Dr. Upul Wijayawardhana (UW) is a regular contributor to this newspaper. His articles are almost always interesting and sometimes they provide valuable perspectives. I find his...
I write with reference to a letter on night soil as a source of fertiliser by my good friend Upali Wickremasinghe which appeared in the Island...
I have heard the Minister of Agriculture, speaking in Parliament, defending the ban on importing inorganic fertilisers, say that fertilisers are one of the causes of...
The issue of ‘Organic or Inorganic’ is lingering on, the latest complication arising from the arrival in the harbour of a load of “Prilled Urea” –...
Let me thank S.A.K. for his above captioned letter, giving me the opportunity to expose some of his arguments, which show he has not read several...
Haj demonstrates equality amongst people By Dr M Haris Z Deen For a second year in succession, the Muslims’ Haj rituals will be conducted in a...
Ceylon Teachers’ Union President Joseph Stalin being packed off to a quarantine centre recently By Dr LAKSIRI FERNANDO The current ‘crisis’ in Sri Lanka appears...
Dear Sir, At the outset, may I rather belatedly congratulate you on your assumption of high ministerial office as the new Minister of Finance of Sri...
With six minutes of warm applause, on the streets, balconies, windows, the whole country applauded for six minutes – spectacular example of leadership and defence of...
Jayanath Laksen Chandri Salgado Appreciation SLAF No. 2 intake of officer cadets consisted of nine, along with few other in–service inductions. Of the nine, four were...