Is this the Higgs boson?
On July 4, at a news conference at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Zurich, Switzerland, the two main experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) reported independently the discovery of a new particle, a boson with mass 123.3 +/- 0.6 GeV 4.9 sigma confidence (CMS) and 126.5 GeV with 5 sigma confidence (ATLAS). [...]
Fixing them up
Where do Dr. David Young’s loyalties lie? Without missing a beat, the Sri Lankan cricket team’s honorary surgeon says, “always with individual athletes.” Dr. Young…
‘A house that does not look like a house’
At his house, Kumudu S. Munasinghe has large, carefully framed photographs of what initially looks like a silver cube on barren land reflecting light. Upon a…
Appreciations
My friend, counsellor par excellence Priya Kodippily The last time I saw her, Priya looked her usual vibrant self. In 2009, a mutual friend and…
Letters to the Editor
Yes, we can be proudly ethnic and still be proudly Sri Lankan This letter refers to Professor J. Jinadasa’s comments (Sunday Times, June 17, 2012)…
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The way we were
After the endless stream of noisy crowds for weeks, a silence engulfs the area, disturbed only by a…
Glittering launch for Mano Chanmugam Music Foundation
On a recent Sunday night, music lovers and others made their way to Hunter’s End, the palatial Piliyandala…
World music with a French accent
Full to overflowing would describe the French Spring festival, which, like those two other bulging cultural-treat hampers, the…
Angels and demons
A trishaw driver in my neighbourhood was all agog with the news. The Butcher, the Baker, and the…
J.B. Priestley, The writer who spurned Ceylon
The vast majority of the British writers who visited the island during the 20th century were beguiled by…
Sculpting a new generation
Susantha Kulawansha Kariyawasam, a retired arts school teacher from Ambalangoda is a talented artist who paints and sculpts…
Golden Jubilee of Rev Brother George De Silva
Rev Brother George de Silva celebrated his 50th year as a Christian Brother in the De la Salle…
Dudley Senanayake memorial oration 2012: Political impacts on Religion in Sri Lanka
The Dudley Senanayake Memorial Foundation and The Friedrich Naumann Stiftung fur die Freiheit have announced the annual Dudley…
Sri Lanka’s National Blood Transfusion Service wins international award
Sri Lanka’s National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) has beaten 28 developing countries to win an international award as…
Spotlight on traditional folk dance and music
Sri Lankan traditional folk dance is a dying art says veteran dance teacher Niloufer Pieris, who has dedicated…
LIRNEasia holds discussion on disaster risk management
How can emergency communication be more effective? LIRNEasia recently facilitated a Disaster Risk Reduction Lecture on the subject…
Elephant behaviour and conservation lecture
Dr. Shermin de Silva will deliver a lecture on ‘Elephant behaviour and conservation: Lessons from Udawalawe’ at the…
‘Buddhist Times’ marks a decade
“Why ‘Buddhist Times’? These are not Buddhist times in Sri Lanka. This is an ‘abuddassa kaale’, a non-Buddhist…