Squatters in sanctuaries exacerbates human-jumbo conflict By Ifham Nizam Giant Squirrels also known as Rock Squirrels, and monkeys destroy some 107 million coconuts annually, a recent survey by the research team of the Hector Kobbekaduwa Agricultural Research and Training Institute has revealed. Agriculture, Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation Ministry officials had a discussion, last Friday, on how to solve […]
A bust of Sir D.B. Jayatilaka, the first representative of Sri Lanka to India, commissioned by the High Commission of Sri Lanka, in New Delhi, in a bid to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Sri Lanka sending her first Representative to India, in 1942, was ceremonially unveiled yesterday (07). A few former High Commissioners of India […]
This month’s edition of Rendez-Vous with Yasmin and Kumar, features La Souriante Madame Beudet (The Smiling Madame Beudet), a short French impressionist silent film, made in 1923, and directed by pioneering avant-garde film maker Germaine Dulac. A special feature of the screening of this film, at the Alliance Francaise de Colombo, recently, was that it was entirely […]
By Thushara Athapaththu Former President and SLFP leader Maithripala Sirisena has appointed SLFP Colombo District Organiser Chandrika de Soysa as the party’s Women’s Wing Deputy Chairperson. The appointment was announced during a party internal election recently. De Soysa, a member of the SLFP since 1978, is also a member of the party’s Central Committee.
By Rathindra Kuruwita President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday asked Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakse to take steps to ensure that incidents that allowed drug addicts to escape from the Kandakadu Rehabilitation Centre would not occur again. Some drug addicts undergoing rehabilitation at the centre escaped during a clash between two groups, on Sunday. Wickremesinghe is on an official […]