For the more seasoned observers of Southern international politics, a recent statement by Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardene to the US authorities to the effect that the travel ban clamped by the latter on Sri Lankan Army Commander...
Although domestic workers are a regular feature of many households in Sri Lanka, this section of our work force is understudied and unprotected by regular labour laws.
The adoption of the ILO Convention on Domestic Workers (C189) in 2011 was...
I wonder if a world class theme park would help us generate the four million tourists, targeted for 2020, and revenue of five billion US dollars from the tourism industry!
Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore, have some of the world’s best...
From cradle to casket, education is a lifelong activity. And a major part of the responsibility for imparting it lies with teachers. Every student, like every individual in society, is psychologically unique. Consequently, teachers must be equipped with a...
Undeterred by attempts to halt sex education in schools by some sections of society, an outline for a national policy framework to introduce the topic at all age groups of the student population took shape on Monday, February 17th....
“I am designating Shavendra Silva making him ineligible for entry into the U.S. due to his involvement in extrajudicial killings during Sri Lanka’s Civil War. The U.S. will not waver in its pursuit of accountability for those who commit...
In an interesting turn of events replete with irony, it has now been revealed that before the abortive Oct. 2018 constitutional coup, the then President Maithripala Sirisena had wooed not only Sajith Premadasa but also another prominent UNPer before...
An Inspection Panel that examined the Kudawa access road to the Sinharaja rainforest has determined that the project does not comply with World Bank (WB) standards for road construction in forest reserves. This was revealed by the Centre for...
The Centre for Environmental and Nature Studies, (CENS) is calling on the government to ban the use of plastics in Sri Pada. Also known as Adam’s Peak, Sri Pada is considered a sacred site by Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims and...
Bitter infighting and family rivalries have seen cricketing contests taking place at Hulftsdorp instead of at Maitland Place. Millions of rupees that should have been invested in unearthing the next Jayasuriya or Murali have been wasted on legal battles. Now,...
