Monday 6th September, 2021 The International Paralympics Committee’s decision to strip Malaysian shot putter, Ziyad Zolkefli, of his gold medal has triggered a social media firestorm....
Many years ago President Ranasinghe Premadasa had a favourite slogan: “Big investor, small producer.” This related to a strategy of helping the rural agricultural community of...
Saturday 4th September, 2021 A Sri Lankan terrorist with ISIS links was shot dead by the New Zealand police, yesterday, while he was carrying out a...
Friday 3rd September, 2021 The prices of all essential commodities have skyrocketed. The government is running around like a headless chicken, having done precious little to...
Thursday 2nd September, 2021 Investigations into three Sri Lankan boats carrying drugs and arms, intercepted in Indian waters, has shed light on an attempt to revive...
Wednesday 1st September, 2021 Children are dying of Covid-19. Hospitals are overflowing with little pandemic victims gasping for oxygen. Schools have remained closed for months,...
Tuesday 31st August, 2021 These troubled times are devoid of anything positive, but some good news came yesterday, from Tokyo, enlivening the depressed Sri Lankans, who...
Monday 30th August, 2021 State Minister of Money and Capital Market and State Enterprise Reforms Ajith Nivard Cabraal has tweeted, drawing everyone’s attention to the adverse...
There is no doubt that many cynics among us thought that the ministers’ gesture of foregoing a month’s salary in the context of the present covid...
Saturday 28th August, 2021 The extension of the countrywide lockdown until 06 Sept. came as no surprise. There was no alternative. The daily count of infections...