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How to teach children and young people to swallow pills By Dr B.J.C.Perera, MBBS(Cey), DCH(Cey), DCH(Eng), MD(Paed), MRCP(UK), FRCP(Edin), FRCP(Lon), FRCPCH(UK), FSLCPaed, FCCP, Hony FRCPCH(UK), Hony. FCGP(SL) Specialist Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Senior Fellow, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Many parents and caregivers know to their cost that getting children, adolescents […]
By Uditha Devapriya The interpretation of historical chronicles presents an intriguing challenge for the modern scholar and writer. The main problem, as it stands, lies in terminology. Words present no challenge to the translator, but to the historian and the archaeologist, it is not enough to translate; it is more important to contextualise. That is […]
Some thoughts about electricity bills of religious places BY Dr Tilak Siyambalapitiya News this week that the electricity bill of a temple has increased from Rs 58,000 to Rs 300,00 per month, shows the weaknesses in the pricing structure that prevailed for decades, and the weakness that is propagated into the future by the new […]
I congratulate President Ranil Wickremesinghe, for his sagacity in the recent decision to declare several places in the City of Colombo and its neighborhood, as High Security Zones (HSZ). Who but the President needs high security? Who but the Prime Minister? Who but the 134 MPs of unblossomed (Pohottuva) beauty and fragrance, who will take […]