I have no data to support my contention but I have the suspicion that ordinary people have no desire to pay higher taxes when they know...
By Dr Laksiri Fernando One mistake we normally make in analysing the situation or crisis in Sri Lanka is to do it in isolation. Sri Lanka...
BY Professor A.N.I. Ekanayake With the release of O’Level results recently once again, it is the season when educational qualifications are what is uppermost in the...
By Haroon Sharif WHILE there is no single definition of recession, it is generally defined as a significant decline in economic activity that lasts for months...
Before commenting on your excellent no-holds-barred editorial giving exactly the opinion of the suffering masses, which says, ‘The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) trade unions and the...
If we start from the top and go down the list of what we used when we were young, it would be an interesting compilation. Some...
By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar IT has been 14 months since Afghanistan was handed over to the Taliban by the most fearsome military force the world has...
By Syed Jamil Ahmed, PhD Considerable research conducted by renowned Orientalists such as Moriz Winternitz, Heinrich Lüders, Arthur Berriedale Keith, Sylvain Lévi and Sten Konow between...
Rear Admiral (Dr.) Sarath Weerasekera, MP Dr. Nirmala Chandrahasan (NC), in her article “Reconciliation initiative – the bigger picture” published in The Island of 25 November,...
Just saw the photo and article on the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India, appreciating the Nagaland security detail at the Sri Lankan High Commission in...