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Major General Vijaya Wimalaratne:
Icon of unparalleled bravery and commitment
The Nation today remembers a fine soldier who
showed unparallel bravery and commitment in the liberation of
Motherland from the menace of terrorism.He was among the top brass
of defence hierarchy in the Northern Province who was caught in a
landmine explosion in the Kayts island on August 8, 1992.
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Attention to mind and matter, key to a healthy student
I feel more than somewhat odd to be talking in a
foreign language to a Sinhala Buddhist audience at a Sinhala
Buddhist school. But I was informed that the proceedings would be
conducted in English. So I must comply. Fortunately (as far as this
occasion is concerned) I was educated at a time when the official
langauge was English, and the medium of instruction even at the
Sinhala Buddhist school I attended - Ananda Vidyalaya - was English.
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Bellanwila Esala Perahera:
An exclusive cultural pageant
The Bellanwila Raja Maha Viharaya holds a
prominent place as a sacred area among Viharas in the Western
Province from the days of King Devanam Piyathissa. It was late Ven.
Bellanwila Sri Somaratana Thera who was the live-wire behind the
present resurgence of this Raja Maha Viharaya.
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