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Of All Places! Lankan Asylum Seekers stranded in Diego Garcia
News Item in The Island , 23 July 2024 … where the title reads “Urgent request to relocate Lankan asylum seekers from Diego Garcia amid escalating crisis” Facing an urgent and escalating threat of harm to migrant children detained on … Continue reading →
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Cold War Proxies in Conflict: Ceylon & Palestine
Darini Rajasingham Senanayake,** at IDN-InDepthNews,… 24 July 2025, …. being Part II of an extended article with this title “From Ceylon to Palestine: Ethnic Conflict and Its Role in Cold War Proxy Dynamics” …. This is the second of a … Continue reading →
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English Women Cricketers Reach New Heights …. in Pay-Scales
Matt Roller, in ESPNcricinfo, 12 March 2026 where the title runs thus: “Women’s Hundred auction signals new dawn in English cricket” Tournament’s new era begins with £4 million spent to propel the women’s game further into … Continue reading →
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LTTE and the Tamil People …. Revisited
Michael Roberts reproducing an article that appeared initially in Groundviews in April 2009 [when the LTTE was on its last legs]; and was then reprinted in Roberts, FIRE and STORM, Vijitha Yapa Publications, Colombo, 2010, pp.239-62 This set of essays … Continue reading →
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A Searching Review of Hoole’s Book PALMYRA FALLEN
Sachi Sri Kantha, in Ilankai Tamil Sangam, September 15, 2025 in an article entitled….A Critique on Rajani Thiranagama’s Assassin- Suspect ‘Bosco’ presented at https://sangam.org/a-critique-on-rajani-thiranagamas-assassin-suspect-bosco/ & addressing central aspects of the book. Palmyra Fallen (2015) by Rajan Hoole Introduction Sept 21st marks the 36th death … Continue reading →
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Sri Lanka Police: Headless At A Critical Moment
Merril Gunaratne, in morningLK, 11 August 2024, where the headline reads “The Police: A ‘headless’ body for the election” Any organisation, be it professional, social, or sports, has to be led. The leader steers the organisation on a charted path to … Continue reading →
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A Critique of AKD’s Speech at the United Nations
ASIA PROGRESS FORUM in The Island, 5 October 2025 President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka’s recent speech at the UN General Assembly, while outwardly progressive in tone, reveals a troubling lack of structural analysis. His framing of global crises, identifying poverty, narcotics, … Continue reading →
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Deciphering Patriotic Devotion: The Japanese in the 1940s & the Lankan Tamil People For the LTTE
Michael Roberts reproducing an article presented in a popular website during the final stages in Eelam War IV in 2008/09 within the context TODAY of a horrendous war-situation in Palestine and its environs — the website being GROUNDVIEWS: …………….. https://groundviews.org/2009/04/21/ltte-and-tamil-people-i-preamble/ … Continue reading →
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A “City of Dreams” in the Centre of Colombo
A = Item in Booking.com Set in Colombo, 700 metres from Galle Face Beach, Cinnamon Life at City of Dreams offers accommodation with a restaurant, free private parking and a bar. The property is around 2.5 km from Bambalapitiya Beach, … Continue reading →
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Rukrakaganno’s Ecological Reforestation Project in Singharaja Rainforest
Ruk Rakaganno — A Note about this NGO’s Enterprising Programme in Protecting a Vital Element in the Singharaja Rain Forest ……….. Hanne Lund Madsen, Sustainability Director, Forward Advice, Denmark Sri Lanka was recently awarded international recognition at the United Nations … Continue reading →
