A new tense stand-off between India and Pakistan over a militant attack in Jammu and Kashmir, which claimed over 40 Indian soldiers recently could reverse South Asia's seemingly glittery economic gains and take the region back to times of...
The Indian art historian, Yashodhara Dalmia’s excellent book, Buddha to Krishna: Life and Times of George Keyt was published in 2017 by Routledge in London and New Delhi 2017. Keyt died in 1993, twenty four years before Dalmia’s book...
The plantation sector in the country continues to take a beating, and it’s not merely because of the Rs. 1,000 per day wage hike demanded by the workers.
Counterpoint learns that political interference, incompetency, corrupt practices, shortage of human resources,...
The government said on Wednesday that it would present a motion to Parliament that day for forming a national government. The Opposition let out a howl of protest. The motion was not submitted as stated. The government apparently got...
The greatest compliment Sri Lanka’s health service has ever received perhaps came from former Australian captain Steve Waugh. Barely a few weeks after becoming the World Champions, Waugh’s Australian side arrived in Sri Lanka for a seven-week tour that...
It was an unprecedented event; a Buddhist Monk apologizing, on television, to the war affected people of Sri Lanka in the North and East for any wrongs done to them by Buddhists.
The Monk, the Ven. Galkande Dhammananda of the...
Democracies are said to be thriving in the Asian region but most of them lack a strong secular foundation. This begs the question: Could they be identified as democracies in the truest sense?
Opinion makers in Sri Lanka have tended...
Sinharaja, the only rainforest reserve in Sri Lanka, is in the news again. And this time around, a road building project has become the bone of contention.
Young environmental activist, Sajeewa Chamikara of the Movement for Land and Agricultural Reforms...
Introduction
Much has been talked about Sri Lanka’s tourism boom and the impending Human resource shortfall that the industry will face. Recently, a private sector initiative by You Lead (of the USAID) unveiled a practical and comprehensive road map to...
