Chinese President Xi Jinping secured a convention - shattering and unprecedented - though not unexpected- third term at the 20th National People’s Congress that ended on Sunday, elevating him to a status that would even make Mao Zedong envy – and

War, armed struggle or individuals resorting to fisticuffs, as a means to finding solutions to problems, is not an acceptable means of problem....

Mr. Nimal G. Punchihewa, Chairman of the Election Commission stated that according to the Local Authorities Elections Ordinance....

Standing at the checkout counter of the nearby Sathosa store, I heard a woman ask the young cashier about a box full of coupons next....

Port City Colombo is intended to be Sri Lanka’s main centre and portal for foreign investment. Not merely a financial hub, but also....

17 October 1972 was a Tuesday. Fifty years ago on that auspicious day, a new political party was launched in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

One of the world’s greatest statespersons Nelson Mandela has said as long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality exist in our world,

Irrespective of whether the 22nd Amendment to the constitution Bill is passed in Parliament or not,

A large number of people are forced to taste the emptiness of hunger. Some are forced to rob items having great value or engage in petty thefts; all done to earn some dough to have at least one square....

Although children are born innocent, most of them, if they live long till old age, die corrupt. The longer we live the more we become corrupt. Of course, there are exceptions. They are the....

Our country is facing near insurmountable problems at this moment. The country has no liquid cash reserves, fuel supplies have been rationed, and food supplies are out of reach of the poorer section of the community. According to latest figures nearl

Rehabilitation is a word that presumes a previous state of perceived acceptance or agreement. Its etymology is interesting and revealing,

Barrel-shaped Holothuroidea, commonly known as sea cucumbers are part of a larger animal group called echinoderms, which also contains starfish and sea urchins.

Our country is in deep trouble. We have defaulted in repaying our international debts. Have run through reserves in the Central Bank.....

The UNHRC Resolution on Sri Lanka adopted two weeks ago was a stinging rebuke of the Sri Lankan.....

Eric Solheim played a critical role in Sri Lanka as peace negotiator during the civil war. Solheim returned to Sri Lanka at the invitation....

A new anti-corruption law proposed by the Government envisages the creation of an Independent Commission to deal with corruption in the country. Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe had told media that the Bill will be presented i

China’s President Xi Jinping would be anointed for an unprecedented third term at the end of the 20th National People’s Congress that began in Beijing on Sunday. In all substance, that move would take China’s political structure and its govern

This joint Opinion-Editorial is by H.E. Ms Rita Giuliana Mannella, Italian Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, H.E. Denis Chaibi, EU Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, H.E. Holger Seubert, German Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the

While the news is bad from almost everywhere in the world, the return of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brazil to challenge incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro is something to cheer about. Another round

A shortage of 170 drugs was reported from government hospitals recently. Many say that the severe economic crisis is the reason for this shortage. But it was revealed that the drug shortage....

Sri Lanka’s economy is sinking deeper and deeper into an economic depression. The working peoples’ day to day lives are breaking down with food inflation on the order of 80% to 90%. Yet, over the last....

Inflation is the topic at the tip of every Sri Lankan’s tongue these days, given the skyrocketing prices of goods. Making matters worse prices seem to rise from day-to-day. Inflation is the phenomenon....

Ravi Nagahawatte writing under the catchy title, “What does Patali know about politics that Harini doesn’t know?”, [Daily Mirror -14/10] - says, “…. we see two forces....

The National Peace Council (NPC), an independent and non-partisan organization that works towards a negotiated political solution to the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka, has issued a statement....

Well-known Hindi film actor Amitabh Bachchan celebrated his eightieth birthday on October 11. The veteran thespian continues to be active,

Traditionally democracy’s four major pillars have been the executive, the legislature, the judiciary and the free media.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe on October 9 made several suggestions to the country’s electoral system during a meeting with a group of professionals at the Presidential Secretariat.

Sri Lanka is going through great pains to get its economy in order after the country’s lawmakers pulled the island to a state of bankruptcy by obtaining loans which were used on useless projects. The bubble....