By Dinouk Colombage Furious fans wanting to attend Sri Lanka’s ICC Cricket World Cup matches have been accusing Sri Lanka Cricket of mass scale fraud as allegations emerged of match tickets being sold on the black market with massive mark ups. And indeed they were. Throughout last week after the ticket counters had been closed [...]
By Dinouk Colombage A combined team effort by Sri Lanka helped them record an emphatic 10 wicket victory over England in their quarter-final clash and send the latter crashing out of the World Cup on Saturday. England’s run of tight games in the World Cup came to an abrupt halt as they were handed [...]
The mosquito menace has become a nuisance to all alike. As a result of deadly mosquito bites, not only have we lost many children in their prime but even adults. Unless self precautionary measures are taken to prevent deadly mosquito bites, no other methods could help to control the mosquito threat. How many methods do [...]
By Sasha W. A couple of months ago, a few of my friends and I were complaining about how the varying climate was messing with our hair and skin. Our face washes and such were hoarded with so many chemicals, that a whole batch of high school students could have learnt their chemistry from it. [...]
On first look, the news story last week that said a ban has been imposed on Manju Wanniarachchi, gives the impression the boxer has gone and done it again. Wanniarachchi, as you know, won Sri Lanka’s first ever Commonwealth Games gold medal in boxing last October – a medal which he had to hand-back, and [...]
Exhibition Of Contemporary Woven Art By Tilak Samarawickrema – April 1 – 17 Tilak Samarawickrema embodies in his work the contemporary spirit of his country, Sri Lanka. His prodigious output is rooted firmly in the local artisan tradition and spans the gamut from wall-hangings to carpets, passing through an entire spectrum of weavings. His motifs [...]
In a symbolic gesture of a token character Michael Roberts presents a copy of ‘Incursions and Excursions in and around Sri Lankan Cricket’ to the Sri Lankan cricket team through Anura Tennekoon, its Manager at present. This gesture marks the author’s appreciation of the achievements secured by the various Sri Lankan squads in recent years [...]
By Sumaya Samarasinghe Non Aligned’ an exhibition of the recent works by Muhanned Cader, Mariah Lookman, Vaidehi Raja, Lala Rukh, Thamotharampilliai Shanaathanan and Leuan Weinman opened earlier this week at the Barefoot Gallery and will continue until April 17. The exhibits which are drawings and paintings, were mainly created for the show and the uniting [...]
By Rohan Wijesinghe – Former St Joseph’s, Sri Lanka Schools And NCC Opener Perched at the very summit of his illustrious career, having earlier tweaked his leg-spin for Lanka, in three successive Worlds Cups in ‘75’, ‘79’ and ‘83’, to be specific – Somachandra de Silva – ‘DS’ as he is fondly known, is remarkably [...]
UNP Settles Internal Strife Last Thursday was Ranil Wickremesinghe’s 62nd birthday. It was yet early morning when he received a telephone call from President Mahinda Rajapaksa. He first wished Ranil for securing his leadership position of the UNP at the Working Committee meeting held the day before. Secondly, he wished him a happy birthday. Ranil [...]
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