By Khalid Saeed Wattoo | Rahema Hasan Six vessels of genetically modified oilseeds (soybeans and canola) have been stuck at Port Qasim, awaiting clearance from the federal government....
By Shamsul Bari and Ruhi Naz The global surge in the adoption of right to information (RTI) or freedom of information (FOI) laws since the fall...
There have been several articles recently in these columns on the relative merit and demerit of religion and science. An interesting article though somewhat unbalanced was...
Completion of 75 years as ordained monk Saddharma Keerthi Sri Thripitakacharya Ven. Dr. Diviyagaha Yassassi Nayaka Thera, Chief Incumbent of the Bauddhayatanaya at Watarappala Road, Mount...
Public concern is increasing about the high levels of air pollution in Sri Lanka, where the air is described as unhealthy for the general population. This...
By Tariq Khosa “IN a country riven by discord, the extent of disagreement among people, their political representatives and their media outlets feels simultaneously intransigent [and]...
By Abdullah Shibli Many of the models, both economic and forecasting, had until recently assumed that the new economic order ushered in at the end of...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe in one of his frequent visits to Parliament, stated that he had graduated from the university when he was 21 years old. He...
As I saw Rama’s life ebb away on that fateful night of December 6, 2006, I realized that a friendship which spanned a period of nearly...
Gongal rightly points out that climate change is a driver for emerging risks in food safety. “Its impact is more evident in food borne pathogens with...