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‘Let there be light’
Art is a diverse range of human activities in creating visual, auditory or performing artworks, expressing the author’s...
Bridal designers at Wedding Show in Galle
The ‘Designer Wedding Show,’ will be held at the Amari Hotel, Galle from 5.30 p.m on Saturday, 28 July. This year, the show will...
Our clothes are contaminating our planet with tiny plastic threads
Minute fibres shed from synthetic textiles are polluting oceans, streams, rivers - even the air we breathe - with unknown consequences
You try to do the right thing. You’re conscientious about recycling. You carry reusable shopping bags, drink from refillable...
Sri Lanka’s first Haploidentical bone marrow transplant for Thalassaemia
Half-matched stem cells from mother saves 17 year old girl
Doctors at Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai, successfully performed a Haploidentical BMT for Thalassaemia Major on a 17...
Joint Mobility Program
The DAAD and the NSF have launched a new Joint Mobility Program for Project-Related Personal Exchange to further strengthen...
Cruelty to elephants
Elephants, with their legs chained, preventing free movement, electric bulbs wired to their bodies, gleaming, mahouts wielding...
International Yoga Day celebrated
Yoga fans in Sri Lanka participating in Yoga exercises celebrated the International Yoga Day recently at Suwatha Uyana, Eldeniya...
TRIBUTES
TRIBUTEs K. M. Dharmarajah:A quintessential, considerate gentlemanAround 4 pm daily, prominent Tamil newspaper editors in the...
Batticaloa Teaching Hospital gets new Accident and Trauma Unit
Batticaloa Teaching Hospital Emergency and Accident Project (BEAP), an exemplary humanitarian project by the Government, together...
103rd death anniversary of Henry Pedris: Supreme sacrifice that led to the national independence
The colonial rulers of the era may have never realised that the cruel execution of a young Sinhalese patriot in the Welikada...
Solar power for domestic use
The minimum cost of installing solar panel is said to be around Rs.300,000. If this amount is banked in a Fixed Deposit account...
The true cost of fashion
2018 marks five years since the fourth largest industrial disaster in history, which claimed the lives of 1,138 garment workers...
Advanced research vessel arrives in Colombo
22 June 2018, Colombo, Sri Lanka - Currently, the most advanced research vessel in the world, the Dr Fridtjof Nansen arrived in...
Letters to the Editor
World Game at Ape’GamaI happened to be at Ape’Gama, Battaramulla for a different reason on a Saturday morning and came across a...
Prof. Samantha Hettiarachchi – an academic par excellence
Samantha Hettiarachchi entered the Engineering Faculty of the University of Sri Lanka’s Katubedda Campus (the precursor to...
55th death anniversary C.E. Victor S. Corea
Accomplished lawyer, trusted politician and skillful debater
This is a Tribute to an eminent Advocate of the Supreme Court who after his own personal assessment appeared only on behalf of...
Healing the hearts of children
It is estimated that in Sri Lanka, for every 1,000 newborns, there are 6-8 born with Congenital Heart Defects (CHD). A total of...
Tributes
Hema Nalin Karunaratne: A leading light in TV program presentationVeteran television presenter and popular commentator, Hema...
Save the beach - start from home
Sri Lanka is blessed with a scenic beachscape all around the island. As a traveller during data collection for the Coast...
Tree-planting at St. Paul’s Church, Milagiriya
St. Paul’s Church, Milagiriya held a symbolic tree planting ceremony during the morning service last Sunday, to mark the...
Kandyan Heritage Ministry to document historic places
The Ministry of Science, Technology, Research, Skills Development and Kandyan Heritage has taken steps to produce short TV...
A bigger, better experience at The Big Bad Wolf Sale 2018
The 24-hour book sale returns to Sri Lanka with over 1.5 million books at 60%-80% discounts this 28 June - 8 JulyThe Big Bad Wolf...
KOICA schols for government officers
Keeping in line with its long established tradition of assisting in the capacity building of Sri Lankan government officers,...
Tributes
 Chandra Lal de Alwis: Significant contribution to Japan - Sri Lanka relationsAlthough I knew Lal as a much senior student...
