I don’t really know who or what I am – agnostic or atheist – but I do know that the secular and the divine can and do coexist, even with the involvement of the clergy, and that the clergy, especially of today, do try to bring the tw

Scribbles of Lal Pushpakumara’s toddler were seen on the unplastered walls of his half-built two-storey house. 

Dr. Nadeera Rupesinghe, the new Director-General of the revamped National Archives of Sri Lanka, is determined to turn it into a user-friendly, world-class....

Reviewed by Fr Chryso Pieris SJ, Galle All authentic prophets, modern or ancient, are voices in the wilderness yet never....

Twenty-eight years ago on the 19th April 1990 Dr. H.W. Jayawardene, QC, a colossus in the legal profession, passed away whilst on a visit to India. It was the...

‘The Poem Collection’ is a delightful little book by Methmini Kariyakarawana. These poems were written several years ago when she was an Year Five....

Hailing from a respectable family in Batapola, Ambalangoda, the late Nimal De Silva was a young boy when he came to Richmond College....

Our dearest Ammi was called to be with The Lord on November 13th last year. She was a tower of strength to our family and our home would never be....

Mirissa has always been a destination frequented by both locals and tourists for its pristine beaches and other tourist attractions. 

The Sinhala Hindu New Year is in all probability the only main traditional festival that is commonly observed by the Sinhalese and Tamils, and celebrated by Buddhists and Hindus in the country. 

Prisons are not exactly city attractions. They are somber edifices with high walls and barbed wire. We might see them as we pass but our eyes don’t tarry, they move to other and more pleasant objects for perusal. 

 The rites which are part of the the Sinhala and Hindu New Year celebrations are over. 

There’s a school of thought which contends that the world doesn’t owe us a cent. 

When the results of the much-awaited Ordinary Level Examination were released last week there were very many new aspirations among the students, teachers and administrators in the education sector.

Films are works of cinematic art and they reflect memories and feelings. The creativity in a film reflects the work of a genius. Movies invoke emotions and they relate stories. They create an entire ‘world’ with a story that grips the a

Following their defection from the Government, the 16 MPs of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) are now engaged in another struggle to secure the party secretary’s post and execute their future political plans.   

The ‘Paada Yathra’ to mark the National New Year was held on April 15 for the 28th year. This was started by Yogendra Duraiswamy and Bogoda Premaratne, deputising for the Bauddha-Hindu Maha Sabha.   

An elderly couple of Serankada in Padiyathalawa has been destined to spend their autumn of life in a cave. This cave is in an archaeological site that’s covered with shrub jungle.

“Fragments and Figments: A Collection of Cultural Essays”, written by freelance critic Uditha Devapriya, was launched at the Western Province Aesthetic Resort on Friday, April the 6th

The history of the Sinhala song is a history of defeat, sorrow, tragedy, and never-ending shifts of personalities and loyalties. It is a rather sad history....

India is being rocked by country-wide public protests over the rape of three females. Two of them, just 8 and 11 years of age, were also murdered in the....

The National Council for Road Safety announced last week that fare metres for trishaws (tuk tuks) will be mandatory and the law would be strictly enforced after....

A year is a period of twelve months or 365 days and 366 days in a leap year. 

Sri Lanka is blessed with a number of traditional games which are played during the New Year holidays in the month of Bak (April). 

Decades ago, the main sources of information were mass media including newspapers, radio and television.

The use of polythene, which had become a threat and a nuisance to the country, is considerably less now. 

When you listen to “Saragaye”, and watch the video, you get enveloped in complete happiness. In some vague, indefinable, magical way, Sanuka Wickramasinghe has given a form to our collective experience of one night stands and crushes an

I just thought of briefly inscribing a few lines on taking account of one’s own life.   In other words, take time to reflect upon yourself inwardly and wisely scrutinize on your own deeds, words, thoughts and feelings.   

The change of regime in 2015 January raised people’s aspirations for a positive social and political transformation. Many people felt that the country could move away from the conflictual past to a more peaceful future. 

Despite the recent showers that were observed in several parts of the country, especially in the evening hours, one cannot deny the intolerable heat experienced occasionally, during the other times of the day.