After Today’s BMICH Explosion
I was with some Tamil students, as a training course was winding down for the day, when news of the explosion at the BMICH reached us. The details of the incident were…
I was with some Tamil students, as a training course was winding down for the day, when news of the explosion at the BMICH reached us. The details of the incident were…
A family man, and popular activist in Oddamavadi Aboobacker Ilyas (25) was targeted and fired upon by an unidentified gunman on Boundry Road, Oddamavadi. This incident happened around 5.15 am on 4th…
I haven’t heard Crowded House play on the radio here before, but the other day, while driving, the sounds and words of “Don’t Dream It’s Over†filled my car. It’s one of…
A person reading Uthayan newspaper publishing in Jaffna at a newspaper agent shop entrance. Newspaper printing has dropped due to publishers not having permission to send more news print paper from Colombo.…
From Mawbima – 2nd February 2007 This article, in Sinhala, examines the Ranil Wickremesinghe’s leadership, or lack thereof, in light of the present crisis within the UNP. Read the full article here.
Personal vignettes, in Sinhala, aimed at stimulating our thinking on social, political and economic issues. In this post I talk about the rapidly disappearing shoe-repairmen, a Singer-Mega mega hoodwink, and the high…
Originally published in Himal Southasian, February 2007. The undeclared Eelam War IV in Sri Lanka shows no signs of abating. The Ceasefire Agreement, whatever is left of it, is enervated and made…
From – 31st January 2007 With the LTTE cleared from Sampur and Vaharai, the UNP depleted and the JVP marginalised, the cabinet swelled to record proportions, the Donor Forum concluded and the…
The TMVP has given a request to the government to conduct eastern provincial council elections and before that to setup an interim council. Because most of the eastern province is now under…
Using SNAP, readers now get a preview of any link to a website within a post. All you need to do is to hover over a link to see a small window…
Regarding the blast right outside the Eastern University in Batticaloa Vantharumoolai at around 11.30am yesterday, about 15 km north of Batticaloa town, the information I have heard is that there were around…