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. 

Do those who got their marching orders from the UNP some years ago, and thus are no longer members of the party have any right to hold protests or marches, to try to get rid of a Leader who has been duly elected to the position by his party?

Sri Lanka was embroiled in a civil war for nearly three decades during which Sri Lanka lost most of its leaders including security forces personnel, state officials, politicians and civilians. 

Bloodshed became a common occurrence with the 30-year ethnic conflict that ravaged the island. However, eight years after the war has ceased, the local gun culture still exists. Since January 2018, Sri Lanka has experienced the heat of the underwor

The Animal Welfare Coalition in Sri Lanka condemns the cruelty addressed to a leopard that was killed in Ginigathhena, by unidentified individuals. The animal is said to have been caught in a trap set in a tea estate, and then before being killed had

As part of 90 tsunami drills held in 90 schools across 18 countries in Asia and the Pacific

In a unprecedented development in the Sri Lankan judicial system, attorneys representing the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) on March 13 (Tuesday), filed a review petition in the Supreme Court seeking an injunc

The Indian Cultural Centre will screen ‘Dangal’, a Hindi feature film, on Wednesday April 11, 2018 at its premises at 16/2, Gregory’s Road, Colombo 07. 

When I woke up on the 10th of January 2018, never in my wildest dreams did I think that before the end of the day, I would be informed of the passing away of one of my nearest and dearest friends.   

Minister Dr. A.C.S. Hameed, the first Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka was born on a day like today in 1928.(10/04/1928)    He studied at St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota, Vijaya College and Zahira College in Matale.   

“More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of,” These immortal lines of Alfred Lord Tennyson reflected in the life of late Ignatius T. Canagaretnam former Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (affectionately called &ld

A decade to two ago, when I was travelling widely across the island on my motorcycle, I used to take a few books with me to read at night. Inside my backpack, there would always be a copy of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos and Stephen Hawking’s A Bri

The Most Venerable Ahangama Ananda Nayaka Thera, the Chief Incumbent of Sri Vijayaramaya, Wellawatte, passed away on Friday....

Is US President Donald Trump, the unlikely destroyer of Harley Davidson, the ‘muscle’ motorcycle which exemplified an alluringly visceral, rather....

At a time when technology has reached its peak, all eyes are on efficient and intricate IT systems. Technology is imperative and inevitable despite where you are or what kind of work you are involved in. In fact, IT systems are the drivers of the wor

It has taken me six months to muster enough courage and get into the right frame of mind to pen a few lines in memory of my late father, Major General (Retd) Duleep Justin De Silva Wickremanayake psc. rcds. 

I’ve seen Kavi Alexander seated under the coccolaba tree at Sooriya Village, apparently one of the only two such trees in Sri Lanka, the other being at Peradeniya. 

We live in a time when traditional employments are becoming endangered occupations in the face of the development of the society with science and technology. 

Life is either a great adventure or nothing, yet the biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams. While walking through the paths of life we come cross many strangers.   

We live in a world where the use of technology is seen everywhere. Our computers, mobile phones, television and lot of other things we use are results of technology.  

It’s happening at last; people are lining up on the streets and sitting in front of their television sets expecting a story that makes sense, flows, and rings true.

Dr. Lester James Peries, the revered father of Sri Lankan cinema will celebrate his 99 birthday today. 

“We are the first parliament in the world to have provided leadership with regards to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)” said Speaker of the Parliament, Karu Jayasuriya at #SDGDataLK. This national symposium, the first of its kind

This article is penned in response to the article which featured comments from ‘All Ceylon Tobacco Barn Owner’s Association’ and published on March 31 in the Daily Mirror. The article by the Tobacco Barn Owner’s Association

“Fragments and Figments”, a collection of essays exploring the cultural landscape of Sri Lanka, written by freelance writer and critic Uditha Devapriya, will be launched tomorrow, Friday, April 6, at the Western Province Aesthetic Resor

The Royal College Class of 1958 comprised One hundred and forty (140) 10 and11-year olds from all over the Island. These students represented all strata of society and all religions, spoke Sinhala or Tamil at home and also managed a smattering of E

Today we remember the life of Monica Phyllis De Alwis, wife of late Lucian Aaron Percival De Alwis, of Dehiwela. A Mother to 6 girls and 5 boys, a grandmother to 25 grandchildren and a great grandmother to 12 great grandchildren, she was born in Ku

Brain power and cunningness exhibited by UNP leadership in capturing power or remaining in power, when compared to their counterparts in the other main parties, is far superior. They are clever in manipulating and scheming.

To mark its 40th anniversary, students of the Jaffna University Medical Faculty have organised an exhibition titled ‘Yarl Med Ex 2018’ which is scheduled to be held from April 4 to 7 at the faculty premises. The exhibition is co-sponsored