Priyal de Silva, a retired General Manager of Railways and Past President, Institute of Engineers, who had also been the Chief Engineer Way and Works Department,...
The recent correspondence on trees and the environment reminded my ageing memory of a fascinating bit of oral history I heard from a veteran Kachcheri officer...
After the arrival, discussions and departure of Jiechi of China and Pompeo of the US, we hear about “Debt Traps”. Some say there are no debt...
What makes a virus jump from one host species to another? Obviously, it must be for its survival. What makes a poor man go into the...
Some thoughts and reminiscences By Dr. V.J.M. de Silva There is no doubt about the gravity and world concern about this serious disease. Every newspaper devotes...
It was great to see Valaichchenai producing paper once again. Thanks to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his team, including Minister Wimal Weerawamsa, officials of the Paper...
Are we now in the Predatory Era of diplomacy? US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has given us much food for thought on this. He has...
In 1964, Iran under Shah Reza Pahlavi, signed SOFA with the USA. Earlier his father Reza Shah had in 1928 abolished capitulations and judicial immunities to...
By Dr M. HARIS DEEN The second wave of the COVID 19 pandemic and the extent of its spread worldwide, has left the Muslims of Sri...
On May 3rd 2020, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told ABC News that there was “enormous evidence” to prove that the Covid-19 virus had come...