By P.K.Balachandran/Ceylon Today Colombo, March 29: As early as 2002, the UN correspondent of the Los Angeles Times, Maggie Farley, noted that more than a hundred UN resolutions were being violated, and that in many cases, enforcement of resolutions was blocked by the US or its allies. She made this observation based on a 15-year […]

Meera Srinivasan courtesy The Hindu The Sri Lankan President said ‘the government does not wish to be associated with the power struggles in the Indian Ocean region by the global giants’. Sri Lanka will not allow other countries to achieve their geopolitical needs by introducing separatism under the guise of power devolution” in the island […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) has arrested two persons including a female in Jaffna for maintaining a website and YouTube channel allegedly promoting LTTE terrorist propaganda.  Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said that the TID had conducted a special raid in respect of an office situated at Navalar Street in Jaffna this morning […]

Courtesy Adaderana Archdiocese of Colombo says that it makes them wonder as to whether there are external interferences that hamper the efficiency of investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks seeing as the culprits of this crime have not been identified even after 2 years. As the Easter Sunday bombings were an attack on […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa assures his Chinese counterpart of strengthening mutual cooperation in all sectors and bilateral ties. President Rajapaksa mentioned this to China President Xi Jinping over a telephone conversation held today (March 29), President’s Media Division stated.

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has reported 05 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (March 29). As per the Department of Government Information, all five victims are male patients. The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 566 in total.

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has registered 71 more positive cases of Covid-19 today (March 29), the Ministry of Health confirmed. Thereby, Sri Lanka has detected 166 new positive cases of COVID-19 within the day. As per statistics, the total number of Covid-19 infections confirmed so far in the country now stands at 92,303. Recoveries from […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale Yet it remains the case that if Nigerian public and private sector players doing business with the Chinese elephant could improve their negotiating skills and be more ambitious about their negotiating positions, making better use of Nigeria’s ‘superpower’ qualities to minimise the drawbacks of its antlike ones, the future of Nigeria–China relations […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 27 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka yesterday said talks to purchase coronavirus vaccines from Pfizer-biontech have been successful and a final agreement is expected to be reached soon. State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals, Prof. Channa Jayasumana said that the US based company has offered to supply vaccines […]

Courtesy The Telegraph (India) Gotabaya Rajapaksa accused the previous government led by Maithripala Sirisena of betraying the country’s sovereignty by co-sponsoring the UN rights resolution in 2015 Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sunday stated that the recent UNHRC resolution against his country was the doing of local and foreign forces which do not want […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry says that another 69 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 increasing the total number of cases reported within the day to 237. This brings the tally of coronavirus cases identified in the country to 92,088 thus far, while the total recoveries have reached 88,623. Presently there […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has reported 02 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (March 28). As per the Department of Government Information, the victims are two male patients from Colombo 15 and Mawanella areas. The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 561 in […]

Courtesy Adaderana An explosion ripped through a Roman Catholic cathedral compound in the eastern Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday morning, shattering the calm of Palm Sunday, a holy day for Christians. Unverified video said to have been taken at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral showed smoldering wreckage and palm fronds scattered on the […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala In a  lofty speech delivered via video to the 75th General Assembly of UN (September 2020) – the first of its kind initiated in the wake of the pandemic — Prime Minister Narendra Modi took great pains to explain a range of  issues from India ’s Neighbourhood First Policy” to the new […]

Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka will re­ceive 600,000 doses of China’s Sinopharm vac­ci­na­tions on March 31 and pri­or­ity will be given for Sri Lankan cit­i­zens when ad­min­is­ter­ing the vac­cines while only 1 per­cent of the to­tal amount to be de­liv­ered will be for Chi­nese na­tion­als re­sid­ing here, an of­fi­cial from the Chi­nese Em­bassy […]

