A principal’s effort to retell a great story
As an old girl and past principal of Musaeus College, N.K. Pilapitiya is the perfect choice to author a book about the school she loves with all her heart. And so it was with great enthusiasm that she sat down to write ‘Tale of a Mud Hut: the Musaeus Saga’, the retelling of Musaeus’ 120-year-old [...]
Letters to the Editor
Medicinal drugs policy would protect us against bullying pharma giants Your newspaper reported that the British drug giant Glaxo-SmithKline had misled the medical world and…
Appreciations
Your candle burnt out long before; your legend never will Narges Nalliah As the lonely leaf that flutters in a desolate branch that spring leaves,…
NBTS infuses new blood
The Bubble Baby of Sri Lanka, Sanjana Praveen Shivanka, is only one example among numerous men, women and children who have to seek the life-saving…
Return of the comb duck
They were on a fairly routine excursion to spot leopards in Rukwila, Yala National Park on June 21. Lallith Ramanayake and good friend Nanda Senanayake…
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Two Frenchmen, different times, one quest
After 10 years in Eudelin de Jonville’s company, Philippe Fabry quite likes the man. Even though 200 years…
Looking back at beginnings of Abstract in Sri Lanka
Dr. H.A. Karunaratne’s latest exhibition – “The Father of Sri Lankan Abstract Art in Retrospect” from June 20…
EWC winners
The English Writers Cooperative announced the winners of their annual Creative Writing Competition conducted this year. They are…
Building around an evolving social history
The Atapattu Walawwa is a residential mansion situated on the south western coast of Sri Lanka, in the…
Ayutthaya: Ruins tell a tale of a once flourishing Thai city
Variety seems to be the spice of life in Thailand, a country offering a rich diversity of culture,…
Life and colour in a park gone dry
A recent visit to the popular Uda Walawe National Park (UWNP) saw the park quite dry, with the…
Kites still tug at my heart strings
See how you crowds of gazing people Admire my flight above the steeple How would they wonder if…
The Indian summer
Navayuga: Launched in Chennai a year ago and in Colombo a month back, the façade of Navayuga is…
Learn to cook Mediterranean
Greek Chef Nikos, the culinary expert behind the Coco Citrine, Café, Bar and Restaurant’s Mediterranean menu is offering…
Pulimood Memorial Oration: ‘Marvels of Modern Medicine’
The annual Susan George pulimood Memorial Oration of Visakha Vidyalaya, will be held this year on Monday, July…
LG Singers at Cathedral Sunday service
The LG Singers, the oldest acapella group in Sri Lanka will be enriching the Sunday service at the…
English language workshop at G/Udugama Maha Vidyalaya in Galle
Five British teachers headed by John Hayer, conducted a Practical English Training Camp for 112 students of G/Udugama…
Newman Society unveils Diamond Jubilee souvenir
The beautifully-designed Diamond Jubilee Souvenir of the Newman Society produced as a labour of love by Fr. Egerton…
‘Shanti’ distributes breakfast packets at Ja-ela hospital
‘Shanthi’, a women’s organization in Tudella, Ja-ela, which carries out social work in the area, distributed 300 packets…
New lab for Biomedical Technologies
A Research & Development Laboratory for Biomedical Technologies will be set up under an agreement signed between the…
Redeeming our society’s honour from its shame
In the “good old days”, before our post-terrorism civilization began to set in, the law was feared by…