Accolades
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Dr. Bilinda Devage Nandadeva Elected to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Evaluation Body
PARIS: In a significant achievement for Sri Lanka, Dr. B. D. Nandadeva has been elected as an expert to the…
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Prof. Gishan Dissanaike Becomes the First Home-grown Dean of Cambridge Judge Business School in Three Decades
CAMBRIDGE: In a historic appointment, Sri Lankan-born Professor Gishan Dissanaike has been named the new Dean of Cambridge Judge Business…
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Masterchef winner Brin credits win to his GP fiancee, his ‘biggest supporter and toughest critic’
LONDON: Masterchef winner Brin Pirathapan, 29, is the son of two Sri Lankan war refugees and was helped to victory…
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Patrick Mendis, longtime Minnesotan, transatlantic relations scholar honored by Sri Lanka Foundation
MINNESOTA: Patrick Mendis, an award-winning University of Minnesota alumnus, has recently been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the…
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Justice Deepthi Amaratunga is a leading contender for a key position in United Nations Dispute Tribunal
NEW YORK: Sri Lanka will support the candidature of Justice Deepthi Amaratunga for the position of judge of the United…
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Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
LONDON: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka has won the Booker Prize for fiction,…
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Pfizer pays $179m for Australian company behind smartphone app developed by scientist of Sri Lankan origin that can diagnose COVID
BRISBANE: An Australian company that invented a smartphone app it says can diagnose COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses by listening…
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Two Canadians of Sri Lankan origin among Top 25 Canadian Immigrants of 2022
OTTAWA: Two Canadians of Sri Lankan origin, Professor Janaka Ruwanpura and Dr. Sivakumar Gulasingam have been named among the Top…
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Sri Lanka Naval Officer graduates with Honors from the US Coast Guard Academy
CONNECTICUT:On May 19,2021, the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut held the 140th Commencement Exercise. President Joseph…
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Ranil Jayawardena appointed as UK’s Minister of Trade
LONDON: The office of the Department for International Trade in UK has announced that Ranil Jayawardena has been appointed as…
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