Colombo International Book Fair kicks off at BMICH Colombo International Book Fair 2023 Source : dailynews Sri Lanka’s largest book exhibition, ‘Colombo International Book Fair’, commenced today at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH). The book fair organised by the Sri Lanka Book Publishers’ Association will be held until October 1 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. ...
Blog Archives
Home ⁄ Tag Archives: BMICH
Rajeev Abeysekara bags Sony World Photography Awards 2023 national award for his scintillating capture 23rd May 2023, Colombo: Sony World Photography Awards, one of the most prestigious global platforms in the photography industry for individuals to showcase their talent, has awarded the Sri Lanka national award at the Sony World Photography Awards 2023 to Rajeev Abeysekara for his magnificent click of a leopard in the wilderness of Sri Lanka. Each year thousands across the world submit their best shots to go into the history books as a winner and it truly needs a masterpiece capture to become a winner. Abeysekara received his award on 18th May at the BMICH during the G Master Mega Workshop organised by Sony and their authorised distributor in Sri Lanka, CameraLK. In front of a packed audience he was presented with a brand new Sony A7RV camera and a 24-70mm F/2.8 GM II lens ...
May 23, 2023
Posted by eLanka admin In
Articles
Tagged Anushka Gunasinghe, BMICH, CameraLK, Rajeev Abeysekara, Sony World Photography Awards 2023
DEVANGI WICKREMASINGHE IT SPECIALIST QUALIFIED IN BICT SYDNEY PHENOMINAL NATURAL DANCER BUDDING FILM STAR – by Sunil Thenabadu Photo Source:sundayobserver.lk Young Devangi Wickremasinghe a beauty who turns eyes wherever she goes is fair possessing a slim tall figure, radiant hair with glowing eyes. But with Devangi it is beauty and brains both combined. Devangi in school too has had focus on IT.At present, she has already completed a Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology Degree( BICT), which was a gruelling IT course on Cyber Security, minoring and networking at the Western Sydney University ,Australia, After four years she had returned home delayed after travel restrictions owing to Covid-19 epidemic. She hopes to return to Sydney to pursue studies, for her Masters in the same field.She is the eldest child of King of Choreography Chandana Wickremasinghe who is in par with Sri Lanka’s choreographic stalwarts Channa Wijewardena and Ravibandu Vidyapathy as leaders ...
Apr 14, 2022
Posted by eLanka admin In
Articles, Sunil Thenabadu
Tagged BMICH, Chandana Wickremasinghe, Channa Wijewardena, Devangi Wickremasinghe, Hasitha Wickremasinghe, Lyceum International School, Priyanka Chopra’, Rangana de Silva, Ranvir Singh., Ravibandu Vidyapathy, Sri Lankan youth dream, Swarnavahini, Western Sydney University
MARIAZELLE OF ‘KANDY LAMISSI’ FAME SUSTAINS STARDOM WITH UNBLEMISHED MELODIOUS VOICE – by Sunil Thenabadu Mariazelle Goonatilleke perhaps is the most sought-after Sri Lankan female vocalist with a melodious voice predominantly on stage in Sri Lanka pop having emerged over four decades ago since been in the limelight to date. She is a steadfast Christian very much into religion who is committed to God as her closest comrade and savior. Mariazelle had quipped that her audience is predominantly God.She has successfully survived in the music industry as a vocalist cum instrumentalist with precision in keyboard and guitar. To date she sustains her stardom unblemished persisting her singing dexterity vibrant as ever.it was Mariazelle who was instrumental in attracting knowledgeable western audiences into listening to Sinhala ‘baila’ melodies with a huge volume of discipline over three decades ago,. Mariazelle had studied western classical guitar under ‘guru’ Winston Jayawardena while voice trained under Estelle Deniese.The feel she ...
Mar 28, 2022
Posted by eLanka admin In
Articles, Sunil Thenabadu
Tagged Asith Chandrasena, Bathiya and Santhush, BMICH, Estelle Deniese, Junior Rhythmiers, Kandy Lamissi, Mariazelle Goonatilleke, Radio Ceylon, SLBC, Sri Lankan female vocalist, Suresh Maliyadde, Winston Jayawardena
You are invited, to join us for an evening of friendship, tea, food, and an entertaining talk…. CEYLON SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE CHAPTER At our next meeting Prof Anoma Pieris will present an illustrated talk on “Mrs. B, BMICH and the Non-Aligned Summit Architecture” The fifth Non-Aligned Movement summit in Colombo hosted by Sirimavo Bandaranaike’s 1970-77 government was a spectacular international event, unlike any other held previously in the city, not for its pomp and ceremony, but for its anti-imperialist politics, its call for nuclear disarmament and, above all, its delegates, leaders of newly decolonised nations seeking ‘Third World Solidarity’. Indira Gandhi, Anwar Sadat, Muammar Gaddafi, Cardinal Marcos, and others, glided by in two-toned maroon-and-cream Holden Statesman sedans, and Josip Broz Tito in his six-door Mercedes Benz limousine, cheered on by waiting crowds. Dignitaries were accommodated in American-designed multinational hotels completed during the 1970s, and the host venue for the ...
Jan 17, 2022
Posted by eLanka admin In
Articles
Tagged BMICH, Ceylon Society of Australia, Prof Anoma Pieris
A Literary appreciation of the “Commando Regiment” – by Capt Elmo Jayawardena A Literary appreciation of the “Commando Regiment” When the presentation of the book is excellent, a prospective reader would be encouraged to see what is inside. That is where the Colonel won his first round. I will jump over the Author’s writing and talk about the Foreword to the book. It is written by Major General Lalin Fernando. What he wrote reminded me of a similar sentiment I read years ago by Jean-Paul Sartre for the eternally popular ‘Wretched of the Earth’ by Frantz Fanon. General Fernando’s Foreword gives the essence of the story reduced in size but done with military precision. I wasn’t varnishing anything when I linked Sartre and Fanon to the commando book. Now I come to the photos. The ‘man of the match’ is there, The Colonel, and he is flanked by another Colonel and ...
Oct 2, 2021
Posted by eLanka admin In
Articles, Capt Elmo Jayawardena
Tagged BMICH, Commando Regiment, Elmo Jayawardena
