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.

When the Exalted One, the Tathagata Gautama was dwelling at the Veluwanarama Vihara (the bamboo groove), a young Bhikkhu known as Achirawata Samanera, brought to the notice of the Buddha, certain comments made by a Prince named Jayasena, during a dis

Unduvap is the last Full Moon day of the year and it commemorates the arrival of Sangamitta Therini with a Bo sapling from the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in India. She arrived in the port of Dambakola Patuna in the Northern-most point in the island after a

Buddhadasa Galappaththi (Buddhi) is a prolific writer and ‘Mediyamaka Kaluwara’ (darkness at noon) is his fourth short story collection, though he’s better known for his poetry and journalism. He has compiled fourteen books of poetr

Shivantha Vivekanandan is deaf from birth and was educated at the School for the Deaf, Ratmalana up to the age of nine and thereafter at the normal Maryline High School, Kollupitiya where he was the most brilliant student studying up to the GCE (Adva

There are mixed beliefs on how one observes the Prophet’s birthday. Some people see the birthday as an event worthy of praise. Others view the celebrations of birthday as contrary to Islamic Law.

‘Sad December now is here’ was the first line of a song that was taught to us when we were in the Primary school.

The late Tissa Abeysekara, in an essay on Lester James Peries, candidly noted that the cultural renaissance which swept over our film industry, after 1956, was never dependent on the State.

Mr. Lalith Gunasekera was born in 1943 as the second son of a respectable middle class family at Kottawa.

Today is World AIDS Day. Millions die of AIDS every year in many parts of the world. According to the World Health Organisation, HIV continues to be a major global public health issue and has so far claimed more than 34 million lives.

The ideology that pervades our movies is an ideology of commitment – secular, cosmopolitan, sometimes contrived, rarely felt – and they tend to constrict your vision. There’s an intense desire on the part of their directors to tal

It is with great sadness that I write this tribute to you. When we lose a loved one, we have to endure pain, grief, desolation and emptiness, in fact, a loss of a mother is irreparable and devastating, no matter how young or old the children are an

There is a clashing of cymbals. Like an instrument, the sound of chanting rises slowly in the air. An invocation ascends in a syllabic intonation, voices seeking a blessing.   

“There are pros and cons of both Ayurvedic and Western medicinal practices. Many assume that the Ayurvedic system is unique to Sri Lanka. Simply the reality is that the existing Sri Lankan Ayurvedic system was influenced by the Indian Ayurved

The history of a country is part and parcel of it’s cultures, traditions and identity. This underscores why the remnants of any history that trace us back to the past should be preserved.

“Little Hearts Project” is a dream with the mission and vision of securing the ability to treat up to 10,000 children every year.  This is a project to construct and commission a 10-storied Cardiac and Critical Care Complex at the p

Easily one of the most discernible occurences in the last 20 years within our local English literary sphere has been the ascent of Malinda Seneviratne. Before I get to Malinda the poet, whom I am acquainted with only barely, I need to get to Malinda

?The International Human Rights Day will be celebrated this year under the theme ‘The White Night Walk’. Celebrations will be hosted by the Road to Rights Youth Organization on December 10.  The organisation is celebrating the event

Your Editorial of Saturday November 4 was very timely, relevant and revealing. People crave for exciting news and the media are quick to respond with juicy news about war, violence, murder, rape, sex, corruption, financial scams etc so much so that,

The “Ran Viyana” of the Sri Dalada Maligawa or the Canopy over the Sacred Tooth Relic is being renovated at a cost of forty three million rupees. The work is now in progress, handled by the State Engineering Corporation. The work was entr

The Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) is a movement working for the empowerment, leadership and rights of....

The Victor’s Moot, Sri Lanka’s first ever international Moot Court competition will be organised by the Sri Lanka Law College, accommodating.....

Many a time I commend, With my daughter the eldest, Making her a reader, far ahead of avid and.....

The Neonatal Transport Project carried out by Dr. Ramya de Silva, Senior Consultant Paediatrician at the Lady Ridgeway  Hospital for Children, Colombo won the prestigious British Medical Journal (BMJ) South Asia Award for 2017 in the category of

It is not necessary to explain, especially for followers of Buddhism, the reality behind joy and sorrow as it had already been preached by Lord Buddha. Buddhism maintains a significant position when analysing the past, present and future of mankind.

Dearest Amma,  

It’s so wonderful and precious when two different fields such as Science and Art combine, said by renowned Indian writer, advocate of nonviolence and human rights Vinoba Bhave.