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50 Years of challenges, resilience and excellence!-by Dr. Kingsley Bernard Source:Dailynews The University of Jaffna, located in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, has a rich and complex history deeply intertwined with the region’s cultural, social, and political landscape. The University of Jaffna was officially established on 6th October, 1974, as the sixth campus of the University of Sri Lanka, under the name “Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka.” The institution began with a few faculties and a limited number of students, focusing primarily on arts and science disciplines. If I may add some little known facts about how our first batch of students who joined the Jaffna Campus, lobbied the Government which resulted in then Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike to consider establishing this campus! This was in early 1974, the intake of undergraduates to the University Campuses (then it was one University ie. the University of Sri ...

Sep 28, 2024 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , ,
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Sirimavo Bandaranaike on The World Stage in Pictorial Power-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Item in Daily Mirror, 14 March 2024 ………………………… https://www.dailymirror.lk/ The Bandaranaike Museum Committee has taken step to publish the second limited edition of the Pictorial Biography; ‘SIRIMAVO – Steering the Destiny of a Nation’ in collaboration with the Sarasavi Bookshop and it is now available for sale, the Bandaranaike Museum Committee said. It said the book was published due to various request from the public here and abroad. The first edition of this book showcasing rare archival photographs depicting the remarkable public life of Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike, who made history in July 1960 as the world’s first woman Prime Minister, was released in March 2022 as a limited publication, and was sold out within few months, the Committee said in a statement. This coffee table book, ‘SIRIMAVO- Steering the Destiny of a Nation’ presents the remarkable story of Sirimavo ...

Mar 15, 2024 Posted by In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged ,
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“The Kandy Man’’-REVIEW BY TISSA DEVENDRA Source:Sunday Observer It took me some time to appreciate Sarath Amunuama’s title of his autobiography. I had never realized how deep rooted was the identification of Kandyan Sinhalese with the kingdom they lost in 1815. This was manifest at the triumph expressed by Sarath’s father at his son’s appointment as the first born and bred Kandyan Government Agent of a Kandyan District I am also certain that Sarath was fully aware that his career proved the truth of Robert Knox’s apocryphal farmer who was fit to be king once his mud was washed off. ...

May 10, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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eLanka Newsletter – 2 Dec – 1st edition – Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Farewell event for the newly appointed Ambassador of Sri Lanka to China Dr. Palitha Kohona “CRICKET, LOVELY CRICKET” – By Des Kelly Due for release on Netflix on Thursday 10 December is Funny Boy What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For – Emile Ford & the Checkmates – by Patrick Ranasinghe ‘Impossible is just a state of mind’ – Dr. Dinesh Palipana-by Kalani Kumarasinghe SRI LANKA NEWS – NOVEMBER 2020-Compiled by Victor Melder. A SAD NIGHT TO REMEMBER – by Capt Elmo Jayawardena Importance of knowing the causes of leg swelling-By Dr Harold Gunatillake White Water Rafting in Kitulgala – adventure capital of Sri Lanka By Arundathie Abeysinghe ROYAL COLLEGE CADET PLATOON 1980-By Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne Kaleidoscope with Savithri ...

Dec 2, 2020 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , ,
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A magical world of books – Text and pix: Mahil Wijesinghe Step into the Gamini Hall bookshops wedged among the giant trees at D.R. Wijewardene Mawatha and quench your thirst for reading An array of bookshops along D.R. Wijewardene Mawatha Source:Sunday Observer September is considered a literary month in Sri Lanka. Authors are awarded, volumes of new books published and mega book exhibitions organised to celebrate the month. The ten-day long Colombo International Book Fair at the BMICH opened on September 18. However, this year, the book fair is held under strict health regulations due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In the good old days, the Gamini Theatre Hall in Maradana was a popular spot among filmgoers in the Colombo city. But today, it’s no more. Instead the area is popular among bookworms in the city – the Gamini Hall bookshops, comprising a cluster of second hand bookshops located at D.R. Wijewardene ...

Sep 22, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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