By Susitha R. FernandoImposing a suspended sentence on a public servant, the Colombo High Court yesterday stated that even a half sheet or a ball point pen should not be taken from a government office by public servants.
Judge W. T. M. P. B. Warawewa made this observation when he imposed a suspended sentence and […]
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Arugam Bay: It’s back to dancing on the waves
By Sanath Weerasuriya, Pix by Nilan Maligaspe
The tsunami that hit the coast of Sri Lanka in December 2004 left Arugam Bay completely flattened. Most of the hotels, which provide accomodation for the die-hard surfers were destroyed.
Almost four years later, apart from the physical scars, Arugam Bay, […]
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Interesting Impressions by ‘Ich in ein Berliner’ can be admired here:
source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njsz8Cm7dtY
www.srilankainfo.homesites.de
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Friday, October 14, 2005
We are deeply indebted!
This is a face of one of the few true Arugam Bay heroes.
It is the loyal SVH gardener uncle Shelton.
Following our all night mad Full Moon Party on Boxing Day none of us was sober at the time the BIG waves hit our little hotel.
But this wise old […]
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http://vimeo.com/1930379
Arugam Bay Sunrise from Indrajit Samarajiva on Vimeo.
This (the video shown in the link above) is the sun rising over Arugam Bay, at Pottuvil Point specifically.
Time lapse x4. This is in the East of Sri Lanka, an on and off warzone, but off now.
Some of the most beautiful beaches in Colombo.
As a note, I’m an […]
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Nate Berkus talks life and love
Nate Berkus talks life and love
Extended for the Online Edition of Windy City Times
by Ross Forman
2008-10-08
Nate Berkus has gone to a lot of sports-memorabilia conventions over the years. But he’s not a collector or a dealer, and doesn’t even like sports:
He’s just a loving, supportive son.
You see, his dad, […]
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Life-changing moments
Berkus was vacationing in Sri Lanka on a fateful December day in 2004.
He was with his partner, photographer Fernando Bengoechea, sleeping in a beachfront cottage at Arugam Bay on Sri Lanka’s eastern coast when he heard a loud noise and the roof was ripped off.
A tsunami struck and the two were swept into […]
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Notes from the Field: Sri Lanka, August, 2008
UPDATE FROM SRI LANKA:
[This was sent out as an email to people on the Commonway list; however, because of a technical problem, few actually received it…]
There is never a dull moment around this place. Ongoing war, student riots, the SAARC summit […]
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Surf conditions at PottuVille Point:
Surf Spot Characteristics
Pottuvil Point Access
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It appears that here is a painter with an interest in Sri Lanka wild life:
2008/10/02
Lahugala Elephant
Posted by Piyal Ranjan
at 1:41 PM
source:
http://piyalranjan.blogspot.com/2008/10/lahugala-elephant.html
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SRI LANKA: Livelihoods at risk as tourism sector slides
COLOMBO, 9 October 2008 (IRIN) - Sri Lanka’s struggling tourism industry - hard hit by the conflict between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and government forces, and with security concerns increasing in Colombo, the capital - is banking on the island’s traditional attractions to […]
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