(The author is on X as @sasmester) On 6 May 2026, I wrote an essay in this column titled, ‘Monks, the Law and the Future of...
On 6 May, the British establishment organ, The Economist published an essay, “Vladimir Putin is losing his grip on Russia” by “a former senior official in...
Preamble and the Accused Ehelepola tragedy has twists and turns; I start with the African proverb, “Until lions have their own historians, the history of the...
Reform of the Anti-Corruption Act – Part III by A Special Correspondent (Continued from yesterday) The most dangerous job in Sri Lanka today is that of...
The terrorist war, which was launched in the 1970s to create a separate state, was ruthless and created political and economic instability. Sri Lankan governments, during...
On May 15, newspapers reported a tragic incident in Wilgamuwa: a 56‑year‑old father and his 25‑year‑old daughter were killed in a wild elephant attack while travelling...
Agriculture, or the production of food, has framed the history of social development through millennia. Honed over centuries of tending to a land and its soils,...
I was taken aback by the response of the well-known academic Uswatte-Aratchi (U-A) to my article “Achievements of the Hunduwa”, which appeared in The Island on...
Recent statements from Washington show how global politics is being increasingly framed along civilisational terms. The U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has referred to the...
Palm leaf manuscripts are now valued as historical documents and collections of palm leaf manuscripts are carefully preserved in libraries, in Sri Lanka and abroad. Most...