Increased wages in estate sector Provide legal support to workers: President tells officials – By L. P. Suranga and Dinuli Francisco Source : sundayobserver President Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed key officials and Departments to protect workers from potential lawsuits from plantation employers over the proposed increased wages. President Wickremesinghe has instructed ...
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House for sale in Dehiwela offered for the 1st time Kadawata Road, Nedimale Dehiwela 2 bedroom Home – Lounge, – Kitchen,- Dining Room L/u Garage – Hot and Cold Water, Modern Toilet. Well landscaped garden on 11.5 perches. Walking distance to Kalubowila Hospital – Spar and Keels Supermarket. Near proximity ...
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Apr 28, 2024
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Ripples On The Water: A History Of The Beira Lake “The Lake and the Slave Island from the glacis” by John Deschamps (1845) Source:Exploresrilanka In the heart of Colombo exists a lake overflowing with history. Created by invaders from afar, it was once many times its present size, served as ...
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Feb 22, 2022
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“MORE PONDERISMS” – by Des Kelly With my apologies to those who have pondered these ponderisms before, I did ponder on whether to publish these particular “beauties” on e’Lanka again and decided to do so simply because the ponderous pharaphaneliya (yes, I ponder and/or wonder if I have spelt that right), ...
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Feb 15, 2022
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Remembering Mr. K.N. Jayasinghe Source:stcobasydney.org A stanch product of STC Mount, Mr. Jayasinghe joined the teaching staff in 1958 and served with dedication and loyalty until retirement in 2001. Photo circa 1970 during his heyday as a much sought-after film director, producer and speech writer to several politicians. Sydney/ACT ...
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Jan 30, 2022
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The next Time – by Lalith Paranavitana – A tribute to Sir Cliff Richard ...
Read More →The men behind the nation’s lifeblood 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 ...
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Sep 15, 2021
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Aeroflot to launch services to SL from 4 Nov. Source:FT Russia’s Aeroflot will commence a new direct service between Moscow-Colombo, which starts on 4 November. The decision was made at a top-level meeting held between Russian Aeroflot officials and the Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga-led six-member visiting delegation in Moscow, Russia. ...
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Sep 9, 2021
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Poverty – by Oscar E V Fernando Poverty is described as the condition of being poor and in want-poor in quality-in adequacy-in efficiency-imagination etcetera-and the most impactful of all to society, is the poverty of insufficient money-to-leave alone live comfortably, but having to live in squalor-misery-hunger and consequent malnutrition United ...
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