President Rajapaksa’s memorable words to the world

There is absolute peace and a booming economy in Sri Lanka. The stock market is on the rise, tourism is fast growing which has given rise to investor confidence as a result of stable peace infrastructure and rapid development. It has become the most sought after tourist destination and ideal breeding ground for investor and investments. There is rapid development with infrastructures being built leading to be the best era in Sri Lanka’s history,

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Necessary meditations on carelessness and callousness

I haven’t seen Regi Siriwardena’s play The Blinding, directed by Haig Karunaratne. I was not at the preview at the ICES and not at the British Council more recently. I haven’t read the play either. Someone else was at both performances, Comrade Aunty Nimal Breckenridge.

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Gamini Fonseka’s seventh death anniversary:

Sinhala cinema’s Sakvithi on Jothi

To reflect on the life and times of that man called Gamini Fonseka would be to reflect on an epoch. He himself was a ‘Treasure’ to the film industry when memories are refreshed on the historic film Nidhanaya (Treasure) directed by his Guru, Dr. Lester James Peries in which Gamini displayed his masterful acting,

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