– By Shenali Waduge – A huge sigh of relief prevails in Sri Lanka. News welcomed by every right thinking person followed by the announcement to remove the Halal certificate/logo from local products. Nobody needs to feel ashamed. It must be seen in terms of triumph for wisdom and common sense, or in other words […]
– By Walter Jayawardhana – America’s NBC news service listed Cardinal Malcom Ranjith of Colombo as one of twenty most possible candidates to become the next Pope as thousands converged at St.Peter;s Square for the chance to join Roman Catholic cardinals for a special pre-conclave mass. […]
– By Shenali Waduge – Does David Miliband speak and act on behalf of the UK Government? The best way to find that out is for Sri Lanka’s External Affairs Minister to summon the UK High Commissioner in Sri Lanka and seek clarification. David Miliband and a host of other UK MPs are denigrating a […]
– By Walter Jayawardhana – Sri Lankan novelist Daya Dissanayake was among five writers honoured with the SAARC Literature Awards in Agra, India on Sunday. The others included writer poet-diplomat Abhay. K from India, Pakistan’s Farheen Chaudhary, Abdul Khaliq Rashid of Afghanistan and Suman Pokhrel of Nepal. Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and […]
– By Walter Jayawardhana – Pointing out Tamil Eelam Supporters Organization (TESO) founded in Chennai does not help at all to solve the problems of Sri Lanka Tamils India’s politically powerful the Hindu newspaper strongly advocated New Delhi in an editorial to craft a Lanka policy free of the opportunistic imprint of Tamil Nadu’s competitive […]
Britain needs to back the call for Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be moved, Former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband said today. In an article to the British Guardian newspaper he added that, ‘for it to go ahead in Sri Lanka would be a mockery of Commonwealth values and UN authority, and a […]
All Lankan producers will no longer carry the Halal logo on their products unless requested by their foreign consumer, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce said a short while ago. Meanwhile it was stated that for export purposes companies could obtain the Halal certification free of charge from the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU). […]
The Minister of Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities, Wimal Weerawansa and the Deputy Minister of External Affairs, Neomal Perera together with Sri Lanka`s Ambassador to Cuba (with concurrent accreditation to Venezuela), Sarath Dissanayake represented the President, the Government and people of Sri Lanka at the State Funeral of the late President Hugo Chavez […]
– By Shenali Waduge – There is little doubt that both Prabakaran and Osama were leaders of 2 terrorist groups – feared and abhorred. Prabakaran headed the LTTE (Liberation of Tamil Tiger Eelaam) whilst Osama headed the Al Qaeda. Prabakaran’s death was announced on 18th May 2009 while Osama was killed on 2 May 2011. […]
– by Walter Jayawardhana – In a forthright and hard-hitting column published in its Sunday edition India’s Pioneer newspaper said nothing would be more ruinous for India’s national interest if the Congress were to decide to force Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Minister for External Affairs Salman Khurshid to vote for the resolution against Sri […]