Lanka’s role in Saarc

Heritage For Coexistence: Situating Sri Lanka’s Role in the SAARC region:

Excerpts from the D.A. Rajapaksa memorial lecture 2008 by Sudharshan Seneviratne, Director General, Central Cultural Fund and Professor of Archaeology. University of Peradeniya

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A community-led role in :

Counter-terrorism

As India haemorrhages from and mourns the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, a sense of despair and hopelessness is sinking into the national psyche. From every corner of the country, people are staring blankly at one another and wondering whether the dark night of random and indiscriminate violence aimed at innocent civilians will ever end.

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World Aids Day today

Challenging a global scourge

At the end of 2008, Dr Peter Piot, the founding Executive Director of UNAIDS, will leave his post after leading the organisation since his appointment in 1994. He reflected on past milestones and future challenges in an interview with John Donnelly on the eve of Word Aids Day, December 1,

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