The year 2023 has been confirmed as the warmest on record, driven by human-caused climate change and boosted by the natural El Niño weather event. Last...
by Usvatte-aratchi I read with interest the Kuppi Talk that is voiced in these pages. The writers are often ‘attached to’ English Teaching Units and not...
By C. A. Chandraprema Whenever we hear the term Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), what comes to mind is the body by that name established in...
by Jehan Perera The government is proceeding at speed on its course of legislative activism with regard to economic, reconciliation and security matters. Its ability to...
Yes, 31st night celebrations turned out to be quite a big scene for Sri Lankans, both here and abroad. In Sri Lanka, there was something happening...
Bathiya and Santhush seem to be having an exciting start to the New Year. They have got two prestigious tours coming up – to the UK...
By DEVENDRA SAKSENA Currently, the words ‘debt trap’ have a distinctly Chinese connotation. According to the Western press, the Chinese, as part of their geostrategy, have...
By Capt. Gihan A Fernando Member Accident Investigation Pool Civil Aviation Authority, Sri Lanka I remember on my first flight as Captain of a well-known far...
Short story by Ruki Attygalle “But it’s not the usual sort of coffee morning” my friend protested at my refusal to accept an invitation she was...
Explosives hidden in ‘fly-away-kit’ in cargo hold by Menaka Akshi Fernando “Every May 3, for the past 34 years, like a bunch of anxious surfers, we...