Even though our parents had been friends going back to the 1950s and we had met sporadically as children, my friendship with only Mala blossomed in the last five years or so.

Interviewed while at Microsoft years ago, I was asked about role models. The interviewer was puzzled when I responded with three Non-Corporate names (outside my phenomenal parents).

St. Benedict’s College Kotahena, with a rich historical heritage of more than 155 years, proudly launched ‘NAMADIMU’, at the school’s....

On February 12, 2021, we celebrated forty (40) years since we joined the Sri Lanka Air Force in 1981, as the 9th Intake of Officer Cadets.

The Leeds International School (LIS), which is one of the leading international schools in the country, celebrated its 20th anniversary recently.

The landmark Declaration, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on December 10, 1948, reaffirms that, “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set f

When one thinks of FGM/C (Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting), many think it is only prevalent in the African region. However, recent media reports and research show that the practice also prevails in Sri Lanka, especially among certain sects of the

Year Twenty Twenty One dawned amid uncertainty, Everyone with glimmers of hopes face changing destiny.

Although Colombo is the World’s only RAMSAR Accredited International Wetland Capital city, haphazard developmental activities....

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) is all set to hold the ‘National Law Conference 2021’ which will focus on the ways in which the legal profession....

Even though vaccination drives have begun to immunise healthcare workers against COVID-19, the general public is yet to receive their doses.

In a paper published on www.thelancet.com Professor of Psychology Michelle Gelfand and her colleagues have reported that tightly-held and disciplined societies had been better able to tackle the unprecedented challenge posed by COVID-19 than loosely

Dr Neville Fernando,Maama,Aiya , Seeya or Uncle to diverse family members, left on his onward journey leaving his family in shock and grief, as Covid 19 took him completely unexpectedly. Even at 89, he was planning to make his next big dream come tru

My first contact with young Avishka Mario Senewiratne was when he called me on a Sunday morning in early January and requested me to keep the date free to attend the launch of his book, “Till the Mountains Disappear – The story of St. Jos

When we are celebrating the 73rd Independence we should look back at what we have lost. We have nothing left of a free nation due to the foolhardiness of government officials who thought they were trying to protect the national treasures. There are a

Philosopher Lao Tzu once said, “When the work of a leader is done and his aim fulfilled, the beneficiaries will say, we did it by ourselves.”

Last week a couple stepped into the parish office. It was for their daughter’s wedding, scheduled for this month at St. Anthony’s Church, Mount Lavinia.

Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists (SLCM) held its Annual General Meeting and elected a new set of office bearers to serve during the accounting year 2020/2021.

An ethereal being, The fairest of them all,at medical school, A glittering star, Beyond the pale Of us mere mortals.

The Ministry of Youth and Sports led-committee, comprising members of the Youth Services Council in partnership with Wijeya Newspapers, Women in Need....

In commemoration of the third anniversary of Stop Child Cruelty Trust (SCC) are commencing an interview series “End the Doomed Legacy!

Even though President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s ‘Vistas for Prosperity’ promised to increase Sri Lanka’s forest cover in the next four years, environmentalists....

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Sri Lanka. Annually, about 23,500 new cancer patients are detected in our country.

This year’s Women in Management Award Ceremony have been one of the most challenging events for me and for WIM. This year we marked 10 years of recognizing and celebrating women under the umbrella of Top 50 Professional and Career Women Awards.

This year we are commemorating the 73rd anniversary after gaining independence. Hence it is high time for us to contemplate as to whether we have made all efforts to make the best use of our Independence which our forefathers have won with much stru

The Gratiaen Trust, in association with John Keells Foundation, will convene an online workshop on translations on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

The Gotabaya Rajapaksa Government got itself in a governance and geopolitical-level quagmire following the announcement to hand over the Eastern Container Terminal (ECT) of the Colombo Port to India’s Adani Group. Going against its own assura

Some 30 years ago, an Italian businessman by the name of Renzo Montanari visited Sri Lanka on holiday. During his time here, he fell in love with the country and its people. He wished to invest in Sri Lanka, but Montanari was only familiar with the w

Completing 73 years of “Independence” on 04 February, Sri Lanka is left with “songs of praise” sung without meaning. It has accumulated a massive debt of 2.3 trillion dollars no government would be able to payback within this free market econ

Doowa fisherman K. N. Sujith Fernando’s (42) temporary built hut was demolished on January 21, by a so called fisherman organisation representative who had complained....