ƒ”š‚ By Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.d. ƒ”š‚ The Development Infrastructure plays a key role in the development of a country. Thus the manner in which the development infrastructure of Sri Lanka has taken shape in the past is of great importance to understand what has to be done today to develop the country. ƒ”š‚ Today, thanks to President Rajapaksa’s […]

Ira de Silva London, Ontario Canada The Editor The Island Colombo, Sri Lanka ƒ”š‚  Dear Sir: ƒ”š‚  Reference the newsƒ”š‚ report in your paper of November 27,2011, if as reported, the Government is concernedƒ”š‚ about the interference of the U.S. in domestic political affairs,ƒ”š‚ why does the government not take appropriate action? Ms. Butenis has a history of […]

MahamahaRaja ƒ”š‚ MOST WRITERS and commenters on this website cannot be faulted when it comes to their response to the issues of Sri Lankan sovereignty and its people’s arduous and successful fight against Tamil terrorism. What is disappointing however is how quickly the clarity, understanding and plain common sense displayed here melts away when the topic […]

By Dr. Tilak S Fernando Akin to various adaptations ƒ”š‚ such as “ƒ”¹…” Mother’s day’, ƒ”š‚ Father’s day’, ƒ”š‚ Aid’s day, ƒ”š‚ and Disability Day, ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ Children tooƒ”š‚  have been ƒ”š‚ slotted into a ƒ”š‚ category ƒ”š‚ under several appellations ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ calling ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ the ƒ”š‚ “ƒ”¹…”Worlds Children’s Day’, “ƒ”¹…”International Children’s day, “ƒ”¹…”Children’s Universal day etcƒ”š‚  on different times ƒ”š‚ of the year. World Children’s Day! The UN […]

by Bodhi Dhanapala An atom-smashing experiment conducted at CERN (European Center for Nuclear Research) to test the behaviour of matter at high energies and very short impact distancesƒ”š‚  has reported a surprising outcome. It claims that some neutrinos (these are electrically uncharged particles with almost zero weight) had been detected that seemed to move with […]

Ira de Silva London, Ontario Canada Mr. Scott-Reid, M.P. Chair, Canadian House of Commons Sub-Committee on Human Rights of the Standing committee of Foreign Affairs & International Development Dear Sir: ƒ”š‚  Listening to the recording of the presentations made on November 17, 2011ƒ”š‚ to your committee by Amnesty Canada’s A. Neve and J. Argue, the impression […]

Dr Hector Pereraƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ London ƒ”š‚ Any energy saving ideas? ƒ”š‚ When I recently visited Sri Lanka, I met so many interesting people at different places such as in small shops and in a few supermarkets. I also met two Principals of two leading girls’ schools in Gampaha, Rev Sister Mary Deepani at Holy Cross College and Mrs Hema […]

Ranjith Soysa Mr S.Pathiravithana, an erudite journalist who was the former Editor of the Ceylonƒ”š‚  Observer, the Daily News ƒ”š‚ and the Islandƒ”š‚ passed away recently after a brief period of illness. As an intelligent and an investigative journalist he was able to understand and comprehend the story ofSri Lankaand her people. He interpreted it effectively and […]

CENWOR-Press Release “Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence”ƒ”š‚ which commences on 25th of November is an international campaign to raise awareness on this critical issue. The Centre for Women’s Research (CENWOR) with the support of Women Defining Peace (WDP) will launch ACT NOW, a web portal in Sinhala, Tamil and English, on the […]

ƒ”š‚ Dr. Abdul Kalam Why is the media here so negative? ƒ”š‚ Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? ƒ”š‚ We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why? ƒ”š‚ We are the first in milk production. ƒ”š‚ We are number one […]