Kurunegala, a regal city
We have today, another Fun Travel piece – featuring this time, Kurunegala, an ancient kingdom of Sinhala Royalty. History states that the monarch changed its citadel to Dambadeniya, Yapahuwa and to Kurunegala from its previous locations in Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa due to pressure from foreign invasions. Kurunegala, a distance of about 94 kilometres from Colombo [...]
Children’s Corner
Kids had fun at the Children’s Corner organised by Panther at the Colombo International Book Fair 2014. Panther was partnered by British Council, Room to Read and Sakura Agencies, while Funday Times was the Media Partner. Pix by Indika Handuwala
Cargills Magic Traffic Lights
Cargills Magic gave away free Magic Traffic Lights popsicles near Royal College to kids who obey traffic rules.
‘Summer Reading Challenge 2014 – Mythical Maze’
More than 100 enthusiastic kids gathered at the British Council, Kandy on September 13, 2014 to receive their hard-earned gold medals and certificates for successfully completing the Summer Reading Challenge 2014 – Mythical Maze. This is an annual event organized by libraries across Britain during the UK summer holidays, and brought to children worldwide through [...]
The Master of Camouflage
If you are lucky when diving or sometimes even wading in the shallows of the sea, you will see what appears to be a rock change colour. If you are quiet and careful when you see this and move slowly, you will be rewarded with a close up encounter with one of the ocean’s most [...]
Kids world
Water Water is a basic need for all living organisms. From the earth, 2/3 is filled with water but 97% of that is salt water (sea water), 2% is glaciers. So we only have 1% of water to use. There are three states of water. They are ice, water and water vapour. All the water [...]
