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For Lanka: Addressing Srinivasan’s Statement on the IMF Programme
Krishna Srinivasan’s Address in Colombo in His Capacity as Director of Asia and Pacific Department, IMF, May 15, 2023 What does this challenging global environment mean for Sri Lanka? Sri Lanka, as you know, has been facing a severe crisis … Continue reading →
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Wunderbar!! Pakistan face Afghanistan in Hambantota
Michael Roberts The Afghanistan vs Pakistan three match series being played out at Hambantota in Sri Lanka ……. YES, YES, in Hambantota if you happen to know where that is … snuck up and into my world in distant Australia … Continue reading →
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Enthralling Situation in Sri Lanka-Pakistan Test Match in Galle
Andrew Fidel Fernando, in ESPNcricinfo, 27 July 2022 where the title reads “Dhananjaya de Silva century cements Sri Lanka’s upper hand” Sri Lanka gained a virtually unassailable position in the second Test, as Dhananjaya de Silva hit a ninth Test century, and … Continue reading →
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Why the West is wrong to blame ISIS for the Crocus Terrorist Attack
An Observer in a Black Sea town ” The American Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) assert Russia has no evidence to claim Ukraine was involved in the terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall on 22 March 2024.” Actually, the Russians do … Continue reading →
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Two Sinhala Bowlers win Tamil Indian Hearts via Chennai Super Kings
Venkat B Krishna in The Indian Express, 24 May 2023…. where the title reads “How CSK’s Tamil fans fell in love with two Sinhalese players Pathirana and Theekshana”” Things have changed after years of strained relationship when CSK were forced … Continue reading →
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Sangakkara and Solanki about their Success at IPL 2022
Shashank Kishore*&* at ESPNcricinfo, 29 May 2022, “At the auction table, we spent 90-95% of our purse on putting together our first XI. We worked hard on data to work on the players we wanted. We put emphasis on experience … Continue reading →
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China Jettisons 23 Loans to African States!!! Wunderbar!!!
Benjamin Norton, in Multipolarista, 21 August 2022, where the headline reads thus “China forgives 23 loans for 17 African countries, expands ‘win-win’ trade and infrastructure projects” The Chinese government has announced that it is forgiving 23 interest-free loans for 17 … Continue reading →
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A Searching Dissection of Ranil Wickremasinghe’s Political Career & Its Times
Avishka Mario Senewiratne, reviewing the book by Rajiva Wijesinghe that assesses Ranil Wickremasinghe’s recent political career Last December, Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha released a new book titled Ranil Wickremesinghe and the Emasculation of the United National Party. As the title suggests, the … Continue reading →
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Kittu as LTTE Commander: A Violent, Tempestuous History
DBS Jeyaraj in The Daily Mirror, 20 January 2025, where the title reads “How Tiger ‘Col’ Kittu lost a leg when a bomb was thrown at him in Jaffna” Former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Jaffna District Commander Sathasivamillai … Continue reading →
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ECSAT’s Charitable Work with Disabled Children Secures Awards in 2022
The Annual Report for 2022 presented by ECSAT … with some of the photographs attached to this report & highlighting emphasis imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi An Award in 2022: The Programme Director Roshan Samarawickrama is seen receiving the award on … Continue reading →
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