By Avishka Mario Senewiratne “There is an old Sinhalese saying that ‘happy is the man who is born at Matara and bred at Kalutara.’ Lorenz must...
by Tissa Jayatilaka To consider what the future holds for Sri Lanka, a glance at its past and present should prove useful as we could thereby...
by HUGH KARUNANAYAKE The words above were expressed by Mr Edward Elliott , Government Agent of the Southern Province in 1860. Henry Pole was in the...
(Excerpted from Selected Journalism by HAJ Hulugalle) One morning in March 1952, Don Stephen Senanayake, Ceylon’s first Prime Minister, fell off the horse he was riding...
The news of the recent demise of Geoff Weinman after a long span of 93 years did not come as a surprise to me. I am...
by ACB Pethiyagoda “Oh! Great King, the birds of the air and beasts have an equal right to live and move about in any part of...
By Prof. Tissa Vitarana The Lanka Sama Samaja Party [LSSP] was formed in 1935 with two main objectives – winning independence from British imperial rule and...
by HUGH KARUNANAYAKE With the commencement of hostilities heralding World War 2, the colonial government of Ceylon commandeered the premises of Royal College to be used...
By Avishka Mario Senewiratne Eight years after independence, Ceylon – relatively new to democracy and independent rule, though looking good on the global canvas – was...
(Excerpted from A Cabinet Secretary’s Memoirs by BP Peiris) G. G. Ponnambalam, always smartly dressed, was one of the few Ministers who came to a meeting...