this is outstanding, both the faces and the names are truly outstanding.i don't know who this is , but sure do have the talent in the art of facial expressions, and man.. the names.. something that's out of a 50-60s era Sinhalese movies i…
Lets start with a “Hey”.. it’s been a while.. have been busy.. plus thankfully no bombs have been going off that I need to update about.
So the engagement is round the corner.. the ring has been finalized. Shoes have been bought. Her saree has been bought. Jacket is been sewn. Everything couldn’t be better. So […]
It looks like I will be blogging about Sri Lanka and the ethnic conflict after all. I was in the mood for pissing people off the other day and posted “Bastard Norwegians”, which got a lot of hits through Kottu…
The 4th Transponder was officially launched with the move of Hindu channel “Shruthi” from the 3rd TP to the 4th TP yesterday. The addition the 19th channel on the 3rd TP has now been removed and there are now 18 equal channels on the first three transponders. However they should reduce the number further in order to improve quality of channels.
It is rumored that the there will be six Fox channels, DW TV, SS Music, E Television and TV5 Monde on the fourth transponder. In addition a separate channel is to be allocated for EPG only plus Games are said to be available too. This information is however not confirmed.
Please keep us updated on the latest on Dialog TV as the days progress.
Independence and freedom are not the same thing. You can be independent of parents but dependent on your husband. You can be independent of the German army to be occupied by the Soviets. The independence worth celebrating isn’t independence from one particular thing, it is the act of self-discipline that makes one free from tyranny under any flag – foreign or local. In many independence struggles the word has meant freedom from the British. Some countries have used that catalyst to form constitutions that protect people against the excesses of any government. Others have simply swapped a white overlord for a brown one. Sri Lanka isn’t a tyranny by any means, but we are certainly not free.
When I was 9 or 10, the president of Sri Lanka was Ranasinghe Premadasa. I remember boasting in school that my family met him when he was the prime minister.The story went like this: my father being a diplomat, was in Japan in the ’80s, when both Presi…
It is reported that recent undersea internet cable cut which has caused a great internet slowdown in south Asian countries including India and Sri Lanka may take three weeks or even more to fully recover. Last Tuesday several ships have anchored in a …
තවත් දින කීපයකින් 60 වෙනි නිදහස් සමරුව උදා වෙයි. ඒ දිනය උදාවන්නටත් පෙර බොහොමයක් තැන් වල ජාතික ධජයන් ඔසවා තිබෙන…
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Atlast got the ubiquitous Java Development Kit on Edubuntu. It was bit of a trouble to start with. I was starting on Java but since playing with it on a Compaq at the prestigious 15th Floor Lab, I didn’t meet it on Linux. I’ve got NetBeans on Windows, but I rarely go there and I […]
මාගේ බ්ලොග් අඩවියට පිවිසෙන ගොඩක් ආය පාවිච්චි කරන්නේ FireFox වෙබ් බ්රව්සරය. ඒ ගොඩක් අය කියනවා මගේ බ්ලොග් එක හරිහට පේන්නේ නෑළු. ඉතින් මගේ බ්ලොග් එක හරියට FireFox බ්රව්සරයේ දිස්වන්නට ගතයුතු ක්රියාමාර්ග මොනවාද කියලා කියලා දෙනවාද?
Murali spins his magic on kiwi soil. He continues to bamboozle the cricketing world and no batsman has really stood the test of time against this great man.
on a south park episode 1013 mrs garrison was asked to teach evolution to some elementary school kids… but she refused to accept the theory of evolution but later on accepted it… in that they go “science dammit”… replacing “god” with science… hence the phrase “oh my science!!!” and “in science we trust” and “for the love of science”… personally… i appreciate science… after all… its a god given thing… just like the bible…
Pilot officer Noel H. Lokuge ejected safely from his aircraft 48 years ago today (February 1) to become the first SLAF (then Royal Ceylon Air Force) pilot to eject from a jet aircraft. He landed in the Negombo lagoon, was rescued (not I didn’t say “fished out”) by some fisherman and returned to flying […]
Ceylinco Group has launched a new channel named “Ctv” which operates via TNL TV during the morning hours. Transmissions commenced this morning after a brief opening ceremony. This channel is expected to telecast teledrama’s, etc.We are not sure of the…
The Sri Lanka Export Development Board has taken steps to establish Export Promotion Display and Sales Centre of EDB at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake. The opening ceremony of this Export Promotion Display and Sales Centre of EDB a…
This was during the 95/96 tour of Australia. The Sri Lankans had complained on numerous occasions that the Australian sledging was getting out of hand.
