New laws contemplated by the government appears to have caused much concern among Opposition political parties for obvious reasons. The constitutionality of the proposed Broadcasting Authority...
By Tissa Jayatilaka The splendid career as well as the many glittering prizes won by Jayantha Dhanapala is common knowledge and does not require reiteration here....
By Lynn Ockersz It’s been over four decades, Since the torching and gutting, Of the Jaffna Public Library, That venerable Beacon of Light, For Asia and...
This year’s annual Indian Navy–Sri Lanka Navy bilateral maritime Exercise SLINEX was conducted amidst political turmoil here. The six-day SLINEX, the 10th edition of the series...
By Prof. Kirthi Tennakone The genius British chemist Sir Humphry Davy scribbled a stanza in his notebook, saying he is like the fair Ceylon tree, which...
By Lynn Ockersz In a decades-long blissful slumber, Have these our flabby Sires been, Charged with eyeing the public coffers, But fixated more on survival tactics,...
Assurance to US on the size of military By Shamindra Ferdinando The Defence Ministry recently quoted State Defence Minister, Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon, as having assured US...
The Popular Sinhala Cinema: ~ Part two ~ by Laleen Jayamanne Ethnicity perhaps was not a political problem in the fledgling film industry, unlike in the...
By Lynn Ockersz In cozy Board rooms, Of the imperiled Isle, It’s the ‘bigger picture’, That’s made to count, And that goes down well, With those...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Derana Chief Dilith Jayaweera says the Port City Colombo could have given Sri Lankan economy the turbo boost it required but, unfortunately, the...