As a Sri Lankan who benefitted from free education, I feel honoured and privileged to deliver this Dr. C.W.W. Kannangara Memorial Oration, the 32nd in the lecture series inaugurated in 1988 on the twentieth anniversary of his demise. I am well aware of the gravity of this task, particularly when considering the impressive stature of […]
Today is Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day. It is a statutory public holiday observed in the country to mark the birthday of Ghana s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, who was born on September 21, 1909 at Nkroful, near Axim in the Nzema East Municipality in the Western Region of the then Gold Coast, now Ghana.
On the 8th of September 2022, I visited the Colombo Fort Railway station hoping to book two seats to Ella (Colombo Fort – Ella – Colombo Fort).I spoke to the officer at the Inquiries counter and presented my requirements. Immediate response was there were no vacant seats for those dates. I wanted to change the […]
“Alarm over rise in chain snatching from women, robberies and thefts” and “Records show poor attendance by parliamentarians” are two news items appeared in the Sunday Times. I wonder whether there is some connection between these two. K Siriweera