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Kamindu Mendis Leaps Unto The World Cricket Stage
Nick Brookes, writing at MURALI END where the title runs ”How Kamindu set the world alight” It’s been quite the year for Kamindu Mendis. Cast your mind back to January. Kamindu was on the outside looking in – yet to … Continue reading →
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Friends, Colleagues & Countrymen … Meandering Memories
Gamini Seneviratne, whose chosen title is different: viz, being “Vignettes of the Public Service –The Foreign Beat” My acquaintance with officers in the foreign service was, for the most part, casual, that is to say, not related to our work, … Continue reading →
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Survivor’s Tales: A Kidnapping …. & …. Dunkirk Rescue Boat
From the MIRROR Surviving Kidnapping: When Stephanie Slater was kidnapped by killer Michael Sams back in 1992, he kept her captive in a lockable wheelie bin. But rather than murder her – as he had done with his previous victim … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka Smother Kiwis in First 50-Over Match
Andrew Fidel Fernando in ESPNcricninfo, 13 November 2024 . Sri Lanka 324 for 5 in 49.2 overs (Kusal 143, Avishka 100, Asalanka 40, Duffy 3-41) beat New Zealand 175 for 9 in 27 overs (Young 48, Robinson 35, Bracewell 34*, Madushanka 3-39) by … Continue reading →
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An Incisive & Slashing Stella Prize Speech from Michelle de Kretser
Michelle De Kretser’s Acceptance speech on Winning the STELLA PRIZE, .. May 2025 Thank you all so much for being here. The 2025 Stella Prize does my work great honour, and I’m so happy to accept it. I wish … Continue reading →
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How to ‘Tweak’ Trump’s Tariff Programme to Benefit Lanka
Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, whose preferred title is “Opportunity in Trump’s Tariff Shock: Diversify Products, Markets, and Industrialize” Real and staged crises present opportunities to reorient, innovate and think outside the box. Trump’s tariff ‘shock’ presents Sri Lanka’s business sector and national … Continue reading →
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MEY Mokaddha!! Lanka Premier League in Cricket????
Michael Roberts I am aging …. Quite clearly! I have not been aware that there has been a 20-over series in cricket ongoing in Sri Lanka for some four years now; and that the present series with five teams involved … Continue reading →
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A Resolute Sinhala Lady’s Pursuit of Justice
Ishanka Singha Arachchi, in Groundviews, 9 November 2025, where thr title runs thus: A Southern Woman’s Endless Search for Justice …… with highlighting emphasis added by The Editor, Thuppahi. The story of the women of the South, who have been … Continue reading →
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The Royal-Thomian Cricket Match: Its History
Uthpala Wijesuriya, in The Island, 17 March 2023,where the title presented is “The Earth’s Greatest Rivalry” … while the highlighting in this presentation has been imposed by a Thuppahiyaaaaaaaaa. The Royal-Thomian or the Battle of the Blues, the world’s second … Continue reading →
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Still Wobbly: Sri Lanka’s Political Economy under AKD
Item in The Economist, October 2025 ,… with highlights that are part of its presentation [ one sent to TPS by Nalin Gunasekera] The following are the economic assessments read by the Investors for FDI: “Last year the NPP and AKD … Continue reading →
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