UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene on Friday said that the Vistas of Prosperity and Splendour programme of the government had inflicted catastrophic changes including the consumer culture of people during the past two years. Addressing a meeting at party headquarters, Sirikotha, as a part of the UNP’s new membership drive, Wijewardene said that most people […]
By Sujeeva Nivunhella reporting from London London-based die-hard Lankan patriot, Douglas Wickremaratne passed away last week. He was 83. A product of Ananda College, Colombo, Douglas migrated to London in early 1960s. He was the President of the Sinhala Association in the UK and fought many battles countering false propaganda of the LTTE and its sympathizers. He […]
The Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Forum of Sri Lanka has stongly rebutted Prof. Tissa Vitarana’s assertion (Sunday Island Dec. 12) that ” I am reluctant to support the government policy of persisting with new mRNA vaccines (which have not been used before in humans). This is a pure genetic material which is less stable than […]
Sujeeva Nivunhella reporting from London A Pooja to celebrate Interfaith Week was organized here last week with the advice and guidance of Ven. Bogoda Seelawimala Nayake Thera, head of the London Buddhist Vihara and the Chief Sangha Nayake of Great Britain. This annual event begins on Remembrance Sunday, a memorial day observed in Commonwealth countries […]