I seek to draw the attention of the President who is battling with what he inherited as those responsible are crawling out of the woodwork. A...
by Ahmed Bilal Mehboob A FACTOR critical in deciding the outcome of an election is the time when it is held. The power to fix the...
Organic farming uses manual weeding and tilling of soil. It uses water to control weeds in paddy fields. All these greatly add to soil erosion, land...
Ragging and violence: On September 14, 2022, a group of students studying law in the Faculty of Arts were assaulted while they were dining in the...
The foolish decision of the former President to ban the import of inorganic fertilisers, and other agrochemicals, caused the downfall of our agricultural sector. It has...
Mr. Editor, may I please request you to give me a little space in your well-read newspaper to highlight a matter of public importance. That is...
The whole country knows that the Rajapaksas, Ranil Wickremesinghe, other corrupt politicians, and the Speaker, have engineered the exclusion of Prof. Charitha Herath and Prof. Tissa...
On 05 October, 2022, The Island carried an article by Dr C. S. Weeraratna with the title “Deteriorating rural economy, and food Security”. On reading this,...
So-called ragging, in universities is a form of torture and part of a sinister political strategy. There may be some undergrads who engage in ragging to...
The above I copied from the editorial of The Island (10/10). I disagree. They continuously learn and adjust themselves, according to the behaviour of our people...