From humble beginnings, The Saga of the self-made Billionaire-Jagath Withana – By Sunil Thenabadu The spotlight on the few success stories often conceals the fact that most people face financial struggles at some point in their lives. The concept of the “self-made” millionaire – or billionaire even – is one that has been popularised by media and society. We often hear stories of individuals who supposedly came from humble beginnings, worked tirelessly, and then amassed incredible wealth .While their dedication, hard work, and ingenuity are undoubtedly commendable, the term “self-made” is misleading, and frankly incorrect. The truth is, no one becomes successful in isolation; every single person who has any level of success has benefited from some form of support, be it direct or indirect, along their journey to success. Jagath Pinnawadu Withana is one of the five siblings born to parents both government servants attached to the judiciary and ...
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Ronnie De Mel the socialist who created a capitalist economy-By D.B.S Jeyaraj Source:Dailymirror Ronnie’s first attempt in electoral politics was in the historic Wellassa region of the Uva province. History was made when Ronnie de Mel presented the new United National Party (UNP) Government’s budget in November 1977 Ronnie sat for the Ceylon Civil Service (CCS) exam and joined the CCS in 1948. He served in different capacities at the Puttalam, Vavuniya and Matara Kachcheris The new Devinuwara MP with his leftist ideology and classical oratory was an instant hit. His parliamentary speeches were very popular The ascension of Junius Richard Jayewardene to the premier seat of political power in 1977 paved the way for a drastic transformation of Sri Lanka’s politico-economic landscape and environment. J.R. Jayewardene known popularly as “JR” ushered in political, economic, and electoral changes that utterly changed Sri Lanka. In the words of William Butler Yeats ...
Mar 3, 2024
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Cygnus House Clinches Championship at Lyceum Kurunegala Athletic Meet 2023/24 In a display of sheer athleticism and determination, Cygnus House soared to victory at the Inter House Athletic Meet of Lyceum International School, Kurunegala for the fourth consecutive year. The event, held at the SLNG Playground, Kurunegala, witnessed intense competition among the houses of Aquila, Cetus, Cygnus, and Ursa. Dr. Shilpa Fernando, a proud Lyceum athlete and 1st place winner of Discus Throw and Shot Putt events at the Junior National Athletic Championship, was the Chief Guest at the event. Mrs. Nayana Senevirathne, Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Sports (North Western Province), Mr. Sameera Hewage, Senior Executive Vice President (Sports, Fitness & Wellness innovation) at Lyceum Global Holdings, Mr. Nethan Wijesinghe, Principal of Lyceum International School, Panadura as well as principals from the Kurunegala area and the Lyceum school’s management, graced the event. ...
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දේශජ භක්තිය පුබුදාලූ විජමු වියතානන් දැයෙන් සමුගෙන තෙවසක් සපිරේ – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම්. Image Source : sundaytimes විජමු යන අකුරු තුන නෙත් ගැටුණු සැණින්, අපගේ මතකයේ සජීවීමත් වන්නාවූ වීජමු ලොකුබණ්ඩාර ශූරීන්ය. එතුමා දැයෙන් සමුගෙන ඉකුත් පෙබරවාරිත් දාහතර වන දිනට තෙ වසරක් සපිරේ. එතුමන් උපත ලබන්නේ 1941 අගෝස්තු 5 වැනිදා හපුතලේ යහලබැද්ද ගම්පෙත, සොහොයුරන් තිදෙනෙක් සහ සොහොයුරියන් තිදෙනෙකුගෙන් යුත් පවුලකය. ලොකු මැණිකේ සහ ගුණසේකර බණ්ඩාර යන දෙමහල්ලෝ , මෙම බිලිඳාට විජෙසිංහ ජයවීර මුදියන්සේලාගේ ලොකුබණඩාර යන නම තැබුහ. ඔහු අත් පොත් තබන්නේ යහල – බැද්ද පාසලෙනි. ද්විතීය අධ්‍යාපනය පිණිස මෙම දරුවා බණ්ඩාරවෙල මධ්‍ය මහා විද්‍යාලය වෙත පා නගයි. විජමු ශුරීන් සිය ළමා විය සිහිපත් කළ සජීවී සංවාදයක් සරසවි පිවිසුම ඉහලින්ම සමත් වන හෙතෙම ,පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයෙන් ශාස්ත්‍රවේදී උපාධිය සමත් වේ. වැඩිදුර අධ්‍යාපනය කෙරෙහි මහත් උනන්දුවක් දැක්වූ විජමු ,ලන්ඩන් විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයෙන් ශාස්ත්‍රවේදී උපාධිය සමත් වීමට ද භාග්‍යවන්ත විය. තුරුණු වියේ ලොකුබණ්ඩාර වෘත්තියෙන් නීතිඥයකු වූ අතර සහකාර නීති කෙටුම්පත් සම්පාදකයකු ලෙසද කලක් සේවයෙහි නිරත විය. 1970 දශකය උදාවන්නේ මෙම නව යොවුන් තරුණයාට වසන්තය කැන්දවමිනි. කෝට්ටේ බාලිකාවේ සංගීත ගුරුවරියක් ...
Famous, forgotten players of Ceylon-Sri Lanka hockey-By Dennis de Rosayro Source:Sundayobserver There have many hockey players who represented Sri Lanka against State teams on overseas tours and although they were not classed as Internationals they were the best players picked for Ceylon and later Sri Lanka at that time. It was the time when the quality of the game and players were of paramount importance and the best always mattered. This account is the first in a two-part series of the famously illustrious players and an insight into who they were makes very interesting reading! RH William: Goal keeper who played for Police and the Government Services. In 1953 he toured Madras and Bangalore and was a stalwart of the Police team and an understudy to the great Freddie White. V. Hensman: He was a fleet-footed Left-half who played for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club during their glory years ...
LMD International Source:LMD International “New Gallup findings indicate stress, sadness and worry have all inched higher worldwide – and they’ve pushed up Gallup’s Negative Experience Index to another level.” Merilee Kern discusses the power of epigenetic healing in promoting happier and healthier lives. ...
The British Council’s Schools Now! 2024 conference equips educators and decision-makers with the strategies necessary to enhance the educational experience for students worldwide 4 delegates from Sri Lanka attended the conference. Themed around ‘Enriching your curriculum’, the Schools Now! 2024 conference brought education experts from around the world to present innovations and case studies in leadership, well-being and safeguarding approaches and the integration of technology in digital learning The conference focused on empowering subject experts within the school community to drive curriculum development and delivery The British Council’s Schools Now! 2024 was held over three days in Cape Town, South Africa from 27-29 February 2024. The conference was attended by over 1000 school leaders both onsite and virtually, and served as a platform for fostering collaboration, sharing best practices and insights in international education. From Sri Lanka, 4 delegates attended the conference including representatives from the British Council and schools including ...
Mar 3, 2024
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සයුරේ විකුම් පෑ නාවික හමුදාවේ විශේෂ යාත්‍රා බලගනයට ජනාධිපති වර්ණ – Sri Lanka Navy | Rupavahini News ...
