Riaz Ismail Scholarship Fund felicitates its newest batch of scholarship recipients
The Riaz Ismail Scholarship Fund (RISF) held its annual scholarship awarding ceremony at the Mandarina Colombo recently, awarding 27 recipients with financial aid scholarships to enable them to continue their education. The event was held on the 80th birth anniversary of the late Riaz Ismail in whose tribute RISF was founded. The event, which celebrated [...]
Peradeniya University Alumni – Colombo Chapter annual get-together
The annual family get-together of the Alumni Association of the University of Peradeniya, Colombo Chapter will be held on Sunday, January 22 at Birds Park, Buthgamuwa Road, Rajagiriya. The day’s programme will commence at 9.30 am. There will be many entertainment events with live band performances, a raffle draw, and a buffet lunch. For details [...]
National Trust lecture on Sri Lanka’s biodiversity heritage
Serendipity: The Discovery of Sri Lanka’s Biodiversity Heritage by Dr Rohan Pethiyagoda Thursday, January 26 at 6 pm Link to join lecture: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81249396683 Sri Lanka’s natural wealth – its species and ecosystems – are celebrated in it being recognised as part of a global biodiversity hotspot. Yet, we rarely stop to wonder how this incredible [...]
Pakistan HC meets FCCISL, vows to work with member trade bodies
High Commissioner of Pakistan, Major General (R) Umar Farooq Burki HI (M), alongside Ms Asmma Kamal, Trade and Investment Attache, held a meeting with the newly elected President of FCCISL, Mr Keerthi Gunawardane and Board of Directors. The High Commissioner congratulated Mr Gunawardane on his new appointment and reaffirmed his commitment to continue working closely [...]
Donation of medical equipment to hospital
The Commercial Bank – Nuwara Eliya Branch has donated medical equipment worth eight lakhs to Nuwara Eliya Hospital. Mr Chamara Basnayake of the Nuwara Eliya hospital initiated this project with Senerath Jayasundara Senior Regional Manager of the Commercial bank and Hospital Director Dr Mahendra Seneviratne involved. The event was held at the Nuwara Eliya Hospital [...]
Sabry’s statement debunks ‘loud-mouthed nonsense’
A RESPONSE TO NEVILLE DE SILVA’S “THOUGHTS FROM LONDON” By Rear Admiral (Dr) Sarath Weerasekera VSV RWP USP, MPS This is a response to Neville De Silva’s (NS) article on “Loud-mouthed nonsense and our diplomessy” (The Sunday Times of December 25, 2022). In the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), an enhanced allocation for the “external [...]
China and the sovereign-debt bomb
By Anne O. Krueger, exclusively for the Sunday Times in Sri Lanka International capital flows have long been a major source of economic growth. Savings in higher-income countries have financed high-yielding investments in low-income countries, generating benefits for all. After World War II, capital flows under the Marshall Plan drove the rapid reconstruction of Europe, [...]
Aragalaya Vs aged parties
President Ranil Wickremesinghe last week expressed deep concern about the ‘violence in Brasilia’ while claiming that “Sri Lanka, not so long ago, experienced similar attempts by groups to overthrow democratic structures through unconstitutional means. Such hostilities are condemned and we stand in solidarity with the president, government and people of Brazil in this hour of [...]