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Feb- 2023 -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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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14 February
1983
Anti-Tamil Pogrom Sets Capital Ablaze Sets off ‘Black July’ across the island History, they often say, is not necessarily only what happened; but also what you could and choose to…
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13 February
1982
Sri Lanka’s First Test Cricket Encounter Hosts essay great strokes against England In the world of cricket today, a lot can happen in less than a year. But Sri Lanka…
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13 February
1982
Island’s First UNESCO World Heritage Sites Today’s eight iconic sites began with three Certain cities of classical antiquity are instantly recognisable; they evoke feelings of admiration and even awe. Among…
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13 February
1981
Monarch Wows Crowds on Her Second Visit Queen Elizabeth II on a five day state tour The second visit of the late Queen Elizabeth II to our fair shore was…
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13 February
1981
Jaffna Public Library Put to the Torch Arson fuels more acts of physical violence As Ray Bradbury’s apocalyptic Fahrenheit 451 (the reference is to the temperature at which paper catches…
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13 February
1981
Sri Lanka Gains Test Status Courtesy ICC First Test encounter ends in England win Two cricketing encounters stand sentinel over the privilege of Sri Lanka’s Test status. The first of…
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