SAITM to be run as public private partnership
Having read the article on the above subject appearing in the Sunday Time on July 30 2017, I thought of expressing my views as the only surviving clinical professor of the first private medical college in the country “North Colombo Medical College”(NCMC), which was put up by the college of general practitioners of Sri Lanka [...]
“Online Legal Information for Judges and Lawyers in the Information Age”
The following is an edited version of the Justice J.F.A.Soza Memorial Oration 2017 delivered by President’s Counsel K. Kanag-Isvaran at the Sri Lanka Judges Institute on August 11. Your Lordship the Chief Justice, Hon. Minister of Justice, Hon. Justices of the Supreme Court, Hon. President of the Court of Appeal, Hon. Justices of the Court [...]
Can South Korea save the day?
CAMBRIDGE – As North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump’s war of words escalates, Independence Day celebrations – commemorating the Korean Peninsula’s 1945 liberation from Japanese colonial rule – are unfolding in both North and South Korea. The occasion underscores not just the shared history between the two countries, but also the [...]
The Attorney General’s Department- damned if you do, damned if you don’t
The Attorney General’s Department has increasingly come under the spotlight in recent weeks particularly after the commission to inquire into the controversial Central Bank bond issues has started functioning. This is mainly due to the members of the AGs Department team succeeding in eliciting hitherto unknown aspects of the whole bond exercise before the commission [...]
Malays at Padang assist Boys Home
Sri Lanka Malay Association recently completed a meritorious project with the Islamic Boys Home for the Needy and Orphan Children in Ratmalana. The boys were entertained with high tea, games and music. Each of them was provided with a bed sheet, pillowcase, bath towel and a tea mug. Diana Rahaman Chairperson of the Women’s Affairs [...]
Sri Lanka co-hosts ‘Summer Youth Assembly’ at the United Nations
UNITED NATIONS – Sri Lanka’s Permanent Mission co-hosted the 20th Session of the ‘Summer Youth Assembly’, along with the Permanent Missions of Kenya and Portugal, in collaboration with the Friendship Ambassadors Foundation. The opening ceremony took place in the General Assembly Hall last week, and the event continued with a number of panel discussions and [...]
From chocs to to bags, at Palmyrah trade fair
Palm ice cream, palm yoghurt, palm cake or palm chocolate anyone? Offering more than traditional kotta kilangu and palm-leaf sourced handicrafts, is the three-day trade exhibition from August 25-27 at the Galle Face Green, presented by the Palmyrah Development Board (PDB). It will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The [...]
Fight against cancer: Doctor with Lankan roots leads team in research breakthrough
NEW YORK – A team of investigators, led by Dr Niroshana Anandasabapathy, a physician of Sri Lankan parentage and an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the Harvard Medical School, has discovered new insights into why the immune system fails to see cancer—even though “it hides in plain sight of the immune system”. The body’s natural [...]
Pakistan HC marks Independence anniversary with book launch
Pakistan’s Acting High Commissioner Sarfraz Ahmed Khan Sipra has said Pakistan and Sri Lanka have been linked since ancient times, a link which is now 2,300 years old. “In 1948, shortly after Independence of Sri Lanka, this link was revived and reborn when the founding father of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister D.S. Senanayake travelled to [...]
Prestigious award to Eng. Sam Perera
John Hilton, president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK awarded the prestigious Presidential Award to South Asia regional Chairman Eng. Sam Perera for meritorious services rendered to the institution and engineering. The presentation ceremony took place at the institution’s headquarters in Westminster, London. The incoming president, Carolyn Griffiths, awarded the International Strategy Board award [...]
Dambulla heritage site and UNESCO’s double standards
There is confusion, downright lies, and kowtowing to the West in the recent public discussions on Dambulla temple and its Pin Pettiya. The culprits are various uninformed personnel in the tourist and archaeological authorities. And the politicians, current and former, are not to blame. The battle was for the collections from tourists at Dambulla, a [...]