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The March 1965 Elections , Signing of the Dudley-Chelva Pact and the Formation of the “Hath Haula” National Govt
The National Government of Dudley Senanayake in 1965 was a seven-party coalition comprising the UNP, FP, SLFSP, MEP, ACTC, JVP and CWC. It was popularly referred to as the “Hath Haula” meaning an ...
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Will the Anura “Alai”(wave) Enable the JVP led NPP to do well in the Seventeen Local Authority Elections of Jaffna District
The JVP led NPP got the better of Tamil nationalist parties such as the Ilankai Thamil Arasuk Katchi (ITAK), the Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA) and the Ahila Ilankai Tamil Congress ...
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Influx of Israeli Tourists Leading to Intensified Security in Eastern Arugam Bay area Creates Fresh Problems for the Local Residents
(Shreen Saroor is a peace and women’s rights activist and runs the Women’s Action Network (WAN) in Sri Lanka, a collective of women’s groups that empowers and advocates for women and women survivors ...
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Sinhala Cinema’s Superstar Gamini Fonseka was an Artistically Acclaimed and Commercially Valued Actor.
Gamini Fonseka has been my favourite Sinhala film actor . since childhood. Gamini entered my life when I was about eight years old. The place he did so was a movie theatre in Maradana bearing his own ...
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Tamil Daily Virakesari’s “Seithi Mannan” (News King) Sellathurai was the Doyen of Jaffna Journalists.
Sri Lanka known earlier as Ceylon has produced many journalists of a high calibre in the past.These excellent scribes writing in Sinhala, Tamil or English newspapers acquired a large readership and ...