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Trump to ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘all third world’ countries
US President Donald Trump widens crackdown on immigrants
56 die and 21 missing in Sri Lanka due to heavy rains
Colombo, November 28 – The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) reports that 56 deaths have been recorded within the past 72 hours as adverse weather conditions continue to affect the island. According to the DMC, the total number of fatalities reported from 16 November to date...
Dharmendra, the Bollywood heartthrob with warts
By Shoma A Chatterji/The Citizen Kokata, November 28- When a celebrity passes away, all tributes in the media, be it print or digital or electronic, are focused on the late celebrities’ great qualities of character and on the work he/she has left behind. No one...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake – a Sri Lankan President like no other
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj/DailyFT Colombo, November 28- When Anura was six months old, his mother went to an astrologer to cast his horoscope. The astrologer made some calculations based on planetary movements that prevailed at the time of the boy’s birth and told the mother “your son...
India’s Justice Muralidhar appointed chair of UNHRC Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestine
Geneva, November 27- The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Jürg Lauber (Switzerland), has appointed Srinivasan Muralidhar (India), Florence Mumba (Zambia) and Chris Sidoti (Australia), to serve as members of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including...
Sri Lankan Govt squanders opportunity to build a just society
By Dr.Farah Mihlar/www.groundviews.org London, November 26 -One year after its meteoric rise to power, the NPP risks losing critical momentum and squandering an unparalleled opportunity of using its political capital to build a just peace in the war torn country. Their historic victory on November...
Bangladesh envoy in India recalls shared sacrifices
Amidst strain, Bangladesh High Commissioner hails Indian soldiers’ 1971 role, calls ties ‘multi-layered’
In the West, even Protestant priests are switching to the Catholic church
The push factor is the spiritual vacuum in the Protestant ecosystem and the pull factor is the promise of a clear and firm belief system in the Catholic church
Ensuring fair elections through non-party Caretaker Governments
History shows that the Caretaker Government system has its use but it is by no means a panacea
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