A person’s rank and significance in society should be measured not by his or her wealth, a sum of money in a bank account, a family name, ancestry, beauty, or race, but by the extent of knowledge he or she has strived to attain. Truly, knowledge is the most sought after prize one can ever achieve. The Prophet Muhammad (peace …

From lush tropical rainforests to stark desert lands, from lofty mountain tops to shimmering seashores, we find an array of plants that scientists have estimated to be in the range of 422,000 species. The astounding diversity of the plant kingdom, which incorporates trees, flowering plants, ferns, mosses, seaweed and algae, has enthralled botanists for centuries. This diversity is described in the …

 Since 2006, the US dollar has experienced a one-quarter to one-third drop in value to the Chinese yuan, depending on the choice of base.   Now China is going to let the dollar decline further in value.  China also says it is considering undermining the petrodollar by pricing oil futures on the Shanghai Futures Exchange in yuan. This on top of …

Is This A Setup? Diplomats Strike Deal in Iran Talks Diplomats say a deal has been reached in Geneva regarding Iran's nuclear programme. By Al-Jazeera November 23, 2013 "Information Clearing House – "Al-Jazeera" – —  Iran and six world powers have reached an agreement on curbing Iran's nuclear programme in exchange for limited sanctions relief, several delegations in the talks said on Sunday. "We have …

Please download the full report to read with the figures and amounts. Click here The instructions were to spend mostly on ethnic refugees and poor families.    In  the past years, Muslim Hands in UK contributed  towards Qurban by granting funds to the  SLMRA. This year, however, they did not contribute saying that the quota allocated to Sri Lanka was very …

Lashing out at politicians for the present state of affairs in the country veteran Sinhala journalist Siri Ranasinghe urged them to abandon their short sighted and destructive communal and racist politics and help save the country. Known for his moderate views Siri Ranasinghe lamented that, despite   different races, religions, languages and cultures a minority member could become a president or prime …