2011 ICC World Cup The first week of the 2011 Cricket World Cup is over and there have been no upsets, as all the major teams have recorded opening wins. However, despite the absence of upsets there have been some notable performances. Opening their campaign Sri Lanka took on minnows, Canada in Hambantota. Playing the [...]
Lucky de Chickera has published his second book, titled Poseidon’s Wrath, a tale of fiction taking place around the catastrophic wave that crashed onto Sri Lankan shores in December 2004, and brought havoc on its people and the country. The launch took place in the presence of a large and distinguished gathering in the auditorium [...]
TNA Not As Optimistic By Maryam Azwer Government Spokesperson Keheliya Rambukwella has expressed optimism regarding the Tamil diaspora’s response to the President’s statement that the government looked towards their support. “We have had quite a few meetings with members of the diaspora. We have invited them to take part in the development process in the [...]
A recent report of the Economist Intelligence Unit of the 168-year-old Economist magazine would have rudely shattered the dreams of those visionaries of making Sri Lanka the ‘Asian Miracle’ with its capital, Colombo, as the ‘Garden City of Asia’. After conducting a global survey on basic criteria essential for good living, the Economic Intelligence Unit [...]
A recent piece of breaking news from the New York Times couldn’t but provoke thoughts of what is happening around our Country of a Thousand Cabinet Members. The headline in the Times read: “New York Congressman Resigns After Internet Postings” and went on to a brief description of what had occurred, saying “Representative Chris Lee [...]
By Maryam Azwer Galle is best known for its Dutch Fort, its exotic beaches and its timeless architecture. Travel to Galle, and you’ll never run out of things to do. One more Galle-related activity that’s gaining popularity today is whale-watching, and when I decided to embark on this experience, it was with a little something [...]
Love And Other Drugs… Give Me The Drugs! By Sumaya Samarasinghe When I told my good friend in the US that I intended to review Love And Other Drugs, she said “ It’s a stupid film!” and like a true cynic gave me the reasons why; shall elaborate on those later on! Jamie played by [...]
By Abdul H. Azeez The USA’s decision to veto a UN security council resolution to declare illegal Israel’s intention to build new settlements in the occupied territories of Palestine have met with extreme anger. The Palestinian Authority last week declared a ‘day of rage’ to protest against what it saw as US bias towards Israel. [...]
By Ravi Perera Recently I came across a travel book by an Australian writer who had spent six months traveling the length and breadth of the Indian sub-continent, including then Ceylon in the period 1943-44, just a few years before India gained independence. Frank Clune, the author of Song Of India, is both vivid and [...]
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