Courtesy Adaderana Death toll from the COVID-19 outbreak in Sri Lanka reached 559 as the Director-General of Health Services confirmed another fatality today (March 27). According to the Department of Government Information, the deceased, who was residing in Colombo 06 succumbed to the virus infection on Thursday. He was transferred to Mulleriyawa Base Hospital after […]

Courtesy Adaderana Ministry of Health on Saturday (March 27) confirmed 115 more new cases of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka as the daily cases count reached 278. The new development has brought the total number of COVID-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 91,839. According to the Epidemiology Unit, 2,893 patients infected with the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has no intention of intervening in the power struggles of the giants in the Indian Ocean region, says President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. We have no desire to propagate the neoliberalism of some countries or to intervene in the power struggles of the superpowers in the Indian Ocean.” He stressed the sovereignty of […]

Courtesy Adaderana Ministry of Health on Saturday (March 27) confirmed another 163 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus in the country. The new development has brought the total number of COVID-19 confirmed in the country thus far to 91,724. According to the Epidemiology Unit, 2,778 patients infected with the virus are currently under medical care […]

by Jamila Husain Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 26 (Daily Mirror) – The State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) has begun discussions with Britain to purchase the Astrazeneca doses from the UK, especially since authorities are doubtful if the Serum Institute in India can now supply the remaining 8.5 million vaccinations which had initially been requested, the Daily Mirror […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, March 26 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka’s Health authorities have gone on alert after a new double mutant of the Coronavirus has been detected from some samples in India with scientists studying if this new strain is more infectious or less affected by the vaccines. Sources from the Health Ministry said that […]

By Meera Srinivasan/The Hindu Colombo, March 25: Yazhpanam P.S. Balamurugan had to cancel nearly a dozen performances in India last year, after the pandemic made it impossible to travel from Jaffna, where he lives, in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province. I participated in some online events, and in another instance recorded a performance here and shared […]

Dilrook Kannangara This was why India abstained from voting. UNHRC will turn to India with the same set of demands very soon and India is keen to avoid an embarrassing situation by being party to it. https://undocs.org/A/HRC/46/L.1/Rev.1 The paragraph about devolution of political authority must have sent a chill down India for sure. India revoked […]

MALINDA SENEVIRATN​E Few countries can boast of anything close to the track record of Britain when it comes to gross human rights violations. Genocide and monumental plunder have marked the history of that country and indeed have been the main source of the wealth and sway its citizens and governments, respectively, have enjoyed over several […]

Malinda Seneviratne The vote on the resolution against Sri Lanka was adopted on Tuesdays at the 46th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. That slant was reflected in the vote as well. The resolution was passed 22-11 with 14 abstentions. First let us examine the story told by the numbers. There were […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS It is a wonder that the 1956 government was able to achieve anything at all, considering the obstacles the MEP government had to face, said analysts. First, there were natural disasters.  An unprecedented drought  in 1956  and   unprecedented floods    in 1957. Then there were two ethnic riots, the Gal Oya riots of June […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island … 20-year UN ban on examination of accusations travesty of justice: ex-CJ Former Chief Justice Sarath Nanda Silva (1999-2009), on Thursday (18), alleged that the British government had suppressed diplomatic cables sent by its wartime Defence Attaché Lt. Colonel Anthony Gash from the British High Commission, Colombo, because they […]

By Saman Indrajith Courtesy The Island The government yesterday told Parliament that the recently ratified UNHRC resolution against Sri Lanka was illegal. Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said that the resolution was an attempt to interfere in Sri Lanka’s internal affairs. Sri Lanka considers the resolution unwarranted. This resolution against Sri Lanka is illegal.” Minister Gunawardena […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services confirms one more Covid-19 related death while this brings the death toll due to the virus pandemic in the country to 558. The deceased is 70-year-old male from Mathugama who had been transferred from the Kalutara District General Hospital to the Homagama Base Hospital after testing positive […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry says that another 94 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 increasing the total number of cases reported within the day to 260. This brings the tally of coronavirus cases identified in the country to 91,561 thus far while total recoveries has reached 88,145. Presently there are […]