We are all familiar with the famous lines of American sportswriter Grantland Rice that “When the Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, he writes...
It was an evening of entertainment for a noble cause. It was an initiative for Sri Lankans by Sri Lankans, and so it was not a...
By Chaminda Silva In light of the recent Nipah virus outbreak in the South Indian state of Kerala, health authorities in Sri Lanka are closely monitoring...
by Hugh Karunanayake Pamankade was an old world town that existed half way between Wellawatte and Kirillapona. It was connected by High Street one of the...
Recently, I have made it a point to listen carefully to dhamma discourses by erudite Bhikkus , very specially on the consumption of meat by Buddhists...
There is much talk at the moment of nuclear power generation for the country. The idea is certainly very good. We do need more energy to...
(Excerpted from Memoirs of a Cabinet Secretary by BP Peiris) In March 1961, with the Prime Minister again in the United Kingdom and C. P. de...
By Uditha Devapriya Jim Hacker: Surely we are committed to the European ideal! Sir Humphrey Appleby: Really, Minister! Jim Hacker: If not, why are we pressing...
by Vijaya Chandrasoma On August 19, University of Chicago Law Professor William Baude and University of St. Thomas Professor Michael Stokes Paulsen, both members of the...
By Nihal Seneviratne Anura Bandaranaike was elected Speaker of Parliament in 2001 following my retirement as Secretary General. Soon after I received two messages from him...