By Rumeth Jayasinghe In its simplest sense, de-dollarization refers to the global shift towards reducing reliance on the US dollar as a reserve currency, medium of...
PLACES, PEOPLE & PASSIONS (3Ps) Dr. Chandana (Chandi) Jayawardena DPhil President – Chandi J. Associates Inc. Consulting, Canada chandij@sympatico.ca Profile Iromie has painted for over five...
Dr Sarala Fernando Defence expenditure has not been a subject of public discussion in Sri Lanka, which was understandable during the difficult years of the armed...
By Dr Nihal D Amerasekera I remember singing the old Scout song “Row row row your boat” which ends with that thoughtful and deeply philosophical line...
Excerpted from Chosen Ground: The Clara Motwani Saga by Goolbai Gunasekare “You have a story to tell,” said my friend Shirani Captain one day, when we...
Arraigned on charges he conspired to stay in office By Vijaya Chandrasoma Following an investigation by Special Counsel Jack Smith, a Washington D.C. grand jury charged,...
Some Sundays ago this column carried my article about five British, an Irish and American who came to India and joined the Quit India protest in...
(Excerpted from the autobiography of Merrill. J. Fernando) Having severed my connections with AF Jones, I gave myself a respite from an intense work life, literally...
by Dr K. M. Wasantha Bandara This is a humble effort to build up on the article titled, ‘Medical negligence or error’, published in The Island...
Cassandra in her Friday Cry-s has often noted with deep gratitude that nature has been benevolent to suffering, down and almost out Sri Lanka. Forest fires...