Becoming a sustainable missional community is the theme of the Theological College of Lanka’s (TCL) diamond jubilee celebration this year. Since its inception in 1963 and in its 60-year journey, TCL has been....
I, B. M.C. T. Senaratne, a teacher at the Anuradhapura President’s College, is a father of four. My wife is employed as a teacher at the Anuradhapura Rathmale Tissa Vidyalaya. We have three sons in ages 19, 14 and 11. The elder son is studying in Grade 13 and the second son is in Grade 9.
Books are meant to be read. And a few of them make you contemplate. They reverberate in your mind as your favourite songs do. Young Surath de Mel’s books belong to this second category. This he has proven time and again. His latest (Sinhala) novel “Duo” is a testimony to that.
It was a Monday morning and the buses plying the178 and 145 routes were fully packed while the bus plying on the155 route was parked beside the road. Sunethra, who is a resident in Mattakkuliya, is a Kanji (porridge) seller who serves customers in front of the bus stand. She faces several problems due to the lack of sufficient155 buses in her area.
As the threat of dengue escalates, Suren Cooke Agencies (SCA) -the leading pest management firm-spearheaded an initiative to provide drone technology to support Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) in their dengue surveillance in the city, a media release said. It said: “With the pilot programme conducted exclusively in Colombo 14 having yielded promising results, SCA is planning to cover several other areas in Colombo and eventually expand the proje
Although economic confidence showed improvement, it remained in negative territory at (-) 44, with 0.8% rating the economic conditions as excellent, 26.6% rating it as good, and 28.8% perceiving it as getting better. The survey, based on a nationally representative sample of 1,008 Sri Lankan adults, aims to limit the maximum error margin to under 3% at a 95% confidence interval.
Patients have suffered severe complications, including vision loss, due to contaminated eye drops and substandard anaesthetic drugs. The incidents highlight the prevalence of low-quality drugs, a struggling....
Health authorities in Girandurukotte area are perturbed by the increasing rate of victims who have developed acute renal ailments; which they attribute to the excessive use of synthetic fertilizer, pesticides and agro –chemicals.
The Ranaviru Family Counselling and Support Services (RFCSS) is an organisation affiliated with the Association of Retired Flag Rank Officers (ARFRO). The Chairman of RFCSS at present is Surg. Rear Admiral....
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