Alleged shortcomings at Punani ICC – Batticaloa Campus

The influx of COVID cases in Sri Lanka has prompted authorities to setup new facilities to accommodate patients with as much facilities as possible.

Japanese Officials Ignore a Dying Woman’s Cries for Help

It was around 11 a.m. when Wishma started struggling to breathe. In her solitary confinement, she groaned in pain for hours before falling silent near 1.30 p.m.

THE SRI LANKAN UNDERSTANDING: Evolving Laws – Procedure and Practice

The Sri Lankan Understanding, a platform which explores the course taken by Sri Lanka in the past, attempts to identify the placement of the country at present, and is geared towards unravelling the potential for a future which can be fruitful.

Being an ‘Arab’ in Sri Lanka

Over a year has passed since Sri Lankan human rights and constitutional lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah was controversially arrested and detained on April 14, 2020 under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks that claimed 269 lives and injured many more.

The need of Remembering Mullivaaikaal: Negative impact on sustainable reconciliation by state’s obstruction on Tamils’ sacred memories

Sri Lanka ended its civil war on May 18, 2009. Reconciliation has been understood as a better way for living together....

Dabal’s historic UK zoom music charity concert 

Mark Twain who visited Ceylon in 1896 once said: “Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind read.”

Law favours herding cows over farming: DWC’s double standards put Dimbulagala farmers in jeopardy

The farming community in Dimbulagala is complaining of grievances because the Department of Wildlife and Conservation.....

Patient management and hospital facilities: Is the COVID picture portrayed by authorities real?

The sudden spike in COVID cases in Sri Lanka has overwhelmed hospitals thereby prompting decision makers to request asymptomatic......

COVID-19 spread in Sri Lanka : Delays, monopolies and limited capacities helping spread of virus

The Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluations (IHME), an independent global research Centre at the University of Washington recently predicted that as many as 20,876 COVID-19 deaths will be reported from Sri Lanka by September 2021. This is a tenfold increase when considering at figures that are being reported. However, the Government has affirmed that it would take steps to avoid these grave predictions. But in reality, the entire healthcare s

Exclusive first-look at the new Covid-19 care facility in Seeduwa

With the things you constantly see in media, especially with the Indian experience of Covid-19, there was a cloud of uncertainty hovering around us. People have constant doubts and questions about this disease and what would happen to them. We wanted to instill hope and positivity, and assure our people that they would be cared for

Theoretically, mixing vaccines can boost immune response - Prof. Sisira Siribaddana -

Senior Professor and Chair of Medicine Sisira Siribaddana, (MBBS MD FCCP FRCP), in an interview with Daily Mirror, elaborates on efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines to gain herd immunity. He presently serves at the Medical Facul

Independent international panel suggests Systems to make the world pandemic free

Calls for special session of UN General Assembly to adopt a binding global policy and institute mechanisms It called for a “Pandemic Framework Convention” within the next six months, to be facilitated by WHO

Covid: Know your home care facts

Most people with COVID-19 develop a mild or uncomplicated illness that can be managed at the primary care level, and the demand.....

India’s neighbours race to sequence genomes as COVID surges

In early April, Neelika Malavige shut down her laboratory in Sri Lanka for ten days to celebrate Sinhalese New Year. Malavige,

Can Sri Lanka learn from the Canadian experience?

Canada legalised the use of cannabis (marijuana) for recreational purposes on October 17, 2018, under the Cannabis Act. Prior to that,

Govt. response to alarming predictions of 200 daily deaths

A recent report published by a health research centre based in the United States has caused much worry for the public this past week.

Project “Gamwardhanaya” – the model village

“We make a living by what we get. But we make a life by what we give” said Winston Churchill many years ago.

RTI, its gains and priorities for the future

In the face of the global pandemic, information availability has taken the form of a pin in a haystack. But amidst challenges, the implementation.....

Oh, to be in Maldives!

When China invaded India in the early sixties, the then Prime Minister , Jawarharlal Nehru, made a statement which became famous later on.

My faith played a big part in my preparation as a leader - Godfrey Yogarajah

CEO/General Secretary of National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) Deshamanya Godfrey Yogarajah completes 30 years.....

Nature-based Landslide Mitigation An eco-friendly approach to landslide risk management

Sri Lanka has been identified as a hotspot for landslides. The Meeriyabadda and Aranayaka landslides bear testimony to this statement. However, with thundershower warnings issued on a number of districts in the country, it is importan

SLTC holds Research and Innovation Awards Ceremony ( RaIN 2021)

The Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC), recently concluded its Research and Innovation Awards Night – RaIN 2021 – to felicitate achievers who have won international and national recognition for research and innovation. The event was held at the SLTC Padukka Campus and was graced by Namal Rajapaksa, Minister of Youth & Sports, as th

Special prayers and ceremonies held across Sri Lanka for the well-being of people of India

The extent of diversity in these solidarity ceremonies was a true manifestation of camaraderie and connect between the peoples of India and Sri Lanka

INNOCENCE LOST - Breaking the Ingrained - Shanthi Wijesinghe in conversation with Dr. Tara de Mel

My initial brush with Dr. Tara de Mel, Former Secretary, Ministry of Education & Vice Chairperson, National Education Commission, Co-founder Education Forum Sri Lanka, was brief and inconsequential to her.

China Phobia or Genuine Fear ?

“When a relationship is founded on mutual respect and affection, importance and power, and the size, of one of the two countries in that relationship does not have an uneven influence on the other.

MeGha Primal Intake: A mega scam by few govt doctors ?

Days after the Dhammika Paniya was rejected as a cure against COVID-19, news about another so-called ‘miraculous’ medical discovery against COVID-19 did its rounds on social media.

THE SRI LANKAN UNDERSTANDING: Enlivening Museums – Repositories of the Past, Gateways to the Future

The Sri Lankan Understanding, a platform that explores the course taken by Sri Lanka in the past, attempts to identify the placement of the country at present and is geared....

Role of the Soviet Union in a great victory

On May 9 Russia will celebrate the 76th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War – the war between the USSR and the Nazi Germany,

He was a generous and charismatic personality

Nimal Perera (aka KNP) has died after a heroic battle with cancer surrounded by a wave of friends and family as he bade farewell. The talented Interior Designer, whose artistic work adorns many royal households in the Sultanate of Oman, was a soul who blazed so brightly.

POLICE-PUBLIC RELATIONSHIP

Police-public cordial relationship is a sine qua non for any civilised democracy to sustained the most cherished ideals of democratic rule.