In 1960 the Sirimavo - Badurdeen pact attempted to grab all Catholic schools and appropriate them as state property. Our great college St. Joseph’s was placed as top priority in their list of schools to be targeted and to be nationalised.The state fought both tooth and nail to take over our college. They tried every trick and devised strategies hook or by
“Go forth, O Bhikkhus, for the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world, for the good, benefit and happiness of divine beings and human beings. Let not two go by one way: Preach, O Bhikkhus, the Dhamma, excellent in the beginning, excellent in the middle, excellent in the end, both in the spirit and in the letter. Proclaim the Holy life, altogether perfect and pure.”
Young Sri Lankan activist Ram Dulip has been elected to represent Sri Lanka in the 2021 Commonwealth Youth Council Committee. The only Sri Lankan candidate to qualify out of over 100 nominations from 54 Commonwealth countries, Ram is hopeful of victory following a vote which took place on May 24 and 25.
A 2017 census done by the Department of Census and Statistics estimates that around 8.7% of the population in Sri Lanka fall into the category of People with Disabilities (PwDs). This is around 300,000 people. But four years down the line, this number could be much more or less. As a result, miscalculations in the numbers have made it difficult for groups advocatin
Daily Mirror’s Associate Features Editor Gamini Akmeemana’s short story ‘The Lucky Charm’ has been awarded the first prize in the prose category of the 2021 literary Competition conducted by English Writers Collective of Sri Lanka (EWC).
Parliament was told recently that the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Australian Federal Police were working with the Sri Lankan Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in the investigations into the April 2019 Easter Sunday attacks.
Intending to create awareness among local and international communities on human trafficking in a context where slavery is defined as the systematic abuse of others for personal or economic benefit was the theme of a recent webinar. This was conducted by the Rotaract Club of NIBM (RID 3220) on May 15, 2021.
All we got to know was, Romaine Ingrid Fernando, a past pupil of HFC Wennappuwa had fought a two-year battle with Autoimmune Disease before she bid goodbye on February 20, 2021, a month before her 53rd birthday, in Washington.
Information helps save lives and during a pandemic a free-flow of vital, accurate information is paramount. Access to information has been recognised as a basic necessity apart from essential goods and services in the context of a pandemic.
Industries Ministry public day re-launched after four years
Third review approved by IMF, SL to get next US$ 333 million tranche
Niloufer Esufally-Anverally Makes a Stylish Comeback with the Launch of NLFR
Global Entrepreneurship Week 2024 kicks off across all 25 districts
Fonterra to proceed with sale process for Consumer businesses
Sri Lanka braces for heavy rain this week
SJB National List crisis deepens