Today, a handful of Sri Lankan students who can afford to do so, migrate to other countries, not realising a future in Sri Lanka. In that respect, Dr Paneetha Hettiarachchi is a unique person who recently graduated from Sir John Kotelawala Academy of Sri Lanka, as a medical doctor. Nowadays, we very rarely come across an overseas-born and bred realising a future in Sri Lanka. With the globalisation of new avenues, the number of students who ar
For a Roman Catholic priest, the Ordination Ceremony is the glittering starting point of a journey when chosen to be a servant of God and then to be entrusted with the task of being devoted to the religion of Catholicism while undertaking the mission of being dedicated to the service of mankind.
Sri Lanka Federation of University Women held its AGM on 10th December 10, 2022, at the Sri Lanka Federation of University Women (SLFUW) auditorium at Kitulwatte, in Colombo where Colonel (Retd.) Dr. Udula Krishnaratne was elected as its president.
Intending to promote Sri Lankan tourism at a time when Sri Lanka is facing a dollar crunch due to the country’s worst socio-economic crisis since independence in 1948, the Japura tourism....
Irish Artist, Eric James Duhan recently visited Sri Lanka for the eleventh time. His fascination for Sri Lanka is very profound. He has travelled the world over many years and collected memories. The landscapes, the differing cultures and traditions have educated him as much as the day-to-day activities of the people he came across and he puts those memories into his expressive paintings collected in his many Carnets des Voyages.
One of the most profound symbols associated with the Birth of Jesus at Christmas is the manger. Saint Luke in his Gospel narrates how the Virgin Mother “wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn” (St. Luke 2:7).
Speaking about the Birth of Jesus hundreds of years before it happened, Prophet Isaiah announced, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, ‘Prince of Peace’ ” (Prophet Isaiah 9:6).
Mr. S. B. Senaratne joined the Sri Lanka Police Department almost five decades ago and at the time of his retirement he had been functioning as the Director of Public Relations in the Public Relations Division of the Police Headquarters and was also well-known amongst the journalists for the valuable service rendered by him.