Top Nanopore expert is Sri Lankan
Seated in the lobby of a Colombo hotel on Thursday morning, having a long and leisurely chat, on the low table is a laptop, a spectacle case and a small grey-silver rectangular box. Not much notice have I given the box, assuming that it is a personal item when Dr. Lakmal Jayasinghe pulled it out [...]
With flying in her genes she gives wing to her dreams
After four months skimming the earth’s lonely horizon in a small Shark ultralight aircraft, Zara Rutherford in Colombo’s December glare looks exhausted yet elated. Having broken her epic journey briefly in Ratmalana last Tuesday, Zara, just 19 years and still with the candour of a teenager that camouflages her inner steel – has less than [...]
Appreciations
He fought Mandela’s fight with spiritual, selfless and fearless zeal Archbishop Desmond Tutu As angels in their flight would surely have carried the soul of Archbishop Desmond Tutu to his well-earned eternal rest on his passing earlier this week, no tribute is greater than that of Nelson Mandela’s who in his memoirs wrote on the [...]
Planning to get your life together in 2022?
A new year has dawned and one sure resolution that many of us may have made is that we are going to get our lives together and be more organised in 2022. One way of helping yourself on this journey would be to get a planner and some women entrepreneurs have been thinking ahead and [...]
Over 50 local and foreign artists to explore ‘Language is Migrant’
Exploring the theme ‘Language is Migrant’ the Colomboscope Festival to be held from January 20-30, 2022, across multiple venues in the city, will unveil an exciting and engaging array of artistic encounters. Originally scheduled for January 2020, the seventh edition of the interdisciplinary arts festival which has been many months in the planning was shifted [...]
Pomegranate: Why we should eat more of it
Pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit full of nutritional factors – each part of the fruit having a high medicinal value. It can be cultivated in both cold and hot climates, provided there is a good water supply. In Sri Lanka, pomegranate cultivation can be seen mainly in dry zones and it takes six-eight years [...]
RCGP honours Dr Preethi Wijegoonewardene
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) of the UK, honoured well known General Practitioner Dr. A.D.P.A. Wijegoonewardene, with one of its most prestigious awards ‘The International President’s Medal’. The International President’s Medal is given only occasionally for meritorious commitment and service to the development of general practice or family medicine in their country. Dr. [...]
RASSL holds Prof. Ariyapala Memorial Lecture
The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka will hold the “Prof. M.B. Ariyapala Memorial Lecture” on Monday, January 3, at 7 p.m. It will be delivered by Prof. Kusuma Karunaratne, Professor Emeritus, University of Colombo in Sinhala. Those interested could join via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81081449690? pwd=cUV2Z