Sri Lanka is experiencing one of the worst COVID outbreaks since the pandemic first struck the island last year. Photos of hospitals....

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

On Wednesday (August 4) afternoon we walked into the Viharamahadevi Amphitheatre, which is now a 24 hour Vaccination Center. It was nearly empty except for a few people who were there to get their second dose of AstraZeneca. The visu

Many lives, both human and elephant, are lost as a result of the human-elephant conflicts that are prevalent in most parts of Sri Lanka. The number of victims (on both sides) and the intensity of occurrences has been increasing over th

If the analysis of the current Sri Lankan regime as being ethno-majoritarian and militaristic holds true, then the SLPP....

Across the world, governments are wrestling with the question of how to address misinformation in society. Misinformation.....

I met Chris last year on a beautiful evening in Singapore. We took a cab to a restaurant in Mount Faber for dinner. It took only twenty minutes to get there, but during the ride, I felt as if I had known him all my life. He was open like a book, hear

Dr. R. O. B. Wijesekera, the doyen of Natural Product Chemistry, and a much loved figure among all those he worked with passed away on July 13, 2021 after a brief illness. He was 92 at the time of death. Knowing his abiding love of cricket, he would

Elizabeth Senanayake was the Vice Principal and a teacher during my schooling (1979 to 1992) at Sacred Heart Convent, Galle.

Jayati Weerakoon passed away on July 29, 2021 in Austin, Texas. He was born in 1928 in Madakumburumulla, Sri Lanka.

A tsunami of protests led by teachers and principals from around the island continued and they request the government to solve a salary....

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.

Sigiriya, considered to be one of the most valuable historical monuments in Sri Lanka, has long been renowned as an architectural wonder of urban planning and engineering, and a UNESCO world heritage site since 1982.

The digital world plays an important role in our lives today. Intellectual Property law is one of many legal frameworks....

In the journey of finding hidden talents of Sri Lankan youth and their unsung contribution to the nation, Women in Management....

Civil society groups, state university representatives, academics, leftist and socialist movements have rallied together to protest against the proposed Kotelawala National Defense University (KNDU) Bill. One of the main concerns is w

Today we wish to remember and pay tribute to Dr Ashley Godwin Senarath-Dassanayake who passed away on 3rd August 1997, a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists UK, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and MBBS

Education could well be one of the most discussed but least researched subjects in Sri Lanka. In that context, Prof. Panduka Karunanayake’s....

Sometime during the early part of the year, at the end of a regular weekend visit, I sat down next to my neney (grandmother) to say goodbye.

A Sunday international Dhamma programme on ‘Mindfulness and Awareness of the Present Moment’ and conducted by Bhante Yogavacara Rahula Thera will take place on August 1 (Sunday) from 6.30pm to 8.30 pm (Sri Lankan time) via Zoom.

Just over 91 years ago Mala Chellappah (or Evangeline as she was christened) made her entrance as the youngest daughter born to David and Florence Singanayagam.

Founded in 1929, making it the oldest and also the largest Rotary Club in Sri Lanka, the Rotary Club of Colombo held a virtual installation to induct its 93rd club President, Rtn. Aroshi Nanayakkara.

This is for the kind attention H.E. the President and the Cabinet of Ministers.

Ahnaf Jazeem and Hejaaz Hizbullah find themselves thrust as symbols of Sri Lanka’s latest contentions with that most delicate...

Amidst strong protests to protect the environmentally sensitive Thalangama Environmental Protection Area, the authorities have taken....

When a child is physically harmed or sexually abused, the ideal response is for Doctors to treat injuries, therapists to counsel the child, law enforcement officers to arrest the offender, and Attorneys to prosecute the offender.

The largest voluntary movement dedicated to girls and young women in the world, representing over 10 million women and girls from 152 countries....

It was a blow straight to my heart when my daughter told me of Manouri’s death early the next morning. It has left a void that can never be filled.....

Rajendram Rajamahendran the Chairman of the Capital Maharaja Group passed away on July 25 after a brief illness. ‘Killi’ as he....

Child rights activists have started questioning the government’s definition of national security as it is quite evident that a defenseless child....