Suddenly it seems to have quit trying to make everyone happy. But can it sustain its momentum or will it just be...
Education should be the right of all humans irrespective of their background, regardless if it's “free” or paid for.
Sri Lanka improves its rank on the 2016 Global Terrorism Index, but further progress needs to be made.
Lessons learnt from other states must be applied in a unique manner that fits the Sri Lankan context. One size doesn't fit...
When you look at someone and you see not the individual, but their race, there is an issue. The individual is "just...
Sri Lanka's Communalism - pride of one's ethnic/religious community - has been derided, but that carries costs for reconciliation
This article draws two scary parallels between the recent US elections and two national elections in Sri Lanka.
The past few years have proved not just a legal, but also a social necessity to improve the legal definition of rape...
I'll start off saying this article may be slightly biased; because I'm writing this from the balcony of my guesthouse in Mirissa,...
There are and have been quite a number of powerful female politicians worldwide. She just helps USA catch up with the rest.
The APAN forum ended on the 19th of Oct, & a few days really allows one to take stock of the actual...
The issue of ‘damages and losses’, a concern rarely highlighted when discussing climate change, was put forward early on at the conference....
The opening session on living under 2˚C” was most encouragingly a very frank discussion of the realities of climate change.
UNEP & GoSL are organising the 5th Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum in Colombo starting today. But most of us didn't...
The 2016 Economic Freedom Report provides a flashback into Sri Lanka's economy in 2014 & a chance to compare it with the...
There's lots to do & see inside the Galle Fort, and I sure hope this post will convince you to add Galle...
Buddhi tries to clear the haze of the social media scandal & analyses the real issues at his Alma mater that has...
Ragging! Is it a subculture? Is it simply a one off event ? Or is it a result of politics? Natasha explores.
It's great to see the UN accepting its failures. But when it comes at the expense of the Sri Lankan common man's...
With tourist arrivals bound to hit 2 million this year and BIA being a growing transit point, this ranking is not good...
Consumer education, electronic fines payment, micro-finance, demographic data, bacterial research are all tools that come in handy. But we've ignored them.
Sources have approached our IntCa UNSW team to disclose a perspective that turns the media induced case on its head - a...
National Media reported Mr. Tittawella to be the inaugural Secretary of the OMP citing Minister Rajitha's statement. The SCRM bluntly says NO.
It has been a symbol of the return of democracy and political freedoms to Sri Lanka. But despite the promises given, its...
3As and the Z score are all that determine becoming a Sri Lankan Medical Student? Anyone else fails to be deserving enough?