Sixteen year old Charith Lakui Mapatuna has shone with the ball for Carey College in the 1st XI Cricket Season 2010. Mapatuna who had been selected for the national under 17 squad has done well with the ball and in the 2010 cricket season has take 73 wickets in 12 mathes. His achievements are: 13 [...]
By Amantha Perera It is an evil mist that rises over Blomendhal. Every morning it hangs low, moving slowly over the small man made hillocks that ooze out their contents from the side — festered wounds that will never heal. The dumping here had stopped, about a year back due to a court decision. That, [...]
by Dream into Reality (rajaratarala.blogspot.com) The picture above reminds me of a painting scene in some famous gallery in old England where the farmers are all engaged in various activities.If not for the machine it could be a timeless shot. In this instance there are a total of 10 people doing in theory a job [...]
By Cassandra Mascarenhas When The Sunday Leader attempted to contact the new Deputy Minister of Mass Media and Information, Dr. Mervyn Silva to ask him what his plans for the Media Ministry as the Deputy Minister were, we were informed by one of his aides that the Gampaha District MP had been admitted to the [...]
Presidential Phobia President Mahinda Rajapaksa The Presidential Secretariat for no reasons adduced blacked out The Sunday Leader from a function at the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (C.B.S.L.) premises on April 5. The occasion was the release of C.B.S.L.’s 2009 Annual Report. The million rupee question is, has the Presidential Secretariat, which is upkept with [...]
The International Centre for Ethnic Studies will screen the 2009 American film, The Hurt Locker on Thursday, April 29 at 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. The Hurt Locker, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, shows the Iraq War through the eyes of a bomb disposal team. When a new sergeant, James, takes over [...]
The Self Help Guru Who Needs Help! By Sumaya Samarasinghe I was in a crisis situation. After watching a fair amount of excellent movies like Invictus and Precious, my options at the video store seemed to have lessened tremendously. I had a desperate urge to watch something light which could be viewed while eating caramlised [...]
by Taboo Subjects (taboosubjects.wordpress.com) His body was male, while the mind was female. She wanted me calling her Nangi (sister). I called her that or ‘Nanga’. I was 22. She was few years younger. We first met in the chat room of Kaputa.com. She was the first transgender (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender) I’ve ever met, but I wasn’t [...]
By Raisa Wickrematunge One minute you’re in, the next you’re out. So it must have felt to a bewildered K. N Choksy. The former Member of Parliament said, “I have been on the National List for the past 20 years, since its inception. I have no idea why I have been removed from the list [...]
By Aaron Jude Weinman Last weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix saw reigning champion, Jenson Button drive a calculated race to bring home his second win of the season followed home by teammate, Lewis Hamilton, securing Mclaren Mercedes’ first one-two for 2010. Closely behind was Brawn’s Nico Rosberg, backing up his performance from the previous race with [...]
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