Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka stands today as the ONLY nation that defeated one of the world’s most ruthless terrorist organizations—the LTTE—without international military assistance. In doing so, it upheld its sovereign duty to protect all citizens, irrespective of ethnicity or religion, and ushered in a lasting peace after 30 years of carnage. Yet, paradoxically, […]

by A. Abdul Aziz, Sri Lankan Correspondent, Al Hakam, London. (Given below is the gist of Eid-ul-Adha Sermon delivered by His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Supreme Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on 6 June 2025 at the Mubarak Mosque in Islamabad, UK, after led the congregational Eid-ul-Adha Prayer) After reciting the first part […]

Hua Bin Smart state planning plus ferocious market competition In standard western economic textbooks, state planning and market competition are mutually exclusive. Thatcher and Reagan brought western capitalism into the neoliberal phase by claiming Government is not the answer. Government is the problem”, putting market fundamentalism on the altar. On the other side, Soviet central […]

Sufian Jusoh|Joanne Lin Sri Lanka at the Center of maritime connectivity between ASEAN and GCC need an ‘Asia First” Foreign Policy Sufian Jusoh and Joanne Lin assess Malaysia’s bold initiative to host the inaugural ASEAN-GCC-China Summit, exploring its strategic rationale, economic potential, and the implications for ASEAN’s centrality in a shifting global order. The ASEAN-GCC-China […]

Middle East Eye Avigdor Lieberman said Israeli forces, under prime minister’s orders, are giving weapons to ‘crime families’ in Palestinian enclave Jun 5, 2025 Israeli opposition leader Avigdor Lieberman has accused Israeli forces, under the approval of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, of arming crime families” in Gaza. The accusations add weight to the claim that […]

Nava Thakuria Even though India gives shelter to nearly 20 million undocumented people from neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Nepal, Tibet, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Bangladesh, the Union government in New Delhi always remains aggressive towards the illegal migrants (termed  infiltrators, asylum seekers or refugees) from Pakistan since the days of independence. But lately, both the government […]

Shenali D Waduge IF OTHER LAWS EXISTED TO PROTECT CHILDREN THERE WAS NEVER A NEED TO HAVE 365 OR 365A OR FOR THE GOVT TO STRENGTHEN IT IN 1995 & 2006.  THIS IS THE ONLY 2 SECTIONS THAT SPECIFY SAME-SEX SEXUAL ABUSE & PROTECTS MINORS – IT IS SHAMEFUL THAT ADULTS ACTUALLY WANT TO PUT […]

 lanka C news කොතලාවල ආරක්ෂක විශ්වවිද්‍යාල වෛද්‍ය පීඨය වසා දැමීම පිටුපස අගමැති හරිනි අමරසූරිය මෙන්ම කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්‍යාල උප කුලපති මහාචාර්ය ඉන්දික කරුණාතිලක සිටින බව සමගි ජන බලවේග පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී නලීන් බණ්ඩාර පවසයි. ආණ්ඩුව කොතලාවල වෛද්‍ය පීඨය වැසීමට සූදානම් බව එය ප්‍රසිද්ධ කිරීමටත් පෙර මෙරට සිටින විදෙස් රටවල වෛද්‍ය පීඨ ඒජන්තයන් දැනගෙන කොතලාවල වෛද්‍යපීඨය වසා දමන […]

Courtesy Adaderana The proposed $3.7 million oil refinery to be built by China’s Sinopec in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port is facing significant delays over multiple issues like dispute over equity structure, tax concessions, market access, and allocation of land for the project. The inland port is built in a natural harbour near the town of […]

Courtesy Hiru News The President’s Media Division (PMD) has issued an official statement highlighting a serious procedural irregularity involving the release of a prisoner from Anuradhapura Prison, who was not approved under the presidential pardon granted for the 2025 Vesak festival. According to the PMD, W.H. Athula Thilakaratne, an inmate serving a sentence for financial […]

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