Now that the Havelock Road is open to traffic on both sides up to the Pamankada bridge, the Pamankada T-junction has become a real bottleneck, especially...
The countrywide power outage that took place on Friday 03 November, 2021, shook the nation. As everyone is suspicious of everyone else in this country, most...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Of many a wonderful saying that embellishes the Sinhala language, none seems more appropriate, at present, than the expression “Yanne koheda? Malle...
Statement by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa on Tourism industry crisis Leading up to 2019, Sri Lanka was recognized as one of the most exciting travel destinations...
Today, our routine life is detached from what we conceive to be religion. Our engagement with religion is, mostly, formal, ritualistic and ceremonial. This is not...
We are not talking about our children going back to school but about the request made by the Chief Opposition Whip Lakshman Kiriella to allow parliamentarians...
There is no shortage of hot topics for the media these days, the latest being the unusual occurrence of gas related accidents. Any ordinary person would...
The motive of the government decision to lower the interest rates of deposits was predominantly to engross the banks to lend at lower interest rates for entrepreneurs to boost the economy of...
Submission of the Collective of Women affected by Microfinance to Tomoya Obokata UN Special Rapporteur Debt is the most prevalent source of slavery. In contemporary Sri...
By Chandre Dharmawardana It was mystifying to read Professor Kulasooriya’s article “Don’t deride Sri Lankan scientists”, (Island, 29/11/2021) because it is not clear who has derided...