by Leelananda De Silva The General Election in mid 1977 brought an end to the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Government. The next six months were the last months...
by Kumar David Ms Power is a formidable power (sic!) in foreign policy and her visit a fortnight ago signals support for Ranil Wickremesinghe (RW). Power...
by Rajan Philips Sri Lanka is facing its ninth Resolution at the current UNHRC session in Geneva. To be clear, it is not the people of...
by Upatissa Pethiyagoda One way of “solving” a problem, is to pretend that it does not exist. A sub-head under this rubric is “sweeping under the...
The “Principal” Factor by Goolbai Gunasekara – Sarasavi Publishers –205 Pages – 2021. Rs.400.00 – Reviewed by Leelananda De Silva. In 1962, the government took over...
THE STORY OF WALKER SONS & CO LTD by HUGH KARUNANAYAKE THE EARLY YEARS The firm known as Walker Sons and Co was Ceylon’s major engineering...
The latest issue of ARTRA, celebrating its tenth anniversary, has more illustrations than text: wonderful reproductions of our artists ranging from the naturalistic to cubist, to...
by Gamini Wimalasuriya My late father and my mother who is 104 years now always used to talk about “Telijjawila Days’ as the best time of...
By Anura Gunasekera Roger Federer, the most celebrated Tennis player in history, after an illustrious two-decade career, departs the arena he graced with such virtuosity. Over...
by Thalif Deen (United Nations) Monday, September 19, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 (IPS) –When the United Nations decided to locate its 39-storeyed...