Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre will present Dancing Storyteller -  the Art of narrating novel content through Classical Dance by Savitha Sastry, the celebrated Bharatha Natyam exponent from India at 6.00 pm on Tuesday, July 3 at the SVCC (ICC

Human life is comparable to a flowing river. It initially starts off as a small stream. This small stream meets numerous challenges, obstacles, and barricades before it flows down and meets the great ocean.   

The ultimate transcendental state of Arahanthood is of such rarity that its accomplishment is almost always preceded by ‘Nekkhamma’ – going from home to homelessness, a process to be cultivated through a numberless rounds of birth

Happiness in Pali is called “sukha” which is both used as a noun meaning happiness, ease, blissful or pleasure and as an adjective meaning blissful or pleasant. Happiness can be loosely defined as satisfying the will. If you achieve wha

It was 23 centuries ago,on Poson Poya Day in the 236th Buddhist era, that Arhant Mahinda Thera arrived at the Ambastala rock, Mihintale from Jambuddveepa carrying with him a noble message. His first act was to intervene and stop the monarch killing

It was indeed a historic day for The School for the Deaf and Blind, Ratmalana and the Nuffield School for the Deaf & Blind, Kaithadi when they played their inaugural softball cricket match on June 15 at Kaithadi.   

The number of vehicles on the roads has increased drastically in recent times increasing the pollution level. Therefore, the Government in a bid to decrease the emission level has decided to import vehicles compatible with the Euro four standards,

Srimadi Nandarani Devi of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Sri Lanka was recently awarded at the 43rd Annual Aryabhata International Awards 2017 which was held in Bangalore, India recently .   

Last week, all Sri Lankans witnessed the power of a mob. The entire country watched in agony as a leopard was beaten to death by a mob in Ambalnagar, Kilinochchi. The footage went viral on social media, once again raising eyebrows among authorities a

The annual Aloka Pooja by Wijeya Newspapers will take place at Thanthirimale for three days on June 27th, 28th and 29th, with Poson Poya day falling on the 27th.

Jayantha Chandrasiri likes to talk, I have always noticed. And how. He can explain and rationalise something that appears to be so portentous and heavy that once he stops talking you are left telling yourself, “Damn, why didn’t I think of

Dr. Ananda Wijewickrema, Senior Consultant Physician, Head of the IDH Hospital and Specialist for Dengue, is a gentleman who takes his profession beyond the call of duty.

As the  reported on Friday, ‘the President emphasized that he would not allow tarnishing the aspirations of the people of this country they bestowed on January 8, 2015’. The freedom and democracy demanded by the people have been ensu

With reference to our article headlined ‘Help Hasini’ appeared on June 22, we have inadvertently stated that the account number (81061255) to help her is at People’s Bank, whereas the account is at the Bank of Ceylon, Hiripitiya.

One year and nine months ago I had the privilege of getting accommodation at Ratnam’s Private Hospital down Union Place.  My friend Professor Sheriffdeen, called and said.....

Just a short recollection of the events at this match. St. Peters College had already played Royal College in a 1st round match and won by 1 wicket in a very tightly fought encounter between the two schools. In this match, Suren was injured (broken t

The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka celebrates the ordination of a new Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo Rt. Rev. Jayakody Aratchige Don Anton Jayakody  today, June  23 at St. Lucia’s Cathedral, Colombo.   

Mahinda Bandusena, a senior and very distinguished public servant passed away recently after a fairly prolonged period of ill-health. What is note-worthy about the formative period of his career covering school and university, is the total reliance o

Hasini Imasha Rajapaksha, (14) has undergone a successful matched unrelated donor bone marrow transplant for Thalassaemia Major in May 2018 at the Asiri Central Hospital in Colombo.   

Mahinda Rajapaksa is not the best thing that happened to Sri Lanka. He is not the worst thing that happened to Sri Lanka either. 

The Mother Charitable Foundation, a non–profit, non-government organization working on special needs education in Moratuwa, Matara and Aluthgama, has organized a talent show for the differently-abled children and adults, who are also very talen

What better way to celebrate Italian Week than with a sampling of opera? If they could but see into the future, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and Bernini would have dreamed of being great tenors. They would have loved, too, designing opera houses f

The seventies in Britain are remembered as the era of Edward Heath, the donkey jacket, and the Austin Allegro. It is also remembered by my friend Michael O’Leary as the era of crappy, god-awful music, as can be inferred from those singles whi

The 68th Annual Esala Perahera festival of the Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya begins on July 26, with the commencement of a week-long recitation of Pirith for invocation of blessings.  

Transparency International organises a competition during which those who have shown integrity and honesty at their work place will be picked so that the public can pick a winner via an SMS voting system

The Annual Poson Illuminations of the historic Situlpauwwa Raja Maha Viharaya, situated inside the Yala National Park will be held from June 22 to 28.  Situlpauwwa is one of the most ancient shrines in the South and dates back to the reign of

June 19, 2018, marks the 107th Birth Anniversary of Late Premier Dudley Shelton Senanayake.  His name is carved with pride in the heart of Mother Lanka, as the “Bath Dun Piya” and was an illustrious democrat who held the office of

The fifties and sixties were clearly epoch-making decades for much of the Western world and particularly for the United States. Almost overnight, the bourgeoisie, so accustomed to their way of life, found their culture eroding with the onslaught of t

The Charity run of the signature community service project ‘REACH FOR WATER’ of the Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya ended in high spirits, gifting Kandy a massive ‘charity run’ experience. Chronic Kidney Disease of U

Sri Lanka, centuries back called as the ‘Eastern entrepôt of grains’ still owns acres of lush green paddy fields-harvesting piles of rice with the blood and tears of native farmers, who work hard in order to keep up with the demand