She is, indeed, a legendary star, and Lankika Perera’s very first performance in the UK was a huge success. She was featured as a guest artiste...
by Dr. Justice Chandradasa Nanayakkara The word Ahimsa, derived from Sanskrit, means non-harm or non-injury and is often translated into English as non-violence. The dictionary defines...
It looked like an ordinary murder. One hundred years ago on this day – 12 January 1925 – a group of men attacked a couple on...
by Rajan Philips The ideological Left and Right in Sri Lanka have staked out their positions on the country’s perennial rice crisis. In the view of...
by Nilantha Ilangamuwa The Vietnam War should have been the United States’ breaking point—a humiliating defeat that exposed the futility of projecting brute force in a...
(Excerpted from Memories of 33 Years in Parliament, by Nihal Seneviratne) It was a usual sunny morning in Sri Jayewardenepura – Kotte in August 1991 when...
By Uditha Devapriya To me, the most important takeaway from the latest BRICS Summit, in Kazan, Russia, was not India signalling towards a new chapter in...
Part 33 PASSIONS OF A GLOBAL HOTELIER Dr. Chandana (Chandi) Jayawardena DPhil President – Chandi J. Associates Inc. Consulting, Canada Founder & Administrator – Global Hospitality...
by C. Narayanasuwami (A member of the former Ceylon Civil Service and Retired Senior Professional of the Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines) There has been substantial...
(Excerpted from the autobiography of MDD Peiris, Secretary to the Prime Minister) We left for New York on September. 26, 1976 This was the day, that...