Day: February 12, 2023
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Feb- 2023 -12 FebruaryUncategorized
1979
Sri Lanka’s First Television Transmission ITN pioneers colour TV – state takes over Although the television was invented in 1927 and TVs had been in popular use in developed countries for decades, it took Sri…
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12 FebruaryUncategorized
1977
Local Economy Opens out to Market Forces A premier’s policies end an epoch of rationing In terms of political developments, this was the year that set the stage for the introduction of a presidential system,…
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12 FebruaryUncategorized
1977
The Country’s First Executive President How ‘JR’ went from old hand to wily fox One person’s democrat is another’s dictator – this is perhaps best illustrated in the person and work of Sri Lanka’s first…
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12 FebruaryUncategorized
1976
Sri Lanka Hosts Fifth NAM Summit Meeting Steers Non-Aligned Movement on a new path In times of sorrow, there is often no greater joy than to look back at the halcyon days… when a country…
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12 FebruaryUncategorized
1975
Sri Lanka in UN General Assembly’s Chair Career diplomat shines in a stellar role There is a saying that suggests it’s not the years of life you’ve lived but the life in those years. If…
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