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London Buddhist Vihara, the oldest Buddhist temple in the UK held a special blessings ceremony to mark Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birth anniversary last week. The ceremony was performed by the resident monks of the temple led by Ven. Bogoda Seelawimala Thera in the presence of the Royal Household staff of Buckingham Palace led by Master [...]
Dudley Senanayake: Here was a leader
Dudley Senanayake, the reluctant politician, entered the political fray at a young age; he was only 25. It is believed that his father’s gentle persuasion and constant advice by his friends and other members of his family were finally successful in making him take the plunge. But, looking back at his public life from 1936 [...]
Trade Union leader and politician of principles
By Latheef Farook Veteran trade unionist and politician Seyed Ahmed Seyed Alavi Moulana passed away on Wednesday 15 June 2016 during the holy month of Ramadan. His funeral took place at the Dehiwala Burial Ground the following day. Discussing about Moulana, Tilak Jayasingha, Sri Lanka’s former Ambassador to Palestine, told me that his uncle and [...]
Buddhism as a catalyst for world peace
By K.H.J. Wijayadasa History of humanity the history of war The world today is in turmoil. Human beings are killing human beings for political, economic, ethnic or religious reasons. They are losing their sensitivity day by day. There is no wisdom in their decision making. Fear, anxiety, mistrust and conflict prevail in society. Uncertainty of [...]
Traditional water management isn’t enough
By Prof. Mohan Munasinghe The COP21 Paris meeting of the UNFCCC highlighted water as a major resource through which some of the worst climate change impacts would be felt worldwide. In recognition of this fact, a key output of COP21 was the Paris Pact on Water and Adaptation. Water also figures prominently in the UN [...]
Keeping the Kelani River clean: A multi-stakeholder approach
Water is life. It is the basis on which our existence is built upon. Yet, wide scale pollution of this finite resource — including the river pollution such as what we observe in the Kelani River — suggests that people have taken this gift of Mother Nature for granted. The consequences of which is the [...]
The world’s ins and outs
By Lucy P. Marcus LONDON – As the United Kingdom’s debate about whether to withdraw from the European Union has heated up, “in” and “out” have come to define the stark choice facing voters in next week’s “Brexit” referendum. The British are not alone: the world is increasingly divided between the mentalities underpinning support for [...]
Are UN diplomats shadowed by exterminators in Asphalt Jungle?
UNITED NATIONS – An African diplomat, who had been threatened by rebel forces in his home country, was posted by his government to its UN mission (read: embassy) in New York — primarily as a safe haven. The onetime infamous “asphalt jungle”, that goes by the name New York, was presumably beyond the reach of [...]
Port City Project: Megapolis Ministry clarifies
The Ministry of Megapolis & Western Development has sent us the following Right of Reply statement with regard to last week’s article headlined “Why Port City is Bad for the Country” The Ministry of Megapolis & Western Development, as the Ministry overseeing the Colombo Port City Project, is surprised and disappointed at the gross inaccuracies [...]