It’s Bachelet’s hour. That’s Michelle, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The second of her bi-annual Christmas-come-early party in Geneva. Time to get her kicks probably. The grave countenance, deep tone and malice disguised as concern

We begin today’s column with a plea to those who have still not obtained their vaccines to visit one of the vaccination centres and get their jabs as soon as possible. It is one of the most important ways of safeguarding themselves and those they c

As the Sri Lankan Government contends with urgent economic and public health crises, the specter of the 48th session....

What can young people teach us about how to face today’s challenges? Could this summer’s Olympic Games - an event disrupted.....

In a way, it is a stroke of irony that His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, had to end up seeking justice from the international....

Sixty-two years-ago, on September 25, 1959 one of the most controversial and best-known Prime Ministers of this country.....

Amidst issues cropped up due to the COVID-19 pandemic such as the drastic drop in export revenue and collapse of the tourism industry, government is struggling to maintain the smooth supply of essential items to the general public and to

A project by the Ministry of Buddhasasana and Cultural Affairs is budgeted at Rs. 43 million and is expected to be completed by 2022 in two phases

Sri Lanka’s Covid-19 response has been reeking with gaffes, procrastination and miscalculations which effectively saw its initial modest success degenerating into a runaway pandemic. But in one crucial area, the country got it right: V

Many Sri Lankans grumble that their small and powerless country is singled out for trenchant criticism at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) while bigger and more powerful countries with worse records go scot-free. But the truth is t

On September 17, 1951; 70 yrs ago, [date coincided with JR’s 45th birthday], the New York Times covered the proceedings....

Australia was part of the US-led coalition forces that had militarily occupied Afghanistan for nearly two decades. Commencing....

The Tamil National Alliance(TNA) is currently in a state of great turmoil. The current TNA crisis is linked up with the United Nations Human Rights Council(UNHRC) in Geneva. The issue is that of writing letters to the UN Human Rights Commissioner Ms

Climate change consequences are already battering many countries in the world, although they were expected to come in the 2030s.

The two main political parties that ruled the country alternately since Independence, the United National Party (UNP) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) celebrated their 75th and 70th anniversaries respectively, a few days ago. Unfortunately for

I have been greatly troubled by the current Covid situation like everyone else, not merely because of the disruption of the economy....

Deshamanya Marhoom Al Haj Mohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar’s ancestry is traced to Sheik Jamaluddeen-Al-Maghdoomi, an Arab....

Parents are at a loss these days when deciding on whether to curtail the time and data given to kids for online education. This is largely...

Exactly 20 years ago yesterday, Mujahideen leader Ahmad Shah Masoud, popularly known as the Lion of the Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan....

It didn’t take too long for diehard Yahapalanists, who had been gung-ho about what they believed was imminent incarceration of political opponents following the victory of Maithripala Sirisena over Mahinda Rajapaksa in January 2015, to turn their g

Hemmed in by the Covid-19 pandemic, the skyrocketing cost of living, the shortage of essential food items, dwindling foreign reserves and a depreciating rupee,

A controversial new gazette has been issued seeking to employ elephants for work and tourism, which critics argue is a racket disguised as measures to protect Sri Lanka’s elephants.

Two days ago, on September 6, Sri Lanka’s most popular singer and entertainer par excellence – Sunil Perera - leader of the ‘Gypsies’ passed....

Last week I spoke with two trusted colleagues. It felt like I was talking to the same person in time lapse mode. One of them was in Kabul....

The United National Party (UNP), the Sri Lankan Grand Old Party celebrated its 75th anniversary on Sunday (5) via Zoom technology. And the leader of the party and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe put forward his parties “Greater

The outpouring of tributes to Mangala Samaraweera, after his untimely passing speak to the respect he commanded both....

With reference to the article of July 27, 2021, as titled above I reiterate the following, for the purpose of clarity. A group of parents....

In a week’s time, the United Nations General Assembly will be holding its 76th sessions. The organization was set upon....