Kids world
The most exciting book I ever read The most exciting book I ever read is ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ by Cressida Cowell. The main character in that book is Hiccup. Hiccup has a small hunting dragon called ‘Toothless’, because it doesn’t have teeth. Toothless is a very selfish dragon. Hiccup battled dragons with his [...]
Bat and his bat
Bat loved to watch others play cricket under the big tree where he lived. Although the others in his family complained that the noise was disturbing, Bat didn’t sleep a wink during day time when there was a match being played. He hung upside down and watched, eagerly cheering loud whenever someone scored well. So it [...]
This article is part of a continuing series on Sri Lankan history
A Portuguese soldier chased Mudali Kulatunga and killed him. The soldier returned with the Mudliyar’s head stuck on a spear. Meanwhile, Don Alexico Mudali, along with his soldiers fled to the enemy side. The two Mudliyars, Don Seeman Don Theodor and Don Balthazar too fled the scene. The enemy forces gave them a lot of [...]