For 19 years, the David Jayasundara Elders Home in Keselwatte, Panadura has been sheltering aged men and women of different backgrounds, from different areas, muttering different life stories.  Altogether 30 inmates receive care, comfort

The formation of elites in colonial societies has been the subject of fierce debate. Probably the main reason for that has been the debate over the definition of elite: Who is elite and who is not?   In the Sri Lankan context, we can try

Adorned with pleasant greenery on either side, the Puthukkudiyirippu – Oddusuddan road is permeated with an uncharacteristic dampness in the air. Even though the soil has absorbed much of the water, traces of waterlogged fields remain among t

I first came to know of the MiG Deal in August 2007. I was in Canada visiting family when my father called me from Colombo. He was in happy mood. He told me that The Sunday Leader had reported on a shady military contract involving Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Dr Devanesan Nesiah returned the Deshamanya award conferred on him in 2017, to the Presidential Secretariat recently.

The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), Autonomous Weapons and Sri Lanka. The Sri Lanka Campaign to Stop Killer Robots will launch a book titled the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), Autonomous Weapons and Sri Lanka on J

The season of climbing Samanalakanda, Adam’s Peak or Sri Pada begins with Unduvap Poya on Saturday and ends on the Vesak Poya.

Reference the article in the Daily Mirror (28.10.2018) under caption Those silent metal lamp posts - They have been standing tirelessly for nearly two centuries I wish to state below how my efforts, wasting my time, energy and money, to remove such a

The proclamation taken from St Matthew’s Gospel (2 Vs:1-12) describes the journey of the Gentile astrologers or wise men as they are commonly known, who while on their way to see what the star foretold break journey at the court of King Herod a

A Golden heart stopped beating   Hard working hands at rest   It broke our hearts to see you go   God only takes the best  

For the past several months young psychology student Kalaamani Bharaneetharan has been publishing a creditably edited and designed monthly literary magazine in Tamil from Alvaai in the Northern Peninsula. The magazine containing well-researched artic

The dawn of the New Year was a nightmare for the living organisms in the Muthurajawela Sanctuary. This is because they were caught in a raging fire which commended on the evening of January 1. 

Regi Siriwardena was probably the greatest English prose stylist this country bred, but over the years I’ve come to remember him less as a writer and poet than as an incisive yet flawed commentator. 

‘Dhatusena’(ISBN 978-955-0955-79-4/ Visidunu Prakashakayo (Pvt) Ltd, Boralesgamuwa, 2017) is a short historical novel in Sinhala written by veteran novelist, poet, and socio-political thinker and activist Dr. Gunadasa Amerasekera. It is

The Elvis Presley Fan Club of Sri Lanka has grown to be an umbrella of fan clubs representing Ricky Nelson, Jim Reeves, Hank Snow and Abba as well. Commemorating the death anniversary of Jim Reeves is a big event to club members. 

German Beauty Queen Linda Rose who was adjudged winner at the Miss Sri Lanka pageant in Europe in August 2018, was in Kandy to distribute equipment worth around one million to the Cancer Ward (No. 48) at the Kandy General (Teaching) Hospital (KGH).

The other day I saw an elephant walking on the road. I was amazed by the size of this animal and the majestic manner in which it took its steps. Then it came to my mind that this awesome creature is a vegetarian and how strong and healthy it looked

The Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (Indian Cultural Centre) at the High Commission of India, Colombo will host an evening of Hindustani Classical and Semi classical music concert by Dr. Asit Roy and by Dr. Podminee Dey from the Dept of Music, Un

The Kandy Post Office building is set out in a 15-rupee postal stamp issued to mark World Postal Day. The building which was built by the British in the Kandyan architecture of ‘Gadaladeniya Vihara’ tradition in 1897 was used as a hotel

The Sinhala and Tamil versions of the “Landmine and Cluster Munitions Monitor 2018 – Sri Lanka” section was launched by the Sri Lanka Campaign to Ban Landmines (SLCBL) in December last  year at the Auditorium of Jaffna Public

An exhibition of contemporary art from Myanmar titled “Seeing Through Buddhism” will be presented from January 3-6 at the Theertha Red Dot Art Gallery. 

Although the income generated through tea- which is one of the main crops in the island- is beneficial for our economy and the big companies owning plantations, it has hardly any significance on the lives of tea plantation workers who still remain

A technician from Kottawa in Galle has invented a signal system to prevent wild elephants from being run over by trains. The new inventor Chaminda Jayasinghe said that he had already received letters patent for six out of 52 new inventions. He was

The Southern railway extension from Matara to Hambantota, which is being built, is a kind of dream coming true to this writer as well as for thousands who live down their. This extension is scheduled to be completed up to Beliatta in December and i

When Dr Hudson Silva began his eye donation campaign somewhere in the late 1950s, he “marketed” it as a means of achieving merit in this life, because an earlier campaign to get people to donate corneas had failed. So successful was this

Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, Sri Lanka at Crossroads: Geopolitical Challenges and National Interest, World Scientific, Singapore, 2019   

The Machine Postmarks of Sri Lanka’ by Harsha R. Rupasinghe is an attempt to bring up to date the knowledge of our machine postmarks. According to the author, a noted philatelist, no other book has been dedicated to this important and interesti

Sri Lanka is experiencing an increasing number of traffic accidents, posing a serious danger to citizens throughout the country. Accidents take place unexpectedly and unintentionally, cause damage, injury, and death, as well as trauma and heartache f

One of the consistent writers in English is Yasmin Jaldin, a Lankan Malay lady. She writes poetry and short stories. Sarasaviya Publishers have recently brought out a collection of 38 stories she has written over the years.

The term cabinet derives from the name for a small, private room used as a study. In the UK and its colonies, smaller sub-groups of the English Privy Council began in the late 16th century as ‘cabinet counsel,’ meaning units that gave adv