The burqa ban is just a proposal, Sri Lanka says
Public Safety Minister Sarath Verasekera said on Saturday that the full face worn by some Muslim women would be “definitely” banned for cabinet approval, based […]
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India assigned training to Lanka Navy for capacity building
High Commissioner Gopal Bagle on Sunday formally handed over training aids to the Naval and Maritime Academy (NMA) Trincomalee in Sri Lanka Navy Commander Eastern […]
Indian envoys to Sri Lanka visit the northern and eastern provinces; Interaction with Tamil leaders
Gopal Bagle also highlighted India’s long-term cooperation and commitment to the development of the northern and eastern provinces. India’s top diplomat in Colombo interacted with […]
President Gopabaya says, Rajapaksa brothers and sisters remain firmly united, will take Sri Lanka forward
He praised the maturity of his elder brother Mahinda, the Prime Minister and younger brother Tulsi, the principal presidential advisor. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa […]
Former Jamaat-e-Islami leader arrested in Sri Lanka for promoting Islamic extremism
The police spokesman said that Rashid Hajjul Akbar was publishing articles in a magazine published by the Jamaat-e-Islami organization to promote Wahhabism and Jihadi ideology […]
Sri Lanka invited Myanmar minister
Sri Lanka has invited Myanmar’s June-appointed Foreign Minister Woona Moong Lwin for a virtual meeting of members of the regional body BIMSTEC, which currently chairs […]
Welcome to the Balu Mahendra Library, an initiative by young film buffs in Sri Lanka
Mahendra, who hailed from eastern Batticaloa, worked in the island nation’s dominant Sinhala film industry as a young technician When a bunch of young film […]