After Duncan White won an Olympic medal in 1948 in London, Sri Lanka had to wait for 52 years to end their medal drought. Susanthika Jayasinghe in Sydney in 2000 became the second Sri Lankan to win a medal. Source:Island After Duncan White won the nation’s first Olympic medal in ...
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Former S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia cricketer Suresh Goonesekere who was the captain when the school won the Inaugural President’s Trophy passed away. He was living in the UK. The S. Thomas’ Sports officials said that Goonesekere will always be remembered as a very good sportsman who brought honour to ...
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Source:Island Ven. Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera was an eminent scholar monk in the nineteenth century. He was the founder of the Vidyodaya Pirivena. He was born in the village of Hettigoda in Hikkaduwa on 20-01-1827. As was the Sinhala custom, his horoscope was cast by an eminent astrologer who predicted ...
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The Flow Eternal – by Oscar E V Fernando My spirit waits still-my cells slither along-observing life in wisdom and prudence-flowing-flowing and flowing along-searching for the end eternal On and on mid dell and dale I slide-move and crawl-no harm to any spelled-even when provoked to stall-but no-I move ...
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Muttiah Muralitharan and Andrew Flintoff were team mates at Lancashire. During a tour of Sri Lanka in 2003, Flitnoff lends one of his bats to Murali, a gesture that would get him in trouble with England hierarchy. Spin icon Muttiah Muralitharan is a fiercest competitor in cricket, but he is ...
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Tired of hearing the word ??, I don’t blame you. However, in Australia, our Medical facilities are 2nd to none, and if anyone who has taken a hatred to staying home, and staying safe, all they have to do is to ignore lockdown instructions, go out, mix around, only ...
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Source:Island That the Asia-Pacific is currently shaping-up as a possible arena of international military confrontation is being increasingly underscored by heightened naval activity in the region featuring some of the world’s foremost powers. Broadly, the Quad states comprising the US, India, Japan and Australia are in an effort to contain ...
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Sixteen-year old Udula Bandara from Hamilton was crowned winner of Sri Lankans Got Talent in New Zealand (SLGT in NZ) at the grand finale held at the Dorothy Winston Centre in Auckland recently. Live-streamed on Zoom in collaboration with Red Events Design, (SLGT in NZ) was an entertainment talent show ...
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Sixteen-year old Udula Bandara from Hamilton was crowned winner of Sri Lankans Got Talent in New Zealand (SLGT in NZ) at the grand finale held at the Dorothy Winston Centre in Auckland recently. Live-streamed on Zoom in collaboration with Red Events Design, (SLGT in NZ) was an entertainment talent show ...
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