According to the UNICEF, Corporal Punishment is any punishment in which physical force is used and intended to cause some degree of pain or discomfort, however light. Most involves hitting (“smacking”, “slapping”, “spa

The events that unfolded on October 26 have led the country towards unprecedented instability. Almost a month later, we are still awaiting the correct interpretation of the decisions and the credibility of actions while pondering if such changes ha

Engulfed in social stigma and discrimination, HIV/AIDS is an issue society still addresses in hushed voices despite the progression we claim to have achieved globally.  In honour of World AIDS Day 2018 (Celebrated on December 1) the National STD

A mega beach clean-up campaign carried out by Caritas Sri Lanka-SEDEC in collaboration with ‘Seth Sarana’, Sunday Schools and Parish Youth Societies under the theme of ‘God’s Love for All’ and covering a stretch of 34 km

As the world marks the anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child on World Children’s Day, we must ensure every child in Sri Lanka has the same opportunity for success.

Elections to Bangladesh’s eleventh parliament are to take place on December 30 and they are going to be very different from the elections to the tenth parliament which took place in January 2014.    

Budding artistes from all over Sri Lanka participated at Shankar’s International Children’s Competition-2019 organized by High Commission of India.    

Udena Wickremesooriya, talking about his father’s work, the evolution of Sooriya, and the resurgence and upsurge of popular music in this country during the latter part of the sixties, suggested that when compared to the deterioration on almost

Entrance to the Training College was through a competitive examination known as the Government Teachers’ Training College Entrance Examination. I sat for the examination and was successful and after being interviewed by the Principal, Mr. S.F.d

The farcical three-week Government and the circus of thuggery in Parliament has thrown the country into a serious political crisis. While media attention and public discussion are focused on questions of parliamentary...

Sovereignty in broad terms means supreme power or authority. National sovereignty accordingly, is the autonomy or the independence of a State based on this supreme power or authority.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified 21 young members from over 2000 applicants from around the world to raise a voice for the youth and advocate for the development of Primary Health Care (PHC). This team included a diverse group of yo

Piyatilake, as he was then known was the first born of Wimalasundera Fronis de Silva (W. F. de Silva) and Laura de Silva of Wackwella Road Galle. W. F. de Silva was a well-known jeweller, owner of two shops one in Chatham Street, Fort and the other i

A successful career guidance one day workshop on“Positive Thinking and Personality Development”for the final year undergraduates in the Science Faculty at the Chemistry auditorium was held on 21st October at the University of Peradeniya.

The 4th edition of Intex South Asia, the largest international textile sourcing show in South Asia, was inaugurated yesterday at BMICH by Mr. Taranjit Singh Sandhu, High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka. 

The Faculty of Law, University of Colombo has organized an International Legal Research Conference to mark its 70th anniversary. It is scheduled to be held today and tomorrow at Hotel Mirage, Colombo.

Touring around Sri Lanka has become an option for many tourists who experience climatic changes in their Western countries. Sri Lanka has seen an influx of tourists all year round and many of them often fall in love...

The 2017 Man Booker Prize winning novel ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ by American fiction writer George Saunders is almost entirely peopled by corpses lying in coffins in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown....

A few years ago, a Sri Lankan photojournalist was following a course in Berlin - Germany with several other foreign journalists. At the end of the year, they had to submit a report based on their photographic skills. While his colleagues were spend

I came across a thin woman when travelling in a train. This woman with tear-filled eyes and carrying a baby poured out her tragic story to me. “I am a resident in Mirigama. I have two children. My husband is bedridden after falling from a coc

With regard to the Holy Prophet’s Sacred Birthday, we as believers (Mumins) welcome this Sacred Day. Among Allah’s creations Prophet Muhammed (Sal) is the supreme and perfect one.  

Dr. Randima Nanayakkara, Consultant in Surgical Oncology, discusses why awareness is of critical importance in battling the most common cancer among women. October is the month dedicated to breast cancer awareness worldwide.   

At 123 years Dhammarathana Vidyalaya, Indibedda is one of the oldest schools in the country, and yet it has received minimal support for its’ maintenance. The school has faced many hardships over the years and at one point was exposed to the

Online applications are invited for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test  (UG)-2019 [NEET (UG)-2019] to be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), for admission to MBBS/BDS Courses in India in Medical/Dental Colleges run with the app

Three weeks before he passed away, Shibly, his wife Fathima, my wife Rezani and myself spent a relaxed Sunday evening watching the sun set over the sand mounds of the developing Port City, from one of Colombo’s highest points at Kingsbury Hot

A concert by Rodrigo Villa, saxophone professor at the Higher Music and Dance Conservatory of the Balearic Islands in Spain, and Psaiko Quartet, a saxophone quartet formed by his best students, will be held on Saturday, November 17 at 6.00 p.m. at

Charles Allen has written two books ‘The Buddha and the Sahibs’ and ‘Ashoka’—The Search for India’s Lost Emperor.  The second book, written about a decade after the first one, is largely an expansion of the

C. T. Fernando, pioneer pop singer and one of the most original artistes this country has ever produced, remains evergreen, with his songs in great demand 41 years after his death. He would be proud to know that his musical talent now runs into thr

Colombo’s “yahapalana”civil society activists became hysterical when Parliament was dissolved by President Sirisena again on a Friday. The gazette notification was out midnight Friday November 9,  2018. I too agree, it was defi

Around mid-day on September 9 (2018), whilst returning from the library, cautious and lawful though he was, a motorcycle, approaching at high speed, drove straight into Rasiah Rajalingam knocking him down on the road, and gasp....all this happened on