By Dr. C. S. Weeraratna csweera@sltnet.lk According to recent news, import of fertilizers is going to be banned. The President at a recent meeting highlighted the...
To say Sri Lanka is in the worst economic crisis, since independence, is not an exaggeration. To begin with, the economy was in the doldrums, in...
A black-suited Opposition and a white clad black-ribboned government had a field day in parliament, when the country marked the second anniversary of the Easter Sunday...
Sri Lankans are well known to have a short memory. Since March 2020 the country had to face two waves of Covid-19 epidemics and the second...
President’s Counsel Romesh de Silva, appearing on behalf of President’s Secretary in answering several questions by the judges, has said he will recommend making amendments to...
By DHARSHAN WEERASEKERA Attorney-at-Law Alisdair Pal of Reuters says of the recent UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka, “the resolution allows the U.N. to “collect, consolidate, analyze...
The Big Matches between popular schools in Colombo and main outstation cities are round the corner. In the past school sports was in the hands of...
I have written about this amusingly thought-provoking creature, the ‘post turtle’ to ‘The Island’ around three years ago (appeared in the opinion column of The...
I read with much interest the letter by Mr. Nissanka Warakaulle, regarding the above matter, in the issue of the Sunday Island of 18th April 2021....
by Harim Peiris One of the more interesting features about the current Parliament of Sri Lanka, is that it has the highest number of parties with...