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  • Rajapaksa vows to fight external forces for peace

    Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Saturday renewed his pledge to fight all "external elements" seeking to "disrupt" the country's peace. Speaking on the fourth anniversary celebration of winning the three-decade war against Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE), Rajapaksa was alluding to foreign countries, led by the US, Xinhua reported. Some countries have been critical of Sri Lanka's ...

  • Rajapaksa pledges to continue fighting external elements for peace in Sri Lanka

    Beijing, May 18 (Xinhua-ANI): Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday renewed his pledge to fight all "external elements" seeking to "disrupt" the country's peace at the fourth anniversary celebration of winning the three-decade war. He was alluding to foreign countries, led by the United States, who have been critical of Sri Lanka's human rights record and called for an independent ...

  • 61 Bangladeshis to be returned home from Sri Lanka

    Sixty-one Bangladeshis, who were in Sri Lankan detention camps for four months after being picked up by the navy in February, are scheduled to be returned to their home country from Colombo around Sunday noon.They are to be flown in on Sri Lankan carrier, Mihin Lanka, scheduled for touchdown at ...

  • 15-year-old girl stabbed and killed in Mahasenpura

    A 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death using a sharp object in the Mahasenpura area in Polonnaruwa.Police are yet to determine the motive behind the murder, which had occurred last evening, while the main suspect has fled the area. The body of the victim has been placed in the mortuary of the Polonnaruwa hospital.Meanwhile in a separate incident a worker at a timber store in Hettimulla, ...

  • Sri Lanka retreats to the dark city

    | by Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena ( May 19, 2013, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) As lights are dimmed over Sri Lanka following prohibitively crushing electricity hikes, the enveloping darkness is menacingly symbolic of the crisis which our society is facing. This is even as the politically privileged siphon off massive amounts of money for useless extravaganzas, including an airport in the deep ...


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Casino Royale [DVD]

Casino Royale [DVD]

It seems that, each time I write about a new James Bond film, I feel compelled to quote something I wrote about the previous one. So as not to break precedent, I will offer this compelling nugget I wrote about Die Another Day (2002), the last film to star Pierce Brosnan as H ... ...

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  • Dont be shy Bill Grangers Sri Lankan recipes

    Sri Lankan cuisine is light, sunny, wonderfully spiced - and so easy to cook from scratch. Just as soon as you've broken into the coconut, that is, says Bill ...

  • Sri Lankan prawn curry

    The combination of earthy spices, sweetness from the coconut and heat from the chillis makes this my perfect kind of curry. You can serve it simply with some plain rice, to soak up all those juices and mellow the heat, but I love a roti (see recipe below) with a wet curry, and the messy eating only adds to the ...

  • Indo-Lanka FTA should promote a win-win situation - Dr. Kelegama

    By Lalin Fernandopulle Sri Lanka's exports to India have increased under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and it is the third largest destination after EU and US for Sri Lankan exports, said Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Executive Director Dr. Saman Kelegama at the launch ...

  • They Sacrificed That Much To Give Us Freedom

    Relaxing in the dining area Not so long ago we lived in fear of being killed in a bomb attack, or amidst some form of terrorist activity. Parents did not travel in the same bus fearing that if terrorists were to explode the bus their children would lose both parents. Yet four years ago after 30 years of bloodshed, our valiant soldiers were able to end a three decade long war and make our ...

  • Sri Lanka Which Way Could India Go In September

    More than a month after the DMK withdrew support to the Manmohan Singh government over the Sri Lanka vote issue at the UNHRC session in Geneva, no one is talking about the 'Tamil Nadu factor' influencing India's Sri Lanka policy. If anything, after a decade and more, a government at the Centre has survived without parliamentary support from any of the 'Dravidian parties' ...

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