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Local balladeer who took Lankan music to the world - Calypso singer of yesteryear promotes Sri Lanka the way he knows best.

AnuraMusic fans will remember him as part of the La Ceylonians singing those lilting calypso tunes with his trademark straw hat and guitar. Many years have passed since those memorable tunes and times but Anura Pathmasiri Jayasingha's musical journey continued, taking him across the world carrying his brand of music to people.


Profoundness for burned out people

Ayurveda HirschmuellerAyurveda A growing number of young people are travelling to distant lands to recharge their empty batteries. Like Helen H., who went to Sri Lanka. By Freddy Schissler, Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung, 11.09.2012

CSD recruits 2,000 former LTTEers

Two thousand former rehabilitated LTTE cadres were recruited to the Civil Security Department (CSD) from the Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts. The new recruits recently gathered at the CSD Kilinochchi and Mullaithivu joint command headquarters in response to the CSD's call for ex-combatants to join its ranks. "These former LTTE combatants, now fully rehabilitated and reintegrated into society have shown a keen interest in joining the CSD,"CSD Director General Rear Admiral Ananda Peiris told the Daily News.