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Two Sri Lankans have a way with words
In 2002, British-born Chris Hawkins and Austin Shin established the Guinness World Record for the most number of Scrabble points scored within 24 hours, marking 162,171 points. Two Australians broke that record unofficially when they scored 170,682 points in July. And last week, two Sri Lankans broke both records when they scored 196, 564 points [...]
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Music for the masses
It seems that Colombo’s developed quite an appetite for festivals and international DJs. There was Avicci, then there was Afrojack, and now there’s ‘Above & Beyond’ -the headline act for the Stomp Festival, to be held on December 8 and 9 at the CH & FC Grounds. Headlining at the festival will be Above & [...]
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The last wilderness on earth
In 2010, Imalka De Silva found herself in Antarctica with renowned polar explorer Sir Robert Swan and his team at 2041. Now, she’s founded her own company V4C Sri Lanka – an organisation which will collaborate with 2041 to “build champions that promote sustainable leadership for a cause.” Imalka has managed to pack quite a [...]
