National Library renovation: Another side of the story
By Upali Amarasiri While appreciating the valuable article in your esteemed newspaper on November 13, kindly allow me to clarify matters as far as I understand them as chairman and member of the National Library Committee of the National Library and the Documentation Services Board (NLDSB) for many years. In January 2017, NLDSB was allocated [...]
Cricket’s heroes, zeroes and gender equality
They went as heroes. Came back as zeroes and were being obliterated from history but still survive with their fate swinging on a pendulum between fake patriots and politicians attempting to piggyback on them. The Sri Lanka cricket team, once the world champions, hit rock-bottom this year, losing around twenty matches not far apart. [...]
Danushka Affair and discipline in high places
The 2022 World Cup T20 cricket competition in Australia is now over. All that Sri Lankan Cricket has succeeded in doing there is to have the ignominy of leaving behind one of our cricketers – one of our selected national representatives – who has now obtained bail after languishing in an Australian jail awaiting [...]
National Trust lecture on Kotte’s history
‘Kotte: An Ancient Capital Under Destruction’ is the title of the lecture by Prasad Fonseka to be delivered as part of the monthly lecture series by the National Trust of Sri Lanka on Thursday, November 24 at 6 pm, online. The link to join the Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81391794975 Apart from Anuradhapura and Polonnaruva, Kotte was [...]
Sri Sathya Sai Baba 97th year celebrations
The Sathya Sai Centre Colombo will celebrate next week the 97th year of advent of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba with a series of events. It will hold a special programme on Wednesday, November 23, at Sai Mandir, Colombo 7 and Sivananda Nilayam, Colombo 6, and a public programme on Sunday, November 27, at Ramakrishna [...]
PM attends Water conference
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardana was the chief guest at the 28th Regional Council Meeting of the Global Water Partnership South Asia. The PM is seen here in conversation with the Regional Chair of the Global Water Partnership South Asia, Kusum Athukorala and other delegates.
Children’s painting competition
A painting competition for children organised by the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (formerly Indian Cultural Centre), High Commission of India, Colombo, will be held on Saturday, November 26 from 9 am to 1 pm at the Centre, 16/2 Gregory’s Road, Colombo 7. The competition is open to children born on or after January 1, 2007. [...]
Lanka Alzheimer’s Foundation’s annual sale
The Lanka Alzheimer’s Foundation (LAF), an approved charity dedicated to advocating and addressing the care of those diagnosed with dementia, is having its annual pre-Christmas sale to raise funds for its work. LAF invites you to help yourself to some delightful pre-Christmas shopping of women’s, men’s and children’s clothes and lingerie, and various food items [...]
Who pays for climate change?
If there is one issue that has taken centre stage at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), it is money. Delegates, climate activists, and the rapidly increasing number of private-sector attendees are discussing who should pay for climate change, and how. The focus on money is past due. While the annual climate [...]