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Sri Lanka: No Pornography

Neha Viswanathan — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:44:44 +0000

Made in Sri Lanka and LirneAsia discuss the censoring of pornographic material.

Sri Lanka: Monitoring Mobiles

Neha Viswanathan — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:37:42 +0000

A mobile telephony provider in Sri Lanka wants all users to include photographs in their registration documents. LirneASIA doesn't see the point of such a move.

Sri Lanka: Ceasefire and SAARC

Neha Viswanathan — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:03:47 +0000

groundviews analyzes the implication of the cease fire declared by the LTTE in Sri Lanka during the SAARC summit.

Sri Lanka: 25 years after the riots

Neha Viswanathan — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:01:50 +0000

ICT4Peace on the various commemorative posts on the 25th anniversary of the ethnic riots in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka: Videos on the 1983 riots

Neha Viswanathan — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:19:10 +0000

The Vikalpa YouTube video channel has 30 short videos on the ethnic riots in Sri Lanka in July 1983.

Sri Lanka: SAARC and Failures

Neha Viswanathan — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:16:30 +0000

groundviews on the SAARC summit in Sri Lanka and why their initiatives tend to fail.

Sri Lanka: Vehicles, energy and tax

Neha Viswanathan — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:18:12 +0000

Sri Lankan economy on the possible impact of the government's decision to raise taxes on imported vehicles.

Sri Lanka: 25 years after Black July

Neha Viswanathan — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:50:11 +0000

Sepia Mutiny on this weekend marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of war in Sri Lanka, which is commonly dated to the anti-Tamil riots there in 1983.

Sri Lanka: Riots in the early 80s

Neha Viswanathan — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:47:01 +0000

groundviews has a moving post, recollecting ethnic conflicts in Sri Lanka in the early 1980s.

Sri Lanka: On the SAARC

Neha Viswanathan — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:45:08 +0000

Chaar Max Returns on the perceptions of the SAARC in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka: Property rights and International summits

Neha Viswanathan — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:45:31 +0000

Deane's Dimension on the Sri Lankan government deciding to demolish the homes of people living in ‘unauthorized dwellings' to spruce up the city for the SAARC summit.

Sri Lanka: Ceasefire and SAARC

Neha Viswanathan — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:42:55 +0000

The SAARC summit in Sri Lanka appears to have some unlikely consequences. Going Global on LTTE announcing a ceasefire during the summit.

Sri Lanka: Licenses for Mobile Phones

Neha Viswanathan — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:58:26 +0000

LirneAsia on the welcome delay in introducing individual licenses for using mobile phones in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka: The SAARC summit

Neha Viswanathan — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:41:34 +0000

groundviews has a strong take on the Sri Lankan government's decision to host the SAARC summit, highlighting that SAARC hardly benefits the country and the money is better used elsewhere.

Sri Lanka: Violence and the Media

Neha Viswanathan — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:30:56 +0000

Free Media Sri Lanka urges the government to live up to its recent commitment to investigate acts of violence directed toward members of Sri Lanka’s media community.