Architect Ismeth Raheem’s penchant for the work of Julia Margaret Cameron, the great 19th Century portraitist, runs back to the days when he researched on early photography and Ceylon. Fascinated by her Ceylon years (the last of her life) spent in remote tea plantations with husband Charles Hay Cameron, Ismeth has traveled to the Isle of Wight, her previous home for many years, and other places connected with her life. With Dr. Martin Pieris, photographer, Ismeth has done a short film on those years, titled From the Isle of Wight to Ceylon, to be premiered at the Lionel Wendt on 9 September. The Sunday Times Magazine on 28th August carries a long feature on Ismeth and Martin’s endeavour and the saga of Julia’s life; especially her evanescent years in the colonial Victorian island.
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today warned that Ceylon Electricity Board Employees would have to make a choice in the next two months.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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