When people hear something described as sustainable, it’s usually in reference to being “environmentally friendly”. While the concept of living “sustainably” is more often than not, focused on protecting the natural resources of the earth,

‘Dear Victoria’ and ‘Loveena,’ two novels by popular novelist Mohan Raj Madawala, have been translated into English and will be launched in Canada on Nov. 09th 2019.

“One day in May, 1990, I was walking along the pavement when I noticed some old ‘Readers Digest’ magazines for sale. I bought two of them, one Rupee each. In that year’s March edition there was an article titled ‘Don’t let My Father Die

Sri Lanka is reeling from the downpour across the island, with hundreds of people across ten districts affected by flash floods, heavy rainfall and strong winds. While in the capital, commuters were seen grappling with flooded roads, which disrupted

Despite the passage of time since the horrifying Easter Sunday bombings, we as a nation are still unable to understand and come to terms with what happened on that seemingly beautiful morning.

Following the Easter Sunday carnage, tourism was one of the main income generating sectors that experienced a thundering blow. Almost all tourists left the country while many bookings were cancelled. Although several tax concessions were given to hot

Currently, more than 28,000 species are threatened with extinction according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species - the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global conservation

The above headlined editorial in The Daily News of 15th Oct., should be considered very important and noteworthy and action by authorities, wherein it says “Two leading members of the clergy of th

I first set eyes on the larger than life character of Michael J. De Zoysa, sporting an imposing “afro mop “ hair style as a 16-year-old school boy, when he picked me up from “homeleigh” my parents’ house on Castle Street to play cricket for

‘Niwahal Sithuvili Sithana Sithath Udarai’ reads the first stanza of Pandit W. D. Amaradeva’s popular track written by Dolton Alwis. It translates to “great is the mind of an independent thinker”. But for centuries, free-thinkers and those

Sunil Ariyaratne once told me of a film he watched at the Quinlon in Nugegoda in the early 1970s. The film was Ryan’s Daughter, and it was directed by the great David Lean, who also made the immensely popular Doctor Zhivago. Dayan Jayatilleka, who

Sri Lanka has been through turbulent and transformative times over recent years, which have affected all of us living here. Our weak and divided....

Perhaps not one of the hot topics which attract a great readership, but the problems Sri Lanka is facing in relation to quality translation certainly is an issue that needs to be fixed in a country...

Rising from the ashes, the reconstructed Peter De Abrew Memorial Auditorium and Sports Complex of Musaeus College will be reopened today, giving prominence to the event in a solemn manner by following traditional Buddhist rituals and blessings.

My mind travels back to a day in the mid-1970s when I was a young Advocate. At that time, I had a great desire to do a Pitman’s Course in shorthand and typewriting at ‘The Polytechnic’ in Wellawatte, which was an institution established by the

During the long years of rule in Sri Lanka by the Portuguese, Dutch and British, Buddhism, which was the religion of the country, suffered a setback. In the late 19th century, there was a national struggle initiated by monks to revive Buddhism. At th

Michael Patrick O’Leary, Padraig Colman to me and most of us, once wrote that more than anything else, what prevented Ranil Wickremesinghe from winning the presidency was the insularity....

In these days and times when Politics is a dirty word and most politicians are of questionable character Vijitha Yapa Publications and the Political Science Society of S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia....

For the numerous fans of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, the SLBC produces a tri-monthly radio journal called Handa (Voice), carrying the following slogan on each cover page: “The printed voice of audio media.”

The Shankar’s 2020 International Children’s Competition organized by the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (formerly the Indian Cultural Centre), High Commission of India, Colombo....

The Sri Lankan armed forces have been under a cloud of allegations on extra-judicial killings, abductions and war crimes. Despite such allegations, there are instances that exemplify that Sri Lanka’s highly trained armed forces are empathic and hum

There are six serious problems affecting the six million children of Sri Lanka, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). In a dialogue with the media held in Colombo recently, UNICEF Sri Lanka Representative Tim Sutton outlined t

Climathon is a year-round programme, with a powerful solutions-hackathon at its core. Climathon Jaffna is an initiative aimed at raising awareness about climate change as well as to seek future-oriented solutions, centred around the city of Jaffna, t

Celebrating the 135th anniversary of the Attorney General’s Department, the Legal Officers’ Association has organised a fundraiser, “A Ray of Hope” to help the education of the children who lost their parents in the Easter Sunday Bomb attack.

Just hours after the high court dismissed petitions against cutting trees in a heavily wooded area in suburban Mumbai for a metro rail depot, hundreds of protesters swarmed the site, crying and clinging to trees as the felling began.

Environmental crisis is possibly the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced and our generation has been handed the mammoth task of reversing the damage. Although we have come a long way in dealing with the environmental challenges we have created

Fake meat, mock meat, meat analogues, plant-based protein, whatever you want to call it – it’s a growing industry across the world as consumers become more aware of the environmental impact raising animals for food has on the environment, as well

Like the monasteries before them, the Jesuit colleges were supported by temple lands which had been transferred to the churches. On October 22, 1605, for instance, on the orders of Jeronimo D’Azevedo the villages of Munneswaram, Moratuwa, and Kohil

Kanday Esala Maha Perahera is over and as dusk sets in Kandy Town anyone feels an emptiness after the streets are cleared of the drummers, dancers and elephants. This is perhaps the only country in the world that men and animals brush against each o

With the dawn of the Vap Full Moon Poya on October 13, we witness Katina Pinkam processions, winding their way to the temples in the early hours of the morning. These will continue until the arrival of Ill Poya next month.