From Parliament to Fruit Grove: After more than two decades in politics, rising to the positions of Cabinet Minister and Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Ranjith Siyambalapitiya...
It has been reported by the international advocacy initiative, ‘Smoke Free Sweden’ (‘SFS’) that many International health experts have begun criticizing the World Health Organization (WHO)...
The start of the People and Events column in the Sunday Island was incidental, informal and fortuitous. At a Kandy Girls’ High School OGA dinner dance...
Once more, a public gathering to discuss J. R. Jayewardene was held last week. A country that has written so extensively on this phenomenal figure should,...
The historic lunch of Thomian cricketing legends held at the SSC in Colombo on December 17, 2023 was hosted by the Rudra brothers of whom Ravi...
I came into possession of a collection of poems by Gamini Seneviratne in a way that already felt poetic in itself. I had first met his...
On 29 March 2026, The Island reproduced an article by founder of the Pathfinder Foundation, Milinda Moragoda, titled, ‘Cuba and the end of an era’. In...
In August this year it will be 50 years since Sri Lanka hosted the fifth Non-Aligned Summit in Colombo – the high point in our foreign...
Meeting Trinitians in Melbourne, Karu J led crossover from UNP and a new ministry for me Melbourne is full of old Trinitians. I was told that...
To begin with let me say that I am writing this purely to express my faith in St. Anthony and shrine dedicated to him and horror...