Need for urgent reforms for improvement (This article is an excerpt of the book ‘PRESENT STATUS OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN SRI LANKA...
I have watched with sadness how the teachers protested to obtain their just demands. I reflected on what my teachers taught, and silently prayed for them...
Covid-19 is the third viral epidemic to have come upon man since the first in 2003 and it may not be the last. Next pandemic could...
Procrastination seems to be rampant in the government today. It was Oscar Wilde who said, “Never put off for tomorrow what you can put off for...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa polled 6,924,255 (52.25%) at the last presidential election and the current Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa 5,564,239 (41.99%). In the Presidential Task Force, set...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Maybe, it is time to add a new phrase to the political lexicon: ‘A corrupt Cameron’ to mean a corrupt politician! Perhaps,...
Disaster in waiting As emphasised, the microbes (‘germs’ in lay terms) have always been a constant threat to human existence. Hence, an endless war between microbes...
By VIJAYA KUMAR The teachers’ strike is now a month old, and the government’s strategy appears to play for time; by holding out a promise of...
The world is facing the threat of the Covid-19 pandemic and the death of millions of people. The whole world, including our beloved motherland, is witnessing...
The Island editorial (10 August) ‘Unkind digs at jab givers’ prompted me to pen this letter, with feelings of anger, disappointment and disgust, and I am...