From elephants to wildcats, from vanishing forests to fading oceans, and the silent extinction of endemics — Sri Lanka’s natural heritage is on the brink, and time is running out to save it. This month’s Nations Trust WNPS lecture on Thursday, May 22 at 6 p.m. at the Jasmine Hall, BMICH is titled ‘Time is Running Out: Saving Sri Lanka’s Vanishing Wild’.
The lecture is presented by Prof. Sevvandi Jayakody, Prof. Enoka Kudavidanage, Prof. Sampath Seneviratne and Jehan CanagaRetna who will be joined by Project field researchers Gihani Hettiarachchi, Pavithra Attanayake, Thilina M. Kumarasiri and Upuli Madarasinghe.
The WNPS invites conservationists and changemakers to join a bold conversation about the future of Sri Lanka’s biodiversity.
….……………………………….….……………………………….….……………………………….….………………………It’s going to be curtains for Tommiya. Veteran playwright Indu Dharmasena brings back Tommiya, the village boy in ‘Madai Tommiya Colomba Giya for a final romp on stage at the Lionel Wendt Theatre from May 23 to 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Much of the original cast from the original play staged in 1991 will also be back with Indu for Tommiya’s swansong.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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