This weekend I was sent an article published by the Daily Mirror which was about my father, written by an “award-winning journalist” called Ravi Prasad Herat. I admit that I didn’t choose to actually read the whole article. I mostly just skimmed it for inaccuracies (too many to enumerate) and counted the exclamation points (many).
Your last smile still afresh in my heart! Niroshan was a final year medical student at Sri Jayewardenepura medical faculty. On July 6, he succumbed to the stab injuries of unknown assailants at his residence in Kollupitiya on July 6, 2001, in trying to save his father, by sacrificing his life.
As cousins we were very close with dear Leslie. We virtually grew up together and spent our childhood and growing up years in close kinship. Leslie was a frequent visitor to our ancestral home at Bullers Lane where we enjoyed fellowship and loads of fun. He was always a very welcome visitor and much loved by the family.
To explain in layman’s terms, biotechnology is a scientific discipline that is focused on harnessing biological organisms, biological molecules, or biological processes to produce commercially valuable products that can improve the quality of life by preventing or curing diseases, ensuring food safety, and providing clean energy.
On behalf of The George Keyt Foundation, it is only apt that we say a few words in appreciation of the tremendous effort that Cedric De Silva, together with his wife Sita, has done to establish The George Keyt Foundation and to bring it to where it is today – recognised as one of the premier organisations of the art world in Sri Lanka.
My oldest memory of Amaradasa Gunawardena goes back to the days when we were students reading the magazine “Sanskruthi” that carried important articles on Sinhalese Literature. One of its editors was Gunawardena. The oldest personal acquaintance with Gunawardena commenced with an official engagement when I was appointed to Polonnaruwa District as the Additional Government Agent in February 1975.
The Communist party of China ( C P C) was founded in Shanghai on July 1,1921 with 13 members. Now it has grown to 93 Million members with 4.5 branches throughout China. The C P C is the world largest political organization.We are delighted to announce China will commemorate its 100th anniversary of founding of C P C in middle of this year.
In 1960 the Sirimavo - Badurdeen pact attempted to grab all Catholic schools and appropriate them as state property. Our great college St. Joseph’s was placed as top priority in their list of schools to be targeted and to be nationalised.The state fought both tooth and nail to take over our college. They tried every trick and devised strategies hook or by
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