My atthamma, Khema, was born in 1929 in Matara. She married Mahanama, a lawyer, and later, a government Minister, and by age 27 she was a mother to three children.
"President Wickremesinghe now says Sri Lanka should be an “Educational hub.” Given heavy weightage in this government’s recovery aspirations, what role would FDIs play in an “educational hub”? Does he believe a free-market economy that failed for over 40 years can now be turned around in this crisis, yet again with incentives for FDIs? With free markets that decide everything on profits for tomorrow, no government will be able to plan formal education for unknown development."
The Miracle Dome, a cutting-edge International Conference Services Institute (ICSI), is situated on a sprawling 530 perches plot of land in Katunayake.
Doctors at a protest in Colombo. (Reuters Photo)
Not just for the media, everything else in this country needs to be regulated, said chairman of Sri Lanka Foundation Saman Athaudahetti.
By Victor Ivan
Tomorrow, the 26th of June, my father will turn 86. He’s not in the best of health and is in no condition to celebrate. My mother, brothers and perhaps some close relatives and friends will be there to wish him. I will be a few hours late. By the time I reach home from the airport he is likely to be asleep. That kills me because my father would always be a few hours early for my birthday and those of my brothers.
Hollywood film director James Cameron, who directed the 1997 movie Titanic, has told the BBC the team who built the submersible which imploded with the loss of five lives had "cut corners".
As the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session is scheduled to discuss Sri Lanka’s human rights record on Wednesday (21), war-affected Tamils warn the UN body not to be deceived again by the tales of the government about land forcefully occupied by the security forces.
