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General Letter to Zuckerberg from Sri Lanka: No to religious hatred and misogyny on Facebook
Twelve Sri Lankan groups signed the letter. At least six million people regularly use Facebook on the island. The letter demands action to protect personal…
General CPC Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery undergoes major overhaul
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation’s (CPC) Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery successfully completed a colossal 35-day overhaul and renovation programme recently, aimed…
General 22 Global reinsurance giants join to provide reinsurance
Sri Lanka's only local reinsurance provider, The National Insurance Trust Fund (NITF) has successfully concluded the placement of its reinsurance programmes…
General The Future of Colombo is here
In 1962 when Lee Kuan Yew visited Ceylon, he was coming from a war torn land. He immediately fell in love with the human scale and the large trees he saw as a…
General WATCH: 'Sri Lanka's Got Talent' contestant knocks himself out during karate routine
Sri Lanka's got talent, and probably also a serious concussion. On the first season of "Sri Lanka's Got Talent" -- the latest of many localized Got Talent…
General Nearly 11.8 million signed up for Obamacare for 2018, but questions arise for next year
Obamacare remained popular with millions of Americans in 2018, despite the Trump administration's repeated attacks. Nearly 11.8 million people selected…
General Putin Gotabaya In Context – Pun Intended
I support Putin, just as I support Mahinda, and with more caution and caveats, am willing to support Gotabaya if the need arises, because I remember what…
General Shang Properties, UDA sign 99-year land lease deal worth over Rs. 12.8 b
Venture to set up mixed-use development on six-acre site in Sir James Peiris Mawatha Colombo 2 Shang Properties Ltd., a joint venture of Kerry Properties Ltd.…
General Protecting children from sexual predators
Finding out one’s child is a victim of sexual child abuse is a parent’s horrific nightmare. And finding out the sexual perpetrator is someone known by the…
General Behind a growing social fissure
In Sri Lanka, the relationship between the Sinhala Buddhist majority and the Muslim minority has steadily deteriorated since the end of the civil war. When…
General Lankan lasses record second whitewash
ri Lankan Junior Fed Cup team registered their second clean sweep victory in the Asia/Oceania Pre-qualifiers when the beat Vietnam in a convincing fashion 3-0…
General Colombo Port gets competitiveness boost.
Collaborate to compete! The terminal operators of Colombo Port yesterday made a bid to improve its efficiency by signing a landmark Memorandum of Understanding…
General New Port City’s hidden truth spells danger for future generations
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General Stop. Enough. No more
Friday Forum is appalled by the continued violence that has been witnessed in many parts of the country, and especially in the Kandy district, in the last few…
General Normalcy returns to Kandy
Public life in Kandy which had been disrupted over the past couple of days due to ethnic tensions is now returning to normalcy. Businesses which had been shut…
General Rise above differences
My dear Sri Lankan, It is with a sense of sadness that I am writing to you this week following the events in Kandy that has cost two lives already. While I…
General Sri Lankans
An organisation by the name Citizens Against Racism today staged a peaceful protest outside the Fort Railway station in Colombo against the incidents of…
General UN condemns incidents of communal violence in Sri Lanka
The United Nations in Sri Lanka today expressed concern about the recent incidents of communal violence in the country and condemned the acts in the strongest…
General A boom from the past
Somasiri Devendra with a replica of a cannon Picture from the past: Cannon being unloaded at the Trincomalee harbour
General Sri Lanka to establish accepted professional status for electricians
Sri Lanka’s power regulator said it will establish an accepted professional status for electricians in the country through accrediting their qualifications and…
General Cumaratunga Munidasa’s 74th death anniversary falls today: THE DOYEN OF SINHALA JOURNALISM
The origin of the Lak Mini Pahana, the premier Sinhala newspaper goes back to 156 years, and to be exact, its first appearance was on September 11, 1862. Its…
General Portuguese-Sri Lankan Surnames And Their Meanings
Here are a list of some of the more popular Portuguese-Sri Lankan surnames and what they mean: