Where the mind is without fear, and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken up into fragments...
On the 15January 2026, the ‘Dhaka Declaration’ was adopted with eight strategic commitments, aimed at building a stable, inclusive, innovative and globally acceptable higher education system...
The scientific community in the English-speaking world publishes its research findings using technical and scientific English (naturally!). It has its own particular vocabulary. Many words are...
When President J. R. Jayewardene stood at the White House in 1981 at the invitation of U.S. President Ronald Reagan, he did more than conduct diplomacy;...
One of the major initiatives of the NPP government is reforming the country’s education system. Immediately after coming to power, the government started the process of bringing...
When Vikings arrived in Iceland towards the end of the 8th century, they gathered on a midsummer’s day to hear the laws of the land proclaimed,...
Chandra de Silva, 20th Death Anniversary After a convulsive struggle for national liberation from British colonialism which tore the subcontinent apart, India gained its independence in 1947....
Dharmasena Pathiraja’s eight death anniversary falls today it is in loss and loneliness, one finds words of solace, without which, none may live or even die,...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake should listen at least to the views of the Mothers’ Front on proposed educational reforms. I was listening to the apolitical views...
When the LTTE massacred people, mostly Sinhalese Buddhists, government leaders never claimed that the Tamil community, which the LTTE claimed to represent, was driven by hatred....