US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s whirlwind visit last week has left in its trail many unanswered questions.

The world is on edge as it awaits an official announcement of the next President of the United States(US). Results are still pending as....

Although the COVID-19 pandemic was initially described by many as a “great equaliser”, the societal and individual impacts it has on vulnerable sections of the society are not equal. If anything, it has thrust our society’s inequalities into sh

With 21 deaths and 6065 active cases (as at November 2) Sri Lanka is experiencing another one of those troubled times. However, unlike in a war the enemy is common to all and more medical. Therefore battling it requires adequate technical g

“Our workload is high and it’s extremely stressful,” – this is how Pushpa Ramyani de Soyza, Chief Nurse, National Coordinator (Training) and Triage Team Leader at Accident and Orthopedic Service at the Colombo National Hospital descr

The second wave of COVID -19 has already spread across Sri Lanka. Despite certain claims that it has not yet reached pandemic levels, the discovery of COVID-19....

Recently, when a popular television quiz show asked to name the first Sinhala novelist, the answer was erroneously stated as Simon de Silva, and the novel as ‘Meena’.

Award winning movie Director Deepa Mehta sees a lot of potential for Sri Lanka both for its actors and as a film location after her movie Funny.....

In the second half of the 1990s, Sri Lankan English writing began to witness globalization: a new phase where the arena came.....

Yesterday was Vap Poya and members of the Maha Sangha made their way to the ‘Poyage’, or Chapter House, to relieve of their undertaking of observing ‘Vas’ at the different temples in the country. They were in ‘Vas’, or retreat, for the la

October being the Breast Cancer Month the Public Education Committee of the Sri Lanka Cancer Society launched a Pink Ribbon Campaign as the Pink Ribbon is the symbol of Breast Cancer.

The 1st of November, 10 years ago, was a day of utter despair and unforgettable sadness for all those who loved Janaka.

Darling Mummy, we miss you so much every day We just want to wish you ‘Happy Birthday’ today

The Justice Ministry employed Judicial Medical Officers (JMOs) and Sri Lanka Police have been accused of conducting degrading anal and vaginal....

Katinasansaya is immeasurable and unmentionable merit acquired by the person who has offered wet season robes to a priest who had completed a period of rainy season sojourn.

Poya usually falls only once a month. This year however, the month of October had two Poyas. The first fell on October 1 and the second falls today (October 30).

With the emergence of more COVID-19 positive cases Sri Lankan health services have decided to introduce Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) to supplement the existing system of PCR testing. Although there are mixed views about this move,

As a country, we’re in a moment of great peril. More than at any time during this pandemic.

As many as 43,000 Sri Lankans stranded overseas have been repatriated to Sri Lanka and operations are underway to repatriate more once the prevailing situation is under control.

Nilgala Forest, which is one of the four ecological zones native to Sri Lanka, including Uva Pathanbima, has been subject t

The Mechanical Engineering Department of The University of Moratuwa has developed a multifunctional mobile medical bed which can be turned into a wheelchair, a Trolley or a clinical bed. The AuBiKTransMo

“My father was a Notary. He travelled almost daily from his home in Velitota to his office in Ambalangoda in a bullock cart that he hired for the purpose.

With the second onslaught of CORONA, my mind goes back to the words of Stanley Kubrick when Gene D. Philips interviewed him and I quote:

On October 5 we celebrated the Universal Teachers’ Day. All those who are into the profession of teaching need to reflect seriously and see whether they fulfill the demands of the teaching profession. A quality teacher always fulfills the demands o

It was the year 1998 and I had just completed my final year of the four year Special Bachelor Degree in Law, at the Faculty of Law at the University of Colombo. At the beginning, in my mind, it was always an incredible success to obtain entrance to t

It has been a long time- 26 years to be precise-but it feels like yesterday that I was looking at him in our house in Dangolla, Kandy.

At around 4 p.m. on April 14, a day after the New Year dawned, Hejaaz Hizbullah received a call from a man identifying himself as an official from the Ministry of Health.

Adjusting to the new normal also meant adjusting ourselves to be aimed at point-blank – not to be shot dead but to check if the body temperature.....

State forest land in Mamaduwa, Vavuniya has been set ablaze for the third time, environmentalists allege. The State land estimated to be over 100 acres has been set on fire for the third time within weeks, which has led to the destruction of several

Human Rights Watch released the below statement, following the Daily Mirror article ‘Persecution of the LGBTIQ Community: Does Sri Lanka’s Police have Nothing Better to Do?’ published on 03 October 2020.