John Keells Properties (JKP) participated as a silver sponsor for the annual Dialog Enterprise Rotary Metropolitan Par 3 Golf Classic, highlighting its contribution over the years to the golfing community in Sri Lanka. The fundraiser tournament -organised by the Rotary Club of Colombo Metropolitan in partnership with the Royal Colombo ...
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Daily Archives : April 1, 2021
Excerpted from the memoirs of Rtd. Senior DIG Edward Gunawardena It was in early 1962 when I was the ASP Gampaha that the historic attempted coup took place. Much has been written about this event and as such I intend recalling from memory only my personal role and other facts ...
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Compiled by Victor Melder The West Indies beat the touring Sri Lankans by 4 wickets to win the first T20 International, played at Coolidge Cricket Grounds, Antigua. Scores: Sri Lanka – 131/9 in 20 Overs (Nissanka 39, Dickwella 33, McCoy 2/25, Allen 1 / 4, Holder5 1/19, Sinclair 1/26) West ...
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Source:Island Valley of death in Passara, Vicious circle in Geneva: Passara was a tragedy caught live on camera. Geneva is where Sri Lanka’s postwar vicious circle makes its annual appearance. It did appear this year and it will be back again come September, then March, and so on. There will ...
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Niroshan Dickwella Source:Dailynews Sri Lanka wicket-keeper batsman Niroshan Dickwella created an unfortunate record to his name in the first Test against the West Indies at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, after falling four runs short of his maiden Test century. Dickwella had played a brilliant knock until that ...
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Tharindu Rumesh, the talented Soccer player. Source:Dailynews B.Tharindu Rumesh is an old boy of Mahasen Vidyalaya,Bakamuna of the Polonnaruwa District who is an outstanding soccer player who is also an athlete as well as a badminton and kabaddi player. As an Athlete be became the Champion in the School Sports ...
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Source:Island Excerpted from SIGIRIYA PAINTINGS by Raja de Silva , Retired Commissioner of Archaeology On the morning of October 15, 1967, the Archaeology Commissionner, Dr. CE Godakumbure, instructed me to go immediately to Sigiriya and take necessary action to remove the green ink (S. theentha), which, according to an incoherent message received from the ...
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