By Dr. Janaka Ratnasiri The Minister of Power, four days after assuming duties, had to face an island-wide power blackout which commenced around 12.30 pm on...
By Debapriya Mukherjee Former Senior Scientist Central Pollution Control Board, India A widespread loss of pollinating animals in recent decades is a fundamental deterioration in nature....
By Devanesan Nesiah The US presidential election is due in November this year. For people in Sri Lanka, as in much of the globe, that would...
The showbiz scene seems to be opening up…gradually, in certain parts of the world. However, in places, like Victoria, in Australia, the lockdown, and curfew, still...
ARISE SRI LANKA, the fundraiser with a difference, became a reality last Saturday, August 29th, and what an awesome event it turned out to be! The...
By Jehan Perera The past 10 months during which time presidential elections were held in November and general elections in August witnessed enemy images being manufactured...
(From Ven. Narada Mahathera’s ‘Buddha and His Teachings’) Nibbāna is the summum bonum of Buddhism. However clearly and descriptively one may write on this profound subject,...
By Chandre Dharmawardana Sri Lanka recently had a nationwide blackout that cost millions, and even compromised its security. A blackout may be compared to a sudden...
It was September 2000, was walking along Galle Road when I noticed that the entrance of St. Lawrence’s Church, Wellawatte – the Parish to which I...
By SENA THORADENIYA In my professional career I have conducted hundreds of orientation programmes for trainees as well as new recruits, but I have never met...
