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Sri Lankans living in Australia are refraining from sending desperately-needed funds to struggling friends and family back home, fearing money will never end up in the hands of those in need because the government will steal it. Multiple members of the Sri Lankan community contacted by NCA NewsWire have lost trust in the government to […]
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Former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and businessman Thirukumar Nadesan have been acquitted in the Malwana property case. Basil Rajapaksa was accused of misappropriating Government funds to purchase the land. He is reported to have constructed a mansion on the land, with a swimming pool and a functioning farm. However, the Gampaha High Court today acquitted […]
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Sri Lanka has been facing a severe economic crisis since the beginning of 2021 and was trying to cushion the effect of the financial instability by seeking help from almost all friendly countries. Sri Lanka sought the intervention of the good offices of the political hierarchy of Bangladesh and Pakistan, apart from India, for much-needed […]
Photo courtesy of Twitter Malathi de Alwis, friend, mentor, teacher, feminist, anthropologist, birder, foodie and the most amazing cook, passed away on January 21. As we mourn this utterly devastating, untimely loss...
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Photo courtesy of Twitter Malathi de Alwis, friend, mentor, teacher, feminist, anthropologist, birder, foodie and the most amazing cook, passed away on January 21. As we mourn this utterly devastating, untimely loss...
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Photo courtesy of Twitter Malathi de Alwis, friend, mentor, teacher, feminist, anthropologist, birder, foodie and the most amazing cook, passed away on January 21. As we mourn this utterly devastating, untimely loss...
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Photo courtesy of Twitter Malathi de Alwis, friend, mentor, teacher, feminist, anthropologist, birder, foodie and the most amazing cook, passed away on January 21. As we mourn this utterly devastating, untimely loss...
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Ever been to Hotel de Same Place? If you find it hard to believe, here’s the address: No. 83 & 85, Malay Street, Colombo 2. The esoteric roadside eatery’s venturesome owner says that he so named the hotel fearing that patrons may deem otherwise. “I wanted to assure my customers that my hotel will remain ...
By Cheranka Mendis The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) is offering 2717.243 acres of land and 415.7 acres of water body in six selected areas for eco-friendly beach, wildlife and waterfront developments. Located in Kalpitiya, Kuchc-haveli, Bentota, Pasikudah, Dedduwa and Yala, all land offered will be given on a long-term 99-year lease upon payment ...
By T. Farook Thajudeen The case filed by CID against Sri Lanka Mirror accusing the website of having contained defamatory items against the President and the State was laid by and the suspects were ordered to appear before Court if noticed by Additional Magistrate Prasanna De Alwis yesterday. When the case was taken up for ...
By Marianne David and Cheranka Mendis Sri Lanka Tourism yesterday told the Daily FT that the Department of Wildlife would set up a meeting with both the Tissamaharama Jeep Association and the officials of the three tented mobile safari operators in order to arrive at “an amicable settlement,” following the recent assaults on the operators ...
Since 19 June 2012, human rights defender and Teachers Union leader Dr Nirmal Dewasiri has been subjected to surveillance and intimidation. Nirmal Dewasiri is the President of the Federation of University Teachers Unions (FUTA) and the Secretary of the Arts Faculty Teachers’ Association of the University of Colombo (AFTU-CU). He has been active in campaigning for ...
Sri Lankans can now buy digital music and movies from Apple’s iTunes Store, the Malaysian insider reported. Music and movies are a new addition to the iTunes Store for 12 countries in Asia, which include Sri Lanka, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Users in these markets could only download and purchase apps f...
The UN should not be taking the side of the bullies, nor should they be adding to the confusion and speculation by failing to renew Lee’s accreditation. As for the UNCA; their role is to stand up for its members, not to expel them and we can see no justification for the continuation of this ...
Sri Lanka’s Shehan Karunatilaka yesterday won the prestigious Commonwealth Book Prize 2012 for his “Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew” published by Vintage Publishing, Random House India. He received the coveted prize at the Hay Festival by the multiple prize-winning Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize was won by Emma Martin ...
“If we can’t think for ourselves, if we are unwilling to question authority, then we’re just putty in the hands of those in power”. – Carl Sagan (The Demon-Haunted World) By Tisaranee Gunasekara Gen. Fonseka was freed not because President Rajapaksa experienced a sudden democratic-epiphany or embraced the ‘quality of mercy’. The politico-electorally disabling nature ...
The government continued to arbitrarily detain, torture or ill-treat people and subject people to enforced disappearance. It failed to address most instances of impunity for violations of human rights and humanitarian law. The government rejected repeated allegations of war crimes committed by both sides of the conflict that ended in 2009, prompting Amnesty International to ...
23 March 2012 – The UN’s human rights chief today warned that there must be no reprisals against Sri Lankan human rights defenders in the wake of a resolution calling on its Government to probe alleged abuses during the country’s civil war. The warning from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, follows the ...
A staff nurse of Changi General Hospital, Singapore who was allegedly molested by a doctor from Sri Lanka, was reportedly ‘advised’ by the hospital not to lodge a police report against the culprit, according to an informant who wishes to remain anonymous. A resident physician from Sri
The High Commissioner for Human Rights today warned that there must be no reprisals against Sri Lankan human rights defenders in the aftermath of Thursday’s adoption by the Human Rights Council of a resolution on Sri Lanka, the Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Rupert Colville said. “During this Human Rights Council session, there has been an unprecedented and...