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August 30, 2025 · 1:50 am

Sri Lanka Snatch Victory from the Jaws of Defeat

First 50-Over ODI in Harare  is a Nailbiter …  followed  by this Thuppahiyaaa on ball-by-ball script in ESPN ………………  With one MADUSHANKA producing  a hat trick in  Over no 50 to complement Asitha  Fernando’s superb over no 49 Zimbabwe vs … Continue reading →

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April 28, 2025 · 1:26 pm

Kamindu Mendis’s Classic Catch at IPL

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June 17, 2026 · 3:12 pm

A Kiwi Reading of the Lankan Womens’ Victory

Valkerie Baynes in ESPNcricinfo, 17 June 2026, with this headline “Ecstasy for Nilakshika and Nuthyangana as New Zealand drop the ball” “We’re creating chances and no one means to drop them, but we’ve dropped a lot,” Melie Kerr says after … Continue reading →

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December 30, 2025 · 12:15 am

‘Save the Little Children’ …. A Heartening Polish-Indian Tale

 An Item presented in FACEBOOK, 29 December 2025 by Piyasiri Wickremasekera of Sri Lanka …. on behalf of Peradeniya University Friends [PUF] Remember the Past When 740 children were dying at sea and every nation said ‘no,’ one man who … Continue reading →

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October 16, 2024 · 10:20 pm

Sigiriya: A Stupendous Citadel …..

Mahil Wijesinghe in the Sunday Observer, 13 October 2024 where the title runs “The Stupendous Citadel of Sigiriya” After visiting the Dambulla rock cave temple, our next destination was Sigiriya, the 5th Century rock citadel, containing ruins of palace complex … Continue reading →

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November 11, 2024 · 11:15 pm

Michael Caine … His Life and Times, 1933 et seq

Maurice Joseph Micklewhite …….. born 1933 … became Michael Caine, actor; NOW Sir Michael Caine….. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Caine  A – Listen this You-Tube Review = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQU-7GW-TlY  

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January 14, 2025 · 8:19 pm

An Elephantine Blockage in Sri Lanka! … & An Elephantine Problem!

Wasantha Chandrapala, in Daily Mirror, 12 January 2025 The Tempitiya-Mahaoya road in Ampara has been closed for traffic and pedestrian movement for the past three days due to an injured wild elephant frequenting the road. Residents of the area said … Continue reading →

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March 24, 2025 · 6:19 pm

Face-to-Face in Sri Lanka: Elephants & Humans

Zinara Rathnayake, in an Item in the New Lines Magazine that is reprinted in The Island, 23 March 2025 In Makulpotha village, 89 miles northwest of Colombo, Punchibanda woke up to the trumpet of an elephant while he was sleeping … Continue reading →

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March 16, 2024 · 7:15 pm

Sri Lanka edge Bangladesh in 50-Over ODI at Chattogram on 15 March 2024

Michael Roberts Located in Adelaide I followed some stages of the match in its digital verbal mode on ESPN … in intermittent fashion … till 1.30 am and only saw the final result today. Clearly, our praise must be extended … Continue reading →

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July 8, 2026 · 6:51 pm

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima …. Wikipedia

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima …. from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (Japanese: 硫黄島の星条旗, Hepburn: Iōjima no Seijōki) is an iconic photograph of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle … Continue reading →

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