| Vesak Week Declared |
The government has declared May 24 and 25, as official Vesak holidays and May 21 to 27 as Vesak Week.
The government has chosen Charatha Dhamme (Conduct according to Dhamma) as the theme for Vesak this year.
All liquor shops, slaughter houses , betting centers and casinos will be closed on May 24... |
| 22.05.2013 - 08:56 |
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| Taiwan: The Future of “Relevant Buddhism” |
I recently completed a three-week visit to Taiwan, a beautiful, sophisticated country full of compassionate, friendly, and very kind people.
With Dr. Barbara Wright, the co-author of my latest book, “Dharma and the Metta Map,” we conducted six one and two-day workshops at a variety of Buddhist ven... |
| 22.05.2013 - 08:37 |
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Dr. Stephen Long - Los Angeles, California |
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| Bradford as a role model for all |
Muslim community reaching into its pockets to save a synagogue in financial woes in Bradford, in Britain, is headline news in one of Israeli dailies.
A leaky roof brought together the city’s Jewish and Muslim communities. It is reported that for years Muslims and Jews of Bradford have lived in clo... |
| 22.05.2013 - 08:23 |
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S.H.Moulana - Riyadh |
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| Sri Lanka At The Annual Seminar of US Global Business Forum |
The Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Los Angeles, California, USA participated at the 8th Annual Business Seminar organized by the US Global Business Forum (USGBF) on a luxury Cruise from Newport Beach to Catalina Island on 16th May, 2013.
Mr. Kevin Kaul, Founder Chairman of the USGBF welcomed th... |
| 22.05.2013 - 08:11 |
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| “Ceylon Tea” brings Sri Lanka to the forefront in Shanghai |
Sri Lanka Consul General’s office in Shanghai, China launched a promotion campaign to create awareness on “Ceylon Tea”. The event was organised on 11th May 2013. Black Tea, or Hong Cha as called in Chinese, is a popular beverage in Shanghai. The campaign targets to promote Sri Lanka’s famous teas a... |
| 22.05.2013 - 07:58 |
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| Tamara Kunanayakam is back in Geneva |
Tamara Kunanayakam, Sri Lanka’s former Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, was re-elected by acclamation last Monday as Chairperson-Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council’s Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Development, which held its 14th session from 13 to 17... |
| 21.05.2013 - 08:01 |
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| Muslims and the War on Terror |
A tipoff from a prominent Toronto imam more than a year ago appears to be at the heart of arrests at the end of April in the alleged VIA Rail terror plot in Canada. In fact, counterterrorism police began their press briefing by thanking Muslim leaders.
Even in the Boston marathon tragedy, national... |
| 21.05.2013 - 06:34 |
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By Faisal Kutty |
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| The Feast of Mother Mary in Florence in Italy |
The annual feast of Mother Mary in Florence was celebrated on Pentecost Sunday in grand scale.
Very Rev. Mons. Neville Joe Perera presided the Holy Mass with the procession of the statue of Mother Mary with Fr.Samantha Perera and Fr. Stepheno, the diocesan director for migrants in Florence.
The Bu... |
| 21.05.2013 - 02:48 |
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| Visit of High Level Buddhist Delegation to Japan |
Maha Nayaka of the Amarapura MahaNikaya, Most Venerable Davuldena Gnanissara Thero and Maha Nayaka of the Ramanna MahaNikaya Most Venerable Napana Premasiri Thero visited Japan from 9th to 16th May accompanied by a high-level delegation of Buddhist clergy.
The Most Venerable Maha Nayaka Theros visi... |
| 21.05.2013 - 02:16 |
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| Dead Jackson makes more money than living Bieber! |
Michael Jackson’s estate has made more money through ticket sales in the four years since his death than the ‘Thriller’ performer made during his lifetime.
His posthumous sales are believed to amount to more than living young idol, Justin Bieber or any other single living artist during the same ti... |
| 21.05.2013 - 02:09 |
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S.H.Moulana - Riyadh |
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| Turtle Conservation in Sri Lanka |
Our good friend Dr. Kingsley Mariadasan was an 8 year old boy when his father found work in Europe in the 1970s. He had his education there and started visiting Sri Lanka as an adult - first as a volunteer doctor during the tsunami days and subsequently he keeps coming - a homing pigeon.
The en... |
| 20.05.2013 - 08:05 |
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By Shani Calyaneratne Karunaratne |
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| The Center should immediately appoint Chairman of CFMG, CFSB |
It didn’t take long for the underground related violence to have steep rise after Chairman of the both Cease Fire Monitoring Group (CFMG) and Cease Fire Supervisory Board (CFSB) Maj Gen (Retd) N George resigned from the post.
He resigned from the Chairmanship of both CFMG and CFSB at a time when Ch... |
| 20.05.2013 - 07:08 |
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By Oken Jeet Sandham |
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| Bangladesh – A Nation Divided? – Part 7 |
In 2010 the Government of Bangladesh (GOB), led by the Awami League (AL), set up an International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) court to prosecute the people who allegedly committed war crimes during the liberation war. It was part of her 2008 election promise and touted as an effort to "provide justice for... |
| 19.05.2013 - 08:53 |
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By Habib Siddiqui |
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| Plummeting Gold Price: ultimate index of uncertainty |
Gold, which fell to a level as low as $1339 an ounce on Thursday, did recover some of its battered value by a few dollars by the weekend, while leaving millions of investors in the lurch before the chaotic fluctuations of its value on computer screens.
The price, which crashed to a two-year-low a f... |
| 19.05.2013 - 07:54 |
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Hemantha Abeywardena writes from London… |
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| President Mahinda Returned Yesterday |
President Mahinda Rajapaksa who was on a four-day official visit to Uganda returned to Sri Lanka yesterday morning.
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa commenced his four-day official visit to Uganda - the East Central African country, on May 11th afternoon.
This was President Rajapaksa’s sec... |
| 18.05.2013 - 06:52 |
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| Call to improve asthma care and control |
When there are evidence-based methods to control asthma effectively, then why is the disease burden growing over the past 30 years, particularly in the low- and middle- income countries?
This fact is stated clearly in the Global Asthma Report 2011 published by the International Union Against Tuber... |
| 18.05.2013 - 03:52 |
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Rahul Kumar Dwivedi - CNS |
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| Will President Obama emphasize R2P on Thein Sein? |
America’s new Burma policy adopted by the Obama administration, a combination of increasing engagement and maintaining economic sanctions, was the prime mover in urging Thein Sein to introduce reforms after more than half a century of repressive military rule, when he became an elected head of state... |
| 18.05.2013 - 03:44 |
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By Kanbawza Win |
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