As told by Arjuna Ranatunga While still at school, I had the good fortune of captaining the SSC Under-25 side. One day I was told that Sir Garry Sobers was at the ground along with Board President ...
By Uditha Devapriya Regarded as one of Sri Lanka’s finest public intellectuals, Martin Wickramasinghe (1890 – 1976) unleashed the possibilities of radical thought in 20th century South Asia. His 50th ...
By Devishka Ranasinghe Secretary, The Ceylon Journal ✍️ In an age when academic discourse is increasingly confined within disciplinary boundaries and universities rarely provide spaces for sustained ...
Rajan Philips ✍️ That warfare is a continuation of politics by other means has been an overused quote in Sri Lanka. In the present context, we might modify it to say that lawfare is also an extension ...
Nilantha Ilangamuwa Saudi Arabia and Iran were hardly natural allies during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, yet their rivalry remained largely contained within the conventions of statecraft.
By Siraj Perera, Dr Amrita de Soyza and Avanthi Jayatileke ✍️ Sri Lanka is entering a critical phase in its development journey. As the country seeks economic recovery through foreign investment, ...
This review on my father’s work was written by Carl Muller 20 years ago. It becomes very relevant now as the Fareed Uduman Art Forum is about to launch an exhibition “Kindred Flames: Van Gogh & Uduman ...
By Zanita Careem ✍️ Cassandra Fernando made history in 2022 by becoming the first Sri Lankan-born member of Australia’s Federal Parliament. She was elected as the Australian Labour Party MP for the ...
BY Sarah Whitmore ✍️ Associate Professor of Politics, Oxford Brookes University Bettina Renz Professor of International Security, University of Nottingham The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, ...
Former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, popularly known as Pillayan, was further remanded until August 4 by the Batticaloa Magistrate’s Court on Friday after being produced in connection ...
The Kandy Club stands as a living relic of Sri Lanka’s colonial inheritance — a private sanctuary whose stone and timber recall an era of planters, governors and British civility that shaped the hill ...
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Friday welcomed the positive development in the reduction of the labour-related tariff imposed on Sri Lankan exports to the United States, from 12.5% to 10%, following ...