‘German Buzz’, a joint outreach program
For the second time the German Buzz, a joint initiative of the German Embassy, the Goethe-Institut, the GIZ and TAFA was touring...
English program enriching the lives of youth
DFCC Bank is continuing its CSR project, ‘Samata English’, which has delivered impressive results during its inaugural year in...
Soft Skills 2018 - Skills to improve team work
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) for the sixth consecutive year organized Soft skills+ 2018. The main...
Coffee table book on Geoffrey Manning Bawa
The National Trust Sri Lanka, Aitken Spence Printing has sponsored a coffee table book titled ‘Geoffrey Manning Bawa:...
A creative dance workshop for children
The inaugural dance workshop presented by Year-3 and Year-5 students of the British School in Colombo (BSC) was held at their...
Lankan Marine biologist wins: Global Alumni Award
Following prestigious national awarding ceremonies hosted by the British Ambassador/High Commissioner in more than 10 countries,...
Tributes
Asoka Raddalgoda An epitome of sincerityBorn as the eldest son to illustrious parents P.L.N. Raddalgoda, JPUM, of Hiniduma,...
Seminar on sustainable flexible packaging solutions
Borouge, a leading petrochemicals company and a joint venture between Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Austria based...
Letters to the Editor
Elephant racing at ‘avurudu’ and killings by wild elephantsThis has reference to the article (Sunday Observer (April 29),...
ACEF 2018 Awards for Mobitel
Mobitel, was bestowed honours with three awards in high profile categories at the ACEF 2018 7th Global Customer Engagement Forum...
The miracle of relics Parinirvana
The miraculous phenomenon of all Buddha’s relics in the world gathering at Ruwanweli Mahaseya to attain Parinirwana on a full...
Facebook for youth and entrepreneurs
Facebook’s global ‘Boost Your Business’ program is now available for the youth and entrepreneurs of Sri Lanka. Recognizing the...
New paint using pigment from natural flowers
JAT Holdings recently launched a revolutionary new paint, which combines ancient traditions and cutting-edge manufacturing...
‘Colombo Lotus Tower’ at Peking University
Prof Patrick Mendis, former Rajawali senior fellow of Harvard Kennedy School and currently a research associate at the Fairbank...
Where has the traffic law gone?
In the good old days, the law had it that every motor accident must be reported to the closest police station immediately, or...
Chithrani Damayanthie Fernando: She was a living saint
Those we love go awayThey walk beside us everydayYears may pass and fade awayBut memories of loved ones are here to stayOn May 1...
‘Google I/O Extended Sri Lanka 2018’
Mobitel, recently hosted the Extended event of the highly anticipated Google I/O 2018 on May 8, in Ratmalana, for the 5th time in...
DFCC Bank ‘Vesak Bathi Gee’
DFCC Bank, spread joy and happiness during Vesak by lighting up and decorating the Galle Face roundabout and its environs, for...
A Vesak Pandal made of cement
A large number of Vesak sightseers who thronged Ranmuthugala, Kadawatha this year witnessed a unique Vesak pandal.It was...
Vesak dansals at Narahenpita
Joining in the community spirit of the Vesak festival, Serendib Flour Mills (SFML) held a Dansala, distributing buns near the...
Letters to the Editor
 Duty on gold, what is wrong? I am amused by some politicians making a big cry over the duty on gold imports on...
S. L. M. Shafie Marikkar - Exemplary head of an Institution
The former Principal of Zahira College Colombo, S.L.M. Shafie Marikkar passed away peacefully after a brief illness at the age of...
Floral diplomacy at National Day celebrations
The Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands perfumed Trace Expert City with the scent of flowers, as it held a series of events to...
Vesak 2018 at Hayleys
The Hayleys Group celebrated Vesak at the Group Headquarters at Deans Road on April 29.The evening’s proceedings included Bhakthi...
Youth Technopreneurship for Social Change with e-learning programs
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka has joined with the National Youth Services Council (NYSC), Cisco...
Letters to the Editor
Root cause of problems!Our country has been under the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British, and of these under the British for...

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