USAID, SLTA launch influencer campaign to boost tourism
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Indo Pacific Opportunity Project (IPOP) and Sri Lanka Tourism Alliance (SLTA) recently launched a social media Influencer campaign to support efforts to increase Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals. The campaign will be conducted by a team of 10 global influencers with followers from top tourism markets, including the [...]
Bhawana maddyasthanaya for Sri Maha Vihara in Pamankada
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunwardena on Friday (Binara Poya) declared open the newly constructed meditation hall (bhawana maddyasthanaya) of the Sri Maha Vihara in Pamankada, Colombo constructed by US based Dr Mohan Kumararatna and Mrs Savithri Kumararatna in memory of the parents of Dr Kumararatna. The civil engineers of the Sri Lanka Navy were involved in [...]
Rajeev Amarasuriya appointed Country Representative CLEA
Attorney-at-Law Rajeev Amarasuriya has been appointed as the Sri Lanka Country Representative of the Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA). Founded in 1971, the CLEA is a Commonwealth-wide body with regional chapters and committees in South Asia, Southern Africa, West Africa, the Caribbean and the UK, and promotes high standards of legal education in the Commonwealth. [...]
Royal Commonwealth Society celebrates 75th anniversary
The prestigious Royal Commonwealth Society-Sri Lanka Branch celebrated its Diamond Jubilee in style recently at the California Grill, Galadari Hotel in Colombo. The AGM and a Gala sit-down dinner for the High Commissioners accredited to Sri Lanka and the RCS members followed. Australian High Commissioner Paul Stephens was the Chief Guest. Ifthikhar Aziz was elected [...]
ACBOA president re-elected
Newton Kumarasiri was elected President of the All Ceylon Bakery Owners’ Association (ACBOA) for the next five years. Mr Kumarasiri has held the post twice before and has done much for the betterment of bakery owners islandwide.
Visiting Hainan China business delegation
The International Business Council hosted a visiting Hainan China business delegation on September 24. Leader of the delegation Li Mo, Head of General Office of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Hainan Sub-council exchange gift with Kosala Wickramanayake President of International Business Council.
Who will pay back the countless ‘billion-dollar debts’?
This columnist’s living memory stretches over many decades, with jokers on platforms at every given opportunity pledging their solemn commitment to do their utmost and invest in the development and welfare of the nation’s children. Their commitments were made not only on political platforms but also on school-prizegiving stages, before the religious faithful, and of [...]
Internet scammers and political tricksters
LONDON – I am not proud of this, but like many others, I have fallen victim to an online scam. This has never happened to me before, and the experience left me feeling so ashamed that I told very few people about it. To be sure, I am far from alone in this. Nearly 43 [...]