Easter carnage: Time to put our differences aside
Nine days before the Easter bombings took place in Sri Lanka my husband, Darron Henricus, captured the image shown here while we were camping with a friend. All three of us saw the faces of three people in the red-hot scalding heat frozen with horror. They appeared to clutch one another while trying to escape [...]
Facebook’s Libra must be stopped
NEW YORK – Facebook has just unveiled its latest bid for world domination: Libra, a cryptocurrency designed to function as private money anywhere on the planet. In preparing the venture, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been in negotiations with central banks, regulators, and 27 partner companies, each of which will contribute at least $10 million. [...]
Tragedy of errors: Parliamentary Select Committee not exempt
The Sunday Times June 9th issue editorial, written with a legal mind, is spot on with regard to what happened on Easter Sunday, and what needs to be done in the interests of the citizens of this country, when it wrote, “What happened on Easter Sunday, however, smacks of criminal negligence on the part of [...]
Implementing accessibility in public spaces
Imperative national need Investment for business sector The Supreme Court on April 18, 2019 ordered six ministries, their secretaries, and three Government authorities, to take immediate measures to enforce in the design and construction of all new buildings the public would use, features that would make them easy to use by persons with restricted mobility. [...]
Democratic freedoms cannibalise democracy
There were only a few adherents to Voltaire’s avowal , ‘I disapprove of what you say but I will defend to death your right to say it’, standing by it, after Mangala Samaraweera dropped that hybridised ethno- religious bomb about Sri Lanka not being a Sinhala-Buddhist country. Defenders of democracy are dime a dozen in [...]
Low-carb diets could reduce diabetes, heart disease and stroke risk
Eating a low-carb diet could make you healthier even if you don’t lose weight because of it, a study has found. Researchers discovered people could reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke simply by cutting down on carbohydrates. Metabolic syndrome, a combination of high blood pressure, obesity and high levels of [...]
Scientists prove a vacation is good for your health ‘because it cuts your risk of heart disease’
Whether it’s relaxing on a beach, hiking or camping, holidays are something we all look forward to. And now a study has found getting out of the office or away from home is good for our hearts. Scientists discovered the more vacations a person takes over a year, the less likely they are to develop [...]
Puttalam Base Hospital gets state-of-the-art incubator
Medical Aid to Sri Lanka, UK in collaboration with Inner Wheel Club of Colombo West presented the Puttalam Base Hospital with a state-of-the-art incubator worth Rs. 2 million for its Paediatric Ward, on June 19. The hospital has been struggling to manage with just one incubator for the past five years. Medical Aid to Sri [...]
National Trust lecture on the history of Lankan banknotes
“Lankan banknotes from 1785 to modern” will be the subject of the National Trust lecture by Dr. Kavan Ratnatunga, Numismatist at 6.30p.m. on Thursday June 27. The lecture will be held at the HNB Auditorium, 22nd Floor, HNB Towers, 479 T.B. Jayah Mawatha, Colombo 10. The lectures are strictly for National Trust members only due [...]
Donation of school items
Pragna Pradeepa founder and the UNP’s Borella electorate organiser Jayantha de Silva donated school items to the Sahana Mithuru Sangamaya in Kirinda, off Tissamaharama. The items included school bags, books and chairs.
Urgent appeal for kidney
Mrs J.P. Sunethra Dilhani, 46, of Katuneriya is in end-stage kidney failure and needs a transplant urgently. Her blood group is O positive and she needs a kidney from a donor whose blood group is O. She is being treated by Dr. A.L.M. Nazar, Consultant Nephrologist at the National Hospital, Colombo. Her husband W. Rohan [...]