I Suresh Ratwatte (son of late Sydney Ratwatte) refer to the article headline “Trinity’s One And Only Triple Lion” which appeared in The Sunday Leader of 18th April 2010. I wish to state that this article is factually incorrect and distortion of facts. My late father Sydney Ratwatte was a triple Lion produced by Trinity [...]
By Rajithangani Unantenna Fernando In the Sabaragamuwa Province, 40 kilometers from the city of Ratnapura is Adams Peak, the holy mountain peak venerated by all religions. At a height of 2243 meters – Adams Peak can be seen from many parts of the country, and even from the sea; wherever you see it from, you [...]
On the opposite side of the planet to Cupertino, California is the island nation Sri Lanka, home to Nihonbashi Japanese Restaurants, the first restaurant in the world to use the iPad. Nihonbashi has been ahead of the curve when it comes to restaurant design, creativity in food and bringing to diners the cultural and gastronomical [...]
By Aaron Jude Weinman Down to the final four teams of IPL 2010, this week saw the match up of form team, Mumbai Indians up against the inconsistent Bangalore Royal Challengers, and the second semi saw the Chennai Super Kings take on the reigning champions, Deccan Chargers. Batting first, the Mumbai Indians started slowly, losing [...]
By Udara Soysa in Killinochchi Despite various claims by government officials in the south, the housing situation remains challenging in newly-resettled areas in the north, according to residents in Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu. As soon as the war ended in the north on May 18, the entire population of Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu were placed in IDP [...]
A Child’s Interpretation Of The Bible After weeks of being very slowly cooked, last night the Big Man upstairs decided that we needed to cool off. Ominous rolls of thunder accompanied by dramatic flashes of lightning started late evening. “Okay, Big Man, another sign that the End is nigh.” So I continued sleep-watching this movie, [...]
by The Papare (thepapare.com) Will they go? Won’t they go? This is the unfortunate question that has always cropped up amongst rugby followers over the last two years with regard to the availability of the best players in the country when the National team is about to undertake an important assignment such as the Division [...]
By Cassandra Mascarenhas Johnston Fernando vehemently denied reports that he met with an accident last week when travelling with popular female artist Samitha Mudunkotuwa in his car. “These stories are all false rumours. I was never in any accident and I’m perfectly fine. I will be pressing charges against all the news agencies and media [...]
Losing Power By R. Wijewardene The controversial Sampur coal power plant project appears to have suffered a further set back. Officials from the Indian state electricity company NTPC have been quoted as saying that financial disagreements with Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Electricty Board (CEB) have prevented them from coming to a final agreement on the project. [...]
by Island Cricket (islandcricket.lk/blogs/gavin) Mahela Jayawardene wants to move up the order in the 20 over format. The former Sri Lankan skipper says that his style of batting will yield more results for him at the top of the order. “I always felt that in T20 cricket, the way I play, it’s more suited for [...]
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