International Women’s Day is an opportunity to celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women...... 

Sepala Ekanayake in 1982, hijacked a plane belonging to Alitalia airlines flying from New Delhi to Tokyo. It was the first time that a Sri Lankan was involved in hijacking a plane. 

Parliamentarian Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera, who recently said he would act independent of Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) as his party.....

“Rasa Mathaka Asiriya” by Vijith Kumar Senaratne is an absorbing collection of essays on a number of professionals in spheres.....

VISION 2020 representsthe global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness, a joint programme of the World Health Organization....

I came to know the distinguished Hurulle family from my early days of schooling at S.Thomas’ College Mt Lavinia .  Themiya Hurulle....

Most students in our country will now look forward to the end of the first school term. But for a majority of schoolboys, it is that....

The Pallekandal Catholic Church inside Wilpattu National Park made headlines after environmentalists raised concern....

A workshop to discuss strategic aspects for developing a national system that supports innovation and entrepreneurship was held at the Development Strategies and International Trade Ministry recently.    

The problem with ‘Sarigama’ is that it attempts to be the Sound of Music. If its filmmaker Somaratne Balasuriya had tried a local adaptation, it would have worked better. 

The third of March is the birth anniversary of the late Charles Henry de Soysa, commemorated annually by his descendants, others connected in one way or another with the schools he built, 

Energy conservation has stepped in to an entirely new level with the advancement of technology and other factors. All types of energy produced have an impact on the environment and therefore

Reaffirming several reports published in the  recently highlighting physical ragging to be intrinsic to the university subculture.....

Every parent dreams of his or her child qualifying for university education. People work hard sometimes through back.....

The European Union Ambassador, Tung-Lai MARGUE, in an interview with the Daily Mirror, outlines that the current government.....

In the coming years, Asia is deemed to play a crucial role in the world order with its fast growing economies. Against this backdrop.....

An abduction that was buried and allowed to be forgotten over time resurfaced with the arrest of five Army intelligence officers by the CID recently. Facts and incidents hidden for eight years came to light with the commencement of investigations b

The late D.R. Wijewardene, founder of the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. is remembered as a man who worked among minds........

We may need India’s backing in the international arena in time to come. We may need India’s help to persuade the more extreme elements in the Tamil leadership to adhere to this and reject that.....

One day while tidying my cupboard, I found myself holding a bit of paper, discoloured and moth- eaten around the edges......

With the commencement of the UNHRC session featuring Sri Lanka’s case among others, Suren Sirendiran, the spokesperson....

Sri Lanka Global Forum, an umbrella organization of Sri Lankans domiciled abroad, says it will work hard for the preservation of the....

Viscount Torrington ordered the shooting of a Buddhist Priest in the same saffron robes he had worn the previous day for a ‘dumb’ military...

Beginning from the not-so distant past, kings, queens, emperors, tribal chiefs, captains of ships, others holding high positions and....

‘Rituals and Music in the Temple of the Tooth Relic in Kandy, Sri Lanka’, was Donaldson’s doctoral thesis at Monash University for.....

A Constitution embodies a nation’s fundamental choice about government. In Sri Lanka which is one of the oldest democracies in....

The Tamil Nadu (TN) trawlers illegally fishing in Sri Lankan maritime waters have become a life threatening issue to Northern.....

A pre-emptive celebration of the present Government has been the proposed Constitutional reform process. However as was highlighted....

‘Speculo 2017,’ a painting and visual arts exhibition organised by SriLankan Airlines under the theme ‘My SriLankan Perspective,’ was unveiled yesterday at the J.D.A. Perera  Art Gallery in Colombo and will continue till

It is hard to believe that a year has lapsed since the demise of our distinguished colleague Gajaba Gunawardana who passed away on February 22, 2016.