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Misty mountains in Haputale. Picture by Arundathy Gunawaradena

New addition at zoo

A greater Kudu couple in the Dehiwala Zoological Gardens, which traces their links to the African continent gave birth to a calf on Sunday afternoon, Zoological authorities said. The calf was healthy at the time of the birth, they said. Greater Kudu a mammal that belongs to antilopes family are found in Namibia, Kenya, Tanzania and Sudan.
Picture by Suranjith Perera - Dehiwala Mt. Lavinia group corr.


Thought for the Day

Where there’s tea there’s hope.

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TNA confirms military success...

The TNA, no doubt is the mouth organ of the LTTE. That stands a reality over the past three and a half decades, from the time the TULF fondled and nurtured the LTTE addressing the Tiger cadres as ‘Boys’. After some time, the TULF realised that it had nurtured the second most dangerous animal in the world and later attempted to distance itself from the LTTE. But, it was too late.

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Is literacy that important?

The World Literacy Day has just ended and we pride ourselves on being literate, and regard slightingly those who are not, as ‘illiterate’. But the three who gave rise to three great civilisations were, so to say, illiterate. Prophet Mohammad did not write a word.

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A poet turned politician

Today the 15th day of Holy Month of Ramadan the Mohamed Hussain Mohamed Ashraff a great and worthy son of the Eastern Province was born in Sammanthurai. He was indeed not born with the proverbial silver spoon but at the time of his untimely death.

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Strategic challenges

For many years now, ever since the 1998 Pokhran tests, India’s broader strategic interests have tended to be identified with the country’s military nuclear programme; indeed, the two sometimes appear virtually synonymous and the nuclear issue has more or less overshadowed all others when it comes to strategic priorities.

 

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