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Good nutrition is currently the focus of attention in Sri Lanka with the Government determined to ensure that all segments of the population irrespective of class, creed or age have …

World Health Day, celebrated on April 7, 2025, will kick off a year-long campaign on maternal and newborn health. The campaign, titled Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures will urge governments and …

Childbirth groups have reacted angrily to advice that new mothers should take two hours of exercise a week and avoid using screens before bedtime in the three months after their …

In its 2014-2015 issue, the Journal of Buddhist Studies had carried am interesting paper on the “personality of the historical Buddha” by the Chinese scholar, Dr. Guang Xing. Dr. Guang, …

By nature, time is unfathomable and in politics, it becomes even more subtler. Time endured by politicians generally resonated across their political journeys and it is against this background that …

Two Friends on Many Roads: Travel Tales from Near and Far is a tastefully knitted collection of travel stories written by authors, Srianthi Perea and Romany Kadurugamuwa. Good travelogues are …

Mines, explosive remnants of war, and improvised explosive devices continue to cause death and injury, especially in situations of armed conflict. On average, one person is killed or injured by …

“History repeats itself, but in such a cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done” – Sydney J Harris Somar Wijayadasa’s memoirs, Our Divided World: …

On April 4, leaders from the seven countries surrounding the Bay of Bengal converged in Bangkok to chart a common future amid dramatic shifts in the global geopolitical landscape. This …

There is a sense of excitement in the air among car lovers in Sri Lanka, who are seeing brand new vehicles in the flesh (metal?) for the first time after …