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By Saman Indrajith It did not matter whether the MPs were wearing pressed clothes or had travelled long distances when their questions were answered, Chief Government Whip Johnston Fernando told Parliament yesterday. The Minister said so in response to a complaint by Batticaloa District TNA MP Shanikyan Rasamanikkam, who expressed his dismay for government taking […]
Community Physicians warn of catastrophe Dr. Nihal Abeysinghe, President of the College of Community Physicians yesterday (24) strongly criticised the sudden and unilateral government decision to do away with what he called the scientifically recommended Covid-19 vaccine priority list. Appearing on Sirasa ‘Pathikada,’ anchored by Asoka Dias, Dr. Abeysinghe alleged that the priority list had […]
By Ifham Nizam The Environment Ministry has decided to take action against those responsible for destroying 1,000 mangrove saplings at the Anawilundawa recently. A senior Ministry official expressed disgust at the destruction of the saplings planted in a wetland site designated to be of international importance as per the Ramsar Convention under the National Wetlands […]
A range of items including a flintlock pistol and a leather shoe sole are among a trove of treasure discovered in the same sunken ship that carried the Elgin Marbles.
Archaeologists working for the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sport have been investigating the shipwreck of the Mentor since 2011 in search of artefacts.
The sunken ship was owned by Thomas Bruce, Earl of Elgin, the Scottish nobleman who removed artefacts from the Parthenon early in the 19th Century.
The Mentor sunk near the Greek island of Kythira in 1802 while transporting the marbles and other artefacts - all of which were recovered over the following two years and shipped to England on the orders of Horatio Nelson.