The annual Colombo International Book Fair got underway at the BMICH (Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall) from September 20-29, 2019
The book fair is open from 9.00 am to 9.00 pm, at the BMICH’s Sirimavo Bandaranaike Exhibition Centre.
Entrance is free for schoolchildren, university students, members of the clergy and armed forces personnel (in uniform). Others would be charged a fee of Rs.20, which would be credited to the Daru Diriya scholarship fund that provides scholarships to underprivileged students.
(Pix by Indika Handuwala)
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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