The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified 21 young members from over 2000 applicants from around the world to raise a voice for the youth and advocate for the development of Primary Health Care (PHC). This team included a diverse group of young professionals including general practitioners, primary care nurses, researchers, health economists, academics, policy makers and so on.
Piyatilake, as he was then known was the first born of Wimalasundera Fronis de Silva (W. F. de Silva) and Laura de Silva of Wackwella Road Galle. W. F. de Silva was a well-known jeweller, owner of two shops one in Chatham Street, Fort and the other in Dalada Veediya ( then known as Ward Street, Kandy). He had the privilege of being one of the few Sinhalese to be in this field and a pioneer in gems and jewellery, since 1902.
A successful career guidance one day workshop on“Positive Thinking and Personality Development”for the final year undergraduates in the Science Faculty at the Chemistry auditorium was held on 21st October at the University of Peradeniya. The chairperson of the Student Welfare Committee of the Alumnae Association of the University of Peradeniya Colombo Chapter Mrs. Sujatha Karunarathne said this was jointly organised by the
The Faculty of Law, University of Colombo has organized an International Legal Research Conference to mark its 70th anniversary. It is scheduled to be held today and tomorrow at Hotel Mirage, Colombo.
Touring around Sri Lanka has become an option for many tourists who experience climatic changes in their Western countries. Sri Lanka has seen an influx of tourists all year round and many of them often fall in love...
The 2017 Man Booker Prize winning novel ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ by American fiction writer George Saunders is almost entirely peopled by corpses lying in coffins in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown....
A few years ago, a Sri Lankan photojournalist was following a course in Berlin - Germany with several other foreign journalists. At the end of the year, they had to submit a report based on their photographic skills. While his colleagues were spending time at nearby parks photographing flowers and birds, he chose a rather difficult task. He
I came across a thin woman when travelling in a train. This woman with tear-filled eyes and carrying a baby poured out her tragic story to me. “I am a resident in Mirigama. I have two children. My husband is bedridden after falling from a coconut tree. We have no livelihood. That is why we are begging in the train as a means of living.” the woman said.
At 123 years Dhammarathana Vidyalaya, Indibedda is one of the oldest schools in the country, and yet it has received minimal support for its’ maintenance. The school has faced many hardships over the years and at one point was exposed to the threat of closure. At this point of its history only 12 students had enrolled at this institute.
Online applications are invited for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (UG)-2019 [NEET (UG)-2019] to be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), for admission to MBBS/BDS Courses in India in Medical/Dental Colleges run with the approval of the Medical Council of India/Dental Council of India under the Ministry of
Three weeks before he passed away, Shibly, his wife Fathima, my wife Rezani and myself spent a relaxed Sunday evening watching the sun set over the sand mounds of the developing Port City, from one of Colombo’s highest points at Kingsbury Hotel. We spoke of many things: Shibly had been asked to suggest a
A concert by Rodrigo Villa, saxophone professor at the Higher Music and Dance Conservatory of the Balearic Islands in Spain, and Psaiko Quartet, a saxophone quartet formed by his best students, will be held on Saturday, November 17 at 6.00 p.m. at the Science Faculty auditorium of Sri Jayewardenepura University. The chief guest
C. T. Fernando, pioneer pop singer and one of the most original artistes this country has ever produced, remains evergreen, with his songs in great demand 41 years after his death. He would be proud to know that his musical talent now runs into three generations, with grandson Tisara Fernando too, making his presence felt as a singer.
Colombo’s “yahapalana”civil society activists became hysterical when Parliament was dissolved by President Sirisena again on a Friday. The gazette notification was out midnight Friday November 9, 2018. I too agree, it was definitely a frustrated reaction to the combine failure of Sirisena-Rajapaksa attempts to regain a majority in parliament after removing Ranil Wickremesinghe from premiership and appointing Mahinda
Around mid-day on September 9 (2018), whilst returning from the library, cautious and lawful though he was, a motorcycle, approaching at high speed, drove straight into Rasiah Rajalingam knocking him down on the road, and gasp....all this happened on the zebra crossing at the Hendala Junction. Rajalingam, recalling the incident while talking to the Daily Mirror said that he was barely conscious minutes after being knocked down. With
Pauline Kael once complained that what was so uninteresting about David Lean’s films was that they were in such “goddamn good taste.” Suneth Malinga Lokuhewa’s Nidahase Piya, in that sense, has taste, “goddamn good” or otherwise. In the end that’s the only real thing it can claim for itself. Everything’s so clearly planned and choreogra
The launch of the book “Natural Resources and Environment Management Policy: Sri Lanka Experience and Future Directions” compiled by Nanda Abeywickrama will be held on Tuesday, November 13 at the Rajagiriya Central Bank Centre at 3.30 p.m. The book contains 12 papers presented in the 1980s and 90s around the theme “Managing Natural Resources to meet the needs of the Poor”
June 16 was a dark and dismal day in the calendar of my aunt Lakshmi and her daughter Christine who lost their beloved husband and loving father quite prematurely. Felix Dias Bandaranaike was 53 years of age. This year, it has been 33 years since the passing away of this remarkable husband, father, friend, uncle and politician.
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Canada issues travel advisory over serious risk in Arugam Bay
More countries issue travel advisories
Sri Lanka Tourism invites global travellers for upcoming season
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Prez vows to scrap perks for former presidents once again
Policeman in a fix for sexually harassing three new constables