Rajan Philips Political Coming of Age Both the observance of Independence Day and its erstwhile detractors would seem to have come of age at last, after 77 years. Tongue in cheek commentators have ...

Capt Elmo Jayawardena Flight Engineer Instructor Dhun Daruwala trained most of the pilots who joined Airlanka to fly the Tristars. These so trained fledglings went on to command big jet aeroplanes on ...

The 77th Independence Day was marked sans a display of military vehicles and aircraft flying over but still had flair and colour. A cultural event followed the parade by the tri forces and the day’s ...