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Three hundred couples want to adopt children
Three hundred married couples without children have been registered with the Southern Province Probation and Childcare Department as foster parents to adopt orphans. The Provincial Commissioner of Probation and Child Care Gamini Weerawickrema said that most of them have been …
Gas emitted from tube-well
The Wanathawilluwa Police said that a special gas has been emitted from the tube well dug by the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau to examine the underground areas in Aruwakkadu and Eluwankulama in Puttlam from the night of August 18. …
7 Don’t after eating food
I was reading this from somewhere so i thought i should share it here as well. 1 Don’t smoke- Experiment from experts proves that smoking a cigarette after meal is comparable to smoking 10 cigarettes (chances of cancer is higher). …
Southern Expressway – Route number E01
“A comprehensive traffic plan for Phase I of the Southern Highway (Kottawa to Galle) which is due to be opened later this month has been drawn up by Police. The access controlled expressway would have 8 interchanges, such as Kottawa, …
Sujatha Elders Home
It is shocking to note the plight of some of our own senior citizens who are spending the final stages of their lives at Elders Homes in Sri Lanka . We should appreciate the fact that the Sujatha Elders Home …
The Ceylonese origins of Lankan cricket
The Ceylonese origins of Lankan cricket The state has decreed volleyball Sri Lanka’s ‘national game’, but the citizens, of course, know it to be otherwise. Modernity took firm root in Ceylon under the imperial aegis of Britain. British rule ushered …
FACTS OF LIFE
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There’s too much fraternizing with the enemy. There’s a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot. Did you ever walk into a room and forget why …
Do not turn on A/C immediately as soon as you enter the car!
Please open the windows after you enter your car and do not turn ON the air-conditioning immediately. According to a research done, the car dashboard, sofa, air freshener emits Benzene, a Cancer causing toxin (carcinogen- take note of the heated …
V Awards
V Awards is a project initiated by the IYV+10 National Steering Committee in collaboration with News 1st as this year marks the 10th anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers [IYV+10]. The concept behind this project is to honour individuals …
