By Sena Thoradeniya Preamble This essay was originally written in April 2022, attempting to provide information in a nutshell of protest movements and demonstrations that had taken place demanding either anti-imperialist interventions, political reforms or ouster of rulers, beginning from the May Fourth Movement in China in 1919. Our aim was to provide new insights […]

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Shenali D Waduge The statement by the Chinese foreign affairs spokesperson is poignant & relevant to Sri Lanka as well this is a victory for developing countries & a victory for truth & justice…. Human rights must not be used as a pretext to make up lies & interfere in other countries internal affairs or to […]

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චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව වනාහි ත්‍රස්තවාදයට ඉක්මනින් ගොදුරු වන රටකි – ලොව ත්‍රස්තවාදයෙන් උපරිමව බැට කෑ රටවල් අතරින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඉහලින්ම සිටී. ප්‍රභාකරන් නායකත්වය දැරූ LTTEය යනු ලෝකයේ තිබු දරුණුතම ත්‍රස්තවාදී සංවිධානයකි.   පසුගිය වසර 50 තුල අප නිරන්තරයෙන් කෘර ත්‍රස්තවාදී ග්‍රහණයට ලක්වීමු. ඒ, 1971 සහ 1988 ජවිපෙ (සිංහල) ත්‍රස්තවාදය, 1976 පමණ ඇරභී 2009 දක්වා […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Railway Department will operate a special express train service on every Saturday from today to facilitate the tourists and pilgrims travelling to Anuradhapura from Colombo Fort. The train will leave for Anuradhapura every Saturday and return to Fort every Sunday. The train would haul 10 first-class air-conditioned compartments with 480 seats. […]

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Courtesy ANI “We see great revival of Buddhism in India under Modi govt”: International Buddhist ConfederationRead more At:https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/we-see-great-revival-of-buddhism-in-india-under-modi-govt-international-buddhist-confederation20221008235750/

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Nadir Mumtaz Courtesy The Maritime Executive The Port of Colombo is located near the route between the Strait of Malacca and the Suez Canal, which is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Around 36,000 vessels pass annually on this key corridor between Asia and Europe, including about 4,500 tankers. As the Port of Colombo […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Aeroflot, Russia’s state-owned airline, will resume flights from Moscow to Sri Lanka with effect from tomorrow (October 09).  Starting from October, Aeroflot will resume regular flights to Colombo, Bangkok, and Goa. Flights will be operated on Airbus A330 aircraft,” the airline had said earlier in a statement. Accordingly, from October 09, the airline […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa says he will extend his support to President Ranil Wickremesinghe. He made these remarks addressing a public rally in Kalutara earlier today (Oct. 08). The rally titled Let’s Rise Together from Kalutara”, organized by SLPP MP Rohitha Abeygunawardena, was held at his coordination office. Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena […]

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