The school that came into being in the last year of the first quarter of the last century is completing 98 years of committed service of imparting knowledge and instilling values to the fortunate set of youth who had the privilege of having their education at this hallowed centre of learning. ‘Nalanda Vidyalaya’ Nalanda celebrated her 98 years of existence on the 1st of November 2023 having been registered as a separate school in November 1925. I
Dr Rewant Vikram Singh, the former Director of Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre in Colombo, High Commission of India is a well-known personality in Sri Lanka. At present, he is serving as the Head of the Department of History, at Maharshi Dayanand College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Mumbai, India. Dr Singh assumed duties as the Director of Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Colombo in August 2019 and served till December 2022. During his tenu
Sudath Jayasundara, Attorney-at-Law, was appointed as the President of The Thomian Society recently at the AGM held at the Royal Colombo Golf Club. The Thomian Society comprises Old Boys of S.Thomas’ College Mt. Lavinia, Colpetty, Guruthalawa and Bandarawela. The founder President was Dr. Vijaya Corea, who now holds the position as the Patron. Prakash Bhutani is the Vice Patron and the First, Second and Third Vice Presidents are respectively Duli
Nine years have passed since we bid farewell to a cherished soul, Kenneth Diaz, who met an untimely departure on this very day. On this solemn occasion, family and friends, alongside former Benedictian ruggerites, gather to reflect upon the life and legacy of a remarkable man. Kenneth Diaz remains etched in our hearts, a beloved figure whose memory continues to inspire and warm our souls. He possessed a unique spirit that touched the lives of tho
The Old Girls’ Association of Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya has organised a concert titled ‘The BnS Show with Umaria & Randhir’ to celebrate the school’s golden jubilee on November 4, 2023 at BMICH from 6 pm onwards. According to the organizers of the event the concert will help raise funds for a hostel renovation project and development work of the school.
To mark the International Children’s Day that fell on the 1st of October, the Alumni Association of the University of Peradeniya Colombo (AAUPCC) Council of Management decided on its September meeting, on funding the celebration planned by Ralapanawa Janapadaya School, Nochchiyagama, NCP. The AAUPCC hosted the lunch for 270 children, and 30 staff and parents. Some members and outside well-wishers also contributed financially. The CSR exercise tu
In mid-1985 Tissa Nanayakkara came to me as a fledgling SD on Canavarella Group, Namunukula, having completed his creeping period on Cullen Estate, Badulla. His parents Victor and Bella dropped him off at my bungalow and when leaving Victor’s words were, “Make this guy a good planter!” Tissa began as the most junior of the four SDs in the Canavarella Group. I gave him the largest division to manage and he immediately proved his abilities. In a w
In Sri Lanka, it is common for the validity of sample surveys to be questioned, on the basis that the samples are “small” and cannot reasonably reflect the characteristics of the entire national population. Examples of skeptical perceptions abound. A prominent Sinhala media personality on a popular TV channel questioned the validity of the findings of the Centre for Policy Alternatives’ (CPA) Economic Reform Index, stating “The sample size fo
For Yasodhara Pathanjali, co-founder Independent Collective School (ICS), Sri Lanka’s first formal educational establishment for alternative education, homeschooling and alternative education has laid the foundation for herself as well as her children to explore the world through a different lens.
His Eminence Thomas Benjamin Cardinal Cooray OMI passed away on the 29th of October 1988. Born in 1901, he hailed from the village of Periyamulla in Negombo and came from a devout Catholic family of five siblings.
A function was held at Subodhi Institute of Integral Education in Wewala, Piliyandala – to bid farewell to its outgoing Director–Rev. Fr. Victor Silva and to welcome its new Director –Rev. Fr. Lawrence Ramanayaka – on October 7 at Rev.(Dr.) Mervyn Fernando Memorial Auditorium.
At least one hundred thousand electricity consumers in Sri Lanka have been left in the dark over the past one year as they have been unable to pay the accumulated electricity bills by the expected....
The passing away of Niloufer at the age of 64 came as sad news to me as she had a long battle with cancer. Niloufer was well known for her battles on the squash court where she battled many times at the Squash National finals against her arch rival the late Padmini Samarasinghe. So it is not surprising at all that she battled with this dreaded disease for a long time. A product of Ladies College Colombo, she was the National Squash Champ
Sir Cyril de Zoysa was a man of great munificence, who lived in Sri Lanka, once as President of the Senate too. If ever there was a person who throughout a lifetime, cultivated qualities of devotion, discipline, generosity and wisdom, who was endowed with an immensely dignified personality, who displayed uncompromising self-confidence, who was imbued with knowledge and foresight, who was fortified by a full-blown sense of patriotism and keen busi
The time has come for architects, artisans, engineers and all those in the field of construction and architecture -regardless whether they have the knowledge of archaeology or not- to put their heads together to prevent the ‘Old Palace’ from falling to pieces. The department of Irrigation and the Department of Archeology department alone would not be able to handle this challenge of keeping the Old Palace of the Kings of Kandy from collap
My village Maradankalla is located 6 kilometres south of Anuradhapura-Trincomalee Road (A12) above Mahakanadarawa wewa, near Mihintale in the North Central Province. But I have lived in Los aAngeles for the past 43 years. During all these years, this village is where my heart has been. Although the history of Maradankalla spans centuries, it was not on the map of the country until 1947 when its elders built the one-room school hoping the govern
The book ‘Footnotes of a Protest’ – A Response in Verse by Tennekoon, EM was handed to me by a close associate, with a request to write a review, if possible. I declined at first because I felt that it should be done by a person more competent than me. Nonetheless, he insisted. True enough, English Literature was a subject I followed for my Senior School Certificate exam, and that was over seven decades ago. English usage has changed considerably
125 women including leading professionals, academics, human rights activists and even female victims of various crimes and 35 women’s organisations protesting against the the Online Safety Act’ (OSA) and the ‘Anti-Terror Act’ (ATA) have demanded all Members of the Parliament to vote against the two repressive laws.
The ‘Lawyers’ Collective’-a group comprising eminent personalities in the law profession- has issued a press release stressing their concerns regarding some of the present government’s decisions which undermine the electoral process, the questionable appointment of a Commission of Inquiry, provisions made to stifle the media and issues related to the upcoming elections.
Ranil Prematilake, Attorney at Law and Partner of Aequitas Legal was unanimously elected President of the Colombo Branch for the 2023/2024 term at its 117th Annual General Meeting. Sahan Wijewardene, Commercial Executive - GAC Shipping Limited was re-elected as Secretary and Vajira Abeysundera, Senior Manager – Treasury at Hatton National Bank PLC was re-elected as Treasurer.
India-Sri Lanka ferry service operates smoothly
Tourist arrivals surpass 63,000 in first half of October
EDB gets new chief
Colombo welcomes Cinnamon Life