The following is a press release issued by ‘Rotary’ to mark World Diabetes Day which falls on November 14

Sri Lanka will support the candidature of Justice Deepthi Amaratunga for the position of judge of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal (UNDT), when the UN General Assembly votes on the matter....

Corporal punishment in schools is often perceived as an effective way to discipline children, but such cruel approaches have many detrimental impacts on the physical and psychological well-being of a child.

Sedhana Dineth Ukwatte Liyanage- a seventeen-year-old student of Isipathana College Colombo- won the bronze award at the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition conducted by the Royal Commonwealth....

The Warrior King Rajasinghe II or Rasin Deviyo, who offered his Golden Crown to Dodanwela Natha Devale in the Yatinuwara electorate....

“My Parents had given me early religious impressions, and brought me through my Childhood piously in the Dissenting Way. But I was scarce....

There are four sterling qualities or attitudes, which are collectively called in paliasbrahma viharas in Buddhism. They are (a) Loving-kindness.....

Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service organisation with over 1.4 million members in over 200 countries and geographic areas.

In 1896, the children in the southern border of Sri Lanka along the Galle-Matara coastline received a gift from Belgian missionaries. This was an English medium school erected on a small plot of land on the banks of the Nilwala River in Pallimulla, M

Education is the foundation that prepares us for life. It instructs us, imparts knowledge, enriches our horizons and gives us the tools to go out into the world and be the best version of ourselves.

‘The righteous lead blameless lives: Blessed are their children after them’-(Proverbs 20:7)

With the pandemic, working from home was introduced to every nook and corner of the world as workers in almost every field shifted into an online....

Friends of Manipay Hospital and their fundraising branch, Ride4Ceylon, have been victorious in their recent legal battle with a former....

I was beaten severely using wire and rods. My husband never stopped using drugs. He wanted to sell my land. Every time he got drugged, he would beat me and my children. I forgave him thinking about my children, but he continued to be more violent,”

‘SEEDS’ is a Sri Lankan movie inspired by real-life events featuring the war crimes,

Sri Lanka China Society has distributed Rs 5.2 M worth of essential medicines donated by China Friendship Foundation for Peace and Development to needy hospitals in Sri Lanka,

While working at a funeral firm, I have heard many eulogies and many speeches made by the friends and families of the deceased.

Electric vehicles (EVs) have been gaining huge popularity in recent years, and numbers are expected to soar over the next decade. It is estimated...

Chinese President Xi Jinping told the Communist Party Congress on the opening day that his government “will establish a policy ....

People are born into the world and draw the breaths of human life. But not often are there people who depart leaving an impression....

The news item “India considers Sri Lankan proposal for translocating ‘Indian bisons’” in the Daily Mirror recently (correctly) attributes this initiative.....

The prevailing medicine shortage in the country has existed over the past few months and medical experts blame stakeholders in the medical sector for not taking the responsibility to rectify the matter. Patients have been severely inconvenienced as t

Domestic debt restructuring will provide a foundation for resetting of negatives

Walking to the temple in the muddy lanes and tracks is not new. It somehow always rains on Deepavali Day. It has been like that....

‘Deepam’ means ‘clay lamp’ and ‘avali’ means arranged in an order. Deepavali means ‘row of small oil lamps’ (clay oil lamps). Hence, the name....

Being the custodian of the Anuradhapura Atamasthanaya, one of the most sacred places of Buddhist worship in Sri Lanka,

Suresh Goonesekere would have turned 50 today,

An alms giving was conducted recently in memory of Mr. Gilbert Dalpathadu who passed away, over seven year ago. This Alms Giving was organized by his three children namely, Dr. Gayan attached to the Family Health Bureau of the General Hospital Colomb

The Supreme Court has ruled that this bill’s certain sections are inconsistent with the Constitution.-

Shehan Karunathilake’s Man Booker Prize (for his novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida) couldn’t have come at a better time. It’s a boon for Sri Lankan literature and the best thing that could happen....