Dear Mummy... Your arms were always.... open when we needed a...

Films in Sri Lanka have not only nudged the audience, but pinched past governments when the rulers were exposed. On Friday...

“Sri Lanka Railways isn’t a profit-earning agency but a service provider and we should focus on providing the best of that....

The failure to promptly open and carry out a criminal investigation into the 2012 Welikada riot, despite having strong....

Area residents have raised concerns on the possibility of flooding as they claim that the drains have been taken out and replaced with concrete

The Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI) in partnership with the Delegation of the European Union to Sri Lanka and the Maldives hosted a half-day conference on the theme, The EU Indo-Pacific Strategy th

The construction of a four lane elevated expressway from Rajagiriya to Athurugiriya was frowned upon by area residents and environmental activists; reason being that the proposed route overlapped the Thalangama Environment Protection Area (EPA). Init

Sri Lanka was advised to more narrowly define terrorism to safeguard freedoms of expression, association, opinion, religion or belief

In the above captioned news item, appearing in your issue of 29th Jan.’21, it is reported, the Minister for Irrigation, State Defence, and Home Affairs Chamal Rajapaksa has declared a gigantic project to install floating solar panels in the Mahawel

Ananda Gunathilake’s debut novel ‘Sisilagni’ is based on events dating from the 1960s to 1971, and can be called historical fiction. Even what happened yesterday is history, and material for the discerning writer to unravel a story from the con

When the 50th Independence Anniversary celebrations of the country were readied to be held in the Sri Dalada Maligawa complex seating accommodation at Maha Maluwa the ‘Sacred Tooth Relic” was re

Bonjour Cinema will present ‘Bye Bye Morons’ - a French film subtitled in English - at the Regal Cinema, Colombo, at 7 pm....

Journalists for Rights and the Sri Lanka Young Journalists’ Association have organised a commemorative event in view of journalists.....

Filmmaker Vimukthi Jayasundara has been invited to be at the Jury of GWFF Best First Feature Award of the prestigious Berlin.....

The plotters even dragged the name of Dudley Senanayake, the great democrat, through Sir John; the most logical rationale could....

Our dear motherland is once again at crossroads with an economy in disarray and near tatters! She is struggling to find the way....

The Sudden passing away of Rohan Tudawe sent shock waves amongst the people who knew and loved him. On December 4, 2021 the world lost a great humanist and above all a gentleman par excellence.

Gold-medallist at the Special Olympic World Games held in Abu Dhabi three years ago and now preparing for the Special Olympics National Summer Games in December, Deshan Walallavita, wowed judges at the IHC Art Awards 2021 competition with his acrylic

Once again the old boys of the Class of 62 and O/L 70 Group of S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia gathered on January 22 under one banner to celebrate their sixtieth anniversary of their association and loyalties with their prestigious Alma Mater. Th

On January 18, 2022, Lions Club of Colombo Ceylon Excellence (District 306C2) donated a wheelchair to a disabled retired Navy officer who was in need of a folding wheelchair.

The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) which demonstrates its air power and commitment to ensure national security of the country....

Seagrass is a marine flowering plant found in meadows in the shallow intertidal and deeper subtidal sloping coastlines....

The Chief Sanganayaka of Western Province, the chief incumbent of Abhayarama, the chairman of Public Services Nurses Union, Most Ven. Muruththettuwe....

When Dr. Cyril Antony introduced Taekwondo to Sri Lanka on December 12, 1976 he had a vision to spread the sport across the country. In December last year (2021) he was the centre of attraction...

World Vision Lanka (Guarantee) Limited has sent a letter of demand to Prof. Ratnajeevan Hoole and his daughter following an article he has written making references to World Vision Lanka....

Cyberspace has become an over-exploited platform of knowledge sharing and gaining where such information could be used for the benefit of the good as well as the bad. It is under this context...

The prevailing electricity crisis has put Sri Lankans in a dilemma. A few weeks back the Sri Lankan public had second thoughts about purchasing gas cylinders and now the citizenry is getting ready to face a series of power outages with the prevailing

The Bengali elite not only supported Anagarika Dharmapala’s movement to retrieve Buddhagaya from the Hindus but also inspired his aggressive political style

The Eknaligoda Forum has organised a ‘holy viradam puja’ in the name of missing cartoonist and journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda to mark the 12th year of his disappearance and people void of the pansakula. The pooja (offering) commences on January 2

“It was flying that attracted me while studying at S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia in the 1950s. I used to ‘cut’ school with my friend Rakitha Wickramanayake and go to Ratmalana Airport....