The Sri Lankan political and socio-economic environment has undergone change from time to time. We do not need fancy data analysis to identify such change we experienced ourselves in the 60s.

Environment or an ecosystem is the natural surrounding where living (plants, animals, micro-organisms, and humans) and non-living (soil, water, air, and nutrients) components coexist. A healthy ecosystem comprises all the chemical elements and nutrie

I as a visitor to Sri Lanka and my wife as a citizen of this island made a visit to the Department of Immigration and Emigration in Battaramulla. The purpose was to extend my visa by two months and renew my wife’s passport, which is expiring sh

With a rise in the number of persons being infected with seasonal influenza and the increase in the number of deaths reported journalists in Matara with the collaboration of the Matara Passenger Transport Company (MPTC)

Rituals according to Islam abide by strict rules, acts of faith and devotions being observed by the Muslims that take place at the beginning and ending of fasting. 

With the first sighting of the moon for the new month of Shawwal, the Muslims here in Sri Lanka will celebrate the Ramadan festival upon the completion of 29 or 30 days of fasting.

Controversy and confusion reign among Sri Lankan Muslims over this year’s Ramadan festival day, as there is a possibility of some Muslims completing only 28 days of fasting.

An MoU between the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung and the Dudley Senanayake Memorial Foundation was signed recently. 

The Holy Quran makes it obvious by prescribing Ramadan fasting as one of the cardinal principles of Islam. The main object of fasting is to promote righteousness - a progressive cultivation of spiritual values.  

‘Sparkle 2018,’ a dinner dance organized by the Colombo Branch of the Good Shepherd Convent Kandy PPA to mark its 40th anniversary will take place in grand style at the Shangri La Hotel Colombo on June 30, 2018. The guests will be enter

The Public Education Committee of the Sri Lanka Cancer Society conducted a seminar on May 31 on World No-Tobacco Day. Every year a seminar is held by the committee on this day to educate and create awareness among the people on how the use of tobac

Children are the fruits of society. While one group of privileged children are pampered with luxuries, another group is left unattended. This group, vulnerable to all sorts of physical and psychological abuse, end up in the gutters of society. 

A recent report carried out by a non-governmental organization stated that 90% of women in Sri Lanka are sexually harassed in public buses and trains. Rape and sexual abuse cases are reported by the media and heard by courts in big n

While walking home after visiting relatives at Ihalagama one afternoon, I had a conversation with two teachers on a scarcely travelled roadway. They were returning from Netiyagama School (which has a population of 77 students) which is situated far

“With apologies for generalising, I would say that despite decades of free education Sri Lankans are still lazy thinkers; a most gullible lot. Astrologers abound and it is easy to spread a false story. Divine intervention is still widely beli

Twenty five years of success. The beginning of it all was the dream of a single individual, Mohan Lal Grero. His dream of a Sri Lankan student population proficient in the English Language became a reality with the establishment of the Lyceum Inter

Kamal Dias, a parishioner of St. Michael’s Church, Koralawella, received an invitation from the then Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. Leo Camillus to direct a ‘Passion Play’ for the parishioners. Accordingly, he directed his first drama ti

“I was bullied at school for not being able to hear and learn like other students in the classroom. I used to always cry.

Martin Wickramasinghe was the most popular and the best writer during the previous century.

Various models of school bags are available in the market entice students to use different types without worrying about muscular and physical problems they may cause. Backpacks, front packs, 

  Niluka Damayanthi is up at 2.00 a.m. each day to prepare for the long day ahead. This entails cooking for her household which include her mother, husband and children. She also prepares snack boxes for the snorkelers or divers she would be ac

Leprosy Hospital in Hendala is believed to be the first hospital built in the country by western rulers. It also stakes a claim to be the oldest functioning hospital in the world.   

When Sinhala lyricists are talked about there are certain names that tend to be left out of the conversation. Given that sometimes even the great Mahagama Sekera is absented one should not be surprised that names such as Sunil Sarath Perera, Mahinda

Professional art photographer Amanda Samani Jayawardhana is making preparations to conduct an exhibition titled ‘Artsy’ which will be held on June 23 and 24 at J.D Perera Art Gallery in Colombo.   

Aerospace companies are continuously experiencing globalization, intense competition, reduced time-to-market, faster build rates and the need to reduce costs while maintaining strict quality-assurance. These factors are forcing all the large players

The Ministry of Health recently sent a communique to senior state health officials concerning a batch of canned fish deemed unsuitable for public consumption, ensuing the lab tests conducted by the Imported Food Inspection Unit of the Food Administ

Preserving sites of archaeological importance is vested upon relevant authorities. During the war, many of these sites were destroyed where ruins too came under the shower of mortar shells. 

 Desigar Ramanujam was born in Ramanathapuram, South India on 17th July 1907. Upon completing his higher studies he commenced a career is journalism. In the late 1920s Ramanujam, by then an accomplished writer, came to Sri Lanka and joined the e

The certainty of death has removed from our midst, Amma.   I called her Amma, for I was married to her daughter, Sarojini and that was how Saro called  her mother.   

Upasampada or higher ordination ceremonies haven’t changed over the years and still remain as they were conducted in 1773. ‘The Graphic’ of January 1576 describes a “A Buddhist Ordination of Ceylon”.