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In a rare and fascinating natural occurrence, a coconut tree in Sri Lanka has sprouted ten separate plants from a single coconut fruit. This unusual phenomenon was discovered on a farm in the Meewella ...
Men are naturally stronger than women.”“Older people don’t get technology.”“Asians are all good at maths.”If you’ve heard ...
The Mahavamsa indicates that a fairly small community of persons, predominantly Roman Catholics of Indian Origin have ...
Chocolate comes from the cacao tree, which grows in warm, rainy places like Central and South America, Africa, and parts of Asia (even our very own Sri Lanka). A ...
Véronique arrives 45 minutes late, a vision of practiced nonchalance and rustic affectation in a loose-fitting linen smock ...
On Sri Lanka's southern coastline, Relais & Chateaux Cape Weligama has been welcoming guests for more than a decade and ...
Sri Lankan restaurant group The Coconut Tree is set to be wound up after defaulting on its company voluntary arrangement (CVA ...
Kerala special Jandai Vadhyam by Malayalees in London in front of the Skanda Murugan Chariot Article No 2063 Written by London swaminathanSwami 48yahoocomDate 11 August 2015Time uploaded in London 155 ...
The UK has a rich tapestry of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan restaurants, but surprisingly few genuinely ...
In the previous part1, we looked at two global shocks which have hit Sri Lanka’s march toward recovery, namely, the new tariff reforms introduced by the US administration and the Mid-East crisis which ...
When the government of Sri Lanka published the  National Red List of threatened plants in 2020, my eyebrows shot up. We’ve ...
Coconut trees, meanwhile, have a more narrow range; a full-grown tree always stands somewhere between 30 and 100 feet (dwarf plants will of course be smaller). Location is another big clue.