Canada’s National Inquiry into Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls in June 2019 confirmed that Canada has committed and CONTINUES to commit colonial genocide. The 2015 Truth & Reconciliation Commission report evaded the use of ‘genocide’ on advice of lawyers. The 2019 Report claimed genocide is ONGOING in Canada, leaves little room for Canada to be […]

By Rohana R. Wasala A news report in The Island of May 9, 2020 under the heading ‘One location for national heroes’ (by Zacki Jabbar) says that Media and Higher Education minister and co-cabinet spokesman Bandula Gunawardane told a news conference held at the Information Department that a cabinet decision was taken on Wednesday (May […]

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්         ලෝකයේ බොහෝ රටවල පැතිර පවතින නව වෛරස වසංගතය නිසා ලක්ෂ තිස් එකක් පමණ වන ජනතාවක් මේ වන විට අසරණව සිටී. ලංකාවේ ද මෙම රෝගය වැළඳී අතැයි සැළකෙන පුද්ගලයන් නවසීයකට අධික සංඛ්‍යාවක් හඳුනාගෙන තිබේ.වසංගත පාලනයට අද භාවිතා කරන්නේ වර්ෂ 1897 දී බ්‍රිතාන්‍යයන් හඳුන්වා දුන් නිරෝධායන හා ස්පර්ශයෙන් බෝවන රෝග වැළැක්වීමේ ආඥා පනතයි.එකල පැතිරී […]

I. de Silva Canada Mayor Bonnie Crombie of Mississauga I have just watched your statement regarding what you refer to as Tamil Memorial Day. I am writing to you because I was offended by your statement and the fact that you are making public statements based on  misinformation and lies without doing any research on […]

by Malaka Rodrigo  Courtesy Mongabay Home gardening has boomed in Sri Lanka as residents under lockdown look to grow their own fresh fruits and vegetables. The government, which has championed home gardening in the past, launched a program to support a million home gardens by issuing 2 million seed packs and offering technical advice to the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Bandaranayake Mawatha in Colombo 12 and the Suduwella area in Ja-Ela, which were placed under isolation, have been re-opened, Army Commander Shavendra Silva said. With the lifting of restrictions in these areas, there are no isolated areas due to Covid-19 in Sri Lanka now,” the Army Commander said.

Courtesy Adaderana The deadline for accepting online applications to select the 4th batch for the Interest-Free Loan Scheme granted to Advanced Level students of 2016, 2017 and 2018 for pursuing degree courses in non-State higher education institutions has been announced. Accordingly, the deadline has been declared as the 20th of May, the Ministry of Higher […]

Courtesy Hiru News Ten (10) more persons have tested positive for Covid-19 (new coronavirus) infection. The country total has increased to 935 according to the latest information by the Epidemiology unit of the Ministry of Health. Covid-19 Situation Report as at 2020-May-15| compiled according to the Health Promotion Bureau and the Epidemiology Unit data Total […]

Courtesy Hiru News Former Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera yesterday acknowledged that the government has provided the necessary funds to transport IDPs from Puttalam to Mannar during the last presidential election. This was when he spoke to the media after making a statement to the CID regarding the incident. However, former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen had earlier […]

Courtesy Hiru News Opposition politicians and several other parties expressed their views regarding the remand of former MP Rajitha Senaratne.

Courtesy Hiru News DIG Chandana Athukorala, who was in charge of the Negombo division at the time of the attack</strong> DIG Chandana Athukorala, who was the SSP in charge of the Negombo division at the time of the attack, said that although the officers in the lower ranks were instructed to provide armed police protection […]

Courtesy Hiru News Defense Secretary Retired Major General Kamal Gunaratne has taken steps to establish a navy sub-divison for the protection of the Pottuvil Muhudu Maha Viharaya which has been invaded by illegal acquisitions.   This was after he visited the area to inquire about the safety of the Pottuvil Muhudu Maha Viharaya based on the […]