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Saturday, 23 January 2021, 6:29 am I am pleased to recognize today’s entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons — the first multilateral nuclear disarmament treaty in more than two decades. The Treaty is an important step towards the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons and a strong demonstration of support for multilateral approaches to nuclear disarmament. I commend the States that have ratified the Treaty and welcome the instrumental role of civil society in advancing negotiation and entry into force. The survivors of nuclear explosions and nuclear tests o...

The Colombo Regional Representative Conference of the Federation of National Organizations will be held under the patronage of its Convener Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekara on January 21 at 3.30 pm at the Sambuddhatva Jayanthi Mandiraya, Thummulla, Colombo 07.  The theme of the conference is “Do not submit to Islamic extremism and do not alienate national resources, including […]

AG agrees with Prof. Gunaruwan report By Shamindra Ferdinando Attorney General Dappula de Livera, PC, has informed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact, Project Implementation Agreement, as well as Articles of Association of MCA (Millennium Challenge Act), Sri Lanka, are violative of cerain provisions of the Constitution. The AG has said […]

Former Sri Lankan ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga and 45 Ukrainian tourists visited a number of Buddhist sites in Polonnaruwa yesterday. The group was greeted by officers of the Central Cultural Fund, and were taken on a guided tour of the place. The Army and the police had been deployed to provide security to the Ukrainians. After completing the Polonnaruwa tour, they left for Matale. The Army, police and CCF officials were in protective gear in view of the pandemic. Our attempts to contact Sri Lanka Tourism officials to learn whether Weeratunga had informed them of the tour in adva...

By Rathindra Kuruwita President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s ‘Gama Samaga Pilisandara’ is a psychological operation to counter people’s resistance to a move to hand over chena and grasslands to large companies, environmentalist Sajeewa Chamikara said yesterday. Chamikara claimed that the government had earmarked 800,000 acres of land to be given to corporations, and those lands would mainly […]