Tourists Encounter Wild Elephant during National Park Visit Source : dailymirror The elephant overturned two of the three-wheelers and stomped on a motorcycle, causing significant damage Foreign tourists exploring Sri Lankan wilderness had a close encounter with a wild elephant during their visit to a national park in Polonnaruwa. The group were travelling by three-wheelers when they came across the wild elephant by the roadside. Video footage captured by the tourists shows the dramatic moment when they stopped their vehicles near the elephant, unaware of the imminent danger. Suddenly, the animal became agitated and charged them, causing damage to the vehicles. The elephant overturned two of the three-wheelers and stomped on a motorcycle, causing significant damage. The two foreigners who were inside one of the three-wheelers managed to escape with minor injuries. ...
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Read More →Nepotism: Historical perspective and lost opportunities – By Dr Nimal Edirisinghe Source : ft Nepotism or family bandysm can be defined as patronage bestowed or favouritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics. Nepotism is by no means confined to Sri Lankan politics, but the extended family favouritism has taken it to a whole new level. Historical perspective With the independence from British rule Sri Lankan political dynasties flourished to new heights. Though the democratic electoral mechanism is meant to cater for electing capable politicians, this phenomenon appears to be unrealistic in South and East Asian politics. Major reason could be the immaturity of the electorate to understand the criteria for electing their representatives. After gaining independence in 1948, Sri Lanka had broad based two political camps, one being United National Party (UNP) and the other being the left leaning parties such as Communist Party ...
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Cabinet approves to appoint Susanthika as senior adviser to Sports Ministry Source:Dailynews The Cabinet has approved a proposal by Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa to appoint Olympic Medalist Susanthika Jayasinghe as a senior adviser to the Sports Ministry. Speaking at the Cabinet press briefing today, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said the Cabinet granted approval to the proposal. She served as a senior adviser to the Sports Ministry under the previous regime. ...
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Oct 18, 2021
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BARCLAY GORDON ‘BUDDY’ REID Elmo Rodrigopulle Source:-www.dailynews.lk There have been a few instances of sets of brothers playing for their schools, clubs and with some of them going on to sport Sri Lanka caps. Among them the leaders were the nine Fernandopulle brothers who played and all kept wickets for St.Benedict’s College, Kotahena which deserves mention in the Guinness Book of the records, AMENDRA brothers from Mahinda College Galle, the RANATUNGA and WETTIMUNY brothers from Ananda College also come to mind. But five brothers to play school cricket and excel for St. Thomas’ College, the school by the sea at Mount Lavinia were the REID brothers – CLAUDE, RONNIE, BUDDY, BARNEY and TINY. It is said that there were five Saram brothers who played for the Mount Lavinia school before the REID’S. Most outstanding But of the five brothers the most outstanding and who became a double international was BARCLAY ...
Read More →A Pleasure To Serve My Country As Consul General of Sri Lanka for New South Wales and Queensland in Australia, Lakshman Hulugalle has many years of experience promoting the country’s interests. As the former director-general of the Media Center for National Security, he successfully disseminated information globally and navigated swathes of media scrutiny on Sri Lanka’s war against terrorism with tact and composure. Embarking on his new role amid the pandemic in 2020 to serve Sri Lanka single-mindedly once again, Mr. Hulugalle has already gathered together Australians and Australians of Sri Lankan origin to accelerate his plans for the country. Speaking with Business Today, Mr. Hulugalle said that he focuses on bringing suitable investments and investors to Sri Lanka while promoting Australian tourists to visit the country. As the pandemic wanes, he hopes that with borders opening and fewer restrictions to travel, Australians would confidently come to Sri Lanka for ...
Read More →Aeroflot to launch services to SL from 4 Nov. Source:FT Russia’s Aeroflot will commence a new direct service between Moscow-Colombo, which starts on 4 November. The decision was made at a top-level meeting held between Russian Aeroflot officials and the Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga-led six-member visiting delegation in Moscow, Russia. Aeroflot officials Igor Chernyshiv, Ivon G. Batanov, Anton P. Myagkov and Natalya R. Teimuazova participated in the discussion. The Government is making a fresh effort to woo more tourists by tying up with leading international airlines, aiming to promote Sri Lanka as a safe and attractive tourist destination. This discussion with Aeroflot’s top officials was the launch of the promotion initiative. Previously, Aeroflot planned to resume flights to Sri Lanka from 2 September, but it was postponed indefinitely due to raging COVID-19 cases in the country. Initially, it was decided to operate two flights weekly. The airline commended the Government’s ...
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Sep 9, 2021
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Hands and feet off Parakrama Samudraya-by LAKSIRI WARNAKULA Source:Island I was shocked when I saw the pictures the other day. How could they come up with such an idea? And it is an act of sacrilege, too, causing harm to an object that should be protected, and even venerated, to my mind. It is a majestic symbol showing our ancient heritage of irrigation engineering and the wisdom of our kings. And its bund is not for breaking and bulldozing to suit the whims and fancies of some, who see concrete and walkways as signs of development, carried out even at the expense of our proud heritage. It, in any circumstances, shouldn’t be on the ‘bucket list’ of short-sighted, self-promoting bigwigs, chosen for destruction in the guise of development. Polonnaruwa means two things to us: marvels of architecture and irrigation engineering of yore and then, the paddy and the farmer. Now, ...
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