded from an outgoing flight from Sri Lanka to Singapore. It created....

During bilateral discussions between President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 21, the two sides had agreed to conduct a feasibility study to establish land connectivity between the two countries for developing ac

A journalistic colleague once said, “In politics, nothing ever happens by chance. It’s the art of distraction.” This was brought forcefully to mind a few days ago.

As the month of July has ended, the minds of many a citizen are drawn to the sad events of July 1983. A time the then government permitted thugs and hooligans to attack members of the Tamil community, killing....

School education has changed dramatically over the years and it’s amazing to see old teachers and their old school teaching methods still being in use. The present principal of Royal College R.M.M Ratnayake....

On Sunday, the world will mark the 78th anniversary of one of the worst crimes against humanity: the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, an act that was as cruel as the Holocaust, which ended with Germany’s....

In a recent statement, Sri Lanka’s Export Development Board (EDB) announced plans to secure USD 31.3 billion revenue from total exports (both goods and services) by 2027. The EDB expects to double goods export revenue from 2022’s USD 13.1 bill

In Sri Lanka, despite a multitude of problems, democracy still survives. Traditionally the norms of democracy are the Presidency, Parliament, the Judiciary and the Free Media. For democracy to thrive, the spirit of humanitarianism is also needed.

Having passed the Sri Lanka Education Administrative Service Exam in 1988, Mr. R. M. M. Ratnayake had initially assumed duties as principal of a national school in the Kandy education zone.

A Padayatra ‘Malaiyaha Ezhuchchi Payanam’ commenced its journey on 28th July to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the arrival of Tamils of Indian origin in Sri Lanka. It was organized by the ‘Maanbumigu Malaiyaha Makkal’; a group of Civil

The All-Party Conference on the 13th Amendment convened last week (26) ended in predictable discord, but that was not so much for the hypocrisy of the convener, President Ranil Wickremesinghe, as you might have already heard from a horde of lawmakers

Inflation has dropped to single digits according to the Colombo Consumer Price Index. Hooray! and three cheers to the economic miracle. Our President and his band of economists need to be congratulated for their handling of the economy.

Amal, at different times has been my boss, fellow board member, mentor and most recently, friend. He is one of the handful of people who I can say, has had a significant impact on my life. Although I worked for him for a mere 3 months, his genuine ap