Photo courtesy of The Hindu The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka conducted the first national study on the treatment and conditions of prisoners from February 2018 to January 2020. The findings...

Photo courtesy of Progressive Women’s Collective From Lithuania, Italy, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other many countries the plea is the same: bring us home. From cities and villages across Sri Lanka...

Photo courtesy of The Hindu The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka conducted the first national study on the treatment and conditions of prisoners from February 2018 to January 2020. The findings...

The President has said that nursing is an honourable service more than a job. Addressing the newly recruited nurses the President stated that a smile can act as the best medicine. The President said that nursing is a social service. The nurses should treat the patients as their own relatives. He said that the country ...

RAM Ratings Lanka has assigned respective long- and short-term corporate credit ratings of A+ and P1 to Lanka Hospitals Corporation PLC. The long-term rating has a stable outlook. RAM says the ratings are upheld by the Hospital’s strong financial profile, liquidity, ongoing state support and the positive outlook for the private healthcare industry. On the other hand, the ...

“The peace museums in Japan remind the present generation of mistakes that must not be repeated, and of suffering that must not happen again. I saw hundreds of school children come every day to those museums along with their school teachers” When the war ended in May 2009, it was the worst that was over, but ...

By Dr. O.G Dayaratna-Banda Department of Economics and Statistics University of Peradeniya Adoring the discarded neo-liberalism The Secretary to the Treasury of Sri Lanka has seemingly informed the Vice Chancellors of the Universities at a meeting held at the UGC that the “increase of the salaries of university academics or any other public sector workers ...

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe called Co Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa for a discussion last week. The meeting between the two was held last Monday afternoon at the parliamentary complex. Wickremesinghe has discussed the appointments of the National Organiser and the new Working Committee scheduled to take place this week. The party’s consultative committee is to ...

By Tisaranee Gunasekara "….too many people desire to suppress criticism simply because they think that it will give some comfort to the enemy to know that there is such criticism. If that comfort makes the enemy feel better for a...

Extracts from the report on Sri Lanka of the advisory panel appointed by Ban Ki Moon Shelling hospitals The following are extracts from the Ban Ki Moon report pertaining to instances where hospitals were allegedly shelled: On or around 19...

Tea export earnings increased by 16.1% to US$ 1,375 million last year due to both increased volumes and high prices. Ceylon tea continued to fetch the highest prices in the major auction centres of the world last year mainly due to the fine quality of Ceylon tea and the high international demand for orthodox tea. ...

By Romesh Abeywickrema Long years ago some wise ancients, among them St. Ambrose, discovered that the best way to enjoy the then thriving city of Rome was to do as the Romans do, hence the yet widely used English proverb, ‘When in Rome do as the Romans do’ or as first attested in medieval Latin ...

By Dr. M. A. Mohamed Saleem and Arjuna Hulugalle Gandhi Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka "War is over, terrorism is subdued, separatism is a taboo, and therefore Sri Lankans should come to believe that everything is on course for making this country of ours into an economic hub in the region" was the message a senior member of the governing party tried to convey recently. No one will g...

Many students all over the world are considering a career in engineering in response to the global shortage of engineers. With this in mind, the Faculty of Engineering Sciences of the Colombo International Nautical and Engineering College (CINEC) is providing an educational opportunity for suitably

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 Rajindra C. Ratnapuli, C.Eng I am privileged to write the commemorative article on late Dr. A. M. A. Azeez to mark his 37th death anniversary on November 24, 2010. This article is a way of expressing my gratitude to this outstanding Sri Lankan who made a difference to the quality of life of so ...

By Austin Fernando In recent times there had been vast discussion on returning the displaced. The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), media, Diaspora, diplomatic inquiries- especially from India- led these dialogues. When certain Tamil representatives gave evidence before the LLRC the internally displaced person’s (IDP’s) and refugees’ rights and plight became secondary ...

An Interview with SB Dissanayake by Chamitha Kuruppu Admitting the Government has launched a campaign to eliminate JVP-led student movements crippling the university system in the country, Minister of Higher Education S.B. Dissanayake points out such moves should not be...

By GABRIELLA STERN NEW YORK -- Sri Lanka's president said Wednesday that rising labor costs in China present an opportunity for his South Asian country to attract foreign companies seeking an alternative low-cost manufacturing base....

YOU’D expect players to be climbing over each others’ shoulders to get a slice of the action at a National Championship, especially one with a rich history, like that of tennis. There was no desperate scramble, though, to get on court for the ongoing 95th Tennis Nationals, an annual tournament so immersed in tradition that ...

by Mirak Raheem In June 2010 the Minister for Resettlement, Milroy Fernando stated that there were 60,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka and that the Government would resettle them by August 2010. With some 30,000 IDPs remaining in...

By Dr. S. Narapalasingam The ‘Lions and Tigers’ here are not the four-legged animals that live in forests away from human habitats but the two groups of natives in the war-torn island, who opted to embrace the lion and the...

By M.Sooriasegaram The proposed Nallur Hotel in Jaffna by the Mercantile Bank of Sri Lanka has sparked off a public debate. At a public consultative meeting organized by the Mayor of Jaffna several weeks ago, Minister Douglas Devananda, who chaired...

By Abdul H. Azeez SriLankan Airlines has been steeped in controversy during and after its time under management by Emirates. After suffering sizeable losses last year, speculation is rife as to how the national carrier will face the future. Speaking to The Sunday Leader, the CEO of SriLankan Airlines, Manoj Vaas Gunewardena said “The financial ...

By Shamindra Ferdinando Prabhakaran’s successor, T. S. Pathmanathan or simply ‘KP’ as he is better known has thrown his weight behind Sri Lanka’s post-LTTE efforts to restore peace in the Northern and Eastern provinces....

The Sri Lankan Cabinet of Ministers has announced plans to issue up to 1 billion US dollars worth of bonds to settle short-term debt. At the same time they have decided to negotiate for credit with the EXIM Bank of China for water supply projects in Gampha, Atthnagalle and Minuwangoda. The Cabinet has committed to ...

Sri Lankan Airlines is to build a tourist hotel near the  main International Airport at Katunayake. Sri Lankan Airlines Chairman Nishantha Wickremasinghe said they are about to start building an airport hotel right opposite of the departure lounge. The site is an abandoned factory at an export processing zone near the airport that has been ...