Former UNP Minister Harin Fernando publicly declared for the first time that Mahinda Rajapaksa led the country, ignoring all those pundit nay sayers and brought the...
Rural development is the single most powerful lever for inclusive growth in countries where a large share of the population lives outside cities. For Sri Lanka—where...
A collective sigh of despair, And a decrying of blind fate, Escape the lips of visitors, As they bemoan lost lives, And a much loved eatery,...
(Based on a presentation at the “World Philosophy Day” Symposium, University of Peradeniya.) Planet Earth is in peril due to global warming and overconsumption of its...
The US almost succeeded in signing SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement) during the Yahapalana administration, as well as finalising the MCC (Millennium Challenge Corporation) meant to...
Sri Lanka, with its long historical traditions, is home to the practice of many medical systems. Western allopathic medicine is the most widespread and is a...
The planet continues to whimper in pain, It’s down with a fever that’s running high, And blood’s clogging its tender veins, Laying waste its balanced existence,...
Indian National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval recently declared ‘poor governance’ led to uprisings that resulted in change of governments in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s (AKD) second budget speech, delivered on 8 November 2025, painted a clear picture of ‘stabilisation’ in the neoclassical economic sense: “… from...
When many others of his calling, Chose to retire into an eve of ease, Where knowledge-gathering and sharing, Were no longer prioritized or prized, Late Emeritus...