MUMBAI : Professor Dr. H M Rafeek was awarded the Eminence Excellence Award 2024 for his contribution to the field of Alternative and Complementary Medicine over the decades . The World Record of Excellence ,England hosted a global forum award ceremony on the December 2nd 2024 at the Marriot Hotel in Mumbai. The event was hosted in collaboration with Indo …
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Makkah pilgrimage that never happened Reflecting on ‘Martinair’ 50 years after the plane crash
The plane crash in Sri Lanka, which featured the Dutch Martinair DC8 aircraft, took place 50 years ago on a day like today The Seven Virgins Mountain range whch is also known as Uper Laxapana Mountain Range The aircraft was travelling from Surabaya International Airport in Indonesia bumped into the Seven Virgins Hill range in Norton Bridge The crash claimed …
Read More »Late Cegu Issadeen was a thought leader
Cegu Issadeen An intelIectual heavyweight passed away in Akkaraipattu the other day. He was a multi-faceted personality. A controversial politician and an emotive speaker, he strode the literary and political fields in the South-East of Sri Lanka for several decades. Late Issadeen was famous for his philosophical poetry in Tamil, writing under pen name, வேதாந்தி. He was the ideologue of …
Read More »Muslim artist Mahbuba Maqsoodi makes history in Germany
The first female artist ever to have an artwork chosen for the special German Christmas stamp was born in Afghanistan, and lives in Munich. The stamp is the first to feature artwork made by a contemporary living artist. Provided by Deutsche Welle© Benjamin Mang/Atelier Maqsoodi We meet Mahbuba Maqsoodi in her Munich studio, sitting among sketches and colorful mockup drawings. …
Read More »SLMC founder chairman Cegu Isadean passes away
AKKARAIPATTU :,Founder member of SLMC and former minister Cegu Izzaddeen, 82 , and father of Hasana Cegu Izzaddeen Private Secretary to the Prime Minister Harini passed away in his hometown of AKKARAIPATTU on Thursday early morning on Nov. 28. Mohamed Hasan Cegu Issadeen (1944–2024): A Legacy of Leadership Mohamed Hasan Cegu Issadeen, born on May 12, 1944, was a prominent …
Read More »Life and times of Alhaj H.S. Ismail
By Alhaj A. H. M. Azwer, MP, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, President, H. S. Ismail Commemoration Committee. – Daily News Sat May 17 2003 H.S. Ismail is a distinguished product of Puttalam. According to eminent Greek, Roman and Arab historians, Puttalam, Manthota and Galle had Arab settlements several centuries before the birth of Christ. Ibn Batuta, the famous Arab traveller …
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