Hundreds of articles have been written in all three languages during the past few months analysing from every possible angle the United States sponsored United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution against Sri Lanka on alleged human rights violations during the final days of the government’s war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam-LTTE.   However there was hardly …

ZAM GEMS, the country’s leading foreign exchange earner and the Gold winner of National Chamber of Exporters is continuing to excel in providing services to the community.  This time it a Children’s Park to Kalbowila Hospital. This Park was declared open by Dr. Anil Jayasinghe, the Director, General Hospital Colombo. And the guests were welcomed by the staff and the …

Fashion Bug Ltd. yesterday issued a statement over the recent attack at its stores and said the withdrawal of charges against the suspects was to preserve national harmony. Following is the full text of the statement: The 17 suspects arrested, including three Buddhist monks, were produced at the Gangodawila Court this morning following the attacks launched on the Fashion Bug …

The scholarship offers Rawan Yaghi a life-changing opportunity Rawan Yaghi is a bookish 19 year old who, appropriately for a student of literature, arrives to meet me in Gaza with a text tucked under her arm. It is a well-thumbed copy of Catch 22, Joseph Heller's classic satirical novel on the absurdities of war; not an inappropriate choice for somebody …

  Buddhist priests should follow the teaching of Lord Buddha and act accordingly; they should not create disunity among communities but unite them and teach the lay people what is good and bad said Nugegoda Magistrate Ajith M. Marasinghe when the hearing regarding the attack on Fashionbug at Papiliyana was heard today (2nd). The Magistrate made these observations addressing the …