On the occasion of World Elephant Day 2023, the Wildlife & Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka (WNPS) recently launched a unique cartoon campaign, created in collaboration with veteran cartoon.....
A collective of professionals, intellectuals, lawyers, rights activists, journalists, Private sector representatives, teachers and students representing the Muslim community have condemned the positions forwarded by the Muslim Members of Parliament [MPs], {except three MPs}, in a letter dated 8th June 2023 to the Minister of Justice, completely undermining reforms to the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (MMDA) of Sri Lanka.
Brain drain has never been a topic that is uncommon to the public eye of Sri Lanka. It has always been a recurrent theme observed in the output of our state university students. However, it has currently become alarmingly visible in the Healthcare Sector of the country. Let us take a deep dive in this phenomenon, and discern the economic repercussions and solutions to medical brain drain. What is Brain Drain? The more colloquial definition
“Based on the Ramsar Convention definition of Wetlands, Sri Lanka as an Island was recognized as one wetland. This is because of the numerous river systems, man-made water bodies (wewa/reservoirs) that are part of the dry-zone landscape, the numerous wetlands in the low country wet-zone, the lagoons, the marshes, villu systems etc. Significant changes around the Greater Colombo Wetlands resulted in the protection and utilitarian values taking pre
English speakers pride themselves on the universal language they speak. They have every reason for that because of the spread of the language making it the communication link across numerous linguistic communities. English is no longer the exclusive preserve of the core-English speaking countries- Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom (UK) and New Zealand – because more than half of the world’s one billion English speaking people live o
It may be a dubious feat to celebrate, but the Sri Lankan leopard has the lowest overall loss of historic range of all the sub-species, with ~37% of its previous range remaining. This is perhaps a testament to the conservation ethic that can be found here, underpinned by religions which foster the notion of shared space and the metaphysical overlap of humans and animals. Despite many naysayers insisting that little is known about the leopard in
The membership of the Anuradhapura Jaya Sri Mahabodhi Development Fund was ratified at a recent meeting presided by the Atamasthanadhipathi,Ven. Pallegama Hemarathana Nayaka Thero. The appointments were made for a 5-year term by the Prime Minister, Hon. Dinesh Gunawardene according to Clause 4 of the Anuradhapura Jaya Shri Mahabodhi Development Fund Act No.41 of Parliament
the Ibbagamuwa Divisional Secretariat of the Kurunegela district. Its entrance is about 3km from the Pangolla junction on the Dambulla – Kurunegela A6 road and is easily accessible by private vehicles, though public transport is limited. The Assistant Superintendent has claimed the estate is about 200 acres out of which rubber plantation is about 150 acres.
On July 11, 2023, around 5.30 p.m. a very colourful personality passed away. Dr. Winston Wadugodapitiya, a medical administrator, Rugby player, environmentalist and a brilliant all-round product of Trinity College, Kandy, and a humane person, is no more.
August 20, 1973 brought 16 young men straight out of a few schools in Colombo, Kandy and Kurunegala Districts, to the Board Room of Navy Headquarters. Most still in their teens with a few barely....
ROOTED: Histories of the Malaiyaga Tamils, an exhibition by the Collective for Historical Dialogue and Memory (CHDM), will be held from August 18 to August 27 2023 from 9 a.m. to 6.p.m. at the Public Library, Colombo. On Sunday 20th the exhibition will run from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The launch of the book ‘Sithamu’ penned by parliamentarian and Attorney-at-law Imthiaz Bakeer Markar was held August 10 at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. The main invitees at this event were Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, Speaker of the Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena and the Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa. Moreover Senior Journalist Chandana Sooriyabandara, young journalist Tharindu Uduwaragedara and the Senior Lecturer at the Depa
The Malaiyaha Community commemorates 200 years since its arrival in Sri Lanka and to remind its demand for 11 rights including equal rights, members of the ‘Maanbumigu Malaiyaha Makkal....
A one-year-old Viven Dewnith has been diagnosed with profound hearing impairment in both ears. The Department of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology of Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children in Colombo has suggested that the child needs to undergo cochlear implant surgery for speech and language development training. The parents hope to do this surgery at Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children and the estimated cost of the Cochlear Implant is Rs. 4,100,000
India-Sri Lanka ferry service operates smoothly
Tourist arrivals surpass 63,000 in first half of October
EDB gets new chief
Colombo welcomes Cinnamon Life