The Tamil scholar “Pundit” M. Nallathamby, a teacher at Zahira College, Colombo was entrusted this task and a neat, precise ...

The 135th birth anniversary of W.A. Silva, one of Sri Lanka’s most celebrated Sinhala novelists, took place on 16 January at ...

The 135th birth anniversary of W.A. Silva, one of Sri Lanka’s most celebrated Sinhala novelists, took place on the 16th of January at the W.A. Silva Museum in Colombo 6. The W.A. Silva Foundation, in ...

In search of Buddhist conscience (Baudha Hurdasakshiya Soya) (Part II of this article appeared in The Island on Monday – 03) Tissa Ranasinghe’s and Gananath’s Kannagi Gananath’s Pattini book has a ...

In the second part of this series based on Eric Illayapparachchi’s seminal essay on the Sinhala song, we start with his views ...

If you haven’t seen Vidura BR yet, you’re in for a treat. With his striking good looks, long curly hair and offbeat sense of humour (and we say that with admira ...

Freedom, Liberty and Independence. Three words that seemingly have the same meaning, but differ slightly in their interpretation. Sri Lanka gained ...

On the 77th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s independence from colonial rule following foreign domination of some four and a half ...

It has been 15 years and nine days since Sandya Ekneligoda last saw her husband, Prageeth Ekneligoda. On the day, 50-year-old ...

Veteran Tamil political leader Somasundaram Senathirajah popularly known as “Maavai” Senathirajah breathed his last on 29 January 2025. The octogenarian six-footer suffered a brain concussion after a ...

Sri Lanka gained Independence from colonial powers who had ruled Sri Lanka for nearly 400 years. It was a momentous occasion ...

Dr. Sudath Gunasekara 31.1. 2019. Did this country get any Independence in 1948? Are we an Independent country at all, at least after 70 years of so-called Independence? Independence in respect of any ...