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While the unions calling the May Day rally represented more than 100,000 workers only 1,500 attended, another indication of the deepening distrust of the union apparatus among broad layers of the working class.

Agendas, exaggerations, and misrepresentations guide media reports of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). Illogical descriptions and unverified information

Friday 7th April, 2023 Sri Lankan politicians apparently specialise in making bad laws, which are legion, prominent among them being the PTA (Prevention of Terrorism Act). Amidst heavy fire from various quarters, the government has decided to bite the bullet and defer the presentation of its controversial Anti-terrorism Bill (ATB) to Parliament. Justice Minister Dr. […]

Thursday 6th April, 2023 The Catholic Church has challenged the veracity of a claim by the police that Pulasthini Mahendran alias Sara Jasmine, wife of Muhammadu Muhammadu Hasthun, who carried out a suicide bomb attack on St. Sebastian’s Church, Katuwapitiya, on 21 April 2019, is dead. The police say a third DNA test has revealed […]

An overview of the media in Sri Lanka, as well as links to broadcasters and newspapers.

Excerpted from volume ii of Sarath Amunugama autobiography I was lucky both as Permanent Secretary and a researcher in the field of family planning to spend time in the east coast which is one of the loveliest parts of Sri Lanka, with its pristine beaches and a large swath of blue sea. The Information department […]

Every day, the poor, long suffering Sri Lankans gorge themselves with pastries, buns, rolls, cakes, all swilled down with sugary tea. Sri Lanka is the land of good tea. They know sugar and carbohydrates are bad for them – but they are addicted to sugar. Sugar is addictive and, after all, they have to eat […]

Former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said today that he will contest the next Presidential elections with the support of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), Daily Mirror reported.

Sri Lanka’s former President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday apologised to the country's minority Catholic community for the devastating 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed over 270 people, including 11 Indians. Nine suicide bombers belonging to the local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaat (NTJ) linked to ISIS carried out a series of blasts that tore through

Former Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday apologised to the countrys minority Catholic community for the devastating 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed over 270 people, including 11 Indians, saying that the carnage took place without his knowledge.