The title misleads. It makes us think that it’s an underground theatre movement, shirked by many and patronised by a few. But it’s not. The....

Garbage is not a problem only in Sri Lanka, but also in the rest of the countries. What is vital in this case is not how muck is collected in....

Dengue in Sri Lanka has spread rapidly and has turned out to be a severe threat to its people. It is reported that nearly 70,000 cases....

The French Revolution and its aftermath left the Church in France in a state of sad disarray and devastation. France was a shattered....

“Pilikawe Sebe Thathu” (The truth about cancer) is a timely book in Sinhala about cancer, the most dreaded killer disease next....

‘Thank you’ is indeed a polite expression used when acknowledging or accepting a gift or service, be it to hitch a lift in someone’s ride or picking up a dropped parcel, or even when it comes to a compliment. It is also used when ac

Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka in his reply to my column last week points out certain ontological and ideological inaccuracies I made. In particular, he takes me to task over my categorising him as a nationalist and a moderate federalist, though I placed thos

Sri Lanka Press Institute auditorium was packed with the well wishers gathered there for the launching of ‘Elmo Fernando, Colamba Sita’, the biography of late Elmo Fernando, the eminent radio journalist. The author of the book is Wijith K

CHRISSY ALOYSIUS passed away on the evening of April 19th, leaving behind the love of her life, Dr. Dennis J. Aloysius, our much-loved family physician of almost 20 years. Among the bereaved are her children - Rohini, Ranjini, Ranee and Rohan. Her da

A memorial oration as a tribute to the late Instructor Commander M.G.S. Perera, on his birth anniversary titled “Instructor Extraordinary” was delivered by the Instructor Lieutenant Commander (Retired) Somasiri Devendra on June 2, 2017 at

A prisoner who has committed a crime as heinous as murder cannot be pardoned easily. Though the rights of prisoners are a much talked topic the world over, the plight of their families who have not committed any crime, is largely invisible. Their pre

Thirty-three years ago, I was a soil and concrete technician and labourer on the Maduru-Oya dam project, working for the Canadian consortium of FAFJ, when I first came into contact with the true peoples of our beautiful land – the vedda communi

The second Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), conducted in India confirms that India’s package of public health laws are working pretty effectively to reduce tobacco use and save lives, states Matthew L. Meyers, President of the Campaign for

There was always a self-important sense of literariness, of artifice, in certain movies of those directors who were censured by the ideologues, movers and shakers of the Nouvelle Vague, or the French New Wave. These ideologues projected their censu

2017 year has been the year of the dengue mosquitoes. It has only been halfway through the year, but the number of dengue patients have spiked like never before. The rise in dengue has itself caused another travesty as hospitals are inundated with

The public need to applaud the elucidation compiled by Ms. Kamanthi Wickramasinghe of the Daily Mirror in her article “Condominiums: The Next Big Worry.” The article synthesises the opinions of two leading lights of the legal profession

Going to a concert knowing little about a composer is daunting. Somehow, Edward Greig had not been in my sights, though I would have listened on and off to parts of Peer Gynt suite which crops up often in those roving collections of classical music

The British Council plans to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter with a series of events and activities to celebrate 20 years since the publication of the first book of the Harry Potter series “Harry Potter and the Philosopher&rsqu

Irangani Serasinghe, the mother of all mothers in our cinema, turned 90 last week. What better time to examine how her performances...

Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown Etiology (CKDu) has been reported from 10 districts in the country. The cases are mostly....

Accidentally discovered in 2737 BC by the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung, today, tea is the most popular beverage, next to water....

Apart from poverty and corruption, violence rooted in religious intolerance has become a hallmark of South Asian countries. And, as in the...

Dikgang Moseneke, the former Deputy-Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa will deliver a lecture today at the....

Islam, as a religion, caters to everything good in society. It not only directs man on how to worship his creator and sustainer....

On the last day of Shabaan (ie. the eighth month of the Islamic calendar) Muslims the world over go on looking at the moon in the sky....

Certain things are immeasurable and beyond definition. Love, for instance. Such things are however often recognisable, either....

Kingswood steps into one hundred and twenty six years in a turbulent storm within one of the oldest Unions of Old....

While I thank Uditha for his searching critique, and must express my hope and expectation that he may yet develop into....

China has worked in an astonishing manner during the last few decades to eradicate poverty. With this project.....

Unveiling the website of the Commission (www.rticommission.lk) and its logo on Monday (19), the RTI Commission.....