Awards ceremony at the Korea Press Federation which honoured Sri Lankan embassy Source:Island The Korea Press Federation and Seoul Press Club, the premier media institution in Seoul, honored the ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Republic of Korea, Dr. A. Saj U. Mendis, for promoting, aggrandizing and enhancing international friendship and diplomacy and mutual national development between the Republic of Korea and Sri Lanka, including the peoples of the two countries, at this mega event. The aforementioned award was bestowed on Dr. Mendis by Korea Press Federation and was attended by a number of National State Assembly Members (Members of Parliament), Diplomatic Corps, corporate leaders and captains of industry of the RoK, academia and a large contingent of media personnel from both electronic and print, amongst others. ...
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The Times of Senthan: Little known Liberator and Silent Giant – I-by Rajan Hoole Source:Island From Political disillusionment towards armed struggle Sharing with Senthan birth at the time when Gandhi was assassinated and Ceylon received independence, political controversies and liberation struggles of the era have chequered our lives. Reflecting on the 1971 JVP rebellion, Lionel Bopage has written, “… all alternative left groups strongly believed in the seizure of power through armed struggle for social transformation.” Coevally, there were two other related upheavals whose roots were constitutional. Both the government and the Opposition clamoured for the absolute supremacy of Parliament. This was reflected in the debate in August 1968, where Dr. Colvin R. de Silva assailed the 1964 Privy Council ruling by Lord Pearce that Article 29 of the Soulbury Constitution, dealt with ‘further entrenched religious and racial matters, which shall not be the subject of legislation.’ ...
Record breaker Summa Source:Island Barrier Breakers Sumanthiran Navaratnam a.k.a. Summa Navaratnam had a penchant to break records. Being a nonagenarian itself is a record. He is 96 years old and is the oldest living Sri Lankan Athlete. He was born on 21st May 1925. He is the son of the late S.S. Navaratnam of the former Ceylon Civil Service and K.T Navaratnam nee Ratnam, daughter of Dr. C.S. Ratnam, Provincial Surgeon. His Civil Servant father wanted his son to obtain a Public School education, hence chose Royal College, Colombo for his son to attend. ...
NSW Community Engagement Update – 21 May 2021 Home Affairs Special community update Dear Community Representatives, thank you again for your engagement and efforts to support your communities through this time. Please find below media release to support our tourism and hospitality sectors and the Humanitarian Program Discussion Paper. We have also included other upcoming events and opportunities in this newsletter for you to pass to your communities. More Support for Tourism and Hospitality Sectors The Government recognizes the importance of the tourism and hospitality sector to Australia’s economy and is listening to feedback from the sector. To further support the recovery of Australian industries, the Government has agreed to relax work conditions for international students working in the tourism and hospitality sector. This measure is in response to the industry’s concerns about critical labour shortages impeding the sector’s post-COVID 19 recovery. The border restrictions have seen a decline in ...
Palestinian dispossession continues unabated; The mean has inherited the Earth? By Raj Gonsalkorale Palestinians will yet again commemorate the Nakba (‘catastrophe’), a term that refers to the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948 and the Palestinians’ loss of their homeland. The mass expulsion of Palestinians was overwhelming in its scope. Arab Palestine was erased and replaced with Jewish Israel. It is estimated that between 750,000 and 900,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes and became refugees in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. About 500 villages were destroyed and Palestinian cities were purged of their Arab residents. Only 160,000 Palestinians remained in what became Israel – Dr Lana Tatour, Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales The West as well as Russia and China have looked on with feigned disdain while Israel has continued the dispossession of Palestinians from their own homeland ...
T B Ilangaratne – A Sri Lankan Par Excellence By Raj Gonsalkorale Today, 21st May 2021 is the 29th death anniversary of this unassuming colossus who perhaps had done more for the people of Sri Lanka than many others before him and after him By Raj Gonsalkorale “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing – Edmund Burke Edmund Burke was an influential Anglo-Irish politician, orator and political thinker, known for publicly expressing his opposition to the French Revolution. Born in Dublin in 1729, Burke went to London to study law, but soon gave this up and pursued a literary and political career. He became a member of the parliament in 1765 and had a 30-year career as a political theorist and philosopher. Later praised by both conservatives and liberals, Burke believed that the government should be a cooperative relationship between ...
Australia and Sri Lanka Naval Cooperation in the Indian Ocean: prospective extensive collaboration By Arundathie Abeysinghe Australia and Sri Lanka have a robust and enduring bilateral relationship of 74 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations in May 1947. The Asia Pacific Nation and South Asian Island have close foreign relations from May 1947 to date. Australia’s expanding naval footprint in the Indian Ocean and Sri Lanka’s strategic location in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) as well as naval engagement between Canberra and Colombo indicates the expansion of maritime relationships across the Indo-Pacific which has transpired as a new geopolitical theatre. Australia’s defense cooperation with Sri Lanka since March 2019 indicates the stable development of intra-regional security collaboration in IOR. As such, on March 11, 2019, a Joint Task Force of four Royal Australian Navy ships, the Royal Australian Air Force as well as 1,000 military personnel arrived in Sri ...
Swimmers Abeysinghe, Gaffoor recommended for Tokyo Olympics-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Source:Dailynews Two champion swimmers Matthew Abeysinghe and Aniqah Gaffoor have been recommended by the Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union (SLASU) for the Tokyo Olympics scheduled to be held from July 23 to August 8. According to a senior official of the SLASU, the names of Abeysinghe and Gaffoor have been recommended from the wildcard system for the Olympic Games. ...
Number Eight Bimal Perera shone for CH and Sri Lanka-by Althaf Nawaz Bimal Perera Source:Dailynews It is rare to find some sportsmen who plays in multiple positions as a utility player in a team sport. He should maintain a good physique to remain in the competition in that particular sport.Number Eight Bimal Perera was one of them who had a flamboyant start in the game of rugby from the younger age at the grassroot level finally ending up donning the National jersey. Bimal Perera was born in 1970 in Dehiwala and his father late M.L. Perera was an Ex Naval Officer who was attached to the Royal Navy in Trincomalee. Beatrice was his mother who is a housewife. He has two siblings Shamalee De Silva (Sister) and Sharman (Brother). Bimal initially joined Arethusa College in Wellawatte where he studied up to grade 5 after being enrolled as a primary student. ...
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V. P. Gunathilake – a legendary volleyball player from RCAF V. P. Gunathilake Source:Dailynews V. P. Gunathilake was a brilliant volleyball player who represented Sri Lanka, Royal Ceylon Air Force (RCAF) and Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) volleyball teams with distinction. He was the first volleyball player from the SLAF to represent the National Volleyball Team. He played for Ceylon in two matches against the Japan National Team in Colombo on October 8 and 9, 1970 and Test Matches against Kerala Province Team from India from November 1 to 10, 1973 in Sri Lanka. ...
