NEO-NATAL UNIT LACKS FACILITIES
The most advanced Neo-natal Unit (NNU) of the country located at the Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital (LRH) that caters to extremely under weight babies is facing difficulties to continue its work in keeping with the expected high standards due to …
DRIVING THEM OUT WILL WORSEN THE HUMAN-JUMBO CONFLICT
Over 70% of elephants in Sri Lanka live outside the national parks. That is why some 200 elephants and about 50 people die each year due to the human-elephant conflict, elephant expert Dr. Prithiviraj Fernando said yesterday. Dr. Fernando said …
Teacher arrested for punishing grade 9 student
A Horana school teacher who had allegedly given 20 canings and slapped a grade 9 schoolboy was taken into custody by the police and produced before Horana Chief Magistrate Mahinda Ranasinghe. The female teacher was released on personal bail of …
Sri Lankan Muslim Patriots’
As a Muslim aged 74 years, I consider it to be my duty and obligation having closely associated with eminent and respected members of our citizenry, to place on record indelibly services rendered by citizens of Sri Lanka over the …
LOW-INCOME HOUSES SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED:PM
Houses of low-income earners in the City of Colombo should be demolished so as to build a beautiful City, Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne told in parliament. The prime minister who was speaking during the debate on the Housing Development Finance …
IUSF condemns military shramadana in universities
Inter University Students Union (IUSF) condemns the military shramadana underway at universities islandwide, the IUSF spokesperson Sanjeewa Bandara said yesterday. “First it was the military training, then they sent ex-military men as security to the universities and now they are …
Adoption a better option to abandoning a child
The Probation and Childcare Department today appealed to mothers who abandon their children due to economic and social reasons to hand over their children to the department for adoption and to refrain from taking their children’s lives or abandoning them …
Prices of cigarettes increased
Prices of cigarettes were increased with effect from midnight yesterday. Gold Leaf, Benson and Pall Mall increased by Rs.2, while Dunhill by Rs.3, the Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) said.
TITUS THOTAWATTE
TITUS THOTAWATTE: GENTLE REBEL BEHIND CHEERY- LOOKING, BEARDED MAN These words would have been printed when he was alive. It makes very little sense to write a page-long praise in the name of someone who has made his exit from …
POLITICAL CULTURE NEEDS TO BE CHANGED: CHAMPIKA
Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) General Secretary and Minister of Power and Energy Patali Champika Ranawaka said the political culture should be changed to overcome incidents such as the Mulleriyawa shooting. “Since the government has a clear majority this is a …
