Ensuring a new life for refugees, a global challenge
World Refugee Day on June 20:
Did you know that every minute, eight people
around the world are forced to flee their homes due to war and
persecution? That 43 million people worldwide have been displaced
from their homes and sometimes, their own countries?
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Peerless Ananda Thera:
Great disciple of the Buddha
Ven Ananda was one of the ten great disciples of
the Buddha. He accompanied the Buddha, as an attendant, for more
than two decades. He was the Buddha's favourite disciple. He
attained Enlightenment, the highest state of Samadhi in which the
mind is awakened and illuminated after the demise of the Buddha.
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The Church of St. John the Baptist:
Serving Catholic community for 75 years
The area that belongs to the Church of St. John
the Baptist is about 40 square kilometres and consists of 280 devout
Catholic families. The families are within the area surrounded by
the Kaluganga from the south and the Indian Ocean borders from the
West.
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Dutch canals in Sri Lanka
Historian K.M. de Silva observes that the
notable Dutch achievement in irrigation was the building of canals
to function as commercial waterways. R.L. Brohier records that the
Dutch constructed canals which linked streams, lakes and lagoons,
creating a continuous line of waterways between the interior and the
ports.
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