Tourism Leaders’ Summit and International Research Symposium
The third consecutive Tourism Leaders’ Summit and International Research Symposium organized by the Department of Economics, University of Colombo will be held on 3 and 4 October at the BMICH in Colombo. This was officially announced by the Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs John Amaratunga at the media briefing in Colombo on 19th July 2017 with the […]
Deputy Director, Polish Institute visited University of Colombo
Mr. Przemysław Grabowski. Deputy Director, Polish Institute, New Delhi, India visited University of Colombo on 10th July 2017 and met Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, the Vice Chancellor of University of Colombo. The purpose of the visit was to explore the possible academic collaborations between University of Colombo and the Universities in Poland. Mr. K.A.S. Edward , […]
Launch of the “tobaccounmasked.lk” Information Portal – Centre for Combating Tobacco
The information portal (tobaccounmasked.lk) of the Sri Lankan tobacco observatory, the Centre for Combatting Tobacco (CCT) was launched by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo on 07th July 2017 at The Hotel Kingsbury, Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is now accessible to the public. Centre for Combating Tobacco (CCT) was established at the Faculty […]
Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Sri Lanka visits University of Colombo
His Excellency Mr. Munir Ghiasy, the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Sri Lanka visited University of Colombo on 6th July 2017. During the visit, His Excellency met Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, Vice-Chancellor of University of Colombo. The purpose of this visit was to explore the possibilities of initiating academic collaboration between University of […]
Opening ceremony of the 3rd stage of Pre Clinical Building
Opening ceremony of the 3rd stage of Pre Clinical Building , Sanken Construction (Pvt) Ltd.
A delegation from University Grants Commission, Nepal visited University of Colombo
A delegation headed by Mr. Kedar Prasad Acharya, Finance Controller, University Grants Commission, Nepal visited Professor Lakshman Dissanayake , Vice Chancellor, University of Colombo on 29th June at the Vice Chancellors Office. Mr. Prasad was accompanied by Mrs. Usha Khakural, Mr. Kapil Risal, Mr. Dulraj Chimariya, Mrs. Usha Pokharel University Grants Commission, Nepal and the […]
Beijing Opera
The Confucius Institute, Faculty of Arts hosted the Beijing Opera Troupe on 22nd June 2017, from 3.00 to 4.30 pm. at the New Arts Theatre (NAT), University of Colombo. The Beijing Opera is referred to as the quintessence of China. As the largest Chinese opera form, it is extolled as ‘Oriental Opera’. This opera form has […]
Siri Gunasinghe Memorial Seminar
The Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo organized a Memorial Seminar of late Professor Siri Gunasinghe, on 19th June 2017 at 10.00 am in the M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium, Department of Sinhala. Dr. (Ms) Latha Gurusinghe , Head – Department of Sinhala delivered the introductory lecture and the guest lecturers were Emeritus Professor K. N. […]
Inauguration Ceremony of Chinese Language Extension Courses
The inauguration ceremony of the Chinese Language Extension Courses was held on 10th June 2017 in the Main Library Auditorium, University of Colombo at 10.00 am. The Chief Guest was the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo, Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake.
President of Southwest University of Political Science and Law, China visited University of Colombo
Professor Fu Zitang, the President of Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing, China visited Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, Vice-Chancellor of University of Colombo on 9th June 2017 at the College House. The purpose of the visit was to formalize the ongoing academic collaborations between the two universities through an MoU and to further discuss […]
The 22nd Meeting of Sri Lanka Forum of University Economists
The Sri Lankan Forum of University Economists was established in February, 2012 with the intention of enabling closer cooperation, dialogue, research and academic enhancement among the professionals in Economics serving in the Sri Lankan Universities. The forum, an initiative of the Department of Economics of the University of Colombo, has now completed five years of […]
World Environment Day 2017
World Environment Day is celebrated on the 5thof June every year. The Base for Enthusiasts of Environmental Science and Zoology (BEEZ) of the University of Colombo together with Biodiversity Sri Lanka and INSEE Cement organized a panel discussion to commemorate World Environment Day under this year’s theme “Connecting People to Nature”. The event was held […]
ගං වතුරෙන් පීඩාවට පත්වූ ජනතාවට ආධාර ලබාදීමේ වැඩසටහන
ගං වතුරෙන් පීඩාවට පත් අපේ ම සහෝදර ජනතාව වෙනුවෙන් කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්යාලයීය සියලු පීඨ එක්වී ආධාර ලබාදීමේ වැඩසටහන විශ්වවිද්යාලීය උපකුලපති මහාචාර්ය ලක්ෂ්මන් දිසානායක මහතාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් 2017.05.31 දින විශ්වවිද්යාලයීය පරිශ්රයේ දී පැවැත්විණි.
කොහොඹ වලින් පිළිකා නසන ඔසුවක්
කොහොඹ ශාකයේ පවතින ‘ජෙඩුනීන්’ නැමැති රසායනික සංයෝගය පිළිකා පියවි සෛල (Cancer Stem Cells) විනාශ කරන බව ලොව ප්රථම වතාවට සොයාගත් බව කොළඹ විශ්ව විද්යාලයේ ජෛව රසායනික අනුක ජීවවේද සහ ජෛව තාක්ෂණික ආයතනය කියයි. ඖෂධ ගබඩාව ලෙස ජන වහරේ හඳුන්වන කොහොඹ ශාකය අපරිමිත ඖෂධීය ගුණයෙන් යුක්ත වන අතර එහි අඩංගු පිළිකා නාශක හැකියාව ජාත්යන්තර වශයෙන් පිළිගත […]