A committee comprising of experts from the education, health and other relevant fields is to be appointed to prepare the framework to be followed when putting together supplementary books on sexual and reproductive health for students.
The committee which is...
Rohan Gunaratna, security and political analyst, widely known as an international terrorism expert is Professor of Security Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore. He received his Masters from the University of Notre...
MSH Mohamed is an iconic figure in cancer philanthropy in Sri Lanka. He, together with his Fight Cancer Team, toiled with great determination and dedication to fulfill the sole ambition of his late son, Humaid, who succumbed to cancer...
Caretaker Govt. as Flat Beer
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has his own way of doing things and sending messages across. He began his Independence Day address on 04 Feb by stating, ‘Sri Lanka is a unitary state.’ His message was clear;...
As Sri Lanka celebrates yet another 'Day of Independence' she could pat herself on her back for, perhaps, just one thing: Her comparatively calm reaction to the coronavirus infection which is seemingly claiming one country after another. To be...
Could Restorative Justice be the key to healing a deeply wounded society such as ours?
That was the discussion that took place on Monday, February 3rd, at the BMICH, where Barry Hart, Professor of Psycho-Social Trauma, Identity, Dignity and Peacebuilding,...
The coronavirus crisis is certainly going to deprive us of a good slice of the Chinese market, where tourism is concerned.
When I visit Thailand, on a FAM trip, courtesy of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, I always find myself...
The emerging environment in the country does not bode well, especially for media practitioners, warned several of the speakers on Tuesday, January 28th. They were speaking at an event organized by the Free Media Movement, along with several other...
A political party system is the skeletal structure of the body politic and its health is a prerequisite for the wellbeing of democracy. It helps hold a polity in place, enables democratic governance and countervails fissiparous tendencies resulting from...
A narrative of the crashing descent from democratic icon status to one of run-of-the-mill, repressive Asian Head of government of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi reads like a Shakespearean tragedy with a few amendments. Today, she stands exposed as...
