By Shenali Waduge COLOMBO (IDN) – The appointment of a three-member team by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)on May 30 to investigate alleged abuses by Myanmar military forces against the country’s Royingya Muslim minority raises many questions about its neutrality, particularly as all the three members have questionable backgrounds as to their fitness to […]

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By Rohana R. Wasala The argument that there is no Islamophobia as such seems to be gaining credence.  If, as Muslims claim, theirs is the world’s fastest growing religion (Wikipedia), how can there be any? But it is a fact that many people, particularly non-Muslims, make negative comments on some central aspects of Islam. The […]

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ALI SUKHANVER Terrorism directly damages all type of trade and business activities in a country. For a terrorism-stricken country like Pakistan, it becomes very difficult to keep its economy stable on long-term basis. Business and trade activities bring prosperity not only to the investors or traders at individual level but to the whole society. Increase […]

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ලංකා සී නිවුස් ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණු නායක අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතාගේ පුත‍්‍රයා වන කැළුම් දිසානායක අද පස්වරුවේ විවාහ දිවියට ඇතුලත්ව ඇති බවට ෆේස්බුක් ජාලයේ පින්තූර සහිතව විසතර පලවෙයි. කතෝලික ආගමික චාරිත‍්‍රානුකූළව මෙම විවාහය සිදුකෙරුනේ රාවතාවත්ත ශුද්ධ වූ එමානුවෙල් පල්ලියේදී බවත් විවාහය වෙනුවෙන් වූ සාදය ඉන් පසුව පැවැත්වුනේ මොරටුව තොටුපල හෝටලයේදී බවත් වාර්තාවන්හි දැක්වෙයි. එම විවාහය […]

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Dr Hector Perera       London Diabetes is a serious life-long health condition that occurs when the amount of glucose (sugar) in the blood is too high because the body can’t use it properly. If left untreated, high blood glucose levels can cause serious health complications. There are two main types of diabetes: Type 1 and Type […]

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ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information regarding the arrest, detention and torture of Mr. D V Jeevan Kumara Gunasinghe from Thambuwa, Ma-Eliya in the Kurunegala District. On 2nd January 2017, he has been illegally arrested, detained, tortured and brought to the Polpithigama Police […]

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වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග  Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge මිත්‍රවරුනි මම කවි පොතක් ලිව්වා.: Rhythm of Life පෙරවදන කපිතාන් එල්මෝ ජයවර්ධන ගෙන් ; මේ වසර ඇතුලත එලියට දාන්න පුලුවන් වෙයි කියා හිතනවා Foreword Rhythm of Life’ Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge has written many books. I have read one, wish I had read more. ‘71 Karella’ was […]

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