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Legendary singer Desmond de Silva passes away Source:-adaderana.lk Veteran Sri Lankan singer and entertainer Desmond De Silva has passed away at the age of 77 in Melbourne, Australia. Regarded as the ‘King of Baila’, the legendary singer was born in Matara in 1944 while he launched his career in popular music in 1963 as the lead vocalist of the Fire-Flies. He also performed with leading Sri Lankan pop groups – ‘Spitfires,’ ‘Gabo and the Breakaways,’ and the ‘Jetliners.’ In 1976 he decided to form his own band, “Desmond and the Clan”, which performed in various countries in Southeast Asia, including the Maldives. Known for his popular renditions of Sri Lankan ‘baila’ music, Desmond celebrated 40 years in show business in 2019. He has had a string of baila hits including: ‘Polkatu Hande,’ ‘ Yaman Bando (Wally Bastiansz),’ ‘Chuda Manike,’ ‘Mamma No,’ ‘Miss Sri Lanka,’ ‘Hai Hui baby Achchi (Wally Bastiansz),’ ...

Thomian cricketer Sarath Seneviratne’s surgical feat in the Caymans Source:-island A team of doctors led by Dr. Sarath de Alwis Seneviratne, Associate Professor/Senior Consultant, at CTMH, The Doctors Hospital in the Cayman Islands, recently removed a giant tumour from the uterus of a patient – the largest seen on the Cayman Islands and perhaps the world. Seneviratne was assisted by surgeons Dr Steve Tomlinson, F.R.C.S., L.R.C.P and Dr Chris Bromley, F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.). Lankan surgeon removes giant tumour in the Cayman Islands A team of doctors led by Dr. Sarath Seneviratne (STC CRICKET & SPORTS FAME), Associate Professor/Senior Consultant, at CTMH The Doctors Hospital in the Cayman Islands, recently removed a giant tumour from the uterus of a patient, which was easily one of the largest tumours the doctors had ever removed, weighing in at 21 pounds 2 ounces. This was very likely the largest tumour ever seen ...