It was a gloomy day for all of us Heartians when we learned the heartbreaking news about the passing of Ms Malini - our beloved music teacher.

With an illustrious history of its own, the Gangaramaya Temple is a prominent place for Buddhists situated in the heart of Colombo. Albeit its magnificent presence as a place of religious worship for more than a century now, the Gangaramaya Temple pl

Saliya Pieris PC was elected as the 26th President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) in February. The newly elected President.....

The Sri Lankan Understanding is the latest media platform aimed at exploring the path taken by Sri Lanka, an island nation in the Indian Ocean....

How far would you go to raise money for a worthy cause? For a group of Old Boys of St .Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia the distance does not count.

Sri Lanka generates 7,000 Metric Tonnes (MT) of waste daily, of which only half of the total is collected and 60% (4,200 MT) comes from the Western Province....

The MV Ever Given was refloated and the Suez Canal reopened to traffic Monday, sparking relief almost a week after the huge container ship......

Consumers are in a quandary wondering how they could possibly fry the kavum and kokis this festive season with the unhealthy coconut oil....

This new work is a departure from that biographical vein. The resurgence of Ravana literature in recent times, mainly in the Sinhala newspapers, should be interpreted as an attempt to place today’s strident Sinhala nationalism in a romantic, glorif

The ceremonial induction of Dr Sanath Lanerolle as the 20th president of the Perinatal Society of Sri Lanka was held at the Shangri La Ballroom at the Shangri La Hotel Colombo on the 19th of March 2021. Shiranthi Wickremasing

With his friend Mamalaya Marikkar he wandered around looting from the wealthy and gave it to the poor people

The English Writers Collective of Sri Lanka (EWC) invites entries for their annual literary competition of creative prose writing and poetry. Literary articles, reviews, short stories of up to 2,500 words and poems of 32 lines or less, are welcome. M

Intending to disseminate knowledge in the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences, the University of Sri Jayewardenepura’s (USJ) Humanities and Social Sciences....

At a time Sri Lanka’s energy industry is focusing on low-cost energy sources, especially renewable energy sources such as wind power.....

Many passenger vehicles, including three-wheelers and motorcycles, are fueled by octane 95 gasoline when octane 92 gasoline is available at a lower price.

In today’s world of uncertainty and change, digitization, symbolism and psychedelia, the Purest of Art forms are losing appreciation and acceptance.

Sri Lanka will soon be subject to a ban on a selection of sachets in our market. Sachet usage has been rising in Sri Lanka and other developing....

One of the not-so-surprising decisions taken by the present Government was to withdraw from co-sponsoring the landmark United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolution 30/1.

“The 2021 Resolution endorses the Report of the High Commissioner, and expresses serious concern at what it describes as “trends emerging over the past year,

On the first Medin Full Moon Poya day after the Enlightenment and Seven years after Abhiniskramanaya or leaving the royal palace and seeking emancipation Gautama Buddha visited His relatives in Kapilawastupura, the capital of the Sakyan kingdom. The

Remembering the Most Ven. Thalalle Siri Mahinda Nayaka Thera, who was the Chief Incumbent of Kuppiyawatta Sri Jayasekararāmaya Colombo 10

You raised us up on your shoulders. Dad, though we miss you always, we missed you deeply on March 24 because it marked your 100th Birthday. You may not be here to celebrate that special day with us, but we are sure you are celebrating it with MOM and

The Sri Lanka China Society decided to grant 100 scholarships to some less fortunate schoolchildren in Sri Lanka to celebrate 100 years anniversary of the Communist party of China.

The 30th Annual General Meeting of the University of Peradeniya, Colombo Chapter will be held on Saturday, April 3, 2021, from 9.00 a.m. to 11.45 a.m.The attendance will be online by webinar.

With the aim of providing a noble social welfare to the society the MJF Foundation institute has organised a trade fair. The fair will introduce to the general public, goods and services provided by the differently able Entrepreneurs and those indivi

For the first time in Sri Lanka, a small-scale gas turbine engine has been developed by a team of four final-year students of the Aeronautical Engineering Stream.....

A proportion of the global population consumes alcohol and/or smoke tobacco. Questions have been raised about the effect of alcohol.....

Issuing a statement on the death of the Supreme Mahanayake Thera of the Amarapura Nikaya, the Most Venerable Aggamaha Panditha Maha Nayake Kotugoda Dhammawasa Thera,

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) established in Sri Lanka joined hands with HelpAge Sri Lanka (HASL) to strengthen the needs of senior citizens and other vulnerable population in the island.

Sri Lanka Unites, a youth movement with a vision to unite youth of Sri Lanka from all ethnic and religious groups recently held a series of awareness campaigns in all 25 districts calling on the government and authorities to protect the environment.