By Kaushalya Perera State universities in general, and the Humanities and Social Sciences in particular, are often charged with not doing research. Such allegations and complaints...
We certainly did take a backseat and watch India turn our singing sensation, Yohani de Silva, into a mega star…a global icon, in fact. While India...
By Srilal Miththapala I first set eyes on Rambo, in the early 1990s, when I started visiting the Uda Walawe National Park. He was a young...
The mitochondrion has garnered quite the reputation for its role as the “powerhouse of the cell.” These tiny, but mighty organelles play various life-sustaining roles, from...
By Prof. Kirthi Tennakone (ktenna@yahoo.co.uk ) A week ago, pharmaceutical companies, Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, announced an orally admissible pill that cuts-down COVID-19 hospitalisation deaths by...
By M. P. Dhanapala Agrochemicals, including chemical fertilisers, are to be replaced by non-toxic organic manure and other environmentally-friendly products, based on the expert advice that...
by Vijitha Yapa, Founder Editor, Sunday Island The person at the other end of the phone calling from Nallur was very angry. “Mr Editor, you have killed me...
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by Vijaya Chandrasoma I apologize for writing about a subject of which I have little personal experience. I thought it may be interesting to reflect on...
From the Memoirs of Chandra Wickremasinghe, Retd. Additional Secretary to the President President Premadasa was certainly not an easy person to satisfy. He was very exacting...