In The Island on January 20, Tillakaratne Lokubanda in his article “National schools, provincial schools, and international schools: A state-consented neo-caste system” wrote “After the 1956...
It was indeed a sad day and a great loss for members of his family, relatives and friends when Dr. Disampathy Subesinghe breathed his last in...
A state-consented neo-caste system by Lokubanda Tillakaratne (First part of this article appeared in The Island yesterday (20 Jan.) Some Thoughts as Solutions Village school students...
by Geewananda Gunawardana, Ph.D. In his excellent article on “Poor-quality and counterfeit medicines and unnecessary drugs” (The Island 06 January, 2025), Professor Saman Gunatilake wrote, “However,...
A few mornings ago, three SriLankan Airlines aircraft diverted to Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA), and a Turkish Airlines aircraft to Trivandrum, India, due to bad...
By Shiran Illanperuma (First part of this article appeared in The Island yesterday (13 Jan.) Sri Lanka in the International Sovereign Bond Debt-Trap Sri Lanka was...
by Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne(Retired from Sri Lanka Navy) Former Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Sri Lanka NavyThe Former Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner...
Dr Upul Wijewardhana has recently written an article referring Dr Anton Jayasuriya as an ‘imposter/pretender”. Although Anton (Kara) Jayasuriya and I graduated in 1954, he was...
The name was a conversation piece. He was known as ‘Lenin,’ but that was actually an afterthought. Born Hirohito Edward Jayasinghe to a radical communist—Jones Alexander...
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Professor Acchi M. Ishak, of 23, Kassapa Road, Colombo 5, and a former lecturer at...