Who are the traitors and who are the patriots?
By Satya Dissanayake The worst crisis Sri Lanka faced was in 2022, when it had to declare bankruptcy. A 30-year civil war, two insurrections, racial riots and a tsunami had not deterred this nation from repaying its loans on time. But one corrupt family and their cohorts had brought our country to its knees. Overnight, [...]
Lanka ratifies UN Convention on mediation for commercial dispute resolution
By Dhara Wijayatilake, Director and Secretary General of the International ADR Centre. Sri Lanka ratified the UN Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, popularly known as the Singapore Convention on Mediation, last Thursday, February 28, 2024. As of today, the Convention has 56 signatories and has been ratified by 14 nations. The Convention [...]
LKI Foreign Policy Forum reassess the relevance of Non-Alignment in a polarised world
The third LKI Foreign Policy Forum titled ‘Reassessing Non-Alignment in a Polarised World’ was held on February 21. The forum held on a quarterly basis, brings together experts to discuss contemporary foreign policy issues and to contribute to the development of a Sri Lankan perspective on foreign policy and international relations. Ahead of the Forum, [...]
An election on the horizon – but what of large ‘corporate’ buying of the vote?
It is perhaps one of the many painful ironies afflicting Sri Lanka’s political landscape that though an ecstatic song and dance was made about the country’s ‘first ever’ law regulating election expenditure passed by Parliament last year, no elections were held thereafter to practically ‘test’ its legal strength. Morbid fear of elections We cannot blame [...]
Mabole Lions donate items to Apeksha Hospital
Lions Club of Mabole – District 306B1 donated nutritional milk supplements (Ensure), medicines, diapers and other requisites to children of the Apeksha Hospital, Maharagama. Chairman Lion Paul de Silva handed over the items to the hospital’s Deputy Director Buddhika Kurukulasuriya. Lions Club past president Ignatius Camillus, Lions Roshini Camillus, Shareena de Silva, Sulari Cabraal, Thelma [...]
Dharmaraja College OBU AGM
The annual general meeting of the Old Boys’ Union-Colombo Branch will be held on Sunday, March 17 at the Organisation of Professional Associations (OPA), 275/5, Stanley Wijesundara Mawatha, Colombo 7. The meeting will commence at 9.30 am followed by fellowship and lunch. Inquiries: Nandana Kanakaratne – 0777571081 S B Herath – 0772015377 Asantha Sumanarathna – 0702724567
‘My story’ book launch
The autobiography of parliamentarian Imthiaz Bakeer Markar will be launched on 5th March at the Kularatne Hall of Ananda College, Colombo. The autobiography covers various stages of the life of Imthiaz Bakeer Markar including his childhood, student life, political career and family life, in nineteen chapters.
Ray Forbes memorial ceremony
In recognition of the immeasurable services rendered by the late Ray Forbes as its Director from 1983 to 1997, the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) is organising the ‘Ray Forbes Memorial Ceremony’ on Thursday, March 7, from 4 pm to 6 pm. Madam Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, the Chairperson of BCIS, will be gracing the [...]
How AI could reshape medicine
By Junaid Nabi, exclusive to the Sunday Times, Sri Lanka BOSTON – On a recent international trip, I found myself running late to the airport. Not being fluent in the local language, I used a translation app that enabled me to convey the urgency of my situation to the taxi driver. The app’s camera feature [...]