Image Courtesy of The Week “Then take us for Gods, as is proper and fit…” Aristophanes (The Birds)  A pandemic with no end in sight, an economy that is unravelling, a fiscal abyss,...

Image Courtesy of The Week “Then take us for Gods, as is proper and fit…” Aristophanes (The Birds)  A pandemic with no end in sight, an economy that is unravelling, a fiscal abyss,...

Image Courtesy of The Week “Then take us for Gods, as is proper and fit…” Aristophanes (The Birds)  A pandemic with no end in sight, an economy that is unravelling, a fiscal abyss,...

Image Courtesy of The Week “Then take us for Gods, as is proper and fit…” Aristophanes (The Birds)  A pandemic with no end in sight, an economy that is unravelling, a fiscal abyss,...

Image Courtesy of The Week “Then take us for Gods, as is proper and fit…” Aristophanes (The Birds)  A pandemic with no end in sight, an economy that is unravelling, a fiscal abyss,...

“It is unlikely that in making his overstatement on development that the President was seeking to downplay the achievements of the past by his illustrious predecessors in the governance of the country. In the 1950s there was the Gal Oya development scheme that opened up the vast territories of thick jungle land in the east ...

Today the Sri Lankan government is under international pressure on account of war crimes that were committed in the last phase of the war. The Canadian Prime Minister has said that he may not attend the Commonwealth Heads of State summit that is to be held in Sri Lanka in 2013. Legal cases against Sri Lankan ...

Banks’ Profits Up 111% The banking industry achieved a considerably high level of profits in 2010. Profit after tax amounted to Rs. 57.5 billion last year, a 111% growth in comparison to a Rs. 27.2 billion profit in 2009. The significant growth in profitability was mainly attributed to a higher increase in fee-based income, a ...

By Michael Roberts The old Premadasa Stadium was a monstrosity. The new one is far better on the eye though hardly a classic structure. Together with the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium at Sooriyawewa it was constructed in time for the staging of the World Cup. In this achievement both stadiums stand out sharply in contrast with ...

by Prof Michael Roberts The old Premadasa Stadium was a monstrosity. The new one is far better on the eye though hardly a classic structure. Together with the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium at Sooriyawewa it was constructed in time for the...

by Darini Rajasingham Senanayake On 4 February, Sri Lanka celebrated its 63rd birthday. After nearly three decades of armed conflict, it is now one of Southasia’s calmest and fastest-growing countries. Its social indicators, apart from the northeast zone, remain the...

By Mangala Samaraweera, M.P. It is with great alarm that the peace loving people of the civilised world witness the despotic regime of Muammar Gaddafi killing his own people, using heavy weapons and even fighter aircraft to bomb civilian targets...

by H.M.G.S.Palihakkara I wish to thank the hosts of this event for asking me to speak in memory of Professor J. E. Jayasuriya. To state that Professor Jayasuriya was an icon in the realm of education in Sri Lanka would...

By Amanda Morrow It’s often mistakenly called “Little Bombay”, but the lively neighbourhood that stretches from the rue du Faubourg-St-Denis north to La Chapelle is actually home to Paris’s Tamil community. The air is often fragrant in this quarter –...

By Dr. S. Narapalasingam PART I The baffling moves and actions on the political front of the potent government led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, since the war ended conclusively mid May 2009 have been considered discretely by many analysts, ignoring...

By Malathi De Alwis On 18 May 2009, Sri Lanka officially declared the end of a 30-year civil war fought between. Sri Lankan government forces (GoSL) and Tamil militants, namely the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE). Such a sea...

Politics of the Nobel Peace Prize Liu Xiaobo is "obvious choice" for the Norwegian Nobel Committee to "address China" by Sumanasiri Liayanage "In the present situation, the Nobel Prize stands objectively as a distinction reserved for the writers of the...

I grew up in America. I remember the huge grocery stores, the plentiful summer jobs, the feeling of hope and safety. I watched Sri Lankan President Premadasa being blown up on TV and it seemed very, very far away. Now I’m in Colombo and the spot where Premadasa died is a functional part of the ...

By Dr.Harsha de Silva Mr. Speaker, I am glad that important Ministers and Members from the Government side have come to listen to this speech. I must first state that I am happy to have been able to join the...

by Ranil Wickremesinghe By the 4th century BC, Asia had begun its first cycle of economic growth and power. This was the reason why Alexander the Great decided to travel eastward to establish an empire. At that time there was...

by Rick Westhead Toronto Star, South Asia Bureau TRINCOMALEE, SRI LANKA—The weathered wooden bench that serves as an open-air confessional booth at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church doesn’t enjoy much down time nowadays. It’s not that more people are...

by Mahinda Rajapaksa (Following is the full text of the address by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to the United Nations General Assembly at New York on September 23rd 2010) “I have great pleasure in congratulating Your Excellency Joseph Deiss,...

By Sumanasiri Liyanage Why do we need laws? If all of us are law-abiding citizens, laws may become redundant. Someone has remarked that laws are needed to restrict and limit the actions of the heartless people....

by Dr.Rohan Gunaratne It is my distinct privilege to deliver the 13th Deshamanya Professor Nandadasa Kodagoda Oration this evening. Professor Kodagoda was an intellectual giant of our times. Born in Ahangama in the Galle District in 1929, he was educated...