In years, super-power rivalries have intensified. It climaxed with a trade war between the United States and China. The spat between the world powers is playing out in the Indian Ocean region with a particular focus on China’s rise and increased in

School education coming to a standstill in Sri Lanka can be viewed from many angles. The word standstill can be too harsh for people supporting this government. But what other best word can describe a situation where students who are studying are tol

In the wake of an increasing number of prison inmates contracting COVID-19 -- some 1,091 as of yesterday -- was the news of a riot that broke out at the Mahara Prison and the attempts by armed prison guards to quell the riots had left 11 inmates dead

On February 19, 2020, i.e. days before Parliament was dissolved and probably in full cognizance of the impending General Election, a report was released by ‘The Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security,’ appointed following the Easter Su

Thousands of farmers led by their turban clad Punjabi leaders thronged to the borders of India’s capital during the past few days.

The bravado has not died off, not by a bit. In messaging groups proliferated by Sri Lankan journalists and those connected to the media.....

As President Gotabaya Rajapaksa completes his first year in office, the Consumers Affairs Authority (CAA) has issued five gazettes on the sale of rice.

Two important and relevant personalities had expressed concern over the COVID-19 situation in Colombo. The city Mayor Rosy Senanayake in an interview with the Daily Mirror had stated that the situation was serious, pointing out a startling fact that

For the very first time in Sri Lanka, the FactCheck team at Verité Research conducted the inaugural #BudgetCheck2021. The team carried out live fact checking on claims made by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in his 2021 B

Contact tracing due to the COVID- 19 pandemic has led to privacy concerns. While this has become a global concern, unlike other countries, Sri Lanka has no law in place to protect privacy. The Data Protection Bill was presented to the p

The Coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic has, according to the United Nations created the biggest disruption of education systems in history....

The budget comes at a critical time. It is the first budget in the time of the current President and the government that was voted in August 2020....

Once again, emphatic declarations are being made that there are zero risks of new COVID-19 clusters, just as earlier there were declarations.....

The second wave of the Covid 19 is taking its toll on Sri Lanka and Colombo is one of the most affected areas. With the death toll from Colombo....

November 27th 1989 was the day on which the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) first observed its annual “Maaveerar Naal” or Great Heroes Day (GHD). The LTTE and its leader Veluppillai Prabakharan are no more after the military defeat of the

Breaking a glass ceiling was the election of the first coloured American-Indian woman Kamala Harris as the Vice-President of the United States.

Dozens of journalists have been killed, abducted or have disappeared in the past two decades in Sri Lanka, with 2005-2010 being the most dangerous.

Isolate yourself from news about the VIRUS, everything we need to know we already know. Don’t look for additional information on the Internet.....

Had the LTTE been successful in their armed struggle for the creation of a separate Tamil State in the Northern and Eastern Provinces....

More than the COVID-19 related news that surfaces now what people have to deal with is the negativity that impacts our lives.

While President-elect Joe Biden’s team signals a revival of multilateralism in the United States foreign policy and an end to the chaos-ridden international system....

Sri Lanka’s indigenous Adivasi community—the Vedda people—have historically maintained a diet of kurakkan roti and game meat.

Media and the Government often don’t see eye to eye and this is applicable to most countries, be it democratic or not. Sri Lankan media platforms too have faced much censorship while many journalists also fell prey to draconian laws of yesteryear.

It’s a mischievous headline, admittedly. Citizens are not taking the judges to court. And, even if that happened, the simple matter of interest-conflict would force all judges in all courts to recuse themselves from entertaining such a petition.

The COVID-19 pandemic is showing no signs of relenting or loosening its grip on Sri Lanka and is continuing to spread without let or hindrance.

In a country like Sri Lanka the only hope citizens have against surviving the brunt of political power is to have an independent judiciary. Layman might not be highly educated on legal matters, but when a case sees an end the verdict given must look

In light of the recent leopard deaths (11) this year, including that of a black leopard and other snaring incidents which grabbed much media.....

The Covid-19 pandemic is still very much with us and numbers of people continue falling victim to it worldwide. The disease itself - an infectious virus....

According to main stream media networks such as CNN, MSNBC, ABC and newspapers such as Washington Post and New York Times....