By Nimal Welgama It’s hard to capture in a few words the flavour of Upali Wijewardene, the founder the Upali Group, who tragically went out of...
The Island was not started solely to cater to the people’s right to be informed. Promoting the national interest was also one of its main objectives....
Cambridge days by A. C. Visvalingam Some time in late 1955 or early 1956, I was planning to abandon a course in Agricultural Engineering that I...
by Ajith Samaranayake Between Sri Lanka’s 35th independence anniversary and his birthday Upali Wijewardene boarded his executive Lear Jet at Kuala Lumpur and in a single...
We fondly remember our founder Mr.Upali Wijewadene and his successor as our Chairman Dr. Seevali Ratwatte, who steered the Upali Group through some of the most...
BY ARJUNA HULUGALLE From the moment I met Upali Wijewardene, and that was at the age of five in the baby class at Ladies’ College, Colombo,...
About Ourselves We love this land. That is why the newspaper which is born today is called “The Island”. We are modest people but we believe...
BY RANJIT WIJEWARDENE Dynastically Upali Wijewardene could have chosen to wear the mantle of his paternal uncle, D.R. Wijewardene, the newspaperman, or follow the role model...
Some personal recollections BY NANDA GODAGE I returned to Sri Lanka in 1979 from a tour of duty in the Philippines and reassumed duties at the...
In an exclusive interview with the Sunday Island, film maker Asoka Handagama shares the story behind his latest film- Alborada (The Dawning of the Day) inspired...