Diasporas are not a new phenomenon. The Jewish Diaspora is one of the earliest and also the best known. But it is only now that the Diasporas have become a political factor in their host countries and their countries of origin (the Homelands).

During the past few months, the single most talked-about subject in our country has been - whether the country would receive ....

The Live telecast of adjournment debate on the President’s statement on IMF, was different. It signified a paradigm shift in the stance....

Friday, March 24 was the 74th birthday of Ranil Sriyan Wickremesinghe. The Sri Lankan President was born in Colombo on 24 March 1949.

Some of the responses of the ruling parties and some in the Opposition parties on the approval of the bailout package for Sri Lanka by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday were amusing.

The war in Ukraine -Europe’s latest war is into its 365th day. Columnists of major US and European news sites have from time to time expressed surprise that there could be an ongoing war in Europe in this day and age.

The teaching profession is slowly becoming a volatile ground. Teacher protests have continued for years; thus giving all signs that this is a profession where some individuals cannot find satisfaction....

As the Iraq war’s 20th anniversary is marked this week, it is time to take an audit of the evil nature of war. How it all began should be retold....

A group of 84 individuals, civil rights activists, and intellectuals has issued a statement on the political development in the country recently. In particular, they had mentioned the delay in holding....

The Popular St. Francis of Assisi, whose movie “Brother Sun, Sister Moon” turned into one of the best and most loved film ever made,

We are talking here about the energy sector. We are talking about petroleum. About crude oil. Refined petroleum fuels and products.

On March 4 in New York, 200 countries endorsed a UN treaty to protect biodiversity in “seas beyond national jurisdiction” also called the “high seas”. The treaty is described by Carnegie Endowment as the...

The present capacity of our universities is unable to accommodate the numbers of students qualified to enter these hallowed halls of learning. Education Ministry statistics for 2020 revealed as many....

Sri Lanka Railways (SLR) recently announced that with the retirement of train drivers there is a shortage of locomotive engine drivers. As a result SLR had also taken steps to cancel the service of many trains...

“The Principles for which we stand are the principles of fair play and a square deal for every man and every woman...a square deal politically, a square deal in matters social and industrial...

The staff level agreement between Sri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which was arrived at on September 1 last year,

Yesterday was a momentous day! With the International Monetary Fund’s executive board poised to approve the US$ 2.9 billion extended funding facility last night, Sri Lanka’s long march for economic recovery could only now begin.

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on 3rd March issued an interim order to the Finance Secretary and the Attorney General who represent the Finance Minister preventing them from withholding any funds earmarked....

Ukraine is a large producer of corn and barley and the world’s fourth-largest producer of potatoes. They have the ability to meet food requirements for 600 million humans; hence it is called the “Bread Basket.” The ill-fated....

Two days ago, former US President Trump announced, that he would be arrested on Tuesday and called on his supporters to launch mass protests. The former president had already announced his....

Growing up in Colombo, I was first exposed to the transgender community as a university student. I would return home every Summer and spend two glorious months in the island before returning to London.

Sri Lanka is presently experiencing a tremendous economic crisis. Several knowledgeable persons describe the current period as the worst-ever phase in the Island nation’s 75-year post-Independence history.

Wednesday’s trade union action was different from the ones the same unions launched on March 1.

At one time you would say Sri Lanka had the highest literacy rate in South Asia. Thanks to the hard work by farsighted free thinkers like C. W. W. Kannangara who introduced free education. Influenced by the Western education system, patriotic leaders

These are days where Sri Lankans are sinking into the possibility that LG Polls would not be held after all. This government- unelected by the citizens of the country –doesn’t have to please....

March 15 came and went. None celebrated the Ides of March. Also on March 15, the first-ever United Nations Day to combat Islamophobia, too, came and went. There was very little awareness campaign....

The Debt Digest by Verité Research provides analytical commentary on the latest developments in Sri Lanka’s debt crisis.

Due to the unprecedented increase in the cost of living and related problems, most of Sri Lanka’s people are obviously unhappy.

Whether the country is reeling from an economic crisis or not Sri Lankans once in every few years witness a trend among some sections of the society taking drastic decisions to ruin their own life and....

We get so mired in our own problems that we forget how troubled the outside world is. Not that it’s any comfort. The problem is that, while the epicenters of violence which threaten world stability, such as...