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The recent floods that have wreaked havoc on the Eastern Province has left in its wake much misery and suffering as many people have lost their provisions and sources of livelihood. This has particularly affected the Ampara and Batticaloa districts. Badly affected areas include Kalmunai, Sainthamaruthu, Maruthamunai and Nindavur as well as certain parts of Sammanthurai, Natpattimunai, and Pandiruppu. The …

East Flood Situation – An Interview with Chief Minister of Eastern Province

Human resources development expert and a well known Saudi investor Saad Abdul Ghani Al Shamrani expressed confidence that Sri Lanka will be an economic power very soon. In an interview given to SLBC and Rupavahini, he said he was pleased that he had an opportunity to meet the president and the prime minister of Sri Lanka, through the Governor Western …

  Wikileak revelations did not surprise me as much as what I read in the front page of your newspaper (20 Dec.). The news item related to some opposition goons trying to canvass support through their masters for a regime change, by conspiring at the headquarters of democracy – the House of Commons. From this we note that already frustration …

Three prominent Sri Lankans have been named among the topmost influential Muslims of 2010 in a recently released publication The 500 Most Influential Muslims 2010 edited by Dr. Joseph Lumbard and Dr Aref Ali Nayed. Among them is M.I.M. Rizvi Mufti, the head of All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU), an organization that plays an active role as the Islamic religious …