First came the shock, as the Airbus A350 carrying 379 people collided with a second plane while landing in Tokyo. Then came heat and smoke as...
by Dr Lahiru Kodituwakku MBBS, MSc (Community Medicine), MSc (Disaster Risk Reduction & Development), MBA, PgD in Health Sector Disaster Management Healthcare institutions are often considered...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) says that the alleviation of extreme poverty by 2030 requires major policy reforms. For this purpose,...
by Sivamohan Sumathy And I wish to speak of a poet here. Kurinjith Thennavan is an auto-didact. He did not learn to become a writer in...
by Jehan Perera The New Year dawned, not with the customary spirit of hope, but with trepidation for most and hopelessness for many. The main topic...
WasThe Hilton Seychelles Labriz Resort & Spa, nestled on Silhouette Island, the third-largest island in the Seychelles archipelago, has turned out to be an in place...
“The sorrow we feel when we lose a loved one is the price we pay to have had them in our lives.” – Rob Liano By...
It’s, indeed, encouraging to see our performers excel in the music scene, overseas. 17-year-old Lisara Fernando, clinched the title of Best Solo Female Singer at the...
by Dr. G. Usvatte-aratchi In 2013, Professor A. D. V. de S. Indraratne, the illustrious professor of Economics at Colombo, who was President of the Sri...
(Excerpted from Memories that linger…..My journey in the world of disability by Padmani Mendis) When my memories come back to Sri Lanka they call out urgently,...