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  • Afghan Security Forces personnel at the site of a car bomb attack in Kabul.
    Ballistic missile proliferation
    The Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka will jointly conduct South Asia Regional Seminar “Dealing with the missile threat in South Asia” with Foundation for...
  • Establishing democracy: Critical challenges ahead
    The Left leaders responsible for the constitution making process exposed those who were spreading rumours about the ‘Constitution’, were functioning as members in the...
  • President Maithripala Sirisena who is in the Philippines on a four-day State visit welcomed by Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte at Malacanang Palace on Wednesday. Picture by Sudath Silva, President’s Media Division
    ADB bonanza for Sri Lanka during President’s visit to Manila
    In continuation of the policy of friendship with all, President Maithripala Sirisena currently on a State visit to the Philippines with the intention of strengthening...
  • Comedy of Errors in Politics!
    Although it is high time to put the recent unprecedented constitutional crisis behind us without brooding over it too much, yet it would be useful to probe into the lessons...
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  • How did Buddharakkitha acquire the .45 Revolver?
    “The yellow-tinged robe and shaved head provide some of them with easy access to corridors of power to indulge in politicking and backroom deals.” –‘Bandaranaike Assassination Revisited after 50...
  • Cost of fishing dispute between Sri Lanka and India
    Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincial economy has been rising from the ashes of the civil war since 2010, and has, as per the latest data available, recorded the highest provincial economic growth rate...
  • Guessing game over Presidential stakes
    The major political parties have virtually commenced campaigning for the next presidential elections, as the first term of office of President Maithripala Sirisena comes to an end on January 8, 2020...
  • Professionals to Govern the Country
    For long we have witnessed the recurring, unprofessional conduct and unproductive contributions from many of our undisciplined ‘Mace-raiders’ masquerading as politicians, who make a mockery out of...
  • A demonstration featuring a papier-mache Theresa May head outside the Houses of Parliament in London on January 15.
    A Very British Thrashing
    British Prime Minister Theresa May’s 230-vote defeat on her Brexit plan on Tuesday night marks a new low point of chaos for the process of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. The scale of...
  • Rasiah receiving his Lifetime Achievement Award from Cultural Affairs Minister of S. B. Navinne.
    Rasiah, a forgotten artist
    In 1975, A. Rasiah whilst working as an Art teacher at Royal College, Colombo, designed his first stamp; it was the portrait of Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan on a 75 cent stamp. He was paid Rs. 500 for...
  • A lie is also a truth
    Gotabaya Rajapaksa is a determined contender for the presidency. His trenchant lecture to activists of the Viyathmaga forum demonstrated the man’s spiritedness and impulse to act. He is a driven man...
  • Who is responsible?
    The Central Bank (CB) in its road map 2019 advised the government on the need for “consistent and coordinated policies in a coherent manner.” The CB also advised in November on the need for “growth...
  • Path to solve human-elephant conflict
    Dr. Prithiviraj Fernando, Chairman of a NGO specialising in research and conservation in the country in an interview with Daily News, recently spoke of the proposed Human-Elephant conflict (HEC)...
  • Theophilus Augustine: A man of discipline
    I was aggrieved to learn of the sudden death of Theophilus Kirupakaran Augustine on December 16, 2018, in Adelaide, Australia. Augustine was born on July 23, 1938, at Pandiyanthalvu, Jaffna, to...
  • Democracy and politics – A review
    Part IThe Oxford dictionary defines democracy as a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.American political...
  • Equality and Court’s Writ Jurisdiction
    It is a feature of modern democratic life that the courts be permitted to review administration action. The administrative power of the State, exercised by government officials and bureaucrats,...