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Maestro Lester James Peries and his movie masterpiece “Nidhanaya” (Treasure).
By, D.B.S.Jeyaraj/DailyFT The 4 K restored version of the award winning Sinhala movie “Nidhanaya”(Treasure) directed by Sri Lanka’s renowned film maker Lester James Peries was screened in Colombo at the National Archives auditorium on 7 April 2025. National Archives Director-General, Dr.Nadeera Rupesinghe said that over...
Tamil nationalism is at stake in the Sri Lankan local government elections
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Colombo, April 19 -The upcoming local government elections in Sri Lanka will see fierce campaigns by Tamil political parties in the Northern and Eastern Provinces where Tamils are the predominant community. For the first time in Si Lankan history, the Tamil parties...
Maldives opens first resident embassy in Türkiye
Foreign Minister Abdulla Khaleel raised the national flag at a ceremony in Ankara, alongside Türkiye’s Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy
Delhi police ban Palm Sunday procession citing threat to law and order
The police apparently expected Hindu extremists to attack the procession of Christian men, women and children
Vance to visit India as Trump intensifies tariff war with China
JD Vance is due to meet Narendra Modi on 21 April
Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs and China-US rivalry
By B. R. Deepak/The Sunday Guardian New Delhi, April 13 – The 2 April 2025 announcement triggered a geopolitical firestorm, significantly straining US relations with both allies and rivals. Fulfilling a key campaign promise to impose “reciprocal” tariffs, President Donald Trump on “Liberation Day” (2...
Trump salivates over prospect of mining minerals in Pakistan
Pakistan is said to have minerals valued at US$ 8 trillion
The importance of being Pillayan
By Kassapa Colombo, April 18 (Counterpoint) – There is never a dull moment in Sri Lankan politics these days and not even the general state of inertia imposed by the Sinhala and Tamil New Year could dampen the excitement generated from the detention of Sivanesathurai...
Short-term and long-term measures Sri Lanka should take to face US tariff hike
By Sugeeswara Senadhira/Daily News Colombo, April 18 – Sri Lanka is among the countries currently facing a 90-day respite from hefty 44% tariff imposition on imports announced by US President Donald Trump. This gives a breathing space to plan out short-term and long-term measures to...
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