Referring to the recent globally televised BBC talk show HARDtalk with Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, The Manila Times states today that “this particular edition of HARDtalk was undoubtedly game, set and match to him (Sackur). And TV viewers worldwide could attest to that!” ....

By C. A. Chandraprema It was the other day that the BBC aired the full version of the Hard Talk interview with Gotabhaya Rajapakse, and there are certain issues that need to be raised, not about what Gota said in...

To say that the new Sport Minister’s thoughts, Monday, on the Sri Lanka Cricket Board was a breath of fresh air would be an understatement. Rather, Minister C. B. Ratnayake’s remark that cricket is “the third most corrupt institution behind education and the police” was more a tornado, which, while devastating surely the game’s administrators, ...