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Gammadda launches Online Wesak Zone
COLOMBO (News 1st); As Sri Lanka observes Wesak at homes today, Gammadda has made it possible to mark this important day online, with the launch of an - Get the latest breaking news and top stories from Sri Lanka, the latest political news, sports news, weather updates, exam results, business news, entertainment news, world news and much more from News 1st, Sri Lanka's leading news network.
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The Central Bank bomb from across the road
by S. Skandakumar As the clock moved towards 10.50 a.m ,on January 31, 2021, my mind went back 25 years to that fateful day. It was a Wednesday, and having finished our weekly meeting of the Parent Board of Directors in the Board Room on the eighth floor of Steuart House around 10.30 am, we sat around to exchange views on matters of a non-official nature as was customary, before returning to our rooms. Enjoying the view of the sea beyond the Central Bank that faced us from the opposite side of Janadipathi Mawatha, was a favourite pastime of ours on such occasions. Janadipathi Mawa...
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Policeman cracks joke at Soulbury's expense over game billiards – The Island
(Excerpted from Senior DIG (Rtd.) Edward Gunawardena’s memoirs) Colombo Division was hectic, but it was good fun. All Three of us new ASPs, Brute Mahendran, Cosmo David and I were resident at the Officer’s Mess, Brownrigg Road. Today it is the Senior Officer’s Mess, Keppetipola Mawatha This is because during the JVP insurrection of 1971 […]
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Federation of Media Employees' Trade Unions publishes Handbook for Journalists – The Island
by Saman Indrajith Writing a handbook for a profession of public and social occupation is not easy and this is true for the profession of journalism which is considered an occupation that both supports and sustains the credibility of the decision-making system and drives its functions. Compiling a handbook for media professionals is hard because it can never be a completed task owing to many practical reasons including the difficulty of providing a clear-cut, all-agreed definition of what journalism is. It has been defined as a job, an art and a profession among many others. Yet there are a...
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