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Sun, 27 Oct 2024 Today's Paper
Some strange turns of events have been taking place in politics these days. Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has expressed keenness in scrapping the Executive Presidency all of a sudden. He and his loyalists have been arguing against the scrapping
Sri Lanka’s reconciliation efforts are hounded by the ghosts of that arbitrary past, Ranga Jayasuriya claims in his column titled ‘Adm. Karannagoda trial would not satiate LTTErump, but upholds rule of law.’ What is the ‘that’ of the claim?
While deploring the abduction and the killing of the two young Rathgama businessmen – 36-year old Manjula Asela Kumara and 31-year-old Rasin Chinthaka -- allegedly in police custody, today’s editorial also vehemently condemns the custodial deaths
The Government, in the presentation of the 2019 Budget, does not appear to have abandoned its liberal economic policies, but has been cautious enough not to burden people too much in the realisation of its ideals. To cushion the current hardships,
Some say that the Police have gone to the dogs. Without being so harsh, yet being realistic, we would euphemistically admit that some dogs have got in to the Police force. They are wreaking havoc, abusing power, desecrating the hallowed police unifor
South Asia’s ‘super powers’ -- India and Pakistan -- are at their throats once again. Both nations are nuclear powers, which could lead to a miscalculated nuclear war. And once again the flash-point is Kashmir, with both countries claiming sole
The government-led initiative to introduce a new constitution is being met with wide and conflicting reactions from civil society. Those opposing warn a de facto federalist structure of Government, while advocators insist that it fulfills a long-felt
Sri Lanka remains a concerned nation these days due to the simmering tensions between India and Pakistan and the upcoming scheduled visit to Geneva where the island’s government representatives have to show progress in adopting human rights resolut
From what we read in every religious book and on the Internet, the extinction of the world is drawing nigh!!! Niall McCarthy on the Internet says “Massive Insect decline threatens Collapse of Nature!!!’ According to the first global scientific r
Global considerations are ever present. A trend towards nationalism in Europe and the United States of America is visible. Narrow-minded politicians are busy making more and more promises to gullible constituents expecting that they would, at least i
The subject of Devolution of Power has come to the fore again. It has been reported that a committee has been appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena to formulate a new set of proposals on the devolution of power to replace the current Provincial
Sri Lanka’s effort to find a closure to the victims of the protracted terrorist war is obstructed by two ideological extremes, each feeding into the agenda of the other. On one extreme end of the scale, Sinhala ultra-nationalists and electoral calc
“ I take a glass of arrack every day” “I take a 1/4 a bottle of arrack once in a month” “Taking a glass of wine at the end of the day relaxes me”
Following the deadly suicide attack on a convoy of Indian buses carrying paramilitary personnel in Pulwama (Kashmir) on February 14, and the air strikes carried out by India and Pakistan on February 26 and 27, key players in the international scene a
Most Sri Lankans consider themselves fortunate to be living in a country with more or less the same climate throughout the year. Snowstorms and volcanoes have not bothered us so far. Yet, heavy rainfall, floods and long droughts are frequent occurren
Leading to this year’s International Women’s Day, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) together with the government authorities and Colombo Municipal Council launched an audio-visual installation to encourage the public to speak up, intervene a
Colvin was only 27 years old when he researched and presented to the London University ‘Ceylon under the British Occupation’ his thesis ; It proposed the position he was designed to take against British colonialism and its rule when he was back..
The decomposed body of a 32-year old RTI activist who went missing in January was found in Pune, a city in the Indian State of Maharashtra early February. Such is the plight of a movement that was initiated to transfer power into the hands of the peo
The second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, -- both of whom at one time insultingly described each other as a ‘little rocket man’ and ‘a mentally deranged US dotard’...
A recent article on tuk-tuks (three wheelers doubling as low-level taxis), claimed there was a registered population of two million. Tuk-tuks, starting life as disdained, mechanical bone shakers, rapidly metatasised into every village.
His Royal Highness, the Duke of Cambridge KG GT, more familiar to us as Prince William, from Kensington Palace eulogizing on the Royal Air Force (RAF) Centenary, drawing attention to his great grandfather, His Majesty King George VI (then Prince Albe
Not only in sustainable economic development, but also in religion, highest priority is being given to the battle against global warming and climate change with its catastrophic consequences including the unbalancing of the delicate balance in the ea
Kim Jong-un, paramount leader of the North Korean dictatorship, is in Vietnam ready to meet President Donald Trump.
Harim Peiris, in an article on Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s presidential ambitions (“Sinhala nationalist critique of democracy – a mistake”), conflates the man’s candidacy with what he refers to as “the new Sinhala nationalist political project
The Daily Mirror on 12 February 2019 carried an interview with Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, who believes he is the ideal candidate for the next Presidential Election. He is being paraded by a few ex-military officers....
The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) showed its grave concerns about the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan and called for the two neighbouring nations to act in a manner that ensures security, peace and stability in the entire region.
It is the time of the year when nations convene in Geneva to assess the world’s human rights situation. Can a nation escape scrutiny by saying “the rules of fair play do not apply in love and war”?
Despite the winds of adversity raging within the precincts of Parliament over the shocking allegations made by United National Party (UNP) member and State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake that some parliamentarians including ministers are known to be usin
Once it appeared to be an arduous task for President Maithripala Sirisena to clinch the presidential candidacy. Sirisena apparently took an interest in getting the present executive presidential system scrapped –that
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