Remembered Yesterdays by J. Godwin Perera This is the motto of Royal College, Colombo. It means ‘Learn or Depart’. Quite a stern admonishment. But this is...
by J. Godwin Perera Many readers would not have been born at this time. But the records are there and so this event need to be...
by Rajan Philips On Saturday, October 3, Pope Francis issued the second encyclical letter of his papacy, in Assisi, Italy. Entitled “Fratelli Tutti”, or Fraternity and...
President Emmanuel Macron boldly and precisely branded the recent beheading of a teacher in Paris an ‘Islamist terrorist attack’. It was just two weeks previous that...
Bhante Dhammika of Australia Just a few weeks ago the recipients of this year’s Nobel Prizes were announced. I always follow the announcement because I’m interested...
By that title I mean the Ramanya and Amarapura Nikaya monks who made a joint statement disapproving the 20Amendment and advised the government to amend it...
Nigeria: By Gwynne Dyer The young Nigerians who were protesting at Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos on Tuesday night were not the African touring company of...
In Retrospect By Nanda Abeywickrama That fateful mid-night of 24th of October 1994 was one of unbelievable shock and deep sadness. Sri Lanka lost a promising...
Part IV Continued from October 17 In the late 1960s, the UNP Government took steps to build the first state-owned hotel at Bentota. At the General...
BY Dr. Nimesh Rajapaksa Let us start respecting the virus at least now. Boastful statements and media circuses will not help get rid of it. No...
