Source:Ceylontoday It was a disappointing day for Sri Lankan cricket fans as they witnessed yet another batting collapse by our national team allowing South Africa to win the 1st test by an innings and 45 runs. After a brilliant batting display put on by Faf du Plessi (199) and Keshav ...
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It is with great sadness that I inform all members of eLanka of the passing of not just a very good friend, but also of someone who was a true legend of our beautiful Motherland, Sri Lanka. There were only a very few Sri Lankans of this halcyon era in ...
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Dec 30, 2020
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Dec 30, 2020
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Source:Dailymirror Sri Lanka’s luxury tented camping specialist Leopard Trails bagged the Gold award for Leading Wildlife Tented Camp in South Asia at the South Asian Travel Awards (SATA) 2020. The property which is in its ninth year of operation has bagged the award for the second consecutive year. Leopard Trails ...
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Dec 29, 2020
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Source:Ceylontoday Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka, Gopal Baglay, has expressed confidence that a sizeable stock of the AstraZeneca vaccine developed by the Oxford University in the UK could be granted to Sri Lanka, when it starts production in India, Senior Presidential Adviser Lalith Weeratunga said. Attention was also paid ...
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Dec 29, 2020
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12 National records were established at the annual event 25 years ago Source:Island Sri Lanka Athletics will conduct the 98th National Athletics Championships at the Sugathadasa Stadium from today. Looking back at a remarkable National Championship conducted by the athletics governing body 25 years ago. “Performance wise there has been ...
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Dec 29, 2020
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Source:Sundayobserver Sasi Ganeshan, an ex-captain of S. Thomas’ College in 1976/77 passed away after a sudden illness on Friday. Ganeshan had five seasons of First Eleven school cricket as a batsman and played alongside his younger brother Ajith who was his deputy at the Royal-Thomian. Described as cheerful and lively ...
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Dec 29, 2020
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Source:Sundayobserver Why is Sri Lanka unsuited for a presidential system of government? Because, it was an idea that was hatched in the head of a single person, according to a pundit who has done a veritable treatise on the subject in a local newspaper. The said writer apparently scoured the ...
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Dec 29, 2020
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Source:Dailynews On the way to our waterfall adventure we reach a row of highly decorated and beautiful Buddhist shrines by the road at which point we stop, and do a ritual to protect us on our journey up the mountain. A coin is posted, a short prayer made and we ...
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Dec 29, 2020
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In 288 BC, King Asoka of India sent his daughter Sangamitta with a sapling of the Bo-tree to Sri Lanka Source:Sunday Observer The Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, a sacred site for Buddhists the world over There is no spot in Anuradhapura more sacred than the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi. Whenever ...
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