May 3rd is World Press Freedom Day. Press Freedom Day is celebrated worldwide. Events such as freedom of work of journalists living in countries around the world and commemoration of journalists ...

Traditional thinkers and statisticians might consider the notion that a multiple choice before the electorate would favor the NPP in any elections. Theoretically speaking that should be so. If the ...

Sri Lanka’s Government debt issue has become a perennial problem giving opportunities for politicians of the two major political camps which had been in power in the post-independence history to blame ...

Reports in the mainstream media give every indication of a convergence between President Wickremesinghe and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna led by the Rajapaksas. This seems shock ...

The other day, watching a debate between the between UK’s Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden and Deputy Labour Leader Angela Rayner, in the British Parliament reminded me of the situation in Sri ...

While American democracy is still being perfected and has issues with the role of large corporation influencing laws, it is by and large one that is solid thanks to the institutions that hold this ...

This is the context that we need to fathom how studying classics carved the intellectual pursuits of SWRD Bandaranaike in the early 20th century. His rich upbringing as the son of Maha Mudaliyar, Sir ...

But as it stands today, according to current polls Cf. < A.K. Dissanayake Leads in Presidential Election Voting Preferences>, there are only two candidates who have a possibility of garnering a ...

In his foreword to the UN Convention on Corruption In the Foreword, Kofi Annan had said: Corruption is an insidious plague that has a wide range of corrosive effects on societies. It undermines ...

“Doubt is not a pleasant condition. But certainty is an absurd one.” ~ Voltaire (Letter to Fredrick the Great – 28.11.1770) Sri Lanka’s road to ruin was marked by miracles. The story, born in mystery, ...

His mission: to call for the resignation of Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, an impeccably qualified Egyptian American woman. Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a Somali American from ...

Amid this tumultuous landscape, the emergence of a tripartite contest offers a glimmer of hope for meaningful change. With three formidable contenders vying for the highest office, voters are ...