by Hugh Karunanayake The four generational link that the Northways had with the plantation enterprise in Ceylon ended with the death of the last of the Northways in Sri Lanka, that of Michael Northway, in 1995. The progenitor of the family in Ceylon was Samuel Northway who together with the Winters, Bowmans, Hawkes, and Gotteliers, […]
74 not out – a personal memoir Gamini Fonseka, FCA, FCMA, JDIPMA(UK) I was born four weeks after we won our Independence. In my infant days I did not know anything about life except that my father provided the family with everything we needed. We lived in Panadura. Later on I came to know that […]
A Bronze Lineage: Kannagi/Pattini and Karaikkal Ammaiyar of Polonnaruwa island.lk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from island.lk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Lynn Ockersz It’s the Horse Trader’s hour once again, And fierce bargaining unfolds on Stage; Creatures stomping with iron hoofs, Displaying teeth of menacing length, And merciless whips for tongues, Are receiving top most billing, By ‘Strutting and Fretting’ business Heads, Trying now to sit in saddles under siege, But in a hitherto nodding […]
The suit-clad prime minister, who is more comfortable in English than Sinhala and less popular with the majority lower middle-class population, could be the answer t.