Soon after Independence, Ceylonese society, as it was structured then, was exclusively governed by 

It is 10 years since the passing away of Justice Ramanathan. I remember the first day I met him, 

The Port City project -stalled, suspended and recommenced-has been under public scrutiny for various reasons. Five years in the....

A strong plea has gone out from the organizers of ‘Little Hearts’ of the premier Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children (LRH) in Borella to carry out  A till-donation campaign would be held by Little Hearts Unit of the Colombo Lady Ridg

It is hard to imagine that 10 years have elapsed since the demise of Ganesh. He was a very popular figure who served everybody regardless of caste, creed, race and religion to the best of his ability.    Ganesh was born in Palaly in the Jaf

Sri Lanka celebrates the most commercialised Christmas in South Asia. The decorations, festivities, 

Environmentalists raise concern over the imminent devastation of forest coverage and the resultant loss of biodiversity due to the mining of quartz deposit in the Kotikambokka Kosgahawela Forest Reserve in Wellawaya, and also about the road being lai

A gazette notification announcing price celling for 48 medicinal drugs was issued last month by the 

Kadireshan Ravishankar, a 34-year-old barber and father of four, alleges he was tortured by the Hatton HQI (Headquarters Inspector) on September 23.

“Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.” ~ Abraham Joshua Heschel 

If plans to legalize prostitution become a reality, Sri Lanka would be the first South Asian country to do so. The legal background is being formed with the support of international bodies. Many people view legalization of this shadowy, denigrated pr

Rare are the scholars with great humane qualities. Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan was such an exceptional politician and academic.

Fidel was the last of the epic heroes. Whatever our travails, our generation and the ones before us were fortunate to live in....

The Centre for Education of Hearing Impaired Children Centre (CEHIC) which during the past few decades has trained hundreds of....

Tales from Rajasthan, an art exhibition organized by the ‘Treasures of Asia Gallery’ and curated by Lilani Perera, 

The Fifteenth Death Anniversary of Emil Joesph Ajantha Coorey, Senior Attorney at Law falls on 29th November 2016.

At the University of Waterloo, Ramanan Mylvaganam was vice-president of the Tamil Students Association. He earned two graduate degrees and won a coveted work placement at Microsoft Corp.

The accident in Mount Lavinia which took place on Wednesday morning when a speeding school van crashed into a bus leaving nine students injured due to the negligence of the 21 year old van driver brought the attention of the authorities

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has called on the Sri Lankan government to take concrete steps to implement its assertion of a zero tolerance policy on torture

The grandly named “Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission” submitted its final report to Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday. The document is meant to account for the failure of a 2002 ceasefire and the events leading u

I will straight head to the Himalayas after my release, says Santhan; Murugan has vowed to visit Meenakshi temple in Madurai with his wife Nalini.

The asylum seeker who committed suicide in the Villawood detention centre this week should have been interviewed by the Commonwealth Ombudsman to establish whether he should have been released into the community.

“Here’s to the crazy ones. The rebels. The troublemakers. The ones who see things differently. While some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius”—the most famous “Jobs-ism” of all time.

The number of land scams or frauds and the sale of land using forged deeds have seen an increase in the recent past. Worse, however is the fact that some of the victims of these deals are afraid to come forward and lodge complaints due to intimidatio

The issue surrounding the use of banned substances and steroids has raised its head again within Sri Lanka’s sports sphere. Subsequent to Olympic Silver medalist Susanthika Jayasinghe being accused of using performance enhancer Nandrolone, duri

Madhavi* was overwhelmed with happiness as she set off to head home to Matara, from the hospital. Clutching her newborn baby, she got into the vehicle with Suneetha* one of her close relations, Lakshmi* - Suneetha’s friend and Lakshmi’

Highly excited at the thought of getting his Sunday school outfit sewn, eight year old Sudhil had continuously nagged his parents since Monday, asking them to take him to town as soon as possible so that he could give his measurements to the tailor.

K.M Mathew, Chief Editor of the Malayala Manorama newspaper and a longtime friend of the International Press Institute (IPI), passed away at his residence in Kerala, India on Sunday. He was 93. IPI joins Mr. Mathew’s family, friends and coll