By Rathindra Kuruwita The number of children admitted to Lady Ridgeway Hospital (LRH) with COVID-19 had increased during the last five to six days, Hospital Director,...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Deputy Director General of Health Services, Dr. Hemantha Herath told The Island yesterday that a fourth COVID-19 jab would be given if necessary....
Thursday 20th January, 2022 Pickpockets and Sri Lankan politicians have many things in common, besides being nimble-fingered. Their modi operandi are similar in most respects. They...
Dr. Richard Leakey and what Sri Lankan conservationists can adopt from his work By Tharindu Muthukumarana- Author of the award-winning book “The Life of Last Proboscideans:...
Under 17 Division I Cricket by Reemus Fernando Notable all-round performances by Sithum Fernando for De Mazenod, an underdog’s triumph by Sri Sumangala, Kandy...
SLT-MOBITEL, the National ICT and Telecommunication Service Provider, celebrated Thai Pongal at the District General Hospital -Vavuniya this year, joining in the festive rituals and making...
… seek action on prison conditions (New York, January 18, 2022) – Human Rights Watch on January 18, 2022 joined other organisations in condemning Sri Lanka’s...
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) is organizing a training programme mainly for Listed Companies on Climate Disclosure in collaboration with UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative (SSE),...
Pathetic public response to Pfizer booster roll-out By Shamindra Ferdinando In spite of the promotional campaign for the Pfizer-BioNTech booster jab, the public response for just...
Rex Clementine at Pallekele When politicians have a say in making key appointments, they nominate kith and kin, stooges and in some cases total misfits. That’s...