By Lynn Ockersz Stunted and wasted to the bone, He is no tourist brochure pin-up boy, As he lies huddled in his tumble-down cot, An easy...
By DR. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA Economics is not a hard science. There are no scientific axioms in economics that can be universally accepted. It all depends upon...
By Dr. D. Chandraratna Nissanka Warakaulle’s thoughts on the abundant prevalence of jealousy among the Sinhala population (The Island, 23 December), prompted me to write a...
By Shamindra Ferdinando In spite of issuing a five-year multiple visa to retired Maj. Gen. Udaya Perera in Aug 2019, the US, in early Dec, 2021,...
By Usvatte-aratchi Wishing is swishing around so much that I thought that I might switch my thoughts to wishing. (‘From the troubles of the world I...
Yugadanavi legal wrangle: By Shamindra Ferdinando The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) government faces an overwhelming challenge from within, at the beginning of the New Year....
By Dr. Laksiri Fernando The first ‘communist’ system in the Soviet Union collapsed 30 years ago. On Christmas day, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned and dissolved the Soviet...
By Lynn Ockersz Stones are being hurled at the ‘Fallen Woman’, By those who found her rise intolerable, Though knowing fully well in their hearts, That...
by Susantha Hewa This refers to Dr. Laksiri Fernando’s essay titled, “English as language of higher education: some FB responses” appeared in The Island of December...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Who could have imagined that the incumbent government would name wartime President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s one-time emissary for talks with the top LTTE leadership,...