A.A.M.Nizam – Matara It is a well known fact that the Tamil Diaspora which is very powerful in the western countries due to its voting strength were in the forefront of mustering the United States, Britain, other western countries and India to install the eunuch Sirisena as President and westernophile puppet Ranil Wickremasinghe as the […]

More >

By Dr. Janaka Ratnasiri Courtesy The Island Two news items on the economy of the country which appeared in The Island recently prompted me to write this. One was a press release issued by the leader of an IMF team, Todd Schneider, who visited Colombo during March 31- April 11 to hold discussions with the government […]

More >

Vajiragnana Warnakulasuriya After the selection of the IGP recently an activist group known as Decent Lanka 2015 (appeared as headline news The Island) which includes journalist Kusal Perera and lawyer Srinath Perera accused the CC chaired by Speaker Karu Jayasuriya of “bluffing” the people. These are few among a lot of authoritative persons you find […]

More >

Dr. Mareena Thaha Reffai, Dehiwela Diabetics tend to get wounds easily but  do not heal easily.  Specially these days with the sweating and dry skin, often the diabetics tend to scratch and these scratches can become chronic or take a long time to heal even with antibiotics. One of the easiest method to heal the wound […]

More >

Samantha Ranatunga Peaceful coexistence is the most important project of our era which we cannot do in isolation, but together. The huge challenge faced by the country today at the end of the staggering war lasting for 30 long years is to bring national amity among people belonging to different races, religions and communities and […]

More >

Dr. Mareena Thaha Reffai,Dehiwela Have you noticed  how we consumers are all duped into believing that we are getting our money’s worth? The other day I bought a baby cream of a famous repetitive name, and when I opened the sealed tube and squeezed …. and squeezed and squeezed ….. well it took half the […]

More >