We are not talking about our children going back to school but about the request made by the Chief Opposition Whip Lakshman Kiriella to allow parliamentarians...
There is no shortage of hot topics for the media these days, the latest being the unusual occurrence of gas related accidents. Any ordinary person would...
The motive of the government decision to lower the interest rates of deposits was predominantly to engross the banks to lend at lower interest rates for entrepreneurs to boost the economy of...
Submission of the Collective of Women affected by Microfinance to Tomoya Obokata UN Special Rapporteur Debt is the most prevalent source of slavery. In contemporary Sri...
By Chandre Dharmawardana It was mystifying to read Professor Kulasooriya’s article “Don’t deride Sri Lankan scientists”, (Island, 29/11/2021) because it is not clear who has derided...
The main objective of the Department of the Registrar of Companies is the efficient and effective implementation, administration and enforcement of several legislative enactments assigned to...
By Yukthi K.Gunasekera “When you avoid tough conversations, you trade short-term discomfort for long-term dysfunction”, said leader, speaker, and coach Peter Bromberg. The purpose of this...
Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera spent his university life at the Peradeniya campus, which, no doubt, had contributed to the development of his career in literature and profession....
In the immediate term, all political parties in Parliament should bury their respective hatchets, and agree on a political truce for the next two years. They...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana The behaviour of our elected representatives, at times, is so reprehensible that it is becoming increasingly difficult to separate them from village...