Hottest year on record sent planet past 1.5C of heating for first time in 2024
Highest recorded temperatures supercharged extreme weather – with worse to come, EU data shows By Damian Carrington Climate breakdown drove the annual global temperature above the internationally agreed 1.5C target for the first time last year, supercharging extreme weather and causing “misery to millions of people”. The average temperature in 2024 was 1.6C above preindustrial [...]
Hamza Haniffa: A strong advocate for a Palestinian homeland
APPRECIATION By Thalif Deen Hamza Haniffa, who passed away this week after a brief illness, was a relentless champion of the Palestinian cause, going back to his undergraduate days at the Peradeniya campus in the late 1950s. Armed with a bachelor’s degree in Western history, he expressed support for some of the liberation movements [...]
Julius & Creasy 146th anniversary celebration
Julius & Creasy celebrated its 146th anniversary on January 2. Secretary to the Ministry of Justice, and former employee of the legal firm, Ayesha Jinasena PC joined the celebration.
Nuwara Eliya gets new information centre
By Shelton Hettiaarachchi A new information centre was recently set up at Nuwara Eliya at a cost of 2.5 million rupees. The centre will provide tourists information about Nuwara Eliya, Department of Trade, Commerce, and Tourism Director Samanali Hewage said attending the opening ceremony. She added that people could provide services for tourists and generate [...]
Teacher felicitated at prize giving
The annual prize giving of the Karunarathna Buddhist National College in Welisara, Mahabage was held recently. Assistant principal and teacher Dhananjaya Waidyasekara was felicitated at the event. He was recognised for having taken the least number of leaves, for helping students win at the all island new inventions competition, obtaining job opportunities for students, running [...]
Dr Samith Buddika director of Peradeniya distance learning centre
University of Peradeniya engineering faculty senior lecturer Dr Samith Buddika recently assumed office as the new Director of the Centre for Distance and Continuing Education (external degree). Dr Buddika was a past pupil of Ampara Kawanthissa School and D S Senanayake National School at Ampara. He entered the Engineering Faculty of the Peradaniya University and [...]
The Indians dividing MAGA
By Shashi Tharoor, Project Syndicate, Exclusive to the Sunday Times in Sri Lanka NEW DELHI – Perhaps it should not be surprising that India should feature so prominently in the “civil war” that has emerged within US President-elect Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement. Surprising or not, that is what is happening, with an [...]