Mehjabin Bhanu- Bangladeshi culuminst, security and strategic affairs analyst, teacher. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) encourages governments to work together to regulate shipping involved in international trade and to adopt the highest standards that are practical in terms of maritime safety, navigation efficiency, and the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships.  The International […]

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ALI SUKHANVER From the US to UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, China and Saudia, no country allows any immigrant to stay there without official documentation. Recently when Pakistan announced a strict action plan against all illegal immigrants, a very strange and illogical wave of resentment simply ‘haunted’ the attention of some specific  human rights organizations all […]

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Written and Compiled by Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD (in progress)  In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same., Albert Einstein For treatment, procedures for PTSD in Sri Lanka medications and psychotherapy are widely used. Some prefer to […]

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Prof. Sunil Wimalawansa  Part Five: Vitamin D safety and adverse effects—When should caution be advised?   In hypovitaminosis D, maximum benefit occurs over a steep dose response. Beyond that, no matter the high doses, additional benefits won’t exist. This principle is crucial for designing Clinical Studies and RCTs and Practice (DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11061542)  It provides original links to […]

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උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් රිකට් අතුරු කමිටුවක් පවත්වාගෙන යාමට අධිකරනයෙන් බාධාවක් නොවන්නේ නම් හිටපු ඇමති රොෂාන් රණසිංහ මහතා විසින් පත්කර ඇති අතුරු කමිටුව දිගටම පවත්වාගෙන යාමට තම අනුමැතිය ලබාදෙන බව ක්‍රීඩා ඇමැති හරීන් ප්‍රනාන්දු මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. අධිකරණයේ තීරණයට ගරු කරමින් ක්‍රිකට් ගැටළුවට තමන් මැදිහත් වීම සිදු කරන බවද හෙතෙම පැවසීය. වත්මන් ක්‍රිකට් අර්බුදය […]

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by Arundathie Abeysinghe  courtesy PIME Asia News  An organised crime cartel allegedly brought 13 children ‘regularly’ from Sri Lanka to Malaysia and from there, using false documents, they were trafficked to the rest of the world, including Europe. The chairman of the National Child Protection Authority, Udayakumara Amarasinghe: ‘Parents are given a certain amount of […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The Sri Lankan Catholic Church has deplored the appointment of Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon as the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP). Addressing a media briefing today (Nov.29), Spokesperson of the Colombo Archdiocese Rev. Fr. Cyril Gamini said the Catholic Church deems this appointment ‘an insult’ to the victims of the 2019 Easter […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The Sri Lankan government has announced that it has reached an agreement in principle with its Official Creditor Committee (OCC) on the financial terms of a debt treatment.  Issuing a statement, the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policy stated that the agreement in principle covers approximately US$ 5.9bn of outstanding public […]

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