The 97th Academy Awards ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 2 ...

Rajan Philips Donald Trump is sucking almost all of the world’s political oxygen. Daily he is stealing the headline thunder ...

When I undertook a sociological survey, at the age of 23 years among the Veddas of Wellassa-Bintenne in 1950, I came to ...

Dr. Anushka Kahandagamage Last week began with the disturbing news of a brutal sexual assault on a female doctor at the ...

Excerpts from P Dayaratne’s autobiography by KKS PERERA While translating the Sinhala autobiography of P. Dayaratne, the former District and Cabinet Minister who represented Ampara (Digamadulla) in ...

Nanda Pethiyagoda is no stranger to the Sri Lankan English reading public. She has authored twelve books, fiction, non-fiction and on Sri Lanka. She holds a BA (Hons) degree in English Literature, and ...

Thursday, 20th March, 6 pm at Jasmine Hall, BMICH. Bats are among the most endangered mammals, particularly in the tropical territory of Sri Lanka, due to decline in prey availability, pesticide use, ...

Sri Lanka’s lurch into universal suffrage in 1931 had certain consequences for the Left. For one thing, it compelled the Left to seek a balance between a radical socialist programme and the challenges ...

Big matches come and go; today they are numerous but the Royal-Thomian, the first of its kind in this country, stands apart as an eternal metaphor for tradition, style, charm, excitement and ...

When the Jaffar Express was hijacked by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) this week, my mind immediately returned to an experience with a Baloch friend I met years ago in a far eastern country, where ...