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V.V. Ganeshananthan wins prestigious Carol Shields award
V.V. Ganeshananthan has won the prestigious Carol Shields Prize for Fiction 2024 for her book ‘Brotherless Night’.
Of Sri Lankan descent, her book is set in the early years of the war in the country.
The jury citation read: "An ambitious and beautifully written novel, Brotherless Night explores how ordinary people can be swept up in political violence and, despite their best efforts, eventually be swallowed by it’….."
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Thibba’s final takeoff 29 years ago
On a day like this, on November 18, 1995, an extraordinary mission took flight from Ratmalana Airbase around 0650 hrs, one carrying urgent military supplies destined to support the advancing troops of “Operation Rivirasa.”
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Ranil says nomination of Ravi to Parliament was unauthorized
The National Democratic Front (NDF) party secretary has unilaterally nominated Ravi Karunanayake for the coalition’s national list parliamentary seat this morning (18), former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said.
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