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Battling Covid Disinformation in the West…. Dr Rajeev Fernando in Frontline
Marianna Spring, Specialist disinformation and social media reporter, where the title is “Coronavirus: The human cost of virus misinformation” …. https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-52731624 A BBC team tracking coronavirus misinformation has found links to assaults, arsons and deaths. And experts say the potential … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka’s Cricketing Merry-Go-Round and Angelo Mathews’ Flower-Petal Ball
Andrew Fidel Fernando, in ESPNcricinfo, 1 July 2019, with this title “Angelo Mathews and the craziest ball of the 2019 World Cup” Gather round, kiddos. Let me tell you a story about Sri Lankan cricket. What would you like to … Continue reading →
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Velupillai Pirapāharan’s Biography related by DBS Jeyaraj
DBS Jeyaraj, in Daily FT, 13 May 2020, where the title is “Tale of a Tiger: Facets of LTTE Chief Prabhakaran’s life” ++ The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed 11 years ago in combat … Continue reading →
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A Landmark Trade Pact: Rubber-Rice Deal between Sri Lanka and China 1952
Dr. J. B. Kelegama, the Keynote Address at the Fiftieth Anniversary Celebrations of the historic “Rubber-Rice Pact” between Sri Lanka and China at the BMICH on 20 December 2002 … from Island, 22 December 2002, where the title runs “The … Continue reading →
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On Stephen Champion’s Collaboration with Amnesty International in 2008
Gerald Peiris[1] From the recent correspondence[2] between you and the ace photographer Stephen Champion, (published in your Thuppahi blog), I came to know about a composite event staged in London in July 2008 consisting of an exhibition of photographs recorded … Continue reading →
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Alan Keenan of the ICG comments on the Presidential Election Results in Sri Lanka
Alan Keenan of the International Crisis Group, …. deploying this title “Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election Brings Back a Polarising Wartime Figure” Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s decisive victory in Sri Lanka’s presidential election reflects voters’ concerns over security, poor economic prospects and ineffective … Continue reading →
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“Eating Bitterness Again” — Captain Elmo’s Lament pinpoints Crass Incompetence at the Top
Capt Elmo Jayawardena I will make this article short, simply because what I am writing is extremely sad. 350 plus totally innocent people died on Easter Sunday morning due to random bomb explosions. 500 or more were maimed and are … Continue reading →
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Duncan White’s Stellar Performance at the 1948 Olympics
Rear Admiral Dr. Shemal Fernando, in Sunday Observer E-paper, May 2020 where the title runs “White who started the spark” Having been a close observer and student of the world’s most beautiful sport of athletics for fifty years, my effort … Continue reading →
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A Century of Cricket in Galle
EM Karunaratne,** an article abridged from Sport Down South … and made available by Oliver Guruge, another Gallilean and a keen member of the ‘Richmond Collective’ of today Facing the Fort circa 1880s or 1890s before the Esplanade emerged –– … Continue reading →
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Pirapāharan the Megalomaniac: Stephen Champion’s Reading from 2007
A Composite Collection Michael Roberts: An Introductory Note, 30 April 2020 In early April this year 2020 I came across new data – or rather, information which had bypassed me earlier – garnered by DBS Jeyaraj via his exchanges with … Continue reading →
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