The 7th Pushpanjali Concert initiated by Bharath Lanka Kala Padanama was held on  November 24 at the Disaster Management Ministry auditorium, in collaboration with the India – Sri Lanka Foundation under the aegis of the Indian High Commi

The right to information, together with freedom of expression and criticism, are fundamental liberties of every human being. At times of uncertainty, journalists are often the sole protectors of our freedom. A gathering of such journalists, who toi

I am extremely sad to note the death of H. D. R. Jayaweera, a  former Carey College boxer and National Champion. His funeral was held on December 5. The late Jayaweera was the most stylish boxer that Carey College  ever produced during th

The idyllic Good Shepherd Convent is located in the heart of Wattala, down the busy Hendala Road. As you walk through its large double gates you are instantly made oblivious to the hustle and bustle of the world outside and immersed into the sereni

The Central Ceylon Muslim Ladies Union successfully conducted a free medical camp at Enderuthene, a remote village close to Katugastota.  Nearly 300 patients benefited by this camp.  More than 10 doctors and 3 pharmacists volunteered and

It is only a matter of seconds to take someone’s life. A life so precious, so dearly brought up. Violence among youth has been a social issue that has emerged over the recent past. The advent of technology, accessibility to violence and trigg

The rapid transitions in the world of technology have kept industry players engaged in introducing various solutions. These solutions are for customers to pace parallel with changing trends. A global leader in the digital software engineering industr

  The International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), since 1992, has been annually observed around the world on December 3.

Sinharaja is Sri Lanka’s flagship for conservation of rainforests and it is the only National Wilderness Heritage area that receives the highest level of legal protection under Sri Lankan conservation l

Most people, asked to consider crows and their usefulness, if any, in our public life, would call them ‘scavengers’. I suppose that I might have done the same today, if I had not been invited by Elmo Jayewardene to edit his new novel for

Ask any person, particularly anyone young, as to what Sooriya means to him/her, and chances are he/she will reply, “Sooriya Village!” The immediacy of the response is not unwarranted, since Sooriya Village is THE place to be at for everyt

The morbid disease named Diabetes is a “Global problem with devastating human, social and economic impacts.” Having secured 30 years of service as a Medical officer, Public Health Specialist and Nutrition Specialist attached to the Minist

As we grew up movie-mad, there were those directors, who held us in awe – Orson Welles, David Lean, Akira Kurosawa, Sathyajith Ray, Vittorio de Sica, Andrej Wajda, Alain Resnais, Francois Truffaut, Norman Jewison, Sergei Eisenstein, Sergio Leon

Journalist and science writer Palitha Bandara aims to make the teaching of astronomy and science easier through a series of illustrated books.

A recent study covering 182 countries by the International Research Firm Gallup indicates that only 13% of employees feel actually engaged at their work places worldwide.  

This is the forty-fifth year since Aboobucker Mohamed Abdul Azeez passed away. With his demise Sri Lanka lost a patriot and the Muslim community a brilliant scholar and an eminent educationist.     

Come! Come! Longed for Messiah    A world in turmoil anxiously awaits  Thy coming.   

Indian Coast Guard Ships CGS Samar and Aryaman are on a visit to Sri Lanka from 01 to 07 December 2018. The ships arrived in Colombo after participating in the India-Sri Lanka-Maldives Tri-Lateral Coast Guard Exercise ‘Dosti’ that was con

Across the world, species, particularly species rich in ecosystems are being replaced by less complex landscapes due to human impacts in the Anthropocene. There is now a great urgency to document and conserve the biota of the world in order to establ

Dr. A. Samad Ismail the well known sportsman and promoter who left us at the age of 93 in the month of November in 2016, was remembered over here in Kandy.

Speaking with Bandula Jayasekara aboard Pethikada, Gomin Dayasiri claimed that it is the people who were to blame for the debacle the Rajapaksas brought the country to.

Several Sri Lankan women activists, including prominent artistes, braved incessant rains in Colombo on Wednesday to gather at Galle Face on behalf of future generations, amidst the country’s growing political crisis.

The eagerly anticipated Josephian Carol Service under the timely theme “DONA NOBIS PACEM” will take place on Sunday 2nd December 2018 at 6.30 pm at the Stanley Abeysekera Auditorium.

The Lord saw you getting tired   And a cure was not to be   So He put his arms around you   And whispered “Come with me”

The Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association, Commonwealth Legal Education Association and Commonwealth Parliamentary Association recalling the statement issued by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association on November 08 expressing its concern on t

Teachers, clerks, nurses, pharmacists, postmasters, stationmasters, public health inspectors, drug inspectors, income tax collectors and co-operative inspectors are some of the professions held by the working middle class of the country.  &nbs

The Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC), High commission of India, Colombo will be organizing an evening of Hindustani Vocal Recital by Government. of India scholarship holder Sri Lankan artiste Lipuri Lesanika Perera at 6.00 p.m. on 5 Decembe

The medical exhibition “ WEDAESA 2018” organised by the Medical Faculty of the Sri Jayawardenepura University to mark its silver jubilee will be held at the BMICH in Colombo from December 4-8. 

Driven by a mission to preserve, propagate and expand cultural activities in order to uplift the Sri Lankan identity, the Department of Cultural Affairs and the State Advisory Board of Visual Arts on the instructions of the Ministry of Internal Aff

Environmental Politics is a subset of National Politics. This is true for Sri Lanka as it is for other countries. Perhaps more so in Sri Lanka, because here the political sphere dominates all other spheres of activity and most often, not in a salut