Colombo, June 16: Recent developments pertaining to Lakshadweep, an archipelago of 36 tiny islands 490 km off the coast of the South Indian state of Kerala, have thrown light on the strategic significance of the islands for India and...
We need vaccines now and not next year”
• To end pandemic our shared goal must be to vaccinate 70% of the world population to do this we need 11 billion doses.
• The virus is moving faster than the global...
Lockdown-triggered domestic violence appears to be no less widespread than the COVID-19 pandemic itself. Reports from across the globe suggest that domestic violence has surged since the first half of 2020, when the pandemic appeared.
According to the...
The replica, which is a fraction of the size of the New York City landmark, weighing in at 992 pounds, was wished bon voyage on 6 June, the 77th anniversary of D-Day, the day that American World War II...
The mood was convivial as G7 leaders gathered Friday for their first in-person talks in nearly two years, with an expected pledge to donate one billion Covid vaccine doses to poor countries on the agenda in a show of...
Colombo, June 11: India has enlarged its footprint in the Maldives with three recent steps: It is believed to have been the primary force behind the election of the Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahidas President of the 76 th.,...
The Gotabaya Rajapaksa government appears determined to bring about an immediate and drastic change in Sri Lankan agriculture by replacing the conventional chemicals-based system to an organic-based one without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Adopting a carrot...
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
Dr Jane Goodall – the...
Sri Lankans living in UK have made an urgent appeal to Prime Minister, Boris Johnson for the supply of 600,000 Astra Zeneca vaccines.
World Health Organization Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus has repeatedly warned about the scandalous inequity of vaccines and...
A group of the world’s richest nations reached a landmark deal on Saturday to close cross-border tax loopholes used by some of the world’s biggest companies. The Group of Seven (G7) said it would back a minimum global corporation...
Environmental experts are concerned that the sinking of a cargo ship off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday could spell devastation for local wildlife including migratory whales and sea turtles.
The X-Press Pearl, which was carrying a large amount...
Presently Sri Lanka has a serious debt problem and it looks like there has to be some kind of debt restructuring in order to prevent the problem occurring year on. Professor Shanta Devarajan of the Georgetown University said.
Professor Devarajan is...
