South African comedian, writer, producer, and political commentator Trevor Noah makes this observation in his memoir ‘Born a Crime,’ reflecting on how language can either bind communities together or ...

Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity…” Brecht (The Exception and the Rule) A group of monks, led by veteran trade unionist Muruththettuwe Ananda Thero, is planning to hold a ...

According to the school calendar, the second phase of the first term for these schools ends today (13). The third phase of ...

The Sinhala nation still remains trapped in the Mahavamsa mindset. They are unable to free themselves from the mythical consciousness that sees this island as the exclusive domain of the Sinhala ...

The main theme of this year’s Independence Day is “Rebuilding Sri Lanka,” so spoke President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka as he ceremonially commemorated the island’s 78th independence anniversary. That ...

Federalism when suggested by SWRD in 1926 was opposed by the Jaffna Students’ Congress (later renamed as the Jaffna Youth Congress) also. Bandaranaike was invited by the Jaffna Youth Congress to ...

As Sri Lanka celebrates its 78th Independence Day today, a number of patriotic songs like “Lanka Lanka Pembara Lanka”, ...

As Sri Lanka celebrates the 78th anniversary of independence today (February 4), you might already have read a full ...

: Founded in Berlin in 1924 by Dr. Paul Dahlke, a German physician and prominent Buddhist writer, this Theravada temple is the oldest Buddhist institution in Europe and a designated National Heritage ...

In a historic appointment for Sri Lankan academia, a Sri Lankan educator is teaching Hindi at a foreign university for the first time. Last October Ridma Nishadinee Lansakkara, of the National ...

First Citizens BancShares in Raleigh, North Carolina, beat analysts' fourth-quarter earnings expectations by a wide margin, but its lending in 2026 may be crimped by the need to repay its debt to the ...

First Brands Group’s lenders were burned in the auto-parts supplier’s rapid descent into bankruptcy, and then again when they tried to fund a turnaround. Now they are balking at potentially throwing ...