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Minneriya National Park: A Sanctuary for Wildlife – By Bhanuka – eLanka Nestled in the heart of Sri Lanka, the Minneriya National Park stands as a testament to the country’s commitment to wildlife conservation. Known for its breathtaking landscapes and abundant biodiversity, Minneriya has become a haven for nature enthusiasts and wildlife lovers. Let’s embark on a journey to explore the wonders that make Minneriya a unique and captivating destination. 1. Minneriya National Park: A Sanctuary for Wildlife: Minneriya National Park, located in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka, is renowned for its expansive reservoir, grasslands, and diverse ecosystems. The park was declared a protected area in 1938 and has since evolved into a crucial habitat for a wide array of wildlife species. 2. The Gathering of Elephants: One of the most spectacular events that unfold in Minneriya is the gathering of elephants. During the dry season, the park’s ...

Dec 26, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Bhanuka Nuwan Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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Christmas traditions – celebrated around the world Radishes wih detailed designs in Mexico Source : island From Krampus to a KFC-fueled Christmas, here’s a look at some of the world’s most fascinating holiday traditions.Countries around the world have unique end-of-year customs they’ve practiced for decades or even centuries. For instance, several Central European countries honour St. Nick’s evil counterpart, Krampus, a supernatural figure charged with punishing bad children by leaving lumps of coal in their Christmas stockings or whacking them with a birch switch. Japan has its own special Christmas traditions, shaped in part by none other than Kentucky Fried Chicken. In the early 1970s, KFC kicked off an advertising campaign touting fried fowl as America’s favorite holiday meal. Special yuletide packaging and Santa hats on the statues of Colonel Sanders outside restaurants reinforced the message. Today, KFC Japan’s highest sales occur during the festive season, according to the Daily Mail. ...

Dec 26, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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19th anniversary of 2004 tsunami falls today Source : island A two minutes’ silence would be observed countrywide today from 9.25 a.m. to 9.27 a.m. in memory of all who lost their lives in the 2004 tsunami and other natural disasters in Sri Lanka, Director General of Disaster Management Centre, Major General (retd.) Sudantha Ranasinghe said. He said that a new programme to raise public awareness of tsunami dangers would commence from today in view of the National Safety Day. Maj Gen Ranasinghe said the relevant awareness programme would be carried out by using a caller tune ringtone of mobile phones. ...

Dec 26, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , ,
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High Commissioner – designate Admiral Ravindra Chandrasiri Wijegunaratna (Rtd.) Presents Credentials to the President of Pakistan The newly appointed High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne (Rtd.) presented credentials to the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi at a formal ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadr (Presidency) in Islamabad on Tuesday, 19 December 2023. The credential ceremony included a guard of honour followed by the presentation of credentials and a cordial discussion with the President of Pakistan. High Commissioner Wijegunaratne conveyed warm greeting from the President of Sri Lanka and highlighted the strong relationship between the two nations in the areas of trade, culture, defence and people to people. The President of Pakistan extended his best wishes to President Ranil Wickremesinghe and the people of Sri Lanka and wished that Sri Lanka will overcome economic challenges soon. He thanked the ...

