by Prof. C. A. Saliya (The third instalment in a five-part series on the business of gambling, legal and illegal.) Somewhere in the fine print of...
by Jehan Perera The ongoing 63rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which runs from September 7 to October 7, 2026, in Geneva is...
by Hasini Lecamwasam Brain drain in Sri Lanka is at an all-time high. The latest Human Flight and Brain Drain Index for 2024 shows that we...
Charming audiences in Switzerland as Suzi Flückiger, Sri Lanka’s own Suzi Croner is coming home… for a very special occasion. The bubbly former frontline vocalist of...
by Dr Laksiri Fernando “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela Apart from Nelson Mandela, there...
Music lovers in this part of the world know her as Kay Jay the singer, and that’s because she was very active in the local music...
by Prof. M.W. Amarasiri de Silva Sri Lanka’s state university system, long celebrated as the crown jewel of the nation’s free education policy, is currently navigating...
By a Concerned Aficionado In my article “Whatever on earth happened to meritocracy, pragmatism and honesty in Sri Lanka?” published in The Island on 08 September...
‘A parliamentary majority cannot change elephant behaviour,’ says Supun Lahiru Prakash, warning that failed holding ground has become a death trap By Ifham Nizam Sri Lanka...
It is inevitable, based on the law of averages, that aircraft will overrun on landing. While we wait for the USA’s National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)...