St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade

St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade, Colombo.

Address:-  Kochchikade, St Anthony's Mawatha, Colombo
Opened:-  1828
Phone:-  0112 329 303
Architectural style:-  Renaissance architecture
Archdiocese:-  Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo

        St. Anthony's Shrine is a Roman Catholic church in the Archdiocese of Colombo in Sri Lanka. The church is located at Kochchikade, Kotahena, Colombo 13, and is dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua. The church is designated a national shrine and minor basilica.

St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade, Colombo.

Maundy Thursday 2019

6pm - Sinhala & Tamil

Holy Hours
9pm - English
10pm - Sinhala
11pm - Tamil


Sunday
5.30am - Tamil
7.30am - Tamil
12.15pm - Sinhala
5.30pm - Sinhala

Saturday
6pm - English (Sunday obligation mass)

First lady Melania Trump receives White House Christmas tree

First lady Melania Trump receives White House Christmas tree

       First lady Melania Trump kicked off the holiday season in the nation's capital by accepting delivery of the official White House Christmas tree.

        A horse-drawn carriage delivered the tree to the front door of the White House on Monday as members of a military band played Christmas music.

     The first lady walked around the carriage and inspected the tree, which will become the centerpiece of Christmas in the White House Blue Room.

      She was wearing a striking Dolce & Gabbana knee-length black-trimmed coat with a large embroidered red floral pattern on a black background, over a back dress and stiletto-heeled black suede boots with a red sole by Christian Louboutin. 

         The tree came from Mahantongo Valley Farms in Pitman, Pennsylvania. Owner Larry Snyder earned the honor of presenting the White House a tree from his farm after winning the annual contest held by the National Christmas Tree Association.

White House Christmas tree

Twitter account deletions on 'pause' after outcry

Twitter account deletions on 'pause' after outcry.

         Twitter has said it will "pause" plans to disable inactive accounts following user backlash, a day after announcing plans for a huge cull of such accounts.

         The social network said it now would not remove accounts until it had a process for "memorialising" dead users on the network. It admitted not having a policy in place was a "miss on their part" The firm said it was taking action on inactive accounts due to regulatory concerns.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived in New Delhi

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived in New Delhi.

        President Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived in New Delhi yesterday commencing his two-day official visit in India. The President is scheduled to meet Indian President Shri Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the visit.

       He was warmly welcomed on his arrival at the Indira Gandhi International airport. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is visiting India on an invitation extended by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Indian visit of President Rajapaksa is his first overseas tour after he took office.

The Tesla Cybertruck

Tesla Cybertruck hits 250,000 pre-orders.

Elon Musk announced the Tesla Cybertruck

        The Tesla Cybertruck is an all-electric battery-powered light commercial vehicle in development by Tesla, Inc. Three models have been announced, with range estimates of 250–500 miles (400–800 km) and an estimated 0–60 mph time of 6.5–2.9 seconds, depending on the model.

        The stated goal of Tesla in developing Cybertruck is to provide a sustainable energy substitute for the roughly 6,500 fossil fuel powered trucks sold per day in the US. The base price of the rear-wheel drive model of the vehicle will be $39,900, with all-wheel drive models starting at $49,900.

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Lamasooriya Valley

Lamasooriya Valley /  Lamasooriya Village

            Lamasooriya Valley is beutyfull Location in Sri Lanka. Lamasooriya Village is encircled by the Lihiniyagala, Ethibedigala, Bambaragala and Naranthalawa hills. The fields are irrigated with the waters of the Beliul Oya which originates in Kabaragala and flows through the valley. Its water is diverted above the valley at the Lamasuriya and Serupitiya anicuts which flow on the upper periphery of the left and right bank fields respectively. The Beliuloya is a tributary of the Mahaweli and should not be mistaken with the Belihul Oya which originates in the Horton Plains and flows into the Samanalawewa Reservoir. According to villagers the Lamasooriya anicut was said to have been built in 1847 by the British.