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By Shane Seneviratne and A.G. Wickremasinghe

Under a new plan for the Kandy district, Kundasale and Pallekele are to be transformed into a a new administrative city within the next two years while the present Kandy city would be preserved in all its antiquity.All the administrative offices in Kandy as well as the Police Headquarters and the Bogambara Prisons would be shifted to the Pallekele area as part of this project.

 
By Priyeni de Silva McLeod
Bumper yields were harvested by cardamom growers in the Kandy district due to the monsoon. Cardamoms require a cool climate as found in the hill country, well distributed rainfall and forest cover. The Knuckles area is perfect for cardamom growing but is restricted in this region. New plantations are illegal but old plantations exist and they flourish due to the ideal conditions.
 
Trinity College: Still dancing and singing to an old tradition
By Vidushi Seneviratne
Trinity College, Kandy, established in 1872, is one of the leading schools in the country with many proud traditions to its name, including music and dance. "Sadhani Ranga Praba”, a concert of music, both Eastern and Western as well as Eastern dance and .....
   
Running in the FAMILY
By Aubrey Kurppu
International Tennis has seen the father and son combination of Bob and Lleyton Hewitt, the sisters Manuela and Magdalena Maleeva and the siblings John and Patrick McEnroe.However, in Kandy, there is something a little more unique. It may be at district level, but an instance of a father, mother, daughter and son playing and winning, tennis tournaments is a rare one indeed. For good measure, we have the daughter defeating the mother in the singles final!  

 
MC wants more security for Courts Complex
   
KMC Member sees unanswered questions in cleansing project
 
Kitul to go international
 
Crossing at financial risk
 
Disconnection threat brings in water revenue
 
Minister Amunugama praises pensioners
 
Plan mooted to develop Peradeniya
 
Water purifying project launched by lake-side hotel
 
Court reserves order in School Development Society case
 
Couple robbed jewellery to pay court fine? - News in Brief......
 
KGHS ‘Best of the best’
 
International Elders’ Day celebrated
 
Mobile service to bring NICs to door steps
 
Policemen acquitted of abduction charges
 
Parents falsifying school documents the biggest problem
 
Study engineering KBU International College, Malaysia
 
Pesticides’ abuse cause of cancer
 
Laksiri - a micro entrepreneur on his way up
 
The various uses of the Kitul tree
 
Where the Burmese came to rest
   
Happenings in the hills........
 
Looking like a lake once again
 
Vassana has ended
 
Earl’s Regency does Kandy proud
 
Kandy’s contribution to Sri Lanka cricket
 
SAM... A man from rugby’s golden era
 
Vijaya College Matale completes hattrick
 
STC Matale -Always in the forefront – Dr. Niyaz
 
Four teams sail into soccer second round
 
Peradeniya University wins IU Road race
 
Morale runs high in the Kingswood camp
   

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