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Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings While Those in USA Dip
ITEM in NEW YORK TIMES, 15 January 2026…. “Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip” Harvard still dominates, though it fell to No. 3 on a list measuring academic output. Other American universities are falling farther behind … Continue reading →
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The NPP institutes Draconian Orwellian Measures
Tisaranee Gunasekara in Groundviews 21 December 2025 …where the title runs thus: PSTA: The NPP’s 1984 Moment? Some fates are written in broken promises. The UNP’s 1977 election manifesto acknowledged the existence of a Tamil ethnic problem, enumerated some of … Continue reading →
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Debating the Value of Tangential Historical Forays
Michael Roberts A FEW DAYS BACK, on 28th November 2023, I circulated this item among Lankan aficianado…. [ Let me add, here, that I was prompted to do this by the burgeoning world debate on the Palestinian-Israeli War that has … Continue reading →
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JLK Van Dort’s Vibrant 19th Century Sketches of British Ceylon
Ismeth Raheem, in the Sunday Times, 24 December 2023, where the title reads “A Christmas sketch among the many 19th century social events captured by J.L.K. Van Dort” . … An Item conveyed to me by David Sansoni of Sydney and now sibject … Continue reading →
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Introducing the Premier League in Sri Lanka, 2024 Series
ESPN Summary Preview …. at …. https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/lanka-premier-league-2024-1421415/teams … photo of 2023 winners Kandy Falcons Squad size: 22 (six overseas) Players bought: Pre-signings and retentions: Wanindu Hasaranga, Angelo Mathews, Dushmantha Chameera, Kamindu Mendis, Andre Fletcher and Kyle Mayers Auction signings: Ashen … Continue reading →
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The Fallen: A Poem of Remembrance from Shirani
Shirani Rajapakse in Facebook, May 2025 RajapaksdeoStsprno4ua081m6if89tiau0ga7l89791hc7ah2ll3clf1301308f2c03 · A few years after the conflict ended in 2009 the military was preparing to celebrate War Heros Day at Galle Face. Several roads in Colombo were blocked and traffic diverted as they were … Continue reading →
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The Turtle ‘Nursery’ at Rekawa in Southern Sri Lanka
Risidra Mendis, in Ceylon Today, 19 October 2024 where the title runs thus: “A world without turtles is a world less beautiful” Far from the hustle and bustle of city life and nestled along the Southern Coast of Sri Lanka is … Continue reading →
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Commemorating D-DAY in Normandy, 2024
Item in The Economist, 30 May 2024 …. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Bob Fagan was a 21-year-old private from Texas when he plunged from his assault craft into the cold sea off Utah Beach in Normandy, under … Continue reading →
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IMF’s Position on Sri Lankan Crisis on 17th July 2022
Dilini Madushanki, in Ceylon Today, 17 July 2022, with this title “Sri Lanka a ‘warning sign’ for countries with high debt levels and limited policy space — IMF,” Claiming Sri Lanka is a ‘warning sign’ for countries with high debt … Continue reading →
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Britain’s SAS Under Threat From HR Legal Beagles
Paul Wood: “The SAS have been betrayed in the name of human rights” … in The Spectator, magazine, 30 November 2024 The SAS are worried. Britain’s most elite military unit have come face to face with the IRA, the Taliban … Continue reading →
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