Cheers to 20!
It’s been 20 years since the launch of the Journalism Awards for Excellence programme by The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka (TEGOSL) and as journalists from all three language media walked through a newspaper-lined canopy to the Ballroom of the Mount Lavinia Hotel on Tuesday for the much-anticipated annual awards, there was an air of [...]
Modi skips NAM Summits: India Opting out of Non-Alignment for American Alignment
It took India almost 44 years to shift from a mixed Nehruvian economy encompassing much of the Gandhian philosophy to an open economy with greater reliance on market forces and a larger role for the private sector. It took the balance of payment crisis of 1991 to make Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, an ex-Oxford economist, [...]
The last ‘Admiral’ from H.M.Cy.S. Coastal Forces
A Century ago a group of young British Naval Officers in Harwich wanted to build a small but fast attack motor boat which carried torpedoes. This idea materialised and the first six Coastal Motor Boats were delivered to the Royal Navy in 1919. Coastal Forces in 1940 was a division of the Royal Navy commanded [...]
A living saint who exemplifies humble leadership
I firmly believe that a person should be appreciated during his life time. Therefore, it is with a deep sense of gratitude and honour that I write this short biography of His Grace the Archbishop Emeritus Nicholas Marcus Fernando, while reflecting upon his holy and saintly qualities I have found in him. I have been [...]
Trump’s racist ban on Anti-Semitism
NEW YORK – US President Donald Trump thinks that anti-Semitism is a serious problem in America. But Trump is not so much concerned about neo-Nazis who scream that Jews and other minorities “will not replace us,” for he thinks that many white supremacists are “very fine people.” No, Trump is more worried about US college [...]
Fights of his life: Notes from a champion boxer’s diary
It is rarely that sports personalities choose to express themselves in prose or poetry. A rarity locally could be found in an autobiography ‘A Moment in Reckoning’ authored by a former champion amateur southpaw boxer Wazir Sourjah. Sourjah expresses himself by sourcing facts and information from his personal diaries! He claims to have diarised life [...]
Award-winning Bangladeshi film on ITN tonight
To mark the 48th Victory Day of Bangladesh that falls on December 16 (tomorrow), the Bangladesh High Commission in Colombo has arranged to telecast a contemporary feature film “Kingdom of Clay Subjects” on ITN tonight at 10 p.m.. The 88 minute film that falls under the genre of family drama, is about a 10-year-old boy, [...]
Takes oaths as all-island JP
P. J. Trevor Gamini Perera of 584/8 Subha Sadaka Mawatha, Arawwala, Pannipitiya took his oaths before Gangodawila Additional Magistrate H.U.K. Pelpola as an all-island Justice of Peace on November 27. Mr. Perera works as an additional manager at Wijeya Newspapers Limited. He is a member of the trustee board of the Arawwala Egodawatte Shri Wijeyanandarama [...]
Uttama Pooja at Gothami Viharaya
An Uttama Pooja religious ceremony was held to mark the birthday of the Ven. Omalpe Sumanaratna Thera, the chief incumbent of the Gothami Viharaya at Narahenpita. Former Western Provincial Councillor and Pragna Pradeepa founder Jayantha de Silva is seen presenting a set of books to the thera.