By Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne (Retired from Sri Lanka Navy) Former Chief of Defence Staff A long time ago, on 01 April 1881, Royal College (then known as the Colombo Academy) in Mutwal, Principal Mr John B Cull started a School Cadet Platoon. The idea was to train students on drill so that they would […]
By Neville Ladduwahetty According to media reports the government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) has signed three new Agreements, dated 6 January, 2022 relating to the Trinco oil Tank Farms. The first with the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), the second with the Lanka IOC PLC (LIOC), and the third with a Joint Venture Company incorporating the […]
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by Sumi Moonesinghe narrated to Savitri Rodrigo Believing strongly in the Premadasa ideology of sustainable development long before it became a buzzword, I began working even more closely with him once he was elected President. I had erected a statue in memory of Dr. C W W Kannangara, the Father of Free Education in Sri […]
By Rathindra Kuruwita An agreements signed on Thursday night to develop the Trincomalee Oil Tank Farm as a joint venture between Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and Lanka IOC was illegal and Sri Lankans should not accept them, Education Secretary of the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP), Pubudu Jayagoda said yesterday. Jayagoda said that usually such agreements […]