We (my wife Esther, two children, Frances (two yrs six months) and Richard (six months), and myself left Katunayake airport for Australia at 4.30 pm on...
This is the place to introduce the episode of ex-Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany. “This legendary unifier of post war Germany was at a small hotel...
Nations Trust WNPS Monthly Lecture An overview of the plants & animals on this magical island Thursday 19 March 2026, 6.00 pm, Jasmine Hall, BMICH In...
Late Junius Richard Jayawardene, universally known as “JR”, was a colossal presence on the Sri Lankan political landscape in the second half of the twentieth century....
Scholars who enter politics often lose something of their scholarship; politicians who return to scholarship rarely recover its discipline. Prof. Wiswa Warnapala belonged to that increasingly...
After Minister Athulathmudali’s departure, matters went on in a state of crisis during the whole of September and into mid-October. The Ministry, the Departments and the...
I write to further substantiate my view on the enduring legacy of my beloved Alma Mater, Royal College. In my continued involvement, over an extensive period...
The scarred forests of Kebiliththa in Sri Lanka’s Monaragala District are slowly showing signs of recovery nearly five years after large-scale illegal clearing shocked conservationists and...
Chinese Two Sessions, the most consequential political gatherings in China, have drawn comparatively limited attention this year, overshadowed by escalating military operations in Iran conducted jointly...
I was pleasantly surprised to be invited to the launch of a book by an Indian writer recording visits to Colombo, evidently a labour of love...