‘Don’t kill the messenger.’ So said Sophocles (496-406 BC) and the advice is thus doubly weighted. The message itself is weighty and it was pronounced by...
By Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne, President’s Counsel Ask Indian lawyers what the worst judgment of the Indian Supreme Court has been and a large majority would surely...
Extracts from the book “Read Between the Lines” By Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne (Retired from Sri Lanka Navy) Former Chief of Defence Staff (The first part...
by Venerable Narada Maha Thera Kamma is the law of moral causation. The theory of kamma is a fundamental doctrine in Buddhism. This belief was prevalent...
LOOK GOOD – with Disna * Egg and Orange Juice Pack: Separate the egg white and add one teaspoon orange juice, and mix well. Then add...
Seventy five years on, effective conflict resolution remains a prime challenge for the UN. Even a summary survey of the UN’s conflict resolution history would reveal...
Yes, I guess that would surprise many! In fact, it did surprise me – roller skating…in Sri Lanka! When I was in the States, years ago,...
125 YEAR BIRTH ANNIVERSARY: By Dr. B. J. C. Perera Specialist Consultant Paediatrician I wrote an article in The Island newspaper, under the aforesaid title, 12...
By Dr. Janaka Ratnasiri and Eng. Parakrama Jayasinghe A retired Professor of Electrical Engineering has claimed that “the CEB’s long-term generation expansion (LTGE) plan is the...
A very wrong approach to Constitution-making by Jayadeva Uyangoda The proposed 20th Amendment has several major defects. One of its key faults is that its sponsors...
