by TV & Radio Sri Lanka (tvradiosrilanka.blogspot.com) Two absolutely worthless channels over Sri Lankan airwaves at the moment. No proper terrestrial coverage. Only people in Colombo can see the channels over FTA regular antenna’s. and that also barely in some areas. One is available over Dialog TV islandwide but sadly not even one Dialog TV [...]
Why is the government not charging Lalith Kotelawala and others for the loss of over Rs.25 billion caused to the public as a result of accepting deposits when they were not entitled to do so? The government never prosecuted him for breaking the law and the whole episode surfaced only after the depositors who were [...]
These evenings, we’re being attacked by nasty, tiny mosquitoes. One wouldn’t imagine that such a miniature creature could have such an effective bite, but it does! You feel somewhat as if you have been electrocuted and yelp in surprise when you’re victimised. I’m beginning to wonder if the clouds of insecticide we spray daily are [...]
Track types Three Marines were walking through the forest when they came upon a set of tracks. The first Marine said “those are deer tracks.” The second Marine said “No, those are elk tracks.” The third Marine said “You’re both wrong, those are moose tracks.” The Marines were still arguing when the train hit them. [...]
By Arjuna Ranawana and Anupama M. Ranawana Think where this country has now come to — the chaos of impunity, the failure to protect human rights and the hysteria of nationalism; it is a moment, we must understand in which we pause and reflect. Something has ended, it must be grieved well and then what [...]
By Ranee Mohamed Nilamani Munasinghe began life as a housewife. Married to a well-known journalist of an era gone by — Chandra Munasinghe — Nilamani did her best to keep a happy and comfortable home and made those delicious dishes for her husband and their frequent visitors. Her husband, the late Chandra Munasinghe was News [...]
If all the good intentions voiced last April by tennis officials were converted to reality, then preparations for the 2010 Davis Cup campaign by now might’ve been in full stride, and the likes of Godamanna and Rajapakse would’ve been scrapping it out in some distant land on their rounds of the professional circuit. This, in [...]
Memorable to most; exhilarating to some, boring to others. Mixed feelings due to the announcement made by the highest of the land — HRH — a promise for the repetition of an exercise that we Sri Lankans are in general tired of, though this time it’s a mother of all exercises. The poor Sri Lankan [...]
The line between politics and the military on this island is now dangerously blurred By R. Wijewardene In the dead of a damp, tropical night, a group of six army officers, including a colonel and 50 soldiers, all military police, descended on ‘General’s House’ occupied by Former Chief of Defence Staff Sarath Fonseka. This phalanx [...]
by Galahsu’s Blog (galahsu.wordpress.com) I saw her walking the streets of Nugegoda at 9am she was white (not fair white but sudha white) blonde (not dumb blonde but blonde hair blonde) was carrying a supposedly clean bottle of filtered,purified water (since water drunk anywhere else in a poor 3rd world South Asain country such as [...]
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