Constitutional comedy while going nuts over c-nuts and monkey politics
‘So, so, what’s happening’, is the inevitable question Sri Lankan journalists have been confronted with over the years. And it continues still. This is amazing considering the fact that politics is the sole interest of the majority of the populace. They watch the three daily newscasts of the main TV channels, listen to radio bulletins [...]
Two new books shed more light on lives and times of JR and Elena
Two volumes chronicling the lives of Sri Lanka’s first Executive President and his wife were launched at the BMICH on Tuesday. The biography of J. R. Jayewardene titled ‘Prajathanthravadaye Ekadhipathiya’ (A Dictatorship within a Democracy) was authored by Pradeep Jayewardene, grandson of the late President, while the shorter volume on Elena Rupasinghe Jayewardene ‘Elena: Charithayaka [...]
April Fifth 1971: High drama in Temple Trees
In the first volume of his autobiography titled ‘The Kandy Man’, veteran civil servant and politician Sarath Amunugama gives an eyewitness account to history in the making. As the octogenarian narrates significant events of the first five decades of his life in this work, we publish an extract from the book published by Vijitha Yapa [...]
New ambassador leads South Korea’s National Day celebration
The South Korean Embassy celebrated the National Foundation day of Korea yesterday. It is the first National Day celebration, since new Ambassador Woonjin Jeong assumed his post in Sri Lanka in July, 2020. Ambassador JEONG presented his credentials to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on September 30. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the embassy did not [...]
PM chief guest at SL China Society’s China Day ceremony
The Sri Lanka China Society, in coordination with the Chinese Embassy, celebrated the 71st National Day of China on September 28 at the BMICH. The chief guest was Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. Health Minister Pavitra Wanniarchchi, former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, and the Chinese Embassy’s chargé d’affaires Hu Wei participated as special guests. The keynote address [...]
Want a B or O kidney
W.M. Saman Prasanna Weerasinghe, 43, of Wewegama, Ambagahawatte, Uwaparanagama has been under treatment for a serious Kidney failure at Badulla Hospital. His Consultant Nephrologist Dr. Udana Ratnapala has recommended an urgent Kidney transplant. Those who wish to donate a B or O type kidney, please contact his relatives on 0770360756 or 0573571543.
Towards ‘housing for all’ through peoples’ participatory process
Watapuluwa Housing Scheme and the pioneer contribution of Minnette de Silva “In the past 75 years (from 1875 to 1950) the population of Ceylon has trebled. Yet typical living standards, while low in comparison with the West, have been maintained and almost certainly improved; at present they are among the highest in Southern Asia.” – [...]
The COVID-climate nexus
CAMBRIDGE – From early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, a common refrain has been, “At least maybe now we will get serious about addressing climate change.” One can certainly see the logic behind this thinking. The terrible toll the pandemic has taken should remind us of the importance of three things that are also necessary [...]