Prof Saroj Jayasinghe’s candid view, published in The Island of September 17, 2021, on Ivermectin use, both in treatment and prevention of COVID-19, has been based...
By Anton Peiris, Nyon, Switzerland The tourist season, in Sri Lanka, will comence in November. Tens of thousands of tourists from Switzerland, Germany, Austria and a...
The importation of inorganic fertilisers, synthetic pesticides and herbicides (agrochemicals) was banned from the end of April 2021, to promote the use of organic fertilisers (OF)...
Ananda Wickremaratne by G. H. Peiris Professor Ananda Wickremeratne ranked among our most brilliant scholars whose careers commenced in the Faculty of Arts of the University...
by Dr. Pradeep Kariyawasam Former Chief Medical Officer of Health, Colombo Most citizens will wonder why I am asking for the lifting of the so-called ‘Lockdown’...
By Dr. Sarath Gamini De Silva The country is in dire straits. The economy is almost bankrupt, the pandemic is still on a deadly rampage, children...
Letter to PM Mahinda Rajapaksa: Dear Comrade, As I am sure you would recall, it was over 50 years ago that we first met, when you...
It is very heartening to hear that both the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader of India have expressed their appreciation of the song Manike mage hithe, sung...
The introduction of the Suwa Seriya free ambulance service has helped many patients, afflicted with serious illnesses, to get to the hospital in double quick time,...
By Rohana R. Wasala When I pen these words, most Sri Lankans are still sleeping. I am ahead of them and awake. That is because of...