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'Jaffna burns again' - snippets from the burning of Jaffna Library

May 31, 1981 marked not only the burning of the Jaffna Public Library, but the beginning of a week-long rampage of violence by Sri Lankan security forces and Sinhala mobs which devastated the peninsula.

Sri Lanka: Worried by Indian bottom trawling's 'fishtail effect' – ICSF

Sri Lankans worried by Indian bottom trawling's 'fishtail effect' - News Features

Golden era of Classic Cars fading into the Northern sunset

Sri Lanka's first 'Indigenous Saint'

The Catholic Church has produced some amazing priests, whose work went beyond their diocese and to the world. The following narrative is from seven visits to the tranquil village of Atchuveli, in the Northern Province made between 2016 and 2023. The name of the village has its own historic tale. The family of the late linguist and scholar Rev. Fr. Gnanapragasar had influenced the art of printing in this village, and ‘Atchuveli’ is derived from...

Bringing Swiss Precision to Killinochchi Agriculture

By Jekhan Aruliah I first met Kamilton Arumugam and Lieke Schroder by mistake. We met at my place in Jaffna about a project a mutual friend thought we had a mutual interest. We didn’t, but it was a lucky mistake. I met two rare people, Kamilton returning from Switzerland and Lieke coming from Hol

Restoring ferry service will rewrite history of India-Lanka ties

By R. R. M. Lilani The ferry service between India and Sri Lanka, as well as railway connections, have all but vanished since the turn of the 19th and the 20th centuries, and the use of a comfortable Singaporean passenger vessel ‘IndSri‘ to sail between Karikkal (KKL)Port in South India and Kanke

Apptimus Tech, Jaffna's software firm from bedroom to 7,000 square feet in 5 years – Lanka Business Online

By Jekhan Aruliah The Yarl Geek Challenge has a strong record as nursery for tech startups. By 2022, its 11th season, YGC alumni have started more than 60 companies employing hundreds of people. This doesn’t include those who emerge from these companies to setup their own startups. Yes It’s great

Wartime organic farming lessons for peacetime

By Jekhan Aruliah There is recent precedent in Sri Lanka for suddenly "going organic”. The Sri Lankan Civil War saw years of economic blockades and embargoes in the North. Some items were totally banned, others were provided in restricted quantities. From ladies’ sanitary pads to batteries to pet

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