The Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
The London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony is titled ‘Isles of Wonder’, inspired by Shakespeare’s play ‘The Tempest’. The worldwide broadcast of the Ceremony will commence at 21:00 on July 27, 2012, with the pre-show starting at 20:12. The Ceremony is predicted to be viewed live by a worldwide TV audience of over a billion people. The [...]
Achievement
Amasha Fernando, a pupil of Mrs. Nimal Seneviratne, received a special award for obtaining the highest overall mark from Grade I – III Keyboard for theTrinity College London, Grade Three Pianoforte examinations. She was also awarded the Bronze Medal in Music for obtaining the highest mark from Grade 1 – V at the prize-giving held [...]
Kids’ world
Climates in Sri Lanka In Sri Lanka, there are two seasons. They are the dry season and the rainy season. The weather becomes very hot in the dry season. Under the heat, streams and wells dry up. In large lakes only some muddy water remains. The aquatic animals who live in the rivers die. The [...]
Kanneliya Man and Biosphere Reserve
Kanneliya Forest Reserve is located between Galle and Matara districts in the southern province. Visitors have to buy tickets to enter it. A guide is given to show the route and explain various things. Visitors are advised not to make unnecessary sounds or shout out because the animals might get afraid. The Kanneliya Forest Reserve [...]
King Dharmapala
King Buwanekabahu sent a delegation to Lisbon. This antagonized the Portuguese here. After the death of King Buwanakabahu, who was his grandfather, Prince Dharmapala had to ascend the throne at a very young age. The country was ruled by others. First it was his father, Commander Veediya Bandara, who carried on the rule. With the [...]
