A reply to letter by Prof. Rohini Fernandopulle I wish to bring the following facts for your kind attention. In August 2020, for the first time...
The GMOA has quite rightly given an ultimatum to the Ministry of Health that it will withdraw from the Technical Committee for Covid-19 control, if Geographical...
by BANDULA KENDARAGAMA Former Section Engineer (Dam), Kothmale Hydro-Power Project and International Dams Consultant, Melbourne, Australia (Based on an interview with Srilal D. Perera (Construction Project...
If there was one narrow streak of sunshine that gleaned through the lugubrious and menacing cloud that blew in from the East, it was the conviction...
Illustrious older brother of Ceylon’s first Prime Minister, D. S. Senanayake, F. R. Senanayake was born on the 22nd of October, 1882. As a matter of...
Dr. Janaka Ratnasiri has, in his recent article in The Island, has asked the question: ‘Will CEB make an effort’, meaning whether CEB will keep to...
According to a news report (Island, 2-11-20), Mr. Chinthaka Rajapakshe, who is said to be the moderator of an organization known as the “Movement for Land...
Priyal de Silva, a retired General Manager of Railways and Past President, Institute of Engineers, who had also been the Chief Engineer Way and Works Department,...
The recent correspondence on trees and the environment reminded my ageing memory of a fascinating bit of oral history I heard from a veteran Kachcheri officer...
After the arrival, discussions and departure of Jiechi of China and Pompeo of the US, we hear about “Debt Traps”. Some say there are no debt...
