by HUGH KARUNANAYAKE Professional wrestling was introduced to Sri Lanka (then known as Ceylon) by Donovan Andree, a prominent organiser of sporting and musical events for...
August 1987 parliament grenade attack By Nihal Seneviratne President J.R. Jayewardene had only a few days before, on July 29, 1987, signed the very controversial Indo-...
The first ‘witch hunt’ of the century begins by Vijaya Chandrasoma And so the retribution gets under way, two and a half years too late. There...
(Excerpted from Life Can Be A Frolic by Goolbai Gunasekara) OUR STRICT AND HIGHLY sarcastic form teacher, Miss Cockburn, (pronounced Co-burn) walked into class and spoke...
The Multi-Regional Monitoring System for the Sri Lankan Leopard commenced in early 2022 with the overarching ambition of monitoring and safeguarding the future of the Sri Lankan...
by Tom Peterson School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Univesity of London It is fairly well known that, in London, there is a major collection...
By Emeritus Professor Asoka Nugawela Former Director, Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka and Chair Professor of Plantation Management, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka The natural...
By Uditha Devapriya and Pasindu Nimsara No Avurudu would be complete without an Avurudu Ulela. It has become part of our national social calendar, an event...
by Dr. Santhushya Fernando, Dr. Laleen Jayamanne and Professor Sumathy Sivamohan We, three academics, coming from three different intellectual disciplines (Medicine, English Literature, Theatre and Film...
So, the Sinhala and Tamil New Year came and went. Cassandra has used a Sri Lankan colloquial manner of pronouncing that an anticipated event was marked...