The sports lovers of Kandy remembered the late President Ranasinghe Premadasa on his 27th death anniversary yesterday May 1. He was also a sportsman and sports benefactor who did his best for the country. R. Premadasa’s name will go down in the annals of our sports history.
When Dr. Chamal Sanjeewa, Registrar in Medical Administration, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine at Colombo University predicted a possible outbreak of a novel coronavirus back in 2013, neither the authorities nor the public gave much attention. The article was first published in a Sinhala newspaper during the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak in certain other parts of the world.
News that Cabinet had approved a beach filling project along 4 km of the coastal belt from Angulana to Mt Lavinia, and 2 km in the Calido Beach, Kalutara has alarmed environmentalists and the public. The project stemmed from the erosion
The world is struggling to survive a viral holocaust. According to the World Health Organisation, as of 11th April, there were 1,524,161 confirmed cases and 92,941 deaths in 213 countries and territories. United States, Spain, Italy, Germany,
The arrest and detention of lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) has drawn protest from sections of the local and international legal community. Mr Hizbullah was arrested on April 14 by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) as part of ongoing investigations into the 2019 Easter bombings. A total 197 suspects have been arrested so far.
The Government’s moves to relax curfew in most areas on Monday, April 20, drew a varied public response. While long queues were seen at liquor shops, many buses were packed with commuters, despite guidelines on physical distancing.
“Countries like Singapore (and many others) have built large storage capacity and oil trading hubs over the years; using both domestic and foreign investments. Sri Lanka on the other hand, has an 800-acre enviable oil tank farm that we inherited from the British, but is now almost a forest. Why? Because every time the government attempted to develop the facility, the opposition brought the country to a grinding halt.
Government Medical Officers Association of Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children & Doctors’ Welfare Society of LRH identified a few families, whose members are dependents of daily wage earners and affected by the present curfew, and donated dry ration to them.
It is with dismay that we the Church Leaders of The National Christian Council of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) learnt of the presidential pardon given to former Army Sergeant Sunil Ratnayake who was sentenced in 2015 for the murder of eight Tamil civilians including a five- year- old child in Year 2000.
The second week of March brought with it the tragic spread of the Corona Virus. A month of careful planning and concentrated action have allowed Sri Lanka to control the spread of COVID-19, limiting its worst to 5 out of 25 districts.
‘Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cosy indoor warmth of traditional humanising myths, in the end, the fresh air brings vigour and the great spaces have a splendour of their own’ - Bertrand Russell (1872-19
While meeting the extraordinary medical emergency created by the COVID-19 pandemic, nations, political leaders, ethno-religious groups and even families are cynically using the crisis to pursue their pre-existing divisive agendas. It is as if the medical emergency is a godsend for the combatants, opening up a new avenue to help them reach their partisan goals. While the medical situation calls for unity and cooperation to rid the world of the el
The second worst affected church in the 2019 Easter terror attacks was St Anthony’s Church in Kochchikade, Colombo. According to the figures compiled by the Catholic Church, there were 57 deaths among those who attended the Easter mass, and a total 119 families were left feeling helpless and hopeless due to deaths and injuries caused to worshipers. The victims were not just those fr
The trauma and heartache of the Batticaloa Zion Church attack was compounded by the fact that most of the victims were either children or youth. The bomb had initially claimed 26 lives, including 14 children. But this figure rose to 31 within months, as six more serious cases, including one child, succumbed to their injuries. This is despite concerted efforts by medical teams in the Batticaloa, Kandy and Anuradhapura hospitals who pooled their re
With the COVID-19 pandemic plunging the world into chaos, sections of the international media have criticized the Chinese government for allegedly covering-up the ‘truth’ about the dangers of the deadly virus that has already killed over 148,000people and afflicted over 2.2 million worldwide.
Since March 20, islandwide curfew has been a key strategy to control the transmission of COVID-19. During this period, over 21 million people have been confined to their homes and other places of residence.
Over 40 Sri Lankans stranded at Chennai, India are desperately urging President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his government to help them return to the island as they are without food, money or proper lodging facilities where they are now.
The imposing Paschal Candle, the cynosure of Holy Saturday night’s Liturgy, and worship in all Christian churches, lit from the newly blessed fire and marked with the mysterious signs of the Greek alphabet, Alpha (α) and Omega (Ω) makes its solemn entrance into the sanctuary with three acclamations announcing the Risen Christ as the Light of the World.
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