General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army was one of the distinguished guest speakers to the ongoing 2nd day (7-9 June) virtual online sessions at the Sri Lanka Investment Forum (SLIF) on Tuesday (8).
This article is about the life of the ‘Most Interesting Man’ I have ever known. Laki passed away in the morning of May 30 following a brief illness. Laki was known for great many things. He was an artist, a sculptor, gardener and had a significant impact on Sri Lankan arts and culture for the past 50 years or so.
On the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of Kithu-Dana-Pubuduwa, I too wish to pen a few lines, congratulating Fr. Oscar Abayaratne, the Founder of this charismatic Movement in Sri Lanka and its members for keeping alive the spirit of renewal in the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka.
2021 presented its fair share of challenges, complications and disappointments to every entity on this planet. The hope of a Pandemic-free future, barely within grasp, was quickly disregarded with the spread of an evolved variant which ran rampant without warning.
Bodhisattas, aspirants of Buddhahood practice ten transcendent virtues – crossing over ordinances-for gaining supreme enlightenment –Sammasambodhi. In Pali they are called Parami and in Sinhala we refer to them as Dasa Paramita.
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