Lanka’s Rakitha, Senel win Queen’s Honours for changing the world
Britain’ Queen Elizabeth II presented young people from Sri Lanka with a Queen’s Young Leaders Award at Buckingham Palace, to honour Rakitha Malewana and Senel Wanniarachchi for their work in the fields of HIV/AIDS and social engagement. Prince Harry joined the Queen in congratulating the winners at this special ceremony. The Queen’s Young Leaders Awards [...]
Fundraiser for Mulleriyawa women’s ward
To raise funds for the renovation and improvement of conditions at the Mulleriyawa Mental Hospital women’s ward, a Sing Along will be held at the BMICH on Saturday July 15 from 7pm. This women’s ward has about 40 patients, most of whom have been isolated even by their families, while conditions for them are seen [...]
Dry food donation for flood victims
A large quantity of packets of dry food to be distributed among flood-affected people was handed over by Kandy Hotels Company Vice President Ranjan Peiris to Central Province Governor Niluka Ekanayake and Chief Minister Sarath Ekanayake. The donation was made on the instructions of Sanjeev Gardiner, the Group Chairman of the Galleface Hotel Management, after [...]
Come in your Bollywood best for a good cause and some fun
The Zonta Club 11 presents Bollywood Night on Friday July 7 at The Asylum at the Independence Arcade – the glamorous event is in aid of their project ‘Mithuru Piyasa’. Girls are invited to bring the men in their lives, and come in their best Bollywood outfits; there will be great food and wine and [...]
International Sea Sunday service
The Mission to Seafarers in Sri Lanka will celebrate the International Sea Sunday service at St. Peter’s Church, Fort, on Sunday, July 9 at 10.30 a.m. Officers and ratings from the Sri Lanka Army, Navy, Air Force and Police, diplomats, invitees and parishioners will be present. The preacher will be the Bishop of Colombo Rt. [...]
Kirulapone Mihindu Perahera
Sri Pushparama Viharaya in Kirulapone, Colombo, held its annual Mihindu Maha Perahera recently. Pragna Pradeepa Concept initiator and Western Provincial Councillor Jayantha de Silva is seen placing the Datu Karanduwa on a receptacle as the Chief Incumbent of the Viharaya, Ven. Elkaduwe Nagitha Thera, looks on.
Sri Lanka’s foreign policy in the face of a global shift
Opening address of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute Ravi Karunanayake, at the seminar on Emerging Issues in the Indian Ocean and Foreign Policy Forum It has been a little over a month since I became Foreign Minister. I am conscious that I have assumed an office and responsibilities previously [...]
Did Arab coalition threaten to pull out of UN in protest?
UNITED NATIONS – When Saudi Arabia – which has been spearheading a coalition of Arab states in a devastating war against Yemen since 2015 – was accused of bombing civilians, and particularly children caught up in the conflict, the government in Riyadh threatened to cut off humanitarian funding to the world body. As a result [...]
Shining stars in the dark clouds
With great apprehension of the peace loving citizens of all races and religions of Sri Lanka, that a racial and communal upheaval could erupt at any time due to the irresponsible utterances made against communities by politicians and religious representatives, the news of the Sri Jayewardenepura University’s Chancellor Prof. Ven. Medagoda Abayatissa Thera, leading 100 [...]
Keppitipola and Ehalepola: Roles played by two udarata national leaders of yore
The living descendents of the families of the Udarata nobility, and the other heroes who fought for independence from foreigners, as the British moved to annex Kanda Udarata, in the early 19th century, and also against the tyranny of the nayakkar rule, have now formed societies to reconstruct the lost respect of their kinsmen. Perhaps, [...]
Mosul’s fall won’t stop Islamic State spreading fear
(Reuters) – Iraqi officials have declared that Islamic State’s caliphate is finished. On June 29, after months of urban warfare and U.S. air strikes, Iraqi forces say they are on the verge of expelling the militants from their last holdouts in Mosul. “Their fictitious state has fallen,” an Iraqi general told state TV, after troops [...]