Universal glory of Sai Baba Sri Lankan contribution

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba was one of the most spiritually respected persons in the spiritual world. In an attempt to take His Legacy forward....

A profoundly beloved Senior!

In early 2016, after completing the final year Law College examinations, I walked into Mr Uditha Egalahewa’s chamber seeking an opportunity....

Living legacy of a priest loved by all

“A great soul serves everyone all the time. A great soul never dies. It brings us together again and again.” —Maya Angelou.

The extraordinary Alagu Subramaniam

Alagu Subramaniam (1910 – 1971) was a barrister-at-law, short story, radio script writer and playwright who hailed from Jaffna. His father was a judge and his grandfather a literary personage.

Ramal, the boy who found an opportunity in adversity

Ramal Christopher Sahabandu is a child with Cerebral Palsy, in other words, Ramal is a child with limitations and special needs.

Christians in Sri Lanka Living in harmony amidst challenges after Easter Terrorist Attacks

Sri Lanka has attracted the attention of ancient and modern colonial empires, foreign countries, merchants, travellers and missionaries and emissaries....

Budget 2021: The unaddressed, unclear and unbudgeted factors

The recently concluded 75th Budget reading was a much awaited event in Sri Lanka’s political calendar. As every economy is undergoing a devastatingly....

Have we ever considered the teachers’ mental health?

This school year has been unlike any other. As Covid-19 threatens to widen the education divide across the world, Sri Lankan teachers.....

Air pollution linked to 15% of Covid-19 deaths

According to the World Health Organisation air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year. To put things in perspective....

Electrocuted elephant near Nimalawa Sanctuary

Another elephant succumbed to injuries after being electrocuted near the Nimalawa Sanctuary recently. While most electric fences don’t necessarily have electricity, they are just a simulation to keep elephants away and protect crops. However, the postmortem report revealed that the elephant died of electrocution and a suspect was taken into custody. While it is illegal to draw electricity in this nature, under the Flora and Fauna Protection Ordin

Two species of snakes from Knuckles

A group of researchers, including one of the leading herpetologists in Sri Lanka, Mendis Wickramasinghe and Herpetology Researcher at Natural History Museum, London, Evolutionary Biologist Dr. David Gower, has been able to discover

Pre-Budget Report: SL needs massive response to the economic crisis

Given that Sri Lanka is facing a massive economic crisis, it is extremely urgent that Budget 2021 reflects the changes that must be made to get the economy onto a sustainable track.

Heat Cabin to destroy Coronavirus on surfaces

Inventor Kelum Wadasinghe has developed a device which he claims destroys the coronavirus on banknotes and other surfaces within three minutes by using heat.

Fighting community transmission in the dark

Last week, health authorities conceded that Sri Lanka has reached the community transmission level of the covid-19 pandemic.

Arthur Ratnavale He was an artistic civil servant

The unexpected passing away of Arthur Ratnavale, a former Sri Lankam Ambassador to what was then West Germany, in 1974 cut short an illustrious life.

A man known and admired by many

It was on October 20that I received the sad news from Romesh that his dad Mr. Raymond Paranavitarne had passed away in Melbourne that morning after a brief illness.I was to say the least, very saddened at hearing this news. It took me sometime to comprehend what he told me. That I will not see Raymond Paranavitharne again.

He was a man for all seasons

Upali breathed his last, precisely 11 days after celebrating his 91st birthday. Instead of celebrating his last birthday lavishly he opted to offer alms at the temple he used to frequent and also to a group of well deserving women in an old folks home.

’Better Y’ kicks off with women on business

The youth of Sri Lanka has the potential to drive economic development, positive social change, envir onmental sustainability and technological innovation.

The virus may be spreading much faster than official data suggest

The daily case reports from the Epidemiology Unit are the only data we have to assess the spread of the virus. A better measure would be a regularly updated...

‘Stay Safe’ Sri Lanka Web Portal : Users worry about data privacy and identity theft

As a means of contact tracing to curb the COVID-19 spread, the government recently launched its ‘Stay Safe Sri Lanka’ project, effective from this week....

Contact tracing raises privacy concerns;

Ever since news broke in October of the first community case in two months and more COVID-19 clusters began emerging throughout the country, it has become common to see supermarkets, restaurants and even buses record people’s personal details. While this seeks to aid contact tracing it has raised privacy concerns among many, especially women.

Largest fish processing plant now home for bats

With the emergence of the second cluster of the second wave of COVID-19 from Peliyagoda, the pandemic spread across the island causing the economy to go backwards.

A hefty cost to return home

Since the COVID-19 pandemic struck, thousands of Sri Lankan migrant workers are left with no job, no money and no way out.

Over 200 acres of forest in Ampara destroyed Radalla and Kumbukkan forest reserves near Pottuvil and Lahugala at high risk

While the country focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic, reports of large-scale deforestation are emerging from Pottuvil in the Ampara district. Deforestation has been continuing in the area since 2000 and the Department of Forest Conserv

Dalada Maligawa: Setting pace for offering the Katina Cheevaraya

Sri Dalada Maligawa set the pace for the offering the Katina Cheevaraya, going through all the paces for its offering to the monks in Service at the Sri Dalada Maligawa....

Documenting the saga of war-time farmers

Dr Jeyaseelan Gnanaseelan, Senior Lecturer, attached to the Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna, published a book titled ‘Vanni Farmers in Wartimes.....

Oceanic Sound Pollution: Hazardous Threat to Marine Mammals

On November 2, a little after daybreak, photos of a pod of short-finned pilot whales stranded along the Panadura coastal stretch started flooding social media newsfeeds.

Sri Lanka in CT Level 3, health experts

As Sri Lanka witnessed the highest number of deaths in a single day and with PCR testing and bed capacity reaching a maximum, health experts claim that Sri Lanka is now in Community Transmission Level 3 (CT 3),

The classical liberal conundrum

Liberalism, Dayan Jayatilleka once wrote, reflects the irreducible solitude (and singularity) of the individual. It fails, however, to reflect his social conditioning: man is man, yet he is also rich, poor, privileged, or oppressed.

International Buddhist Conference 2020

The National Council for International Affairs of the All Ceylon Buddhist Congress (ACBC) will be organising the International Buddhist Conference....