I am very grateful to The Island editor for allocating some space for me in his highly readable newspaper. It’s the paper I read 24/365 first...
Reference letter by B.Perera in The Island of o1March. He said, “Since the JVP never ruled the country it is easy to show that they have done...
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has been in the news again – this time for the wrong reason. Questions are being asked about the...
Big Apple is an appellation for New York City. Although some apple is grown in upstate New York and Long Island, New York is not apple...
A recent television program on this subject brought to mind some elements that could contribute to the settlement on the long running Indo-Lanka fishing dispute. Initially,...
Professor Sudharshan Seneviratne, who passed away on January 17, was a renaissance man. As a student in the Primary School of Ananda College, Sudharshan played the...
Suvendreni Weerasekera passed away on January 14, 2024 after a brief illness. Born in 1940, she was the daughter of Godwin & Ira Weerasekera.She was proud...
Don Gunasena Athukorala passed away peacefully in Sydney on February 22, 2024 three months short of his century. His funeral is due to take place in...
Serving the people was his only ambition The quote “Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will...
Recently a postgraduate student posed the question “Why is it that our National flag depicts the different ethnic groups and still expect us to be a...