On Thursday, December 17 a few Christian priests gathered at the crematorium at the Borella Cemetery. In their visit to the crematorium and the symbolic tying of a white cloth along the fence they were indicating their solidarity...
Families of the missing and disappeared; perhaps the only phenomenon that unites Sri Lankans across all ethnicities, occupations, social classes and religions!
They are those whose family members have gone missing during the various periods of civil unrest and conflicts...
Just a year into the Gotabaya Rajapaksa Presidency,environmentalists are up in arms over the apparentassault on the country’s Wildlife and Forest Reserves.
Recent actions of the government’s Ministers’ and associates belie the promise of his election Manifesto, “Vistas...
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) is calling on the health authorities to amend an April 2020 Gazetteto incorporate its recommendations and resolve the vexatious issue of the disposal of bodies in the wake of the COVID...
It goes without saying, that currently, the COVID-19 Virus has become the most feared of illnesses the world over. Apart from wearing masks and constant washing of hands, maintaining at least a meter’s distance between people has become our...
Even at the best of times, mild incidents of trauma could upset our equilibrium. And dealing with a pandemic situation as we are now, has its own peculiar challenges, when even interaction with family and friends has been reduced...
The Imbulpe Pradeshiya Sabhawa wants to open up a Belihuloya entry way to Horton Plains. But Wildlife officials are not enthusiastic about that plan.
Declared a National Park in 1988, Horton Plains is currently accessed through two entrances; the Ohiya...
New Zealanders elected a new parliament a few days ago and with it they’ve got themselves a well-represented legislature in terms of inclusivity.
Indeed the 53rd Parliament of New Zealand consists of not only several members of colour and of...
In September this year, Defence Secretary, Major General Kamal Guneratne told the Sunday Times that ragging in Universities will be eradicated with the assistance of the State Intelligence Services (SIS) and other such Intelligence agencies. The newspaper also quoted...
Current leaders of the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) believe it’s time they stepped up their efforts to bring plantation workers on par with all other Sri Lankans in terms of economic and educational standards.
Even as the country and the...
In 1972 Sri Lanka cut its ties to the British Monarchy, and officially became a Republic. Yet, it seems that both citizens and administrators continue to live in the frame of mind of the ruler and the ruled, even...
Unless Regulations are Enforced More Buwelikada Tragedies will Recur
In Buwelikada, Kandy, the collapse of a five-storied residence resulted in the untimely death of a weeks old infant and her young parents, on Sunday, September 20.
The victims were not residents...
