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Mon, 20 May 2024 Today's Paper
05 May 2023 - 0 - 584
The Vesak Day marks the three important events in Buddha’s life -his birth, enlightenment, and his passing away. Since the advent of Buddhism, millions of people across the world have been inspired...
05 May 2023 - 0 - 283
According to the Aggañña Sutta of the Digha Nikhaya prior to the formation of life, the Earth was just a single mass of water. The beings or life forms, Abhassara (lucid and transparent light) who existed....
05 May 2023 - 0 - 345
Damrivi Foundation, a body of committed Buddhist academics and professionals that promotes and foster, spiritual, social, and economic development through the insights of Buddhism aims at enriching....
04 May 2023 - 1 - 2011
Despite spending her life in grim conditions; between an alcoholic father who dies early and a suicidal mother, a strong woman has today turned her life around, in a story of true determination.
03 May 2023 - 5 - 5638
Sri Lanka boasts of a 2500 year old Buddhist culture. This culture also includes the ordaining of novice monks which has been a practice followed for centuries. But some children as young as six or seven years are now being ordain
03 May 2023 - 1 - 3276
Abortion is illegal in Sri Lanka unless the life of the mother is at risk. Regardless of the law, Sri Lankan women still have access to illegal abortion services. Rights groups have been demanding authorities to decriminalize abortion in ord
02 May 2023 - 6 - 1760
Sri Lanka is in the hot-humid climate zone, with daytime temperatures ranging over 32C most of the year. The heat wave, which engulfed.....
02 May 2023 - 0 - 570
The Vesak festival is celebrated on May 05. Vesak is also known as Buddha Jayanthi. For Buddhists around the globe this festival....
01 May 2023 - 1 - 873
On the 30th death anniversary of President Premadasa we should recognise the major contribution made to the economic development with his foresight to set up the 200 garment factories programme....
01 May 2023 - 0 - 1158
The late President R. Premadasa selected the town of Mihintale in 1993 to stage the Gam-Udawa integrated development plan for Anuradhapura District. His intentions were two-fold....
01 May 2023 - 0 - 409
Born on 1st May 1891 in Kandy, A. E. Goonesinha was educated at Dharmaraja College in Kandy and St. Josephs College in Colombo. He started his professional career as a journalist and publisher....
28 Apr 2023 - 0 - 1535
Sri Lanka High Commissioner in UK Saroja Sirisena was awarded the Diplomat of the Year from Asia & Oceania at the prestigious DIPLOMAT magazine annual Awards Ceremony 2023 at the Royal Over-Seas League on April 24.
28 Apr 2023 - 0 - 309
This is in response to the Daily Mirror editorial on April 28 where the Editor writes: ‘Schoolchildren are going without their mid-day meal and the government announcing that there are no funds to pay suppliers..’
28 Apr 2023 - 1 - 225
Ever since Independence, we were taught to love our country and be proud to be Sri Lankan. Songs that promoted patriotism such as Lanka Lanka Pembara Lanka, Sasara Wasana Thuru are just a few things that demonstrate this point. Countries in the entire Asia region were aspiring to be like Sri Lanka and indeed they have gone past the benchmark which was ‘Ceylon’. Seventy five years later, this lush green fertile country has become a ‘bankrupt nati
28 Apr 2023 - 0 - 423
The prevailing socio-economic crisis has negatively impacted people’s lives to a point where they have become more aggressive and violent. A spike in incidents of violence and the portrayal of violent...
27 Apr 2023 - 0 - 484
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) and 1990 Suwa Seriya Foundation was signed on April 24, 2023. This was a renewal of the existing MoU and will further strengthen the collaboration between SLMA and 1990 Suwa Seriya.
26 Apr 2023 - 0 - 668
Sri Lanka is going through one of its worst heat waves and the general public have been advised to take precautions. Last week, at least 13 people died of a heatstroke while attending a ceremony in Maharashtra....
25 Apr 2023 - 0 - 913
Recently a friend of mine sent me a photograph of one of his relatives who was killed by a sniper on the first day of the Gallipoli Turkey invasion in April 1915. The photo of Blair Inskip Swan
24 Apr 2023 - 0 - 1066
The MV X-press Pearl disaster is considered one of the biggest disasters in maritime history. The expert committee that investigated the extent....
22 Apr 2023 - 17 - 1397
Women and Child Rights advocates come forward to support the decriminalisation of homosexuality and challenge the ‘false and fictitious’ petition of SLPP political activists Jehan Hameed and Shenali Waduge
22 Apr 2023 - 0 - 621
At a time when the country’s health sector has been crippled by the shortage of essential drugs and devices,
22 Apr 2023 - 0 - 800
Hosting the two-day Summit in collaboration with International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) on April 20-21, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Global Buddhist Summit in New Delhi on Thursday.
22 Apr 2023 - 0 - 273
Rukshan Dissanayake’s foray into story writing is encouraging at a time when there is a severe dearth of English writers.
22 Apr 2023 - 1 - 379
In March this year, we lost our beloved relative and planter’s wife Dayani Mathavan a close relative of Dr Amal Karunaratna, a well-respected resident of Kandy.
22 Apr 2023 - 0 - 400
The 32nd Annual General Meeting of the Alumni Association of the University of Peradeniya-Colombo Chapter (AAUPCC) was held on March 31, at the Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka, Colombo 7.
21 Apr 2023 - 0 - 393
The most vivid are the images of dead and injured, and damage to the churches and hotels. These were quickly rebuilt. Except for memorials in churches, the rebuilding may help erase memories of the tragedy....
21 Apr 2023 - 0 - 377
The Ceylon Mercantile, Industrial and General Workers’ Union (CMU) said that it supported the call made by the Catholic Church upon citizens to create a strong human chain today (Friday, April 21), demanding....
20 Apr 2023 - 0 - 485
The Bill titled Central Bank of Sri Lanka was presented to the Parliament on March 7. Six citizens petitioned the Supreme Court claiming that the Bill violated the constitution and need to be passed by 2/3rd in Parliament and approved by people at a referendum to become law.
19 Apr 2023 - 0 - 285
The Inaugural University of Colombo Alumni Pinnacle Awards and Alumni Night 2023 hosted by the Alumni Association of the University of Colombo will be held on Friday, May 12th from 7 p.m. at the Grand....
17 Apr 2023 - 0 - 813
Leelananda de Silva, [economic adviser] in his autobiography says, “in November 1976, returning from the Non-aligned summit via Rome, we visited the Boca Verita (mouth of truth). There you put your hand....
20 May 2024