Somewhere in the late 70s, Noeline Honter with Claude and the Sensations released a song titled “City of Colombo.” It was a huge hit. Some of the lines are hackneyed and t

The central theme of Natural Resources and Environment Management Policy: Sri Lanka Experience and Future Directions are about managing a country’s natural resources to meet the needs of its poor. It is an enormously important theme at a global

“The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others” - Albert Schweitzer The vile act of inflicting pain through an acid attack is one of the cruellest forms of vengeance one should never opt for in

The ‘Aluthsal’ ritual at Sri Dalada Maligawa -- where eighty measures of new rice is offered to the Sacred Tooth Relic -- was conducted last Sunday, the morning of Duruthu Poya. Service monks headed by Venerable Panditha Narampanawa Anand

Under the proposed Sri Lanka Development Policy Framework’s Megapolis project, the Western region will have an estimated population of 9 million by the year 2030. Whilst focusing on building the infrastructure, planning and policy making, it is

The SAARC Exhibition of Paintings organised by the SAARC Cultural Centre in collaboration with the University of Kelaniya will be held from January 22 to 24 at the Senake Bandaranaike Confere

V. C. J. Perera, or Jayantha Perera as he is called by friends, has worked in tourism for over three decades, but he is better known to many as an astrologer. While astrology has its critics and adherents, he may be....

In North India, many women write beautiful poetry in English. Some of them are my Facebook friends. I have not met them personally yet, except two at a Literary Festival in Udaipur year before last.

The path of Sri Lanka Police which can be traced back to 152 years of pride has encountered many twists and turns. Especially, the modern-day police officer has to face a great number of responsibilities....

Mahakashyapa Thero the third Chief Disciple of Lord Gautama Buddha endowed with physical features strikingly similar to those of the Great Being Himself, ardent practitioner of all thirteen ascetic rules (dhutanga) enshrined in the Order, steadfast d

Annually during the month of Duruthu (January) the most colourful Duruthu Perahera is held at Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya premises to commemorate the Gautama Buddha’s third visit to Lanka. 

The United National Party (UNP) had a problem with its branding since its earliest days. Being directly and closely identified with the Colombo-based elite usually clad in western suits, foreign-educated, uncomfortable with the vernacular and being c

In 2015 when the Yahapalanaya Government was sworn in, the people of this country and those Sri Lankans living abroad were sure of one thing; that those behind the killing of Lasantha Wickrematunge and others would be brought to book. But sad to say,

It was a carol service with a difference. Truly a blessed night – a night where the joyful singing of Christmas carols and listening to spiritual reflections reached its crescendo with the Adoration of the Lord Jesus, the Messiah!   

A Kathak dance performance by Nrutya Visharad Thilini Rangika and her students of Rangara Kathak Dance Academy will be held today at 6.00 p.m. at the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre....

Constructive socio-economic activity; this is the meaning of Arthacharya, and the staff members at the Arthacharya Foundation live to make this goal a reality.

In March 2016, a case was filed in the Court of Appeal (CA) by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Hoffmann-La Roche Limited and its local agent A. Baur & Co. Limited (petitioners) against the National Medicines Regulatory Authority.....

It has been pointed out that vernacular education in Sri  Lanka predates the Kannangara reforms, an argument that is usually made by those who have an axe to grind with Kannangara and those reforms.

Unique characters are born in this island from time to time and they render a great service on behalf of the nation. These individuals deliver without pursuing a selfish agenda.

The Government’s decision to impose a Carbon Tax on directly fossil-fueled vehicles, including petrol cars from January 1, came under the spotlight as it raised concerns in terms of people’s day today life. This taxation may not signifi

A group of civil society and social activists called the People’s Alliance for Right to Land (PARL) have reiterated their call to President Maithripala Sirisena to release all occupied lands in the North and East, in keeping with his pledge t

The Human Wildlife Conflict (HWC) prevails largely within the Asian and African regions. Sri Lanka in particular has suffered the loss of 87 human lives from elephant attacks during 2017.

The Education Sector Development Programme (ESDP), envisioned by the Ministry of Education and implemented through the nine provincial education departments, Department of Education Publications and Department of Examinations....

Rajitha Dissanayake’s plays are good news for the beleaguered Sri Lankan (Sinhala) theatre because, with a track record in the theatre going back three decades, now he has a following which matches the sophistication of his plays.

Was Dalrene Ingram guilty of killing her husband? Was she aware of Mathew Peiris’ criminal designs and the method of killing he carried out? Did she respond to his advances while her husband was still living?  

I was holding onto the wall while taking off my shoes to enter another house of a tea estate worker, Jeyarani, in Nuwara Eliya. A piece of cement suddenly broke off from the wall, I was holding onto. 

Kandy is existing on a red hot furnace after experiencing two major fires recently. What’s a matter for concern is that there is no solution for such a calamity if it happens again in this part of the hill country. The resent fire took place at

 Can the boiling-over the ‘standardised-pasteurized’ milk on a corner of an apartment on a gas stove be considered Thai Pongal in its strictest meaning remains a troubling question for 

In a bid to thank the nature spirit – the earth, sun and farm animals, Tamils- the farmers in particular – celebrate the Thai Pongal ceremony on the first day of the month of Thai.

?The Law and the Constitution of Sri Lanka have been central topics of discussion not only locally, but also internationally. Much was expected of the Sri Lankan judiciary to clarify the truth about the law and relieve the general public of confusion