Philosopher Lao Tzu once said, “When the work of a leader is done and his aim fulfilled, the beneficiaries will say, we did it by ourselves.”

Last week a couple stepped into the parish office. It was for their daughter’s wedding, scheduled for this month at St. Anthony’s Church, Mount Lavinia.

Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists (SLCM) held its Annual General Meeting and elected a new set of office bearers to serve during the accounting year 2020/2021.

An ethereal being, The fairest of them all,at medical school, A glittering star, Beyond the pale Of us mere mortals.

The Ministry of Youth and Sports led-committee, comprising members of the Youth Services Council in partnership with Wijeya Newspapers, Women in Need....

In commemoration of the third anniversary of Stop Child Cruelty Trust (SCC) are commencing an interview series “End the Doomed Legacy!

Even though President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s ‘Vistas for Prosperity’ promised to increase Sri Lanka’s forest cover in the next four years, environmentalists....

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Sri Lanka. Annually, about 23,500 new cancer patients are detected in our country.

This year’s Women in Management Award Ceremony have been one of the most challenging events for me and for WIM. This year we marked 10 years of recognizing and celebrating women under the umbrella of Top 50 Professional and Career Women Awards.

This year we are commemorating the 73rd anniversary after gaining independence. Hence it is high time for us to contemplate as to whether we have made all efforts to make the best use of our Independence which our forefathers have won with much stru

The Gratiaen Trust, in association with John Keells Foundation, will convene an online workshop on translations on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

The Gotabaya Rajapaksa Government got itself in a governance and geopolitical-level quagmire following the announcement to hand over the Eastern Container Terminal (ECT) of the Colombo Port to India’s Adani Group. Going against its own assura

Some 30 years ago, an Italian businessman by the name of Renzo Montanari visited Sri Lanka on holiday. During his time here, he fell in love with the country and its people. He wished to invest in Sri Lanka, but Montanari was only familiar with the w

Completing 73 years of “Independence” on 04 February, Sri Lanka is left with “songs of praise” sung without meaning. It has accumulated a massive debt of 2.3 trillion dollars no government would be able to payback within this free market econ

Doowa fisherman K. N. Sujith Fernando’s (42) temporary built hut was demolished on January 21, by a so called fisherman organisation representative who had complained....

A year has passed by and here we are again bearing witness to the dissipating turmoil that is animal welfare in Sri Lanka. We’re aware of full-fledged pet encagements and abandoned litters of newborn strays in plastic bags. However, during the pass

January 28 marks the first death anniversary of our beloved dad E. T. Eusiri De Silva. It is also the birthday of my eldest son, his eldest grandson, who we all thought was his favourite.

I first met Gamani Jayasinghe in the office where my (prospective) husband Sachi and I were working for an absentee senior lady lawyer. Our office had become a meeting place for many of our friends, to have a cup of tea in between appearances in Co

On January 22 the Sri Lanka Malay Association (SLMA) conducted the Founder’s Day, an event held annually in January to commemorate the inauguration of the SLMA. The SLMA was established on January 22, 1922. Therefore, the Founder’s Day held this

Academy for Administrative Professionals (AAP) celebrated its 15th Anniversary at Taj Samudra recently. It was a three in one felicitation that comprised the Convocation of Batch 18, Recognition of Founder Members and Christmas Splendor. The three

Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association (SLGGA), counting 103 years in existence, is the oldest and largest voluntary movement for girls in the country with over 100,000 members island-wide. SLGGA affords the opportunity for girls to develop physical fitne

The social aspect of sharing a movie with friends, family and strangers is such a strong part of our tradition.

Buddhist scripture condemns violence in every form. But exactly a month after Ven. Olande Jinarathana Thera’s body was found floating in the Rathgama Lagoon....

The ferocity of the Violence against Women and Girls (VAW) has historically predominated mankind. “On April 24, 2020....

The Gautama Buddha’s Dhamma is phenomenal. Once, he was giving a sermon to his monks. They were in a forest with many trees.

Annually during the month of Duruthu (January) the most colourful Duruthu Perahera is held at Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya premises to commemorate Gautama Buddha’s third visit to Sri Lanka.

The ancient chronicles have documented the introduction of Buddhism to Sri Lanka in 236 BCE as the dawn of the Buddhist era when the seed of Buddhism were sown; implying that the period prior to the advent of Arahant Mahinda this Land was bereft of

Two powerful businessmen have combined forces to block the main elephant corridor within the Sinharaja Forest Reserve. An elephant corridor running from Morning Side to the Dellawa, Walankanda forest through the Handapan Ella has been cleared to cons

The Aircraft Overhaul Wing (AOW) at the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Base in Katunayake, which celebrates its fifth anniversary this year, has already been able to secure a large amount of foreign revenue by repairing Chinese made aircraft in Sri Lanka

Pandemics such as COVID-19 affect women and men differently, further exacerbating existing inequalities faced by women and girls and other marginalised groups....