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Unremitting rains raise dengue threat

Source – from Dailymirror.lk Dengue fever plagues Sri Lanka annually, increasing after a rainfall when conditions are optimal for mosquito breeding. Climate fluctuations also accelerate the epidemic’s spread and people must be mindful that dengue is again on the rise due to incessant rains during the last three months.  There has been a sharp increase in dengue cases and related …

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Congratulations to our New President Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Sailan Muslim Foundation congratulates President Gotabhaya Rajapakse on his Victory to become the Seventh President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.   We hope that President Rajapakse will pursue his cherished goal of developing Sri Lanka to be nation to be reckoned with in the world map and join hands with all the people of Sri Lanka in fulfilling …

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Mosque Tours catch on in Sri Lanka

Mosque Tours are fast catching on in Sri Lanka. The latest Open Mosque Day held at Kollupitiya Jumma Mosque in Colombo on 22nd January had around 800 people of other faiths participating. Besides a tour of this beautiful mosque, participants were taken around a poster walkthrough clearing misconceptions of Islam, given free calligraphy of their names in beautiful Arabic script …

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Dr. A.M.A. Azeez Commemoration Meeting 2018

The Dr. A.M.A. Azeez Commemoration Meeting and the Memorial Oration will be held on Tuesday 27th November 2018 at 4.30 p.m. at the Ghaffoor Hall, Zahira College, 406, Orabi Pasha Mawatha, Colombo 10. Desamanya M.D.D. Pieris, formerly of the Ceylon Civil Service and Secretary to the Prime Minister, will deliver the Oration on the subject of Sinhala Muslim Relations in Sri …

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Last Test Star from the 1990s, Hearth to retire in Galle

Rangana Herath celebrates a wicket with his team-mates AFP Rangana Herath to retire after first England Test Rangana Herath, the most-successful left-arm bowler in Test history, will retire after the first Test in Galle, having told the selectors that he is reluctant to play through an entire three-Test series. Galle is a sentimental venue for Herath – not only did he …

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