Monday 11th October, 2021 An unfortunate incident where a woman burnt her five-year-old daughter’s mouth with a firebrand by way of punishment for ‘lying’ has been...
October marks the 40th anniversary of the Sunday Island and we celebrate this occasion today by publishing two articles, one by the first editor of this...
Friday 8th October, 2021 The government has made another U-turn. That’s no news, though. Perhaps, it has set a world record for volte-face. Agriculture Minister Mahindananda...
Thursday 7th October, 2021 The Pandora Papers revelations have eclipsed all other issues in this country. The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption is...
Wednesday 6th October, 2021 The Provincial Councils (PCs) are likely to be under Governors’ rule indefinitely. Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government Janaka...
Tuesday 5th October, 2021 The Pandora Papers investigation into about 12 million documents leaked from financial companies around the globe has shaken the world. A large...
Monday 4th October, 2021 Beggars who pester pedestrians and motorists are wary of venturing out, these days, as they run the risk of being packed off...
While the relaxing, not lifting, of the quarantine curfew which ran for an extended period of six weeks was compelled by socio-economic rather than preventive imperatives,...
Saturday 2nd October, 2021 The government has finally bitten the bullet and issued a new Gazette cancelling the previous one which stipulated maximum retail prices (MRPs)...
Friday 1st October, 2021 The 40-day lockdown, which was not a lockdown, paradoxical as it may sound, has been officially lifted. Surprisingly, there have been significant...