Ambassadors of Myanmar, Vietnam, and Zambia present credentials
Marlar Than Htaik was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to Sri Lanka based in Colombo. She presented credentials to President Ranil Wickremesinghe on August 21, at the President’s House, Colombo. Trinh Thi Tam was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Sri [...]
Lanka Alzheimer’s Foundation walk, run to raise awareness on disease
By Rishini Weeraratne The Lanka Alzheimer’s Foundation (LAF) will hold its annual charity events in September coinciding with World Alzheimer’s Month. These events, including the 5 km Annual Run on September 7 at 4.30 pm from the Taj Samudra Colombo, and the Memory Walk on September 14 at 8.30 a.m. from the Cinnamon Grand Colombo, [...]
Rotaract 51st installation
The Rotaract Club of Colombo West celebrated its 51st Installation and Charter Day on August 15 at the Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute. The ceremony was attended by chief guest Rtn Dilusha Gamage, Youth Service Advisor of the Rotary Club of Colombo West, and guest of honour Rtn PP Farzana Khan, Youth Service [...]
A lecture on Tagore influence
A lecture on ‘Tagore dance, drama and its influence on the Sinhala mudranatya’ was delivered by guru Dr RavibanduVidyapathi recently. This was to commemorate Bengali poet, playwright and painter Rabindranath Tagore’s 163rd birth anniversary. Held by the Tagore Society of Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, the lecture was followed by [...]
Ambassador Lenagala presents Letters of Credence in Slovenia
Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Austria and Permanent Representative to the UN and other international organisations in Vienna M R K Lenagala presented Letters of Credence to President of the Republic of Slovenia Nataša Pirc Musar at the Presidential Place, Ljubljana, accrediting him as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sri Lanka to Slovenia based [...]
Lanka Ambassador calls on Saudi Arabia State Minister
Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Saudi Arabia Omar Lebbe Ameer Ajwad called on Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Adel Al-Jubeir at the Foreign Ministry Headquarters in Riyadh on August 14. Extending a warm welcome to Ambassador Ameer Ajwad to the Kingdom, Minister Adel Al-Jubeir recalled longstanding mutual cooperation [...]
Birth anniversary rememberances of legal luminary
Religious observances will be held on August 25 to mark the 100th birth anniversary of late legal luminary Ebetota Atuoralage Dharmasena Atukorale, well known as E A D Atukorale, who hailed from Batugedera, Ratnapura. A product of Ananda College, the late Justice Atukorale excelled in his studies and sports. He entered the Ceylon Law College [...]
MSF Colombo Summit offers window for Lanka to play stronger role in global humanitarian efforts
By Mimi Alphonsus Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), one of the largest humanitarian agencies in the world, will be holding the second edition of its South Asia Health and Humanity Summit in Colombo on Thursday, August 29. The summit attracts medical professionals and civil society activists from around the region. MSF is a 65,000-strong medical-aid organisation [...]
Preserving wonder: The vital role of Colombo Zoo in conservation, children’s lives and urban ecology
By Arefa Tehsin It was a sweltering afternoon. We were surrounded by the chatter of excited children, each clutching an ice cream cone as they marvelled at the baby orangutang, lion cubs, and a baby sloth bear. The zoo’s vitality was palpable, evidenced by the successful breeding of these animals in captivity. As the wise [...]
Could Kamala Harris be the next Richard Nixon?
By Stephen S. Roach, Project Syndicate, Exclusive to the Sunday Times in Sri Lanka NEW HAVEN – Fifty years ago this month, Richard Nixon resigned as US president. With all eyes on November’s presidential election, the anniversary provides an occasion to consider the inherent contradictions of American political leadership. Nixon’s abuses of executive power contrasted [...]