All RNA viruses tend to evolve rapidly; about a million times faster than human genes. Yet for all that, if SARS-CoV-2 stands out at all among...
Parliamentary Acts on Broadcasting and Telecommunications by DR JANAKA RATNASIRI The Cabinet of Ministers (COM) has recently decided to update the Parliamentary Acts on Broadcasting, Rupavahini...
by Rohana R. Wasala Signs are that anti-Sri Lanka forces at home and abroad are already gearing up for a wishfully devastating diplomatic assault on the...
Dear Group Capt. Wijesinghe, This is in response to your letter written to the Editor of The Island, on behalf of the Commander of the SLAF,...
By Praying Mantis Our big brother from across the Palk Strait has very firmly and clearly started to wield the stick; yet again and most certainly...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana It is not often that Sri Lanka hits the headlines in world media websites for the wrong reason; it did so on...
Text and pic by A.W.A Nimal It is said that the clothes corpses are dressed in do not have pockets. Such interesting trivia underpin the reality...
WHAT DONALD IS NOW UP AGAINST . . . by Selvam Canagaratna “Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make...
Twenty years ago Lionel Karunasena had a heart attack while taking his constitutional walk at the Bambalapitiya Police park and collapsed. He was born on January...
The world- renowned author R.K Narayan’s novel “Vendor of Sweets” is undoubtedly a worthy contribution to the world of English literature. Born in Madras in 1906,...
