The traditional theologians (or rather, the mere holders of doctoral degrees in West’s God-Study framed within a given rational system) look down disdainfully on Francis as a non-theologian who needs to be guided and even corrected....

The news of singer Angelene Gunathilake’s recent passing away hardly caused a stir in the print media. When reams were written about singers H. R. Jothipala and W. D. Amaradeva.....

The appointed hour had come, yet He did not cling to His equality with God He could have assuaged the Father’s justice With a simple word, a single sigh But, His love went beyond time and space A love unfathomable!

The cross, comprised wooden timbers and iron spikes, was the gas chamber or electric chair of the first century. It originated as a means of maximum torture. First used by the Persians, Phoenicians, and Carthaginians,

The annual feast of Easter celebrates what is at the core of Christianity as a religion as well as the profound spiritual experience it engenders. It concerns the transforming and revolutionary historical event of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ of

Jesus is given various names/ titles in scripture. This reflection is on two names or titles; the first is the Prince of Peace, a title given to him, as recorded in Isaiah 9. The second is the Son of Man, which Jesus used to refer to himself. We cann

Good Friday is a special day for the Christians since it is on this day that they commemorate with much piety and devotion the death of Jesus of Nazareth, the Saviour of human beings. During special prayerful ceremonies in the churches on this day...

When the Romans designed crucifixion as their means of capital punishment, they had more in mind than simply putting someone to death. They wanted to accomplish something else too, namely, to make this death.....

On a night of the full moon, King Ajasatta, with the medic Jeevaka, five hundred princesses and numerous ministers arrived at Veluwanaramaya to direct a memorable question at Gautama Buddha.

Five years after Enlightenment Gautama Buddha visited Sri Lanka for the second occasion. This visit was after His first visit to Sri Lanka to settle a dispute between Yakkhas and Nagas. Buddha’s second visit to Sri Lanka was on a ‘Bak’ Full Moo

For the first time in recorded history, bacteria, viruses and other infectious agents do not cause the majority of deaths or disability in any region of the world. Deaths from malaria, tuberculosis and diarrhoeal diseases have fallen more than 25% ea

People, young and old, are elegantly dressed in traditional attire and walk along the otherwise congested streets of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. They are heading to Ramna park in procession. And, they greet each other saying ‘Shuva Nobo Borsho

We have amidst us those who need a little more attention than others and support to lift them from despair. They are a part of us who should not be abandoned but be made part of the society.

Perhaps, the most important event that would define Sri Lanka’s presidential race, and possibly also the future of Sri Lankan politics, happened at a parking lot of an American grocery chain, Trader Joe’s in Pasadena, California last week.

Home to some 50-60% of the total elephant population in Asia, India is a country of paramount importance for the survival of the species. Excessively used in the entertainment industry, elephants in India encounter countless beatings and undergo stre

Few would know that the only social and cultural festival jointly observed by Muslims and Hindus in the Indian sub-continent is the Bengali New Year in Bangladesh.

The Sinhala people do not, strictly speaking, possess a musical tradition of their own. In this they are far away from India. But then the Sinhala villager did spend his time learning, or articulating, verse. Music was, literally, poetry in motion, a

CandleAid Sri Lanka, an organization based in Moratuwa focused on improving the lives of children in underprivileged conditions, launched another phase of their English & Personality Enhancement Programme in Moratuwa recently. This programme aims to

Palm Sunday is one of the most important days in the Christian calendar after Christmas and Easter. Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter, and marks the beginning of Holy week events leading up to Jesus’ death. My dear brothers and sisters in Chr

Anula Nikapotha nee Aluvihare was the daughter of Bernard Aluvihare, lawyer and Dr. Mrs. R.A.M. Aluvihare, Gynaecologist and the wife of Dr. Vijitha Nikapotha, Radiologist, from Nugegoda. Anula was a psychiatrist specializing in child psychiatry. She

When you have so many planners but very few doers in power, this is what happens. Last week was the second or third of what was promised to be a months-long series of rolling power cuts. The Minister in charge, Ravi Karunanayake....

On April 1, award-winning author and poet Shakthika Sathkumara was arrested and remanded on contrived charges of inciting religious hatred, a move that has been decried by artists, academics and free-speech advocates as setting a dangerous precedent

Presently the National Water Supply & Drainage Board (NWSDB) is providing water to Greater Colombo area from the following water sources:

Efforts aimed to reverse environmental damage and help people reconnect with nature, are all part of a growing global consciousness of caring for the world we live in. Although a relatively new phenomenon for many, Sri Lankan born singer-songwriter A

CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement among governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their

Green Building Council of Sri Lanka joined the exhibition held to mark World Health Day, organized by the World Health Organization - Sri Lanka, under the theme “Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere”.

This is a story of a courageous woman who lives in Watawala Dewahuwa in Galewela. She labours hard in agriculture for her survival without the help of others. When we met her on the day when the whole globe was celebrating ‘World Women’s Day’ t

Recently, the NGage Goodvocacy and the Environmental Foundation Limited hosted their very first ‘Festival for Our Planet’ at the Good Market as an environmental awareness event to coincide with the worldwide youth climate strike that took place o

Public transportation in Sri Lanka is widespread that the majority of people prefer to make it their mode of travel. Apart from the people’s habit to travel in trains, they often choose the bus as a mode of transport. However, there has been critic

Philip Cooray called Delovak Athara the most personal film that Lester James Peries ever made, and it shows. From the milieu depicted in it to its choice of subject matter, it may well have been a “statement” in the same vein that Truffaut’s Th