By Admiral (Retired) Ravindra C. Wijegunaratne, Former Chief of Defence Staff ‘Fortune favours the Brave’ is the motto of the Sri Lanka Navy’s elite Special
Category: Opinion
HUMAN EXTINCTION NOW IMMINENT AND INEVITABLE?
By Robert Burrowes There is a significant body of evidence that human extinction is now imminent; that is, it will occur within the next few
BE STILL AND NOURISH FREEDOM – A REFLECTION
by Duleep de Chickera With Freedom (Independence) Day in sight we should be reflecting on how best our freedom gained, is to be consolidated and
Will we throw the Baby out with the Bathwater?
By Kshama Ranawana It’s back to the drawing board for the Hathe Ape Potha, the supplementary reader on sexual and reproductive health. On Tuesday, January 21st, interested
Core democratic values increasingly eclipsed by Realpolitik
A narrative of the crashing descent from democratic icon status to one of run-of-the-mill, repressive Asian Head of government of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi
Human – Elephant Conflict
Guns to be Withdrawn By Kshama Ranawana The guns and live ammunition given out to Civil Defence Force personnel in a bid to resolve the
Are SL political parties withering away?
By VISHVANATH The focus of everyone seems to be on the leaked voice clips containing telephone conversations between former State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake, MP, and
Teaching – It should be more than Book Based
Educational psychology By HGS Prematunge ‘Love, Mary’ is a movie about a dyslexic teenager who beats the odds by earning an MD degree and achieving
FUNDAMENTAL LEGACY OF THE NUREMBERG AND TOKYO TRIALS (1945-1948)
By Wedyan Al Madani These – rather unfortunate – days some voices in Europe are trying, in a quite ahistorical fashion, to question the very