When I say oil I mean petroleum. The question seems to me foolish and primitive. If oil is a source of energy only we have other...
Since humans shifted from hunting and gathering to settled communities, growing food has been part of daily life and culture. Historians suggest that the end of...
“”Where are the people of character, courage, conviction, competence and common sense?”Lee Iacocca (Where Have All the Leaders Gone?) Overcrowding has been a fact of Lankan...
Coexistence, Landscapes, and Lessons from Asian Megafauna Nations Trust WNPS Monthly Lecture 6 pm, Thu 16th July, Jasmine Hall, BMICH The Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus...
PB Jayasundera banished to plant mangoes in Nikaweratiya (Excerpted from Vol. 3 of the Sarath Amunugama autobiography) Bad policy decisions by the GR-PB (Jayasundera) combine crippled...
Six days before the Dalai Lama celebrated his 91st birthday on July 6, China marked another anniversary that carries enormous symbolic weight for the Communist Party,...
Dr. M.P.Dhanapala former Director, Rice Research and Development Institute, Batalagoda and award-winning rice breeder of repute, passed away on April 3, 2026, which happened to be...
The recent tragedy at Negombo Prison has forced Sri Lanka to confront an uncomfortable reality. While public attention has understandably focused on the deaths that occurred,...
Tales of Mystery and Suspense 9 From the most orthodox of recent crime writers to a very unorthodox one, J K Rowling of Harry Potter fame....
(The writer is on X as @sasmester) Over dinner in Colombo a few nights ago, a friend in the private sector with connections to the hospitality...