April, 2024

• 21 April

  Justice Ameer Ismail passes away

  

  Retired Supreme Court judge Ameer Ismail passed away yesterday. Educated at Wesley College, Colombo, he obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Ceylon and was sworn in as an advocate in 1969. He joined the Attorney General’s Department as a Crown Counsel in 1971 and was later promoted to Senior State Counsel. He was appointed as a …

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• 21 April

  Sri Lanka Chapter of WFSLM formed

  

  To empower Muslim civil society, a steering committee of the Sri Lanka Chapter of the World Forum for Sri Lanka Muslims (WFSLM) was formed on April 16, in Colombo under the chairmanship of Prof Rasheen Bappu. The Chapter will focus on areas such as public relations and media, education, pluralism, coexistence and interaction, social and event management, political and international …

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• 21 April

  Dr. Ariyaratne enriched underprivileged families – Prof. Rasheen Bappu

  

  Sri Lanka Chapter of World Forum for Sri Lankan Muslims Chairman Prof. Rasheen Bappu in condolence message over the death of Sarvodaya Founder Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne said that the late Dr. Ariyaratne enriched many families under the poverty line in the country. “He transformed and navigated the Sri Lankan Civil Society activities to a result-oriented venture”. Excerpts from the …

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• 21 April

  Justice Ameer Ismail passes away

  Retired Supreme Court judge Ameer Ismail passed away yesterday. Educated at Wesley College, Colombo, he obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Ceylon and was sworn in as an advocate in 1969. He joined the Attorney General’s Department as a Crown Counsel in 1971 and was later promoted to Senior State Counsel. He was appointed as a …

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• 18 April

  17 Facts You Don’t Know About Iran:

  

  1. Iran is home to one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited cities, Susa, which dates back over 6,000 years.2. The world’s highest number of nose jobs per capita is recorded in Iran, making cosmetic surgery surprisingly common.3. Iran boasts one of the world’s oldest monotheistic religions, Zoroastrianism, which dates back over 3,500 years and influenced the development of other …

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• 18 April

  Experts divided over implications of prayer ban ruling at London school

  

  The ruling on a prayer ban at a top London school has created a “classic English policy muddle” that has divided school leaders over its implications, with some experts predicting that more schools could ban organised prayers as a result. The warning came after a high court judge upheld the ban at Michaela community school in Brent, north-west London, dismissing a challenge by a …

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• 18 April

  LIFE IN THE THERUV (MOORLAND OF HULFTDORP) IN THE OLDEN TIME

  

  Hulftsdorp is home to what is probably the oldest Moor community in Colombo. It still preserves memories of this past in its two street names still known as Old and New Moor Street and its Grand Mosque, regarded as the most authoritative mosque in the entire island, which must have been built over a still older edifice a long time …

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