President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday met Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel in Havana and assured him that Sri Lanka will continue to support Cuba in global forums while the...
Over 15,000 children aged under 5 years are reportedly suffering from severe acute malnutrition, according to the ‘Nutrition Month’ report published by the Family Health Bureau...
by Rajan Philips Channel 4 has resurrected Easter and divided the political waters. Like Moses leading the Israelis through the divided waters of the Red Sea,...
Last week’s piece by Vijaya Chandrasoma in the Sunday Island (Sept. 10) was illustrated with two attention grabbing cartoons. One of them, depicting Donald Trump shackled...
By Sanjeewa Jayaweera The recent decision by the Asian Cricket Council to allocate a reserve day for the India-Pakistan match in Colombo was no doubt taken...
Goolbai Gunasekera had written in this newspaper three Sundays previously that making Sinhala the national language and compelling schools, hitherto teaching in English, to have only...
PLACES, PEOPLE & PASSIONS (3Ps) Part 8 Dr. Chandana () Jayawardena DPhil President – Chandi J. Associates Inc. Consulting, Canada chandij@sympatico.ca Profile Sohan is a popular...
(Excerpted from volume ii of Sarath Amunugama autobiograph With the ascent of Premadasa who together with Ranjan Wijeratne made a determined effort to negotiate with the...
By Zinara Rathnayake “Those who know, know,” Sudath Fernando tells me, cutting a tender, young thambili at his makeshift kiosk on Galle Road in Colombo. Sudath...
by Cecil de Mel After more than 50 years I still cherish the nostalgic memories of my school days at Prince of Wales College, especially in...