By Sunimal Fernando

Presidential Advisor and Coordinator of the Presidential Initiative on English as a Life Skill Releasing the creativity latent within the State Education System For the first time in the history of ...
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People have called her Brave heart, Fearless and India's Daughter, among other things, and sent up a billion prayers for a speedy recovery.

When the unidentified woman died in a Singapore hospital early on Saturday, the victim of a savage rape on a moving bus in the capital, Delhi, it ...
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Pix by Kaacha Photography

Rosanna Flamer-Caldera was born and raised in Colombo, Sri Lanka. She later spent over 15 years in the United States, learning to be independent and outspoken. Rosanna was painfully shy and introverted as a student ...
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By Mariam Riza

I shut my eyes against the heat of the sun and rolled over. Raju felt it, and poked me on my side. I broke into a little giggle. And then he paused, ever so silently, just to be safe… was I laughing? Or crying? I giggled again, and almost relieved, he ...
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2012-10-14 16:28:00 Hits: (910) Comments (0)

Celebrating 125 years since its dedication to St. Michael in 1887

Story and pix by Kishanie S. Fernando

The Church of St. Michael and All Angels’ in Polwatte, Colombo 3, also known as the Gal Palliya by the locals, ...
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By Thulasi Muttulingam

It is the culture of fast de-stressing for those who lead stressful lives; massage, aromatherapy and relaxation to de-stress and detoxify. No wonder spas and spa treatments are becoming so popular in and around Colombo.

This ...
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2012-10-14 15:53:00 Hits: (298) Comments (0)

By Apsara Perera

Pix by Carissa Green

Two beautiful little children, clutching each other’s tiny hands are wailing, right in the middle of Galle Face Green. Although passersby favour them with a glance, no one stops by to help. Twist to the ...
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By Shabna Cader

Pix courtesy www.karava.org and the Lukmanjee family

Sir Charles Henry de Soysa was said to have owned over 45 sprawling mansions in Colombo. He was also said to have owned a 125-acre plot of ...
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By Dilrukshi Handunnetti

24 hours of rabble -rousing

Though ‘controversy’ may be an apt second name for this-rabble rouser, the ousted former President of the Republic of Maldives considers himself ‘more journalist and ...
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2012-10-14 15:08:00 Hits: (352) Comments (0)

Multilateralism to put an end to arbitrary changes

Continued from last week, this is the final part on road name changes and deals with the authorities

By Surani Perera

It is very important that the names of places are spelled ...
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Prassana Vithanage's seventh feature film Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka (With you, without you) will have its Russian premier at the 35th Moscow International Film ...

Eighty people were detained by the Sri Lanka Navy yesterday for attempting to illegally migrate to Australia.

The National Unity Alliance (NUA), today claimed the only reason the government took   immediate action taken against North Western Provincial ...

Inviting the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to appear before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) with their concerns regarding the 13th Amendment to the ...

Three persons have died, while two children are in a critical condition when a bus carrying over 70 children had fallen off a cliff along the Nuwara- Eliya ...

The student who had stabbed a female lecturer of the Law Faculty at the Open University in Nawala today has been arrested by the Mirihana Police, the Police ...

UPDATED -A female lecturer from the Law Faculty of the Open University in ...

UPFA MP Duminda Silva arrived in Parliament a short while ago, after an absence of one- and –a- half- years.

Supporters of UPFA MP Duminda Silva have gathered around Parliament roundabout to welcome the MP, who will be arriving in Parliament in a short ...

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed all Ministers and MPs of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party to cancel their foreign tours and devote time for the ...

Puttalam District UPFA MP Arundika Fernando has been ordered by the Homagama Magistrate to appear before Court on 16 July to provide evidence over ...

An individual alleged to have stolen vehicle parts from a vehicle under Court custody at the Kekirawa Magistrate’s Court has been arrested by the ...

The driver of a lorry alleged to have been transporting Pesticides and food items together has been arrested, while the lorry has also been seized in the ...

India on Tuesday expressed dismay over Sri Lankan government’s purported move to dilute the 13th Amendment of the island nation’s Constitution ...