It was in the year 1803 that there was a renaissance within the Maha Sangha (the Great Community of Buddhist Monks) in Sri Lanka thereby adding...
By Jehan Perera Preparing for the forthcoming UN Human Rights Council cannot be easy for a government elected on a nationalist platform that was very critical...
Rajiv Sebastian had mega plans to celebrate 30 years, in showbiz, and the plans included concerts, both local and foreign. But, with the pandemic, the singer...
The local showbiz scene is certainly brightening up – of course, in the ‘new normal’ format (and we hope so!) Going back to the old format...
All RNA viruses tend to evolve rapidly; about a million times faster than human genes. Yet for all that, if SARS-CoV-2 stands out at all among...
Parliamentary Acts on Broadcasting and Telecommunications by DR JANAKA RATNASIRI The Cabinet of Ministers (COM) has recently decided to update the Parliamentary Acts on Broadcasting, Rupavahini...
by Rohana R. Wasala Signs are that anti-Sri Lanka forces at home and abroad are already gearing up for a wishfully devastating diplomatic assault on the...
Dear Group Capt. Wijesinghe, This is in response to your letter written to the Editor of The Island, on behalf of the Commander of the SLAF,...
By Praying Mantis Our big brother from across the Palk Strait has very firmly and clearly started to wield the stick; yet again and most certainly...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana It is not often that Sri Lanka hits the headlines in world media websites for the wrong reason; it did so on...