News Watch
And the war against the media continues»Two media officers, Namal Perera (Course Coordinator of Sri Lanka College of Journalism / Veteran Journalist) and Mahendra Ratnaweera (British HC) were assaulted today by a set of unidentified persons who came in a while van in the evening, at Narahenpita.
Namal is being treated at a private hospital in Colombo. Read the Daily Mirror’s account […]
Defence & Politics
UNP Nominee for Sabaragamuwa: Votes are Now Open»Dennam Betey is taking votes for whom UNP will nominate for the elusive CM post. Sinhala teacher Sannasgala was nominated earlier, but then he backed out. Then came the Dancing Star wannabe Ranjan Ramanayake.
At least Janaka Perera is holding on up there.
Economy & Money Matters
Seems the president’s daughter is also concerned about the fuel prices»
Marina Mahathir has more.
Randoms and Humour
Home Alone»
So the parents have gone off. They’ll be hitting UK and Sweden, while I’m stranded home alone. My culinary escapades so far include Strawbelly Jelly and Kiri Hodi. But I’ve found out that the kitchen in a vast expance of chemical wonder that is yet to be explored. Hopefully when I’m done, Pradeep Jeganathan would […]
Quickies
Wordpress Activism»Doesn’t work always.
Thanks to indi for putting up that notice on Kottu, and to the bloggers who wrote about the protest. And thanks to those who came.
Maybe Deane was right. Some of us are a bit too idealistic.
I Ponder
Sri Lanka, Defence and the Media»This is something I’ve been meaning to write about for a while. I assume you might have seen this article on the Ministry of Defence site a while back. In this article, the ministry said they were “concerned” about four things when it comes to defence reportage.
Criticising military […]
Godaya
Godaya at Home - Part I»I know I know, I haven’t been here for a while. And certain other columnists have been slowly creeping into my readership. But now I’m back to claim what is rightly mine.
The past week has been adventurous - to say the least. My parents flew off to Europe, leaving me to fend for my tender […]
Gadgets
Acer Aspires to be One»
Acer has joined in the whole sub-notebook bandwagon with the Aspire One. The $400 EeePC killer from Acer features a 8.9-inch 1024 x 600 LED-backlit display, Intel’s 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor, 512MB DDR2 SDRAM, 1.3 megapixel camera, SDHC and multi-format media readers, 802.11b/g, Ethernet, three USB 2.0, VGA, and 3.5mm audio out, 80GB hard drive […]
Profiles and Interviews
Danu Innasithamby»
For viewers of MTV’s Good Morning Sri Lanka and Planet Pulse, Danushthan needs no introduction. Well known model, announcer, and TV host Danu (”four letters, easy to remember” were his exact words) spoke to us about what it meant to get here, and the path so far. This is the story of Danu, the story […]
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