By Uditha Devapriya The female dancer’s form figures prominently in Sinhalese art and sculpture. Among the ruins of the Lankatilake Viharaya in Polonnaruwa is a series...
This month’s edition of Rendez-Vous with Yasmin and Kumar, on Tuesday 30 November at 7.00 pm on the YouTube channel of the Embassy of France in...
This is an amusing incident that took place several years ago. One evening we, then schoolboys, were playing soft ball cricket at the Mahinda College grounds,...
Part IV By Seneka Abeyratne Let us now turn our attention to Sri Lanka’s prehistory corresponding to the Stone Age. Although it is possible that a...
The Dutch made this waterway, and the locals called it Kapu Ella (the canal that was dug). That was centuries ago, during the sad years when...
In my Cassandra Cry of the previous Friday – 12 November – I sang hosannas to Upali Newspapers Ltd., on their 40th anniversary. I intentionally held...
Kelani Flood Memories BY Eng Anton Nanayakkara Senior Deputy Director of Irrigation (retd) With October rains gradually easing off and while many members of poor families...
Very soon everything you do, say and even think will be monitored by someone and your every action predicted and yes even controlled by the person...
Will Tesla Corporation CEO Elon Musk prove the proverbial wisdom wrong that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle...
It’s heartening to note, despite the pandemic, local artistes, based abroad, are still making an effort to be in the spotlight. We have Sal Salgado, in...