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To prepare for the next mission to Mars in 2020, NASA has taken to the lava fields of Iceland to get its new robotic space explorer ready for the job.To prepare for the next mission to Mars in 2020, NASA has taken to the lava fields of Iceland to get its new robotic space explorer ready for the job.(REUTERS)To prepare for the next mission to Mars in 2020, NASA has taken to the lava fields of Iceland to get its new robotic space explorer ready for the job.

The Colombo Veteran athletes receiving the Overall Champion title from Malaysian High Commissioner Pan Yang Thai. The President of Sri Lanka Masters Athletics Neil Wickramaarachchi (extreme left) and Sri Lanka Masters Athletics Immediate Past President Tissa Samarasinghe are also present. (Pic by Ranjith Asanka)

Adding a new chapter to the history of Buddhism in Sri Lanka, an agreement to merge together the Sri Lanka Amarapura and Ramanna Nikayas would be signed on Friday at 02.30 pm at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute in Colombo. With the signing of the agreement the two Nikayas would function as Sri Lanka Amarapura Ramanna Sama Gri Maha Sangha Sabhawa.

GALLE, Tuesday & The second series of the newly formed ICC World Test Championship beginning at the Galle International Stadium between Sri Lanka and New Zealand today looks like being confined to a watery beginning with the prospect of the match being affected largely by bad weather.Neither team had any chance of even making their way to the ground as it rained throughout the day yesterday. The entire ground was under covers and it didn&t present an encouraging sight.