Yes, we are ready to celebrate the birth of Christ…in the ‘new normal!’ Obviously, celebrations, this year, 2020, will be totally different to what Christmas was...
By Dr. Sarath Gamini De Silva Much discussion and controversies have arisen today as the world is trying to find a remedy for the pandemic ravaging...
by Chandre Dharmawardana [Professor, Université de Montreal, and Principal Research Scientist-Emeritus, National Research Council of Canada] The claim that the “Western Mafia” has a stranglehold on...
By Capt. Elmo Jayawardena Elmojay1@gmail.com Christmas is special, rather very special. Everybody looks forward to Christmas. Silent nights and silver bells, mistletoe and pine smells, all...
Continued from last Saturday by Prof. K.N.O. Dharmadasa Efflorescence Going back to the “cultural desert” remark, Goonetilleke records that Jennings thought of “Thurstan Road as an...
By Gwynne Dyer Ten years ago, this week Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Tunisia, set himself alight in front of a government building in rage...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Quite a number of my distinguished colleagues have written about the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) or held press conferences lately, but...
Should we open or close the country/economy with regard to Covid-19? by Dr. Sumedha S. Amarasekera Virtually all the articles, news bulletins, discussions that I have...
By Harim Peiris Generally, the post budget period of mid to late December is always a slack time in terms of politics and policymaking as December...
by Vijaya Kumar The Lanka Samasamaja Party, the oldest political party in the country celebrates its 85th anniversary on December 18, 2020. The Party grew out...