Singular American honour for Sri Lanka
The Los Angeles City Council issued a proclamation this week, declaring a Sri Lanka Day. The Council will fly the Sri Lanka flag at the City Hall in Los Angeles On August 26 — the designated day. It is a singular honour bestowed on Sri Lanka in recognition of the contribution made by the Sri [...]
The Royalists and the Citroën project
My father, the late Anil Moonesinghe (whom I shall hereon refer to as “Anil”, for the sake of brevity) became Chairman of the Ceylon Transport Board (CTB) in 1970. He had many state assets coming under his purview, including the huge workshops at Werahera, possibly the biggest in South Asia, as well as the workshop [...]
Lionel Wendt, Harold Peiris and the early days of the Lionel Wendt Theatre
The Lionel Wendt Memorial Fund (LWMF) together with the ESME Trust will commemorate Lionel Wendt’s 75th death anniversary on December 19 at the Lionel Wendt Memorial Theatre, at 7 p.m, with a programme on Lionel Wendt, Harold Peiris and the early days of the Lionel Wendt Theatre. Lionel Wendt, who died at the young age [...]
Absorbing journey through Batticaloa
All of retired diplomat Sarala Fernando’s six books reflect her abiding love for the land and this volume, which is a companion to the earlier book on Mannar, presents the interested reader with a wide sweep of the region that was named Mattakalappu in Tamil and Madakalapuwa in Sinhala, from the Portuguese of ‘muddy swamp [...]
Award-winning Russian all female choir at Christmas Choir Festival at Cinnamon Lakeside
Award-winning Russian all female choir Alye Parusa, directed by Elena Volodina, will star in a Christmas musical celebration by the lake, as Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo presents the Children’s Christmas Choir Festival on December 13 and 14 from 7 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. at the Pool Terrace. The Choir Festival is curated by Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo [...]
Julius & Creasy marks 140th anniversary today
Well-known law firm Julius & Creasy marks its 140th anniversary this year and a celebratory dinner for staff will be held today, Sunday, December 8, at the Galadari Hotel, Colombo.
Lu Yao, piano virtuoso, to perform with the Chamber Music Society of Colombo
The Chamber Music Society of Colombo’s December 18 con-cert at the Lionel Wendt Theatre, is a Piano recital by the young Chinese-born Lu Yao. An award-winning graduate of the élite Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, Lu Yao is currently a member of its piano faculty. In 2006, Lu Yao was awarded first place in [...]
Honouring popular singer Sunil Edirisinghe on his 70th b’day
A felicitation ceremony in honour of popular singer Sunil Edirisinghe will be held at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Colombo, at 3 p.m. on December 19 which is also his 70th birthday. The ceremony presided over by legendary musician Dr. Victor Ratnayaka marks the five-decade musical journey of Sunil. The milestones of this journey will [...]
Achieving social justice through the Rule of Law
ACHIEVING SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH THE RULE OF LAW By Maithri Panagoda 23 November 2019 Introduction I am indeed proud and honoured to be here today on this stage exactly 50 years after I left Ananda College to enter the Law Faculty of the then University of Ceylon. It was the year [...]
World powers, arms dealers must leave Middle East, says Cardinal
Many years ago Colombo’s Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith as a young student spent almost a year in Jerusalem, Palestine, studying the holy scripts. Addressing a Christmas event at the Palestinian embassy last Sunday, the Cardinal recalled meeting Palestinians whose houses had been demolished and who were subjected to oppression. He said he saw Palestinian men [...]
Presidents versus the press
CARACAS – US President Donald Trump has labelled news outlets the “enemy of the people.” Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has called journalists “putrid” and “immoral,” and accused them of mounting “sensationalist attacks” against him. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (known as AMLO) has labelled them “nobodies, conservatives, know-it-alls, hypocrites,” as well as “fifí” (bourgeois, [...]
Eight Norms for Stability in Cyberspace
CAMBRIDGE – In little more than a generation, the Internet has become a vital substrate for economic, social, and political interactions, and it has unlocked enormous gains. Along with greater interdependence, however, come vulnerability and conflict. Attacks by states and non-state actors have increased, threatening the stability of cyberspace. In November, at the Paris Peace [...]