RANJITH SOYSA Of late, some of the members of Sinhala community are receiving step motherly treatment from the racist Tamil politicians as well as the local administrations and in some instances from the  Police services too. The discriminatory policies impacting Sinhala villagers in Kokkilai bay area and Divulapthana in the East are being discussed regularly […]

Chanaka Bandarage Open up Expressways for Most Traffic Last week, it took a friend of mine 4 ½ hours to reach the Negambo’s Kochcchikade bridge from Colombo. This is insane. He said there was bumper to bumper traffic all throughout. At the same time the Katunayake Expressway – built after spending billions of rupees, had […]

MIKE WHITNEY  Yemen has said it would stop the blockade of Israel-bound ships as soon as sufficient food, water and medicine are allowed to enter Gaza. Guess that’s asking too much.” Elizabeth Murray@elizabethmurra Yemen’s Houthi militia has shown how a small army can take on the American Empire and win. They have shown how courage, resolve and […]

BreakThrough News Hint: it has to do with imperialism. BT’s Kei Pritsker explains the crucial role Israel plays in US domination of the Middle East and geopolitics.

Anup Sinha -a security and strategic affairs researcher and freelance columnist The upcoming national election is now a hot topic in Bangladesh. There is no end to people’s enthusiasm around the upcoming 12th National Assembly elections which is scheduled to held on January 7, 2024. Out of the 44 parties registered in the Election Commission, […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Wijeyadasa pushes for suspension of Parate executions: ‘Country paying heavy price for not having proper tax regime, favourable treatment to some’ Justice, Prisons Affairs and Constitutional Reforms Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, has assured the local business community, troubled by parate executions, that laws will be brought in to regulate […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Kandy, Dec 24 (Daily Mirror)- A suspected Covid-19 death was reported from the National Hospital in Kandy yesterday (23). According to sources, the victim is a 65-year-old man from the Atgala area of Gampola. The individual was initially admitted with breathing difficulties and a lung infection, and a post-mortem PCR test […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka received over 1.4 million tourists by the end of the third week of December, the latest statistics released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) show. The SLTDA weekly report on tourist arrivals released on Saturday shows that 1,404,998 tourists have arrived by Dec. 21, 2023. According to the report, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police together with the Police Special Task Force (STF) has arrested over 13,000 suspects over drugs related crimes since the launch of ‘Operation Yukthiya’ on 17 December up to now, the police said. Police Media Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa stated that accordingly, a total of 13,666 individuals were arrested for drugs […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara, highlighted the significant improvement in the country’s foreign reserves under the leadership of President Ranil Wickremesinghe. According to Minister Nanayakkara, the foreign reserve was depleted when the current government assumed office, but it has successfully rebounded, reaching a noteworthy USD 3.6 billion. >Minister […]