by Dr. Sarath Gamini De Silva I am a consultant physician, now retired after 35-years of government service. Both my parents were trained teachers and I...
By Dr PARAKRAMA WAIDYANATHA The consignment of nano urea, much spoken about produced by Indian Farmer Fertiliser Corporation (IFFCO}, had just arrived! Locally it is named...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Two recent glaring distortions of the life of the Buddha, in Sinhala newspapers, has compelled me to pen these thoughts. Contrary to...
Phidias, the great sculptor was immersed in work. It was 447 BC, and Phidias was given the mission to sculpt a massive statue of the goddess...
The long and scary wait is over. Wide-eyed and tentative Sri Lanka’s future is stepping out to go to school. For Sri Lanka’s children it has...
Dr. Anula Wijesundera had written about university ragging in an article titled “Menace of university violence” giving facts and figures of the death and injury ragging...
Casino Kings have been very much in the news lately, but few can compare with our first Casino King, the inimitable, flamboyant, great-hearted Donovan Andree. He...
It is reported that China, the world’s second largest economy, is facing an energy crisis and this is due to China reducing its carbon emission in...
An appreciation: Dr. Mrs. Cynthia Jayasuriya The late Dr. Mrs. Cynthia Jayasuriya, top ENT surgeon would be remembered for promoting manioc, considered the poor man’s food,...
Remarks I made (The Island, 12 Oct) on Upul Wijayawardhana’s article on Astronomy, Astrology, Cosmology, etc., in The Island of 07 October, weren’t at all meant to be ‘snide’ or derogatory as he...