Sri Lanka is currently experiencing the worst economic crisis in its post-independence history. Foreign reserves have dangerously dwindled, incapacitating the government to import essential supplies, such...
By DR. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA “We want the donkey removed and they are trying to change the saddle!” Ayatollah Khomeini, during the Iranian Revolution, 1979 Having done...
By Gamini Seneviratne (This article was first published in The Island in 2001. It is reproduced, today, given its relevance to the present situation.) That heading...
By Sonali Wijeratne A former Ministry Secretary (Mrs Dhara Wijayathilake) writes in The Island Opinion of 27th April 2022 of an imperative need for a Code...
By Sanjeewa Jayaweera The Board of Directors of SriLankan Airlines (UL) was summoned before the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) on account of the controversy that...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Déjà vu. The response to the failure of Yahapalanaya a couple of years ago has been made to the failure of Pohottuwa...
You hit the nail on the head with your Editorial (The Island) of Tuesday, April 26th: “Sinners stoning sinners “. You ask: Why do principals take bribes...
Watching the scenes taking place at the Galle face Green I could not help coining the above term, 77 Daruwo – Children of 77. Maybe I...
A brief recap and suggestions of a way forward by Dharshan Weerasekera The United Nations Human Rights Commission’s (UNHRC) 49th Session ended on 1st April and...
By Anura Gunasekera Chaminda Lakshan, an unarmed 41-year-old father of two, a member of a group of anguished citizens, waiting for days for a meagre fuel...