Cricket in Sri Lanka had made huge strides in the 1990s. One main reason for the steady climb was that captain Arjuna Ranatunga was willing to move away from Lord's coaching manuals and back unconventional players to the hilt....
A few of weeks ago the nation was shocked to learn of the deaths of seven elephants, in one fell sweep as it were in the Habarana area. One of the six cow elephants was pregnant.
While poisoning has been...
Sri Lanka will soon have an anti-venom serum produced locally to treat thousands of snake bite patients.
The Indian Anti venom serum which is available in hospitals at present does not cover for hypnale envenoming.
The first to propose the development...
Gone are the days when students are asked to profess their undying love with a flower, to a fellow university student. In a recent video of a raid on a ragging venue by academic staff of the Ruhuna University,...
The current seemingly implosive crisis in Hong Kong helps to put the spotlight on issues of the utmost importance to the political theorist, such as the conceptualization of state types, besides reminding us of the continuing urgency of the...
Full name: Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Parents : DM Ranbanda and DM Seelawathie
Birth Place: Devahuwa in Galewela
Date of birth: Nov 24, 1968
Education: Primary Education – Thambuttegama Gamini Primary Vidyalaya
Secondary Education : Thambuttegama Central College (He was the first...
The SLFP has decided to back SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa, at long last. UPFA MP Nimal Siripala de Silva, addressing the media, yesterday, in Colombo, announced his party’s decision.
The SLFP was left with four options. It could field...
The presidential race proper has commenced with the handing over of the nominations, on Monday, October 7. There are 35 candidates in the fray, but the competition will finally be between Gotabaya Rajapaska and Sajith Premadasa, representing the SLPP...
It is popularly thought that the arrest of Sri Lanka’s ‘Napoleon of Crime’, Makandure Madush, and his confederates, last May, has helped contain the underworld. There has, in fact, been a decrease in the incidents of organised crime, during...
An ongoing research indicates that Sri Lankan tree frogs are in a critical state. Taruga eques are an endemic, endangered frog species confined only to the central hill regions of the country. Amphibians with cysts (membranous sacs or cavities...
