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Sat, 19 Oct 2024 Today's Paper
Media reported that the Office on the Missing Persons (OMP) is to resolve the issue of people who had disappeared during the war between the armed forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) within the next six months.
Just last year we were in the midst of a financial crisis. Our government ran out of foreign currency and was unable to repay its international debts. The Government declared the country bankrupt and we as a nation had to put up with the indignity of
Sri Lanka values its next generation and that’s why parents will go to any extent to spend on their education. Much of this education will happen abroad and will be termed as higher education. There will....
Is the BRICS, a group of five emerging economies, falling apart or strengthening its position as a potential challenger to the G7, the Western-led alliance of the world’s most developed ....
President’s speech to the Parliament is to be understood correctly. He keeps telling about the decentralization of powers through Provincial Councils (PCs). However, it is to be noted that he refers to TWO types of PC systems which are structurally
Democracy is not a joke but a witty writer—later identified as Dr.Riley Fernando—buried a famous obituary in the state-run “Daily News” after the Sirimavo Bandaranaike’s United Front coalition government took over the Associated Newspaper C
Since the financial meltdown in 2022, and following the US$2.9 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) reform programme that commenced in late March 2023, our economy has begun to show....
The replacement of Sarath Liyanage, Chairman of SPC, with Dr. Mendis has been likened to changing pillows. However, we emphasize that the real solution lies in adopting the Prof. Bibile Formula...
While revealing that 50,000 acres of paddy lands have been destroyed by the prevailing drought leaving thousands of farmer families destitute, Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said on Sunday that the extension of paddy fields affected might ri
The rallying cry in political circles nowadays is a call for snap elections as if that would produce a magic wand to solve the economic crisis. This coterie of newly minted champions of electoral rights comes in all hues, many of whom do not see eye
The recent statements made by President Ranil Wickremesinghe and those attributed to the leaders of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) make it clear that the 13th Amendment to the constitution (13A) that devol
Our population is ageing and ageing rapidly. Old age is a very sensitive and fragile period in life where elderly people need extra care....
Seemingly isolated incidents are related to larger events which concluded years ago. They concluded, but ...
The conduct and pronouncements of some prominent Sinhala Buddhist monks have in recent times contributed greatly towards the deterioration of inter-ethnic amity and inter-faith relations in this country. It is indeed a matter of grave concern that th
A reminder of the question ‘Which came first: the chicken or the egg The public uprising that shook the country last year was not an event organised by any political party or organization. It was largely a spontaneous response by the people to the
Sri Lanka is going through a prolonged period of dry weather this year. However, this is not the first time such variations in the climate have adversely affected this country. We underwent similar dry spells during the Presidencies of Ms Chandrika K
The youth of Sri Lanka are immensely talented and there are so many television programmes designed especially for them these days. Just consider the talent shows that are conducted for children these....
Adding to the people’s despair in a bankrupt country are regular reports of gun violence. Last Saturday, TV channels and news websites posted CCTV footage of a shooting incident in the Negombo wholesale....
It has been five months since Sri Lanka entered the board-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on its 17th programme. Month-to-month progress has been tracked in the public domain by the IMF Tracker (https://manthri.lk/en/imf_tr
President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Government—while giving priority to debt reduction and the stabilization of the economy—also need to take practical and effective steps for poverty alleviation. Most rich count
Sri Lanka is going through a prolonged period of dry weather this year. However, this is not the first time such variations in the climate have adversely affected this country. The older generation....
It’s tragic that a handful of petty minded patriots have leaped out to vociferously condemn Umara Sinhawansa’s rendition of the National Anthem of Sri Lanka at the IPL opening ceremony held...
Transport, Highways and Mass Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardena has ordered the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB), the island-wide state-owned bus service to disband its Flying Squad and re-establish it within a strong legal framew
Our health system is in a mess. Today there is a serious shortage of drugs at the premier cancer hospital on the island. According to the Maharagama Apeksha Hospital, Paediatric Oncologist Dr Sanjeewa Gunasekera....
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....
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