The real friend in deed

The Colombo Friend in Need Society (CFINS), also now known as the Jaipur Centre is the oldest charity in Sri Lanka, providing yeoman service....

Living to manage diseases or managing diseases to live?

Living with a life long illness is an arduous task. Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension (high blood pressure), Glaucoma (Increased Eye Pressure),Alzheimer’s Disease and Hyperlipidaemia (High cholesterol and triglyceride levels) are few such Life long illnesses which interfere with human life. If you are suffering from any of these diseases you need to carefully deal with those. It is a great challenge for the Patient as well as the Doctor.

CAN Weekend Market lifts entrepreneurs

The CAN Weekend Market Colombo City Centre came alive with a star-studded Women’s day celebration adorned by reigning Mrs. World Caroline Jurie gracing the occasion to support and encourage the CAN community entrepreneurs.

Heidy: A Life Extraordinary

A young girl fell in love. At seventeen, the starry eyed blond beauty scarcely knew the destiny that awaited her as she consented to marry an exotic young man hailing from Ceylon.

From East to West: Colombo’s ‘compromise’ with New Delhi in Port project

In a Cabinet decision on February 1 this year, Sri Lanka booted India and Japan out of a 2019 deal to jointly develop the East Container Terminal (ECT) at the Colombo Port,

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Did you emerge to this planet by yourself? or, did you evolve with the aid of human beings?

Dr. Shanaka Paints: ‘Soul Windows’

‘Soul Windows’ , painter Dr. Shanaka Kulatunga’s second exhibition will be opened at 4 pm on March 12 and will continue through.....

Truths and Myths about Food and Cancer

A common concern in modern day society is health and how to maintain a healthy lifestyle free of sickness and disease.

Apostolic Carmel Congregation steps into Centenary Year Who is She?

“She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.” – (Proverbs 31:25)

Repository of Knowledge

The oldest Mahawansa has been found at the 100-year-old Library of the University of Peradeniya by the Committee to be recommended....

Sanga defends his name in Sigiriya land dispute

The sport of cricket continues to attract bad publicity and this time its retired cricketer Kumar Sangakkara whose name is linked with a an alleged fraudulent land sale in Sigiriya Mailaththawa area. The story unfolds of how an elderly and ailing couple was approached by an individual who has promised them help in return for being granted powers as the caretaker of the land apart from being given possession of the documents that supports ownersh

Fostering Buddhist-Muslim dialogue

I was one of those fortunate students to have commenced my education at a leading Muslim School and then completing it at a leading Buddhist Institution in Colombo.

Robotic Manipulator produced for Gynaecological Laparoscopy operations

A hand-controlled novel assistive Robotic Manipulator for Gynaecological Laparoscopy has been developed by four final year students....

Reusable mask produced using Nanotechnology

The researchers of University of Peradeniya have produced a face mask ‘under Nanotechnology’ using pure cotton material....

Bhagavad Gita live online lectures by Sunandaji

Sunandaji, the daughter–disciple of Swami Parthasarathy, the world renowned Vedanta philosopher, will conduct a series of lectures on Bhagavad....

SVB launches campaign to eradicate period poverty

Even with 52% women in its population, the majority of Sri Lanka’s women and girls are unable to make themselves productive.....

Leftist feminist leadership in a time of crisis

The International Women’s Day is a much awaited date on the calendar. Various issues regarding women’s rights are openly.....

A masculine attack on a Women’s Day protest

Participants at a peaceful march organised by Free Women, a leftist women’s movement in a struggle to achieve women’s freedom....

Education through Sports

Education and Sports are like two sides of the same coin. They are so much interconnected and linked. Sports is an integral part of the Education System in Sri Lanka. Moreover, I would say Sports has become part and parcel of the Education System in S

STOP CHILD CRUELTY TRUST HOLDS THE SUCCESSFUL ‘END THE DOOMED LEGACY!’

Child Protection is a National Crisis – Official statistics reveal that a child is sexually molested every two hours in our paradise island and Sri Lanka has fallen to the abysmal 10% of countries safest in the world for children against violence.

#BLEEDGOOD WITH SELYN THIS WOMENS DAY!

Buy One, Gift One: Empowering Sri Lankan Women in Rural Communities to End Period Poverty Through Provision Of Reusable Sanitary Napkins

Perusing the malayaha literary springs An insight into the lesser-known literary sources of upcountry Sri Lanka

The former Member of Parliament for Nuwara Eliya, Mylvaganam Thilagarajah is also a young literary figure known by his pen name Malliyapoo Santhi Thilagar. Eighteen years ago,

SLAF: the rise of Helicopter Squadron

The Airfoce’s Helicopter Squadron was to be awarded the President’s Colour last year. However due to the Covid pandemic it was postponed....

Felicitating Prof. Malani Adagama 

Renowned scholar of history and the Secretary to the Mahavamsa Compilation Office, Emeritus Prof. Malani Adagama was recently felicitated....

Abolish the Tampon Tax. Period

Haven’t we all faced that embarrassment when we have an “accident,’’ “dirtied” our school uniforms, and used the infamous brown paper.....

Gaya: Celebration of the human body

Not internationally. The female nude as a subject for art, be it in painting or photography, was outside the harsh scrutiny of #MeToo activists....

BANDULA JAYASEKERA : An Exceptional Human Being

He was an exceptional human being. My friend Bandula Jayasekera, was a former Sri Lankan diplomat and senior journalist who was a proud flag-bearer for Sri Lanka. A man with an abundance of knowledge displayed in the most endearing and simplistic manner. As a journalist, he gave voice to the voiceless.

He raised me up to more than I can be

“Ninety Nine and not out” quipped my father, Gerald de Alwis, an indomitable spirit as he entered his 100th year in February. He hails from a quaint little hamlet in Galle chequered with verdant paddy fields namely Kalahe in the precincts of Unawatuna, famous for its pristine beaches.

The Brother I Never Had

Thisun Sanjeewa Bandara Amarasinghe, more affectionately known as ‘Cheena’, ‘Phila’ (owing to the resemblance to the Pop singer Phil Collins) and other pseudonyms, was an irreplaceable, unique person who possessed extraordinary qualities and idiosyncrasies.

SVB setting the stage to end poverty in Sri Lanka

The Samagi Vanitha Balavegaya (SVB) the women’s wing of the Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) will set the stage to end period poverty in Sri Lanka, on International Women’s Day which is marked on Monday.