Editorial

  • Padeniya’s company tells a tale
    In journalism it is an axiom that a picture tells a thousand words. This truism was brought home starkly by the front page picture captions depicted in almost all daily...
    2017-05-23 19:30:00
  • Protecting the Web
    Just 25 years ago, the Internet did not exist, at least not in the form we now use it. It used to be a mainly military application until English computer scientist Tim...
    2017-05-22 19:30:00
  • New beginning for Iran
    In giving a strong mandate to reformist Hassan Rouhani to continue as President for a second term, an overwhelming majority of Iranians have rejected isolationism and...
    2017-05-21 19:30:00
  • Construction safety
    The collapse of the under-construction Excellency Reception Hall in Wellawatte should be an eye-opener to the construction industry, local bodies and lawmakers. One person...
    2017-05-19 19:30:00
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  • Eight years on
    Today marks 8 years since the official declaration of the end to the 30 year Eelam war, with President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe attending the main commemorative...
    2017-05-18 19:30:00
  • A boost for trade and development
    Sri Lanka has finally regained the much-awaited Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) Plus facility from the European Union (EU). The GSP Plus allows developing countries to pay less or no duties...
    2017-05-17 19:30:00
  • President’s take on Galle Face crowd
    A full two weeks after the Galle Face May Day rally of the Joint Opposition President Maithripala Sirisena has come out with his own take on what was billed as the largest crowd ever at a May Day...
    2017-05-16 19:30:00
  • MR shows the way
    The decision by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the latter's visit to Sri Lanka is to be commended. It was indeed a bold decision given the...
    2017-05-15 19:30:00
  • One Belt, One Road
    More than 2,000 years ago, China’s imperial envoy Zhang Qian helped to establish the Silk Road, a network of trade routes that linked China to Central Asia and the Arab world. The name came...
    2017-05-14 19:30:00
  • End the narcotics scourge
    We have witnessed an alarming increase in the number of narcotics related offences in recent times and yesterday’s newspapers alone reported several incidents. In one of the most high-profile...
    2017-05-12 19:30:00