In an emotionally charged and inspiring gathering that brought together business leaders, healthcare professionals, philanthropists and community organisations, Sri Lanka, this week, reaffirmed its ...
H A KARUNARATNE It is wilth great joy that I delve into my memories of the inimitable art teacher H A Karunatne. He was of course a teacher in the country’s formal education system and yet I am ...
My role in drumming up aid and investment flows following war victory Up to now MR’s tenure had marked a commendable level of economic growth. Most countries that come out of long wars enter a period ...
The apparent suicide of an Assistant Director of the External Resources Department (ERD) of the Ministry of Finance, who was among the four officials suspended over the alleged USD 2.5 million cyber ...
By Dr. Aruna Caldera, Consultant Rheumatologist MBBS, MD, MRCP (UK), MRCP (Rheumatology) The word arthritis comes from ancient Greek. “Arthron” means joints; “itis” means inflammation; so, arthritis ...
Human beings belong to the animal kingdom, whose primordial imperative—shaped over millions of years through the process of natural selection—is survival and reproduction, ensuring the continuation of ...
It is not merely a shift in aesthetic; it is a singularity. It is the rapid, ruthless homogenization of a landscape, engineered entirely to cater to a specific socio-economic group that worships one ...
Another May Day was drawing to a close, and the moon was waxing at the time of writing. A rare overlap of the International Labour Day and Poya, this year, left the public confused, with the second ...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism has appealed to the public for assistance in tracing the family members of a Sri Lankan woman currently residing in the Kingdom of Saudi ...
As the Centre for Poverty Analysis marks a quarter century of work, Sri Lanka has cause to reflect on what independent research has meant for the country’s most vulnerable communities. In May 2001, ...
Twelve months, still feels like yesterday. A void in our hearts and minds that could never be filled. The world changed the day I lost you and suddenly, every lesson you gave by example, made sense.
Where the Kingfisher Waits’ by Nirma de Silva Wijeyeratne is a recently published book which is a collection of poems about journeys inspired by nature, history and place. With evocative description, ...