A legend in his time, Galle’s W. Dahanayake who was briefly prime minister after the SWRD Bandaranaike assassination, attributed his unexpected elevation to the prime ministry...
Saturday 20th November, 2021 Protesting Indian farmers have prevailed after a year-long struggle. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was left with no alternative but to bite the...
Friday 19th November, 2021 Long lines of vehicles and people with cans are still seen near filling stations in many parts of the country despite repeated...
Thursday 18th November, 2021 SLPP MP and former President Maithripala Sirisena has told Parliament that the yahapalana government, which he once led, was more sinned against...
Wednesday 17th November, 2021 Nobody will buy into the government’s claim that it was to prevent the spread of Covid-19 that the police yesterday turned back...
Tuesday 16th November, 2021 Being in print for four long decades is no mean achievement for any newspaper. The Island passes that milestone, today. Ours has...
Monday 15th November, 2021 Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa has spoken, and the people are trying to figure out what he has said, one may say with...
This is being written before the budget was presented on Friday due to technical demands of printing the Sunday Island on Friday night. Hence our commentary...
Saturday 13th November, 2021 President Gotabaya Rajapaksa made a gem of a statement, while speaking at an event to mark the World Science Day, at Temple...
Friday 12th November, 2021 The government is acting as if it had solved all the burning problems the country is beset with; it has undertaken to...