Amidst all the excitement from the Apple announcements, SriLankan Airlines recently banned MacBook Pros. Specifically, ones that were sold between September 2015 and February 2017. According to Apple, a number of older generation 15-inch MacBook Pros have been recalled as the battery may have overheating issues and could pose a fire safety risk. As such, SriLankan Airlines is requesting ...
The 13th Sri Lanka University Games successfully concluded after twenty two games with the participation of fourteen universities. Table tennis was the ultimate game at SLUG which decided who was the victor ludorum. Table tennis is a strenuous game which requires not only talent but also the mind tricks in order to win. A good table tennis player knows how ...
The crackle of electricity in the atmosphere on the 19th of August, 2019 could be felt by everyone at the Gymkhana Tennis Club, Colombo. After months and months of hard work and effort, practicing their way to coming as close to perfection as they can get, the teams of the universities converged for the final day of the Tennis tournament of ...
The netball matches of the Sri Lankan university scholars, who gathered to triumph on the grandest stage of the Sri Lanka University Games, were held on 27th, 28th and 29th of August at the indoor stadiums of University of Ruhuna and Kotawila. It is noteworthy that the curtain raiser of this tournament, which 14 universities participated, was Netball. University ...
Amidst the blistering heat and the heightened spirits of the spectators, the quarterfinals of the cricket series of the Sri Lankan University Games (SLUG) 2019 took place this weekend at various University grounds. Players representing their universities, battling against each other in a series of knock out matches, shedding sweat and tears for their alma mater showcased talents which ...
Image from “Sri Lanka: Reconciling and Rebuilding”: Framing the lies “…the elevation of Mr Rajapaksa to the presidency is likely to have a damaging impact on social stability… With a rise in Sinhalese nationalism, there is likely to be a further increase in anti-minority sentiment across the country… Combined with the weakening of press freedoms and civil liberties that we ...
Featured image courtesy Sri Lanka Brief The International Day of the Disappeared is on August 30, and I was in Mannar when a group of mothers were preparing to show their collective resistance at Omanthai in the North and Kalmunai in the East. The discussion was around how safe it is to protest. Even though the State of Emergency has ...
When we look back on our travels, there’s undoubtedly some hotels we would hardly ever wish to go back to, but of course there are those that we wish were our permanent abodes. Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll be counting down our list of Top 25 Hotels as voted by you. From a colonial bungalow in the ...
I overheard a conversation between lovers the other day. But I am broken, one said. . That’s ok, the other replied: so am I. Sometimes broken pieces fit together better than things that are whole. I shouldn’t have been spying, but how could I help myself? I am seated next to them but they don’t see me. I am ...
Featured image by Selvaraja Rajasegar One question. I needed an answer to one question. Despite being used to meeting people and talking about difficult issues, it was not easy to ask this question. I had to make myself emotionally numb in order to be able to question those who have been heartbroken for decades and are living with memories ...
‘Romesh Kaluwitharana ct Sachin Tendulkar, b Wasim Akram.’ Remember this? You probably would if you were an ardent cricket fan. You would, even if you were not, being an Indian and a Pakistani, old enough and interested enough (obviously) in shared subcontinental history. Who in the subcontinent hasn’t heard of Wasim Akram? Who hasn’t heard of Sachin Tendulkar? Both ...
‘It’s okay to lose to opponent. But it’s never okay to lose to fear’. The much awaited karate tournaments of the Sri Lanka University Games were held on the 1st and 2nd September, 2019 at the University of Ruhuna. The endurance gained through months of practice and hard work was tested against the talented players who flocked together at one ...
Rain has turned the red earth roads of Kiula, Hungama in the Southern Province to mud and the skies are overcast. In the verandah of a bright pink house, five women – U.P. Somaseeli, K.D. Jayantha, A.T. Hemalatha, K.P. Somawathi and S.M. Pemasili – are settling in to plastic chairs to share their experiences. “It’s not often that people come ...
When the koha calls we know it is avurudu. When certain names are mentioned over and over again, we know elections are around the corner. Yes, Thajudeen, Lasantha and Ekneligoda. Throw in Keith Noyahr and Upali Tennekoon if you like. And of course white vans. The first two were killed. The third disappeared. Keith and Upali were attacked; Keith ...
“Winning is grabbed by effort, by commitment, by ambition, by quality and by expressing yourself individually but also in the team context. SLUG 2019, the most prestigious tournament of Sri Lankan university sports’ tradition, created it’s 13th journey. This time, starting from 26th August. Football, one of the best markers of the university games’ history marked its unstoppable exploration, ...
While ago the indoor stadium at university of Ruhuna was lying in a deep sleep. It was disturbed in a flash by the cheering of the huge audience and the sparkling lights. Each passing minute was swarmed with discomfiture as it was time to direct all of their abilities in the exact way to the diversion of their dream into ...
The Indoor stadium at University of Ruhuna-Wallamadama was filled with young undergraduates from around 12 Universities with bold faces, mouth guards and other safety guards, practicing “striking with the foot and hand”. The tournament was held in compliance with the rules and regulations of the World Taekwondo Federation as adopted by the Taekwondo Federation of Sri Lanka with the ...
The atmosphere was electrifying in the Uyanwatta ground in Matara as the crowd gathered to witness the Elle matches of the 13th SLUG 2019. Elle matches were held on 30th and 31st August and 1st of September at the Uyanwatta ground, Matara. This year 14 teams from state universities participated in the event and matches were played under the ...
So,we are meeting again to learn the second national languages of mother Sri Lanka. We have finished learning about daily wishes and interactive phrases in lesson 6, about various times of the day in lesson 7 and the basic numbers in the lesson 8.Now,we shall study some applications of the numbers as promised in the last lesson. First we will ...
Featured image courtesy Janakaraliya.org In the 1970s and 1980s, Sri Lanka witnessed a marked conflict between the State’s enactment of power in relation to the control of public space, and street theatre’s appropriation of it. The proscenium theatre was allowed more freedom from State control, thus highlighting that there was a distinctly threatening quality to the nature of street plays, ...
