RUZAIK FAROOK : COLOMBO — The Sri Lanka – Malaysia Business Council (SLMBC) successfully concluded its 30th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday August 22. at the Union Ballroom, Hilton Colombo Residences. The event was a significant milestone for the council, celebrating three decades of fostering bilateral trade and investment between Sri Lanka and Malaysia. The outgoing president, M.H.K.M Hameez (Spillburg Holdings), …
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Fund Raising Project launched in aid of People in Gaza
RUZAIK FAROOK COLOMBO – The Nina Skin Care and Eyes on Gaza in collaboration with Dolci Falasteen Restaurant organized a fund raising project for the people of Gaza at the restaurant premises in Colombo on Saturday August 3. Various items such as food, mehendi, face painting, cosmetics, spices and many more stalls were displayed. More than 1500 people of all faiths …
Read More »GCE (OL)) Exam: Jumma prayers to end before 1pm for the convenience of Muslim candidates
The Department of Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs Director Z. A. M. Faizal has requested all the trustees of the Jumma Mosque in the island to wind up the Friday Jumma prayers before 1. 00 pm during the GCE O/L Examination period to enable Muslim candidates to report to their respective centers in time. The GCE Ordinary Level Examination will …
Read More »The Iran-Israel conflict leaves Lanka at crossroads
Israel’s misguided (as the US President chooses to call it) attack on the Iranian Consulate in Syria, the retaliatory strikes by Iran on Israel and counter-strikes by Israel on Iran have set West Asia (referred to as the Middle East by the US and the West) in flames. By these actions, the taboo against direct attacks on each other has …
Read More »Dr. Ariyaratne enriched underprivileged families – Prof. Rasheen Bappu
Sri Lanka Chapter of World Forum for Sri Lankan Muslims Chairman Prof. Rasheen Bappu in condolence message over the death of Sarvodaya Founder Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne said that the late Dr. Ariyaratne enriched many families under the poverty line in the country. “He transformed and navigated the Sri Lankan Civil Society activities to a result-oriented venture”. Excerpts from the …
Read More »Amana Bank refurbishes Child & Adolescent Mental Health Clinic at Kalubowila Hospital
The Amana Bank Team attended the handover ceremony of the refurbished clinic to hospital authorities at the Kalubowila hospital premises As a responsible corporate inspired by its people-friendly banking model, Amana Bank recently refurbished the Child and Adolescents Mental Health Clinic of the Colombo South Teaching Hospital (Kalubowila Hospital). The refurbishment project at the clinic, which is one of Sri …
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