Claude Denzil Joachim, (Retd. P&T Dept. SL) Dearly beloved husband of late Emilda, loving father of Aubrey and Doyne Joachim and father-in-law of Nelum and Angela, much loved grandfather of Ryle and Dale, Nichole, Linda and Suzette and great grand-father of Zara and Hazel passed away peacefully on July 10th. ...

Fare thee well Lal Wickrematunge – diplomat extraordinaire By Aubrey Joachim   Diplomacy – the art of dealing with people in a sensitive and tactful way. Lal Wickrematunge epitomises this definition to the letter. It is for this reason that he is being felicitated by hundreds of Sri Lankans from ...

        It seems that we are reliving the glory days of Anthonian cricket thanks to Tilak and now Frankie Amerasinghe, who have taken us back to that great College by the mighty Mahaveli where “we had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun” to quote ...

Sydney’s Sri Lankan social happenings require a ‘What’s On’ magazine of its own. Every weekend sees multiple events – dances, parties, foodie events and the like. However, last weekend saw one of the best ever Sri Lankan social events. An year in the planning ‘Peerless Pearl’ will certainly set Sri ...

  Image Source: Daily Mail    An eleven year old girl did Sri Lanka proud when she clinched Australia’s Junior Master Chef title 2020 on Monday night. Little Georgia of Lankan burgher heritage put Sri Lankan cuisine into the limelight when she enthralled Australian TV audiences (and now global online ...

Image Source ABC News Just a few days ago we Australian Lankans were lauding the achievements of eleven year old Georgia who reached out to every Australian household and heart when she demonstrated her culinary prowess on national TV. Last evening (12th November) a Sri Lankan family also appeared on ...

The legend that was Tom Deen had its genesis on the playing fields of St. Anthony’s College Kandy, when he first attended cricket practice for the Under 12 team. Thus began a fairy tale when in no time this promising youngster graduated to the Under 14 team before one could ...

PROLOGUE Please note that the names of the Superintendent and the Assistant Superintendent in this story are pseudonymns used for reasons of journalistic propriety. The officer in Charge of the Maskeliya Police Station at the time Mr.Ivan Boteju, a star athlete and an old boy of St.Anthony’s College Kandy, passed ...

Source:Dailynews Vesak (Pali: Vesakha, Sanskrit: Vaisakha), known as Buddha Jayanti or Buddha Purnima and Buddha Day is observed by Buddhist communities in and beyond India as the day of the Birth, Enlightenment and Parinirvana of Gautama Buddha. Mongolians also plan to celebrate Buddha Day today (26) which has been declared a public holiday. ...

Mahmudullah Riyad plays a shot Source:Dailynews Mushfiqur Rahim played one of his best One Day International (ODI) knocks as Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by 103 runs on the Duckworth and Lewis scoring method in the second match of the series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka yesterday. Bangladesh ...