By A. PATABENDIGE The ceremonial opening of the 9th Parliament, held on August 21, 2020 saw the President, a war veteran, nothing less, do away with...
The 19th Amendment to the Constitution is the desire and goal of Pohottuva politics today. It is now more important that the economic crisis faced by...
Professor Carlo Fonseka At the first death anniversary of Professor Carlo Fonseka, I would like to bring the focus of the reader to the legacy of...
Education Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris called on the prelates of Malwatte and Asgiriya chapters to appraise them of the government plan to scrap 19A (The...
An English clergyman, Thomas. Robert Malthus (1766 – 1834 ) in a book titled, “The Theory of Population” argued that the growth of population will in...
Open letter to the President Whilst appreciating and congratulating Your Excellency on much of the new thrusts proposed in the policy statement, the writer was thoroughly...
It is a laudable idea to resurrect local industries and also start new ones. Some of these industries, which began in the sixties and seventies, did...
By ROHANA R. WASALA In my opinion, Ven. Athuraliye Ratana and Ven. Galaboda-aththe Gnanasara were following two different lines of activism in the arena of inclusive...
In my letter in The Island captioned “Best Leave the President to his Task”, I concluded “When narcotics sleuths sell themselves to drug barons etc., this...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa addressing ‘Viyathmaga’ event in the run-up to 2019 presidential poll Beginning from April 2010 as initiated by Dr. Usvatte-aratchi (UA), “Samskriti” team which...