Sri Lankan soldiers have embarked on a United Nations peacekeeping mission to Mali this week, despite concern over their role in the sexual abuse of minors on a previous mission. The Sri Lankan military declared that 150 troops from 10 regiments of the army had left this week to join the United …
There were strange reactions to Sri Lanka’s political responses to and UN vote on the issue of Jerusalem. There are those spokespersons of the Sinhala Far Right who criticized the Sri Lankan stand and the cross-party political consensus as instances of double standards. The argument was that those …
Ranveer landed in Sri Lanka on Thursday, and along with Deepika, he’s planning to make the best of his time there. Deepika, who was in Vienna, joined the actor at the last minute. “The couple is going snorkelling, and will spend time with each other,” reveals a source. “There are people in Sri Lanka …
In Sri Lanka, the left movement’s compromises with majoritarianism and nationalism, signalled its decline. Indeed, in our times, any movement for democracy has to address the social and economic questions including greater redistribution to address inequality, meaningful social protections and …
“I thought then, as I do now, that Ananda, for him, was a proving ground for his vision of a free Lanka, a united, mentally and physically educated country whose way of life would be modulated by the broad-mindedness of the Buddha and inspired by his r…
President Maithripala Sirisena, speaking to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) candidates last week insisted he would not tolerate anyone who indulged in bribery, corruption, frauds or other political crimes. Addressing party candidates for the February 10 …
Sri Lankan Military has been trying hard to fill UN peace keeping positions, currently there are 15 ongoing peacekeeping operations conducted by the United Nations across the globe. The majority of them, nine to be precise is conducted in various parts…
The time stipulated for a Unity Government between the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the United National Party (UNP) has been elapsed today. The SLFP and the UNP extended its MoU until December 31 when it came to an end in last September. The init…
Dec 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka Army has handed over another building that was being used by the security forces to the civilian authority in the Northern Province. A property, named ‘Anthony Pillay’ building in the center of Kilinochchi town, earlier leased to the Security Force Headquarters – Kilinochchi …
… the All Ceylon Polythene Manufacturers’ and Recyclers’ Association charged that the government has not yet provided any concession it had pledged to polythene manufacturers. Meanwhile, speaking at a press briefing convened in Colombo today (Dec. 31), the National Organizer of Sri Lanka Eatery …