By Austin Fernando (Former High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in India) There is an ongoing discussion on higher education ‘reforms’ in Sri Lanka. Our higher education...
By Lynn Ockersz The idyllic isle, Known for its complacent ways, Is seized once again by dread, And it is not only the Second Wave, Of...
Colombo Municipal Council Public Health Department personnel conducted random PCR tests at the Fort Railway Station, Monday, Oct 12. Pic by Kamal Bogoda By Shamindra Ferdinando...
By Rajitha Ratwatte I am told that our new President is going to make another attempt to handle the burning issue of the human-elephant conflict (HEC)....
by Usvatte-aratchi There has been an exchange of some notes on ‘a liberal arts education’ and these are further to them. Universities are an output of...
By Shamindra Ferdinando The new Swiss Ambassador, Dominik Furgler, presented his credentials to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sept 30. Furgler, who succeedes Hanspeter Mock, steps in...
By Lynn Ockersz In the little fabled land, Known for its devotions without end, Truth has taken a fatal hit, And is no longer a sacred...
By Lynn Ockersz You are on a painful trudge, Collecting bric-a-brac, To make your hearth’s flames rise, But for the ‘nation-builders’ on high, Eyeing the GDP...
Culture shift By Prof Athula Sumathipala and Dr Buddhika Fernando Peaceful elections, without posters, cut-outs or violence, came and went without too much of a fuss,...
By Kirthi Tennakone Education offers two categories of benefits to people — an avenue for acquiring necessary skills for occupation to earn material wealth and an...
