India’s top printers hold roundtable conference in Colombo, sign MoU with SLAP
The Mumbai Mudrak Sangh (MMS), one of India’s most respected printing industry associations, held its 2025 Round Table Conference from July 10 to 12 at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo. Among the highlights of the conference was the signing of a memorandum of understanding between MMS and the Sri Lanka Association of Printers (SLAP). [...]
BIDTI’s 26th convocation on Tuesday
The Bandaranaike International Diplomatic Training Institute (BIDTI) will hold its 26th convocation on Tuesday, July 15, at the BMICH Lotus Hall, starting at 4:30 p.m. The chief guest will be Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vijitha Herath. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arun Hemachandra, will be the guest of honour.
Michigan-based professor to deliver talk on geotourism
A lecture on ‘Geotourism in Sri Lanka’ will be delivered by Prof. Pradeep Nalaka Ranasinghe on July 16 (Wednesday) at 6 p.m. at the University of Colombo’s Biology Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, accessed from Thurstan Road (Kumaratunga Munidasa Mw) and opposite the university canteen. Prof. Ranasinghe is attached to the School of Chemistry, Environmental, [...]
Whither human evolution?
Dr Channa Ratnatunga Seeing on media portals the current madness of a lack of human maturity, one wonders if and when humans will evolve beyond the tribal attitudes that were a hallmark of primitive societies! Would we as Homo sapiens ever evolve beyond the current mindset? It would be difficult to envisage, though, the other [...]
How to negotiate with Donald Trump
By Koichi Hamada, Project Syndicate, Exclusive to the Sunday Times in Sri Lanka NEW HAVEN – Since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, it has been virtually impossible to keep up with all the extreme measures, incendiary rhetoric, personnel changes, policy reversals, and breaches of rules and norms, from intelligence leaks to [...]