Rajendra Wijesinghe “Where is my Dad? Is he still missing?” That was the regular question before going to the bed. Read the Life with a nonagenarian – 1 here >>> After dinner, he likes to have some sweets. A friend of mine who has a medical background asked me onceContinue Reading
Rajendra Wijesinghe They ask me “What have you done for last ten years?” I was looking after my Dad. I am his only child. He lost his wife more than 30 years ago. (Read the Part 1 here >>>) I encountered the lack of concern of the immediate family membersContinue Reading
Rohitha Rajapakse aka Chichi, the youngest son of former President Mahinda Rajapakse married to a pretty lady. The nickname “Chichi” was attributed to Rohitha because of the way his elder brother Yoshitha pronounced ‘Chuti Malli” as a toddler. Rohitha a rugby player, a singer and a lyricist, previously attempted toContinue Reading
Written by renowned sports commentator late Mr. Premasara Epasinghe – Credit to Daily News – 04-04-2005 This article is about father of Tatyana Lee Jayaratne, bride of former President Mahinda Rajapakse’s son Rohitha Rajapakse. Jerome Lee Jayaratne is accomplished cricketer, coach and administrator. TODAY, he is coaching the Nation inContinue Reading
Peacock at Mattala airport, Horse at Panchikawatta junction and Bicycle Fork Tree at Colombo Courtyard Hotel. You may have seen these metal sculptures. Anidda newspaper recently published an article about the assemble artist who created these marvels. He is Prageeth Manohansa, a fine art graduate of Aesthetics University who excelsContinue Reading
Everyone knows Dickman’s Road in Bambalapitiya, Colombo 4, but few use its actual current name Dr. Lester James Peiris Mawatha which was given in 2011 by Colombo Municipal Council in honour of veteran film director Lester James Peries. Dr. Peries, P-E-R-I-E-S as he spelled his name, lived on this roadContinue Reading
Sri Lanka’s 10th Medical Faculty was opened today at Batuhena, Kuruwita today. It is a faculty of the Sabaragamuwa University. The Professor Unit of the medical faculty is in the Rathnapura Teaching Hospital which has been upgraded for the purpose. The first intake for the Medical Faculty of Sabaragamuwa UniversityContinue Reading
Read the original article here >> Dog tax was imposed under Act No 9 of 1848. Accordingly, the citizens had to pay taxes for domestic dogs as well as for the stray dogs which used to stay in and around the houses. The dogs which had no owners would beContinue Reading
Photo taken in June, 2017 by Ajith Perakum Jayasinghe, mobile phone cameraContinue Reading
News broke on Sri Lanka’s state TV Rupavahini today that the historic gas lamp post in the middle of Padukka town had been destroyed due to a collision by a lorry. It was established 100 years ago by the Peace Memorial Committee to mark the end of World War I,Continue Reading
