In the 1950’s and early 60’s the only sure path for students to pursue a professional career was through the University of Ceylon. The most difficult...
MPs used to call Speaker’s wig the “Walas Toppiya”, hard to make out the difference between peons nd backbenchers when sashes were removed Parliament also has...
Book Launch: The Magic Silver Tree and Sybil Wettasinghe’s latest books, The Magic Silver Tree and Puduma Ridi Gaha, posthumously published by Adith Publishers, will be...
I have been reading opinions about the introduction of an overhauled system of education in schools next year. One of the controversial issues was closing of...
Upali Seneviratne was one of the finest officers of the Police of a bygone era, when it’s repute was at a peak. They were times when,...
In the 1970s, Professor Senaka Bibile pioneered a revolutionary pharmaceutical policy that promised to convert healthcare for the developing world. His National Medicinal Drugs Policy created...
There’s an old saying in politics: it’s easier to criticize from the opposition benches than to govern from the cabinet. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s 2025 &...
Sri Lanka’s bat researchers have confirmed the presence of two free-tailed bat species never before recorded in the country, marking a significant expansion of the island’s...
That was one of the most concealed nightmares humanity was forced to endure. “In one village a mother was discovered boiling her two-year-old to eat its...
President Premadasa told me “you can always find the time to do what you want to do” Even with every effort made, there was always the...