Health unions on strike for 2nd day today
The token strike launched by 16 non-medical health sector trade unions (TUs), including those of the nursing and paramedical services, public health inspectors (PHIs), and medical laboratory technolog Read More »
National oil and gas company to be set up
Commercial production from Mannar seabed M3 Block basins in the pipeline Read More »
The disciplinarian of the House
Sri Lanka’s Parliament is an interesting, yet highly serious place, and what those who were sent to Parliament by the public say and do is what gives the Parliament such qualities. Sometimes, they mak Read More »
Two years on, escalating assault on freedoms by the administration
Two years on from the election of Gotabaya Rajapaksa as President of Sri Lanka, the state of civic freedoms in the country continues to regress. Research undertaken by the CIVICUS Monitor organisation Read More »
The harvest of the six-month chemical fertiliser import ban
Bringing to an end months-long disputes, uncertainty and protests, Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage yesterday (24) announced that the Government has decided to renege on its plan to estab Read More »
Assault victims may require medical help for post-traumatic stress syndrome: Matara study
Victims of assaults should be made aware that they may need to seek medical help for both anxiety and depression which may follow an assault, as the symptoms of post-traumatic stress syndrome can be b Read More »
Do vaccines protect against long Covid?
Physiotherapist David Putrino’s neurological rehabilitation clinics used to treat about 50 people each week with conditions such as chronic pain, Parkinson’s disease, and sports injuries. Then came lo Read More »