Courtesy The Hindu The court was hearing a petition filed by T. Ganesan, who resides at the Irumboothipatti camp in Karur district. He came from Sri Lanka to India in 1990 during the civil war. He said he was an Indian citizen and sought its confirmation. Since the authorities treated him as a Sri Lankan […]

Courtesy The New Indian Express Madurai Bench of Madras High Court observed while ordering the Centre to grant citizenship to a 70-year-old repatriate from Sri Lanka who has been a refugee for 33 years.  |  A+A A- By Jegadeeshwari Pandian MADURAI: Though half a century has lapsed since India signed the Indo-Sri Lankan agreements (Sirimavo-Shastri Pact of 1964 and Sirima-Gandhi […]

By: Kimberly Rodrigues Courtesyn EasternEye The Netherlands, which colonised Sri Lanka from 1658-1796, returned the artefacts stolen in 1756 The artefacts include a cannon inlaid with gold, silver, and bronze, known as Lewke’s cannon,” according to the NewsFirst.lk news portal – image credit: museum.gov.lk website Six Sri Lankan artefacts taken by the Dutch over 200 […]

Courtesy The Island Mahinda Rajapaksa SLPP leader Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday (28) hit back at critics, claiming that a robust economy had been built under his presidency. He said the UNP-SLFP government which ruled the country during the 2015-2019 period should be held responsible for the current economic crisis. The following is the text of a […]

Dr. Nalaka Godahewa Courtesy The Island Member of Parliament Dr. Nalaka Godahewa says that even in this budget, the President’s plan to break a part of the opposition has failed. He said so at a recent press conference held at the Nawala office of the Freedom Janata Sabha on the budget and the current political […]

By Saman Indrajith Courtesy The Island Sajith Premadasa Sacking of Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe will go down in history as an instance where a President who does not have a direct mandate from the people removed a minister who had got elected to Parliament, Opposition and SJB leader Sajith Premadasa told Parliament yesterday. Raising a […]

By Dr. Sasika Palathiratnem BAMS (Hons.) – FIM, UoC Courtesy The Island Ayurveda is a holistic system of medicine with Vedic roots that originated in India about 5,000 years ago. Ayurveda is not only a complete system of medicine but also a scientific philosophy of life, with the two main objectives of prevention and curing of […]

By a Sports Aficionado Courtesy The Island This cricket-mad nation was appalled by the pathetic and blatantly disgraceful performance of its National Cricket Team at the premier event of the game, the World Cup. Even before the event ended, heads rolled over here on the cricket board. Such action should have been taken long ago […]

 By KELUM BANDARA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo (Daily Mirror) – The judiciary is yet to respond formally to the request by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana as the head of the Constitution Council to submit the details related to the performance of judges nominated to be picked for key positions. Earlier, the Speaker wrote to Chief […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Madurai, Dec 2, (New Indian Express) – Though half a century has lapsed since India signed the Indo-Sri Lankan agreements (Sirimavo-Shastri Pact of 1964 and Sirima-Gandhi Pact of 1974) to resolve the status of Indian Origin Tamils (IOT) in Sri Lanka, the Indian government has still not fulfilled its treaty obligations, […]

 By AJITH SIRIWARDANA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Parliament, Dec. 2 (Daily Mirror)- The monthly income of the Excise Department has increased by Rs. 1 billion after checking fake stickers on liquor bottles, a Parliamentary committee revealed. This was revealed by the officials of the Excise Department to the Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Economic and Physical […]

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Courtesy The Island Minister Roshan Ranasinghe Inconceivable, unbelievable, incomprehensible, unfathomable, unaccountable, perplexing and plain shocking are the terms that came to Cassandra’s mind as she read the stunning news that the President of Sri Lanka sacked the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs on Monday 27 November, 2023, who was on the trail of allegedly […]

Manusha Media SSW Test in Construction Field commences in Sri LankaA new skills test in the field of construction was introduced today in Sri Lanka for working in Japan as specified skilled workers.Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakka announcing the initiative said talented Sri Lankans will now have the opportunity to work in […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය  අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ ලලිත් ඇතුලත්මුදලි පදනම, ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය සහ නායකත්වය සඳහා වූ ආයතනය සහ නිදහස සඳහා නවුමාන් පදනම (NAUMANN )  සංවිධානය කොට තිබූ ලලිත් ඇතුලත්මුදලි සමරු දේශනය 2023.11.30 බණ්ඩාරණායක අනුස්මරණ ශාලාවේදී සිදුකළ අවස්ථාවේදීය. එහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා – ලලිත් ඇතුලත්මුදලි යන නාමය ගෙන එන්නේ, තම මාතෘ භූමියට සහ එහි ජනතාවට […]

Let the Quran Speak Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss is an activist and spokesperson for Neturei Karta, which vocally opposes Zionism and the state of Israel. Irrespective of whether or not the Palestinian people was affected or the land was uninhabited, Neturei Karta say the Jewish people didn’t have a right to self-determination. The establishment of […]

Zunana Zalif  courtesy Raajje.mv President Muizzu met Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on the sidelines of COP28 Discussions at the meeting revolved around the long and historic bond between the two countries The two leaders explored ways to strengthen cooperation in people-to-people relations President Muizzu met Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on the sidelines of […]

BY ARIF RAFIQ Courtesy Globely News Gautam Adani, a long-time ally of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is emerging as a key figure in the U.S.-India partnership to counter China. (Image Credit: White House, Chirag200201) Earlier this month, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) announced a commitment to provide $553 million in financing for constructing a new […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Parliament, Dec.1 (Daily Mirror) – The Customs Department is currently conducting an investigation into the under-invoicing of values of three LED screens imported by the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) at three international cricket stadiums in Sri Lanka, State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe told Parliament today. State Minister Semasinghe said this […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court on Friday (01 Dec.) ordered for former Sri Lankan cricketer Sachithra Senanayake to assist in the ongoing investigations concerning his match-fixing allegations. Accordingly, Senanayake was ordered to assist the Government Analyst, when requested by the police to do so. The order was issued when a complaint filed by […]

Courtesy Adaderana Pastor Jerome Fernando has been remanded until December 13 over his controversial remarks on several religions. The self-styled ‘prophet’ was produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate this afternoon following his arrest by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), a few hours after he arrived at the premises to record a statement for the second […]