Well known educationist Elizabeth Moir was appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II, in recognition of her ‘services to British education and the teaching of English in Sri Lanka’.
Picture shows Mrs Moir receiving her award from the Queen at the investiture ceremony held in July.
Elizabeth Moir MBE, graduated in mathematics, with a Diploma in Education, from Oxford University. She arrived in Sri Lanka in 1982, and has since founded and managed three of the top international schools in the country, including Elizabeth Moir School, which this year obtained some of the best A Level results of any international school in the world.
She also initiated the Follow Me English Programme which reached six million Sri Lankans
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
A passenger attempting to smuggle the largest quantity of gold of 35 kilo grams was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today, a senior official said.
Leave Comments