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Colombo’s new Mayor Vraie Cally Balthazaar aims at inclusive progress
By Camelia Nathaniel/Daily News Colombo, June 20 – Colombo witnessed a historic transformation in its political landscape on June16, as Vraie Cally Balthazaar was elected as the city’s new Mayor, only the second woman ever to hold this prestigious position. Her election signifies a dramatic...
Deepening relations beween women leaders of Sri Lanka and India
Colombo, June 17- nHigh Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, H.E. Santosh Jha, hosted a reception for the members of the Women Caucus of the Parliament of Sri Lanka on 16 June 2025 at India House. The event was graced by Hon. Prime Minister of...
Effective representation eludes Sri Lanka’s minorities
Sri Lanka’s minority Tamils, Muslims and Malaiyaga Tamils, are groping in the dark for meaningful participation in a socio-political system dominated by the majority Sinhala-Buddhist community
Sri Lankan Communist Party condemns Israeli attack on Iran
The entire Global South stands in solidarity with Palestine and the people of Iran.
Sri Lankan refugees of 1990: A dark chapter in T.N.’s otherwise proud history of offering sanctuary to those in need
The episode ended on a further sad note, as the EPRLF’s general secretary and 14 others were gunned down allegedly by a killer squad of the LTTE on the evening of June 19, 1990,
Bottom trawling, IUU fishing issue: Need to improve accountability: UNSG Guterres
"We are doing our best to increase the mechanisms of international accountability, which, let’s be clear, are extremely limited and inefficient.”
An eyewitness account: India’s ‘Parippu’ drop on 4 June 1987
By Sugeeswara Senadhira Colombo, June 6 (The Morning) – Three years ago, in June 2022, Indian Naval Ship (INS) Gharial arrived with a consignment of food, medicine and kerosene for distribution to the people of Sri Lanka. This welcome humanitarian gesture from the people of...
Tamil parties are talking to each other to form local bodies, but oneupmanship is a spoiler
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Even though a month has passed since the local government elections were held, political parties are unable to form administrations in the majority of the local councils. The ruling National People’s Power ( NPP) and the opposition parties, particularly the Samagi Jana...
What Jaffna’s doctors taught me about life
Watching my mother fight for her life in a small hospital in northern Sri Lanka, I was reminded of something I had forgotten: not all heroes chase, says Abba Kanthasamy.
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