By Harim Peiris It is quite a feat for a powerful government to insult its own Prime Minster and party leader, but that is precisely what...
There has been an outcry against us being called a “Socialist” Republic. Yes, Socialism should not appear on my PASSPORT please! But, despite the best attempts...
By.Prof. O. A. ILEPERUMA Recent articles by the GMOA (The Island 26-1-2021) and Dr. B.C.Perera (The Island 27-1-2021) highlighted the extraordinary delays causing young doctors to...
Celebrations of mothers and motherhood can be traced back to the ancients Greeks and Romans, who held festivals in honour of the mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele, but...
‘The US returns to UNHRC, ahead of 46th session’ was a leading news item in The Island of 10.02.2021. The US of A does what it...
by Dr Parakrama Waidyanatha Minister of Trade Bandula Gunawardene is reported to have remarked at some meeting that the current coconut prices can be reduced if...
Appreciation Dr. Neville’s death took the winds out of my sails to live for a little longer. It was only the previous day that I spoke...
I write to complement Mr. Sangadasa Akurugoda’s essay “Why get rid of our linguistic heritage, and move back to English?” in ‘The Island’ of 8th February...
By Dr. Dineth Bandara The Ganja Lobby seems to have resorted to guerrilla marketing, as it were. This lobby came into being, pretending to be the...
Killing of Mahara Prison inmates Grieving families and the public eagerly await the findings of the judicial investigations into the killing of 11 inmates at the...
