What Our Politicians Failed to Understand” (13th January 2025), inspired me to offer both heartfelt praise and clarify a ...

Freedom, Liberty and Independence. Three words that seemingly have the same meaning, but differ slightly in their interpretation. Sri Lanka gained independence from the British rulers on February 4, ...

On the 77th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s independence from colonial rule following foreign domination of some four and a half ...

Sinhala; Tamil. Since the population is rather “motley” (besides 74.88% of Sinhalese live Tamils, Burghers, Veddas, Lankan ...

When asked what it takes to “truly” belong in a country, many people globally say speaking the local language is key.

Old cases are revived, but arrests seen as witch-hunt and hurried moves; Govt. leaders react to Yoshitha’s release on bail, ...

Born and died in the Month of FEBRUARY, Colvin was not only a towering intellect and a firebrand orator but also a profound thinker. His eloquence in both courtrooms and Parliament made him one of Sri ...

According to media reports, Mahinda Rajapaksa’s lawyers, on his behalf, filed a fundamental rights (FR) petition with the Supreme Court, Colombo on January 25, 2025 against the current Malimawa ...

Sri Lanka’s attainment of national independence in 1948 was not merely the result of constitutional reforms and political struggles but also ...

The political economy of language teaching: by Gamini Keerawella (Based on a speech delivered at the BCIS Language Awards ...

In search of Buddhist conscience (Baudha Hurdasakshiya Soya) (Part II of this article appeared in The Island on Monday – 03) Tissa Ranasinghe’s and Gananath’s Kannagi Gananath’s Pattini book has a ...