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Engineering Climate Disasters As An Arm in Today’s Political Struggles?

Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, whose prefered title reads thus: “Relevance of the ENMOD Treaty to Climate Shocks and other Hybrid Economic Warfare”  …. IN A Letter to Ms Kobutu Dear Ms. Kobuta, It was good to meet you at the Open University … Continue reading →

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Besieged by ‘Requests” — Sri Lanka Amidst Iranian War Ramifications

An Item sent to TPS by Darini Rajasingham Senanayake, ** …entitled Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ ….. e-Con e-News 22-28 March 2026  ‘The [USA] wanted to bring 2 warplanes armed with 8 antiship missiles from a base … Continue reading →

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USA’s Imperialism Here-There-Everywhere Alarms the World

Observer from the Black Sea On 3 January 2026, the U.S. launched a military operation (“Operation Southern Spear”) in Venezuela that resulted in the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, by U.S. special forces (Delta Force). They … Continue reading →

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Professor Patrick Peebles & His Work on Sri Lanka

THIS is the CV presented at https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-peebles-892871b/… with chronology in reverse order Retired ….. Independent historian Sep 2008 – Present · 15 yrs 8 mosSep 2008 – Present · 15 yrs….. 8 Roeland Park, Kansas I continue to do research … Continue reading →

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Lankan Women beat Indian in Tight Match

An Item in The Island  from 4 May 2025 with this title ““Nilakshika Silva, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Sugandika Kumari give Sri Lanka rare win over India” A spectacular injection of big-hitting energy from Nilakshika Silva, a steady half-century from Harshitha Samarawickrema and meaningful … Continue reading →

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Importing A Cricket Pitch Wholesale …. to New York

Simon Burnton, in The Guardian Weekly, 14 June 2024 A cricket pitch grown in Adelaide has been shipped 11,000 miles via Florida to a newly built stadium in New York state. Time will tell whether this World Cup [2024], plus … Continue reading →

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Where No Woman is Kota Uda

…. and where one is at ease in the company of the Birds and the Bees                                                  … Continue reading →

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Launch of “Lawmaking in Dutch Sri Lanka” by Dr. Nadeera Rupesinghe

Tambapanni Academic Publishers invites the public for the launch of ‘Lawmaking in Dutch Sri Lanka: Navigating Pluralities in a Colonial Society’, written by Dr. Nadeera Rupesinghe.  Prof. Dinesha Samararatne and Dr. Gehan Goonetilleke will discuss the book with Dr. Rupesinghe, … Continue reading →

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An Appraisal of the NPP Government’s Performance Over Its First Year

A Bedgar Perera in SUNDAY ISLAND, 20 February 2026: “WHAT HAPPENED TO THE  MOVE TOWARDS A “ CIVILISATIONAL TURN” BROUGHT ABOUT THROUGH THE CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATION ?” Now that the new administration has completed one year in office and is … Continue reading →

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The Term “Arak” in the Asian World

Dash De Soysa, whose preferred title is “Arrack: A History of Alcohol and Distillation in Sri Lanka aand the Wider World” Long before the rise of the global trade in brandy, whisky, rum and other European spirits, arrack was the … Continue reading →

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