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Fri, 25 Oct 2024 Today's Paper
It does not take much persuasion to convince someone that holding a countrywide snap parliamentary polls on the eve of a global Coronavirus pandemic is a dangerous idea. More so when the local health officials advocate social distancing.
Somewhere between Sisila Gini Gani in 1992 and Ira Madiyama in 2005, I grew up. The Premadasa government fell, Chandrika Kumaratunga was sworn in as the new president, and the war, which she had made an integral part of her manifesto, was soon to acc
Most multi-ethnic and multi-religious countries, which had come into existence as a result of the post-World War II de-colonization process, are facing problems of national integration in varying degrees. Pakistan split in 197
The massive spread of Covid 19, has exposed a fatal flaw in the global security architecture. From Wuhan to Los Angeles, the virus has exposed the vulnerabilities of so-called global success stories of controlled political eco....
Ravi Karunanayake’s eldest daughter Onella posted an emotional plea three years ago on Facebook asking why only her father to be blamed “in such a huge Government?” Ravi K while testifying at the PCoI on Bond scam....
Fear and panic are all present the world over. As communities shrink under the weight of the Coronavirus, the global economy is grinding to a halt. What does this time of pandemic mean for our society? How does the process....
COVID 19 or the coronavirus is now in this country. According to latest figures issued by the Ministry of Health the number of patients testing positive for the disease has now risen to 18, with five of this number being returnees from Italy.
“Gedara Hitiya Rosa Kekula Rosa, Rosa” was the opening line of a lilting Baila song in Sinhala that was hugely popular in the seventies of the last century.
More than 100 days since protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, or the CAA began, and weeks after the worst ever communal riots in Delhi since 1984, questions are being raised as to what went wrong. It is quite evident by now that collecti
When we drink a glass of water, write in a notebook, take medicine for an ailment or build a house, we are often not aware of the connection with forests. Yet, these and many other aspects of our lives are linked to forests in one way or another. For
Kalpitiya Peninsula in the Puttalam District is a beautiful stretch of land and rich natural resource. Territorially, it is 40km in length and there are nearly 18,000 families living in the peninsula whose livelihood is fisheries or agriculture.
Although the fatality rate of COVID-19 (initially coronavirus or 2019-nCoV) is far less than that of Ebola which spread in some African countries, the pace in which panic spread about the new disease is far ahead than the virus itself.
The month of April is one of the most important months in the calender year for Sri Lankans, but concerns regarding the Coronavirus (COVID 19) have the potential to spoil the fun and also drive the nation into panic mode.
Senator Bernie Sanders is losing his battle to become the Democratic Party’s candidate who will defeat the reelection bid of erratic and impulsive Donald Trump at the presidential election in November and bring back decency to the office of preside
The COVID-19 crisis has changed for the worse. In February, China was the problem – the rest of the world feared Chinese travelers and hoped to ride out disruptions to China’s economy. Today, the problem is outside China, and the fear in China is
Twenty-year old undergraduate Pasindu Hirushan’s life is in limbo. Like every child studying for the Advanced Level Examination, this boy from St.Peter’s College Udugampola made the grade in collegiate education. However, the brutal ragging cultu
Two important events took centre-stage this week, one being that of the warrants issued by Colombo Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake for the arrest of former finance minister Ravi Karunanayake and nine others
Does withdrawing from Resolution 30/1 demonstrate a rejection of human rights and accountability? Does it indicate total disregard for the UN, UNHRC, UN-member states and the international community?
We are dealing with a government which is boasting about employing people with patriotic feelings. Insiders say that the former military man is hellbent on employing in public service those who were educated either at that leading school in Maradana
A most informative message on my phone started me thinking of how different our country could be if we took examples from some of the other countries in the world, who have made their mark in world history!!! Apparently, the difference between poor a
Recently I was privy to a phone call between a journalist and a newly-minted editor at a government-owned Sinhala newspaper. The conversation dealt with the Right to Information Act (RTI). More precisely its use in a story to gain information.
With Sri Lanka boiling in its hottest temperature and experts warning the heat could rise to as much as 40 degrees Celsius in the coming days or weeks and with the country also running dry in one of our worst ever droughts, we will this month join th
An official attached to the Maskeliya Pradeshiya Sabha who is in charge of environmental issues had said on Sunday that the employees of the Pradeshiya Sabha and the armed forces had collected 1.5 million plastic....
Things cannot get any more ludicrous than this. As the Sri Lankan voters go to vote for a new Parliament on April 25, in little more than six weeks from now, the United National Party is feuding over who will own the party’s symbol.
On April 6, 2014, we won the World T20 beating India in Dhaka. So what we are experiencing today is a very recent development.In the first quarter of 19th century, while Planting Whites introduced Rugby in the highlands, their military counterparts p
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has decided not to accommodate any member of the Buddhist clergy in the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) nomination lists for the upcoming General Elections, according to Minister Keheliya Rambukwella.
When a peace deal is struck between warring factions, it is widely understood that amity has been achieved. However, when key sections of society—in most cases all women—are kept from the negotiating table,
The spread of Coronavirus worldwide has now topped 100,000. In February 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) designated the disease COVID-19 According to latest statistics over 100,000 persons
The tragedy with the UNP isn’t that it is divided; the tragedy is that it seems to be in denial of the fact that it is divided. With the same breath with which he sends dispatches and holds press conferences consoling the minds of UNP voters and re
Government moves to liberalise higher education through setting up ‘free education zones’ and ‘charter universities’ have sparked concern among academics who fear State universities could succumb to market demands and harm free education over
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