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 Sri Lanka Foundation in Los…
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 Nations Dispute Tribunal (UNDT), when…
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, one of the world’s most…
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 to someone cough has been…
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 25 Canadian Immigrants of 2022,…
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 R.Biden, Jr graced the ceremony…
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 the Minister of Trade by…