KALA KEERTHI VASANTHA OBEYSEKERA MULTIPLE AWARD WINNING FILM SCRIPT WRITER,DIRECTOR IMMORTALIZED REAL LIFE STORIES ON CIMEMATIC SCREENS – by Sunil Thenabadu Image Source : dailynews Kala Keerthi  Vasantha Obeysekera born in year 1937  was stared as one of the foremost film fabricators in the 70s decade who graduated from the University of.Peradeniya in the year 1962. He had served on the Editorial Staff of the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited from 1964 to 1970 in the Dinamina newspaper. In addition to his editorial work, Vasantha Obeysekera wrote several short stories during this period. Vasantha had entered the cinematic industry with Sath Samudura in year 1967 which he co-wrote and worked as the assistant director. The film was selected to the Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow at which was awarded a merit certificate in cinematography by the film authorities of Moscow..It was not long after Vasantha wrote the  script and directed the film ...

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CBB calls for policy stability and facilitation of trade with an FTA with the UK Roshanie Jayasundera-Moraes, Executive Vice President of John Keells Holdings, was re-elected as President of the CBB of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce at a virtually held AGM on 20 July 2021. Addressing the membership, she called for policy stability in order to facilitate business, build confidence among investors and attract FDI. She also called for a negotiation of an FTA between the UK and SL post Brexit.   “Sri Lanka provides significant opportunities for British companies looking to access larger South Asian markets that have some of the fastest growing economies as well as sizeable populations. In order to facilitate this, we are fully aware that SL needs to improve its ranking on the Ease of Doing Business Index and it’s encouraging to know that our policy makers have made this a priority. We look forward ...

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