Sailan Muslim Foundation notes with concern the latest tension in Aluthgama and calls upon all concerned to exercise restraint. It calls upon the government to take urgent steps to end the escalating trend towards anarchy and mob rule by mischief makers hiding behind the façade of patriotism, and to arrest all those found guilty of violence or inciting violence. At …

Minister Rishad Badiutheen organised a media tour on Tuesday to brief the media about the charge that Muslim colonies were created in the Wilpattu Forest reserve.By Darshana Sanjeewa ​

A photo taken by Muhammad Helmi in 1947 shows Maqam Ibrahim inside the Haram  French President Francois Hollande and Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Prince Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah open a Haj exhibition in Paris on Tuesday. King Abdul Aziz Library and the Paris-based Institute of Arab World are jointly organizing the event, which will run for three months. Faisal bin …

Having acknowledged that ongoing religious tensions could destabilise the country, President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday announced the setting up of a special law enforcement unit to tackle the situation.   The president was responding to a query at a meeting with editors of national newspapers and representatives of the print and electronic media at Temple Trees yesterday. Turning towards IGP N.K. …

We note the price increases of fruits, vegetable and other products whenever we walk into a supermarket but we fail to understand what is actually triggering this or the cause for it. Especially, food products have a domino effect with adverse condition in production. Until I came across the news related to various diseases affecting the food production, I, too, …

The Arab League on Thursday warned of serious consequences of a controversial Israeli plan, dubbed the Prawer plan, to destroy dozens of unrecognized Bedouin villages in Negev and evacuate tens of thousands of locals. "This plan contradicts substantially with efforts to provide an atmosphere conducive to the success of Palestinian-Israeli peace talks," the pan-Arab body's chief Nabil al-Arabi said in …