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Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend the four-day truce in Gaza for another two days, mediator Qatar says. The Gulf state provided no further details, but Israel had offered a day’s pause in the fighting for every 10 additional Israeli hostages freed. A Palestinian source also told the BBC that the truce had been […]
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Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara emphasized that political parties on ethnic or religious lines established to gain narrow political advantage by sowing racism should be banned.The post Religion, ethnicity based political parties should be banned – Minister appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
slams colleague over criticism of US envoy’s conduct By Shamindra Ferdinando SLPP MP Chandima Weerakkody has lashed out at fellow ruling party MP and Chairman of Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security Sarath Weerasekera for the latter’s recent comment on US Ambassador Julie Chung’s conduct in respect of last year’s popular uprising which led to […]
Monday 27th November, 2023 The SJB has commenced collecting signatures for a public petition as part of a campaign to have those who are responsible for the current economic crisis stripped of their civic rights. Given public resentment, which is palpable, the SJB may be able to obtain hundreds of thousands of signatures for its […]
by G. T. Dharmasena Former Director General of Irrigation and currently the Consultant to the Metallurgical Corporation of China The Nilwala Ganga has a drainage area of 1043.0 sq.km and its annual average run off to sea is estimated as 1167.0 Million Cubic Meters (mcm). The only major infrastructure facility available in the basin for […]
Govt. denies claim as baseless by Saman Indrajith SLMC leader and SJB Kandy District MP Rauff Hakeem told Parliament on Saturday that Sri Lankan expatriate workers planning to go to Israel were to be given military training in that country. Hakeem said numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity had taken place in and around […]
The Red Cross received 17 hostages on Sunday, (26 Nov.) including 13 Israelis and 4 foreign nationals, Israel s military confirmed.
Hamas says it has handed over the third batch of 13 Israelis and four foreign nationals to Red Cross. Aljazeera reported that confirmation has been received from the Israelis that 13 captives have now been handed over to the Red Cross, nine of them children – one of them is thought to be a dual […]
A second group of Israeli hostages left Hamas captivity on Saturday, after hours of delay had increased the anxiety of desperate families. The Israeli military said 13 Israelis were released in Gaza and in exchange 39 more Palestinian prisoners were released by Israel in the West Bank. Hamas also released four Thai hostages. The first […]
Crowds have met 39 freed Palestinian prisoners in the occupied West Bank after 13 Israeli and four Thai hostages released by Hamas left Gaza through the Rafah crossing. The exchange on the second day of the four-day truce was delayed for hours over Hamas’s allegations that Israel was violating the truce deal and it was […]
by Sujeeva Nivunhella reporting from London Rohitha Bogollagama, the newly appointed High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to the United Kingdom, last week formally assumed duties at the High Commission at a modest ceremony.He was received on arrival at Heathrow Airport by Mrs Kathryn Colvin, Special Representative of the UK Foreign Secretary. Addressing the High Commission […]
By Amal JAYASINGHE Malé (Maldives) AFP: Rising sea levels threaten to swamp the Maldives and the Indian Ocean archipelago is already out of drinking water, but the new president says he has scrapped plans to relocate citizens. Instead, President Mohamed Muizzu promises the low-lying nation will beat back the waves through ambitious land reclamation and building […]
By Sujeeva Nivunhella Last week in Vienna, Ambassador M.R.K Lenagala, Sri Lanka’s representative to the UNO and other international organizations in Vienna, officially became the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sri Lanka, following the presenting of Letters of Credence to President Alexander Van der Bellen at the Hofburg Palace. The ceremonial event marked the initiation […]
ECONOMYNEXT –Former minister, MP Rauff Hakeem has opposed Sri Lanka’s plans to send 10,000 workers to belligerent Israel.Cabinet spokesman minister Bandula Gunawardena said this week that cabinet approved a plan to send workers to Israel’s agriculture sector. “Sending our workers to a country that is committing war crimes is like sending workers to Nazi Germany, […]
ECONOMYNEXT –A Minister warns of emerging racism in the island nation targeting ethnic minorities ahead of 2024 elections while regretting the past racism-led events including riots and insurrections since the 1948 independence. Sri Lankan politicians have historically used racism to divide the country and win elections with the help of their own ethnicities and religious […]
(Excerpted from the memoirs of Lalith de Mel) He returned to a Sri Lanka going through a difficult phase due to the JVP uprising. There were curfews and a sense of fear in the air. His predecessor in Sri Lanka had a young family and was glad to get away from the chaos that prevailed […]
By Capt. A.G.A. Barrie P.Eng., B.Sc (Hons)(Eng) A.M.A. Azeez’s 50th death anniversary fell on November 24, 2023. Aboobucker Mohamed Abdul Azeez, an eminent educationist, erudite learned scholar in English and Tamil, brilliant orator, efficient administrator, writer, visionary and dedicated community worker, was born on October 4, 1911 to a traditional elite family of Vannarpannai in […]
This is an exchange between two Australians of Sri Lankan descent prior to the World Cup final between India and Australia at Ahmedebad last week reproduced in Michael Roberts’ Thuppahai blog. The protagonists are Errol Fernando, a skilled piano player from Trinity College, who predicted the Aussie victory against all odds and the firmer Royal […]
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The Sectoral Oversight Committee (SOC) on National Economic and Physical Plans has instructed the Department of Project Management and Monitoring to submit a progress report without delay as it was disclosed that only 31 out of 179 foreign investment projects are efficacious.
David Cameron, the former British prime minister who has recently become the country’s foreign minister, has told the BBC that there must be “long-term safety, security and stability” for Palestinians in order for Israel to be secure. “You’ve got to think about what will happen in Gaza after this conflict has finished and how is […]
Conference on Sri Lankan Cinema and society The cultural programme of the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between France and Sri Lanka continues with a sequence dedicated to Sri Lankan Cinema. The French Embassy to Sri Lanka and the Maldives have organized a conference about Sri Lankan Cinema by Vilasnee Tampoe-Hautin […]
Five people were arrested during a protest staged near the US Embassy in Colombo in support of Palestine. A heavy Police security net was placed around the Embassy as a group of people gathered and protested against the US Government’s support to Israel during the ongoing conflict in Gaza. The protesters shouted slogans against the […]
A total of 39 Palestinian detainees have been released from Israeli prisons in exchange for a group of hostages held by Hamas.
The Palestinian armed group Hamas has released 24 hostages held captive by the group in Gaza for almost seven weeks, according to Qatar’s foreign ministry and the International Red Cross, hours after an Israel-Hamas truce mediated by Qatar came into effect. Among the captives released were 13 Israelis, 10 Thai nationals and one Filipino citizen, […]
Thailand’s PM says 12 Thai captives have been released in Gaza amid the truce between Hamas and Israel. “It has been confirmed by the security side and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that 12 Thai hostages are already released,” Srettha Thavisin posted on X. At least 23 Thai workers are believed to be among the […]
High Commissioner designate Rohitha Bogollagama presented the Open Copy of his Letter of Credence to, Vice Marshal and Director of Protocol at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Victoria Busby OBE, before the formal and ceremonial presentation of Credentials to His Majesty King Charles III. High Commissioner designate Bogollagama thanked Vice Marshal and Director Busby […]
The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI) has earned USD 1.8 billion in total investments as at 23 November, State Minister of Investment Promotion Dilum Amunugama revealed.
A four-day truce in the Israel-Hamas war took effect early Friday, setting the stage for the exchange of dozens of hostages held by militants in Gaza in return for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.