January 21 | Olympus Auditorium, Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) The National Collective of Community Savings and Credit Services Providers organised the conference “Microfinance and...
The Colombo East Container Terminal (CECT), Sri Lanka’s flagship port project under the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), remains unable to reach full operational capacity, more...
Designed by the victors and led by the US, its institutions — from the United Nations system to Bretton Woods — were shaped to preserve western...
Back in 1964, I was working as DMO at Mirigama Government Hospital when a major derailment of the Talaimannar/Colombo train occurred at the railway crossing in...
I will not dwell in any detail about the numerous other issues that engaged the Minister’s (Athulathemudali) attention. That would add up to a book in...
The British School in Colombo (BSC) came out with flying colours as they won a number of gold, silver and bronze medals at the Southeast Asian...
A Catalyst for Regional Transformation and Healing Introducing a school leadership programme in Sri Lanka is a timely and transformative step toward empowering young learners in...
The Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA), in collaboration with the Centre for Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development of the Open University of Sri Lanka, will host...
One rainy day in September 2003, I was having lunch at the UNESCO cafeteria. Kofi Annan was the Secretary General of the UN at that time....
The Bhikkus’ walk across much of the US was to promote peace in the world. With leaders like Trump, Putin and Netanyahu, world or regional peace...