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In India, religion and socialism commingle and collide.
The new declaration comes as people are frustrated with high cost of living amid unaffordable food prices
In India, religion and socialism collide and commingle
Protesters have called for another massive protest to oust Ranil Wickremesinghe on August 9
At least 18 petitions have been filed against the bill in the Supreme Court.
Gandhi’s secular collaborator sees transformational energy in age-old hindu metaphysics
TNA veteran and lawyer M A Sumanthiran says he is under threat and should not have had his Commando guards removed
Batticaloa Member of Parliament from the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi Rasamanickam Shanakyan, one of the leaders of the ma...
Sri Lanka’s Free Media Movement (FMM) is strongly condemning the military coup in Myanmar calling it an “outrageous ...
Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict is not a shooting war anymore but long-standing issues remain unresolved
“Foreign governments should not be swayed by this disingenuous attempt to avert urgently needed international action,�...
Cabinet spokesman says even the so-called “five-star” democracies follow the practice and those who oppose it are pu...
Political parties, civil society bodies and victims organisations demand that the Human Rights Council act against the g...
Are Sri Lankans of all ethnicities equal citizens and can this country build a nation that treats all groups equally?
The Opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya holds a rally in Colombo to protect the right to freedom of speech
“Many will regard this as an ominous sign of an on-coming authoritarian regime,” the United National Party observed ...
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Opposition lawyers say Ramanayake who was sentenced for contempt of court should be able to continue as an MP
Indian External Affairs Minister tells Virakesari that Sri Lanka has promised to work towards realizing the expectations...
Obstinacy on the Muslim burial issue and the destruction of a memorial for the Jaffna war dead shows the government want...
SJB Parliamentarian asks for protection after he says President Rajapaksa said he could be “killed like a dog.”
University Grants Commission Chairman Snr Prof Sampath Amarathunge says the monument was not suitable for the Sri Lanka ...
Authorities destroy memorial for war dead in University under cover of darkness, police ask protestors to disperse
India’s Covid numbers have come down sharply and with vaccination in sight, India’s economic recovery will be “ful...
With multiple challenges ahead such as resolving the issue of burial of Muslims who die of Covid 19 and the contentious ...
Police are ruling out any extremism or terrorism associated with the minor attack on a Buddha statue in Hingula, Mawanel...
Sri Lanka’s decision to indefinitely postpone Provincial Council (PC) elections controversially was made due to sustai...
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