It is ten years since we lost our beloved and revered guru Deshamanya, Vidya Jyothi Eng. Dr. Ray Wijewardene. But memories of my association with him over many years is as green as ever. Needless to say that his presence now, when we are at last talk

All isn’t well for the estate worker in the Hill Country – the land of tea. Reaching out to every tea bush on the mountainous terrain amidst nasty leech bites and threats from leopard and wasp attacks is a fraction of the effort that goes into ma

In his book “Asymmetric Warfare at Sea: The Case of Sri Lanka”Adm. Dr. Jayanath Colombage, former Commander of the Sri Lankan navy, who is now the country’s Foreign Secretary, tells the fascinating sto

The weekend was a day of separation for the well trained canine detectives who had served the Sri Lanka Police faithfully. It was also a day when the Police made much revenue through the sale of its canine detectives. They had served the department d

When one thinks of a book on the war in Syria, one imagines a story which talks about dead bodies lying around, rubble stained in blood.....

In the article published on August 8, 2020 in the Daily Mirror and headlined ‘Ousmand re-elected as SLAMAC President’ it was erroneously stated that Ousmand was re-elected as President of the Sri Lanka Malay Confederation (SLAMAC) held last month

It is with great pleasure that we inform that Hangzhou Caihe No 03 Primary school in Hangzhou of China organised an Art exhibition for the purpose of showing their solidarity/Friendship to Sri Lankan in their fight against Coronavirus.

This recently released book details the history of the first 35 years of this leading public school under the stewardship of Rev.Joseph Marsh and Rev. Barcroft Boake–the founding fathers of Royal College.

It may be said that it was what is popularly known as ‘British Justice’ that really delivered justice to a Member of Parliament of Ceylon.

Arthur Reginald Perera was a Sri Lankan Marxist [Trotskyist] politician. He was born in 1915. Perera received his education at St. John’s College, Panadura, a leading private Anglican school founded in 1876...

Global Village organised by AIESEC at the University of Colombo is a spectacular cultural festival that puts together a colourful celebration of cultural diversity and inclusion annually.

Since independence in 1948, Sri Lanka has failed to define its national interests - inevitably resulting in the void of a national defence policy to date. National interests are more than what is inscribed in the Constitution. National interests are

Your vote is your business. Or is it? It is your right to keep your personal information to yourself and cast your vote independently. However, when elections grow closer, your personal information....

The College was founded in 1896, on March 2, 1896. “Fruits of Virtue and of Knowledge, Here we gather, Peace and Power………………….

Justice for Animals, a welfare organisation which focuses on spay-neuter and rabies vaccination campaigns of homeless cats and dogs, as well as pets whose owners cannot afford the vet costs, is hosting a market called ‘The Aluth Pola.

Drawing on Carl Muller in an earlier note necessitates us to step a bit further back for a misunderstood writer’s sake: James Goonewardene who, with Punyakanti Wijenaike and Raja Proctor, spearheaded the Sri Lankan English novel after independence.

Sentencing children under 18 years of age to death is prohibited under Sri Lankan law. Despite these laws and many other national and international provisions,

The Audience Hall of Kandy is to be the centre for the swearing in of Ministers of the ‘new’ Government on August 10 - a Tuesday. This hallowed s

The recently concluded general election has given the ruling party and its allies the 2/3 majority they sought in parliament. The hopes of the general population are high. The National Peace Council c

The following are extracts from a speech made by former Sri Lanka Air Force Commander and Ambassador to Afghanistan RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, Mphil, MSc, ndc, psc Air Chief Marshal (Retd) Gagan Bulathsingh

I was, as I am most certain others of my generation are, convinced that I knew enough about the internet to stay safe, and that I was less vulnerable to cyber criminals than my parents or my grandparents are.

Two atom bombs, ‘Little Boy’ and the 11-foot ‘Fat Man’ was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively on August 6 and 9, 1945. On the eve of marking the 75th anniversary of the man-made disaster by Americans....

Sri Lanka has elected a new government from a newly-formed party to rule for the next five years. The new and the not-so-new, young and old and a variety of elected lawmakers will soon fill the 225 seats in Parliament.

Seldom does one come across a brilliant writer like him, especially on Buddhist heritage who dwell into its past, the way Dr. P.G. Punchihewa has done and enlightened the reader on its celestial value so rare and accurate.

Nihal ‘s family is very closely related to me and our family in that his father George Wijesekera, former senior assistant secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration is my first cousin.

The life of Mahindasiri, known to most as Mahinda or Gala, was always a life of celebration and his demise last year was a great loss to his wife, two sons Aravinda and Dimithra, as well as to his siblings, relatives and his wide circle of friends.

“I sing to him that rests below” – Alfred Lord Tennyson ‘Tis the day, Oh! The Eighth of August,

The 98th Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka Malay Association (SLAMAC)was held last month at the Padang, Colombo 02. Soekarno Tunku Ousmand was re-elected President for the second consecutive year.

A young man, Raveen Perera was being welcomed into his native village on18th July 1992 to be ordained a priest in the very church where he was once baptised as a baby. Even though the Catholic bastion of Pamunugama peninsula....