Easter Sunday attacks: Sarah Pulasthini is dead
By Rear Admiral (Dr) Sarath Weerasekera VSV RWP USP The Sunday Times columnist Javid Yusuf’s article last week says that the investigations into the Easter Sunday attacks are not yet completed and essential mysteries remain unsolved amid questions about the true masterminds. Six years on, he says, marred by political interference, the investigations have been [...]
A Sri Lankan-American author in an intriguing murder mystery
NEW YORK – A new murder mystery by a Sri Lankan-American author, Yosha Gunasekera, is now hitting the bookshops in a highly competitive field in New York. Titled “The Midnight Taxi”, the crime thriller is published by Penguin Random House, a prestigious British-American multinational publishing conglomerate. “A charming debut mystery told with panache,” says one [...]
Sri Lankans who graced the UN hierarchy in a bygone era
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS – Dr Gamani Corea, whose 100th birth anniversary was commemorated in early November, held one of the highest-ranking jobs at the United Nations: Secretary-General of the Geneva-based UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). A product of two prestigious universities, Oxford and Cambridge, he was known in UN circles for [...]
Reflection on the blissful Sai era
The 100th Divine Advent of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba falls today By Sisira Baranage “Life is a pilgrimage where man drags his feet along rough and difficult paths. With the Name of God on his lips, he will not thirst; with the form of God in his heart, he will feel no exhaustion.” [...]
Country Roads concert supports two institutions
The Country Music Foundation (CMF), at the end of its 37th anniversary charity concert Country Roads, has made two donations with the proceeds from the October 19 show, for children in need. The first donation of Rs500,000 was made to the Appe Lanka Foundation, a Colombo-based charity that works in the Poonakary division in northern [...]
Macbertan wins gold at CNCI awards
Macbertan (Pvt) Ltd, a pioneer in heat insulation, sound insulation, and packaging solutions, was honoured with the National Gold Award in the medium manufacturing category at the prestigious Ceylon National Chamber of Industries (CNCI) Achiever Awards 2025. This award recognises Macbertan’s unwavering dedication to innovation and leadership in total quality management, service excellence, professionalism and [...]
84th AGM of SLFUW
The 84th annual general meeting of the Sri Lanka Federation of University Women (SLFUW) will be held on Saturday, November 29 at 3 pm at the SLFUW auditorium, No 96/25, Kitulwatte Road, Borella, Colombo 8.
Roland Silva Oration on Wed
The 20th anniversary celebration of the National Trust Sri Lanka and the Dr Roland Silva Oration will take place on Wednesday, November 26 at 5 pm at the College of Surgeons, 6, Independence Avenue, Colombo 7. The Dr Roland Silva Oration will be delivered by Dr Nilan Cooray, Director General, Central Cultural Fund. The evening’s [...]
Royal College launches special edition of Miniketa magazine
The prefects’ guild of Royal College organised a ceremony under the initiative of Principal Athula Wijewardena for the inauguration of the 25th special print of the “Miniketa” magazine at the Nawa Ragahala. The editor of the special print, Minula Masinghe had invited the founder of the magazine, former Deputy Principal of the Primary Section, Heras [...]
Sybil Wettasinghe’s latest books to be launched
Sybil Wettasinghe’s latest books, The Magic Silver Tree and Puduma Ridi Gaha, posthumously published by Adith Publishers, will be launched on November 24, at 3.30 pm at the Lionel Wendt Art Centre, Colombo. The exhibition of the original artwork from the books will continue on November 25, from 9.30 am to 7.30 pm. The Magic [...]
SLPA to honour 10 media veterans at its 70th convention on Wednesday
The Sri Lanka Press Association will celebrate its 70th anniversary convention and the D F Kariyakarawana Memorial Journalism Awards on Wednesday, November 26 at the Hilton Colombo. The country’s oldest journalists’ association, which was founded on October 9 1955, is to felicitate 10 veterans of the print and electronic media, who have rendered a yeoman [...]
SLUCSM conducts leadership and charity programmes
The Sri Lanka University Catholic Students’ Movement (SLUCSM) held a two-day residential leadership programme for leaders of the state universities on November 8 and 9 at the Sacred Heart Novitiate Retreat House in Bandarawela. Rev Fr Dudley Saparamadu OMI, Novice Master, and Rev Fr Gihan OMI facilitated the programme, turning it into an inspiring and [...]
Appeal
Thirty-nine-year-old Don Janitha Damruwan Jayasinghe who lives in Kohuwela is in kidney failure and in urgent need of a kidney transplant. As the waiting list in the state hospital is long, Janitha who has several more dire health conditions, is hoping to get the kidney transplantation performed in a private hospital. Currently he is undergoing [...]
The illiberal world order is here
By Carl Bildt, PROJECT SYNDICATE, EXCLUSIVE TO THE SUNDAY TIMES IN SRI LANKA STOCKHOLM – It was once common to speak of a “liberal international order”. Even if the accompanying institutional arrangements were not always entirely liberal, international, or orderly, the label had its uses. After all, the purpose of an ideal is not to [...]