Wasantha Chandrapala, in Daily Mirror, 12 January 2025
The Tempitiya-Mahaoya road in Ampara has been closed for traffic and pedestrian movement for the past three days due to an injured wild elephant frequenting the road. Residents of the area said the closure of the road had disrupted civilian life.
HEADLINE in DAILY MIRROR, 12 January 2025 = “Elephant closes Tempitiya-Mahaoya road for three days”
Email Texts Among Sri Lankan Cricket Aficianado ….. Here, There, Everywhere
Errol Fernando in Melbourne after DAY One in the Sydney Test Match
…… Jumping ahead to tomorrow I would love to know what we Greasy Polers predict. Some possibilities are Australia 325 for 4 with Konstas 150 not out. Another possibility is Australia 275 for 8 with Konstas out for 80. Let me go with that one although I can’t see Australia losing as many as 8 wickets when India has only ONE really threatening bowler. The Aussies have Boland, Cummins and Starc as well as Lyon. All eyes, of course, will be on Konstas, the epitome of Test cricket 2025. He will empty the bars following players such as Sobers, Viv Richards and Lara. I do not include Tendulkar in that list. He did not empty bars. He just made lots and lots of runs!
Uditha Devapriya
I was perhaps a little overenthusiastic, in trying to claim objectivity for Rajiva Wijesinha’s latest book, when I said at the launch on Tuesday, December 17, at Lakmahal, that the role of the political commentator and observer is not to pass judgments, but rather to lay bare the facts for the reader to decide. During the Q and A I was bluntly – and justly – critiqued by a member of the audience: no, he said, the role is not to overwhelm the reader with facts – it is to come to conclusions, to make the reader aware.
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Desiree Bowie, whose chosen title for this article presented on web on 27 November 2024 is “Most Powerful Countries in the World: 2024 Rankings”
The most powerful countries in the world command the global stage with a unique mix of economic strength, military power, cutting-edge technology and cultural reach. These nations influence international policy and hold significant sway over global affairs, using their resources, strategic positions and diplomatic skills to maintain dominance.
VISIT this item sent to me by a Richmondite Medic residing in Britain with this note:
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From THE LUMEN, October 2024
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Edward Tew, in The Sunday Times, 7 July 2024,where the title runs this: “Farewell to the Tory clown show, a true satirist’s dream”
For the last six years I’ve been engaged in a secret love affair with Jacob Rees-Mogg. This may be news to him, considering we’ve never met, but I’ve fantasised about him being given a sponge bath by his nanny, pushing women and children off the Titanic on his way to a lifeboat, as an object on Antiques Roadshow and even poking his “plonker” through a suet pudding for his premium OnlyFans customers. I’m not a pervert, I’m a satirist.
Bedgar Perera, in The Island, 8 October 2024
In recent days, [a] vehicle display at Galle Face attracted much interest. Most of them were fuel guzzling, power packed automobiles, expensive to run and unaffordable to most unless somebody like the government or a big company picks up the tab. They were lavishly used by political appointees of many sorts at no cost to themselves.
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