Sri Lanka seeks to regain economic prominence in Egypt
Sri Lanka’s Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha has called for the regaining of the country’s economic prominence in Egypt to its…
Category: OPINIONS
AN UNSTABLE NEPAL
by Ashok Mehta Three events witnessed by me recently have come to dominate the political landscape in Nepal: A new…
CHINESE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY: A FORCE FOR WORLD PEACE
By Cheng Xueyuan Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Sri Lanka August 1st 1927 was the founding date…
The new oil of the 21st century: Sri Lanka’s need for data scientists
By Malitha Goonaratne In 2012, the Harvard Business Review named being a ‘data scientist’ the “The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century”.…
UPCOMING COUNCIL MAY BE SAVIOR FROM WORST DEBACLE
By Swadesh Roy writing from Dhaka The main political party and the ruling party of Bangladesh, Awami League, is enjoying…
THE LONELY AND THE FORGOTTEN: THE PATIENTS OF THE MANTHEEVU LEPROSY COLONY
By Kris Thomas The elderly man had not seen his family in 40 years. He is sometimes unable to…
WHAT’S GONE ON IN THE PAST DECADE AND WHAT CAN WE EXPECT IN 2020’S?
by Victor Cherubim As the decade of 2010 soon ends and the 2020’s is before us, we can look forward…
FAST FACTS ABOUT ICJ HEARINGS ON MYANMAR
The Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists, a non-governmental organisation that works to promote and protect human rights through the rule…
REGULATING DRONES – ARE WE ON THE RIGHT TRACK?
By Dr. Ruwantissa Abeyratne writing from Montreal There is no doubt that unregulated drones cause a serious threat to the…
A brief history of Prorogation
History is full of instances of military victories being followed by the ascent of top generals or the gownsmen involved…