by Krishantha Prasad Cooray There is no day in the calendar that can be called ‘Mother’s Day,’ not as far as mothers themselves are concerned. They...
The National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) would compile a list of people convicted of sexually abusing children, NCPA Chairman Chanaka Udayakumara Amarasinghe said addressing the media...
By Saman Indrajith The Sri Lankan state had paid Rs 225 million to the families of those killed in the Easter Sunday bomb attacks as compensation,...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Road accidents had killed 115 children from 01 Jan., to 15 Oct., in 2023 the police said.Six people die every day in road...
Injuries to children are preventable – and yet every 4 hours, a child dies in Sri Lanka due to an injury, while 50 children die every...
The Parliamentary Select Committee headed by Justice Minister Dr. Wijayadasa Rajapakshe ‘to make suitable recommendations for the expansion of higher education opportunities in Sri Lanka’ has...
Dr B.J.C. Perera MBBS(Cey), DCH(Cey), DCH(Eng), MD(Paed), MRCP(UK), FRCP(Edin), FRCP(Lon), FRCPCH(UK), FSLCPaed, FCCP, Hony FRCPCH(UK), Hony. FCGP(SL) Specialist Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Senior Fellow, Postgraduate Institute...
By Prof. O. A Ileperuma President Ranil Wickremesinghe has recently stressed the importance of reforms to our ailing education system. In particular, he has mentioned the...
by Kalyananda Tiranagama Executive Director Lawyers for Human Rights and Development (Part V of this article appeared in The Island of 15 June 2023) Fallacy of...
Child Eye in Rajagiriya is Sri Lanka’s premier institution dedicated solely to managing eye diseases in children, while also functioning to actively increase awareness about eye...