Inauguration Ceremony – MA in Sinhala 2017/2018
The Inauguration Ceremony of MA in Sinhala 2017/2018 was held on 11th March 2017 at the M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium of Department of Sinhala. Professor Premakumara De Silva, Department of Sociology delivered the Key note speech. Emeritus Professors J. B. Dissanayake, Kusuma Karunarathne, Rohini Paranavithana and Professor Athula Ranasinghe – Dean, Faculty of Arts, Senior […]
Inauguration Ceremony – Diploma in Sinhala 2017 / 2018
The inauguration ceremony of the Diploma in Sinhala programme, was held on 4th March 2017, at the M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium, Department of Sinhala. Mr Saman Panapitiya – Senior Lecturer, University of Performance and Fine Arts, delivered a special speech for diploma candidates.
Workshop on Democracy, Citizenship and Justice
The Department of Political Science and Public Policy of the University of Colombo, in collaboration with the Social Scientists’ Association conducted a one-day Workshop on Democracy, Citizenship, and Justice on 17th February 2017 at the Auditorium of the Women’s Education and Research Centre in Colombo 06. It was designed to provide exposure to young lecturers […]
Guest Lecture on Study on the Establishment of Maternity Protection Insurance in Sri Lanka
he Department of Demography and the Population Association of Sri Lanka (PASL) organized a guest lecture on Study on the Establishment of Maternity Protection Insurance in Sri Lank on 08th February 2017 at 3.00 pm. The lecture was be delivered by Dr. A.T.P.L. Abeykoon – Senior Fellow, Institute for Health Policy (IHP) & Former Director of the […]
A Book Launch – සාහිත්යය මැවූ ගැහැනිය
The launch of “සාහිත්යය මැවූ ගැහැනිය” , written by Senior Lecturer – Ms. Latha Gurusinghe (Head – Department of Sinhla) was held on 07th February 2017, at 3.00 pm in the M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium, Department of Sinhala. This ceremony was chaired by Emeritus Professor J. B. Dissanayake and the key note address was delivered […]
Economics Undergraduate wins the Best Research Paper Award at SAESM – Nepal
13th South Asian Economic Students’ Meet (SAESM) which was held in Kathmandu, Nepal from 29th January to 3rd February, 2017 brought great glory to Sri Lanka and to the University of Colombo with the exceptional performance of young economists. 13th SAESM was very special for Sri Lanka and it stands amongst the best SAESMs for […]
Australia Awards Fellowships Program on Developing Economic Research to Support Economic and Social Goals (Sri Lanka)
The Faculty of Arts organized a workshop on “Australia Awards Fellowships Program on Developing Economic Research to Support Economic and Social Goals (Sri Lanka), with collaboration of the Griffith University and the Department of Economics, on 10th January, 2017,.
“Protect Environment: Protect Life” – Cleaning Campaign at ‘Sri Pada’
The Department of Geography, University of Colombo organized a cleaning campaign at “SriPada” under the theme of “Protect Environment : Protect Life” which also related to the sustainable development goals. The main purpose of this project was to make our surrounding environment more clean, pleasant and healthy for all living beings. The project took place […]
Annual Research Symposium 2016 – Department of Sinhala
The 6th Annual Research Symposium was held on 10th November 2016 from 8.30 am onwards at M.B. Ariyapala Auditorium, Department of Sinhala- UoC. The keynote speech was delivered by Professor Asanga Thilakarathne, Buddhist Studies Unit, University of Colombo. Study of Sinhala Language, Literature and Culture for evolving human Co-existence Selected Research papers were presented under two sessions as […]
Awards Ceremony – Dean’s Literary Awards Competition 2016
The Awards Ceremony of the Dean’s Literary Awards Competition – 2016 , which was organized by the Department of Sinhala and the Dean’s office, Faculty of Arts, was held on 24th November, 2016 at the New Arts Theatre from 3.00pm onwards. The Keynote speech was delivered by the award winning writer Professor Liyanage Amarakeerthi, Department of Sinhala, University of […]