Devotees from all over Sri Lanka gather in Kataragama to pay their respects to God Kataragama before the commencement of the Perahara. Among these visitors, the most significant are those who take part in the Pada Yatra; on which devotees from the no

My dearest friend and colleague - more a brother, departed from my life recently, giving me such pain and grief as he cannot be replaced by any human being. Tissa was one of my....

On World Population Day, UNFPA Sri Lanka Representative Kunle Adeniyi stresses on the importance of coming together to ensure that gender equality and the health and wellbeing of women, girls and communities are the cornerstone of development and pol

Sri Lanka continues to be affected by the unprecedented health crisis presented via the mosquito-borne disease Dengue which is wreaking havoc in the nation. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) definition, Dengue, also known as Break-bone

A lecture and case discussion organized by Singapore’s Parkway Health in collaboration with the Sri Lanka College of Cardiology will be held in Colombo on Saturday, July 15th with two exceptionally skilled cardiologists from Singapore’s Mount Eli

A marvelous novel which takes us beyond the earth named as “ The Man On The Moon” has been written by authors from 20 Rotaract clubs from all over Sri Lanka. This novel will take you to an unimaginable tour around the galaxy, written under the Sc

Art is a gentle and a deep subject which is really close to the people’s hearts. There are varieties of arts which calm the minds of people. Though technology scores and is most needed these days art is a subject which is irreplaceable due to its u

While Tea export contributes to a significant percentage of total export earning (US$ 1.27 bln per year) the Estate Worker scores the lowest in social indicators (1) Literacy (2) Life expectancy (3) Maternal....

When my sister Naomi was born it was just another child in the De Silva Wijeyeratne family to bridge the gender ratio.

The Kuppi Collective academic community has issued a media statement regarding the labour law reforms proposed by the government yesterday.

The decision to export 100,000 Toque Macaque monkeys from Sri Lanka to China has been halted due to opposition from animal rights groups and individuals. Recognising the need for an alternative solution....

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 G

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

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 fr

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

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

Train derailments have been a persistent concern in Sri Lanka over the past few years, with the total annual number of derailments reaching 111 in 2021 and 117 in 2022, according to data obtained from Sri Lanka...

Eighty-nine-year-old Namel Weeramuni’s “Two Cousins” which he recently launched, is an attempt to focus on the dynamics of social forces impacted on those at their prime of life at a time around seven decades...

In an era when technology hadn’t yet advanced, and vehicles weren’t common, Catholic devotees relied on bullock carts for their pilgrimages to the Talawila St. Anne’s Church and Madhu Church; centres....

The National Scout Service and Relationship Month organized by the Sri Lanka Scout Association was launched on July 1, 2023 at the Pedro...

Vice Chancellor Professor M.D. Lamawansa nor the Dons of the premier University in the country did not forget to commence the ‘Open Day’ ....

It is estimated that only one out of 12,000 corrupt deals gets exposed when a victim musters the rare courage to make a complaint. This alarming statistic indicates that existing

The water at the open stormwater canal alongside the Nawala Open University

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....

Of all the punitive measures that the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) might take against Sri Lanka under the Sri Lanka Accountability Project, targeted sanctions rather than trade or economic sanctions....

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.

According to the Directorate of Non Communicable Diseases Ministry of Health about one million people are hospitalised due to injuries caused....

The recent news about Muthu Raja, a captive elephant in Sri Lanka, and his potential return to Thailand has sparked discussions regarding....

The focal point of World Environment Day was addressing the issue of plastic pollution through the #BeatPlasticPollution campaign