Late Lieutenant General Parami Kulatunge RSP USP: He helped bridge the divide

May the country in this time of peril remember with gratitude and pride, the devotion and courage of Parami, Sergeant Gomez and Corporal Buddhika and all our brothers and sisters who while playing their part in establishing peace, good will and justice among the people of our land, have made the supreme sacrifice. Their efforts will not be in vain. We will not forget them.

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Rajiv Gandhi assassination: LTTE's peak of ingratitude

Referring to the consequential impact of the assassination Dr Kaarthikeyan said: "It was Rajiv Gandhi who took an enormous interest and went out of the way to help solve the Sri Lankan ethnic crisis. To kill such a man brutally and treacherously is the peak of ingratitude and shortsightedness on the part of the LTTE."

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Hoppers, pol sambol, Swiss chocolates and Ambassador Regazzoni

This is my Sri Lanka by Bandula Jayasekara

A few years ago at a United Nations Day in Colombo, a cheerful foreigner reached out to me. He gave me his card with only his name printed on it. I wondered for a moment and he introduced himself as the new ambassador to Switzerland in Sri Lanka.

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