At least 13 people, including four children, have been killed in two incidents in Nigeria as large crowds gathered to collect ...

Nilantha Ilangamuwa The 1987 Philippine Constitution, crafted in the aftermath of the 1986 People Power Revolution, was ...

Although I had never sailed before, I did not think twice before I shoved off on my own. On my first effort, with the wind at ...

Rajiva Wijesinha I had hugely enjoyed the Ceylon Journal, an exciting initiative from someone only recently out of school.

The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, met with Mr. Takafumi Kadono, Country Director of the Asian ...

Jayantha Perera I retired from ADB in April 2011. ADB appointed me as a staff consultant without waiting for the mandatory ...

Although her political aspiration was “to lighten the burden on the suffering masses” Sirimavo soon found that the economic ...

China is planning to start its maritime research in the Indian Ocean, a top Beijing government official said, as a temporary ...

By Tisaranee Gunasekera (first published in Himal Southasian) (continued from last week) Mahinda’s victory (in 2005) marked ...

A newspaper editorial suggested that the NPP government is facing its December term test and that its weaknesses are showing.

Japanese Ambassador Akio Isomata recently recalled former President JR Jayawardene’s 1951 speech at the San Francisco Peace ...

By Rathindra Kuruwita The National People’s Power (NPP) will not enter into any agreement that hampers Sri Lanka’s economic ...