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A steady rain falls on velvet green terraces, releasing a powerful scent of newly harvested tea. A ripple of voices tumbles down the hillside as a man barks orders. The tea pickers, all women, many in bare feet, expertly navigate the leech-infested...

By Ranil Wickremesinghe – With regard to the current state of the economy and the Way Ahead, I would like to recall the speech I made in the House on the 05th of November 2015. We can once again become the resplendent nation we were under Manawamma...

North-East Time Zone PUT THE CLOCK AHEAD By Proloy Bagchi  It is good to hear that the demand for a separate time zone for the North Eastern states has been revived. The proposal, it seems, is with the Government and is in active consideration...

By Youssef Rakha. “Was not the earth of Allah spacious enough for you to emigrate therein?” — Quran, 4:98 “For it is often the way we look at other people that imprisons them within their own narrowest allegiances. And it is also the way we look at...

SINGAPORE: For Bangladeshi worker Bikas Nath, weekends are precious off-days usually spent simply hanging out with his friends. But last Sunday (Dec 11) was slightly different - he was going to make his public debut in Singapore as a poet. The 22-year...