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Feb- 2023 -12 February
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…
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12 February
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…
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12 February
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…
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12 February
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…
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12 February
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…
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11 February
1974
Sri Lankan Heads Law Of Sea Conference Steers ships of state on consensual course In the first blush of its independence in 1948, Ceylon’s relationship with the UN was overshadowed…
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11 February
1973
A Country’s Entry into the World of Cars ‘Upali’ drives the nation’s petrolheads Petrolheads may claim that a country can’t consider itself developed or its people advanced until and unless…
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11 February
1973
Sri Lanka’s First Five-Star Property Inter-Continental puts Colombo on the map Ceylon was once – and still is for sure – synonymous with tea. The eponymous isle has gone on…
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11 February
1972
Sri Lanka Becomes a Socialist Republic New constitution ends Dominion of Ceylon After 443 years of colonisation, Ceylon shook off the shackles of empire in 1948. Then – from the…
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11 February
1971
Youth Insurgency Takes State by Surprise Violent strike before brutal reprisals A time of armed violence is always disruptive to a nation’s sense of stability. But a violent insurrection that’s…
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