While new local and international construction projects are mushrooming in Colombo, the city is already reaching a stage where most of its decades-old buildings need immediate redevelopment. The Daily Mirror learned that neither the Municipal authori

A prominent film critic once said something to the effect that the worst directors tended to come from film schools, while the best directors tended to transcend the limits of academia that such schools imposed on them and their colleagues. While i

Anura Bandaranaike was a leader who lent colour to the political scene in Sri Lanka. He was one of those possessed of excellent personal qualities, superior intelligence and a very clear vision. He was an unrivalled orator in Parliament. His level

Elephants are becoming the not-so-gentle giants of the jungle! The last time you heard good about an elephant would have probably been in a history lesson and chances are that you will hear more evil about these giants in future.

I consider it an honour and a privilege to be provided with the opportunity to pay my tribute to the late Prof. J.E. Jayasuriya whose 100th birth anniversary falls on February 14. Unfortunately I didn’t have the privilege of being a student o

A team of ten from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Moratuwa participated at the Japan-Asia Youth Exchange Program in Science (Sakura Exchange Program in Science) recently. The programme was implemented as a collaboration bet

K.P Malintha Perera, born on the 18th November 1995, was the first child of the family and the pride and joy of his parents. He was a happy and a healthy child until the parents noticed that he was lagging behind in speech, when he was around 1 1/2

‘On films Seen’ is a compilation of articles and film reviews written by veteran film critic K. S. Sivakumaran spanning the years 1990 to 2017. He says he is unable to trace some of the material written in the 1980s,

Education in Ireland, the government body that promotes Ireland as a location for higher education, is organizing their first education fair at the Taj Samudra, Colombo, from 3 pm to 6 pm on Thursday, February 15 for students who are aspiring to pu

It’s fashionable now and then to lament the death of this or that. Most if not much of the time, though, this act of lamenting is a way in which the elders exert and express their superiority over the young, with the most typical excuse trotted

As explained by Indian Hindu astrologists Maha Shivarathri is a purely religious ceremony of day time fast and vigil throughout the night. The rituals for the festival are observed by Hindus the world over with the aim of washing away all sins and to

On Thursday, February 1, 1996, I walked towards my workplace in the Bank of Ceylon Headquarters building with total depression. Yes, it was happening everywhere but this time it had happened to us! The most destructive bomb in Sri Lanka hit us the pr

The Ceylon Scooter Club had its annual gathering as usual on February 4. This year, more than eighty machines were on display, making it even more colourful than last year’s....

Two years ago, NASA published a blog post aimed at kids and against astrology, dropping hints that the astrological signs of everyone had been changed and that there are thirteen constellations in the zodiac....

The Indian Cultural Center and the High Commission of India, Colombo, will present the annual Sri Thyagaraja Aradhana of the Carnatic Music tradition on Friday, February 16 at 5 p.m. at the Saraswathy....

Delighted to send my greetings and congratulation to dearest, Emmanuel Cecil Sandrasegara of Mathagal, Jaffna, born on January 24, 1918, gifted and blessed to celebrate his unique journey reaching one-hundredth birthday.

On January 25, 2016 when the Good Lord above decided that Dilip’s stint on earth must come to an end, it was a very sad and rude shock to all of us as he was such a vibrant and healthy person that none of us saw this coming. 

Singer and actor A. E. Manoharan passed away in India last month and his funeral was held in Chennai on January 24. 

The population growth and urbanization attract much interest, but at the same time are major concerns that have a mutual nexus.

Just the other day I came across a Facebook post written by a foreigner (I can’t remember the nationality of the author).

In 1978 the first-past-the-post system was changed to a proportional representation system or PR system. 

The recent Proposals of the Megapolis Ministry to reclaim the Sea around the Galle Face Green and to extend it Southwards to Dehiwela, is a commendable idea. 

He led “The Fireflies” band in Ceylon from 1963, a personal friend of mine, Milroy de Silva has passed away in Vancouver, Canada, after a long illness, leaving family, friends and fans, deeply saddened by his death, at the age of 84. Mi

From 1969, which saw Sugathapala Senarath Yapa’s Hanthane Kathawa, to 1989, which saw Vasantha Obeyesekere’s Kadapathaka Chaya, Vijaya Kumaratunga, the greatest matinee idol to ever grace the screen in this country, averaged about five

One of the most prominent saffron-clad Sri Lankan emissaries, Most Ven. Prof. Bellanwila Wimalaratana Nayake Thera, who brightened the seat of monkhood, socio-religious harmony and reconciliation in our times, having championed the crusade against

Today the Buddhist World, other religious heads, eminent local and international dignitaries and the lay public have been shocked on hearing of the demise of Ven. Prof Bellanwila Wimalaratana Nayaka Thera, who was the Chief incumbent of the Bellanw

Come 10th of February, as many as 15.8 million Sri Lankans will be eligible to elect 8,293 members to 24 municipal councils, 41 urban councils and 276 divisional councils.   

What is the Montessori method of education and how does it work is a pertinent question asked with regard to teaching kids. “Help me to do it for myself” a simple explanation of the montessori method of education.   

Many wonder what results the forthcoming Local Government Elections will hold. It is true that many Sri Lankans have lost interest in politics. But, even if we aren’t interested in our issues and our country’s politics, they are still t

When you see Geetha Kumarasinghe dancing away, her own way, dazzling us, you wonder whether this could be the same performer whose father, an editor of a conservative Sinhala Buddhist magazine, prohibited her and her siblings from going to the theatr