By Uthpala Wijesuriya It was a quiet evening. I was alone at home, lying on the couch and watching TV. Suddenly the phone rang. I ran...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power (NPP), a leftist coalition led by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), recently visited India at the invitation of...
by HUGH KARUNANAYAKE The commercial sector in Sri Lanka, long regarded as the engine that pushed economic growth in the island, was almost up to the...
Administration has moved to stifle criticism with a draft of new, repressive laws by Meenakshi Ganguly Deputy Asia Director (Human Rights Watch) Sri Lanka is still...
A WELL-MEANING, ELDERLY 81-YEAR-OLD MAN OR A 77-YEAR-OLD CONVICTED RAPIST FACING 91 FELONIES? by Vijaya Chandrasoma The presidential election in November pits the oldest man ever...
Addresss on the twin launch of books on father and son by Prof. Savitri Goonesekere The first edition of the book “My Diplomat,”authored by Ms Sivanandini...
By A. K. MERCHANT In a voice choked with sadness and emotion, two hours after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi on 30 January 1948, Pt. Jawaharlal...
By Nimali Liyanage B.Sc. Accountancy (Sp.), FCA The broadening of the tax net and the removal of the Value Added Tax (VAT) exemptions have had a...
Nothing seems to have changed for the better in the isle we struggle to exist in. Prices of all goods are very high; even middle-class families...
By Uditha Devapriya Commissioned in 1939 and completed a year later, the murals at Gotami Viharaya in Borella represent a high point of 20th century Buddhist...