Roshan Mahanama joins ‘Light a Future’ as Brand Ambassador
With the aim of securing the future of Sri Lanka’s vulnerable children amidst an economic crisis, cricketing personality Roshan Mahanama joined hands with the ‘Light a Future’ initiative as its Brand Ambassador. Mahanama is recognised for his humanitarian role, spearheading several social welfare and charity initiatives. He recently launched the Roshan Mahanama Trust (RMT), his [...]
SLFUW new office bearers appointed
Sri Lanka Federation of University Women held its AGM on December 10, at the Sri Lanka Federation of University Women (SLFUW) auditorium at Kitulwatte, Colombo 8. The office bearers for 2022/2023 are: n Executive council members President – Colonel (Retd) Dr Udula Krishnaratne Vice-President – Emeritus Professor Thakshala Serasinhe Vice-President – Dr Nirmali de Silva [...]
In search of a leader for Lanka
Thomas Jefferson, hailed as a great president of the United States of America, made many historic contributions to the development of the United States at its infancy and also wrote the Declaration of American Independence. He designed his own tombstone and wrote his own epitaph: Here was buried Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of [...]
Is a global recession really around the corner?
By Jeffrey Frankel, exclusively for the Sunday Times in Sri Lanka The world’s leading economists spent most of 2022 convincing themselves that, if the global economy was not already in a recession, it was about to fall into one. But with the year’s end, the global slump has been postponed to 2023. Clearly, the reports [...]