In order to become the first country to practice organic only agriculture, the cabinet of Sri Lanka on April 29, 2021 approved a ban.....

“There wouldn’t be this much of a public uproar if it wasn’t for the statement of the Police,” said Attorney Thishya Weragoda. “Just because....

The art industry in Sri Lanka always had its fair share of challenges and the pandemic hasn’t made it any easier for many of the artists....

Participation of citizens and their criticism is a form of freedom of expression which is normal in a democratic country.

Crows! They’re everywhere and are often considered to be mean, rude pests. But one traveller to Sri Lanka fell in love with the island’s crows,

“What did I do, why do I suffer? Always a why, but never an answer” - Child Victim

It’s sweet and fitting to die for one’s country,” the Roman poet Horace wrote in his attempts to encompass the ethos....

The pandemic upended the lives of many, but children in Sri Lanka perhaps bore the brunt of this change. Kirkoswald middle division, in Bogawantalawa, is a tea estate where children of various....

Just last year, August 2020, a 14-year-old girl in Kandy was raped and in the same year a 72-year-old woman was raped in Mahiyangana. Reflecting,

“If a situation arises where the society, government or the law isn’t able to protect a child, and that child gets subjected to abuse....

According to the World Health Organization, pregnancies under the age of 20 are referred to as teenage pregnancies. Every year....

Over the past month, Sri Lankan media reported on the long queues observed at the Department of Immigration and Emigration in Battaramulla. Although government officials have attempted to spin facts stating that the government has created a large num

Tourism has traditionally been the third largest foreign exchange earner in our country. International travel and tourism industry.....

After their death, most people are memorialized at a service, surrounded by grieving family members, friends and relatives. But that....

“They are good sports, you know… kids. They take so many knocks, put up with so much. I think in the pandemic adults.....

Sri Lanka became the latest country to offer booster shots for individuals who have already been vaccinated against the COVID-19....

Early October millions of Facebook users around the world were unable to access the platform with what was recorded as one of the company’s biggest outages to date. Businesses on Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp were especially impacted as the plat

Ragging in Sri Lankan universities has overshadowed many bright futures and even cut short young lives full of potential. Deaths...

With the extract, Novavax plans to produce billions of doses of the vaccine, which would make it one of the largest COVID-19 vaccine suppliers in the world

Last week the Court of Appeal issued an interim order preventing the Director General of the Wildlife Conservation Department from granting permission for wild elephants to be registered under private owners.

Last week the Central Bank unveiled its six month road to recovery in ensuring the country’s macroeconomic and financial....

A young TikTok star and his friends are helping an ambitious gene editing programme that wants to help restore ecosystems and bring back extinct species

“The economy should grow steadily and sustainably. It should have a sound financial system, be resilient to shocks with inflation under control,”

When the Coronavirus started spreading rapidly across several countries in early 2020, another rage that spread as rapidly....

The relatively inexperienced team start their T20 World Cup campaign in October

On Thursday, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka imposed import limitations on a list of extensive non-essential goods effective immediately

A controversial new gazette has been issued seeking to employ elephants for work and tourism, which critics argue is a racket disguised as measures to protect Sri Lanka’s elephants.

A mysterious respiratory disease affecting puppies in the Central Province is resulting in the death of nearly all young pups infected....

For hundreds of expectant and new mothers, pregnancy and childbirth are nothing short of challenging due to the COVID-19 pandemic.