It was heartening to learn through a broadcast from Paris by our Prime Minister, that UNESCO will support our efforts to upgrade the heritage status of...
(“SHAAKA NIRODHAYANAYATA SARALA HENDINWEEMAK”) A BOOK IN SINHALA AUTHORED BY LIONEL RAJAPAKSE REVIEWED BY A. BEDGAR PERERA, Retired Director/Agric.Development, Ministry of Agriculture (Publisher- MaMa PUBLISHING, Colombo...
This is not meant to be a history of the colonial years, but rather a cherry-picking of childhood memories for their quaintness rather than for their...
A.M.A. Azeez was born on October 4, 1911 to a traditional elite family of Vannarpannai in Jaffna. He had his childhood and entire schooling in Jaffna....
Mannar island covers an area of 126.5 square kilometers and is surrounded by protected areas such as the Vankalai Ramsar Site, Adams Bridge Marine National Park...
A political commentator has attributed the UK sanctions against four individuals, three of whom were top ranking Army and Navy Officers associated with Sri Lanka’s armed...
Sri Lanka’s agricultural landscape is witnessing a silent yet profound transformation with the rapid expansion of oil palm plantations. Once introduced as a commercial crop, the...
Blue-green land and waterscapes act as ecological corridors across land and water in creating an ecological continuity in order to protect and restore the habitats of...
It was the epicentre of a vast empire once and was called ‘the empire on which the sun never sets.’ That was in the 18th &...
Any visitor to the home of Ranjini and Gananath Obeyesekere on Dharmarajah Hill in Kandy, will remember the splendid view from the balcony of the Obeyesekere...