By Dr B. J. C. Perera Specialist Consultant Paediatrician In the early 1970s, just about fifty years ago, as a young man in mid-twenties, I used to travel regularly in the wood-panelled observation saloons of our trains. The trips were from Colombo to Bandarawela, to see my fiancée, who later became my wife in April […]
by PRIYAN DE SILVA Shenali Nimanthini Wijesinghe a student of Yale National University Singapore was named the Global winner of the ‘Politics & International Relations’ category ‘ at the Global Undergraduate Awards held in Dublin.Shenali ‘s entry was titled ‘Female Political Participation in Sri Lanka: Are Women in Parliament Gatekeepers? and is an eye opener. […]
OLD PERADENIYA By Ernest Macintyre INTRODUCTION The Mahaweli River, 335 long, the longest river in Lanka, has its beginning in a remote village of Nuwara-Eliya District in the central hills, and ends going into the sea at the Bay of Bengal on the east coast at Trincomalee. As it passes Kandy, the main town of […]
By Sanath Nanayakkare Ella is one of Sri Lanka’s most popular destinations highly dependent on tourism. Today many tourism businesses are left high and dry because of the drastic drop in tourist arrivals to the area. However, tourism-dependent individuals and businesses in Ella breathed a sigh of relief yesterday on hearing the news that the […]
by Sumi Moonesinghe narrated to Savithri Rodrigo While I was in training in England, there had been a change at the helm of the Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation. Neville Jayaweera had been transferred as Government Agent to Vavuniya and a new Director General had taken his place. His is name was Susil Moonesinghe. As the end […]