It came as a shock to many of us that a little Muslim girl had died after being severely caned as part of an exorcism ritual yesterday.The 9-year-old girl was repeatedly beaten during the ritual ostensibly meant to would drive away an evil spirit. The mother had apparently thought her daughter had been possessed by a demon and took her …
Read More »Nurses and hospital workersThe first stamp profiles nurses and hospital workers who have tested millions of Australians for COVID-19 and treated hundreds over the course of the pandemic.Australia Post has released a new set of stamps honouring those who have continued to serve and protect their fellow Australians in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic.The five $1.10 stamps were …
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Sri Lanka experienced major waves of immigration during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when throngs of immigrants from India & other British colonies took up residence on the island. Indentured labourers from the erstwhile Madras Presidency & Malabar, who were recruited to work on the central Hill plantations of tea, rubber & coffee, constituted the greatest proportion of this group, followed …
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The gazette on allowing the burials of COVID-19 deceased has been sent to the department of government printing, minister S.M. Chandrasena has said.He said that health minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi had conveyed this matter during a party leaders meeting held on Thursday.“The technical committee has declared that the bodies of COVID-19 deceased from the Muslim community can be buried,” Chandrasena noted.source …
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T.B.Jayah-right-signs-the-trade-agreement-with-PakistanColombo, February 23: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to sign a number of MoUs with Sri Lanka on trade and investment during his sojourn here on February 23 and 24. The MoUs are expected to revive the long languishing economic relations between the two countries. The current level of bilateral trade is US$ 460 million but the desired …
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About The BookThe United Nations, whose primary mandate is international peace and security, enjoyed some of its lighter moments when the “glass house by the east river” was occasionally rattled with loud laughter.Did Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev bang his shoe on his desk to attract the General Assembly president’s attention during the October 1960 session? And, as rumor would have it, was the …
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