By Capt Elmo Jayawardena elmojay1@gmail.com There is a little school, very old in years, nestling at the foot of Piduruthalagala, the tallest mountain in Sri Lanka....
Building a future and forgetting the past Continued from Sunday Island (20) by Professor Savitri Goonesekere The Judiciary The judiciary is an important organ of government...
by Capt. G A Fernando, MBA gafplane@sltnet.lk RCyAF, Air Ceylon, AirLanka, Singapore Airlines and SriLankan Airlines President Aircraft Owners and Operators Association, Sri Lanka Former...
Land grabbing in Hambantota The following is a shortened version of a communiqué sent to us by the author on behalf of the Movement for Land...
by Dr Sarala Fernando Former Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinghe recently referred to the need to reshape Sri Lanka’s outward migrant flows to become “smaller, smarter and...
by Vijaya Chandrasoma The terms “Freedom of Religion” and Freedom of Worship” are often used as interchangeable concepts. They are not. The difference in the meaning...
Sri Lanka Tourism and the Vocational Training Authority (VTA) signed an agreement last week to train drivers involved in the tourism industry, which will enable training...
Even we oldies and betters in this laid back country are now well and truly into the phenomenon of ‘new normal’. We assumed this new manner...
A historical vignette The Colombo Electric Lighting and Tramways Co Ltd was a British company represented in Ceylon by Boustead Brothers. The Tramways were ready for...
By Aditha Dissanayake The boy held onto his father’s hand and bent his head to keep the wind from playing havoc with his already untidy hair....