Sri Lanka’s tourism industry is heavily influenced by seasonality, with peak tourist seasons leading to a surge in demand for workers, followed by periods of low activity. This cyclical employment ...

When at a loose end I am in the habit of pulling a book out of my bookshelf to browse through. I do it with both pleasure and profit; passing time gives perspective, offering new insights to books ...

Encouraged by the Presidential address delivered as a Christmas message to the people of Sri Lanka by the Hon. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the President of Sri Lanka, the Asian Human Rights Commission ...

I would like to extend my gratitude to Comrade Prins Gunasekera‘s daughter, Mrs. Geshni Gunasekera, for inviting me to deliver a message on this special occasion of the birth centenary of the late ...

As I write this article on [former Speaker] Asoka Ranwala’s claimed doctorate allegedly without having one, he has resigned promising to produce the evidence and ...

Corruption could be defined as the abuse of power for private gains. Quite often political leaders and public officers are implicated in acts of corruption. Corruption takes place at different levels ...

As we know, the primary aspiration of leftists has always been the establishment of a socialist society. In contrast, right-wing ideologies aim to construct a capitalist economic system. Now that a ...

Reuters (12.11.2024) announced that Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of Anglicans worldwide, resigned “in sorrow” on Tuesday, saying he had failed to ensure a proper ...

Lawyers and transparency activists monitoring Sri Lanka’s state banking sector have welcomed two significant decisions of the Right to Information Commission of Sri Lanka bringing key state banks, the ...

A fundamental truth or axiom that many economists and development experts ignore in their models is the role of ordinary people in building a country’s economy and contributing to its development. The ...

Over the past 40 years, the world has experienced a fractious relationship between value systems associated with nationalism and globalisation, which social scientists have identified as two defining ...

If President Anura Kumara Dissanayake‘s (AKD) inaugural Policy Statement ten days ago was mellifluous in its delivery, it was also meticulous in detail, and sweeping in its themes and vistas. He ...