Strengthening Irrigation sector in Sri Lanka to ensure appropriate disaster-resilient measures Recognizing the necessity for greater investment in the planning process for disaster-resilient infrastructure across Asia...
The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) has called for a strong resolution on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.Issuing a statement, the...
An open letter to the Minister of Agriculture Mr. Minister, You have recently, on several occasions, indicated your desire to lift the highly ill- conceived ban...
As Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union passed away, a remarkable Pizza Hut advert filmed in 1997 resurfaced. In the ad, Gorbachev walked...
Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka, Mizukoshi Hideaki attended the send-off ceremony on Sept 16held by Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment to give words of...
Continuing a series of engagements with concurrently accredited Diplomatic Missions to Sri Lanka from New Delhi, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India, Milinda Moragoda, interacted with a second group of African Heads of...
I read The Island editorial of 09 Sept., and feel comforted that we still have some intrepid journalists who can call a spade a spade without...
By LIONEL PALLIYAGURU I have been a sky gazer for more than four decades, a habit which started in my school days. As an amateur astronomer,...
Creating Hope Through Action’ is the triennial theme for the years 2021- 23 for the World Suicide Prevention Day observed every year, on 10 September. This...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Brits are known the world over for one thing––queueing, which they have developed to a fine art, the very antithesis of what...