By Garvin Karunaratne,former G.A. Matara District Touring Northern California and Oregan now and  touring from Baltimore to Key West in Florida,  through Louisiana via Texas and Arizona to San Diego last Summer, I am passing through villages one after the other—each vibrant with life. There are Malls that have closed down due to the recession, but […]

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චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ බුවනෙකබා මහා රජතුමා ඉදිකළ කුරුනෑගල රාජ සැබෑ මන්දිරය පොලොවට සමතලා කර ඇත. මෙය මේ දිනවල දේශපාලන වේදිකාවේ රඟ දෙන අලුත්ම නාටකයයි. මේ නාටකයේ ප්‍රධාන නළුවා  බවට පැහැදිලිවම දකින්නේ, කුරුනෑගල නගරාධිපතිවරයායි.මේ නගරාධිපතිවරයා, මේ මහා මැතිවරණ සමයේ, අගමැති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා තරඟ කරන කුරුනෑගල ආසනයේ, ඉතා පුරානයයි සලකෙන බුවනෙකබා රාජ සමයට අයත් රාජ සභා ගොඩනැගිල්ල […]

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Kamanthi Wickramasinghe Courtesy Daily Mirror The NMRA yesterday issued notices of cancellation of registrations and import licenses to five pharmaceutical companies including Hemas Pharmaceuticals and A. Baur (Pvt) Ltd for arbitrarily and unilaterally increasing the retail prices of 10 medicines. Notices of cancellation have been issued to the following companies under Section 65 of the […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror The ongoing interim school holiday has been extended by another week and the schools will be reopened for Grade 11, 12 and 13 students on July 27, the Education Ministry said today The week long school holiday declared during a sudden spike of Covid-19 transmissions earlier this month. The Director General […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Entry of pilgrims into the sacred city of Kataragama will be limited two weeks starting from July 21 to August 04, in view of the Annural Esala Perahera of Kataragama Devalaya. Accordingly, the public will not be allowed to take part in religious activities or to watch the procession during the entire period […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Another fresh case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Sri Lanka, increasing the total number of patients to 2,703. This patient, who is from Lankapura area, has been identified as a close associate of the virus-infected person linked to the Kandakadu COVID-19 cluster. Further, four close contacts of a coronavirus patient linked to […]

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Courtesy Hiru News An archaeological committee appointed to probe the damage caused to the Royal Assembly Hall of the Kurunegala Kingdom dating back to the 13th Century visited the site today. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed a special 5-member committee to probe the damages to the building. Chairman of the committee, Director General of Archaeology, […]

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