The Aircraft Overhaul Wing (AOW) at the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Base in Katunayake, which celebrates its fifth anniversary this year, has already been able to secure a large amount of foreign revenue by repairing Chinese made aircraft in Sri Lanka.
It was in the year 1803 that there was a renaissance within the Maha Sangha (the Great Community of Buddhist Monks) in Sri Lanka thereby adding a fresh chapter to the history of the Buddha Sasana in Sri Lanka. This was when the Most Ven.
This was an artist who made his living by selling his paintings on the street and most of his business depended on tourism”. After this encounter Perera, who has years of experience in business administration and marketing, identified a dire need that’s there in the Sri Lankan market for a proper platform for the local artists to sell their work.
Hype Sri Lanka is the Youth Empowerment Incubator in the country and the organization is celebrating its first year anniversary on January 25. Currently, the organization is involved in formulating a suitable Youth Policy for Sri Lanka which would highlight practical measures the government could take to design inclusive and fair recovery measures that leave no one behind.
“We are a vanishing tribe in Sri Lanka. The first paternal ancestor of my father’s family who arrived in Sri Lanka in 1774 was Pieter Scharenguivel. He was a Quarter Master in the service of the United Dutch East India Company which ruled the maritime provinces of Sri Lanka from the middle of the 17th century to 1796.
Although all age groups are at risk of contracting COVID-19, older people face significant risk of developing severe symptoms if they contract the disease due to physiological changes that come with ageing and potential underlying health conditions.
The year 2021 marks 100 years since the commencement of Humanities and Social Sciences education in the Sri Lankan state higher education system. The Faculty of Arts of the University of Colombo embraces this as a milestone of it
We are coming up on a very important day in the Buddhist history of the U.S. and Canada, namely the 73rd birthday of Ven. Madawala Seelawimala, ‘Bhante Seela’. While he has concentrated most of his efforts in Northern California, he is a key figure in the development and appreciation of Theravada Buddhism in North America. His life has been productive, so to join in the celebration of the joyous event of his birthday, we would like to tell a li
Sri Lanka like the rest of the world going through gloomy times of the COVID-19 pandemic, woke up to a ray of good news on the morning of January 9, 2021. I had received an email from the Hon. Secretary SLMA overnight, conveying this news to us in the medical fraternity in Sri Lanka.
On January 8, the Mullivaikkal monument in the Jaffna University was demolished leading to students and residents protesting against the act. In Sri Lanka, a polarization of opinions was seen in response to this demolition. While some condemned the demolition, some saw it as an act propelling the country towards peace and reconciliation.
Environmental destruction under political patronage is not new in Sri Lanka. Although the bio-diverse wetland in Bellanwila-Attidiya is beyond measure, and officially protected since 1990 as a bird sanctuary, it appears that its protected status is no longer sufficient.
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