If she/he would, why don’t tyrants seek election periodically? (no kerena deege hevnallath adai! Even the shadows of a failing marriage are misaligned.) by Usvatte-aratchi I was mightily amused by the demands of several astute political leaders in and outside parliament that president Wickremasinghe uses his constitutional discretionary power and dissolve the parliament, after February […]
By MAHINDA PANAPITIYA Irrigation Engineer who has worked for Mahaweli Project since 80s As originally planned, the present phase of the Mahaweli Project should be focused on social and economic development of the families settled in Mahaweli areas. It could be done by promoting food production in a sustainable way, to gain the return on […]
by Austin Fernando I read ‘Memoirs of a Water Engineer,’ a collection of 19 essays by Eng. Palitha Manchanayake, with great pleasure and satisfaction. The essays are on ancient irrigation engineering, water resources, hydrology and flood forecasting covering his personal experiences both here and abroad. He first worked here for the Department of Irrigation and […]
This is the incredible moment a baby elephant appears to hoist himself onto a friend, who can t do anything about it. The cheeky bulls were spotted at Kalawewa National Park in central Sri Lanka
Remarkable astrological predictions by Sumi Moonesinghe narrated to Savithri Rodrigo Having built up one of the biggest businesses in the country from scratch with the help of Maha and Killi (Maharaja), and of course Susil, and then selling it for a substantial price sealed the end of a very eventful chapter for me. Susil was […]