Image Day - Sri Lanka bus bomb

More than two dozen people have been killed in a bus-blast in the south-east of Sri-Lanka on the same day the government formally withdrew from a ceasefire.

Via BBC

Desi-Digest: 50 years on remand

A man has been released from prison in Sri Lanka after being held on remand for 50 years without conviction. Mr James was released on bail with the court's apologies.

DP James was 30 years old when he was arrested for stabbing and wounding his father and sent to jail. He is now 80.

It was an extraordinary case for the Magistrates Court at Kurunegala in Sri-Lanka, an 80-year-old man appearing for a bail hearing after-50 years.

Via BBC

Cease-Fire No More

On Thursday, the Sri Lankan government notified the mission of its-decision to pull out of the 2002 Norwegian-brokered truce, saying the agreement had allowed Tamil-rebels to regroup.

The collapse of the truce was accompanied by continued battles near rebel-held territory in Sri Lanka's north. Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama told reporters Friday that Norwegian monitors will have what he call a redefined role.

Via VOA

Asian dilemma

Originally published on the NFB-Blog, Sunday, June 10, 2007.

Asia’s headhunt for cricket coaches is getting curious and curious by the day.

It is by a strange coincidence that one finds the four leading cricket nations in the subcontinent India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in a situation where they are all on the search for a suitable foreign cricket coach for their respective national cricket teams.

Among the four coaches who quit their jobs Whatmore has the best credentials. He was the only coach to guide a team to win the World Cup.

He achieved it in his initial stint as coach with the Sri Lanka team in 1996. His instant success proved a successful formula for other Asian countries to emulate.

In his second assignment with Sri Lanka three years later he took them to the semi-finals of the World Cup in 2003.

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