The literally glittering and visually dazzling Imperial State Crown with nearly 3,000 diamonds and gems set into its platinum frame– [a blue sapphire weighing 104 carats and is believed to have originated....

For the past few months Sri Lanka has been in an economic and political crisis. In March this year, our country defaulted on its international debts, brought on by the drying up of foreign currency earnings...

On the fateful morning of 16th September 2000, Mohammed Hussein Muhammad Ashraff(MHM Ashraff) boarded a Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Mi-17 helicopter at the Police grounds in Bambalapitiya.

Four international human rights organizations - Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and International Commission of Jurists –

In most countries including Sri Lanka, older people are often marginalised and their views are not taken seriously.

Sri Lanka is a country which doesn’t support agitations and protests by the public. Thus the lawmakers of the country don’t lay.....

Sri Lanka is being once again pilloried at the United Nations Human Rights Council for alleged war crimes during the last stages....

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) came out with a bang when it was formed and eventually grabbed power. However, the alliance recently.....

Parliamentarians—so-called supreme legislators—wear white, the colour of peace and purity. But how many of them actually behave as such? In November, 2018, Sri Lankans and the whole world witnessed one of the worst and most disgraceful breakdowns

There is no doubt that the economic crisis which Sri Lanka is facing at the moment has become a fully grown political crisis and a humanitarian emergency.

It never rains, but it pours. Since March this year, our country has been going through a period of turmoil. Miles-long queues of vehicles wound their way past petrol sheds.

Being critical of, or any critical analysis of Israeli actions against particular groups by the government of Israel, often leaves the accuser....

It was on October 22 in 1981 in Colombo. I was 22, the youngest of the Sri Lanka Press Corps of around a dozen reporters, who were.....

Litro Gas Lanka is accused of deceiving the World Bank by abusing the funds that were provided to purchase low-cost Liquefied Petroleum....

According to the latest World Bank assessment Sri Lanka ranks fifth among countries with the highest food price inflation. UNESCO recently announced that Sri Lanka has the sixth-highest and second highest rate of malnutrition among children in the wo

President Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed 37 State Ministers on September 8, 2022; 48 days after he appointed his 18-member Cabinet. This probably signifies the end of the hue and cry over the so-called “All-Party Government.” In spite of a

The Queen is dead. With her, the Second Elizabethan era came to an end. During her Seventy years on the throne, the world has changed beyond recognition; she might well have felt as if she had time travelled. A

In Sri Lanka, the suicide rate (which is the number of suicides per 100,000 population) had come down to 14.6 in 2019. But still, it w

On Feb. 5, 1952, in London, King George VI, went hare hunting at his estate and returned to the castle, dined with his wife and Princess Margaret....

When ex-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country and then Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed interim President, it appeared....

Violence breeds violence. Tragically, a once peaceful Sri Lanka has been wrecked and ruined by organised violence or war since the April 1971 insurrection by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). Since independence in 1948,

In spite of any election being not around the corner and some including the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) arguing against holding elections at this juncture citing economic crisis, several political parties and groups are busy forming new

The deepening economic crisis in Sri Lanka is felt mostly by children. This was highlighted recently by an official of the United Nations’ World Food....

Come Sunday, the United States will mark the 21st anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. US President....

September 9 marks five months since the protest campaign to oust the then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa began at Galle Face. Tear gas and water.....

Former parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake was imprisoned for a period of one year and seven months following his remarks on alleged corruption among lawyers. He was released on August 26, 2022,

Sri Lanka, since early this year has run short of most essentials like petrol, gas, electricity, basic food items, medicines and many other necessities.

“The inaugural meeting of the United National Party was held on Friday, September 6, 1946 at 5.00 pm at ‘Palm Court’, Albert Crescent.

The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority said that tourist arrivals had marked an increase from June to July, with 47,293 tourists arriving in Sri Lanka in July.

Recently, I had a long chat with a Sri Lankan colleague whose work I not only admire, but who is also someone with an unblemished....