Listening to the Winds, Reading the Waves: Prof. Gamini Keerawella’s latest publication, Winds and Waves: Geopolitical Currents in the Indian Ocean since 1945 will be launched...
‘The Flying White House’, Lavished on ‘the most powerful man’, Is entirely in a class of its own, And smacks of a space fiction wonder, But...
The ruling NPP is in a deepening dilemma over a hotly disputed move to extend the retirement age of superior courts judges. The party is also...
Gladdening was the sight at morn, For the folk of the invisible village, Of mirthful children trekking to school, And refuge did they take in the...
The Sri Lanka Navy, on 04 June, commissioned SLNS Samudravijaya, formerly United States Coast Guard Cutter Decisive. It is the fourth mothballed US Coast Guard cutter...
El Niño events have historically been associated with weaker monsoons in South Asia, erratic rainfall patterns, and increased risks of droughts and floods. The coming months...
“A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.” — H.L. Mencken Summary During a recent...
The elderly poor are the worst hit, In the stormy Isle’s rising food crisis, And unsurprised should we be to find, Many of them hitting the...
Regime change: Gemunu Watch veteran retired Maj. Gen. K.B. Egodawele painted a bleak picture of the overall failure on the part of the Defence Ministry, National...
Tripitaka was first recorded on palm leaves. Religious histories such as Mahavamsa and Tupavamsa were also written on palm leaves. The printed texts we read today, of...