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

Startling revelations have surfaced as to how the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and the Consumer Affairs Authority-the apex government institution....

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

Srinivasan Kamal Haasan known popularly as Kamal Haasan and Kamal is arguably the finest actor in Tamil cinema today.

The Special Task Force (STF) is the commando unit of the Police and plays a very crucial role in the war against drugs.

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

For some reason, we thought that we were immune from the Coronavirus. We thought there was something that protects us.

Globally new cases of Covid are falling, after an all-time peak through March to April this year, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

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.

“Stalin Thaan Varraaru, Namakku Vidivu Tharraaru” (Stalin is only coming and will give us a Dawn) was the key slogan around which the Indian political party” Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam” (DMK) conducted its election campaign for the Tamil Nadu

Soil makes up as the home to millions of insects, microorganisms, recycle matter and store water. More than 95% of the food produced in the world is from the land.

The daily number of cases testing positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka is nearing 2000. This is a worrying figure given the numbers....

Kelani River is continuously contaminated with various chemicals, feces and carbonic matter

Renowned Sri Lankan Film Maker Lester James Peries passed away three years ago at the age of 99.

Even though Sri Lankan waters appear to be calm, geopolitically speaking, the waters are indeed getting rougher by the day. Months after a raging fire....

The basic idea is to safeguard the nation. We are doing politics not for our personal benefit

Political parties including the Opposition have raised concerns over transparency and the use of Executive powers by the President to run it as a separate state

Two days before the advent of the “Pilava” April New Year on April 12, Colombo Chief Magistrate Buddhika Sri Ragala released 11 suspects who had been in custody for two years since early 2019.

The Easter Sunday bombings of April 21, 2019 and its consequences have caused a profound impact on the body politic of Sri Lanka.

Pushpika de Silva, the winner of the beauty pageant held in Sri Lanka to pick the island’s representative for the upcoming Mrs World Pageant,

As fun as memes are, what do they mean for our mental health? An expert has all the answers

Two years after the Easter Sunday carnage people are left with false hopes and promises. Abrupt compensation schemes, commissions and reports have led to dead ends. Even after arresting 676 people in relation to the deadly series of attacks the gover

Sinhala cinema’s pioneering director Lester James Peries is the Sri Lankan filmmaker I like, admire and respect most.

This year marks two years since the deadly Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka in which over 260 people were killed, including some tourists.

With the Sri Lankan government successfully completing the first phase of the Covid-19 vaccination rollout, the number of new cases reported daily appear to be on the decline. While governments around the world scramble to do the same, a new challen

The trustee of the Seenigama Devalaya (shrine) is alleged to have converted to other uses funds in the shrine to the tune of one million rupees.....

It is a fool’s errand to make-believe that the UN Human Rights Council Resolution titled, “Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka”, and adopted last week would help promoting human rights in the country.

One of the not-so-surprising decisions taken by the present Government was to withdraw from co-sponsoring the landmark United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolution 30/1.

Every day nearly 4000 people globally lose their lives to Tuberculosis (TB). In Sri Lanka TB is the second most common infective disease and annually 8000-9000 TB patients are reported. “But the WHO estimates around 13 000- 14 000 patients should b