“A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life”. This quote wonderfully describes what my eldest sister Elaine meant to me, when my darling Mummy entered Eternal Glory to be with her Maker

Mrs. Elaine Fernando celebrates her 100th birthday today. Born in Rawatawatte Moratuwa, in 1917, she moved to “Elerine” Idama Moratuwa where she lived for almost 70 years. She now resides with her son, Ranjit, and his wife, Kumu, in Borel

All in all, the government won last week. The petrol strikers were put down after briefly flirting with uncertainty: we didn’t know what the officials would do, and frankly we were worried they wouldn’t do anything. By resolving their iss

During the pre-modern era, Sri Lankan energy requirements for heating, lighting and drying relied on plant based flammable substances. With the arrival of new technology in the mid-19th century, the range of energy sources expanded due to the importa

Young twin dancers, Miyuni Thisanaya and Thenugi Dilanya Jayasinghe presents Bharathanatya recital at 6.00 pm on Friday, August 4, 2017 at the Bishop’s College Auditorium.  

I feel greatly privileged to pay tribute to the memory of our beloved cousin, late Maruneekiar Thiruvathavoorar, affectionately called Manie acca, at her Anthietty Ceremony this morning. She passed away on June 10, 2017 having led a life of grace a

“When movies, the only art which everyone felt free to enjoy and have opinions about, lose their connection with song and dance, drama, and the novel, when they become cinema, which people fear to criticise just as they fear to say what they

Nature gave us a few powerful lessons in the guise of droughts, landslides and floods which drove hundreds of people living in some parts of the country to enormous suffering in recent past. While the rest of the world is using the latest technolog

Neville J’s  ‘Hot summer’s evening at Kent’, ends in a‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’‘It was on a hot summer’s evening in June 1974 that the extraordinary conversation I am about to narrate

Sri Lanka, from the time of inception of Buddhism, has been a very fortunate country. One reason for this is that from time to time there appeared ‘epoch making religious leaders’ who succeeded in instilling hope in the minds of Buddhis

Iraq forces invaded Kuwait on 2nd of August 1990. Then there were thousands of expatriates working in Kuwait. Reports reveal that over 10,000 Sri Lankans were engaged in various occupations in Iraq. Today marks the 27th year after the war between I

Geoffrey Bawa was recognised as having been among the greatest Asian architects of the second half of the Twentieth Century. He was also one of the most significant Sri Lankans of his time. He was Sri Lanka’s most influential and prolific arc

Three-wheelers -better known as tuk tuks-are an easy mode of travel around the city. As much as we think that they would make our lives easier, there have been instances when people had to think twice before using this mode of transport. While comm

While enjoying a 150-year history St. Anne’s College, Kurunegala occupies a special place by inculcating knowledge at the correct age and correct time and by uplifting the spiritual segment and encouraging students to indulge in sport activit

In the United States of America the discerning reporter isn’t a hero; he’s a star. When Hollywood was born, and the Americans took...

Sri Lanka’s rock music scene lost one of its beloved artistes with the demise of guitarist Prasanna Abeysekera. He was 61 years...

It is few who have had the rare privilege of being Prime Minister of any country four times. In this beautiful land of ours, blessed.....

The world’s greatest pageant where animals and humans mingle without any untoward incidents is the Kandy Esala Perahera....

Sri Lanka’s former honorary Consul in Hawaii, Kusuma Cooray, Professor Emerita was recently awarded the ‘Distinguished.....

The premier speaking at the 17th Dudley Senanayake memorial lecture  reveals that the constitutional assembly will have to....

For obvious reasons, the government wants to convince us that its enemies and friends are also the people’s. Obvious, because in equalising the one with the other we are on firm ground. Obvious, because if my enemy is your enemy, the world is e

Victor and Hashini (H) hadn’t fancied giving much priority to talk about love and marriage when meeting these journalists. The following are excerpts of an interview done with them.

Devastation struck Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004 leaving behind a morbid atmosphere in the country. That was the year of the tidal wave. The tsunami brought in waves of destruction, drowning the entire island in cries of grievances and tears of lame

A research team of the North western university has made an eco-friendly low cost battery with special capacitors using local graphite and jelly polymer electric dissection in an attempt to boost inventions made using solar energy. 

Reading the article ‘Glyphosate Weed killer now destroys health in the plantations!’ in the Features Section of the Daily Mirror of July 18, 2017 by Kalani Kumarasinghe reminds us of the proverbial elephant and the blind men, each super

Sri Lanka Army reached a new milestone in its annals a few days ago when the battle-hardened soldier, Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake, took over the reins as the 22nd Commander of the Sri Lanka Army.

“In handling a camera I feel that I have no peer. But what De Sica can do, I can’t do. I ran his Shoeshine again recently and the camera disappeared, the screen disappeared; it was just life...” 

Dr. Yojana Bhagat, a leading Indian scholar of Pali, in an interview with the Daily Mirror spoke about the importance of this language and its literature as an interdisciplinary subject to research into different areas of study. Dr. Bhagat, the Coo

Corporal punishment in schools came into existence with the intention of literally whipping up students into shape. Medical drugs are important in treating ailments, but when an overdose is given, it becomes harmful; sometimes even fatal. Today cor

In the recent past, with media’s exposure of increasing disappearances of stray animals’, their brutal capture and the absence of transparency in removing dogs from public places, has given rise to speculation that these animals were ki