| G20 in China should aim at global free trade treaty! |
True globalization and free trade economy have been the top agenda of world economies for quite some time, but, however, practically achieving very little. Both globalization and global trade are being effectively mismanaged and thereby controlled by USA and Europe and to some extend by Russia and C... |
| 03.09.2016 - 18:17 |
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By Dr. Abdul Ruff |
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| Ban Ki-moon meets Maithripala Sirisena |
The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon held talks with President Maithripala Sirisena on Thursday 01 September, at the President’s House in Colomb. The two leaders discussed about the ongoing development programmes, the progress of the programmes being implemented to strengthen rec... |
| 03.09.2016 - 09:16 |
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| Lalin’s Column: RTAs and seat belts for three wheelers |
The Transport Minister thinks strongly that the over one million 3 wheel vehicles in SL should have seat belts fixed on them as they are a major cause of RTAs. That should be correct as it is so obviously less stable than 4 wheelers.
However one should not forget speeding buses, drunkards, speed fie... |
| 02.09.2016 - 10:15 |
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By Major General (Retd.) Lalin Fernando |
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| Four Courageous and Tireless Rights Activists Honored |
Four courageous and tireless advocates for human rights are the 2016 recipients of the prestigious Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism, Human Rights Watch said.
The winners, leading voices for justice in their countries, are Kalpona Akter, a former child worker in Bangladesh garment f... |
| 02.09.2016 - 07:56 |
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| Air Commodore Zafar Masud: A Pakistani Hero - On the 51st Pakistan Air Force Day |
Air Commodore Mohammad Zafar Masud (HJ, SBt) was fondly known as Mitty Masud in the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). Born on October 17, 1927, he obtained his commission in the General Duty Pilot (GD [P]) Branch of the Royal Indian Air Force.
Masud’s Commission Date was February 25, 1946 and Service No. wa... |
| 02.09.2016 - 07:46 |
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By Nasim Yousaf |
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| Admission of Sri Lankan students to Indian Institutes of Technology |
Government of India has decided to provide opportunities for admission of meritorious Sri Lankan students to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in India, from the 2017-18 academic sessions onward.
A press release by the Indian High Commission in Colombo reveals that In this regar... |
| 01.09.2016 - 09:29 |
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| Ninety Sri Lankan Tamil refugees from Tamil Nadu arriving |
Gradually Sri Lankan Tamil Refugees in Tamil Nadu, India are returning back and this month it is another ninety Lankan Tamil refugees in Tamil Nadu, India are expected to arrive in Sri Lanka under the UNHCR facilitated voluntary repatriation programme.
According to reports, it is said that there... |
| 01.09.2016 - 09:23 |
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| Who nearly lost Sri Lanka-100%? |
Former President of SL Kumaratunga after hibernating for over a decade has suddenly emerged to claim that she won 75% of the war against the terrorists in her time. They are like the claims made by others that anything good that was done when out of power was planned by them. Such claims can only in... |
| 31.08.2016 - 08:56 |
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By A Patabendige |
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| France: Sarkozy launches presidential bid depending on anti-Muslim hysteria! |
Use of themes like Islam and Muslims in a negative sense helps the presidential-PM candidates to campaign cheaply for a popular mandate - not only in third world countries like India where the Hindutva forces have got an advantage over other parties, and Israel where Jewish politicians use Palestini... |
| 31.08.2016 - 08:51 |
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By Dr. Abdul Ruff |
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| Can Pakistan ‘Cooperate’ with India? |
Listening to the self-praise by BJP stalwarts, their most favourite pastime, one might wonder, if India, as we know it today, existed before the Modi brand of Saffron wave swept India in May 2014. The prime minister, Narendra Modi, his voluble finance minister Arun Jaitley and many other senior part... |
| 30.08.2016 - 06:47 |
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By Tukoji Pandit - Syndicate Features |
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| A Venerated 150 Years Old Temple Vale Under Police Custody in Kayts |
A venerated Temple Vale is now held in Police custody, since 21st of this month, at the Kayts Police Station, without any explainable reason - it is reported.
Kayts police has unceremoniously unplucked the venerated Vale reflection of Lord Muruga, from the Temple Sanctum. The sanctified Vale wo... |
| 30.08.2016 - 08:34 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| SLFP anniversary: Give pride & place to H. Sri Nissanka |
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is scheduled to celebrate its 65th anniversary in Kurunegala on September 4. The person who initiated and proposed the formation of a national political party, ‘independent’ of the right-wing conservative United National Party (UNP) and the Marxist political formations... |
| 29.08.2016 - 22:31 |
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By Daya Gamage - A Forgotten Account |
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| Prachanda Back At The Nepali Wheel |
On 04 August, Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, began his second innings as Nepal’s Prime Minister, and he has just about nine months to sort out knotty problems K.P. Sharma Oli government of CPN (UML) - led coalition has left behind.
The biggest plus for him is the support of the Nepali Congress, which... |
| 29.08.2016 - 08:05 |
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By Rattan Saldi - Syndicate Features |
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| The Annan Commission needs to be successful |
On Friday, 19 August 2016, the first World Rohingya Day demonstrations took place around the world. Rallies and demonstrations took place in London, UK; Washington DC, Toronto, Canada, New York, Chicago; Stockholm, Sweden; Boston; Los Angeles; and many other places. The speakers demanded end to the... |
| 28.08.2016 - 11:14 |
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By Habib Siddiqui |
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| In 30 years, northeast indigenous people will be reduced to a minority |
Northeast people should not wait for Delhi to save them. it is they who should fight for their survival, otherwise, in 30 years, northeast indigenous people will be reduced to a minority.
According to official sources, there are 20 million illegal Bangladeshi immigrants are living in India. Accordin... |
| 28.08.2016 - 09:49 |
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By Oken Jeet Sandham |
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| Rip Tides: the hidden killers on idyllic beaches |
The tragic deaths of five young, Tamil men of Sri Lankan origin on Sussex beach in England brought the cumulative death toll to 12 in a week in Britain, in similar circumstances, caused by a hidden, deadly phenomenon that lurks near the shores in the ocean, literally in any part of the world – the r... |
| 28.08.2016 - 20:37 |
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Hemantha Abeywardena writes from London… |
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| High Impact Resettlement Projects for North and East |
The Government has allocated Rs.14 billion for high impact resettlement projects in the Northern and Eastern Provinces to socially upgrade and integrate the war affected families into the mainstream of development. These projects are currently being implemented on a accelerated manner by the Ministr... |
| 28.08.2016 - 07:58 |
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| Illinois Gov declares Sept 16 as MS Subbulakshmi Day |
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has declared September 16, as ‘’MS Subbulakshmi Day,” to commemorate the music legend's birth centenary day that is being celebrated by US based nonprofit organization Sankara Nethralaya Om Trust, across the US.
The SN Om Trust is organizing a musical homage to the le... |
| 28.08.2016 - 07:52 |
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