By Dr Laksiri Fernando The 46th Session of the UN Human Rights Council started on 22 February morning with obvious hiccups. The Office, to mean the...
Dr Tilak Siyambalapitiya Dr Janaka Rathnasiri laments (The Island 19 Feb 2021) that the Power Ministry has ignored the President’s directive to draw 70% of energy...
If you listen to politicians and journalists here, you will hear of that curious creature rajya novana sanvidane, a Non-State Organization (NSO). Where do you get...
UNHRC, HRW, AI, Eminent Persons, Core Groups and other western agencies are working overtime to tarnish the image of the present government. Sri Lanka has become...
Next to the last stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War, forced cremation of corpses of Covid victims in Sri Lanka has received much publicity, internationally....
Ingratitude is a trait common to mankind, more pronounced in this part of the world than anywhere else. Anyone who has read Shakespeare’s ” Merchant of...
Mayor Patrick Brown of Brampton, Canada, in a recent very emotional statement carried in The Island of (27th January 2021) stated that, “Where they tear down...
I have read with great interest the informative professional letters by Eng. Dr.Janaka Ratnasiri, but was shocked and dismayed to read the above captioned letter; crossing...
The latest we are witnessing in the political scenario is the live discussion about events surrounding Minister Weerawansa of the ‘ pohottuwa’ regime. Amidst several conjectures...
Imagine that your religion, like most religions, does not consider changing faith as a punishable offence – say, Buddhism. If one of your family members changed...