by Chandi Civa Often in war-torn countries the war ravaged people are left with unanswered questions. A few have asked me at different times: Did the...
by R.C. Jayasinghe The Kantale Dam disaster of April 20, 1986 is considered the worst dam disaster in Sri Lanka’s recent history. The day before the...
A repeat must be prevented in Sri Lanka by Kumar David The people of Burma are fighting a military power grab with courage, bare hands and...
by Dr Jayampathy Wickramaratne,PC The Colombo Port Economic Commission Bill was presented in Parliament on 08 April 2021, while the country was getting ready to celebrate...
I usually end up totally exhausted when I finish reading the local newspapers from the Pearl. There are so many burning questions and so much is...
Yes, it’s still the talk-of-the-town…not only here, but the world over – the fracas that took place at a recently held beauty pageant, in Colombo. It’s...
A wise one, with the interests of the country at heart, calling himself ‘A Member of the Silent Majority’, wrote in The Island of Friday, April...
By Prof. Kirthi Tennakone ktenna@yahoo.co.uk National Institute of Fundamental Studies Precision measurements have transformed science, influenced our way of thinking and impacted technology. A recent experiment...
The group Mirage is very much alive, and kicking, as one would say! Their lineup did undergo a few changes and now they have decided to...
Ushered in by the ‘coo-ee’ of the Koel and the swaying of Erabadu bunches, the Sinhala and Tamil New Year will dawn in the wee hours...