The students who have studied at SAITM medical School Malabe, pouring their hearts out to Daily Mirror claimed that they....

On the face of things, SAITM appears to be the main issue in the country today. In reality, however, there are much more.....

Ahead of a planned strike by doctors countrywide, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) vowed that it....

Saving electricity has become a challenge with warmer climates prevailing all year round. In Sri Lanka it is quite difficult to survive without a fan or A/C in most houses and office blocks. In Colombo 

Three medical professionals from the geriatric fraternity in Western medicine presented papers at the seminar themed ‘Responding to....

I write this as a student who once sat in his classroom with eyes filled with wonder and awe, and whose thinking was forever....

In June 1990, eleven boats carrying around 500 Sri Lankan Tamils arrived in Danushkodi, Tamil Nadu, India. Four pregnant....

With the pulse and smell of New Year or Aluth Avurdu in the air, people get nostalgic about celebrations and observation....

It is difficult to imagine anything more traumatic than the sudden disappearance of a loved one. The scramble for any facts that....

The discrimination originating from these phobias not only hurts people, but also destroys families, workplaces and societies. It leaves....

One hundred years needs celebrations and that was exactly what the Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association did at Kandy.....

Travelling to my work place from home is by train. In the past couple of months, I have heard many passengers having lengthy conversation in respect of the Central Bank Bond issue. Hence I had an idea of penning down few lines in basics how it works.

Having assisted the health officer of the Hambantota  District Hospital to deliver a healthy baby girl, Patricia Kemp, Lt. Commander of the Australian Navy and nurse practitioner and midwife of the Pacific Partnership, said the emotional experie

As much as consumers need to be vigilant and informed about their rights, it is the duty of law enforcement agencies to keep....

Thousands of Sri Lankan students make their way to leading educational institutions around the world in the absence of quality higher education....

The cave murals in Kotiyagala Mailla, an ancient temple that dates back to the Kandy, historic and pre-historic era, are now under the....

Torture; mental, physical and sexual in our universities is disguised as ‘ragging’. And it is advancing in perversity and planning. The latest....

Pedestrians and their rights are not talked about or taken into consideration in this country. In most urban environments, the pavement....

The handsome young postman, in his early twenties, came on delivery every morning. His presence awakened something in her and shed a sudden, hesitant light in her thoughts and captured her heart. “Based on Tissa Jayawardene?s story in his boo

The Prestantia Chorale and Chraft presents an Easter Choral Reflection: “Wounds of Healing” to support the Deaf and Blind School  

Kanthi Gunathilake is an unusual writer. She has written 52 works of fiction, and most of them are based in Japan. She writes....

In a bid to focus attention on the importance of fresh water and advocating for the sustainable management of water resources, world water day....

Most people don’t like bikers or motorcyclists or any two wheel riders. They consider these riders to be irresponsible daredevils who....

In the annals of the civil war that raged between the Sri Lankan security forces and Tamil militants led by the Liberation Tigers.....

Amere day prior to the Ides of March, on Tuesday 14 March, Europe’s highest court – the Court of Justice of the European Union....

The Office on Missing Persons (OMP) is one of the four main pillars of Sri Lanka’s transitional justice agenda which promises....

Ahead of President Maithripala Sirisena’s State visit to Russia; the first in decades by a Sri Lankan leader, the country’s....

The most docile of the tuskers in the stables of the Sri Dalada Maligawa - Ekadantha - the one tusk animal, has a vivid tale. He was....

With pride and joy, Tunisia yesterday celebrated the 61st anniversary of independence. Today, we are honouring a country of more....

Piracy, the act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, is a common occurrence in...