Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Apr 6, 2008	Jeyaraj, RIP
I already said this is one bad year for for MPs and it seems more so for MPs in the Gampaha District in Sri Lanka. Jayaraj Fernandopulle, the minister of Commerce and strongman of the SLFP has been a target of the LTTE for sometime now, it's generally believed that the claymore mine which...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Feb 23, 2008	Terror, Architecture and Animal Rights
WTF story of the day comes from the the Daily Mirror ( Fight terror, build monuments of art ) : Sri Lankan Premier Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka has asserted that they would fight the war on terrorism in the country while noting the architectural feats of the decades gone by. [ link ] Meanwhile...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Dec 17, 2007	We are screwed
I knew diplomacy in Sri Lanka was always an afterthought, but boy .. MR arrived in London and was received by the SL HC (Kshenuka). MR was quick to take a shot at the lucky lady who is to soon move around in the comfort of a super luxury Jaguar by chipping in “Anna Times ekay thibba, may oyata...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Jun 21, 2007	BBC Reports: ‘We are biased’
BBC has found itself to be ‘biased’ by a report commissioned by BBC itself. But of course we already knew. As the Sunday Times (UK) very aptly puts: There are some things you do not need an official report to tell you - that John Prescott thinks he is a babe magnet, that President Mugabe...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Aug 30, 2006	A National Government?
It’s one of those things that have always had much ‘public support’ in this country, but many times when such an opportunity has presented it self, Sri Lankan politicians has shied away. It remains to be seen whether this latest opportunity will be examined in earnest or paid only lip...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Feb 1, 2007	Karu Vateyta Horu
Gone are the days when the UNP was shouting slogans like ‘Awoth Karu, Payayi Hiru’, Nowadays the party loyalists are shouting (or rather squeaking) along the lines of ‘Giyoth Karu, Penei Tharu’ while others, at least the sirikotha faction have settled for the slogan ‘Karu Vateyta...... [view]