Source:Timeslanka History is an intellectual discipline practiced by historians who try to make sense of the past. Because history is about change, nothing was ever “always” a certain way. The definition of history is a story or tale of what has happened or may have happened in the past. This brings me to the recent publication ‘Till the ...

Source:Dailynews It is very rare to see a player engage in various sporting disciplines during his school career, unless he maintains an extremely good physique . Radhika Hettiarachchi was one of them who excelled in several sports in school and later ended up as one of the finest ruggerites and ...

Source:Ourworldindata Half of the world’s habitable land is used for agriculture, with most of this used to raise livestock for dairy and meat. How much would our agricultural land use decline if the world adopted a plant-based diet? Research suggests that if everyone shifted to a plant-based diet we would ...

Omalka in action leading the Sri Lankan national rugby team. Full Name : Omalka Poorna GunaratneHometown : ColomboStatus : SingleBirthday : February 8Passions : Rugby and studiesFavourite : Colour Green He played and captained school rugby team as a number eight for his alma mater Isipathana College, Colombo at the Inter School Rugby Championship. He then ...

Source:Dailynews Left-handed batsman Lahiru Thirimanne and all-rounder Dhananjaya de Silva are set to join the rest of the Sri Lankan squad in West Indies by March 7. Both Thirimanne and Dhananjaya are successfully cleared their fitness tests and were available for selection. Thirimanne was sidelined from the original squad and ...

Source:Island I would refer to January as the calendar month, in this sense; it’s the beginning of a new year and we all need calendars to keep track of the days, and months ahead. Calendars come in all shapes and sizes but there is one particular calendar that stands out ...

Maurice Coomarawel Source:Dailynews It was in 1960 that a Sri Lankan cyclist was sent for the first time to participate in the Olympics. Morris Coomarawel who was blessed with this distinction remained a star cyclist for almost a decade. He commenced his career in cycle racing in 1957, when he ...

“MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS” – RECOLLECTIONS OF TEA PLANTING IN THE “OLD DAYS” Source:historyofceylontea My father, Vivian Louis Blazé, was born on the 11th December 1929 in Galle, Ceylon. He was the youngest son of Dr. Louis Gerard Blazé and his wife Claribel Louise Blazé (nee Arndt). Vivian was ...

The Battle of the Blues will be played without fans and outside Colombo for the first time this year. Source:Island The organizers of the historic Royal-Thomian cricket encounter are planning to conduct this year’s Battle of the Blues at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa in May. It will ...

Form VA ROYAL COLLEGE 1910. This is one of the oldest photographs of Royal College. My father, Roland de Zoysa is standing, last row, second from left. I got a bit more information about the personalities in the picture from my brother Nilkanth who is a custodian of many facts ...