Ancient Parakarma Samudraya bund being lost to bricks and roads
Researcher calls for measures to protect archaeologically important “great reservoir” and artefacts connected to it By Wasantha Ramanayake The ancient Parakrama Samudraya’s bund which lies outside the boundaries of the present tank is being destroyed by villagers without knowing its archaeological value, a study carried out by a young researcher shows. Indika Manawadu, a self-thought [...]
Revlon Miss Sri Lanka for Miss Universe contestants in Kandy
The young hopefuls vying for the title of Revlon Miss Sri Lanka for Miss Universe were at Kandy’s historic Queen’s Hotel last week preparing for the pageant’s grand finale.
Special blessing for SL’s new UK HC
Sri Lanka’s new High Commissioner to the UK Amari Wijewardene commenced her duties by participating in a special blessings ceremony at the London Buddhist Vihara in Chiswick, The Vihara was established by the Anagarika Dharmapala in 1926 and is the oldest Buddhist temple in the UK. By Neville de Silva in London Sri Lanka’s new [...]
Thai investors meet President
A group of Thai investors met President Maithripala Sirisena recently. The group was led by Thailand’s Ambassador Nopporn Adchariyavanich and it included Siam City Cement Chief Executive Officer Siva Mahasandana and Vice President (Saraburi Operations) Amornasak Torot. Chandana Liyanage, Senior Vice President (Finance and Controlling), Mangala Yapa, Managing Director of Agency for Development, T.M.K.B. Tennakoon, [...]
Aloka Foundation collects 2500 kg of flood relief donations
By Minushi Perera Having seen the utter devastation caused by the floods in May this year, architect Chami Waduge now a British citizen was moved to help. She along with her husband Pradeep Samaratunga took the initiative to collect donations from London and send them to Sri Lanka. They launched the Aloka Foundation to conduct [...]
Police Hospital accused of negligence
Letter to the Editor This is a reply to the article, “Negative publicity cannot overshadow Police Hospital’s yeoman service” by Anton Jeyanathan The death of much respected Retired Senior DIG Leo Perera due to criminal negligence and the near death encounter of equally renowned retired Senior DIG Edward Gunawardene due negligence of a callous and [...]
Lanka’s Muslims and terrorism: the fact and the fiction
Text of the speech delivered by M.M Zuhair PC, former Member of Parliament and ambassador, at the felicitation ceremony for Ruwan Wijewardene MP, State Minister of Defence on August 5 at the Excellency, Colombo 6. The ceremony was organised by the Forum For National Unity (FFNU). Let me thank Mr. N.M. Ameen, President of the [...]
SDG: Working together for our common good
The following is the text of the Lakshman Kadirgamar 2016 Memorial Lecture speech by Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKIIRSS) in Colombo on Friday Thank you, for giving me this opportunity to speak about sustainable peace and development at this prestigious institute. The topic [...]
Three distinctive features inherent in Buddhism
The Buddha was an extremely intelligent human being with an enlightened wisdom above others. He lived an ordinary life with his disciples and preached to the intellectuals as well as the ordinary people on the reality of worldly things. The Buddha discovered the cause of suffering and how to escape from suffering. In his first [...]