Most Ven. Omare Kassapa Thera was honoured with the honorary title of “Agga Maha Pandita” by the Burmese government Maha Vihara Vamsika Shyamopali Maha Nikaya. Sri Rohana Sect, Anunayaka Most Venerable Omare Kassapa Anunahimiy will be honoured with a reception on 28 April at Rabindranath Memorial Auditorium, Ruhuna University. The Mahanayake of Sri Rohana Parshwa, […]
Saudi Arabia has facilitated the evacuation of 13 Sri Lankans from Sudan in the wake of fierce fighting between the Sudanese Army and paramilitary group known as Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Fighting erupted several days ago for the control of capital Khartoum and other strategically important locations. News agencies reported that RSF forces commanded by […]
Ministry directive ‘malicious, arbitrary and unreasonable’ Two of the seven Senior DIGs suddenly transferred by police headquarters have refused to abide by the directive, demanding the immediate intervention of the National Police Commission (NPC). Retired IGP Chandra Fernando heads the NPC. The senior officers transferred with effect from 25 April, included Lalith Pathinayake, Ajith Rohana, […]
Text and picture by PRIYAN DE SILVA Rev. Sister Sandamali Kurera, who served St Mary’s Convent Matara for over two decades as its Principal, has left the school to take up duties as Treasurer of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary. The young Sandamali who hails from Chilaw had her primary education at […]
The revised indictments on Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Dr. Rajitha Senaratne and two others were served before the Colombo High Court yesterday (April 26) over the losses suffered by the government as a result of leasing out Modera Fisheries Harbour in 2014. At the time Dr. Senaratne served President Mahinda Rajapakas’s Cabinet as the […]