Yearly Archives: 2021

Resolution on Sri Lanka passed at UNHRC

The resolution on Sri Lanka was adopted at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva today with 22 voting for, 11 against it and 14 abstentions. Resolution A/HRC/46/L.1 was presented to the Council by Julian Braithwaite, the UK representative to Geneva, on behalf of the Core Group on Sri Lanka. Several member States later expressed their views on the …

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කාන්තා චර්මච්ඡේදනය –

කාන්තාවන්ට විවිධාකාරයේ සුබ සිද්ධීන් ගෙනදෙන ඉස්ලාමීය පිළිවෙතක් කාන්තා චර්මච්ඡේදනය පිළිබඳව විවිධාකාරයේ ලිපිලේඛන ලියාපළකොට ඇති අතර බොහෝ ලේඛකයින් හට ඉහත කරුණු පිළිබඳ ඉස්ලාමීය පිළිවෙත FGM (Female Genital Mutilation)  බොහෝ දුරට අවුල්සහගත බව පෙනේ. කෙසේ වෙතත් මෙය යථාර්තයට වඩා බොහෝ සෙයින් වෙනස් ය. ඉස්ලාමයේ නියම කර ඇති පරිදි කාන්තා චර්මච්ඡේදනය යනු භගමණියේ (භගශිශ්නිකාව) හෙවත් කාන්තා ලිංගෙන්ද්‍රිය ආවරණය කර ඇති ප්‍රපූටිය හෙවත් පෙරසම …

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President and PM make phone calls to world Muslim leaders

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa have made phone calls to world Muslim leaders, a day before the UN Human Rights Council takes a vote on a resolution against Sri Lanka. Secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Yousef A. Al-othaimeen, had received a phone call yesterday (Sunday) from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who discussed with him …

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COVID19: E-channeling system to get vaccines on prior appointment soon: Rosy

An e-channeling system would be introduced enabling the public to book time and date to get Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 in the Colombo Municipality area in the future, Mayoress of Colombo Rosy Senanayake said. She said steps are being taken in full swing to implement this operation. She made these remarks at an event held at the Colombo Municipal Council …

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31 bodies of COVID-19 victims buried so far

A total of 31 corpses of COVID-19 victims have been so far buried in the Ottamavadi area, Batticaloa, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said. He said the toll increased to 31 with seven more bodies of COVID-19 victims being buried today. The burial of COVID-19 victims commenced on March 05 in Sri Lanka at Ottamavadi in the Eastern Province.

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