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  • Defeating - Deadly - Dengue
    According to epidemiologists, the number of dengue patients has seen a drastic increase with over 8,000 dengue patients reported within the last month (January). The entire...
  • Parent, children close relationship vital
     The lack of access to sexual and reproductive health knowledge is one of the reasons for sexual health issues among youth in Sri Lanka. Following are the excerpts from...
  • Preventing COVID-19 and respiratory diseases
    The world started to suffer from COVID-19 at the end of 2019 and it hit Sri Lanka in early 2020.   Sri Lanka very successfully controlled the disease with one of...
  • Towards the Right Direction
    The Budget will be presented to Parliament by President Ranil Wickremesinghe today. But we are not talking about the Budget. We are talking about the first step taken by the...
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  • A rabid dog
    Rabies, fatal but preventable
    Here are excerpts from an interview conducted with Dr. Athula Liyanapathirana on Rabies. Dr. Liyanapathirana MBBS (Col) MSc, MD (Community Medicine) is a Consultant Epidemiologist attached to the...
  • Regular medical check-ups important to gain healthy ageing for women.
    Significant Contributions of Older Women
    It is well known that the life expectancy of women exceeds that of men by almost four years according to the latest statistics. However, women spend approximately twice as many years disabled prior...
  • The injured should be administered proper treatment as soon as possible.
    The Golden Hour
    World First Aid Day is observed on the second Saturday of September and this year it fell on September 10. The day raises awareness among the public about how first aid can save lives in case of...
  • When singing a song became a crime in 1989!
    There was a dark era in Sri Lanka that male and female journalists, artistes, scholars, heroic members of our Armed Forces, politicians etc. gunned down for doing their official work. During that...
  • One of the mosques attacked by the LTTE in Kattankudy.
    Bloodshed Within Sacred Walls
    The blood of our Muslim brothers had been shed in this precious land 32 years ago. Unfortunately, even after 32 years, some evil politicians are still trying to deceive the Muslim community because...
  • SLBC
    Untimely End of Prolific Lyricist and Broadcaster
    Samaraweera Mudalige Don Premakeerthi de Alwis (June 3, 1947 –July 31, 1989), commonly known as Premakeerthi de Alwis, was a highly popular and prominent Sri Lankan radio and television broadcaster...
  • Thevis Guruge
    A Distinguished Broadcaster whose Voice was Silenced
    Thevis Guruge was a distinguished broadcaster who was attached to (then) Radio Ceylon now Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC). He was the very first Sinhala Announcer with Radio Ceylon, the...
  • Aftermath of the LTTE train bombing in July 24, 1996.
    Terror on the rail tracks
    The Dehiwala train bombing was a terrorist attack carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the evening rush hour of July 24, 1996.The Dehiwala train bombing resulted in 64...
  • Torture, the most dreaded word in Sri Lanka 35 years ago
    June 26 is the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Torture, the infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering for a purpose, such as extracting information, coercing a...
  • Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government Minister and Leader of the House of Parliament Dinesh Gunawardena meeting UN Resident Coordinator in Srilanka Hanaa Singer.
    UN will play active role to help ease economic crisis - UN Resident Coordinator Hanaa Singer
    Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government Minister and Leader of the House of Parliament Dinesh Gunawardena met the UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka Hanaa...
  • Govt. employees at work.
    Towards a more productive Public Service
    Sri Lanka has 1.7 million Public Servants at present. But, Sri Lanka actually needs only 700,000 Public Servants. There is one Public Servant for every 18 Sri Lankans. The Sri Lanka Public Service...
  • The LTTE claymore mine attack on a bus in Kebithigollewa.
    16th Anniversary of LTTE Kebithigollewa and Katubedda bus bombings
    The Kebithigollewa massacre occurred on June 15, 2006 when nearly 70 civilians were killed by the LTTE claymore attack on a bus. The U.S and the SLMM claimed that LTTE was the perpetrator. The...
  • A bloody day painted by the LTTE
    A suicide bomber shattered Sri Lanka’s first-ever War Heroes day, killing C.V. Gunaratne, a Cabinet Minister and 20 other people on June 7th 2000 during a fundraiser for the families of slain War...
  • Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government Minister and Leader of the House of Parliament Dinesh Gunawardena
    Towards an Effective and Productive Public Service
    Whoever governs this country, one must understand that the Public Service is for the public. Perhaps this has been misunderstood over the years. Therefore, the numbers have increased but increasing...
  • The massacre recalled in sculpture inside the actual bus
    Poson month painted with blood in 1987
    The month of Poson (June) was soaked in blood in 1987 by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Thirty one (31) Buddhist Bhikkus were brutally murdered 35 years ago. All Sri Lankan patriotic...