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In his address, the prime minister boasts of progress made in the peace process, and political stability while mentioning threats to Nepal from climate change and the rise in conflict between nations.

The counsellor for India Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Pratik Mathur, addressed the 68th Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on

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"The privilege of using the veto has been vested in only five member states. As rightly called out by our African brothers, it goes against the concept of sovereign equality of states and only perpetuates the mindset of the Second World War, to the victor belongs the spoils," he said.

By Rohan Abeygunawardena abeyrohan@gmail.com (“The Message” that came after “Line of Destiny”) “Ask Lester to come and see me” If not for above message Lester James Peries (Lester) received from K. Gunaratnam, the film industry of Sri Lanka would have probably lost the classic work of the Master Filmmaker of the country. Lester’s first Sinhala […]

I believe that there are many Sri Lankans (here and abroad), who are ready to help our country to flourish, and our people to enjoy the maximum benefits, out of the blessings that Nature has so plentifully bestowed on us. We have ruined our endowments, and reduced ourselves to disgraceful beggary. We have been blessed […]

I must disagree with Rohana Wasala’s claim that Sri Lanka was communally divided at independence (The Island Opinion, 9 Mar). During the entire British period there were scarcely any instances of violence between Sinhalese and Tamils and the vast majority of the State Councillors at independence (51 out of 54) voted in favour of the […]

President Buhari delivers Nigeria's National Statement at the 77th United Nations General Assembly, UNGA 77 in New York on 21st Sep 2022

The Nigerian leader also spoke on other matters such as climate change and institutionalising democracy in Nigeria and other African countries.

President Muhammadu Buhari addressed the 77th United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, in New York, the United States of America on Wednesday. During the