Wednesday 5th May, 2021 April is apparently the cruellest month in this country, as we said in a previous comment, with apologies to T. S. Eliot....
Tuesday 4th May, 2021 The worst that could happen to any country, burdened with a bunch of irresponsible politicians thirsting for power, is having to go...
Monday 3rd May, 2021 A motorist has got into hot water for honking in protest when the police closed roads in Colombo for the motorcade of...
A front page report in Thursday’s The Island read “NL slot: Ranil still dilly-dallying.” Dilly-dallying was the right word for describing what Wickremesinghe is doing about...
Saturday 1st May, 2021 This year’s International Workers’ Day has dawned while the global population is grappling with an unprecedented health emergency, which has taken a...
Friday 30th April, 2021 Local coconut oil manufacturers had a field day following the detection of unusually high levels of aflatoxin in an imported coconut oil...
Thursday 29th April, 2021 The US has at last decided to send emergency supplies of vaccine raw materials, ventilators, personal protective equipment, etc., to India, which...
Wednesday 28th April, 2021 The Madras High Court (HC) has held the Election Commission of India (ECI) responsible for the surge in coronavirus infections in that...
Tuesday 27th April, 2021 Several issues have troubled this country during the last several months, and eclipsed the most important one—the pandemic. The focus of the...
Monday 26th April, 2021 The government is now fully awake, having let the grass grow under its clumsy feet, and running around like a headless chicken...