The prevailing socio-economic crisis has negatively impacted people’s lives to a point where they have become more aggressive and violent. A spike in incidents of violence and the portrayal of violent...

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) and 1990 Suwa Seriya Foundation was signed on April 24, 2023. This was a renewal of the existing MoU and will further strengthen the collaboration between SLMA and 199

Sri Lanka is going through one of its worst heat waves and the general public have been advised to take precautions. Last week, at least 13 people died of a heatstroke while attending a ceremony in Maharashtra....

Recently a friend of mine sent me a photograph of one of his relatives who was killed by a sniper on the first day of the Gallipoli Turkey invasion in April 1915. The photo of Blair Inskip Swan

The MV X-press Pearl disaster is considered one of the biggest disasters in maritime history. The expert committee that investigated the extent....

Women and Child Rights advocates come forward to support the decriminalisation of homosexuality and challenge the ‘false and fictitious’ petition of SLPP political activists Jehan Hameed and Shenali Waduge

At a time when the country’s health sector has been crippled by the shortage of essential drugs and devices,

Hosting the two-day Summit in collaboration with International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) on April 20-21, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Global Buddhist Summit in New Delhi on Thursday.

Rukshan Dissanayake’s foray into story writing is encouraging at a time when there is a severe dearth of English writers.

In March this year, we lost our beloved relative and planter’s wife Dayani Mathavan a close relative of Dr Amal Karunaratna, a well-respected resident of Kandy.

The 32nd Annual General Meeting of the Alumni Association of the University of Peradeniya-Colombo Chapter (AAUPCC) was held on March 31, at the Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka, Colombo 7.

The most vivid are the images of dead and injured, and damage to the churches and hotels. These were quickly rebuilt. Except for memorials in churches, the rebuilding may help erase memories of the tragedy....

The Ceylon Mercantile, Industrial and General Workers’ Union (CMU) said that it supported the call made by the Catholic Church upon citizens to create a strong human chain today (Friday, April 21), demanding....

The Bill titled Central Bank of Sri Lanka was presented to the Parliament on March 7. Six citizens petitioned the Supreme Court claiming that the Bill violated the constitution and need to be passed by 2/3rd in Parliament and approved by people at a

The Inaugural University of Colombo Alumni Pinnacle Awards and Alumni Night 2023 hosted by the Alumni Association of the University of Colombo will be held on Friday, May 12th from 7 p.m. at the Grand....

Leelananda de Silva, [economic adviser] in his autobiography says, “in November 1976, returning from the Non-aligned summit via Rome, we visited the Boca Verita (mouth of truth). There you put your hand....

The Sri Lanka China Society is organizing a Members Day on April 30th, 2023 at Bird Park, Buthgamuwa Road, Rajagiriya and this event will be open to members of the S. L. C. S. and their guests, stated...

The most important cultural and national festival in our country falls in April. We in Sri Lanka, who believe in the solar influence on all living beings, observe this day as a day of religious and cultural significance.

Sri Lanka’s public transportation, particularly its bus service, requires modernisation and reformation. Particularly in places like Colombo. “In Colombo, at least 65 per....

As the dawn of Avurudu is around the corner, more and more people are seen bargaining and purchasing clothes and other items just so....

Internationally awarded Gayathri Khemadasa became the first Asian music composer whose composition was performed at Portsmouth....

Easter, the greatest Christian religious festival is about the good news that Jesus of Nazareth, the guru and the prophet who through an unjust trial was condemned to death, crucified and buried, yet rising again to life after three days of lying in

Jesus, Christ rose from the dead and He appeared to His disciples who had abandoned Him at the time of His arrest. He, the risen Lord, ate with them, He walked with them, and He appeared to them, while they all were locked down in a room.

Professor Mohan Munasinghe, 2021 Blue Planet Prize Laureate and co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Peace, was featured on the front cover of the recently published book:

In memory of a special Dad May the winds of love blow softly and whisper in your ear, We love and miss you Daddy and wish that you were here.

Good Friday, the Friday before Easter Sunday, is the Christian day to commemorate the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and His Salvific Death on Calvary. Ever since Jesus died and...

He stood condemned Before a thronging, jeering mob that cried Crucify Him! Crucify Him! Today! ....

Easter is the central mystery of the Christian faith and it is the most significant feast in the Catholic liturgical calendar. Lord Jesus who conquered....

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference. the main decision-making body of the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka has strongly urged the government to uphold the Constitution and the Democracy of the country and not to proceed with any such unwarranted measures