Meera Srinivasan Sri Lanka’s response to the UNHRC vote suggests that to Colombo, what India thinks matters more than what many other powerful nations do With 23 countries backing a relatively strong resolution against Sri Lanka at the recent U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva, one would have thought the country would feel Read More
Former president Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge said that if the Opposition did not act properly and unseat this government democratically, the people would revolt as has happened in some
Welcome to the live updates of the finals of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup. Being a runner-up for three times, it is celebration for Sri Lanka. They bowled brilliantly, fielded brilliantly and batted brilliantly. They just outplayed India in all departments. Sangakkara in his final match played a brilliant match-winning knock. Sri Lanka won the Read More
Yousef al-Shawamrah, 14, was shot in the back and hip with live ammunition near his village of Deir al-Asal al-Fawqa, which sits alongside Israel’s separation barrier, on March 19.
Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has poured scorn on the recent resolution by the European Parliament (EP) against the Islamic Republic.
Daniel Flitton Australia should join the world leader in championing justice for human rights violations. Back in the days when George W. Bush would cheer on his mate John “Man of Steel” Howard, the chief aide to Australia’s foreign minister kept a private list. He jotted down every instance where Australia had broken ranks with Read More
By Bill Neely, Deep down, amid the profound blackness of an ocean at the bottom of the world, the final signals are fading from a metal box. It’s almost certainly trapped inside the body of a much larger metal fuselage that one month ago was filled with more than two hundred people, flying high above Read More
Leader of the Opposition and UNP National Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said his party would now press the government to hold a presidential or a general election next year.
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the final of the ICC World Twenty 20 here today.
Sri Lanka ranked 85th out of 132 countries, the top performer in the region on Social Progress Index 2014, a new global index released Thursday by a U.S.-based nonprofit, The Social Progress Imperative (SPI).
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