Law is Light is a series of trilingual legal discussions to shed light on the law. The Latin maxim “ignorantia legis neminem excusat” translates to ignorance...
In the latter half of the 20th century, the Non-Aligned Movement played an important role at a time when East-West tensions were running high. In August...
(Excerpted from the Memoirs of Chandra Wickremasinghe, Retd. Additional Secretary to the President) In the National Housing Authority where I worked after returning from Canberra, I...
(By Desamanya K.H.J. Wijayadasa; former Secretary to the President) Rebirth is a fundamental tenet of Buddhism As far as Buddhists are concerned, rebirth is not a...
by Kumar David People were settling down to the belief that like Pavithra’s snake oil, the 70% electrical energy generation from renewables totem-pole that the President...
Throughout this past year we have had to deal with death, owing mainly to the Covid pandemic. I was deeply saddened to hear of the death...
By Steve A. Morrell The National Geographic Magazine in their publication of December 2018, had a lot to say about the benefits of oil palm. ‘The...
Suresh Perera, 59, the news editor of the Sunday Island died unexpectedly of Covid 19 last Wednesday and was cremated the same day, leaving his wife...
I write this Poya Sunday on an outstanding personality in Buddhist robes – Most Ven Ajahn Brahmavamso. There have been celebrations on his birthday, mostly in...
Meeting president-to-be of Afghanistan and an eight-hour drive to deliver a cake by Jayantha Perera From 1991 to 1996, I was the Socio-Economist of the World...