Replays clearly show the ball hitting the bat first; the Australian’s Warne and Healy especially were masters at breaking the batsman’s concentration and ‘buying’ wickets through sledging and intimidation.
by Rt.Rev Duleep de Chickera
A Message to the Nation on the occasion of Sri Lanka’s National Day
This year we celebrate 60 years of independence from British colonial rule. Our history as an independent people was interrupted and suppressed at the beginning of the sixteenth century with the invasion by the Portuguese, followed by the […]
Brian Charles Lara Stumped: Sangakkara Bowled: Vaas
So.. funny story.School started this week and I moved back last Sunday, and as is customary, the whole jing bang came to drop me off. So we move my bags in and everyone wonders around the suite poking and prodding at things to see whats what, and my mo…
වින්ඩෝස් පාවිච්චි කරන හැමෝම දන්නවා වෛරස් තරම් එපාකරපු දෙයක් තවත් නැති වග. (මමත් වින්ඩෝස් සම්පූ…
In Colombo Again – November 2007
In Bambalapitya, I am texting a friend while crossing the road. A man in a new military uniform I did not recognise accosts me, “What are you texting?” “I’m just texting one of my friends.” “Show it to me. I want to see that.” I smile, “Okay, you can read […]
They’ve been discussed in some detail recently and there’s something about Theena being a poet and about Ravana’s poem posted here that made me think about writing a little bit of poetry myself.After all, if these chaps can do it, then I must be able t…
කොටි සංවිධානයට විරුද්ධව රජය ගෙන යන සටන තවත් උග්ර කළහොත් ජපානයෙන් ලංකාවට දෙන අධාර කපා දමන බවට සාම සාකච්ඡා සඳහා…
කොටි සංවිධානයට විරුද්ධව රජය ගෙන යන සටන තවත් උග්ර කළහොත් ජපානයෙන් ලංකාවට දෙන අධාර කපා දමන බවට සාම සාකච්ඡා සඳහා…
මම ලියන දේ සියල්ල මේ බ්ලොග් පිටුව මගින් පල කරන්න හැකිකම නිසා ඇත්තටම සිතට දැනෙන්නෙ ලොකු සහනයක්, න…
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict said on Thursday that embryonic stem cell research, artificial insemination and the prospect of human cloning had “shattered” human dignity. In an address to members of the Vatican department on doctrinal matters, Benedict said the Church had a duty to defend the “great values at stake” in the field of bioethics. The speech was the latest in a series in which the conservative Pope has told his listeners that scientific progress should not be accepted uncritically.
click here to read the full reuters news article…
A blogger by the name of Thinkfree published a letter by a Mr Asoka Weerasinghe, a resident of Canada to an MP in the British Parliament.Mr Weerasinghe’s argument, as far as Point can decipher from the meandering jumble that is Mr Weerasinghe’s letter,…
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1st January: Sri Lanka rated fifth deadliest in the word for journalists by IFJ
1st January: Defense Ministry attacks an English daily
2nd January: Para-military group threatens a journalist
2nd January: Three journalists receive death threats
4th January: Army commander denounces sections of media as “traitors”
5th January: Leading media trade union activists receive […]
Some use it as a primary method of communication just to let others know that they exist, that they are alive…but the term ‘missed calls’…hmmm, it clashes violently with the intellect inside me. Ok Ok, so the intellect is imaginary, atleast I have a good imagination…eh?
