In a recent editorial, The Island editor recalled a statement by former MP Ranjan Ramanayake that they are all friends, meaning that these politicians of all...
By SANJA DE SILVA JAYATILLEKA In the 21st century international political theatre, unnerving in the extreme, we were treated recently to how things are likely to...
This is a short piece written after reading Prof. Susrith Mendis’s “A Short Essay” assessing the humanities and social sciences in the universities of Sri Lanka...
I was inspired to write this after reading the excellent article by Rohan Abeygunawardena published in The Island on 17 February 2022. Mr. B. D. Rampala...
I was amazed that Dr. Upul Wijewardena had called Elizabeth Windsor, Queen of England, a great woman. He has committed the further apostasy of coupling her...
By Harim Peiris The local media has quoted His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith as having said, at a recent press conference, that a course of action...
It appears from reading news items in the daily newspapers, the government accusing the Ministry of Power and the CEB for the grave situation of this...
This has reference to the two civil light aircraft incidents/accidents that occurred in the country in quick succession last month in Paiyagala and Kimbulapitiya, respectively. The...
Professor S. W. R. De A Samarasingha joined the university of Peradeniya along with me in 1962 as an undergraduate. I first met him on the first day...
Moscow has just been voted the third best city in the world to live in by the UN. But it beats all the competition in having...