Political parties and trade unions in Sri Lanka have been compelled for the third consecutive year to cancel or postpone their May Day.....

The bill presented to parliament to make 18 the eligibility age for voting must be viewed with some caution. To begin with Sri Lanka.....

As India’s Covid tsunami is sending jitters across the world, with television footage showing scenes resembling an Armageddon.....

COVID-19 is showing no signs of going anywhere soon other than to further entrench itself in the country in a more virulent mutation than during its previous incarnations.

Subramanyam Jaishankar, India’s External Affairs Minister, being a politician has made a political statement. He would know, as any Indian politician would, the temper of the Indian voter.

Tremors are hardly news to Sri Lankans. Even if this statement may sound dubious there is nothing to wonder about earth tremors. Sri Lankans have little or no knowledge about earth tremors.

With all hospitals entrusted with the care of Covid-19 patients reaching capacity, Sri Lanka is facing a critical moment of action.

The Eastern coast of Sri Lanka has become the destination of choice for several local and foreign mineral exploration and extraction companies.

What is the difference between a government and a regime? This is not an esoteric question as it might sound, but a matter of whole.....

With the fall of the Soviet bloc in 1991, the US assumed the role of the world’s sole super power and global policeman.

Following the birth of the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1957 and the Association of South East Asian Nations.....

Dr. Punchinilame Meegaswatte, Secretary General of Sri Lanka National Commission for UNESCO (SLNCU), in an interview......

Vimukthi Samaraweera is one of the pioneers of the Expressionist Movement in contemporary modern art in Sri Lanka.....

The epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic is shifting. From China to Europe and now to neighboring India the virus is showing no mercy to its people. In Sri Lanka, even before the Sinhala and Hindu New Year festivities concluded the country exp

The Public Health Inspectors’ Union (PHIU) warned prior to the Sinhala and Hindu New Year of another spike of COVID-19 in the country after the festival, citing the obvious scant regard by the people for health guidelines. Their warning was unh

“I’ve never seen such huge crowds” a jovial Indian Premier Narendra Modi tweeted after witnessing a massive crowd at an election rally in Asansol, West Bengal last Saturday (24), the day country recorded more than 234,000 new Covid-19 cases and

The Port City Commission Bill is a very controversial and sensitive issue in Sri Lanka. The Port City itself faced a lot of criticism from the time the project kicked off. And the former government of President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister

Tarangee Mutucumarana of HYPE SRI LANKA, in discussion with Shanthi Wijesinghe, on the subject of reforming Sri Lanka’s legal system to better respond to the crisis on violence against women and children.

The coronavirus, this time with multiple varients is back and stalking the world. From Japan to India, to the nations in Europe and America, all are falling like dominos to a second wave of the pandemic.

Writing week after week about Coronavirus becomes a drag. There are plenty of issues out there, but the terrifying shadow of the pandemic hangs over everything else.

All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) leader and ex-Cabinet Minister Rishad Bathiudeen is a prominent Sri Lankan politician, who is very often in the news for the wrong reasons.

When I wrote earlier this week about what is expected from our largest opposition party, the SJB, I did so hoping that the party would awake and articulate their vision for Sri Lanka, and their stand on the many gnarly policy decisions that face our

Mosquito-borne diseases achieved greater attention over the last few decades.

Every year as I write commemoration articles on Lalith Athulathmudali, I feel his absence more and more because every year this country appears to be taking many steps backwards.

There have been many challenges this April, but we managed to celebrate New Year (on the 14th) and even have some oil cakes (kevum) on the table despite the crisis associated with coconut oil.

The impression the government had instilled in the minds of the people soon after the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) captured power that the provincial council system....

Over a dozen and a half have apparently petitioned the Supreme Court against the “Colombo Port City (CPC) Commission” Bill, despite the serious time constraints the government....

It was exactly a week ago that Sri Lankans – mainly Sinhala Buddhists and Tamil Hindus celebrated the National New Year in a manner more relaxed than last year at the height of the first phase of the COVID-19....

With the George Floyd case highlighting the appalling status of policing in the United States and prompting the Attorney General to announce a probe to find whether police.....

Even though Sri Lankan waters appear to be calm, geopolitically speaking, the waters are indeed getting rougher by the day. Months after a raging fire....