‘Celebrating Wally,’ a commemorative concert celebrating Sri Lanka’s pioneer Baila singer and musician Wally Bastiansz will be held at the Bishop’s Auditorium, Colombo 2, on Saturday November 25 at 7 p.m.   

Malted and soft drinks with the lip smacking goodness of sugar are often considered popular beverages favoured by many school children and adults alike.

A.M.A. Azeez was born on 4th October 1911 to a traditional elite family of Vannarpannai in Jaffna. He had his childhood and entire schooling in Jaffna. He attended leading Hindu schools and was a brilliant student. 

The Holy Father, His Holiness Pope Francis, has appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Mannar,  Reverend Dr. Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando, currently Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

My dearest Daddy, I remember you once asked my daughter, whether you could manage four more years and live up to be 100 years old? November 20, 2017 is the day you dreamt of. But sadly, you could not make it.   

There’s a sequence of overpowering lyrical rawness in Welikathara where the protagonist and his wife fight over each other’s pasts; it transforms the plot from a terse, Cape Fear-esque thriller to something pulpier, taking us back to th

The 1966/1969 alumni of the University of Ceylon, Colombo candidly and enthusiastically held their Golden Jubilee Celebrations in three phases. The first phase of the celebration was held in October 2016 expressing gratitude to their professors,&nb

Tourism is one of those sectors that immensely contributes to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the country. Immediately after the war, several plans were implemented to boost tourism in Sri Lanka and from then on wards, this island was marked on

There are different versions of the tense situation that occurred in Gintota last week. The villagers criticize the media and social activist groups for spreading wrong versions regarding what happened in Gintota and being biased. Daily Mirror visi

The journey that we made to produce this book has been sustained by the combination of two simple interpretations of the word Sanctuary.   

An evening of classical music awaits music lovers country wide as ‘Swetha Bhumi Gee Miyesiya’ is all set and ready to hit the stage with high notes this week, Friday 

I often wonder when and where the education system of our beloved country got hijacked! Could we ever forget those halcyon days when we just walked into school? 

Lester James Peries began his career in 1956. With ‘Rekava’ he became Sri  Lanka’s first professional director of movies and not photographed stage plays. So simple and yet profound was the story of Rekava, so influential it wa

Dengue has become our common enemy, surpassing the boundaries of the rich and poor, ethnicities and religions, north and south. Controlling the spread of a disease of this magnitude, with its potential to develop into a national level epidemic, is a

Bio-piracy is a problem which we do address over the last two and half decades, but non of the former governments or the present government have taken suitable steps so far to get due revenue, proper mechanism for access and to conserve the genetic r

In Sri Lankan cinema, acting careers usually follow a linear path. When a name has been made after the initial breakthrough, an...

Segregation due to differences is commonly seen among people. People with disabilities are often shunned by society as.....

Dr. Nadeera Rupesinghe has been appointed Director General of the Department of National....

In commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the establishment of Diplomatic relations between China and Sri Lanka, an Exhibition of Photographic work titled ‘Sri Lanka and China In the Eyes of Photographers’ will be held.  

There is a huge need for children’s fiction in Sinhala, especially for adolescents. Attempts have been made to fill this void by translating popular children’s adventure books from the west such as the Biggles series by Capt. W. E. Jones,

This year’s Annual Katina Ceremony of the Heathrow Athula Dassana International Buddhist Vihara (Heathrow Vihara) was held under the guidance and direction of Ven. Wanduramba Kassapa Thera, the head of the Vihara, on October 28 and 29, 2017.&nb

Two articles in Daily Mirror on tea (Nov 9 by M.J. Fernando Nov. 10 by Tea Exporters Association (TEA) highlight the controversy on importation of tea. 

Freelance journalist, Marlon Widanapathirana, who contributes to Sunday Lankadeepa, Tharunaya and GO magazine, published his maiden collection of poems titled “Akuru”.

Today the multilateralists have, for all intents and purposes, sided with the unilateralists. Vast wars are embarked on, vast sums of money are spent on weapons, and what was described by Eisenhower as the military-industrial complex has expanded so

The statistics are simple. The logic is obvious. The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) covers about one seventh of the earth’s surface. It also occupies about 20% of the total ocean area

An evening of poetry and music organised by the English Writers’ Co-operative dedicated to Anne Ranasinghe (1925-2016), the celebrated poet, will be held at the Goethe Institute 

Every year Surol tries to bring a bit of happiness to the lives of more than 300 leprosy patients by gifting a hamper to each of them at Christmas time and during the National 

The installation of office bearers of the Interact Club of BSC for the year 2017/2018 was held on Nov 2, 2017 in the school auditorium. The chief guest Dr. Ravi Fernando spoke on the topic “Sustainability is the key future subject” and

There’s a sweet, almost naive sense of innocence in the early performances of Vasanthi Chathurani. It’s a new sensibility, to me, since a very few actors here, male or female, have been as able as she has been to project a form of purit

The singers in this visually handicapped choir – “LUMEN SINGERS” -- come from poor and destitute backgrounds. They have been trained over the years and have been singing at leading hotels in and around Colombo and even in the outs