Nadira Gunatilleke

Attacking frontline fighters against COVID-19

One specific media outlet went to town with one specific contemporary fabricated story last week. The entire story was about a specific doctor. But the background story of this single fabricated...

Deregulation: People friendly laws in the offing

The legal system in Sri Lanka comprises collections of codified and uncodified forms of law, of many origins that subordinate to the Constitution of Sri Lanka which is the...
Moving forward with COVID-19

The COVID-19 crisis in Sri Lanka has stepped into a new stage. The country is gradually opening up to the outside world under health guidelines and functioning according to...
Clinical Trials: Precursor to safe, effective medicines and vaccines

All of us can remember the years in which Sri Lanka was very badly hit by dengue. At the same time all the media highlighted three words: Papaya leave juice. Some who got...
Do not gift COVID-19 for Christmas and New Year

The festive season has already started and it will continue until early January. This time we all have a brand new special uninvited guest for all our celebrations. It is...

Road rides to danger

We Sri Lankans always dig our own graves by taking bad examples from foreign countries, while ignoring good and positive things that can be taken from them and their cultures. The latest example is ‘...
Protecting your private info in the age of communications

An eye-catching news item was published in one of the Sinhala newspapers recently. It was not just another news story. It opens our eyes and protects us from a very methodical system of stealing done...
36 years gone, but, dark memories remain

The Kent and Dollar Farm massacres were one of the earliest massacres carried out by the LTTE during Sri Lanka’s darkest era. The massacres took place on November 30, 1984 in two tiny farming...
Change or die with COVID-19

Some people do not change their lifestyle or anything they do in their day-to-day life due to COVID-19. Some people make changes very easily and match their lifestyle with COVID-19 threat while...
Did you see these in social media?

One year ago on a day like this our current President Gotabaya Rajapaksa took oaths as the Seventh Executive President of Sri Lanka. Today or during the past few days did we see any of the following...
Ignoring safety invites death

By now the day-to-day life in Sri Lanka continues under the set of rules and regulations issued by the Government in order to protect people from COVID-19 while allowing them to keep their...
Local milk production given a boost

Following are excerpts from an interview the Daily News conducted with Livestock, Farm Promotion and Dairy and Egg Related Industries State Minister D.B. Herath.Q - What is the current situation of...
Public responsibility towards combating COVID-19

COVID-19 in Sri Lanka was controlled successfully in the past with the joint efforts of the people, health authorities, armed forces and all. It was not done by one party or a group of individuals....
Bold pioneer of free education

Dr. Cristopher William Wijekoon Kannangara (October 13, 1884 – September 23, 1969) was a Sri Lankan lawyer and a popular politician. Being a not so very distant relation of Sri Lanka’s old ruling...
Disseminating correct facts: The best weapon against COVID-19

Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi told the media on Sunday that a gazette notification is to be issued today (Monday or Tuesday) in connection with making it compulsory to wear face masks in...
Defeating THE Corona comeback

It is COVID-19 once again. The demon has raised its ugly head among the Sri Lankan public once again after two long months. This time relevant authorities are still trying their best to find out the...
Pharmaceutical self-sufficiency in four years - State Minister Prof. Jayasumana

excerpts from the recent interview the Daily News conducted with Pharmaceutical Production, Supply and Regulation State Minister Prof. Channa Jayasumana.Q - What is the current situation of local...
Flight into terror

Twenty-two years ago on a day like this Lion Air Flight 602, Antonov An-24RV fell into the sea off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka following an attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (...
US donates essential medical equipment to SL

US donated a stock of essential medical equipment to Sri Lanka in order to strengthen the COVID-19 treatment. The donation was made by the US Ambassador Alaina Teplitz and officials at the Health...
Health policy for mental health services

A health policy will be formulated to ensure the quality of mental health services, Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said.She was addressing the 17th Annual Academic Sessions of Sri Lanka...