International Tennis star Tim Henman visits Foundation of Goodness
Celebrated tennis star and former British No. 1 Tim Henman was in Sri Lanka in late December 2017 not only to enjoy the delights the country had to offer during the holiday season, but to also get in touch with his philanthropic side with a visit to The Foundation of Goodness at its project headquarters- [...]
AIS organises Inter International Schools Tennis Awards
The Asian International School organised Inter International Schools Tennis Award ceremony was held at the Asian International School last Tuesday. Former Sri Lankan Tennis star T. Dineshkanthan graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and distributed the awards. Elizebeth Moir International School clinched the championship in the Boys ‘A’ category and the Asian International School [...]
Peter House champs at OKI International School Inter-House Sports Meet
Peter House with 234 points emerged champion House at the OKI International School, Wattala Inter House Sports Meet 2018 successfully concluded at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium, Diyagama recently. Peter House had a clean sweep at the meet with a lead of 42 points against the First Runner-up John House scoring 192 points. Lucia House with [...]
Jithara comes out with flying colours
Jithara Warnakulasuriya of Ladies College, Colombo came out with flying colours winning the Girls Under-15 and 18 Singles titles at the Western Province Table Tennis Association organised Western Province Ranking Table Tennis Championship 2017 concluded at the S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium, Mount Lavinia recently. The Boys’ Under-18 was clinched by Royalist Lasen Githmal defeating [...]
Rugby lays its foundation in Kuliyapitiya
Starting off the New Year on a successful note, Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR), in its ‘Get Into Rugby’ initiative, took the sport to Kuliyapitiya by successfully conducting their first training camp with a record participation of over 800 school children. The ‘Get Into Rugby’ initiative is a concept introduced by World Rugby in their respective [...]
British School in Colombo receives bowling machine
The British School in Colombo (BSC) received a cricket bowling machine through the courtesy of the BSC Parent Teachers’ Association (PTA) during a ceremony held at the school premises recently. Former Sri Lanka Captain Mahela Jayawardene inaugurated the cricket bowling machine in the presence of BSC Principal Dr. John Scarth and BSC Cricket Coach Aruna [...]
Rotaract Champions League: Redefining friendship via competitive sport
Rotaract District 3220 Sri Lanka and Maldives is the local youth counterpart of the globally renowned Rotary International which was the main change maker in relation to the eradication of Polio from the world. ‘Rotaract’ stands for ‘Rotary in Action’ and highlights the need to empower young men and women to be the influencers of [...]
EDEX Exhibition at the BMICH
Students attending the EDEX Exhibition at the BMICH, an annual Career Fair & Exhibition organised by the Royal College Union, on Friday (19). Pic by Amila Gamage
Schools sans potable water will be provided same this year: MoE
All schools with no proper source of drinking water will be provided drinking water facilities within the year, under a programme drawn up by the Ministry of Education (MoE). The MoE has identified 1,223 schools which have no drinking water source within the school, and currently rely on wells or streams in the neighbourhood, as [...]
Over Rs 2,700m allocated for ‘Nearest school, the best school’: Ed.Min. The Ministry of Education (MoE) allocated over Rs 2,700 million for the development projects launched under the concept ‘Langama pasala, hondama pasala’, (The nearest school, the best). The MoE started this project in May 2016, based on a concept of Minister of Education Akila Viraj Kariyawasam. The MoE believes this programme will provide a successful solution to the issue of parents seeking popular schools for their children. “The primary purpose of this project is to develop the infrastructure facilities of all the schools, construct new buildings and identify reconstruction mainly in 282 National schools and 9,063 Provincial schools under this project”, the MoE said in a press release.
xThe Ministry of Education (MoE) allocated over Rs 2,700 million for the development projects launched under the concept ‘Langama pasala, hondama pasala’, (The nearest school, the best). The MoE started this project in May 2016, based on a concept of Minister of Education Akila Viraj Kariyawasam. The MoE believes this programme will provide a successful [...]
SAMAGE Centre at Kalubowila Hospital
The Medical Faculty of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura recorded a significant achievement with the (SAMAGE) being established within the Colombo South Teaching Hospital (Kalubowila Teaching Hospital) under the professorial unit in Obstetrics & Gynecology, University Sri Jayewardenepura. The SAMAGE centre is the first of its kind in all of South Asia. The Centre has [...]
Diploma in Journalism Applications close Jan.25
The Closing Date for the submission of applications for the Diploma in Journalism Programme conducted by the Journalism Unit, University of Colombo, has been extended to Jan.25. This Diploma programme primarily, provides basic knowledge, both theoretical and practical, and includes a wide range of academic concerns specifically in the area of Journalism and Media Studies. [...]
Rs 12m worth Audio Visual Studio for Sri Palee Campus from Japan
An agreement to establish an audio visual studio equipped with modern cameras, valued at Rs 12 million, was signed by the Ambassador of Japan in Sri Lanka Kenichi Suganuma, and Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo (UoC), Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, at College House of the University of Colombo this week. This project is [...]
Peradeniya Uni. Graduates have overseas exposure: Prof Abeyratne
University of Peradeniya (UoP), International Affairs Office Director Professor Anoma Abeyratne said that, since 2010, the Center has been offering UoP Graduates opportunities to establish contacts and also receive overseas education for the benefit of the University. Prof Abeyratne said there had been continual exchange programmes and long study programmes of Graduates for the benefit [...]
Thai Pongal in Batticaloa
Batticaloa District Secretariat and 14 AGA Divisions celebrated Thai Pongal in Batticaloa this week. District Secretary M. Uthayakumar was the Chief Guest at the occasion. Eastern University’s Swami Vipulananda Aesthetic Studies Institute and St Vincent Girls’ School Pupils took part in the event. Pix by Deva Achchdan.
Phase II Training Course of SL Scout Association
Phase II Training Course was held from Jan.12-14, at the Hunumulla CWW Kannangara Central College, with about 50 Scout and Cub Masters from various Districts participating. The Training Course was conducted by Sri Lanka Scout Association, Negombo District Branch, Assistant District Commissioner of Training, Senarathlal Wickramasinghe as the Course Director, with the assistance of the [...]