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On Wednesday, a fraudulent vote is taking place in parliament for a new president, amid continuing anti-government protests now demanding the resignation of Wickremesinghe after Rajapakse fled the country.

History suggests the best alternatives

Dr. Harold Gunatillake In 1969, I returned to the island with my fellowship degree and intensive training with one of the famous surgeons in London, Mr Norman Tanner, having served as Senior Registrar at Queen Mary’s Hospital Orthopaedics. I still recollect the interview for the selection for this post, sitting in front of a panel […]

By Hugh Karunanayake The four generational link that the Northways had with the plantation enterprise in Ceylon ended with the death of the last of the Northways in Sri Lanka, that of Michael Northway, in 1995. The progenitor of the family in Ceylon was Samuel Northway who together with the Winters, Bowmans, Hawkes, and Gotteliers, […]

Here are some budget-friendly countries that you can visit on your next holiday.

By Lalith Chaminda and S.K. Kaluarachchi Tourist coach operators claim that they have had to drastically increase their fares due to the prevailing fuel shortage.This has adversely affected tourism because those who visit Sri Lanka informed others of the situation here.Tourist coach operators said that they had to charge between Rs. 30,000 and 35,000 to […]

By Lynn Ockersz The ‘Long Arm of the Law’, Often clumsy and paralyzed, Is dead on target this time around, Brutally bloodying the pleading lass, Her piercing screams of doubling pain, Failing to still that Beast within him, Now fully roused and baying for blood, And his role as protector is now forgot, For, his […]

“The demand of the Janatha Aragalaya has consistently been for the formation of an all-party government, after the resignation of the President and Prime Minister, which should focus on providing economic relief to the people and to enacting a new constitution that abolishes the presidential system of government.”

The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva was established in June 1965. The first Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), Mr Rex Koelmeyer presented credentials on 23 June 1965.The present Ambassador/Permanent Representative H.E. Mr. Ravinatha Aryasinha presented credentials on 19 July 2012. The Mission functions as the Permanent delegation of Sri Lanka to all UN and other international organizations in Switzerland including the World Tra...

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country early July 13 to seek refuge in the Maldives, after violent protestors stormed his residency July 9.