The Inauguration Ceremony of the Postgraduate Diploma in Japanese, organized by the Japanese Unit of the University of Kelaniya for the second time, was successfully held on October 11, 2025, at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya.
In a heartfelt tribute to the life and legacy of the late Mr. Rusiru Kalpagee Chitrasena, former Lecturer at the Department of English Language Teaching, University of Kelaniya, his parents, Mr. C. Hettimullage and Ms. Priyanthi Mendis, generously donated a rare and valuable collection of advanced English language, literature, and English language teaching books worth more than 1 million in Sri Lankan Rupees.
The University of Kelaniya welcomed Professor Theresa McGarry, a distinguished academic from the Department of Literature and Language, East Tennessee State University, USA, on 9th October 2025 under the International Visiting Fellowship Programme.
A felicitation ceremony, organized by the Department of Sinhala, University of Kelaniya, to honour retired Professor Somaratne Balasooriya of the Department of Sinhala, who received the prestigious Sāhitya Ratna Award at the State Literary Awards 2025, was held on the 10th of October 2025 at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Humanities of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya.
