I endorse Professor Jayasinghe’s call (letter, 28 Aug) for the 150th anniversary of the Panadura Vadaya in 2023 to be suitably commemorated. A monument should be erected...
The current wave of the deadly Covid-19 Delta virus is sweeping to all parts of the country. We are at the threshold of the worst stage...
The globalisation of the song ‘Manike Mage Hithe’ marks the first major success story of viral marketing in Sri Lanka. The Manike Mage Hithe cover by Yohani...
I was shocked when I saw the pictures the other day. How could they come up with such an idea? And it is an act of...
By Dr PARAKRAMA WAIDYANATHA An open letter to the new Minister of Health The chronic kidney disease (CKDu) has been a major non-communicable disease prevalent essentially...
After a few preceding debates such as Baddegama Debate (1865), Udanwita Debate (1866), Gampola Debate (1871), etc., the well-known Great Debate of Panadura took place 148...
It is four years to the day that Marhoom Al Haj Abdul Hameed Mohamed Azwer left this world. May God grant him a special place in...
I write this appreciation as one who has been Joe’s classmate at St. Joseph’s, roommate at Marcus Fernando Hall at the University of Peradeniya, and a...
As one who served the Ministry of Power and Energy for over a decade, and handled projects and generation plans prepared by the Ceylon Electricity Board...
By N.A. de S. AMARATUNGA Afghanistan is known as the “graveyard of empires”. Almost all the empires that grew in the region, and also some from...