Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="bandula" data-source="post: 193424" data-attributes="member: 2655">Divaina<img src="http://www.divaina.com/2007/01/04/p1pic.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Daily News<img src="http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/01/04/z_new350.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The annual Duruthu Perahera of the Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya commenced on Tuesday night. Here Kandyan drummers perform beside a caparisoned elephant. Inset: Two children hold National Flags aloft as they take part in the perahera, one of the most colourful pageants held in the Southern part of the country. Pictures by Rukmal Gamage<img src="http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/Bandula777/BBCMicrosoft.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />BBC link><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6197805.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6197805.stm</a>DailymirrorGnanam dies in Singapore<img src="http://www.southasianmedia.net/profile/srilanka/images/gnanam.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Funeral on SaturdayWell known business leader and Chairman, Express Newspapers Ltd – ‘Virakesari’ - Deshamanya A.Y.S. Gnanam died in Singapore on Tuesday. He was 84.Father of three daughters and three sons, Mr. Gnanam was ill for about two weeks and was flown to Mount Elisabeth hospital in Singapore where he died.His body will be brought to Colombo today. Funeral will take place on Saturday.Sri Lanka's most famous "ragsto - riches" story is of A.Y.S. Gnanam, Who started his business life selling scrap-iron. with a career that ran parallel to that of indipendent Sri Lanka, Gnanam Prospered from his humble beginnings, todent sri Lanka the multi-billion rupee St. Anthony's Group.<img src="http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/Bandula777/BBChelth.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />BBC Helth Link><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6217057.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6217057.stm</a>India’s oil and gas Company to start oil exploration activities in Sri Lanka’s Bay of Mannar soonBy Walter JayawardhanaIndia’s state owned Oil and Gas Corporation Videsh Ltd. has announced that it will explore for oil and gas in Sri Lanka’s Mannar basin very soon. The ONGC Videsh Ltd said the company’s own experience in India’s Kaveri basin would help them to explore oil and gas in the neighboring Sri Lanka. It has been speculated by geologists that the same Kaveri oil deposit string also runs beneath Sri Lanka’s Mannar bay.Asian Tribune Link><a href="http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/3974" target="_blank">http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/3974</a><img src="http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/Bandula777/20070104a_016101007.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Boy sails into the record books <img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42394000/jpg/_42394267_mikeatlantic203.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Michael said he was overwhelmed by his receptionArrival in Antigua A 14-year-old boy has arrived in Antigua to become the youngest person to sail the Atlantic single-handed. Michael Perham, from Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, ended his 3,500-mile voyage when he sailed into Nelson's Dockyard at 1400 GMT. Michael takes the record from Isle of Wight teenager Seb Clover, who was 15 when he made the crossing in 2003. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott called Michael a "successful sailor in the great British maritime tradition". The teenager, who has spent six weeks at sea, was escorted into dock by a flotilla of boats.BBC link><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/6226775.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/6226775.stm</a><img src="http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/Bandula777/BBCElctro.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />BBC Electro link><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6227575.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6227575.stm</a><img src="http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/Bandula777/20070104a_016101004.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />MILLIONS ATTEND INDIA FESTIVAL(Kumbha mela)<img src="http://a.abcnews.com/images/International/nm_hindu_festival_070103_ssh.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://a.abcnews.com/images/International/ap_hindu_festival4_070103_ssh.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://divinerevelation.org/kumbhposter.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Hindu pilgrims take a holy dip at the start of the 45-day Ardh Kumbh Mela on Jan. 3, 2007. Millions of Hindu pilgrims braved bitter cold and security concerns to gather on the banks of the holy Ganges river for a mass ritual believed to wash away their sins. The fete, known as the Half Pitcher festival, commemorates a mythical battle between gods and demons over a pitcher of the nectar of immortality.<img src="http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/Bandula777/20070104a_012101001.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/Bandula777/20070104a_009101001.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/Bandula777/chess.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/Bandula777/hindu4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

Verification: Hathara warak wissa keeyada? (Hathara wadi karanna 20)

Top Bottom