by Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Sri Lankan voters excel themselves in ‘executioner style’ of voting; getting rid of failed governments with humiliating defeats and installing new governments...
Millions of people are gathering in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh state to participate in the Mahakumbh Mela, the world’s largest gathering...
by Jehan Perera The government has two sets of problems coming from the past, one external to it and the other internal, but both interconnected. The...
Of late, we have had some internationally known acts, of a few decades ago, do their thing in Colombo. The most recent were the Gypsy Kings....
By Shiran Illanperuma Positioned at the geographic and political heart of the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka is the epicentre of the 21st century struggle for regional...
A news report about a proposal to relocate the President’s House and the Prime Minister’s official residence to Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte, gave me the shock of...
She is, indeed, a legendary star, and Lankika Perera’s very first performance in the UK was a huge success. She was featured as a guest artiste...
by Dr. Justice Chandradasa Nanayakkara The word Ahimsa, derived from Sanskrit, means non-harm or non-injury and is often translated into English as non-violence. The dictionary defines...
It looked like an ordinary murder. One hundred years ago on this day – 12 January 1925 – a group of men attacked a couple on...
by Rajan Philips The ideological Left and Right in Sri Lanka have staked out their positions on the country’s perennial rice crisis. In the view of...