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Madushka Balasuriya, in ESPNcricinfo, 4 July 2026, where the title after Day One reads thus: “Lahiru Udara 188 carries the fight for Sri Lanka”  ………. Sri Lanka 338 for 5 (Udara 188, Kamindu 84, Shamar 2-60) vs West Indies …. and NOW the  Windies are 408 for 5 on Day Three …. A STALEMATE it seems

Kusal Mendis & Sonali Mendis during their stand

A pair of wickets in the final half hour play brought the West Indies back into the game, but prior to that it was Lahiru Udara who had led Sri Lanka‘s redemption arc as the opener fell 12 runs short of a maiden Test double-ton as day one of this second Test wound to a close at North Sound.

At 32 years of age, Udara has had to bide his time to make his way into the Test side, and it was just his luck that Sri Lanka’s Test schedule shrunk considerably just as he made his debut last June. Then in the Caribbean, he might not have got a look in, but an injury to Pathum Nissanka opened the door, and like Amir Jangoo in the first Test he took his chance with both hands.

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Chandra Schaffter discovered a short note of commendation provided as a school leaving certificate in 1902 by Warden Stone of S. Thomas College at Mutwal to young DS Senanayake. Apparently, DS had been “irreproachable” in his schooldays and had even been a Dormitory Prefect.

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This Item is derived from WS Weerasooriya, Links Between Sri Lanka and Australia, Colombo, Government Press 1988, pp.30-41 and was prepared for Thuppahi by David Sansoni of Sydney on the confused foundations of a muddled pdf copy.

Overseas immigration has been responsible for a substantial increase in Australia’s population growth. It has been estimated that of the population growth between 1788-1913, 35 per cent was the result of immigration and 65 per cent from natural growth (National Population Inquiry 1975). From the beginning, the preferred migrant was British, and, until the Second World War, the Anglo-Saxon characteristics of the population were strongly maintained (Price 1973).

The “White Australia Policy” which was introduced by the Commonwealth Parliament in 1901 through the Immigration Restrictive Act of that year prevented non-European persons from migrating to Australia. Despite some minor administrative changes in the 1960s, this restrictive immigration policy remained unchanged until the election of the Labour Government in 1972.

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Shyam Tekwani, whose chosen title in this article presented on 30 December 2025, runs thus: ‘India Out’: In South Asia, India Bears the Burden of Nearness

Across South Asia, moments of protest framed as ‘India Out’ recur not as ideology, but as reflex. Proximity, power, and perception have converged, often accelerated by media, to turn internal strain into external blame. India’s greatest challenge lies in managing the burden of nearness.

This season, once again, the street in Bangladesh fills before it decides why it has filled. Bangladesh has once again become the place where South Asia’s unease gathers. The protests are familiar in form – students, slogans, police lines – but their cause resists precision. They are not only about water, though the rivers matter. They are not only about borders, though the dead along them are remembered. They are not only about diplomacy, though the language of insult and interference circulates freely.

People visit the India Gate at Kartavya Path in New Delhi. Photo: PTI/Kamal Kishore

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Nandasiri  Jasentuliyana  in MEMO to Thuppahi from his ‘outpost’ in USA, 3 July  2026

The World Bank has reclassified Sri Lanka as an Upper-Middle Income Economy as of July 1, 2026.

Following the economic crisis of 2022, the country has demonstrated significant resilience, recording a 5% GDP growth in 2025. This recovery is largely attributed to a rebound in the manufacturing and industrial sectors, alongside growth in financial and tourism services.

While the country narrowly crossed the threshold for this reclassification, the update is a significant marker of economic progress. These annual classifications, based on GNI per capita, determine access to concessional loans and development assistance and serve as a global economic reference through June 2027.

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A TPS NOTE: An Item in the local Blackwood Rag has the title “Hurd’s Hill: designed to make a colonist’s wife feel ‘at home’ in her nee home”

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Chaturanga  Pradeep  Samaratunga in Daily  Mirror, 30 June 2026, … https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Rotary-car-parking-system-introduced-to-Sri-Lanka-for-the-first-time/108-344267

Sri Lanka’s first-ever rotary car parking system has been introduced, marking a significant advancement in urban parking solutions in the country. The facility has been introduced by Hayleys Aventura, a subsidiary of the Hayleys GrouP.

The innovative parking system, which enables vehicles to be parked and retrieved through a vertically rotating structure, was officially inaugurated at a recent ceremony attended by Hayleys Chairman Mohan Pandithage and Co-Chairman Dhammika Perera.

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