Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary said that India has assured support in the UN Human Rights Council
Jayanath Catej’s statement comes just days before member countries voted on a new resolution on the record of the rights of the island nation. India […]
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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 […]
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 Lankan opposition leader pulls up government invites minister to Myanmar minister
Sri Lankan opposition leader Sajith Premadasa condemned Myanmar’s foreign minister’s invitation to Rajapaksa for a virtual meeting of regional body BIMSTEC to be held in […]
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 […]
Three Sri Lankan boats were caught off the Kerala coast; Seized narcotics
The captain of one of the seized ships confessed to receiving drugs from a Pakistani boat Three Sri Lankan fishing boats, carrying unauthorized communication equipment […]
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 […]