Small businesses, tourism stakeholders, attend Learning Expo in Pasikudah
Small business operators in the tourism industry acclaimed the Sustainable Niche Tourism Learning Expo conducted by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) at Amaya Hotel and Resort in Pasikudah recently. “It was a truly engaging event – the learning sessions were highly beneficial, equipping us with valuable [...]
Rotary Clubs of Japan and Sri Lanka join for ETU project at National Hospital
The Rotary Clubs of Hamamatsu South and the Rotary Club of Colombo West implemented a joint project to transform the Emergency Treatment Unit (ETU) at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka. The project is spearheaded by Rtn Lalaka Silva, a Lankan resident in Japan, President of the Rotary Club of Hamamatsu South who is the [...]
Rotary International President Gordon R Mclnally in Sri Lanka
Rotary International President Gordon R Mclnally arrived in Sri Lanka Tuesday on a four -day visit. Rotary District Governor Jerome Rajendram recieved him at the Bandaranaike International Airport. His visit aims to strengthen ties and foster collaboration between Rotary International and the Rotary community in Sri Lanka. Mclnally addressed the youth organisations of Interact and [...]
A people with short memories
Velupillai Prabhakaran once quipped that the people of this country have short memories. I have lived long enough in Sri Lanka to realise that Prabhakaran’s observation was spot on. We Sri Lankans get all worked up and agitated about something. Like a bottle of ginger beer that is ‘all shook up’, we froth and bubble, [...]
Are electric cars a dead end?
SAN DIEGO – In the early 1990s, every self-respecting American yuppie and retired suburban couple bought an electric bread maker, with sales hitting four million units. But the fad soon faded as these amateur bakers discovered that stuffing a precise quantity and ratio of flour, eggs, butter, yeast, and salt into a metal box takes [...]