The age of transition commenced with the batch of 1960
When in 1960 the beautiful environs of Peradeniya University campus was enveloped with blossoming roses, and the trees were getting donned with flowers of all hues as 644 fresher-youngsters, entered the portals of this citadel of higher learning, perhaps, not quite aware that they were the first symbolic group representing Sri Lanka’s post-independent educational reforms. [...]
Why should the technicalities of the ban on plastic bags continue to concern the masses?
Improving the common man’s knowledge on the ban on polythene in Sri Lanka is a critical juncture that requires most of the investment in ensuring that the momentum of the ban does not dissipate. Even if ignorance is considered bliss, the quintessential element of successful enforcement of any environment regulation requires regular awareness. Hence, the [...]
Lanka chairs UN anti-slavery commemorative conference
In his capacity as Vice President of the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN, Ambassador Rohan Perera chaired a commemorative meeting of the General Assembly to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, held on March [...]
Pakistan High Commission celebrates 78th National Day
To celebrate the 78th National Day of Pakistan, the High Commission of Pakistan held a reception at Galadari Hotel, Colombo on Thursday. Primary Industry Minister Daya Gamage was the chief guest. In his welcome address, High Commissioner Shahid Ahmad Hashmat shed light on the historic Pakistan Resolution passed on March 23, 1940 and hailed the [...]
SLPI holds workshop on investigative journalism
The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) conducted a workshop from March 26 to 28 to train young journalists on the use of the Right to Information Act and data in investigative journalism. Indian Express investigative journalist Shyamlal Yadav (seated in the centre) was the key trainer at the workshop held at Hotel Ozo in Colombo. [...]
Sujatha Jayawardena memorial oration: Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas
India’s High commissioner Taranjit Singh Sandhu will deliver the 14th Annual Sujatha Jayawardena memorial oration on April 3 at the BMICH Committee Room B (Lotus) at 5.30 p.m. His lecture will be on the topic ‘Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas (Together We Progress): India-Sri Lanka relations in the Light of India’s Neighbourhood First Policy’. The event [...]
New Alexor College prize-giving
Western Provincial Councillor and Pragna Pradeepa Concept Initiator Jayantha de Silva was the chief guest at the prize giving ceremony of New Alexor International College, Maradana. The event was held at the Campbell Park, Borella.
Should tech companies be more tightly regulated?
WASHINGTON, DC – In the wake of recent high-profile tech scares, such as a fatality involving an Uber self-driving car and Facebook’s alleged mishandling of users’ personal data, stricter regulation of the industry – along the lines of, say, the financial sector – has become the policy question du jour. Stock-market values for leading tech [...]
The neglected solution to the TB crisis
BOSTON/GENEVA – In an age of rapid technological innovation, it is shameful that almost two million people will die from tuberculosis this year because they are too poor to afford treatment. Indeed, the reason why TB continues to take lives is simple: indifference. This indifference stems from the deadly delusion that TB is a disease [...]