A Sri Lankan giving dignified burials to unclaimed bodies for five decades

After their death, most people are memorialized at a service, surrounded by grieving family members, friends and relatives. But that....

Children in Lockdown

“They are good sports, you know… kids. They take so many knocks, put up with so much. I think in the pandemic adults.....

Sri Lanka begins administering the COVID-19 booster dose

Sri Lanka became the latest country to offer booster shots for individuals who have already been vaccinated against the COVID-19....

Facebook is in trouble. Again.

Early October millions of Facebook users around the world were unable to access the platform with what was recorded as one of the company’s biggest outages to date. Businesses on Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp were especially impacted as the platforms recorded a downtime of more than six hours.

Ending university ragging: An urgent appeal to take the bull by the horns

Ragging in Sri Lankan universities has overshadowed many bright futures and even cut short young lives full of potential. Deaths...

This rare tree is making COVID-19 vaccines

With the extract, Novavax plans to produce billions of doses of the vaccine, which would make it one of the largest COVID-19 vaccine suppliers in the world

Meet Penny Abeywardena, a Sri Lankan leading New York City

activists continue to fight for captive elephants

Last week the Court of Appeal issued an interim order preventing the Director General of the Wildlife Conservation Department from granting permission for wild elephants to be registered under private owners.

Deconstructing the Central Bank’s Economic Road map

Last week the Central Bank unveiled its six month road to recovery in ensuring the country’s macroeconomic and financial....

How a 19-year-old TikToker is helping bring back the Woolly Mammoth!

A young TikTok star and his friends are helping an ambitious gene editing programme that wants to help restore ecosystems and bring back extinct species

Is economic recovery possible?

“The economy should grow steadily and sustainably. It should have a sound financial system, be resilient to shocks with inflation under control,”

People are panic-buying again!

When the Coronavirus started spreading rapidly across several countries in early 2020, another rage that spread as rapidly....

Sri Lanka names 15-man squad for T20 World Cup

The relatively inexperienced team start their T20 World Cup campaign in October

The Central Bank import restrictions explained

On Thursday, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka imposed import limitations on a list of extensive non-essential goods effective immediately

A state-sponsored elephant racket in the works

A controversial new gazette has been issued seeking to employ elephants for work and tourism, which critics argue is a racket disguised as measures to protect Sri Lanka’s elephants.

Mysterious disease killing pups!

A mysterious respiratory disease affecting puppies in the Central Province is resulting in the death of nearly all young pups infected....

Young families share stories of pregnancy in a pandemic

For hundreds of expectant and new mothers, pregnancy and childbirth are nothing short of challenging due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Delta starts work early, before symptoms begin to show

New study finds that the Covid-19 variant’s rapid spread is caused by infected persons who feel fine even after infection

Cinema: A local industry that is not an industry

“The cinema industry is not even a real industry in our country,” agreed all three guests who participated in a discussion on the future....

Is another lockdown the answer?

Sri Lanka is in crisis. Since April 2021, Sri Lanka saw a sharp increase of Covid-19 positive cases and deaths. Despite health....

Children, Covid-19 and Vaccines

With an accelerated vaccine drive ongoing, Sri Lanka is well on its way to achieve its vaccination goals ahead of the September target set out by the World Health Organization.

Checks and Balances of Quarantine Law

Checks and balances that are the foundation of the rule of law must be exercised so as to stop misuse of powers. However, reports have recently emerged claiming that public health justifications are allegedly used to restrict rights associated with freedom of speech.

What you need to know about global Covid-19 developments right now

Only a handful of countries or territories have been left with no active Covid-19 cases, as they managed to keep the deadly global pandemic at bay.

Striking through the pandemic

As nurses launch strike, doctors charge that critical patient care was compromised

Are Chinese COVID-19 jabs effective against the Delta variant?

On Monday Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry confirmed that three Covid-19 patients were suspected to have contracted the Delta Variant...

The great distance learning divide

On Monday, Minister of Education G.L. Peiris said that online-learning centres will be established in every district to facilitate students who are unable to access virtual learning platforms.

Why do we need feminism in Sri Lanka?

In 2020, the world stopped. In the year since, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed and worsened gender inequalities. Its impact on women and girls has been severe and disproportionate and it is already beginning to reverse decades of progress on gender equality.

Pandemic-related Domestic Violence: Victims don’t often get the desired help

During the first five months of this year, more than 1,200 women dialed the 24-hour hotline: 1938 seeking help for physical, emotional or sexual....

The Unseen Victims: The Collateral Damage of COVID-19

I am a doctor working at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka (NHSL), Colombo, and I lost two patients within 24 hours last week.

Travails of people in troubled times

Curfews, lockdowns, or travel restrictions are generally understood as government regulations requiring people to remain indoors during specified hours.