Continued from last Saturday by Prof. K.N.O. Dharmadasa Efflorescence Going back to the “cultural desert” remark, Goonetilleke records that Jennings thought of “Thurstan Road as an...
By Gwynne Dyer Ten years ago, this week Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Tunisia, set himself alight in front of a government building in rage...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Quite a number of my distinguished colleagues have written about the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) or held press conferences lately, but...
Should we open or close the country/economy with regard to Covid-19? by Dr. Sumedha S. Amarasekera Virtually all the articles, news bulletins, discussions that I have...
By Harim Peiris Generally, the post budget period of mid to late December is always a slack time in terms of politics and policymaking as December...
by Vijaya Kumar The Lanka Samasamaja Party, the oldest political party in the country celebrates its 85th anniversary on December 18, 2020. The Party grew out...
by Dr. Mahinda D. Jayasinghe Dr. Mahinda D. Jayasinghe, MD was a pediatric cardiologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He practiced there for more than 20 years...
Remembered Yesterdays by J. Godwin Perera Note: The Covid 19 pandemic has changed our lives. There is now the ‘new normal.’ Just two examples are -working...
A death is always sad, unless the person was terminally ill and alone or the family had to struggle to care for him/her. When an old...
by Sarath Ranasinghe Christianity is one of the most, widespread and largest religion in the world presently, with over 2.1 billion members which is about one...