President Maithripala Sirisena, on 21 September, 2019, appointed a Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI), headed by Justice Janak de Silva, Judge of the Supreme Court, on...
By Professor M.W. Amarasiri de Silva This essay examines the critical need to revive linguistics education at the University of Peradeniya, an institution once widely recognised...
By Lynn Ockersz Let’s spare Sri Lanka’s athletes, Those tired plaudits and praise, As they return with laurels of Gold, But recognize their true worth, By...
The BASL received unexpected support, a few hours before the NPP Cabinet-of-Ministers, gave the formal go ahead for the controversial plan. Lal Wijenayake, member of NPP...
By Thanzyl Thajudeen (A Sri Lankan Malay) In the fishing village of Kirinda, on the southern coast near Hambantota, there are children who can barely speak...
by Dr. Ranil Senanayake In April, 2011, a paper, identifying the most critical and valuable material in maintaining the life support system of the planet as...
By Lynn Ockersz Like a cancer growth with a multiple head, Child abuse cases gather dust in tomes, Thousands in number and counting, That may perhaps...
Former IGP Chandana Deepal Wickramaratne, 63, succumbed to gunshot injury he received at his residence at Parakrama Mawatha, in Thalahena, Malabe, on 17 July. Wickramaratne, the...
Exposing Complexities of the Human Condition in Man’s Quest for Power Shakespeare believed that drama could illuminate truths about human nature more effectively than argument or...
Forty three years and counting, Big posers remain unanswered – For instance, couldn’t the state, See the bloodletting coming, When restive young hands of the North,...