‘Give me a missed call so that I will be […]
Are you still wondering why certain NGO pundits think that this government is the worst ever government we ever had? Well, no doubt, they are deeply shocked by the losses to the LTTE, under this government. That is why they are now taking sub contracts of supplying even military equipments to the LTTE. Or, are they trying to bring “peace” to our country by supplying bullet proof waist coats to
There was an interesting post on the Freakonomics blog yesterday about a gentleman who arranges soda bottles in a very artsy (somewhat Mondrian, apparently) fashion. Go have a look, I’ll wait!
Lately, I’ve been talking to several people who seem to hate their jobs. When I saw this, I was reminded how a little bit of effort and enthusiasm can contribute to your happiness in even the most mundane/
[TamilNet, Thursday, 31 January 2008, 10:25 GMT]
The Leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) made a public speech in the outskirts of Vanni recently. This is a full text of his speech. Titled “Eelam: A De-Facto State”
"Attention my donkey followers. It is I, your Thalaivar, Sun God, and Supreme Ruler of the Tamil people. I am here to confirm to you that we have made great strides in our liberation struggle. The LTTE have created a 100% totally euphoric utopian society that is Eelam in the North and the East……where baby goats frolic and children play! I can’t wait till you Tamil diaspora followers can leave your hellish air-conditioned, clean running water and electricity-run nightmare of a Western country and come back to us and live in 100% total harmony!
The LTTE have achieved so much more than Sri Lanka. The truth is those Buddha chanters are shameful in their achievements…look and see what we clever innovative Eelamazoid people have achieved under me in the last 25 years.
[TamilNet, Thursday, 31 January 2008, 10:25 GMT]
The Leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) made a public speech in the outskirts of Vanni recently. This is a full text of his speech. Titled “Eelam: A De-Facto State”
"Attention my donkey followers. It is I, your Thalaivar, Sun God, and Supreme Ruler of the Tamil people. I am here to confirm to you that we have made great strides in our liberation struggle. The LTTE have created a 100% totally euphoric utopian society that is Eelam in the North and the East……where baby goats frolic and children play! I can’t wait till you Tamil diaspora followers can leave your hellish air-conditioned, clean running water and electricity-run nightmare of a Western country and come back to us and live in 100% total harmony!
The LTTE have achieved so much more than Sri Lanka. The truth is those Buddha chanters are shameful in their achievements…look and see what we clever innovative Eelamazoid people have achieved under me in the last 25 years.
First I read this - “Is America ready for a F.L.I.L.F.? Bro? Whore?” @ pink boxing glovesWhich led to - “F.L.I.L.F.”Then I saw - “Russian Lessons: More naked women for Parliment” @ Me and Me BlogAll of which, in my opinion, are apt examples of women of…
Unni. You are my inspiration for this post. And no, this is not one of those weepy and cute blog posts that will make him (and the people around him) go all teary eyed and say awwwww… how cute! What a wonderful friendship! I want a friend just like Ayeshea who will write blog posts […]
Weerawila International airport The Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) - India’s first airport built with private-public sector participation - may bag a deal to build a greenfield airport in Sri Lanka, the company said Thursday in a statement her…
By A.K. Verma
The cyclical politics of Sri Lanka are again at cross roads. The choice before the Sri Lankan Central Government is between expediency and statesmanship. The majoritarian complexes, as in the past, stand like an immovable rock limiting the options before the Government.
Like President Premdasa earlier, the Central leadership is again seeking the […]
Indian outsourcing sector hit by Internet disruption - LANKA BUSINESS ONLINE
India’s vital outsourcing industry, which relies heavily on the Internet, was grappling with a major communications disruption Thursday after damage to undersea cables thousands of kilometres away in the Mediterranean.
Internet connections may take up to 15 days to return to normal, businesses said, […]
This post is to test the latest enhancements for moBlog for Smartphone with wordpress.com.
These enhancements came about as a result of listening to user feedback. Though moBlog only has a small user base, they have been pretty active in using the application, suggesting improvements and finding bugs, all of which would not have been possible, […]
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