The issue of academic freedom is back in the conversation circuit in Sri Lanka, particularly on social media. And as usual in circumambience involving academic freedom,...
by Professor Athula Sumathipala Two elections went without much fuss unlike in the past, particularly without any post-election violence. The new cabinet of ministers have sworn...
By Shamindra Ferdinando On the eve of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Shavendra Silva’s retirement, Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal (retd.) Sampath Thuyacontha declared the...
By Lynn Ockersz ‘The World’s Mightiest Democracy’, In star-gazing tycoons has kept its faith, Hoping that the ‘trickle-down-theory’, Would somehow take full effect, And that the...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Senior lecturer in economics and head of the IT Department at the University of Colombo, Professor Priyanga Dunusinghe, recently declared that the new...
BY Saumya Liyanage (Text of a keynote address delivered at the annual Diploma Certificate Award Ceremony, organised by the National Photographic Art Society, Sri Lanka, on...
Ambassador Majintha Jayasinghe, on Dec, 12, presented his Letters of Credence to Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Jayasinghe...
By Lynn Ockersz Very many moons ago, Hot, sacred tears were shed, Over what was to someday befall, The revered city of Jerusalem, And now the...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Prof. Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri was the first to question the National People’s Power government over Speaker ‘Dr.’ Asoka Sapumal Ranwala regarding his academic...
From Chitrasena to Akram Khan: by Saumya Liyanage Akram Khan is a world-renowned dancer, choreographer and the founder of Akram Khan Company (AKC) in the UK....