The strongest fighter in the world is a determined mother

In Sri Lanka, the Tamils have dominated the commanding heights of everything good in the country. It is no longer in my interest to allow one community to dominate even the wholesale trade in any commodity said Ronnie de Mel ( Economist, 20 Aug 1983, Page 35 )

1968 වසරේ බාටා කැලැන්ඩරේ

S. Thondaman had long standing ties with both Indira Gandhi & the Tamil Nadu chief MGR. Indira Gandhi had ties with M. Karunanidhi rather than with MGR. There were recurring news of MGR’s visit to Sri Lanka. Eventually, it turned out MGR never visited Sri Lanka in the 1980s

Maithripala Sirisena has always been an expert at confusing people has sent Gnanasara Thero back to prison since that Presidential Pardon granted by him was declared null & void

On 4th of Feb 1961 Dayawansa Jayakody a student of Ananda College founded Helabima, which is regarded as Sri Lanka’s 1st student centric newspaper priced at 10 cents. He once remarked that towards the end of his college life he purchased an Austin under the number plate EY 9527

On 31st July 1983, the CM of Tamil Nadu, MGR calling for a @UN peacekeeping force for Sri Lanka & proposed to offer refuge to displaced Sri Lankans. The Leader of the Opposition M. Karunanidhi is calling for the dispatch of Indian troops to Sri Lanka ( Economist, 6 Aug 1983 )

Whatever you choose to eat for lunch, your mouth is going to rejoice with happiness when you eat a plateful of Rice & Curry

Nanda Malini was a target of the R. Premadasa's Govt because she sang protest songs through her concert Pavana that criticized the Govt. As a victim of UNP repression she said there's no need to name things after me when @SajithPremadasa proposed naming a model village after her

Sri Lanka Keeps It's Rascals In, was the @WSJ Wall Street Journal’s editorial on 29th Oct 1982. It highlighted the controversial Referendum to maintain his admin for economic continuity despite growing skepticism over his consolidation of power

The tragedy is that Sri Lanka produces political personalities with powerful backing without producing equally powerful political institutions. The result is, leaders rise & then fall into confrontation

Under the shadow of the Bandaranaike political dynasty @PresRajapaksa & @MaithripalaS were rising politicians & Anura Bandaranaike served as a major power broker. In 1993, it cleared the path for @PreRajapaksa when Anura Bandaranaike temporarily left the #SLFP for the #UNP

In Sri Lanka, pawning credit has climbed by Rs 123 billion between May & Aug 2026 which is 52% more than in the same months of 2025. There are families just wait for the චූන් පාන් to arrive as they don't have money to cook Rice & Curry පොහොසත් රටක් ලස්සන ජීවිතයක්

The era of video rental clubs in Sri Lanka in the early 1980s allowed households to watch movies at home. It created communal viewing habit outside cinema halls where people gathered to watch movies on a single TV hooked up to a VCR. In the Betamax vs VHS format war, the VHS won

Somawansa Amerasinghe told party cadres at an election rally at Kalutara to arm themselves at the appropriate time. There is no other way ( Sunday Times 25th Nov 2001 ) He also said that the JVP never attacked the Dalada Maligawa ( Sunday Times 2nd Dec 2001 )

Vass Gunawardena was arrested because he was heading an investigation into a conspiracy to sell Treasury's 100kg of Gold & its direct links to Mrs S. Rajapaksa. The SLBC Chairman had asked Vass to make a statement that Mrs S. Rajapaksa was not involved ( Ada Derana 26 Jan 2015 )

Pramuka Savings & Development Bank founded in 1997 by Rohan Perera was the 1st banking failure in Sri Lanka's history in 2002. The founder vanished abroad, leaving behind over 14,000 depositors. The Govt established the SL Savings Bank to absorb Pramuka's assets & liabilities

In the 1988 Pres Election, the #EPRLF supported Osie Abeygoonesekera & appealed to voters to give their 1st preference to him & to leave the 2nd or 3rd preference vote either blank or vote for R. Premadasa but not to vote for Srimavo Bandaranaike ( Asian Times, Singapore 2002 )

The bribery detective Nihal Amarasiri of Bribery Commission who did not drop Rohitha Abeygunawardena's case over allegations of Rs. 450 million undeclared assets in 2008 was transferred & deployed in a bunker on the Mannar Vavuniya Road ( Sunday Times 14 Sept 2008 )