‘Kuda Hora’ (Umbrella Thief) is a story that many have grown up with. It’s a fascinating tale of umbrella after umbrella being stolen to the consternation of not just those who lost theirs but the entire village.

At least three lawyers have faced reprisals in the days afterwards. Attorney-at-Law Mr. Roy Dilaksan’s house was reported to have been attacked by unknown persons. Another lawyer who had appeared for the same case....

Smithsonian’s National Zoo mourned the death of Shanthi; a gift received by United States from Sri Lanka back in 1976 when the elephant....

Though we are still reeling from the effects of the pandemic, an uneasy calm pervades not only our country but every other country that has also....

The shortlist for the Gratiaen Prize 2019 was announced recently. The short-listed writers are, Andrew Fidel Fernando for the travelogue “Upon a Sleepless Isle”, Praveen Jayamanne for his novel “The Double Doorway”, Upali Mahaliyana

Ranil Jayawardene is Britain’s new Trade Minister. He is only 35-years old. His father is a Sinhalese, who migrated to the UK in the early 1980s....

Shelton Amarasuriya, retired Assistant Governor of the Sri Lanka Central Bank passed away last month.

In marking the Sixth International Day of Yoga which fell on 21 June, 2020, the High Commission of India organised a yoga session in collaboration with Sri Lanka Army, at the Headquarters of the Sri Lanka Army in Colombo on the same day.

Dr Jayatissa Perera (J.A.J Perera), a remarkably intelligent scientist born on 12 October 1949, was an internationally known expert for environmental pollution matters. He attended Thurstan College in Colombo (Sri Lanka) from 1962-1969 and was affect

As the first anniversary of Rajah Salgado’s passing away approaches, the thoughts of many of his family, friends and associates are turning to their memories of him. In my own case, as I was living in England from childhood, my early memories were

This is an appreciation for the life of Ven. Godwin Weerasuriya, whose demise on 25th March 2020 was a great loss to the Anglican Church. He was a devout and committed priest who served in many churches in Sri Lanka. While being in the ministry for o

COVID-19 is a crisis like no other the world has faced in recent decades, in terms of its economic impacts. The World Bank estimates that the pandemic could push about 49 million people into extreme poverty in 2020.

So far this year, six leopards in Sri Lanka have been killed due to human activities. And the count would certainly rise if authorities continue to ignore the gravity of the situation. According to wildlife conservationists, leopards frequent....

The dry zone is home to a majority of the estimated elephant population of Sri Lanka. This population is scattered in small pockets of habitats as small herds and individual elephants. Efforts to mitigate the human-elephant conflict by conservationis

British protesters seem to be on a spree to bring down statues connected with the slave trade, in the campaign Black Lives Matter the statue of Edward Colston was brought down in Bristol.

In my haste to criticise the nationalist movement for what I felt to be its selectivity, I fear I became too harsh when I drew a comparison between white America’s stereotype of African-Americans as an entrenched minority and what I took as the ten

The 90th Birth Anniversary of the Late Prof. Pundit, Dr. Sir Anton Chitral Jayasuriya, who was the founding father of Medicina Alternativa and the Open International University for Complementary Medicine, falls on the 20th June, while his demise was

This is the story of a Sri Lankan who has an outstanding career record in three continents, “Impressions of my new country.”

Of all the leaders who battled in the political arena to win power and retain power in the post-independent era, Dudley Senanayake stands...

We recall the life and times of the late Dudley Senanayake as his 109th anniversary is today. Famed as a reluctant politician, an idealist and....

The COVID-19 curfews brought cleaner and greener environs as people moved indoors. Photos of flowers in full bloom, rivers with clear waters.....

Some may see it as a blessing in disguise. Like all other daily wage earners, sex workers too have been out of work with the onset of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka since early March.

Historical accounts of the Balangoda Man indicated that Sri Lanka had strong links to a pre-historic era. Sri Lanka’s Fa-Hien Cave, also known as Pahiyangala Cave, is believed to be the site of earliest fossil appearance of Homo sapiens in South As

‘Compassionate Exemption’ is a term that has been used mostly in relation to cancer treatment. It refers to someone receiving a drug even though he/she does not meet the eligibility criteria of a clinical trial in which the said drug is being stu

A group of activists and civil society groups have expressed grave concern regarding the setting up of a spate of Presidential Task Forces during the past few months. Excerpts of the statement are as follows:

It is with a sense of sorrow and joy in Christ, The National Christian Council of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) receives the news of the ‘Calling to Glory’ of Rev. Fr. Ernest Poruthota.

Rev. Fr. Ernest Poruthota is now where he always wanted to go. Surely we are going to miss him more than ever.

This ‘Pride Month’, Daily Mirror Online, Lankadeepa Online, Tamil Mirror Online and WNow will be partnering with iProbono....

The “HUNGER” ‘VIRUS’ kills about 8,000 children a day and the vaccine for it exists, it is called ‘FOOD,’ but you won’t hear that in the media.

According to the latest Child Activity Survey conducted by the Department of Census and Statistics in 2016, out of the