A damning new U.N. report warning of certain devastation from climate change has been dubbed humanity’s ‘final wake-up call’ by environmental experts. The U.N.’s IPCC climate panel has released a highly anticipated report warning that efforts

The Kotelawala National Defence University (KNDU) Bill is wrecking serious havoc in Sri Lanka’s educational landscape. Students and teachers unionised or otherwise, seem to have reached a rare consensus about its undesirability, though perhaps f

In managing the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to generate and focus on appropriate data more relevant to the existing....

The facets of the human needs are linked to the concept of “security”. As a result, eliminating thethreat to human survival requires....

If there were any doubts over the last year as to whether Sri Lanka was sliding into a crisis, the shortages of milk powder and cooking...

An alarming disparity between the statistics issued by the Health Ministry and the Gampaha Regional Director of Health Services (RDHS) on COVID 19 cases was reported by the media on Wednesday.

When we talk of nuclear power our minds often go to one of the world’s greatest scientist the Jewish born Albert Einstein.

The public continues to question the accuracy of statistics revealed by the Health Ministry with regards to the number of COVID positive cases reported from around the country

COVID- 19 has been a part of our lives for more than a year now, but like how everything in this world, mutates and evolves- the virus....

Breastfeeding is a crucial step to ensure that your baby gets all the nutrients that are much needed during its first few months....

Three veteran artistes who were featured prominently in Sinhala tabloid magazines recently were Sanoja Bibile, Sathischandra Edirisinghe....

While the people all over the world are fighting what appears to be a losing battle against an invisible virus which keeps....

United National Party (UNP) Chairman Vajira Abeywardane, in an interview with the Daily Mirror, speaks with confidence....

Kagemusha is the name of a highly acclaimed film directed by Akira Kurosawa. Kagemusha is a Japanese term for a political decoy.

We are seeing a sudden surge in the number of COVID-19 cases from the time when people were allowed to travel as they wished to all parts of the country during the National New Year period in April.

Sri Lanka is experiencing one of the worst COVID outbreaks since the pandemic first struck the island last year. Photos of hospitals....

This year - 2021- has seen an ever increasing numbers of the new Covid variants. It has been pretty disastrous for the world....

Journalism has been oft described as the first draft of history. But what is that first draft? Is it the authentic documentation....

Sri Lanka is going through a critical period in respect of containing the COVID 19, the pandemic that emerged in Wuhan city in China in late 2019 and had invaded the whole world by now. This may be the only issue in the human history which the mankin

Sri Lanka’s health sector is on the verge of collapse. Hospitals are over-pouring with patients. Dedicated Covid wards have split into corridors. The number of patients relying on lifesaving oxygen has increased by 75% over the past week. An inevit

Her death ought to shine a light on the plight of the plantation workers’ community to which she belonged

People who use drugs or have a drug dependency are demonised and dehumanised and portrayed as a public threat

Many lives, both human and elephant, are lost as a result of the human-elephant conflicts that are prevalent in most parts of Sri Lanka. The number of victims (on both sides) and the intensity of occurrences has been increasing over th

Justice Minister Ali Sabry takes questions regarding the process of amending the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act and others. In his interview, he also responds matters related to cases under the PTA. The Excerpt

The ‘Middle East’ as we know it today (awash with its vast reserves of petroleum resources), was once part of the Ottoman Empire. The redrawing....

The continued mismanagement and mishandling of vital issues by the government is causing chaos and disorder. The contradictory....

Shelton Ranaraja known to many as “Shelly Aiya” passed away on August 11, 2011. Shelton or Shelly Aiya was a politician for whom I have the greatest respect.

The Director General of Health Services (DGHS), Asela Gunawardena on August 5 had confirmed the occurrence of 94 COVID-19 related deaths on the previous day. This might be the highest number of such deaths on a single day in Sri Lanka since the pande

Enforced disappearance has frequently been used as a strategy to spread terror and tyranny within the society. The feeling of insecurity generated by this practice is not limited to the close relatives of the disappeared, but also affects their commu