Uncategorized
-
Feb- 2023 -16 February
1998
LTTE Bombs One of Buddhism’s Sacred Places Tigers attack Temple of the Tooth at dawn They say that a cornered animal is the most dangerous game – to hunt or…
Read More » -
15 February
1996
LTTE Launches Daylight Attack in Colombo Big lorry bomb rips through Central Bank Few terrorist attacks have had a more devastating impact on the island’s tourism industry than the bombing…
Read More » -
15 February
1996
When the Mighty Sri Lankan Lions Roared A thrilling first ICC Cricket World Cup Few questions are as poignant to an American as ‘What were you doing when you heard…
Read More » -
15 February
1994
First Local Company to Secure a Global IPO JKH is listed on the Luxembourg bourse There are those who would argue that the best measure of a nation’s worth is…
Read More » -
15 February
1992/2018
Sri Lanka-born Author Gets Literary Nods Michael Ondaatje wins Booker twice over If there is one name in the pantheon of authors that’s more often associated than that of others,…
Read More » -
14 February
1987
A Second Southern Insurrection Flares Up JVP rebels cause pandemonium islandwide The last thing a state whose military was confined to barracks by the occupation of its northern territories by…
Read More » -
14 February
1987
Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka From police action to all-out civil war There is perhaps no better example to underline Sri Lanka’s ambivalent relationship with its closest neighbour…
Read More » -
14 February
1985
Sri Lanka’s Iconic First Shopping Complex Symbolises booming consumerism of its age To every generation of islanders, there will be an iconic building that defines the era that they lived…
Read More » -
14 February
1985
The First Mrs. World is from Sri Lanka Rosy Senanayake is crowned to much applause They say that ‘failures are the pillars of success’… but in the case of Rosy…
Read More » -
14 February
1983
A Violent ‘Eelam War I’ Takes Off First phase of conflict follows July riots The events of 23 July that gave rise to the start of a protracted conflict between…
Read More »
