The 2016 Gratiaen Prize winner Charulatha Abeysekera Thewarathanthri will launch her Gratiaen winning novel ‘Stories’ on Saturday, August 5 at Sooriya Village.
Educated at Visakha Vidyalaya, Charulatha obtained a civil engineering degree from the University of Moratuwa but opted to be a teacher. She taught Mathematics and Physics to London A’L students, first at the British School in Colombo before moving to S. Thomas College Mount Lavinia.
Today she is a happy homemaker and mother of four engaging in her favourite pastime- writing.
Her first mansuscript Autum Leaves was shortlised for the Gratiaen Prize in 2011.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Israel, a major player in the global diamond and jewellery trade, has invited Sri Lankan gem and jewellery businessmen and designers to collaborate with Israeli diamond traders.
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