The UN self-appointed bully on behalf powerful countries of the world regularly issues demarches at countries through its associate bodies as if it is 100% perfect & morally eligible to do so. Surprise, surprise, UN has more skeletons in its closet than it will admit. Financial corruption/mismanagement, abuse of funds, harassment of whistleblowers, to sexual […]

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There is a reason why history is important. Everything has a history. Unless people know the true background not only is the solution impossible, but too often the solution may aggravate the problem. Our island was never invaded but ceded to foreign invader rule from 1505 to 1972 when the island’s sovereignty and governance fell […]

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Courtesy The Gulf Today Colombo: SriLankan Airlines, the National Carrier of Sri Lanka and a member of the oneworld alliance, won the prestigious ‘World’s Leading Airline to the Indian Ocean’ title once again at the Grand Final Gala Ceremony of World Travel Awards, in Lisbon, Portugal recently. Congratulating SriLankan Airlines, World Travel Awards Founder, Graham […]

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Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Kumarikata, (Assam India), December 27 (AFP): Freshly-caught rat is at the top of the holiday menu for crowds flocking to a market in this northeastern state that specializes in rodents from local fields. Destined to be boiled, skinned and then cooked in a spicy gravy, rat is more popular than chicken and pork […]

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By Laksiri Fernando Courtesy The Island “Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them, they take vengeance.” – Machiavelli “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” Romans 12:19 “Jesus taught his disciples to turn the other cheek.” (Matthew 5:39) How Things Began? Maithripala Sirisena left Mahinda Rajapaksa […]

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සමන් විජය බණ්ඩාර  lanka C news මාවනැල්ලේ මහ රාත‍්‍රියේ ප‍්‍රසිද්ධ ස්ථාන වල බුදු පිළිම කඩමින් ගිය සැකකරුවන් දෙනෙකු කඩුගන්නාව මාවනැල්ල සිමාවේ ඇති දිදුරුවත්ත මං සන්දියක බුදු පිළිමයක් කඩද්දි ප‍්‍රදේශවාසි තරුණයන් විසින් ඉන් එක් සැකකාර තරුණයකු අල්ලා ගම්වාසින්ගේ සහායෙන් මාවනැල්ල පොලිසිය භාර දි ඇති අතර එහි සිටි තවත් අයෙක් පැන දිව ගොස් ඇති බව අද 26 […]

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Geethanjana Kudaligamage හාන්සිවෙයි කියා අපි සිතුවත්, හාන්සි නොවී අපිට ගහපු ජනාධිපති උතුමාණන් වහන්සේ Executive presidency has become a point for a robust debate once again. Those who supported the Executive Presidency then in 1978 and beyond, are against it now. Those who opposed it throughout, are supporting it now. What are the real undercurrents for […]

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