The Christmas and New Year services at the Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour, Bauddhaloka
Mawatha, Colombo 7 are as follows:
Tuesday, December 24 th (Christmas Eve): 11.15 p.m (English service)
Wednesday, December 25 th (Christmas Day) :
7.00 a.m. (Sinhala service)
8.15 a.m. (English service)
11.15 a.m. (Tamil service)
Tuesday, December 31 st (New Year’s Eve): 11.15 p.m. (English service)
Wednesday, January 1 st (New Year’s Day): 7.00 a.m. (Sinhala service)
8.15 a.m. (English service)
11.15 a.m. (Tamil service)
I still remember the day of August 1947 floods, as it was the last school day at Kingswood College Kandy and the height the water soured. Water rose to the height of the Cross of the Chrurch at Getambe and the water was so high that it engulfed the Getambe Rajaponawarma Temple leaving only a few leaves of the Bo-tree visible.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate and submit a report over a complaint about the alleged illegal assets gained by model Piumi Hansamali.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
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