A.G.S. Dayaratne, the newly elected President of the Kandy YMBA, while getting ready to launch the YMBA’s Vesak programme, dwelt on the UN Vesak Day of Observance being held in Vietnam.

Upon the critical need to ensure a legally mandated 25% quota for women’s representation in local government bodies, following the recent local authority elections, the Mannar Women’s Development Federation sent an urgent letter to the Election C

While the veneration of the Sacred Tooth Relic was happening in Kandy, another ancient ritual was enacted 17 kilometers away, presumed to be from the time of King Bhuveneka Bahu. This was at Sagama Raja Maha Viharaya..

Early morning in Galpalliya is a quiet time, yet the air vibrates with sounds of chiselling, and chirping young voices drifting from a small hut behind the Holy Cross Church. Sunlight spills through open windows, casting long shadows on partially f

In August last year, I travelled to Hiroshima and Nagasaki as part of the UNODA Youth Leaders Fund for a World Without Nuclear Weapons inaugural cohort. I received the opportunity as a volunteer youth coordinator for Sri Lanka Campaign to Abolish Nuc

Egypt has nominated Dr. Khaled El-Enany as its candidate for the position of Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for the 2025-2029 term. El-Enany is a former Minister of Tourism and Antiqu

The much disputed Mannar-Puttalam road via Wilpattu National Park yet again made headlines when President Anura Kumara Dissanayake recently said that the government is considering ways and means of reopening this road. The road, which was initially b

Horton Plains Naional Park, a world heritage environmental zone rich in biodiversity is now endangered by fast spreading invasive alien plants, much to the alarm of the environmentalists and those depending on tourism. Jinapriya Gallage, a reputed

Sri Lanka currently faces two parallel eye health crises— a backlog of cataract surgeries and a rise in unaddressed vision problems among schoolchildren.

Officers of the Eluwankulama Wildlife Office raided a large-scale timber smuggling operation that had been ongoing for some time in the buffer zone along the border of Wilpattu National Park, and seized a stockpile of timber worth nearly one million

Artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t just changing the way we work, shop or our interactions with each other. As AI grows in quantum leaps, we must ask whether we are prepared for a future where machines challenge not just our labour but something fa

The Excise Ordinance was introduced in Sri Lanka on January 1, 1913. The title of the ordinance states: “An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to the import, export, transport, manufacture, sale, and possession of intoxicating liqu

“He was stripped naked in public and they kept banging his head on one wall and the other. They have pricked him using a safety pin. Then he was thrown inside a cupboard.

It has been twenty years since the assassination of veteran Journalist and media activist Dharmeratnam Sivaram, popularly known as ‘Taraki’.

In 1989, 36 years back, Louis Benedict joined the “Holy Trinity Community”- Charismatic Renewal Movement within the Catholic church.

An inexplicable joy fills my heart as I write down my thoughts on the “Hall of Fame, Educational Institute in our Motherland”.

We studied together at Royal College. He was two batches senior to me, but we were in the same Royal College Cadet Platoon. He was our cadet Sergeant in the 1978 Platoon. Bhathiya was a very cheerful person.

The 34th Annual General Meeting of the Alumni Association of the University of Peradeniya-Colombo Chapter (AAUPCC) was held on Sunday, March 30, 2025, at the Main Auditorium (Sanhinda), Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration (SLIDA), Colom

The upcoming Local Government election is crucial for many reasons. Apart from the fact that it is being held after a hiatus of seven years, local government bodies play a crucial role in engaging the public in the local governance system. Sri Lanka

Thirty-two years have passed since the death of former President Ranasinghe Premadasa. The terrorist attack targeting him on May 1, 1993, undoubtedly remains in the memory of many people. To anyone studying recent political trends in our society, it

Writing about a historical figure is no easy task. Readers could tire of reading about the same feats year after year. However, every year there are readers who could gain knowledge of facts and changes in history created by our own men and women.

In 1978 when the British Conservative party, under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher, ran an advertising campaign titled ‘Labour isn’t working’ it was punning on the word labour. The campaign was against the ruling Labour Party over the risin

With a distinguished career spanning over three decades, Gabriela Ramos is an inspiring international leader who has dedicated her life to building a more prosperous, fair and sustainable world.

When Menuri was just six, she woke up excited to take flowers to school; it was homework assigned by her teacher the day before.

The late Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lanka’s foreign minister assassinated by the LTTE in Colombo in 2005, is revealed to be a romantic judging by his letters written to wife Angela long ago, and quoted by daughter Ajitha Kadirgamar in a recent articl

Environmental organisations and residents of the area expressed concern about the massive gravel mining project within the Sigiriya sanctuary causing extensive environmental damage.

“Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime and departing leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time,” – A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Dhammika Gunasekara has worn many hats over the years. From engineer and entrepreneur to artist, his talents are boundless.

The Government Physiotherapy Officers’ Association (GPOA) recently opposed the double standards maintained by the Health Ministry when recruiting Allied Health Science graduates into the state healthcare sector.

Prof. Harshana Rambukwella, a distinguished academic and literary scholar, passed away unexpectedly at his residence in Abu Dhabi on April 21. He was 50.