St. Peter’s College had a blockbuster cricket team in 1957 – By: Upali Obeyesekere – Josephian-Peterite NEWS NETWORK Jayantha Fernando led St. Peter’s in 1957 while Kirthie Caldera captained the Josephian team. Both teams were armed with terrific pair of opening bowlers – Anton Perera/Anton Paulpillai for St. Peter’s and ...

× For nearly two decades eLanka has reliably reported the facts, good news stories, photos, events at no charge, but our work is far from free to produce. Make an unconditional contribution today and help ensure the internet’s most trusted fact-checking site endures — and grows. Thank You! Source link ...

Source:Dailynews Cabinet approval has been granted to take a number of measures to ensure the long-term existence of the Muthurajawela wetland area as well as its sustainable usage, Co-Cabinet Spokesman Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila said. He was speaking at a media conference held yesterday at the Government Information Department to ...

Aubrey Kuruppu Pic by Upananda Jayasundera, Kandy Sports Special Corr Source:Dailynews The late Aubrey Kuruppu, an old boy of S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia was a talented cricketer, coach, commentator and sports writer who obtained a Degree at the University of Peradeniya and ended up as a Lecturer of the ...

GROUP BRAVERY CITATION, METROPOLITAN REMAND CENTRE – (LONG BAY) RIOT AND HOSTAGE – 23 OCTOBER, 1986 – Stefan D’Silva awarded an Australian Bravery Group Citation   33 YEARS LATER. On 31 March 2020, I was a recipient as part of a ‘Group Bravery Citation’ that had been approved by the Governor-General ...

Source:Island Sputnik V was a better choice of vaccine as a second jab than Sinopharm for those who had taken AstraZeneca injection as the first dose, experts in Immunology at the Medical Research Institute (MRI) told The Island yesterday. Consultant Immunologist and head of the department of Immunology-MRI, Dr Nihan Rajiva de Silva said if ...

Source:Island The Terrorist Investigation Division has asked five persons for being in uniform similar to that of the LTTE’s self-styled police, controlling traffic in the Jaffna town recently to be present at its headquarters in Colombo. They and Jaffna Mayor Visvalingam Manivannan were taken into custody a few weeks ago ...