Two weeks ago, in my discussion on the Efficient Frontier titled “Upstanding Markovitz,” I pledged to provide information (not advice) on selected company shares listed in...
* Lankan universities have been running with no more than 60 percent of the cadre of teachers approved for them and now perhaps less. * Upper...
Guitarist/singer Nisha Peiris is in the spotlight again. In August, this year, we highlighted the fact that Nisha was probably the only Sri Lankan artiste performing...
Roger Menezes, I’m told, will be seen in action in the Lobby of the Galadari Hotel, during the festive season. He was here not too long...
BY R. N. A de Silva rnades@gmail.com When secondary school students sit examinations, for a majority of them the most challenging subject is mathematics. It is...
Excerpted from the memoirs of Lalith de Mel His first real job was with the Shell Company of Ceylon Ltd. Which her joined at age 22....
By Sanjeewa Jayaweera Until 1977, when Kerry Packer set up the World Series Cricket (WSC) tournament, Australia and England took turns to hold the mantle of...
by Rajan Philips President Wickremesinghe’s political days are numbered in more ways than one. There are virtually none left for Mahinda Rajapaksa. The oldest of them,...
Closure of the Wesley College hostel By Dr Nihal D Amerasekera My father was a government servant and was transferred every four years to towns far...
THE WG ST CLAIR STUDENT ORCHESTRA 1930 by HUGH KARUNANAYAKE Western music in Sri Lanka today is a broad musical canvas encompassing many musical genres such...