Responding to the passing of the draconian Online Safety Act in the Sri Lankan Parliament last Wednesday, Thyagi Ruwanpathirana, Regional Researcher for South Asia at Amnesty...
Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) last week petitioned the Supreme Court challenging the ‘Microfinance and Credit Regulatory Authority Bill’, stating that it fails to sufficiently address...
( April 4, 1935 – Jan. 18, 2024) Three months ago, I received an email from Dr Raja Bandaranayake stating that he was just diagnosed with...
(Excerpted from Selected Journalism by HAJ Hulugalle) R.E. de Alwis, one of the greatest newspaper men Ceylon has produced, died 25 years ago (when this book...
The Supreme Court last week (23) granted leave to proceed with yet another Fundamental Rights petition filed against Acting Inspector General of Police Deshabandu Tennekoon and...
by HUGH KARUNANAYAKE The Korean boom of 1950/51 which created record disposable incomes within the country, elevated standards of living among those who already enjoyed a...
ECONOMYNEXT –The United States has expressed concern over a controversial law to control online discourse which was passed by parliament amid opposition protests, despite last minute...
There is much hope placed on direct foreign investments (FDI) and tourism, as the sectors most likely to help hoist us out of our current financial...
“The forest is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence that makes no demands for its sustenance and extend generously the products of its activity:...
Overseas news has swamped local news, which latter is invariably depressing and rife with murder, corruption, eternal criticism and conflict, and of course political shenanigans. Sad...