The first thing that catches the eye is the cover of the book. It’s a vivid eye catching blue and yellow. A bright blue banner on a yellow background. The first impulse is to look a little closer at the yellow background– what exactly doe

In Ran Diya Dahara, Udayakantha Warnasuriya alludes to his advertising career: he gets a graphic designer to crop Geetha Kumarasinghe on a photo of Kamal Addaraarachchi, to make it appear as though the two of them were secretly married. Kamal, a crip

The tension of elections once again pervades the air. With 15.8 million Sri Lankans eligible to elect their representatives across 341 local government authorities, this year’s local government elections are to be conducted under a mixed electo

A new Chapel and Grotto was built according to the vision of Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith. This newly built church and grotto will be blessed on February 3, 2018 at 4.30 p.m. This chapel and grotto resemble the grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in France. Th

The University Grants Commission (UGC) as the apex body on university education commenced publishing statistical hand books from the inception to enable the Commission to make evidence based decisions.   

Vocational Awards of Excellence were presented to thirteen public servants from various spheres of life by the Kandy Rotary club at a ceremony held at the Grand Kandyan Hotel on Wednesday night.

Navam Perahera which was originally known as ‘Colamba Perahera’ is conducted annually during Navam (February) at Hunupitiya Gangaramaya Viharaya. The arrangements for the pageant are made by Gangaramaya Temple. The organizing is handled

Wisdom acquired through countess eons of indulgence in the ten perfections (parami) endowed the Supremely Enlightened Being with the extraordinary faculty of identifying with absolute precision the mental state of all creatures celestial, human or

The rickshaw travel was an ancient mode of transport used during the colonial period, before the introduction of motor vehicles to Sri Lanka by the British rulers. It has been used for travel of elite people, transport of goods, as well as transporti

When Prageeth Rathnayake (as Pawan, the protagonist of his debut film, Adarei Mang) enters his unfinished, drab, concrete-laden house with a bunch of flowers and a sense of exhilaration (he’s passed his university final year exams with a First

 Born 04th December 1925    Went Home to God 30th January 2018   The Precious Gift, One gift, above all others  

   The students of Ruwanpura Maha Vidyalaya in Padaviya Anuradhapura have produced excellent results at the GCE Advanced Level Extermination eclipsing the existence of all other schools in Madawachchiya, Horowpothana, Kebethigollewa 

Lakshminarayana Subramaniam left this country as a dispossessed child, too small to fully comprehend the disaster that befell his family in 1958...

Saint Paul’s Church in Kandy stood the changing times for one hundred and seventy-five years, dedicated to Saint Paul, who was born as Saul.

My beloved sister Daphne Kulasekere was called to eternal rest on the 22nd of January 2017, a year ago, leaving a permanent void for all her loved ones.

It is disheartening when the police who are supposed to ensure law and order in Sri Lankan society are consistently being levelled with accusations of violating such laws themselves. The shocking story in Kataragama....

Adareyi Mang, which premiered last Friday at the Regal, is Prageeth Ratnayake’s first film. I first saw Prageeth as an actor, many, many years ago, and I should be forgiven for thinking that when he briefly left the screen....

The versatile Film, Music, Journalistic and sports personality Premnath Moraes would have celebrated his 95th Birth Anniversary on January 31. We re-produce an article carried in the 150th Year Commemorative....

I’d like to get back to Tuesday’s article, and to what that former Rector of S. Thomas’ College, at an official function, said: That the death of the Sinhala language can be traced to the difference in quality between the televisi

Hailing from the Nawagamu Weda generation, ayurvedic doctor Chitra Wickramarachchi cures complicated diseases. She started memorizing the ancient medicinal inscriptions given to her by her grandmother every morning when she was 7 years old. She suc

Cyclist Chen Ming Hsien (Albert Chen) of Taiwan, who has a mission to ride across the world is in Sri Lanka! Chen’s intention is to enter his name in the Guinness Book of World Records. He also intends to popularize environmental and cultural

While activities concerning the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) came under much scrutiny in recent times, its sister fund the Employees’ Trust Fund (ETF) has seldom been discussed. 

B. Mallika (55) a resident of No 91 Konakumbukwewa, Puliyankulama in Rambewa Division in Anuradhapura has been in a predicament for want of a permanent income to maintain a family of five children and to provide treatment for her 22-year-old daughter

The Chief Incumbent of Sri Sudarshanarama Purana Viharaya in Rajagiriya, Kalapaluwawa, Venerable Uluvitike Anuruddha Thera recently released a....

There are many excellent musicians who are not in the public limelight, and tablist S. W. Randoowa is one of them.  Randoowa began playing....

The Communist Party of China (CPC) has met every five years since 1921 to hold its National Congress. The party which commenced with fifty members is has a membership of 89 million today. Now its has 4.5 million party branches throughout China. In ot

Environmentalists claim deer strolling across Trincomalee face the threat of extinction mainly due to infrastructure development. Although deer have always been a tourist attraction in Trincomalee, relevant authorities have failed to acknowledge the

For decades we have been told that, regardless of the fact that movies are based on blatant falsifications of reality, we have to assess the medium on the basis of its fidelity to that same reality. 

One fourth of the seats at this edition of the local council elections are set aside for women. The general consensus among people at the news seems to be… “Good! Finally!”   

The Local Government Elections are just around the corner. The LG elections scheduled to take place on February 10 has become a much talked about topic in the country, mainly because of the new electoral system for the polls. Many commended the decis