On the twelfth of August fifteen years ago, Sri Lanka lost a dazzling jewel in Lakshman Kadirgamar. It was at the hands of a demented, brutal...
By Sarath Manula Wickrama The first Chancellor appointed from Rajarata area was warmly welcomed on July 24. The highest position one can attain in university field...
by Malinda Seneviratne Consolation prizes there will always be. All it takes is a poker face, ability to cherry-pick and a veneer of analytical sophistication. Well,...
by Kumar David It has been a constant if annoying refrain of this column that there are powerful class, political, military, cultural and racial-religious forces pushing...
by Dr. Upatissa Pethiyagoda We are constantly reminded of the sorry state of our Economy. This is simply to say that we are broke. We are...
by Nilakshan Perera (continued from last week) On July 23, 1983, when the LTTE ambushed 14 Army personnel including Lt Waas Gunawardena, we were at Ratmalana...
by Vijaya Chandrasoma The only predictable thing about Trump is his predictability. He failed in his efforts to con his way to a Nobel Peace Prize,...
I was watching midday BBC World News on August 4 when the visuals of an explosion were flashed on screen as ‘breaking news’. It was repeated...
POPULATION CONTROL ADVOCATE AT VATICAN MEET . . . by Selvam Canagaratna “Over-population is a phenomenon connected with the survival of the unfit, and it is...
Indonesian National Day falls on Aug. 17 by Dr.P.G. Punchihewa In spite of Sri Lanka and Indonesia (Java and Sumatra) having a common heritage based on...