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by Lionel Wijesiri
As the global news media shifts from pulp to digital, the newspaper industry is destined to fade into a golden, halcyon twilight. This is what some media outlets like The Huffington Post and many blogs have claimed would happen in the coming decades. But some optimists offer a glimpse into a future where paper and presses might just have a place after all.
Sri Lanka does...
Video games have become an integral part of global urban culture. In Sri Lanka, too, it is getting popular among the children in cities and suburban areas. Are video games good or bad for children? In the past two decades, this question has become a hot topic of discussion, especially, in the media.
According to an article published in ‘Paediatrics: the Official Journal’...
Over 325 people were killed in the recent Easter Sunday multiple attacks, seemingly echoing the attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, sometime back. Media commentators have invoked the resilience of Sri Lankans to terrorism, expressing their stoic refusal to be terrified.
Just as we experienced during the LTTE war, people spontaneously come together to honour the dead,...
The Aluth Avurudda was a period of joy and happiness. All were happy – smiling, laughing, singing and joyfully intermingling. This pleasant experience gives us something to think about. Why cannot we continue this wonderful sense of happiness throughout the year?
The popular digital-age guru, Deepak Chopra says, “Happiness is no coincidence. Whether or not you are happy...
The Aluth Avurudda has been one of the most significant annual festivals for both Sinhala and Tamil communities, since time immemorial. Its exact beginning is lost in history but Robert Knox, English trader and sailor, recalls that Aluth Avurudda was a major annual festival of the Sinhalese, celebrated grandly with royal patronage, in late March, every year. This was...
by Lionel Wijesiri
Have you ever received a bunch of flowers and felt truly elated and excited? Haven’t you felt delighted and incredibly grateful...
According to the 2016............ statistics, 4.1per cent of our population lives below the national poverty line. When we...
The quest for beauty often takes a heavy toll. You may have assumed that most major cosmetic companies were on board with...
The primary function of the police is to protect the people and their properties. In addition, they are expected to maintain law...
Life in the 21st century with its attendant stress and strains is a challenge. Unlike in the earlier decades, there are no...
Sri Lanka has now reached its 72nd year of independence. While most in the present generation have not actually witnessed the...
Sri Lanka has 4.64 million young people between the ages of 15 and 29, constituting 23.2 percent of the population, according to...
Ask any urban Sri Lankan housewife what their seven most hated chores are and no doubt she will quickly come up with a list. I...
Twelve days have passed since the dawn of the New Year, and still it’s the month of the year when people’s motivation is high to...
Beyond the Christmas tree, beyond the bows and wrapping paper, beyond the sounds of Christmas songs and smells of cakes and...
One of my favourite pop singers is Robert McFerrin Jr., an American jazz vocalist. He is known for his vocal techniques, like...
According to the WHO country profile report, in Sri Lanka, noncommunicable diseases (NCD) cause more than three quarters of all...
From the moment of birth, a person is clothed with a number of basic human rights, of which the Right to Life is the most...
It’s time to rethink our relationship with the animal world. Many incidents in Sri Lanka and the world over have shown that...
I sometimes wonder whether Sri Lankans are living in the 21st century. You might agree if you take a good look at the women...
Today, schools and higher education institutes in Sri Lanka are positioned in a type of pressure-cooker environment. In this...
Every bride and groom dream of a picture-perfect wedding they can fondly look back on years down the line. The occasion is the...
Today we live in a world of marks and examinations, social status and financial stability. It’s a reminder of the pathetic...
The current Sri Lankan education system has been successful in providing basic skills and a high literacy rate. However, the...
September 1, 2019 marked the 80th year since the commencement of World War II. This bloodiest and most destructive war in the...
Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to...
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and...
Sri Lanka is experiencing an increasing number of road accidents, which is posing a serious danger to citizens throughout the...
Vocational education and training (VET) is characterised by the recognition of a number of changing global trends around the...
According to a Wikipedia Research Report under the caption - Languages of Sri Lanka, only 23.8 per cent of Sri Lanka’s population...
It was recently decided that the National Council for Road Safety will be turned into an Authority to regulate three-wheelers in...
Today, Sri Lanka has around 10,300 government schools. The curriculum offered is approved by the Ministry of Education. Schooling...
As the global news media shifts from pulp to digital, the newspaper industry is destined to fade into a golden, halcyon twilight...
“Take a job that you love. You will jump out of bed in the morning,” says Warren Buffet, but not all the people in the world have...
A fundamental aspect of any democratic country is the right of its citizens to participate in the decision-making process. This...
The latest statistics reveal that there are 27.38 million registered mobile phone connections in Sri Lanka as at the end of last...
According to the latest report issued by the World Population Review, the suicide mortality rate in Sri Lanka for year 2018 is 14...
Samurdhi is one of the major welfare schemes in Sri Lanka. It was launched in 1995 with the main goal of reducing poverty through...
In the wake of the recent calamity, the Sri Lankan Government was compelled to block a number of social media networks during the...
Celebrated Psychologists like Carl Jung, William James and many others have understood the value of Buddhist philosophy and its...
On March 31, this year Shanilka Dilshan Wijesinghe committed suicide. He was in his early twenties and had just gained admission...
Five years ago, then German Ambassador in Sri Lanka Dr. Juergen Morhard, addressing the German-Sri Lanka Business Council meeting...
World Poetry Day was celebrated on March 21. The observance was meant to encourage a return to the oral tradition of poetry...
It’s forty years since the advent of the famous ‘Information Age’ in Sri Lanka. When it was introduced in the late 70s, we had...
Almost regularly we hear educators, politicians and commentators say that our education system needs change. But we rarely hear...
The number of workers leaving Sri Lanka to take up jobs as housemaids in the Gulf region and the Far East has soared by more than...
We all want children to grow up in a world free from discrimination, to reach for their dreams and feel that whatever they want...
The weekends and holidays are great times to catch up on reading –be it on vacation, travelling or settling into your favourite...
Three days ago, Valentine’s Day was celebrated by a large number of young Sri Lankan urbanites. For them the day represented...
Technically, e-governance delivers many advantages to the citizens. It gives information about government services; helps the...
Tomorrow, Sri Lankans will celebrate the 71st Independence Day, which is a day of historical significance for the country. It is...
Alcohol consumption has been increasing across Sri Lanka in unbelievable levels. According to statistics, our per capita alcohol...
According to global statistics, global warming is becoming a serious issue for Sri Lanka. In a new global index, Sri Lanka has...
A good prison complex is designed and planned to offer a suitable and conducive environment for prisoners. This is where...
A little over 40 years ago, Sri Lanka became (what is known as) a liberalised society. With the complete change of the economic...