Defeat Port City Commission Bill Source: Dailymirror Front Line Socialist Party (FLSP) activists staged a protest at the Fort Magistrate Court today urging the Government to defeat the Port City Commission Bill that sacrifices people to global market capital and imperialist power race. Pix by Kithsiri de Mel ...
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RARE ETHNIC SURNAMES of Sri Lanka – By Des Kelly Sent in to me by my good friend and co-musician Dallas Achilles, I reckon that a multitude of Lankan Burghers would have still not had the privilege of reading about how their Surnames originated. This is their chance to do so, and I would like to thank Dallas very much, for this important information. Personally, I understand that the Kelly’s are NOT Dutch, Portuguese or any other Burgher Clan, that I can think of, simply because my forefathers did arrive in Ceylon (when they did), from Ireland, Dublin, to be exact, and although my dear mother, God bless her soul, was pure Dutch (she was a Miss Kriekenbeek), the old Dutch Burgher Union, did not bother to register us (Kelly’s) as Dutch Burgher, so then, I suppose, I would have ...
Apr 24, 2021
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John Keells Stock Brokers (JKSB) – Sri Lanka – STOCK MARKET WEEKLY – STOCK MARKET WEEKLY 23-04-2021 Brought to you by – John Keells Stock Brokers (JKSB) John Keells Stock Brokers (JKSB) is a leading equity brokerage house in Sri Lanka and is a subsidiary of John Keells Holdings PLC (JKH), the largest listed entity on the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE). We are one of 15 founding members of the Colombo Stock Exchange and our history in equity trading dates back to 1896. We are widely regarded in the industry for good governance practices with an emphasis on compliance and regulations. Our core sales and research staff have been engaged with the firm for a period of 10 – 25 years. Over the years this has helped JKSB develop strong and lasting relationships with our core client base of Foreign Funds/Individuals, Local Institutions and HNWI’s. This has contributed to ...
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Missive by Oscar E V Fernando – Desiderata GO PLACIDLY amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ...
Apr 24, 2021
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Kamahl discusses the jokes he faced on Hey Hey It’s Saturday | 7.30 ...
Apr 23, 2021
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Manuja appointed SL Team Manager Manuja Kariyapperuma Source:Dailynews Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) yesterday appointed Manuja Kariyapperuma as the Interim Manager of the Sri Lanka Team for the two-Test series against Bangladesh, which gets underway next week. Chairman of the SLC Management Committee Professor Arjuna de Silva confirmed that Kariyapperuma has been appointed Interim Manager of the Sri Lanka Team for the series which begins on April 21 at the Pallekele Stadium in Kandy. ...
Rajeev shone as a number eight for Lanka-by Althaf Nawaz Source:Dailynews In the game of rugby some players who had an illustrious career were influenced by their fathers in taking up the game. This is mainly due to the father being a former player or a rugby enthusiast. Rajeev Ganapathy was one of the players who was motivated and encouraged by his father being an ex-player, later ended up playing for school, club and for the country as a profound player. ...
Rugby Star Terrence was also a fine coach-by Althaf Nawaz Henry Terrence Source:Dailynews Wesley College, Colombo is a leading Christian School which has played a pivotal role in sports and studies. Rugby has a prominent place in their sports calendar producing several champion sides which have put up some belligerent performances. Some of their players’ opted to continue their rugby career and played at club level later representing the country. Henry Terrence was another player who entered that elite rugby players list at school with a successful career. Henry was born in 1986 in Colombo and his father is Peter Terrence a businessman by profession while mother Inul is a housewife. He has two siblings Diana and Enoch. Henry was enrolled at Wesley College in 1993 as a primary school student and completed his academic career in 2005. ...
National program launched to plant one million Moringa trees Source:Island A national program to create greater awareness on the nutritious and medicinal value of drumstick (Moringa) has been launched by the State Ministry of Agriculture. Based on a concept of State Minister of Agriculture, Shasheendra Rajapaksa, one million Moringa trees will be planted across the country. Under the initial phase, seedlings will be distributed among 2,500 selected temples in all 25 districts of the country. The national program was formally launched at Maligawila Rajamaha Viharaya in Moneragala on April 17 under the auspices of State Minister Rajapaksa and State Ministry Secretary L. L. Anil Wijesiri. The core objectives of the initiative are to promote the cultivation of Moringa by popularizing its medicinal properties, create small and medium scale entrepreneurs, establish a Moringa village to contribute to the green concept and create more awareness about the medicinal and immunomodulatory properties of ...
“… And death will have its day” Shakespeare Source:Island Hearing of the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on Saturday April 10 was like losing a family member. I acknowledged to myself that was strange for who are we to the Royal Family – the House of Windsor – not even their Commonwealth subjects now. But there was that transitory sorrow and the desire to listen to the details of his life as presented on BBC, and read about him. I found later that a young Lankan man, now domiciled in the US, felt the same. “I felt sad on hearing he had died, though he lived long enough.” This direct descendant of Queen Victoria, a Greek Prince, gave up his citizenship and his name and became British. Much of it, as also the proposed marriage to Princess Elizabeth, was maneuvered by his ambitious uncle, Lord Louis Mountbatten. Princess ...
