I write to complement Mr. Sangadasa Akurugoda’s essay “Why get rid of our linguistic heritage, and move back to English?” in ‘The Island’ of 8th February...
By Dr. Dineth Bandara The Ganja Lobby seems to have resorted to guerrilla marketing, as it were. This lobby came into being, pretending to be the...
Killing of Mahara Prison inmates Grieving families and the public eagerly await the findings of the judicial investigations into the killing of 11 inmates at the...
Dr. Sarath Gamini de Silva’s article “Early education towards racial harmony” appearing in The Island of 3rd February (Midweek Review) contains commendable ideas towards eschewing socially...
By Gamini Seneviratne Despite the claims/confessions of Australia and the GDR (refugee) and the USA (trainee war criminal) she’s a citizen, primarily, of Chile, which by...
On 1st February, the Sri Lankan Cabinet unanimously approved that the East Terminal of the Colombo Port will be developed solely by the Sri Lanka Ports...
The editorial in The Island of 04 Feb. 21 titled ‘Independence’ made me virtually run for my pen and ink bottle, so to speak. The editor...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in his address to the Nation on the Independence Day, said that the government officers were in the habit of seeking Cabinet approval...
India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, was an ardent promoter of rationalism and scientific thought, not to mention his penchant for secularism and distaste for dogma....
Protest against ECT being awarded to Adani group of India By Harim Peiris Earlier this week, the Government officially announced that it would not proceed with...