Day: February 13, 2023
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Feb- 2023 -13 FebruaryUncategorized
1982
Sri Lanka’s First Test Cricket Encounter Hosts essay great strokes against England In the world of cricket today, a lot can happen in less than a year. But Sri Lanka had to bide its time…
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13 FebruaryUncategorized
1982
Island’s First UNESCO World Heritage Sites Today’s eight iconic sites began with three Certain cities of classical antiquity are instantly recognisable; they evoke feelings of admiration and even awe. Among these, Athens and Sparta in…
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13 FebruaryUncategorized
1981
Monarch Wows Crowds on Her Second Visit Queen Elizabeth II on a five day state tour The second visit of the late Queen Elizabeth II to our fair shore was – in the strict sense…
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13 FebruaryMEDIA RELEASES
RICHARD DE ZOYSA
Richard de Zoysa, the Convenor of the People’s Convention for Good Governance, outlines his views and his vision for a just a prosperous New Sri Lanka
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13 FebruaryUncategorized
1981
Jaffna Public Library Put to the Torch Arson fuels more acts of physical violence As Ray Bradbury’s apocalyptic Fahrenheit 451 (the reference is to the temperature at which paper catches fire) warned, cultures that burn…
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13 FebruaryUncategorized
1981
Sri Lanka Gains Test Status Courtesy ICC First Test encounter ends in England win Two cricketing encounters stand sentinel over the privilege of Sri Lanka’s Test status. The first of these in chronological order was…
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