Muslims in Sri Lanka will start their month-long Ramadan fasting period from tomorrow (Wednesday), the Colombo Grand Mosque announced.The holy month Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam and a great opportunity for all Muslims to purify their mind, body, heart and soul by fasting and praying to Almighty Allah. Ramadan is not only for fasting but also …
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Attorney General Dappula De Livera has authorized the Proscription of eleven Islamic Organisations connected to extremist activities, AG’s Coordinating Officer State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne.The organisations to be banned are as follows:1. United Thawheed Jamma ‘ath – UTJ2. Ceylon Thawheed Jamma ‘ath – CTJ3. Srilanka Thawheed Jamma ‘ath – SLTJ4. All Ceylon Thawheed Jamma ‘ath – ACTJ5. Ja miyathu I Ansaari …
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Colombo, March 23 (Daily Mirror) – The Colombo Municipal Council yesterday said it had allocated six centers in Colombo this week where those above the age of 60 years can receive the anti COVID19 Astra Zeneca jabs.Chief Medical Officer of the CMC, Dr. Ruwan Wijemuni told Daily Mirror that the vaccination programme will exclusively be administered to those above 60 …
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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 resolution during …
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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 the …
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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 (CMC) premises …
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