Appreciation This is the 23rd anniversary of the shocking and tragic death of Dr. Dharmawansa Senadhira, Rice Breeder of excellence. The time was 5.15 p.m on...
Specialist Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Senior Fellow, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. There were loads of reports of all forms of child...
The advisability, necessity, practicality and economics of switching to “organic farming” has generated much interest and received much publicity. This is as it should be, on...
Basil Rajapaksa We have got a new Finance Minister who has a formidable task ahead of him. I guess his task would have been less...
The pandemic has brought enormous disruption to the education of our youth during these two years. However, this may be a good opportunity for the academia...
Elephants, in captivity, could be banned in the UK as part of possible recommendations the government is set to consider. The Elephant Welfare Group has been...
Appreciation The rather sudden demise of Dr.P A J Ratnasiri, or Janaka Ratnasiri, as he preferred to be called, leaves a great void among the...
Most writers have referred to compost as organic fertiliser, which is technically incorrect. Incorporation of compost into agricultural lands is not new. It is an age-old...
The Covid-19 pandemic, globally, has developed into a race between vaccination of the world population and mutations of the virus into more dangerous strains. This, in...
In common political discourse, it is seldom that differences in measurable facts form the basis of debate. It is a reason for some satisfaction, that the...