The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic precipitated a world economic crisis. Many commentators suggest that the pandemic caused the crisis. In actual fact, several economists, such...
Late Mr. Lakshman Kadirgamar Lakshman Kadirgamar, an extraordinary politician-cum-diplomat par excellence and once-in-a-century human being, in an ethnically divided Sri Lanka, best described by Admiral (Retd)...
During the Yahapalanya Government, Sri Lanka suffered multiple scandals involving both the public and private sectors with colourful individuals playing their roles to perfection in the...
The Edtiorial in The Island newspaper of 17th August was brilliant and all animal lovers should present the Editor with a massive bouquet. Yes indeed the auctioning...
by Jehan Perera Much is hoped for from the new government which triumphed with an unprecedented 2/3 majority. The fate of the country at this critical...
Liberal democracy is rooted in the rights of individuals and not the rights of groups or fixed communities. According to Francis Fukuyama, liberal democracy cannot exist without...
I refer to the two articles of Kalyananda Tiranagama, Executive Director, Lawyers for Human Rights and Development, under the titles “Is Sinhala the Official Language of...
The pedigree dogs of the Police Kennels, at 10 years of age, with all their emerging age-related and genetic disabilities, if any, are given away to...
By A. Bystander Public health officials have done it again: they have smothered the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 before it took more lives and...
One major event is over now. People have elected a new government having high hopes. The next major event is not the abolition or change of...