Upstairs house on 14.5 perches land – At Sirimal Uyana 1.5 kilometres to Mt Lavinia junction Home Facilities Bedrooms 4 of which one could be turned into an annex Three bathrooms Servants room and toilet Garage Luxury pantry cupboards Three phase electricity Two stairways one internal one external Price – Rs 65 million. Contact Indika Samararatne 0061 430483056 Asoka Samararatne +94 777593139 Chaminda de Silva +94 716809699 ...
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Harry Potter actor Sir Michael Gambon dies aged 82 Sir Michael played Dumbledore in six Harry Potter films (pic BBC) Source : island The actor Sir Michael Gambon has died aged 82, his family has said. He was best known for playing Professor Albus Dumbledore in six of the eight Harry Potter films. The Dublin-born star worked in TV, film, theatre and radio over his six-decade career. He won four Baftas. His widow Lady Gambon and son Fergus said their “beloved husband and father” died peacefully in hospital with his family by his side, following a bout of pneumonia. Sir Michael’s family had moved to London when he was a child but he made his very first stage performance in Ireland, in a production of Othello in Dublin in 1962. His career took off when he became one of the original members of Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre acting company in London. ...
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Dancing with the Lover of their Soul – by Charles Schokman “You turned my mourning into dancing; You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. LORD my God, I will praise You forever.” – Psalm 30:11–12 The Masaka Kids Africana are a wonderfully gifted group of dancers from Masaka, Uganda. The group exists because of an organisation that does unbelievable work for orphans in Uganda. There are over a million orphaned children in Uganda which is why it is so important that organizations like this exist. Their living conditions are much to be desired but what keeps them going is the song in their hearts (Never Quit) and their dancing feet. Hope this makes your day brighter. ...
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Fr Eugene J Hebert – A life to be remembered.- By Capt Elmo Jayawardena The monument with engraved details of someone stands like a sentinel. It can be seen by anyone entering Batticaloa town from the lakeside. At the Garden Park some faithful followers had erected the statue and painted in colours of haunting old gold. It is to honour a priest who no longer walks this planet due to a senseless incident. The figure is clad in a flowing ankle length robe. The sculpted face is familiar to those who had known him. His signature ghost of a smile is depicted correctly is what anyone who knew him would say. On the left hand, the statue holds a Holy Bible. On the right hand is a basketball, cradled fondly to tell the world the man and the game were synonymous. It whispers in all simplicity whose statue it is ...
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Placing SL as a world class logistics hub: the challenges-By Lynn Ockersz Sanjeeva Abeygoonewardena Source:Island ‘Sri Lanka’s proximity to emerging and developing markets and its already developed air and seaports in Colombo and Hambantota gives it a unique opportunity to be the next leading logistics hub in the region, with the potential to overtake Singapore and Dubai, if the cards are played right and the right governance and Ease of Doing Business regulations are handled sensibly, logistics and supply chain specialist Sanjeeva Abeygoonewardena (SA) said. Abeygoonewardena made the above observation, among several others, while presenting an issues paper on Sept. 18 at a Sri Lanka Innovators’ Forum, functioning under the aegis of the Gamani Corea Foundation, Colombo. The event was chaired by the chairman, Gamani Corea Foundation Dr. Lloyd Fernando and was held at the BMICH. The paper was titled, ‘Shipping & Logistics, the Promising Frontier – Innovation-led Logistics Hub.’ ...
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Nepal smash records with fastest century and fifty in men’s T20Is [File photo] Kushal Malla remained unbeaten on 137 off just 50 balls (Cricinfo) Source:Island Nepal’s batters smashed a number of records in the opening match of the Men’s Asian Games against Mongolia in Hangzhou, in a record 273-run win. Here is a quick look at some of the major records broken by them. 0 – Number of times a team had scored 300 in a men’s T20 innings before this. Nepal’s 314 for 3 against Mongolia in the Asian Games is the first such instance. Afghanistan’s 278 for 3 against Ireland in Dehradun in 2019 was the highest T20 total before this. These are also the biggest totals in men’s T20 internationals. 34 – Balls taken by Nepal’s Kushal Malla to reach his hundred, which is the fastest in T20Is. The previous record of 35 balls was jointly held by David ...
An “Indian Ocean World Museum” in Sri Lanka?-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, presenting a proposal with this fuller title “Concept Note for an Indian Ocean World Museum, Researc and Resource Center” Sri Lanka is ideally located for an Indian Ocean World Museum in what has been termed the “Asian 21st Century.” People of diverse cultures, religions, histories, and linguistic communities have mixed and mingled for centuries along the ancient spice and silk trade routes of the Indian Ocean where Lanka is centrally placed. Map from Arundathie abeysinghe’s article referred to below The ‘Indian Ocean World’ encompasses East, Southeast Asia and China, South Asia, the Middle East and east coast of Africa, and is the oldest Ocean-based system of trade, exchange, and production. Monsoon-based, trans-oceanic travel and trade led to the emergence by c. 300 BCE of a sophisticated and durable system of long-distance exchange of commodities, monies, technology, ideas, and people and saw ...
‘Can’t wait to play’: Sri Lankan batter cleared of rape – By Miklos Bolza Source : au.sports. A Sri Lankan international cricketer stuck in Australia while accused of raping a woman he met on Tinder through the act of “stealthing” is looking forward to returning to the pitch after his acquittal. Judge Sarah Huggett on Thursday found Danushka Gunathilaka not guilty as he sat with supporters in Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court. “The evidence establishes that there was no opportunity for the accused to remove the condom during intercourse because that intercourse was continuous,” she said in handing down the verdict. “That (the woman) saw a used condom on the ground at some point after the act … is hardly surprising.” After Gunathilaka, 32, and the woman matched on Tinder, they met for drinks at Opera Bar in November 2022 before having pizza together and catching a ferry to the woman’s ...
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High Commissioner Report on Sri Lanka – 1st Meeting, 54th Regular Session of Human Rights Council Source : ohchr Summary Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka – OHCHR report on progress in reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka (res. 51/1) Description Item 2: Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and report of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General SPEAKERS: Ms. Nada Al-Nashif, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights (Introduction) Sri Lanka (Country Concerned), Ms. Himalee Subhashini Arunatilaka New Zealand, Ms. Anna Louise Duncan European Union, Mr. Thiseas Poullos United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ms. Rita French Oman, Mr. Idris Abdul Rahman Al Khanjari Liechtenstein, Mr. Kurt Jäger Egypt, Ms. Nahla Mohamed Hani Shafik Elrafei Luxembourg, Ms. Catherine Wiseler Germany, Mr. Felix Kroll France, Mr. Jérôme Bonnafont United States of America, Ms. Bathsheba N. Crocker ...
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Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 177 28 09 2023 The President of The Garbage Patch State – the world’s biggest state is on our show today! Also we talk commercial mediation, rebel fashion & fluid fashion, wine floods, check out economic, stock, gold and oil news & do some green traveling for World Tourism Week! ...
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