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Wednesday, June 27, 2018 - 17:30
By KI.T.Rajasingham
Jaffna Security Forces Commander Major General Darshana Hettiarrachchi has come forward to donate.....Read More ...
Wednesday, June 27, 2018 - 08:36
The first major piece of legislation to pave the way for Brexit -Britain’s exit from the European Union,.....Read More ...
Monday, June 25, 2018 - 09:47
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won tightly-contested presidential polls, the election authority.....Read More ...
Saturday, June 23, 2018 - 08:21
Yesterday, General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) organization Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero.....Read More ...
Friday, June 22, 2018 - 08:10
By K.T.Rajasingham
It is highly condemnable that Sri Lanka Transport Board which runs public transport services and private.....Read More ...
Thursday, June 21, 2018 - 06:26
By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune...
About a fortnight ago when engaged in the preparation of a position paper to a London Think Tank, in.....Read More ...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 - 07:40
Nikki Haley says council is ‘protector of human rights abusers’ that targets Israel in particular and ignores.....Read More ...

Latest Stories

Wednesday, June 27, 2018 - 10:46
By Atul – Rama - Syndicate Features
The Supreme Court order asking former chief ministers in UP to vacate the official bungalows allotted to them for life has been widely hailed. But rejoice only if you know nothing about the guiles and cunnings of our VIPs. In fact, the crafty politicians who may be expected to suffer on account of the May 7 court order had already anticipated the judicial eviction order. Of the six or seven.....Read More...
Wednesday, June 27, 2018 - 08:20
The postal strike which commenced on June 10 with the support of 24 other postal trade unions and went on for 16 days, had been called off at midnight yesterday, Joint Postal Trade Union Collective announced. Over 600 post offices and 3,000 sub-post offices had remain closed with over 27,000 employees of the Department of Posts engaging in the strike. The strike was launched based on several.....Read More...
Tuesday, June 26, 2018 - 21:28
Recently, Ms. Kanni Wignaraja, the Director of the United Nations Development Operations Coordination Office (UNDOCO) in New York visited Citra, Sri Lanka’s first Social Innovation Lab. Citra – bearing the Sanskrit meaning of something ‘strange, wonderful and curious’ – is a joint initiative between the Ministry of Science, Technology, Research, Skills Development and Vocational Training and.....Read More...
Tuesday, June 26, 2018 - 13:43
By Manjari Peiris
Growing and diverse sources of evidence indicate that the tobacco industry remains involved in tobacco smuggling and that tobacco industry cigarettes account for around two-thirds of the illicit cigarette market. The tobacco industry therefore has a vested interest in controlling the global tobacco and trace system aimed to curtail this behaviour, a research conducted by three researchers.....Read More...
Tuesday, June 26, 2018 - 13:40
SThe High Commission of India organized a special visit to Bodh Gaya in India for 80 Sri Lankan Armed Forces personnel and their families. The three-day visit includes travel to and from India on an Indian Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircraft, which was specifically deployed from India to transport the travellers. Apart from a visit to the sacred Mahabodhi Temple, various other events and.....Read More...
Tuesday, June 26, 2018 - 06:34
Pakistan Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, NI (M) is scheduled to tour Sri Lanka on a four day official visit from 27th June 2018 on an invitation extended by the Chief of Defence Staff Admiral Ravindra C. Wijegunaratne. General Hayat, the 17th CJCSC of Pakistan is also the senior most four-star military officer of the Pakistan Defence Forces. During.....Read More...
Sunday, June 24, 2018 - 14:41
By Habib Siddiqui
I arrived in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka last week via the Emirates Airlines. The flight from Newark to Dubai was delayed by an hour and the in-flight service crew were poorly prepared to do their task satisfactorily. Upon arrival in Dhaka airport, I waited for another hour and a half before I could collect all my baggage. One of the bags missed a lock; the TSA (Transportation Security.....Read More...
Sunday, June 24, 2018 - 08:50
Sri Lanka government issued an extraordinary gazette on last Wednesday (20th June) listing 14 individuals as designated persons who have connections with the LTTE in terms of terrorism-related activities and funding and financing of terrorism, to the List of Designated Persons. The Gazette which was issued by Defence Ministry Secretary Kapila Waidyaratne, adds amendments to the List of.....Read More...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 - 07:54
By S.H.Moulana
As we are crazy over cricket likewise the Arabs are now gripped with the World Cup Football fever, played in Russia. Nothing is more important to them than this now. Although many Arab teams are taking part, they have their own favorite teams for the cup. When it comes to club competition they go for Barcelona or Real Madrid in Spain and Chelsea or Manchester United in UK, depending on for which.....Read More...
Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 23:48
The US is expected to announce its withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council later today, Reuters reported on Tuesday. On Thursday, Reuters reported that the US is edging closer to quitting the United Nations rights body after talks on an attempted reform of the organization failed to meet Washington’s demands with anti-Israeli bias cited as a major obstacle. Sources speaking on a condition of.....Read More...
Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 23:21
UNP Parliamentarian Buddika Pathirana has been sworn in as Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce this afternoon, the President’s Media Division said. The Matara District Parliamentarian was sworn in at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. Secretary to the President Austin Fernando was also present on the occasion, the President Media Division said’. Media reports claimed that MP Buddhika.....Read More...
Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 11:26
The policemen involved in the shooting of the 32 years old Tamil civilian V.Sutharsan, on Sunday 17th night, at the Sagaya Madha Temple located on the KKS – Jaffna Road, at Mallakam, in the Tellipalai Police area, yet to be arrested. It seems there is a degree of hesitancy on the part of the Police to arrest the policemen involved in the shooting. Earlier, it was reported that Roshan.....Read More...
Monday, June 18, 2018 - 21:44
At least three people were killed and more than 200 injured after strong quakes rocked Osaka in Western Japan during morning rush hour today, June 18. The quake which hit before 8 am, killed 9 people including a nine-year-old girl. It also halted factory lines and burst water mains, govt officials in Japan said. The 9-year-old was killed when she got trapped after a wall collapsed on her at.....Read More...
Monday, June 18, 2018 - 09:34
President Maithipala Srisena removed Kader Masthan's deputy ministerial post Hindu Religious Affairs, but Ranjith Aluwihare, continues as the State Minister for Christian Affairs. The Deputy Minister portfolio of Kader Masthan has been gazetted without any mention of Hindu Religious Affairs. Masthan, a member of the SLFP. was earlier given the position of Deputy Minister of Resettlement,.....Read More...
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