By Uditha Devapriya In Sri Lanka, March conjures visions of big matches, cycle parades, and elitist tamashas in Colombo. This March, we will be seeing an...
by Rajan Philips In his relatively salad days, President JR Jayewardene was known to be a superb after-dinner speaker and ballroom dancer. He was not so...
By Ali Azeez HISTORY AND OWNERSHIP Date of First Registration: 31.10.1937 (manufactured in France around 15.8.1937) First owner: J.B. de Bonnetot of 690 Palmyrah Lodge, Colpetty,...
By Hm Nissanka Warakaulle The former Kandy town now has progressed to a city. During the time Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) got independence Kandy was not...
By Jehan Perera The economy is beginning to give indications of macro stability which President Ranil Wickremesinghe has made his primary objective. The most visible of...
By Dr Nihal D Amerasekera Even now, a song that often strikes a chord is that one with the poignant lyrics and haunting melody composed by...
CORRECTION An error had crept into the concluding section of Eng. Parakrama Jayasinghe’s article, ‘Electricity tariff: A rational approach needed’, published on this page yesterday. The...
By Eng Parakrama Jayasinghe parajayasinghe@gmail.com The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and the Ministry of Power and Energy have called for a further 66% increase in the...
By Uditha Devapriya Prasanna Vithanage’s Gaadi takes place in the last year of the Kandyan Kingdom. It begins with an encounter between Ehelepola Adigar and John...
by Rajan Philips Sri Lanka, then Ceylon, became independent in the best of times. Almost all contemporary accounts said so. A model colony was becoming independent...