The long and scary wait is over. Wide-eyed and tentative Sri Lanka’s future is stepping out to go to school. For Sri Lanka’s children it has...
Dr. Anula Wijesundera had written about university ragging in an article titled “Menace of university violence” giving facts and figures of the death and injury ragging...
Casino Kings have been very much in the news lately, but few can compare with our first Casino King, the inimitable, flamboyant, great-hearted Donovan Andree. He...
It is reported that China, the world’s second largest economy, is facing an energy crisis and this is due to China reducing its carbon emission in...
An appreciation: Dr. Mrs. Cynthia Jayasuriya The late Dr. Mrs. Cynthia Jayasuriya, top ENT surgeon would be remembered for promoting manioc, considered the poor man’s food,...
Remarks I made (The Island, 12 Oct) on Upul Wijayawardhana’s article on Astronomy, Astrology, Cosmology, etc., in The Island of 07 October, weren’t at all meant to be ‘snide’ or derogatory as he...
We were pleased to read the recent speech delivered at the 72nd anniversary of the Gajaba Regiment by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in which he admitted about...
By Jehan Perera There are indications that the government is planning to conduct Provincial Council elections in the early part of next year. It is reported...
By Dr Anula Wijesundere Consultant Physician I wish to draw your attention to a subject that is very close to my heart and a subject that...
(Some errors had crept into this letter, which was first published on 14 October under a different headline. This is the correct version. We regret the...