There’ll be a great blend of art and Jazz on the street at Fairway Colombo, on Hospital Street, Colombo 1, this weekend (October 26 and 27) from 10 am onwards. It is free entry for anyone. The event will be filled with live performances, delicious food and special offers.
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‘Forging Identities in the Early Years of Buddhism on the Island of Lanka: Exploring Early Urbanization and Social Subject Formation’.
This is the subject of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka’s monthly lecture to be be delivered by Professor Jagath Weerasinghe of the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology, University of Kelaniya, on Monday, October 28 at 5.30 p.m. at the Council Room of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, No. 96 (Mahaweli Centre building, 1st Floor), Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 7.
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In another interesting lecture, Prof. Gamini Ranasinghe will talk on “The prince Balaina (a son of VI Parakramabahu?) and his Clan in China and Taiwan on Wednesday, October 30 at 6 p.m. at the Auditorium of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka, No. 6, Independence Avenue, Colombo 7. This is part of the National Trust of Sri Lanka’s monthly series.
The death toll in the Ella bus accident has increased to 15 with 16 others injured.
Sri Lanka’s largest renewable energy project, the ‘Rvidanavi’ Solar Power Park project was launched in Siyambalanduwa today by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill was passed by a majority of 150 in parliament today. However the opposition MP’s were absent during the voting.
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