by EVERYMAN Known in ancient times as ‘Kolon Thota’ meaning the port on the river Kelani, Colombo has over the centuries been well known as an...
by Nihal Seneviratne Dingiri Banda Wijeunga (born February 19, 1922), hailing from Pilimatalawe, Udunuwara was one of the most popular politicians at that time. He endeared...
By Uditha Devapriya For many of us, the only hope for the country lies in getting out of the country. This is by no means a...
Dr. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA The newly gazetted Emergency Regulations regarding essential services isn’t a simple replay of the same old script. It cannot be that this regime...
A crucial difference between Bonapartism and fascism is that the one responds to the public and the other regiments it. Bonapartism can deteriorate into fascism, as...
by Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka In an address to the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, Prof Neelika Malavige, member of the WHO-Sri Lanka convened Panel of Experts, disclosed...
It’s a sign of the basic humanism in Lankans that, regardless of whatever ideology or credentials they held, we speak well of the dead. Judging by...
The government has given the Left a chance to reorganise. I don’t mean the Left of the LSSP, the Communist Party, the JVP, the FSP, or...
DR. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA In April 1978 in Afghanistan, a pro-Soviet Communist Party effected a revolutionary seizure of power for the first time since world communism suffered...
By Saman Indrajith Former Health Minister and senior SJB politician Dr Rajitha Senaratne says that the government’s crisis calendar is overflowing. Teachers and principals are on...