Wijeya Society to celebrate Children’s Day
‘Hima Kumariya’ a play by Somalatha Subasinghe was staged by Wijeya Newspapers Welfare Society to celebrate Children’s Day at the Colombo New Town Hall on October 7, 2015. Pic by Nilan Maligaspe
A peace negotiation
King Senarat sent envoys to the Portuguese inviting them for peace talks. Then, George de Almeida suggested that before any peace talks, the Portuguese prisoners in Badulla should be released. That was done. Then Almeida added that if the king wished to make peace, it should happen with the consent of the Viceroy. He conveyed [...]
Sri Lanka National Kite Festival
The Sri Lanka National Kite Festival was held on October 11, 2015 at the Galle Face Green, Colombo. Pix by Indika Handuwala
Failures are the pillars of success
Our school religious trip On June 24, 2015 we went on our second field trip from school to a mosque, kovil, temple and church. First we went to the mosque. We removed our shoes and went inside. It was very calm and quiet. A Muslim priest came and told us that they don’t keep statues [...]