The Fairway Galle Literary Festival (FGLF) 2018 is almost here with a fascinating programme of four full days of talks, discussions, readings, concerts, performances, literary dinners, lunches, and so much more. An impressive galaxy of authors, poets, historians, actors, doctors, legal eagles and more are attending and if you are one who’s been reading all about it and yearning to see them, here your chance to go to Galle and catch all the action from January 24-28!
There are SIX Festival passes for all you Sunday Times readers out there to win courtesy the FGLF organisers. All you have to do is answer the three simple questions given below and send your entries along with your name, contact number, and address to mirrormagazine@gmail.com
Question 1: In which year did Richard Flanagan win the Booker Prize?
Question 2: Who is the memorable character Dame Maggie Smith plays in the hit British TV series Downton Abbey?
Question 3: Who is the author of ‘Song of the Sun God’?
The closing date for entries is January 20 and the winners will be announced on January 21.
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 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.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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