On the night of May 29th, accusatory social media posts began making appearances across Facebook and Twitter, claiming that Mrs. Rosy Sen

No historical event, no matter how unexpected and terrifying, is entirely bleak or negative. One of the most positive aspects to emerge in this country....

“Sevana,” the project carried out by the Rotaract Club of the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo...

Something very unusual is happening in Sri Lanka. Christian churches strive for unity. They want to imitate the unity of the one God, who is the perfect union of Father...

The Mayan civilization flourished because it emerged right next to a wetland. Taming of Yucatan waters enabled the Mayans to build a city that lasted for more than a thousand years.

Gunadasa Amarasekara in a thoughtful piece (“Coronawa ugannana padam”, translated as “Lessons from Corona” and referenced in a partial critique of it by Dayan Jayatilleka, “Government’s lopsided model, Opposition’s boycott blunder”) r

His Eminance Malcolm Cardinal Ranjit, Bishop of Colombo, is the Good Shepherd that leads his flock with humility. He touches every heart by his simplicity with the spirit of the Lord shining upon him.

Time is ticking as Kaavan, the Asian bull elephant who went through years of torture at the Marghazar Zoo, Islamabad needs to be re-homed at a ‘suitable sanctuary’ within 30 days.

Even though Sri Lanka has a proud heritage of free education from primary to tertiary levels, with a youth literacy rate of 98%, an uneven distribution of distance-learning facilities continues to torment children in rural areas.

The Marine sub-committee (MSC) of the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS) has identified three distinct issues regarding the government’s recent beach nourishment programme in relation to its possible adverse effects on the marine environ

When Indira called me on my mobile from London to inform me that Maha had passed away I was devastated. Especially since he told me that he had had a kidney transplant in December 2019 and was recovering very well.

Rohini Joseph my sister in Christ. You were such a charming, quiet lady, Rohini dear, you were a tower of strength when we needed you.

The passing away on Tuesday, 19th May 2020 of Dr.M.A.M. Shukri (79) has removed from our midst, an eminent educationist and a scholar of repute.

Less than two months ago the Atlantic Council, a think-tank founded half a century ago to “promote cooperation” between North America (i.e. the US and Canada) and Europe, predicted that the virus was on its way to replace the nation-state.

Spanning 17,300 hectares of land, the Flood Plains National Park sits in a prominent location in the Polonnaruwa District.

COVID-19 has drastically changed the way we live. Our daily routines, family-lives and work methods, have changed. While disrupting life as we know it, COVID-19 has presented opportunities for change—from personal to national to international spher

The Catholic Church in the tiny village of Iranapalei in the Mullaitheevu district was lit up with 1000 lamps on May 18. The thousand lamps were to remember the tens of thousands, possibly even more than a hundred thousand, that had perished during t

Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 outbreak has indicated a silver lining. In fact, it has paved the way for budding inventors to put their knowledge into good use during the lockdown period to innovate new equipment to help medical staff and other officials in

The Covid 19 pandemic has for sure become a challenge for the regular administration to deal with, in any country. Sri Lanka is no exception. Since its emergence in Wuhan in December 2019, Chinese authorities took unusual steps to c

The time has come for any government to think, develop and re-schedule the Cooperative system of the country. This system failed mis

When South and South East Asian nations won independence from their European masters in the late 1940s,1950

I knew Daya Tennakoon the actor, not so much the broadcaster. I didn’t see any of the plays that put him into the spotlight, including the most famous among them, Kora saha Andaya.

GREGRO is a WhatsApp group that was created for residents of Gregory’s Road with the main objective of coordinating....

One gets the feeling of racing back to the pre-historic era when seeing a cathedral-like the one in Aachen. The building represents a great vision or even mission.

Security personnel and health workers disinfecting public places has become a common sight, widely captured by the media.

These words underline the unique story of a young girl Jiwanthi Edirisnghe, a miracle child with special abilities.

I’m just saying: the government must have done something right. For a country of 21.7 million we’ve managed to keep down patient numbers and mortality rates remarkably.

Renowned global aquaculture and inland fisheries researcher and mentor to countless students here and abroad, Prof. Sena de Silva passed away peacefully on the 6th of May in Melbourne Australia after a brief illness.

The Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC) – Sri Lanka conducted a study on alcohol (legal and illegal) users and tobacco smokers, and their families on alcohol and tobacco consumption and changes related to consumption during the COVID-19 situ