We have lots of readers, from around the world, who are fans of The Island and Fione Muller Perera, from Australia, happens to be one of...
By Uditha Devapriya Conversations lay down the foundation for consensus, they provoke discussion and enable debate. One Text Initiative’s (OTI) session on strengthening parliamentary fiscal sovereignty...
DONALD TRUMP GOES FULL HITLER ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL by Vijaya Chandrasoma Much has been written about Trump’s election to the presidency in 2016; his ignorant, incompetent,...
Text and pictures by PRIYAN DE SILVA The Muslim Service of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) conducted a three-day workshop at its training department titled...
Review of ‘Sri Lanka @ 75’ By Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel (LLM International Law (UCL)), former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, President of the Lanka Ambassador’s...
Excerpted from memoirs of Lalith de Mel, formerly of Reckitt and Colman Prior to leaving for Brazil, he and his wife had to attend a language...
Excerpted from the autobiography of Merrill J. Fernando If the chokehold that British interests exerted on the local entrepreneur was not strong enough to stifle him,...
Budget speech by MA Sumanthiran, MP Thank you presiding member for the opportunity to speak at the second reading of the budget proposals that have been...
Reviewed by Rajiva Wijesinha Late last year Vasantha Senanayake, whom I had first met when we were new members of Parliament together way back in 2010,...
Holidaying in Galle & Colombo, 24 July–4 August 2023 by Ron Slee of Flinders University & Adelaide My interest in visiting Sri Lanka has been building...