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Lankapuvath. Lankapuvath ( Sinhala: ලංකාපුවත්) is Sri Lanka ’s national and only news agency and is based in Colombo [1] [2] and consists of five partners, national dailies and main national electronic media institutions. [3] The share holders of Lankapuvath are Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC), Sri Lanka Broadcasting ...
Dhanapala was born in Tissamaharama and educated at Mahinda College, Galle and Allahabad University in India. After an early career as a writer and a journalist at the Ceylon Daily News, where he made a name as Janus, in the famous "Blue Page" of the Ceylon Daily News. His pen portraits of the movers and shakers in the then Ceylon made his ...
But in 1953, he joined again with "Lankadeepa" editorial board. In 1954, he moved to Radio Ceylon as a thesis editor. [6] In the same year, he translated the popular novel Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam written by Omar Khayyam , [2] and the poem was published in 1954 with the title Lihini Pothak by Gunasena Company.
He was married to longtime partner Dayalatha Weerasinghe. The couple had three children. The eldest daughter, Tikiri Kumari is working at a music institute. His second daughter, Nadee Kumari is a music teacher. His son, Chamikara is a Deputy News Editor of the "Daily News". His nephew Saman Mendis is a renowned photographer.
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said that AI is "like a tsunami" that will have a significant impact on the global workforce and could boost productivity if managed well.
Gamini Susiriwardana (Sinhala: ගාමිණී සුසිරිවර්ධන; 31 December 1962 – 14 November 2021), was a Sri Lankan singer and actor. One of ...
Anagarika Dharmapala was born on 17 September 1864 in Colombo, Ceylon to Don Carolis Hewavitharana of Hiththetiya, Matara and Mallika Dharmagunawardhana (the daughter of Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana ), who were among the richest merchants of Ceylon at the time. He was named Don David Hewavitharane. His younger brothers were Dr Charles ...
Bandula Padmakumara. Godewatta Arachchige Bandula Padmakumara ( Sinhala: බන්දුල පද්මකුමාර; 2 June 1950 – 24 February 2022), popularly as Bandula Padmakumara, was a Sri Lankan journalist and television presenter. [1] [2] He was an iconic figure of Sri Lankan media and journalism most notable for the popular ...