Wayamba Uni discovers rare plant species Source:Ceylontoday A research team lead by Prof. Kapila Yakandawala and Indrakheela Madola attached to the Faculty of Agriculture and Plantation Management of the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, with Prof. Deepthi Yakandawala and Dr. Senani Karunarathne, made a breakthrough discovery of a new plant species known as “Lagenandra wayambae”. The plant, which is from a freshwater swamp forest in Sri Lanka, is a new species that is considered rare and critically endangered. ...
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“CLEAN-COMEDY” – By Des Kelly Something one rarely sees these days. Comedians, both men & women “doing their thing” without swearing. For some unknown reason, they seem to think that using F-words & worse, is going to enhance what is already somewhat stupid, in the stories they tell, and then they expect their audiences to laugh uproariously, at their morbid sense of humour. I have often been guilty of fiddling with the remote control of my television, rather late at night, in an effort to find something interesting to watch, but nowadays, to no avail. However, if I do happen to latch onto one of these supposedly comic-shows, watch it for a few minutes, and as soon as I hear a swear-word, I just switch off, say a couple of swear-words myself, and get to bed. I firmly believe that swearing to ...
Catholics observed ‘Black Sunday’ Source:Dailynews Catholics island-wide observed Black Sunday by wearing black attire to the Masses today, demanding justice for the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday Attacks. ...
The Dam Street Mystery: Will the decapitated head serve justice to the crime?-by Kamanthi Wickramasinghe Source:Dailymirror With the pandemic, people were isolated at home and to stay away from boredom, they depend on social media. But we can’t exactly say if this incident happened in a similar manner since the investigations are underway I tried calling her on Sunday but her phone was switched off. On March 2 I got a call from the Kuruwita Police station asking me to identify the body of a woman The mysterious killing of a 30-year-old woman from Kuruwita has spread ripples of shock and fear among the people. From the evidence collected so far, the incident had happened as a result of an extramarital affair. Even though several teams of police personnel are investigating the killing, the photographs of the victim and those of the suspect are already in the public domain. Criminology experts ...
Fifty years of service as a Protestant Minister in Sri Lanka:-by Prabhath de Silva Rev. Charles Jansz, a Minister and a former Head of Sri Lanka’s oldest Protestant Church goes down memory lane and reflects Source:Island Rev. Jansz married Maxine Herft in 1977. He has held key positions in Christian organizations in Sri Lanka and abroad. These include, Chairperson of National Christian Council, Chairperson of Christian Evangelical Alliance, Chairperson of Religious Work Committee Colombo YMCA, Acting pastor in Christian Reform Church Ontario, Canada, Vice-President/Hon. Life Governor of Ceylon Bible Society, Member of Executive Committee of World Alliance of Reformed Churches, Chairperson of Asia Pacific Regional Board of United Bible Societies and Editor of “The Herald” – the official organ of the Christian Reformed Church of Sri Lanka. On the eve of the Golden Jubilee of his ministry, I interviewed Rev. Jansz. These are the excerpts of the interview: 1. What are ...
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Dilmah voted Best Corporate Citizen in Ceylon Chamber Sustainability Awards 2020 Source:Island Sri Lankan family tea company Dilmah was honoured in Sri Lanka’s apex corporate sustainability awards, as one of two recipients of the Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Award for Sri Lanka in 2020, a company news release said. “Dilmah won in the category of Businesses with Less than Rs. 15 Billion Annual Turnover based on complex criteria linked to social, environmental and economic value, compliance, resilience, stakeholder management and crisis response. The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce award is judged annually – now in its 17th year – in an exhaustive process steered by a panel of eminent judges. The Best Corporate Citizen in the category of Businesses with greater than Rs. 15 Billion Annual Turnover was won by Ceylon Biscuits Ltd, also a Sri Lankan family business,” it said. ...
Oprah’s opera, the Harry and Meghan show; An anachronism draws millions of TV viewers – by Raj Gonsalkorale Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Meghan and Harry pulls in 17.1 million viewers on CBS. Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, speak with Oprah Winfrey for a two-hour telecast on CBS Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex and Meghan the Duchess of Sussex are troubled individuals. One cannot but feel for them in their hour of reflection, tinged with more than a share of bitterness, anger, anguish and disappointment. The Royal household in the UK is an anachronism, more to the rest of the world perhaps than to the UK itself. The popularity of Queen Elizabeth and generally the lustre that accompanies the Royalty, but, not forgetting the scandals that paradoxically humanises them, is a big draw to many in the UK, as well as to tourists who go there. The ongoing Royal opera earns plenty of ...
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Henarathgoda Botanical Gardens – evolution of Sri Lankan economy By Arundathie Abeysinghe Situated in close proximity to Gampaha town and Gampaha Railway Station in Gampaha -Minuwangoda Road about 32 kilometers from Colombo, Henarathgoda Botanical Gardens also known as Gampaha Botanical Gardens was opened in 1876. Surrounded by paddy fields, the picturesque water stream (Attangalu Oya) and a secondary forest, the Gardens has a large collection of tropical flower plants, an extensive collection of palms, orchids, endemic trees, properly designed shrubs, bushes and trees as well as a well-landscaped garden layout. Plants from every corner of Sri Lanka can be found in the Gardens. The Gardens is linked to the evolution of Sri Lankan economy as the first imported rubber tree to Sri Lanka was first planted in the Gardens from the first imported seedlings of Brazilian rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) planted in Asia. According to legends, British Explorer Sir ...
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The Cargills International Women’s Day Festival – The Changemakers – Day 2 – The Pioneers – with Savithri Rodrigo Three amazing women pioneers speak about their journeys, challenges and supporting the sisterhood to achieve success together on Day 2 of the Cargills International Women’s Day Festival of the ChangeMakers, partnered by UNFPA in collaboration with Taru Villas and Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo. ...
Antigua; good, bad and the ugly-By Rex Clementine Source: Island Antigua is one of the finest tourist attractions in the world with some 300 beaches to boast about. Although the Europeans pick Barbados as their favourite Caribbean destination, Antigua is equally good and slightly less expensive. Barbados only has a population of 250,000. Antigua is even less – 90,000 people. Barbados has produced the finest players from the Caribbean, from the Three Ws, Sir Garry Sobers, Joel Garner, Malcolm Marshall and all the other stars. Antigua is less charming when it comes to cricketing talent but not bad when you consider Sir Viv Richards, Richie Richardson, Andy Roberts and Curtly Ambrose all emerged from this tiny island. The Sri Lankan Cricket team is putting up at Pineapple Resort in Antigua not very far from Swetes where one Mrs. Hillie Ambrose ran out of the house and rang the street bells every ...
