The media, both print and electronic, are agog with news re the sudden ban on importation of chemical fertilisers including agro-chemicals to this country for the...
By SENA THORADENIYA This is an afterword to Dr. G. Usvatte-aratchi’s article, “Sinhala Surnames” published in The Island Sat Mag of 3 July 2021. The Concise...
This has reference to the recent X-PRESS PEARL accident and other transport incidents/accidents in our fair isle. If we take our minds back to all the...
The performance of the England cricket team has tremendously improved over the years, and the team has gained higher rankings in all formats of the game,...
The President’s Manifesto, “Saubagyamath Dekma”, reflected in many of his public pronouncements that environmental issues need to be given due consideration before any development projects are...
Some years back, plastic trash bins were sold at a nominal rate and most city and urban dwellers purchased them. The idea was for householders to...
By Kusum Wijetilleke (kusumw@gmail.com) Twitter: @kusumw The mainstream media’s obsession with the re-entry to Parliament of Ranil Wickremesinghe (RW) betrays an unsophisticated effort at constructing a...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana “Pipi gena aa malak paravee, suwanda loketa nodee nesuna”: This line from a song my wife sang in the ’60s over Radio...
Appreciation It was saddening to read the passing away of Mr. James H Lanerolle on 2nd June, a gentleman and an administrator, par excellence, with superior...
Everybody, it seems, is appalled by the attraction of politics as a haven for the “Intellectually challenged”. It is revealed that some 60 % or something,...