The Sunday Times Sri Lanka

Columns

Political Column

G.L.Peiris visit a flop: India browbeats Lanka

The leaders of the country's main political parties were in 'shraddavantha' (pious) mode this week. The 2600 Sambuddhatva Jayanthi - 2600 years since the Enlightenment of the Buddha and the enunciation of the Doctrine of the Middle Path that revolutionized half the known world at the time, would have had a sobering effect on them.

5th Column

Oops! Glossing over their faults

My dear Eric Solheim, I thought I must write to you since you and your country seem to be in the news once again now, accused of collaborating to smuggle some twelve terrorists out of our country at the height of our war with them.
The accusations came not from us, Eric, but from one of your own newspapers.

The Economic Analysis

Social challenges of an ageing population

In as much as the ageing population has serious economic and financial consequences, the human and social dimensions of an ageing society poses serious challenges to the state and society. A high proportion of the aged would require to be cared for in th coming decade when the proportion of the elderly population would exceed 20 per cent. Already there is evidence of inadequate health care and accommodation for the elderly.

Lobby

Not issued on this week

Focus on Rights

Not issued on this week

Talk at the Cafe Spectator

Anna's lessons to journalists

Appropriately titled "Is Journalism Worth Dying For?', the book is a collection of articles written by Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya who was shot dead in Moscow in 2006.

From the sidelines

Obama’s speech: A shift in US policy – or business as usual?

US president Barack Obama in a landmark State Department speech on Thursday asserted that the US intends to throw its weight behind the forces pushing for democratic change across the Arab world, in a process that started in Tunisia and Egypt.