The 112th annual feast of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Matara will be held today. Holy masses will be held at 8.30 a.m., 10.00 a.m. and 11.30 a.m. The bishops and other dignitaries will be welcomed at 3.30 p.m.
Back in 2012, a ground-breaking report from the United Nations titled ‘Food Wastage Footprint: Impacts on Natural Resources’, discovered that 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted across the world annually. At the same time, almost a billion people didn’t have enough to eat.
Sir John going to Paris is the opening line of a popular schoolboy baila. Before that, he came to Jaffna in 1955 for a different purpose. Before you could, he did, and he came not because he loved us. No, no, no! It was because he loved our votes. But it did not strike me so, because as schoolboys, we did not have the franchise. The teenage franchise was introduced in the sixties.
Dr. A.C.S Hameed was a member of the Parliament from 1960 June to 1999 representing the Harispattuwa constituency, predominantly a Buddhist majority electorate. He passed away on September 3, 1999 after a brief illness. During his term in Parliament for 39 years he enjoyed his political career taking an active part in practically most subjects that were taken up in the House of Representative. In 1977 he was appointed as the Minister of Foreign A
Following is a rehashed version of an article published in two parts in The Island in the last week of May 2016. The media reported that Professor Carlo Fonseka passed away at the age of 86 at his residence in the morning hours of September 2.
The ‘lungs of the Earth’ have continued to burn since July 2019. As fires rewriting the history books continue to rip through the southern swath of the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil has already declared a state of emergency. Military personnel have been deployed to combat blazes as speculation is rife over political hands encouraging farmers, land-grabbers and loggers to torch trees and clear for
Armed with a pen which is said to be mightier than a swords, the gentleman fighter M. J. M. Zarook affectionately known as ‘Zorro’ bid adieu to journalism in 2009 after a service of more than five decades and he died on July 27 this year. Today marks the 40th day death remembrance of veteran journalist and journalism Guru Mohamed Jameel Mohamed Zarook. Fondly and popularly called ‘Zorro’ not only by peers and friends in the journalistic circle b
Those special memories of you Will always bring a smile If only we could have you back for just a little while Then we could sit and talk again just like we used to do you always meant so very much and always will do too The fact that you’re no longer here will always cause us pain but you’re forever in our heart until we meet again . -Barbara & Loving family
Engineers have contributed immensely to changing societies. Thanks to them, many a technological advancement has made our lives easier. Today, Sri Lanka is facing a challenge in terms of producing engineers and training them to meet global demands. But U.D. Jayawardana is of the view that there had been less to no signs of development in this sector over the past few
In the early 2000s, two alarming stories about the precarious and hazardous plights of domestic workers circulated the plantation community in the Kandy district, eventually reaching organizers at the Ceylon Workers Red Flag Union (RFU). The first was about the death of a domestic worker in a gas explosion that had occurred in the house in which she worked in
Condemning the actions of the police, human rights activists, called for justice to be meted out to Anne Ranaweera. Having been subject to both physical and verbal assault at the hands of the police, in her home and at the police station, Ranaweera intends to legally pursue this breach of her fundamental rights.
BRASILIA (Reuters) - A record number of fires ravaging the Amazon has drawn international outrage because of the rain forest’s importance to the global environment and prompted Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to dispatch the military to assist in firefighting.
Kirthi Sri Deshashakthi Samajaseva Kirthi Dr. Furkhan Noordeen has been selected to represent Sri Lanka at the Global Youth Peace Ambassador (GYPA) programme scheduled to be held from August 28 to September 1 in the Republic of Maldives.
The female Aedes Aegypti mosquito, with characteristic black and white stripes or spots on its body, is responsible for transmitting the terrible Dengue virus. It is also called the break-bone fever due to the abdominal bone and muscle pain that occurs sometimes. Annually, there are an estimated 390 million cases of which 25,000 are fatal.
As we members of Daily Mirror news team reached Moneragala early morning for a coverage, we noticed Hela bojun Hala (A trade store which sells traditional Sri Lankan food ) closed. We noticed a signboard which said that the place would remain closed till the water problem in the area is resolved. When we reached the hotel where we were going to stay at we asked the staff membe
The cultural experience of the first 10 years of independent Sri Lanka was dominated by two broad trends: free education and universal franchise. In 1946, around 5% of the population were literate in English, while in 1953 the percentage had risen to 8%. Consumption patterns and increasing urbanisation empowered a non-English-speaking middle-class that clamoured for better health and educational facilities, jobs, and standards of living. But whil
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