The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Center for Human Rights and Development (CHRD) have welcomed the findings recently made by a United Nations...
Do we consume more than we produce? by Kumar David There are gentlemen (and ladies too I presume) who pontificate in learned terms that it is...
by Vijaya Chandrasoma Former President Donald Trump held the first rally last week to announce his candidature for the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidency at...
By Prof.Kirthi Tennakone Decades ago, language, classics, science, and mathematics emphasiing geometry stood as the cornerstones of the high school curriculum, shaping students’ minds. These disciplines...
By Siri Hettige, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Colombo I wish to begin this article with a very broad assertion, namely, Sri Lanka’s present economic...
On Tuesday March 28, The Island editor as is his way, struck the nail on its damn head and fearlessly made his point. He wrote: “The...
By Uditha Devapriya Sanath Nandasiri’s passing away, at the age of 81, compels one to reflect on the generation he hailed from and in a way...
Escalating inter-state power struggles worldwide are triggering a dramatic rise in global arms manufacture and spending but the possibility is great of the vital interests of...
by Jehan Perera A year after the protest movement took off into a mammoth public display of the popular desire for change, it appears to be...
by Ahilan Kadirgamar Sri Lanka’s seventeenth IMF agreement sealed last week may well prove to be the most devastating one of them all. The reason is...