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December 19, 2024 · 3:37 pm

Beyond Imagination – Chandra Schaffter’s Life of Service

Ravi RUDRA has composed an extensive web-item describing Chandra Schaffter’s services to Sri Lanka,  S. Thomas College, cricket, hockey, the Tamil Union CC’, insurance services in the island and humakind in general. The account includes photographs and is so extensive … Continue reading →

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May 19, 2026 · 4:11 pm

Scuba Diving Deaths in Maldivian Cave ….

Natalie Finn, in Online where the title runs thus: “Maldives Diving Tragedy: What Happened on Excursion That Ended With 5 People Dead” Five Italians, including a professor and her 20-year-old daughter, died during a scuba diving excursion in the Maldives. … Continue reading →

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March 16, 2025 · 5:16 pm

An Epitaph for Charlie Ramanaden THEN, 13 March 1997

Dushy S. Perera Jerry ‘Anna’ to his relations, Sir to his numerous subordinates and Charles to his friends, passed away suddenly whilst playing tennis (a sport close to his heart) partnering his son Pravin, at the Annual Darrawela Club Tennis … Continue reading →

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April 25, 2026 · 9:05 pm

Gunapala Malalasekera in Impressive Speech in USA in 1963

From FACEBOOK …. reference disappeared in FB F…g mnner On April 27, 1963, Professor Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekara/මහාචාර්‍ය ගුණපාල පියසේන මලලසේකර (1899-1973), who was then Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, delivered a speech to approximately 200 invited guests … Continue reading →

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July 4, 2025 · 8:13 pm

Kandy ‘Swamped’ by Waste

Chaturanga P Samarasinghe, in Daily Mirror Online, 1 July 2025, where the title reads thus: “Kandy’s dirty pretty things”

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April 30, 2024 · 1:18 am

Market Competition. Double Standards in USA … by … USA

Allesandra Galloni & David Lawler,  whose chosen title runs thus: “Nothing off the table in US response to China overcapacity, Yellen says”… 26 April 2024 1/3]U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen attends an interview with Reuters Editor in Chief Alessandra Galloni … Continue reading →

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March 26, 2025 · 1:34 pm

Deeply Lankika: John De Silva

Responding to a Request from An Aloysian Schoolmate and Friend named Roberts, John de Silva, aka “Johnny,” provided these fascinating genealogical details…… Michael Roberts  UNIQUE FAMILY CONNECTIONS I am not too sure if I had sent you details of where … Continue reading →

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July 14, 2026 · 8:04 pm

Engulfing Fires in Spain …. Killing Many ….

Nick Beake at BBC, https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wyv383j2xo…. with aid from Chris Graham HEADLINE =“Spain battles to contain one of its deadliest wildfires as at least 12 killed” Hundreds of firefighters in Spain are still battling to contain pockets of flames in the … Continue reading →

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May 26, 2024 · 9:10 pm

Wasim Akram as Guest Speaker in Sumathi Awards in Sri Lanka

SEE You Tube Show: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/centenary/memories/Rajanayagam.shtml Sumathi Awards (Sinhala: සුමති සම්මාන) is an award bestowed to distinguished individuals involved with Sri Lanka’s television screen, each year by the Sumathi Group of Company, Sri Lanka in recognition of the contributions made by … Continue reading →

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May 27, 2022 · 12:24 am

Multi-National Companies = Today’s Grey Powers Behind the Scenes

Malinda Seneviratne, in Email Memo If you really really wish to know who controls our economy regardless of who we elect…………… read this passage, 10,001 times over and over… it is they who should be sent to their homes.. Multinational … Continue reading →

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