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The adz.lk website was launched at Lake House premises Monday (19) heralding a revolutionary change in the Lake House advertisement service, while enabling anyone anywhere in the world to post their advertisements on the Internet in a very short time.This will enable customers to sell or buy their land, vehicle or other goods through www.adz.lk.The new website was launched by the Secretary to the...
An all-night pirith chanting ceremony was held on Wednesday night (22) and almsgiving was conducted yesterday to mark the 137th Birth Anniversary of D. R. Wijewardene, founder of the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited at the Lake House premises.The pirith chanting ceremony began at 10 pm on Wednesday and conducted by the Maha Sangha led by Ven. Dr. Ittademaliye Indasara Thera of the...
Every day, when I step into Lake House, I take a moment to bow before the portrait of its founder D.R. Wijewardene, who almost single handedly created a publishing revolution in Ceylon, as Sri Lanka was then known. There is another portrait of him right near my desk in the Sunday Observer, the famous picture taken by none other than Lionel Wendt.Indeed, only a few people have influenced the...
Religious leaders' presence at the event. Pictures by Shan Rupassara, Wasitha PatabendigeThe Lake House employees resumed duties for the New Year with the blessings of religious leaders yesterday at the Lake House premises under the patronage of Lake House Chairman Anusha Palpita.The blessings of religious leaders were begun with the chanting of Seth Pirith of the Maha Sangha led by Chief...
Our sister paper Dinamina celebrated her 113th anniversary today. A ceremony was held at the Dinamina Editorial premises under the patronage of Lake House Chairman and Media Ministry Secretary Anusha Palpita in view of the 113th anniversary of the country’s premier Sinhala daily which left an indelible imprint in the hearts of Sri Lankans. Editor-in-Chief of Dinamina Gamini Jayalath cuts the cake...
Domain names in Sinhala and TamilMarking a turning point in the history of the internet in this country, the possibility of obtaining Domain Names in Sinhala and Tamil (.lanka and .illangai) was launched on Tuesday (06).Coming to the forefront among media institutions in this country, as the largest institution in Sri Lanka, Lake House joined this technology too. Accordingly, Lake House will...
මෙත් සිත් අරණ අන්තර්ජාල විකාශය ව්‍යාපාරික පරමාර්ථයෙන් තොරව සමාජ පරමාර්ථයෙන් කරන වැඩසටහනක්- ලේක්හවුස් සභාපති අනූෂ පැල්පිටබුදු දහම ලොවට රැගෙන යෑමට නවීන තාක්ෂණය යොදා ගැනීම කාලෝචිතයි- ජ්‍යේෂ්ඨ මහාචාර්ය ඉත්තදෙමළියේ ඉන්දසර නාහිමිනව මාධ්‍යයත් සමඟ එක්ව ධර්ම සන්නිවේදන ව්‍යාපෘතියක් ආරම්භ කිරීම ලේක්හවුස් ආයතනයේ නවමු අත්දැකීමක්- මහාචාර්ය පාතේගම ඤාණිස්සර නාහිමිනවීන තාක්ෂණය උපයෝගී කර ගෙන නූතන ලෝකයට බුදු දහම...
The Observer SLT-Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year Dunith Wellalage of St. Joseph’s College, Colombo and the Observer SLT-Mobitel Schoolgirl Cricketer of the Year Vishmi Gunaratne of Ratnavali Balika MV, Gampaha receiving their awards from the Chief Guest former Sri Lanka captain Aravinda de Silva at the 44th Observer SLT-Mobitel School Cricket Awards ceremony at the BMICH yesterday.From...
මහින්දාගමනය සිහිකරමින් ජූනි 23 වැනිදා සිට 25 වැනිදා දක්වා තෙදිනක් තුළ මිහින්තලා රජමහා විහාරස්ථානය කේන්ද්‍ර කරගෙන පැවැති මිහින්තලා ආලෝක පූජා පුණ්‍යෝත්සවය ජූනි 24 වැනිදා ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂයන් විසින් විවෘත කෙරුණු අවස්ථාවයි මේ. මිහින්තලා රජමහා විහාරාධිපති ආචාර්ය වළවාහැංගුණවැවේ ධම්මරතන හිමිගේ අනුශාසනා පරිදි පැවැත්වූ මෙම ආලෝක පූජා පුණ්‍යෝත්සවයට ජනමාධ්‍ය ඇමැති ආචාර්ය කෙහෙළියරඹුක්වැල්ල, ඉඩම් ඇමැති...
The 42nd Observer-Mobitel School Cricketer 2020 selections were finalised on Friday with the Panel of Judges headed by Ashantha de Mel former Sri Lanka cricketer and National Selection Committee Chairman.The Panel consisted of representatives from the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association and Sri Lanka Umpires Association which went through a strenuous task in selecting the nominees for various...

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