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Approximately 15,000 members of the Bora community from various countries are expected to attend the event.
The monk was sentenced to four years in prison with hard labour for hate speech against Muslims.
The National Christian Council of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) is expressing deep concern about the manner in which the 20th Amendm...
Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic Church is joining the chorus of opposition to the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constituti...
A section of Sri Lanka’s powerful Buddhist clergy is opposing a Constitutional Amendment proposed by the government of...
Sri Lanka’s governing party Members of Parliament agreed today to bring about a ban on cattle slaughter in the country...
There is a concept of inclusive nationalism, in which everyone born within the boundaries of the country (regardless of ...
The dispute as to who should be nominated to the single National List seat won by the Buddhist Monks-led Our People’s ...
The Buddhist Monk holding the key to the single Parliamentary seat won by the Monks-led Our People’s Power Party (OPPP...
In-fighting over who should have a seat in parliament from the Our People’s Power Party (OPPP), led by ultra-right-win...
The result of the election has shown that the people have heeded President Rajapaksa’s call and strengthened his hand ...
Ultra Right-Wing Buddhist Monk Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero will be nominated to be in Parliament by a small party ca...
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The Chairman of Sri Lanka’s governing Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Prof G.L. Peiris is saying that the governmen...
Former Member of Parliament Harin Fernando has met Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith and two have made up after a spat between th...
The Prime MInister’s Office has ordered an inquiry into an incident that happened last week at the historic Nainativu ...
The Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) is extending an apology to Malcolm Cardinal Ranjit over remarks made on Sunday at a pub...
COVID 19 will deal a devastating blow to places like Kandy and Kataragama as crowds are banned from gathering for the ma...
Veteran politician Mangala Samaraweera is saying he is stepping down from Parliamentary politics and asked voters not to...
Most residents of the town of Minuwangoda remember the night of May 13, 2019 vividly as that was when mobs rampaged thro...
The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is expressing deep concern about the two Presidential Task Forces established t...
There must be justice for Easter Sunday, but there must also be justice for Hejaaz and others subjected to arbitrary arr...
The Mosque in Kattankudy where National Towheed Jamaat (NTJ) leader Zaharan Cassim breathed fire to his followers is to ...
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