When beauty and brains combine the result could be a formidable force! The effect of the combined synergies of Dr. Janaki Kuruppu, Rosy Senanayake, Kaishika Rodrigo 

‘Fun-Duh-Mental’ was started as a community service project in 2006 by the Interact Clubs of Visakha Vidyalaya and Royal College, with the aim of addressing and improving some of the pressing issues in our community and inculcating a be

stories of injustice meted out to the public by the police established to maintain law and order are rapidly spreading. These stories have raised much concern within a section of the society. 

Gerard Palitha Gunasekera was born on 13th December 1961. He was the 8th out of nine siblings. His father was a Major in the Sri Lanka Army and his mother a housewife. Palitha attended St.Benedict’s College, Kotahena, since the school was in

In June 1992, the Free Media Movement (FMM) was formed by a group of journalists and media activists with the purpose of creating a safe environment for journalists and an environment for freedom of expression.

comes to a close families of the disappeared still linger in hope that their loved ones would return. Some have been missing for decades and yet their loved ones express hope of their return. In the Budget 2018 speech Finance Minister Mangala Samaraw

When fauna and flora are in abundance they display the richness of a country’s bio-diversity. Young researchers and scientists have discovered and introduced a new species. Such tasks can be termed as a national responsibility. This is the stor

The elders among us still have nostalgic memories from the past when accomplished politicians ruled the country. This was several decades ago. The sacrifices they made and the dedication with which they serviced made the people happy. It is with a ti

“He was a rich man now,” she hesitantly and doubtfully uttered in Gamperaliya, thus setting down the confusions and conflicts and shifts of temper that would adorn the first honestly conceived Sinhala film ever made. The man who taught he

Ajahn Sumedho will be visiting Sri Lanka and shall deliver a Dhamma sermon on the December 12 at 6.30 p.m. at the Bodhignana Meditation Monastery....

Shashi Kapoor, one of Bollywood’s best-loved stars and easily the one best known internationally from that era, has died at age 79. He...

The Elvis Presley Fan Club of Sri Lanka has sent us news of Elvis’ latest Christmas CD, with orchestration by the Royal Philharmonic...

16th Colombo Scout Group, S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia felicitated a distinguished old boy Janaprith Fernando, the first Sri Lankan....

At a special ceremony held recently in Adelaide, Australia , Professor Priyan Mendis of the University of Melbourne was presented with the highest accolade given to an engineer for his service to the concrete industry in Australia. He was awarded the

As humans, curiosity is a part of our being. Throughout our lives, every one of us will find an urge to know what can’t be known, to discover what others haven’t yet found and to realise the most impossible things before anyone else.

I believe that a firm engagement with history, its pluses and minuses, its flattering and less than flattering facets, is what makes for the blooming and nurturing of a cultural sensibility. 

The recent focus on the Yala National Park being overcrowded takes the minds of wildlife enthusiasts to the 20th century, the time when it was a pleasure to go on a safari in anyone of the island’s 26 national parks.   

In Ananda Abeynayake’s Kande Gedara (scripted by Somaweera Senanayake) there is a servant to the two protagonists who is casually referred to as “Kalagune” (for what reason, we are never told). The protagonists, an ageing couple (

A musical show titled Golden Hits of 70’s by Annesley Malawana and organised by the’ Sri Lanka Army Electrical & Mechanical Engineers Ex-Servicemen’s Association’ (SLEMEESA) will be held at the 

It has been eleven years since the passing away of Justice P. Ramanathan who was well known to me. I recall meeting him for the first time in Kandy at the BASL second Convocation as fellow delegates. 

Colombo YMBA’s annual Scholarship Awards ceremony is scheduled for December 9 at the Colombo YMBA, Borella. 422 bright and deserving undergraduates from state Universities and 75 Advanced Level Students will be awarded with scholarships. Most

Most Ven. Ajahn Sumedho Maha Thera, a seminal figure in the transmission of the Buddha’s teaching to the West, will be back in Colombo to deliver Dhamma talks in his renowned style of simplicity. The Ven. 

Sri Lanka is designated as a fascinating island due to its biodiversity and topographic heterogeneity. We as a nation are gifted with a variety of indigenous plants which further enhances the splendor and the value of the country. It’s fittin

Elephants have begun to walk their path to extinction. Once a majestic being of the wild that every human feared could be shot dead in seconds today. With the recent killing of the Galgamuwa ‘Dala Poottuwa’ and another tusker in Karuwalag

The line between emotional authenticity and contrived melodrama has been so thin that even our best actors can’t resist crossing it. If it’s surprising to come across Ranjan Ramanayake in as atypical a performance as the youngest son in A

I am K. Mahanama who served as a Deputy Principal of Susamayawardana College and C.W.W. Kannangara College in Borella, Colombo 08. I retired from my Teaching profession recently. I am a heart patient awaiting a by-pass surgery and presently under med

The Photographic Society of Sri Lanka (PSSL) will hold its 62nd Annual International Photographic Competition and Exhibition on December 9 and 10 at Mihilaka Medura, BMICH, Colombo 7.   

  There is a song from the US sitcom ‘Cheers’ that has been playing in my mind for sometime. For no reason that I can identify, I should add. This is how it goes: “Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name, and

The author of Hamnet, Gwen Herat needs no introduction to the general English reader. Apart from publishing a number of books like The....

“Bhikkhus, when virtuous renunciant dwell in dependence on a village or a town, there people generate much merit in three ways.