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A total of 76 pilgrims from Tamil Nadus Rameswaram have travelled to Sri Lankas Katchatheevu island to participate in the annual festival of St Antonys Church, which began on Friday evening and will continue overnight.The pilgrims were ...

Sri Lankas Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda wants fishermen from Tamil Nadu to attend the annual church feast at the Kachchatheevu Island, adding that he would speak to the government and make arrangements to accommodate the Indian devotees ...

Friday 4th February, 2022 The government has pulled out all the stops to hold the Independence Day celebrations on a grand scale while the country is sinking deeper into crisis. Today, political leaders will arrive at the Independence Square, in their limousines, puff out their chests and sing the national anthem with gusto. There will […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris during a three-day visit to Jaffna that ended up with a pow-wow with civil society activists at the Jaffna District Secretariat on Monday (31) repeatedly urged the Northern community to integrate with the South. Twice Foreign Minister Prof. Peiris who is also the Chairman of the ruling […]

New boatyard in Velanai Upto one hundred Tamil youth to be trained One-year theory and practical courses Sail Lanka Yachting Group and Building a Future Foundation are to replicate in the north of Sri Lanka, their successful boat-building and marine training project for youth. Following the recent inauguration of the project in Velanai in the […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Chinese Ambassador to Colombo Qi Zhenhong seems quite confident of Sri Lanka’s capacity to overcome the current economic turmoil the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) is experiencing.  The top Chinese envoy, at an informal meeting with a selected group of print media journalists on Sunday (09), soon after the departure of […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita The Milk Powder Importers Association yesterday said that the shortage of imported milk powder would last at least until the end of January. Spokesman for the Association Asoka Bandara said that a ship carrying milk powder was expected to reach Sri Lanka at the end of January or early February. Bandara added […]

The ongoing military harassment of Indian and Sri Lankan fishermen highlight the reactionary and irrational character of the arbitrary national borders maintained by the ruling classes in both countries.

Fresh hopes marking a  new turn in the bilateral relations, kicked off by the positive Indian media reports on the Sri Lankan Finance Minister

Uniindia: Colombo, Dec 26 (UNI) The Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong’s visit to the Northern region of Sri Lanka, during which he travelled to Jaffna and Mannar and the northernmost point of the island at Point Pedro, has raised curiosity, and concern.