Mihintale Aloka pooja in retrospect

Lake House, the House by the Lake, is the Home of the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (ANCL).This unique institution is commonly known as paththaramahagedara among the journalistic fraternity in our country.

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The beginning of a long journey

‘They were ignorant of the Sinhala language, Sinhala country, Sinhala culture and Sinhala history. The Sinhala language had been relegated to the kitchen. The Venerable Maha Sangha and native physicians were marginalised and denied state patronage. One among them, a true son of the soil gifted with farsighted vision determinedly dedicated himself to the cause of the toiling masses on July 12, 1951. It was a step taken towards an uncertain future’,

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Man-made errors cause pre-monsoon disaster- Environmentalists

26 dead; 119,000 affected:

A tropical country having four climatic seasons, Sri Lanka is blessed with abundant rainfall that prevails throughout the year. In fact the South West and North East monsoons and the two inter -monsoonal seasons sometimes renders excessive rain that could lead to unfavourable situations like hurricanes, landslides and floods claiming lives and affecting many others.

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