OBITUARY – LAKSHMAN RATNAPALA Barbara Ratnapala in red jacket & Lakshman Ratnapala with scarf I am Barbara Ratnapala Lakshman’s wife, and I want to share the very sad news that Lakshman passed away on the eighth morning. Please pray for his soul. BARBARA      The post OBITUARY – LAKSHMAN ...

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The Victoria Dam Source:Dailynews One of the main engineering pioneers of the Accelerated Mahaweli Development Programme, Senior Engineer Douglas Ladduwahetty passed away at the age of 96 recently. A few years ago, the Daily News interviewed him and several other senior officials for an article on the Mahaweli programme. Excerpts ...

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Till The Mountains Disappear Josephian Scouting : A Retrospect  by Jeremy De Lima Source:tillthemountainsdisappear The Scouting movement which now spans 216 countries with over 38 million members was started in 1908 by Robert Baden-Powell, (later Lord) a British Military hero in the 1900 South African war. Under the aegis of ...

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Source:Thewst Sri Lanka have called up 21-year-old mystery spinner Maheesh Theekshana to their squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and Oman in October-November. Theekshana, who took four wickets on his one-day international debut against South Africa last week, is joined by left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama, ...

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