With the blissful feeling of Vesak in the air Buddhists are concerned whether they are able to realise the spiritual meaning....

Vesak is a very significant day for all Buddhists. It is the day Gautama Buddha was born, attained enlightenment and passed away.

The Vesak full moon day glorifies the three significant events of the life of Prince Siddhartha. Prince Siddhartha Gautama was born on Vesak full moon day.....

Coronavirus pandemic has brought into sharp relief the concept of Impermanence (Annicca) propounded by the Lord Buddha.

State Minister Vidura Wickramanayka said that omitting Tamil in the plaque violated the official language policy in Sri Lanka

There were no vehicles to take him to the hospital due to the curfew imposed in Jaffna; by the time the land master reached the OLR church Jaffna, he had succumbed to his injuries

‘’ Chittavimutta ‘’ is the first book by Ven.Tissamaharama Sugathasiri Thera. The Ven. Sugathasiri Thera, who completed his Bachelors and Masters at the University of Kelaniya, selects a timely and interesti

The case drew publicity on how a core of ‘crookish ‘ public servants defrauded millions of government funds

Human activity continues to put immense pressure on the planet, leading to crises like COVID-19, climate change and mass extinctions becoming more evident. Business as usual is not an option anymore. It has become vital that we work with - and

The Asia-Pacific region has been termed the ‘clothing factory of the world’ as it accounts for 60 percent of the world’s total apparel exports according to statistics compiled by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The garment s

‘Speaker In You’ programme focuses on improving public speaking and presentation skills of corporate executives and higher

Around 100 farmers in the north central province of Sri Lanka have recently received insurance payouts for crop damage caused by excess rain.

Kingswood College - a College Par Excellence stepped into one hundred and thirty years on 4th May 2021, founded by a journalist and Historian....

My association with the Catholic Charismatic Movement in Sri Lanka, better known as the Kithu-dana-pubuduva (hence forward KDP), started with a rather bitter experience of antagonism, and its metamorphosis into one of close collaboration with its Fou

Statements on strengthening Sri Lanka’s relations with Africa are often diplomatic niceties or knee-jerk reactions to the challenges of UNHRC resolutions.

Felicitas Appathurai (AKA Girla), aged 97, was nominated by Roderick Hillikerto to be given the honour of placing a wreath representing the Sri Lankan Community at the 2021 Dawn Service held at the Alfred Square Cenotaph Parramatta on Sunday, 25 Apri

Social distancing has proven to be the ultimate saviour in the current COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a time tested and reliable mechanism....

ART THERAPY PRACTITIONER, PRISCILLA CAREN ANANDAPPA, FOUNDER : THE SECRET GARDEN, in conversation with Shanthi Wijesinghe.....

The influx of COVID cases in Sri Lanka has prompted authorities to setup new facilities to accommodate patients with as much facilities as possible.

It was around 11 a.m. when Wishma started struggling to breathe. In her solitary confinement, she groaned in pain for hours before falling silent near 1.30 p.m.

The Sri Lankan Understanding, a platform which explores the course taken by Sri Lanka in the past, attempts to identify the placement of the country at present, and is geared towards unravelling the potential for a future which can be fruitful.

Over a year has passed since Sri Lankan human rights and constitutional lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah was controversially arrested and detained on April 14, 2020 under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday terror a

Sri Lanka ended its civil war on May 18, 2009. Reconciliation has been understood as a better way for living together....

Mark Twain who visited Ceylon in 1896 once said: “Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind read.”

The farming community in Dimbulagala is complaining of grievances because the Department of Wildlife and Conservation.....

The sudden spike in COVID cases in Sri Lanka has overwhelmed hospitals thereby prompting decision makers to request asymptomatic......

The Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluations (IHME), an independent global research Centre at the University of Washington recently predicted that as many as 20,876 COVID-19 deaths will be reported from Sri Lanka by September 2021. This is a tenfo

With the things you constantly see in media, especially with the Indian experience of Covid-19, there was a cloud of uncertainty hovering around us. People have constant doubts and questions about this disease and what would happen to them. We wante

Senior Professor and Chair of Medicine Sisira Siribaddana, (MBBS MD FCCP FRCP), in an interview with Daily Mirror, elaborates on efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines to gain herd immunity. He presently serves at the Medical Facul

Calls for special session of UN General Assembly to adopt a binding global policy and institute mechanisms It called for a “Pandemic Framework Convention” within the next six months, to be facilitated by WHO