President, Academy of Health Professionals, Ravi Kumudesh, yesterday (22), alleged that the National Medicines Regulatory Authority’s (NMRA) decision to suspend...
Amidst the ongoing controversy over the suspension of several batches of Indian manufactured Ondansetron Injection USP 8 mg/4 mL (Batch...
Sri Lanka’s national mental health helpline has received 19,000 calls recorded during the past nine months alone, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) says. This...
Sri Lanka opened their account at the Women’s World Cup after their league clash against defending champions Australia was washed out at R. Premadasa Stadium on...
The Sri Lanka Navy on Friday (03) entered into an agreement with the local representatives of two foreign Private Maritime Security Companies (PMSCs) to facilitate the...
The Provincial Council elections would be held before the Sinhala and Tamil New Year in 2026, a government spokesperson said, adding that the government was planning...
A group of civil society organisations and activists have condemned, what they called, the surveillance, harassment, and intimidation, of Mullaitivu-based journalist Kumanan Kanapathipillai. The following is...
Monday 6th October, 2025 Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has returned his official bulletproof vehicle in compliance with a government directive, according to the Opposition. There has...
The Aluthkade Magistrate’s Court yesterday granted permission to the Western Province North Crime Division to detain and question the brother-in-law of underworld figure Nedungoda Nirmala Prasanna,...
Sri Lanka’s long-delayed effort to curb plastic pollution must now move from talk to tangible action, says Hemantha Withanage, Executive Director of the Centre for Environmental...
Children around the world are being relentlessly targeted by the ultra-processed food and beverage industry, according to a new UNICEF report that warns of a deepening...
The time has come for the Sri Lankan intelligentsia to admit, grudgingly as it may be, that Buddhism has come to a crisis state just as...
A fatal road accident at Kananwila, on the Horana–Moragahahena Road, claimed the lives of a young married couple on Saturday (04) afternoon. The victims, a 24-year-old...
The Valley in Bloom The air is crisp and thin atop Horton Plains, the morning mist curling like breath over the rolling patanas. Then, as the...