Sri Lanka is renowned for her rich biodiversity; however, there is no systematic monitoring implemented regionally or countrywide. Without certain details, conservation assessments of Sri Lankan chelonians or terrapins are liable to mistakes.
Researcher Sameera Suranjan Karunarathna believes that countrywide...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa recently echoed concerns raised by many educationists over the years, when he issued a presidential directive to adopt measures to enable students who pass the A’ Level examination, to enter university within the same year.
Educationists point...
‘That b … Warnaweera, knows whom to keep happy.’ – Anura Tennekoon
The iconic Galle Cricket Stadium could have been knocked out of the cricketing radar a few years ago but for the timely intervention by the venue’s caretaker Jayananda...
While Sri Lanka continues to reel from the mind-numbing Easter Sunday attacks that claimed some 260 lives and injured scores of others, recent terror attacks in the West serve as ominous reminders that no country could afford to be...
History is full of instances of military victories being followed by the ascent of top generals or the gownsmen involved in war efforts to power. Some such military leaders took the easy path by staging military coups while some...
Very few can hold a candle to Muttiah Muralitharan when it comes to his knowledge of world politics, of which he is a keen student. He seems to prefer Democrats in the US not because of the charismatic John...
Those who contested the recently concluded presidential election have reportedly spent billions of rupees, according to polls monitors. It is not possible to find out how much they actually spent because there is no legal requirement for them to...
The UNP has reverted to the situation it was in prior to the 2015 regime change; it is faction ridden and in total disarray with the Sajith and Ranil faction fighting an internecine battle, which is sure to weaken...
Indian linguist Braj Kachru was spot on when he said, “...across cultures English has been successful in creating a class of people who have greater intellectual power in multiple spheres of language use,” in the 1990 publication 'World Englishes...
