The stray dogs at Viharamaha Devi Park have been in the news from time to time. During the curfew period they once again made headlines as animal welfare organisations claimed that a few dogs were taken away by Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) officia

With the unfortunate incident that occurred in Aluthgama recently, involving an autistic Muslim boy, it is important to emphasise on the fact that ableism shouldn’t be tolerated, and discrimination in any form is unacceptable. While raising awarene

While the cause of death of the black leopard is yet to be known, conservationists raise concerns over lapses in enforcing the law on those who lay snares and traps. It is a known fact that people in the plantation sector lay snares and tr

Wedithalathive Nature Reserve, situated in the North western coast, adjoins the Vankalai Sanctuary in Mannar District. This is a rich and vibrant ecosystem consisting of mangroves, tidal or mud flats, salt marshes, sea grass beds as well as coral ree

The theme for World No Tobacco Day which fell on 31st May is ‘Protect youth from industry manipulation to save them from tobacco and nicotine use’.

Animal welfare in Sri Lanka is largely neglected. Every year for the past few years we have seen and heard of many acts of cruelty.

There are severe attacks on the newly appointed Sri Lankan High Commissioner in London Saroja Sirisena. There were several attacks on Ms. Sirisena...

The Mayan civilization flourished because it emerged right next to a wetland. Taming of Yucatan waters enabled the Mayans to build a city that lasted for more than a thousand years.

The recently ‘nourished’ Mt. Lavinia Beach seems to have further eroded according to recent photos that have been circulating on social media.

Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC) leader and Cabinet Minister of Livestock and Rural Community Development, SaumiyamoorthyArumugam Ramanathan Thondaman died of a cardiac arrest on May 26.

Time is ticking as Kaavan, the Asian bull elephant who went through years of torture at the Marghazar Zoo, Islamabad needs to be re-homed at a ‘suitable sanctuary’ within 30 days.

Even though Sri Lanka has a proud heritage of free education from primary to tertiary levels, with a youth literacy rate of 98%, an uneven distribution of distance-learning facilities continues to torment children in rural areas.

The Marine sub-committee (MSC) of the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS) has identified three distinct issues regarding the government’s recent beach nourishment programme in relation to its possible adverse effects on the marine environ

Attempts taken to create racial disharmony by certain electronic media institutions over a Muslim death in Weligama in the Southern Province was able to be....

The militarisation of the State apparatus in all areas of authority over social life continues unabated in the post November 2019 Presidential Election era in Sri Lanka.

Spanning 17,300 hectares of land, the Flood Plains National Park sits in a prominent location in the Polonnaruwa District.

COVID-19 has drastically changed the way we live. Our daily routines, family-lives and work methods, have changed. While disrupting life as we know it, COVID-19 has presented opportunities for change—from personal to national to international spher

Daily Mirror spoke to Brito Fernando, a well-known long-standing Human Rights activist and trade unionist who recently waged a battle for animal rights....

Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 outbreak has indicated a silver lining. In fact, it has paved the way for budding inventors to put their knowledge into good use during the lockdown period to innovate new equipment to help medical staff and other officials in

The Covid 19 pandemic has for sure become a challenge for the regular administration to deal with, in any country. Sri Lanka is no exception. Since its emergence in Wuhan in December 2019, Chinese authorities took unusual steps to c

Security personnel and health workers disinfecting public places has become a common sight, widely captured by the media.

Former Jaffna District Parliamentarian and Spokesperson of Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and Illankai Thamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK), Mathiaparanan Abraham Sumanthiran is currently in the eye of a political storm. The YouTube interview given by the 56-ye

Ever since the key numbers for the Covid-19 virus became clear in mid-February, it was obvious that all countries would end up trying to control its spread.

These are days when small batches of Sri Lankan emigrants are heading home due to the threat posed by COVID-19. The return of these batches is facilitated by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. In such an environment one wonders what the future would be fo

After 52 days of economic uncertainty as businesses and shops remained closed due to the deadly COVID-19 outbreak, Sri Lanka re-opened for business on Monday, much to the relief of the public. With COVID-19 now w

A year has passed since anti-Muslim violence broke out after the Easter Sunday bombings. It was on May 13, 2019 violence spread in a major way with rioters....

The decision by the government to ease lockdown restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation was obviously motivated mainly....

Sri Lanka would be limping back to normalcy in the coming days as much of the restrictions were relaxed, and a curfew that lasted for seven weeks was finally removed in all but Colombo and Gampaha districts, effective from yesterday.

The COVID-19 pandemic has snatched away scores of lives globally, with the number of positive cases increasing daily. Amid the crisis, healthcare professionals like doctors, nurses and Public Health Inspectors (PHI) are working around the clock to sa