Thanamalwila : Will it remain a tragedy forever?
Thanamalwila is not famous for its natural beauty
but for illicit plantation of cannabis or popularly known in the
area as Kansa, and a high rate of suicides precipitated by abject
poverty.
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Sri Lanka will always have them!
In 1761, after 100 years of uneasy peace, full
hostilities broke out between the Dutch Army of Ceylon and the
Kandyan Army, forerunner of today's Sri Lanka Army. Kandyans made a
determined bid to wipe out the Dutch from all their costal
strongholds.
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Glimpse of history from ANCL Archives: Mini matters - fashions
that dominated the bygone era
Those were the days dominated by bell bottoms
and mini-frocks. Though it would be a queer thing to see today, the
youngsters of the day paraded the streets clad in Bell Bottoms
virtually sweeping the roads of dust. So much so that, it was said
that the Colombo Municipal workers had little.
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