By Uditha Devapriya In my essay on H. D. Premaratne, I pointed out that Premaratne and Vasantha Obeyesekere were responsible for much of the changes that swept through the Sinhala cinema in the 1970s. Basically, they helped shatter the distinction that had prevailed until then between an artistic and a commercial cinema. Both directors focused […]

Moratuwa comes alive to the sound of Papare Bands this October as Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider, Dialog Axiata PLC, continuing its promise to support Sri Lanka sports has come forth once again to power the 72nd edition of the Battle of the Golds encounter between home town archrivals, St. Sebastian’s College and Prince of […]

"We saw the entire country collapsing because of one person. So the people feel this needs to be corrected."

USD 3.8 bn in six months Sri Lanka would be in a far more difficult situation if not for financial assistance provided by the government of India, JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake told ‘Hiru’ on Monday (17) night. Dissanayake compared the assistance provided to the tune of USD 3.8 bn, within 6 months, with USD […]

Violence cannot be justified, under any circumstances. Therefore, the practice of referring to the JVP bids to topple the governments of the late Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike (April 1971) and JRJ and Ranasinghe Premadasa (1987-1990) as southern insurrections should be stopped. The armed forces and police defeated the JVP and LTTE terrorism. Several other Tamil terrorist […]

Ninety seven per cent of the respondents in a survey of Sri Lanka’s PR industry carried out in October by the Asia-Pacific chapter of the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA), the world’s largest and influential PR body, state that the local PR industry has got competitive over the recent years, with pricing, industry connections […]

Leader of the Pivithuru Hela Uurumaya, MP Udaya Gammanpila, yesterday said that President Ranil Wickremesinghe has given a post of Presidential Adviser on Climate Change to Eric Solheim who had been sacked by the UN for wasting funds. Addressing the media in Colombo, Gammanpila said that so-called peace envoy Solheim has re-emerged as the Presidential […]

Print media has retained its supremacy as the most preferred channel among public relations (PR) professionals in Sri Lanka over other channels online, social media, TV/radio, and others, reveals a survey by the Asia Pacific branch of the world’s largest professional PR body- the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA).The survey carried out with the […]

The Feed a Child child nutrition program was jointly launched by Manusath Derana, Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians and the Family Health Bureau today (Oct. 15), concurrent to the 17th anniversary of TV Derana.

Sri Lanka s premium television channel TV Derana, bringing about a remarkable change to the history of television in the country while staying true to its brand credo of ÂProtecting indigenous values while protecting our futureÂ, marks its 17th anniversary today (15).

At a time when Russian President Vladimir Putin is making it all too obvious that he will be depending on Hard Power or armed might to forge ahead with his plans in Ukraine, the conferring of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize on a human rights campaigner of Belarus and on two organizations engaged in kindred […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Foreign Minister Ali Sabry has reiterated that a handful of persons who advised President Gotabaya Rajapaksa caused the unprecedented economic meltdown. Sabry has alleged that politicians, officials, public sector as well as the trade unions are responsible for the crisis. The Minister said so in response to ‘Hiru’ anchor Chamuditha Samarawickrema seeking […]

Sri Lanka s premium entertainment channel TV Derana has anchored its position as the most trusted and entertainment portal of choice in the country once again, surpassing 4 million subscribers.

"Yesterday we returned to the old logo because there were requests from internal and external stakeholders.”

by Goolbai Gunasekara The political scene changes from day to day….indeed from hour to hour it seems. Here are some thoughts on subjects being discussed among people like me who have no influence in politics but have plenty to say on the bizarre events that have shown a rich vein of eccentricity running through the […]