On November 28, Prof. Marc Lamont Hill of Temple University delivered a speech at the United Nations International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. It is reported that he used the phrase ‘from the river to the sea,’ in his speech. T

Member of Parliament Ms Diana Gamage is often accused of making outrageous suggestions regarding ways and means through which Sri Lanka can raise foreign exchange...

Last week, a wildcat trade union action by the locomotive drivers cost the lives of two commuters and inconvenienced hundreds of thousands of others. A young man who rode on the roof was killed....

Although it is raining heavily in most parts of Sri Lanka these days, there are still many districts that have not received any rain. Ampara district is one and the locals are awaiting the arrival of rain; hoping....

Several Sri Lankans have immigrated and reached success in their own ways. Roy Ratnavel is one of them. The Sri Lankan born Tamil-Canadian business executive has been featured in the Canadian media for his ‘rags to riches story’ for being an immi

While Sri Lanka is facing an unprecedented issue of brain drain accelerated by the current economic crisis and the resultant political uncertainty, the leaders of the country are announcing plans for establishing more Universities. It can only be

Sam Altman, the founder of OpenAI /ChatGPT3 speaking at a recent US Senate hearing on AI, warned of serious consequences if this technology goes wrong, increasing joblessness, misinformation, and deepfakes impacting democracies among others. These ar

More than a year after the mass protest movement - the Aragalaya ousted Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his .....

Approximately 28% of the population believes Sri Lanka’s ongoing programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will make.....

Modern public transportation in our country dates back to 1902. The first ever car entered our shores, an 8 HP single cylinder....

The IMF is in town for the first review of its programme launched in March 2023. Some Colombo circles worry whether the so-called IMF....

Britain’s Channel 4 TV aired the documentary Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings in its Dispatches programme on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, at 11. 05 p.m.

Can the committee and the PSC carry out investigations with an open mind after having so many theories on the crime having been spread and deeply rooted

America’s famous Nathaniel Adams Coles, known professionally as Nat King Cole, wrote a beautiful song about growing old. It goes like this: “You will never grow old, while there’s love in your heart, time may silver your golden hair, as you dre

Sri Lankans are quick to highlight problems associated with grieving or suffering communities by writing or talking about them in media outlets. But seldom do we see any follow-ups being made on these stories....

A new connectivity plan that might compete with or complement China’s One-Belt-One-Road effort or the Belt-and-Road effort (BRI), depending on how geopolitics play out, emerged on the sidelines....

In the wake of the railway strike, which tragically claimed two lives and inconvenienced thousands of passengers and the public, it is time to reflect on the role of trade unions in our country. The ongoing strike, orchestrated by railway trade union

Sri Lanka is entering into a new, dangerous phase in its economic recovery. Although macroeconomic stabilisation has made progress, financial stabilisation needs immediate attention. The combination of covid-era loans and crisis-era loans with high-i

Suresh.K.Shah, who heads the State Owned Enterprises Restructuring Unit, in an interview with Daily Mirror, spoke about the progress of the programme to restructure the government entities.

The Channel 4 drama - titled Dispatches is holding our country in thrall. Everybody is talking about it and everybody has...

Channel 4’s latest documentary on the Easter Sunday attack is way too depressing for any Sri Lankan, more so for the survivors ....

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that he would appoint a committee headed by a Supreme Court judge to look into the allegations levelled by Britain’s Channel 4 that the State Intelligence Service Chief Suresh Sallay conspired to engineer the

The Veddas, the original inhabitants of Sri Lanka, were once numerous and lived throughout the island. But they have almost disappeared now, being less than 0.13% of the population according to the last census taken in 2011. Presently, they are confi

The 269 individuals who lost their lives to the Easter Sunday carnage may have never wished for such a brutal end. But their loved ones continue to live with flashbacks of the final memories they shared with the departed. Breaking the silence four ye

Prof. David Capie, an academic from New Zealand specialized in international relations, shared his views in an interview by e-mail with Daily Mirror. He responds to questions on how small nations like Sri Lanka....

The political and bureaucratic system along with society at large and the professionals themselves have a third world mentality and offer and accept third world remuneration/salaries....

Sirisena, Wickremesinghe, and the Rajapaksas are seasoned, shrewd, and occasionally unscrupulous political figures, much like ALL other leaders in the political arena. They are well-informed...

Our prisons are overcrowded. According to the Prisons Department, while the total capacity of our prisons is for 13,241 inmates, the total prison population stood at over 29,000. Almost double the number....

The latest documentary produced by Britain’s controversial Channel 4, Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings- Dispatches was fair enough to quote both the ‘whistleblower’ Asad Moulana and the Head of State Intelligence Service (SIS) Major General Thuan

In Sri Lanka, we have been fortunate to have a tropical climate, and never really faced droughts of the worst order. Technically, what faced, have been extended periods of dry weather.