by ECB Wijesinghe I am beholden to my friend, Mervyn Casie Chetty, lawyer, poet, wit and reigning king of the Colombo Chetty community, for the fund...
by Uditha Devapriya Walking along the sun-baked pavements of Polonnaruwa and studying the images of the Buddha and the monuments erected in his name last February,...
by Sanjeewa Jayaweera I suppose we need to be thankful for even small gestures in these desperate times. So, the recent statement attributed to the Minister...
by Goolbai Gunasekara Although I am now an ex- Principal of an International School, I am still asked the same questions albeit in varied degrees of...
By Ifham Nizam The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) would be compelled to restrict power supply to a few hours in the Southern Province if the water...
Saturday 1st January, 2022 The dawn of a new year always brings hope, which gives people a reason to live amidst numerous crises. Some words of...
Crackers did burst, and rockets did fly with blasts. As the old year folded up, the fireworks continued. Were some of the louder blasts from gas...
By Uditha Devapriya For Sinhala nationalists, I daresay the history of Sri Lanka remains the history of the Sinhala people. This begs two questions: one, who...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Having had to restrict our activities severely for almost two years, all that we are dreaming of is normal times—nothing more! As...
At the very beginning, prejudices should be shunned away. Based on scientific experiments, behavioural economists show that there are strong biases in the human mind. Due...