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1973
A Country’s Entry into the World of Cars ‘Upali’ drives the nation’s petrolheads Petrolheads may claim that a country can’t…
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1973
Sri Lanka’s First Five-Star Property Inter-Continental puts Colombo on the map Ceylon was once – and still is for sure…
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1972
Sri Lanka Becomes a Socialist Republic New constitution ends Dominion of Ceylon After 443 years of colonisation, Ceylon shook off…
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1971
Youth Insurgency Takes State by Surprise Violent strike before brutal reprisals A time of armed violence is always disruptive to…
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TURKEY-SYRIA EARTHQUAKES DEATH TOLL PASSES 20,000, WORSE THAN THE FUKUSHIMA DISASTER
CBS News – FEBRUARY 9, 2023 Rescuers pulled more survivors from beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings Thursday but hopes were…
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1970
First Pilgrimage of a Pope to the Island Pontiff includes Ceylon in apostolic tour Ceylon’s Roman Catholic population – an…
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1967
UN Secretary-General’s Visit to Sri Lanka U Thant embodies Asia’s UN aspirations Some leaders are born great or acquire greatness,…
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1965
Ceylon Establishes Permanent Mission to the UN Features in many United Nations agencies There was a sense in the early…
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1962
The Coup D’Etat ’62 Ends in Disarray Disgruntled officer corps lead conspiracy In a multi-ethnic, multi-religious society, hidden tensions often…
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1960
Ten of Ceylon’s Peacekeepers to the Fore Signal honour for newly sovereign nation The year 1960 proved to be an…
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