Dec 26, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , , ,
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සිනිමාව දිග් විජය කළ එච්.ඩී.ප්‍රේමරත්න. – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම්. එච්.ඩී.ප්‍රේමරත්න-හපුආරච්චිගේ දොන් ප්‍රේමරත්න – දිවි සිනිමාවෙන් නික්ම ගොස් මෙම දෙසැම්බර් 26 වන දිනට 18 වසරක් සපිරේ. හෙතෙම  කැලණිය ගුරුකුල විද්‍යාලයේ එකම පන්තියේ මා සමග එකට සිප් සතර හැදෑරීය. ඔහු පිළිබදව මෙවන් සටහනක් තැබීම කෙරෙහි මා සිත් නිරායාසයෙන් ම යොමුවූයේ ,හෙතෙම මගේ පාසල් මිතුරෙක්වූ නිසාම නොවේ.  ඔහු වෙතින් ලංකේය සිනිමාවට ඉටුවූ අනල්පවූ මෙහෙවර ඇගයීම උදෙසාය.ගුරුකුලයේ  මාලණී ෆොන්සේකා ,විමල් කුමාර් ද කොස්තා, පතිරාජ දයානන්ඳ ,ඩොනල්ඩ් කරුණාරත්න වන් සිංහල සිනිමාව එකළු කළ ශිල්පීන් එච්.ඩී.ප්‍රේමරත්න සිනිමා වේදියාගේ සමකාලීන සගයන්ය. එච්.ඩී. ප්‍රේමරත්නයන් කදුළු අතරින් සිනාසුනු කලාකරුවෙකි. 1944 ජනවාරි 27  දින ප්‍රේමරත්න ජන්ම ලාභය ලබන්නේ වත්තල තෙලගපාත ගම් පියසෙ හිය. එච්.ඩී. එලෝසිඤ්ඤෝ සහ ඩබ්.කේ. මැඩ්ලින් නෝනා  ඔහු දෙමාපියන්ය. කුඩා විය ගුරුකුල විදුහලට සමු දෙන  ඔහු උසස් අධ්‍යාපනය සදහා පිවිසෙන්නේ මරදාන ශ්‍රීලංකා විද්‍යාලය වෙතය.උසස්පෙළ  සමත්වීමෙන් පසුව හේ ,සිය ප්‍රථම වෘත්තීය දිවිය ටයිම්ස් පත්තර කන්තෝරුවෙන් ආරම්භ කරයි. විවාහ දිනයේ  එච්.ඩී ,සිය භාර්යාව පද්මිණි,දෙදරුවන් වන රේඛා දිලානි සහ රංග ...

Dec 25, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Dr. Gamini Kariyawasam Tagged , , , , , , , , , , ,
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OBITUARY – PRASANNA NIMAL WIKRAMANAYAKE. KC (11 August 1933 – 20 December 2023) – By Hugh Karunanayake Nimal Wikramanayake, KC, eminent lawyer and the only Asian born Kings Counsel in Australia, passed away on 20 December at a private nursing home where he was recuperating following surgery. He celebrated his 90th birthday just a few months ago. Born in Colombo as the second son to EG(Guy) Wikramanayake, a leading counsel in Colombo in his day, Nimal schooled at S Thomas College, Mount Lavinia. On leaving school, unlike his elder brother Ranji a well known endocrinologist  in Sydney, Nimal chose to follow in the footsteps of his forefathers. His paternal grandfather Edward Beauchamp was a lawyer himself, but it was Edward Beuchamp’s two sons Eric Bird, and Emil Guy, who created legal history by being granted silk, the only instance in Sri Lanka of two brothers being appointed Kings Counsel. Nimal’s ...

Dec 25, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Hugh Karunanayake, Obituaries Tagged , , , , , , , ,
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D E M O’Cracy obituary notice 50 years on-by T. Ruth   Source:Island (Rohan Fernando, son of Dr. Riley Fernando who was responsible for the prank, wrote this article) The original D E M O’Cracy obituary was published in the State controlled Ceylon Daily News on April 24, 1974. It is relevant today as it was then 50 years ago. Curbs on freedom of assembly and of thought and expression Press censorship and curbs on freedom of assembly were a feature of the early and mid 1970’s. On April 20, 1974 the then United Front Government imposed a curfew to ban a series of islandwide protest meetings organized by the opposition. The Government sealed the offices of Independent Newspapers Ltd. (Sun/Dawasa group), which espoused the opposition view. Protests by the people and efforts by the Government to curb such protests and moves to stifle the free expression of thought and ...

Dec 25, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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Brave Seargent Wimal Jayasekera reminisced, deprived of promotions as he was too talented and skilled disliked by the top Police personnel – By Sunil Thenabadu Sergeant Wimal Jayasekera, Police Constable  no 10412 called by many as Galle Policeyemahattaya with a backbone , had Joined the Police in 1992 on December 19th  …Was promoted after 15 long years as a Police Seargent was in the same position for another 16 years regret for not been promoted since. Popularly known as the good-hearted Policeman having a strong backbone. Appended below are true facts that the public should know about the step motherly treatment meted out to him. Brave Cop saves Russian Tourist from drowning at sea on March 27th 2013 A drug addict Russian tourist suffering with an acute mental disorder had attempted to drown his wife in the sea by dragging her into the sea waters amidst her screams. Many had tried to ...

Dec 24, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged , ,
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