The problem begins in the womb: Sri Lanka’s nutrition gains at risk
By Dr Ruben Thurairajah In the late 1980s, British doctor David Barker startled the medical world with a simple claim: the illnesses we face in adulthood often begin in the womb. Babies born small or undernourished, he showed, carried higher risks of heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes decades later. Low birth weight, Dr [...]
The Judicial Application of Human Rights Law translated into Mandarin
Dr Nihal Jayawickrama’s pioneering book entitled “The Judicial Application of Human Rights Law” was published by Cambridge University Press in 2002 and reprinted in 2006. A revised and updated second edition was published in 2017. That 1285-page second edition has now been translated into Mandarin and published in China jointly by Cambridge University Press and [...]
Sri Lanka faces rising ICE crisis as heroin declines
By K.A.D.C.Kodithuwakku, Deputy Government Analyst Sri Lanka is grappling with a major shift in its drug landscape, as methamphetamine has overtaken heroin as the most prevalent illicit narcotic in the country. A decade-long study by the Government Analyst’s Department (GAD) reveals alarming new patterns in drug trafficking, consumption, and purity levels, underscoring the urgent need [...]
A Formula for safe and joyful driving: The 3Cs
By Prof. Kolitha H. Sellahewa The scale of road traffic accidents is alarming and has resulted in many preventable deaths and disabilities. It is essential for all road users to adhere to the Highway Code and take responsibility to prevent road accidents. Poor standards in the mushrooming driving schools and corruption in the issue of [...]
Destination Sri Lanka: Focus on Vision 2030
By Nazimudeen Saleem The newly elected government of Sri Lanka has been in office almost a year but it seems too early to gauge their performance yet. However, it seems things move in the right direction. The current economic growth trend beats expectations, and much of the essential works undertaken by the previous administration of [...]
Qatar attack: Why our Foreign Ministry refuses to name “Israel”
By Rauff Hakeem, leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry has demonstrated once again not just how incapable it is of distinguishing between an occupier and the occupied, or between an air attack and an incident, or even worse, between mercenary behaviour and solidarity with victims. It has also exposed the [...]
Rosen Tours unveils website and new brand identity
Rosen Tours Pvt Ltd, the destination management arm of the Mandara Group of Hotels, launched its new website (www.rosentours.com) and refreshed brand identity at a event titled ‘Reimagined – Rosen Tours’ held at ‘The Ocean Lounge’. Established in 1999, Rosen Tours has built a reputation as one of Sri Lanka’s leading Destination Management Companies (DMC). [...]
LKIIRSS participates in CICA think tank forum in Azerbaijan
The Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKIIRSS) represented Sri Lanka at the 13th meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) Think Tank Forum, held from September 9-10, in Baku, Azerbaijan. The forum, on the theme “Resonance of Development and Security: Regional Cooperation and Governance in [...]
‘Krishanthi’s Footsteps’ – Book launch
Journalist Ratnapala Gamage’s Krishanthi’s Footsteps (Krishanthige Adipare) book will be launched at Colombo National Library’s main auditorium on Wednesday, September 17, at 2.30 pm. The guest speaker would be Additional Solicitor General of the Attorney General’s Department Sumathi Dharmawardena, PC. “Krishanthige Adipare” is the second book authored by Mr Gamage. His first book was Ranabime [...]
The Church of St John the Evangelist Panadura 150th Jubilee Year
The church stands by the waters of the Bolgoda river, overlooking the railway bridge and the sea and is referred to as the church by the river or “Ganga langa Palliya”. Its neon cross shines at night as a beacon, symbolising hope. This also ties in with the name of the town, Panadura or “lamp [...]
‘MSF Scientific Days Asia 2025’ on Friday
The ‘MSF Scientific Days Asia 2025’ conference scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka next Friday, September 19, at the Galadari Hotel in Colombo, will be different from the norm. Organised by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF/Doctors Without Borders), on the theme ‘Co-Creating Health: Listening, Learning, Leading: Community Voices in Healthcare Innovation’, this globally-recognised platform brings [...]
APHNH unites private hospitals at national gathering
The Association of Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes of Sri Lanka (APHNH), the recognised representative body of the nation’s private healthcare sector, hosted its first national gathering, under the theme “Beyond Competition – Future Through Partnerships” with the participation of over 150 representatives from private hospitals across the country at the Waters Edge. APHNH President [...]
Globalisation is dead, but planetarization has yet to be born
By Bertrand Badré, Project Syndicate, Exclusive to the Sunday Times in Sri Lanka PARIS – In November 1985, during their first summit in Geneva, US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev slipped away from the official proceedings to speak privately. Only years later did we learn what they discussed. Gorbachev told the broadcaster [...]