Statements on strengthening Sri Lanka’s relations with Africa are often diplomatic niceties or knee-jerk reactions to the challenges of UNHRC resolutions.

Felicitas Appathurai (AKA Girla), aged 97, was nominated by Roderick Hillikerto to be given the honour of placing a wreath representing the Sri Lankan Community at the 2021 Dawn Service held at the Alfred Square Cenotaph Parramatta on Sunday, 25 Apri

Social distancing has proven to be the ultimate saviour in the current COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a time tested and reliable mechanism....

ART THERAPY PRACTITIONER, PRISCILLA CAREN ANANDAPPA, FOUNDER : THE SECRET GARDEN, in conversation with Shanthi Wijesinghe.....

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

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, 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.

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 a

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

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

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

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

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 tenfo

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 wante

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 th

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

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.

“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.

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.