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Asian Tribune is published by World Institute For Asian Studies|Powered by WIAS Vol. 12 No. 2587


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Friday, May 24, 2019 - 08:11
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday led his Bharatiya Janata Party towards a super-sized victory for a.....Read More ...
Friday, May 24, 2019 - 05:02
General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero who has been.....Read More ...
Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 17:31
No Islamic cleric ever functioned as an Advisor to Sri Lanka’s Minister of Industry and Commerce. And.....Read More ...
Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 08:40
By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune...
Following the discussions between the representatives of the United States Government and the Foreign.....Read More ...
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 - 07:41
By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury
On May 20, 2019, Detective Btranch (DB) of Bangladesh Police has arrested Yasin Muhammed Abdus Samad (43) in.....Read More ...
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 - 07:19
By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune...
Somewhere in the mid-1980s, at the Sri Lanka Ministry of Textiles a high-level meeting was convened to.....Read More ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - 07:47
By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury
They already have enough of dirty money invested in United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates. In Britain, they.....Read More ...

Latest Stories

Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 12:56
The governor was addressing the media at the entrance to the Welikada Prisons in Colombo following his meeting with the venerable Thero in the morning on Wednesday. “ We have made representations to the President Maithripala Sirisena for his release from the jail,” the governor said, pointing out that the Thero’s predictions about extremism have become true. “ Whatever, religious differences we.....Read More...
Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 12:52
Western Province Governor Azath Salley said here on Wednesday that he expects an early release of Bodu Bala Sena General Secretary Ven Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero from the prisons. The governor was addressing the media at the entrance to the Welikada Prisons in Colombo following his meeting with the venerable Thero in the morning on Wednesday. “ We have made representations to the President.....Read More...
Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 08:32
By S.H.Moulana
The Pasta Factory on fire in Minuwangoda The attack carried out on May 13 on Muslim minority, mainly in NWP, leading to the death of three innocent people who had nothing to do with the terrorists who took part in the Easter Sunday massacre of mostly worshipers. The damage caused to properties on this day is almost parallel to what we saw on Easter Sunday or only slightly less. The pasta factory set on fire on this fateful day made.....Read More...
Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 05:32
By Palitha Senanayake
The anti-Sinhala Buddhist lobby and some aided NGO’s have taken to Mangala’s recent utterance that ‘Sri Lanka is not a Sinhala Buddhist country’ in a big way stating that only he had the political courage to state the ‘bitter truth’. The fact however, is that the timing of this statement and the context in which it is made, leave a lot for speculation and conjecture. The issue before the country.....Read More...
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - 08:01
A top Swedish prosecutor on Monday formally asked that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange be detained in absentia over the alleged rape of a woman in her home nearly a decade ago, reports said. According to an Associated Press Report The move was seen as the first step in his possible extradition from Britain. The Australian also faces a U.S. extradition warrant for allegedly conspiring to hack.....Read More...
Monday, May 20, 2019 - 04:22
"Shilpa Sena", a rolling exposition will be launched island wide in July, geared towards bringing technological skills, knowledge and products to the general public, at a time when the country embraces new and emerging technologies. The aim of the exposition is to bridge the technological divide in the society while ensuring that no one will be left behind, as part of the government's wider.....Read More...
Sunday, May 19, 2019 - 10:31
: On behalf of the Western Provincial Council, Governor Azath Salley handed over a cheque for Rs 1.5 million on Thursday to the management of the Minuwangoda Jumma mosque, to do the necessary renovations, following the mob attack which damaged some parts of the worshipping place. The cheque was formally presented to Al-Haj M.R.M Zavahir , chief Trustee of the Jumma mosque in Minuwangoda......Read More...
Saturday, May 18, 2019 - 08:59
High Commissioner of India Taranjit Singh Sandhu paid respects at Sri Dalada Maligawa and received the blessings of the Most Venerable Thibbatuwawe Sri Sumangala Mahanayake Thero of Malwatte Chapter and Most Venerable High Commissioner conveyed greetings on the auspicious occasion of Vesak to the Most Venerable Mahanayake Theros and recalled the visit of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to Sri.....Read More...
Saturday, May 18, 2019 - 07:47
A. Pattapandige
SL is on auto pilot. It has been so for nearly 4 years. The ‘good governance’ guru and captain cajoled, enticed and fooled a nonentity to join him in 2015 as co pilot to sail not a fishing boat but the ship of state in 2015. It was a monumental blunder and a Machiavellian stroke. He has to sink with him now. Both had hidden agendas. Very soon they started steering the ship in different directions.....Read More...
Friday, May 17, 2019 - 10:02
A high endurance cutter, a gift from the U.S. Coast Guard, arrived in Colombo on Sunday, May 12 after a 42-day voyage from Hawaii. The ship was officially transferred to the Sri Lanka Navy in a ceremony held in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 27, 2018. After the ceremony, the vessel underwent refit and upgrades while its new Sri Lankan crew participated in training. “The cutter represents the United.....Read More...
Thursday, May 16, 2019 - 09:01
During his visit to the riot torn Minuwangoda area on Wednesday, Western Province Governor, Azath Salley instructed the trustees of the vandalized town mosque to repair it immediately to continue the performance of prayers. The governor toured the mosque and saw to himself the damages caused by the thugs who came in organized groups to attack Muslim, their properties and their worshipping.....Read More...
Thursday, May 16, 2019 - 08:46
By S.H.Moulana
It is really pathetic to note while Sri Lanka is left leaderless the minority Muslim community too has been an orphan for long with the same terrible shortcoming. They are religiously divided as in politics with various sects and one of them being totally opposed to Islamic principles and opting for violence means to convey their message. We wonder whether they are aware that the group they are.....Read More...
Thursday, May 16, 2019 - 08:34
Among the mobs who attacked the pocket Muslim settlements in North Western Province (NWP) on Monday 13 May, were several groups that packed almost 400-600 individuals. Many of them were openly armed with swords and knives, it was informed. Meanwhile, an award winning Buddhist Monk who were inspecting NWP riot aftermath rubbished serious accusations aimed at Leader of ACMC and Minister of Industry.....Read More...
Monday, May 13, 2019 - 09:00
In the wake of political allegations against him in the aftermath of April 21 bombings, Leader of ACMC, Sri Lankan Minister Rishad Bathiudeen has called for a Parliamentary Select Committee to clear his name. ‘The people who make allegations against me knowingly or unknowingly safeguard the real terrorists’ said Minister of Industry and Commerce Resettlement of Protracted Displaced Persons,.....Read More...
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