Dawn on Sri Pada is sublime – a view that has attracted pilgrims as much as the sacred footprint of Buddha that is said to grace an area near the summit.
In July 1816, former British Navy officer John Whitworth Bennett arrived in Ceylon with the prospect of employment in the Civil Service. His career in the colony was no great
Every day from midnight to sunrise, the fat sergeant sits behind the sandbags, holds a pen and complains. The skinny constable stands at the barricade with a T-56, a
The last few years in Sri Lanka have been marked by numerous elections at various levels – presidential, parliamentary, provincial council and local government. The Mahinda Rajapakse regime won all these
In the veranda of the large courtyard house in Jaffna sat the 84-year-old Mrs Subramanium, who has worked as a secretary at Uthayan, Jaffna's most popular
The new Jana Sabha system of government looks set to gut the powers of local-level state structures in Sri Lanka, strengthening the hands of the Colombo regime.
