by ACB Pethiyagoda Of the cultivated varieties of rice the commonest are Oryza Sativa and O-gaberrima the former being by far the more popular. Its organized...
G.E.B. Milhuissen, who owned a thriving timber firm named Cetrac, in Peliyagoda had been a friend and business associate of Jeramius, a client purchasing large quantities...
by Vijaya Chandrasoma Thoroughbred horse racing began as one of the favorite pastimes/sports of the British monarchy and aristocracy over 300 years ago. During the British...
by Sunil Thenabadu in Brisbane Ruvinie Dunuwille was born to a distinguished up-country family on Dec 17, 1964. Her father’s loku amma (her grandaunt), Molly Dunuwille,...
by HM NISSANKA WARAKAULLE The very spacious gymnasium at the University of Peradeniya has been in place since a campus of the then University of Ceylon...
Women in Sri Lankan State Universities – III An adapted version of the keynote delivered by Prof. Dinesha Samararatne at the International Women’s Day celebration organised...
By Uditha Devapriya Until the 1940s and 1950s, much of the arts in Sri Lanka, then Ceylon, remained the preserve of an English-speaking elite. They were...
BY Rev. Fr. Leopold Ratnasekera OMI. While the first-ever Good Friday in the Christian Calendar registers the condemnation, crucifixion and the death of Jesus of Nazareth,...
Easter, the cornerstone of the Christian faith, is universally described as a celebration of penance, hope, renewal, and the triumph of life over death. Central to...
Has Ex Prez Maitripala Sirisena shot himself in the foot? Cassandra asks this question on Monday since she starts her Cry early in the week and...