“IMAX is a good reason why you have to come out from the comfort of your living room and watch a movie in a movie theatre,” says Preetham Daniel - Vice President – Theatre Development at IMAX who was in Colombo for the opening of the first-ever IMAX theatre in Sri Lanka.
The 4th LKI Foreign Policy Forum, which highlighted the outcome of Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring and its impact on economic diplomacy and foreign policy, was held on Thursday 11 July 2024 at Lighthouse Auditorium of Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI).
The Social and Welfare Sub-Committee of the Alumni Association of University of Peradeniya, (Colombo Chapter) offered an alms giving to the inmates of the Paramitha Elders home, 59/1, Wanawasala Road, Kelaniya on Friday 19th July, 2024.
Scriptwriter, actor and drama director Sarath Dikkumbura has to think beyond the art circle and even entertain thoughts of concern expressed by close associates. Recently a close friend of his had said, “Sarath, you brought all the other drama directors to your show Kataragama Prema and dashed them on the ground”.
Lady Ridgeway Hospital has offered help to a mother during the process where her daughter is being diagnosed for an illness. The Restore Hope Project Co-Chair of Tarana Foundation, Ann Amaratunga, explained how the project was conceived when she took her daughter to the hospital.
Ministry of Health has received nine refrigerated trucks procured by UNICEF, funded by the Japanese government to further improve the delivery system of vaccines to all children across Sri Lanka.
The significant ‘Esala Maha Poya’ falls in the month of July. Beginning from the month of January, 12 monthly full moon days are named as: Duruthu, Nawam, Medin, Bak, Vesak, Poson, Esala, Nikini, Binara, Vap, Ile, and Unduwap respectively. Buddhist devotees signify ‘Esala Maha Poya’, almost in per ‘Vesak’ and ‘Poson’ due to its multifaceted values. Firstly, on an Esala Poya upon the pleading of Maha Brahmma and the host of Thusita world deities,
The 33rd annual Susan George Pulimood Memorial Oration of Visakha Vidyalaya will be held on July 23 at 5.15 p.m. at the Jeremias Dias Hall at Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo 5. The oration will be delivered by Prof. Shanika Karunasekara, Deputy Dean (Academic) of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Melbourne, Australia. The theme of the oration will be ‘Artificial Intelligence: The Dream, Nightmare and the Reality’
Sri Lanka is embarking on an innovative journey to fuse environmental conservation with economic development through the ‘Green Entrepreneurs for Mangroves in Sri Lanka’ (GEMS) programme. This initiative, collaboratively driven by the Initiative for Livelihood Education and Development (iLEAD) International Academy, Chamber of Young Lankan Entrepreneurs (COYLE) and Centre for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry
Former Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison and Mrs. Jenny Morrison were welcomed on arrival in Sri Lanka yesterday (July 17). Morrison is a distinguished invitee who will attend the Sri Lanka Human Capital Summit 2024 which will be held at Temple Trees on July 18 (today). The Summit will be inaugurated by President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Morrison is scheduled to attend several other business and corporate events to discuss trade and investm
I refer to your excellent editorial of July 3rd which exhibits courage and honesty in exposing the objective reality hanging over our country. Referring to the debt-restructuring agreement signed by the government with Paris Club, and India and China you refer to the dawn of some breathing space to pay our loans and a sigh of relief for the government in its ability now to provide essential services to the people as well as the opportunity to def
Women constitute 52% of Sri Lanka’s population, yet their participation in the labour force has stagnated at around 30% for several decades. Amidst the country’s emigration challenges and a male labour force participation rate at a saturation point of 96% within the most productive age group, it is crucial for Sri Lanka to address the underrepresentation of women in the workforce to sustain targeted investments as the country gradually rises from
Exactly a year ago, Muthu Raja, the Thai elephant gifted to Sri Lanka two decades ago, was in the news following a spat over the animal’s alleged mistreatment in the country. Finally, the elephant was flown back to the animal’s home country. The animal’s condition drew public attention both in Sri Lanka and Thailand.
In 1807, Revd. James Cordiner, Chaplain to Colombo Garrisons observed, “Strictly speaking there are no roads in the island...” However, he failed to propose any solutions and was unaware that waterways and cart tracks already existed. The Hamilton Canal, named after Gavin Hamilton, the Government Agent of Revenue and Commerce, had been completed three years earlier, in 1804.
Regulations are necessary to prevent the loss of religious and cultural values associated with the ‘Pada Yatra’ (Pilgrimage by foot) to Kataragama and to safeguard Yala and Kumana national parks from destruction.
The 1 Km long road from Wijayasirigama Co- operative Junction (Samupakara handhiya) in Digana New Town-Aluthwatte Road to Ambakote ‘Sri Pushparama’ Temple ‘Y’ junction has been repaired only once in 1990. That was when the late President Ranasinghe Premadasa held the Pallekele Gam-Udawa integrated rural development project encompassing the Kandy district.
The Sri Lanka Police came under scrutiny for allowing the media to release sensitive information relating to the assassination of a night club owner during the confession made by the owner of the tattoo shop. On numerous instances, CCTV footage and other sensitive information are leaked to the media; even before the law enforcement authorities conclude their investigations. On Friday, Justice Minister Wijayadasa Rajapaksha slated the cops for rel
Discovery of the remains of a dead body in a place other than in a cemetery always leads to a mystery and a crime. With two youth uprisings- in the South and a 26 year long war in the North- Sri Lanka’s history is tainted with incidents of disappearances, unlawful killings and even mass graves. Nearly 30 mass graves related to alleged illegal killings over several decades have been found in the country since early 1990s. It was in this backdrop t
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