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Tornadoes Devastate Oklahoma: 51 dead - 20 school children among them

Tamara Kunanayakam is back in Geneva

Muslims and the War on Terror

Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Los Angeles promotes Trade ,...

The Feast of Mother Mary in Florence in Italy

Visit of High Level Buddhist Delegation to Japan

Dead Jackson makes more money than living Bieber!

No end in troubles for TNA

Turtle Conservation in Sri Lanka

The Center should immediately appoint Chairman of CFMG, CFSB

News

Tamara Kunanayakam is back in Geneva

Tue, 2013-05-21 08:01 — editor

Tamara Kunanayakam, Sri Lanka’s former Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, was re-elected by acclamation last Monday as Chairperson-Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council’s Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Development, which held its 14th session from 13 to 17 May, in Geneva.

Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Los Angeles promotes Trade , Investment and Tourism

Tue, 2013-05-21 02:58 — editor

The Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Los Angeles participated at an annual event “International Trade Outlook” jointly organized by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation and the World Trade Center Association Los Angeles-Long Beach at Renaissance Long Beach Hotel, California on 15th May, 2013.

Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Los Angeles promotes Trade , Investment and Tourism

The Feast of Mother Mary in Florence in Italy

Tue, 2013-05-21 02:48 — editor

The annual feast of Mother Mary in Florence was celebrated on Pentecost Sunday in grand scale.

The Feast of Mother Mary in Florence in Italy

Visit of High Level Buddhist Delegation to Japan

Tue, 2013-05-21 02:16 — editor

Maha Nayaka of the Amarapura MahaNikaya, Most Venerable Davuldena Gnanissara Thero and Maha Nayaka of the Ramanna MahaNikaya Most Venerable Napana Premasiri Thero visited Japan from 9th to 16th May accompanied by a high-level delegation of Buddhist clergy.

Visit of High Level Buddhist Delegation to Japan

Dead Jackson makes more money than living Bieber!

Tue, 2013-05-21 02:07 — editor

Michael Jackson’s estate has made more money through ticket sales in the four years since his death than the ‘Thriller’ performer made during his lifetime.

The Center should immediately appoint Chairman of CFMG, CFSB

Mon, 2013-05-20 07:08 — editor

It didn’t take long for the underground related violence to have steep rise after Chairman of the both Cease Fire Monitoring Group (CFMG) and Cease Fire Supervisory Board (CFSB) Maj Gen (Retd) N George resigned from the post.

Sri Lankan Ambassador stresses Strong political will to endorse draft Right to Development and operational sub-criteria

Sun, 2013-05-19 05:13 — editor

Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha, Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, emphasized of, "strong political will is needed to finalize the process of considering, revising, and ultimately endorsing the draft Right to Development criteria and operational sub-criteria, towards the elaboration of a coherent set of standards on this intrinsic right".

President Mahinda Returned Yesterday

Sat, 2013-05-18 06:52 — editor

President Mahinda Rajapaksa who was on a four-day official visit to Uganda returned to Sri Lanka yesterday morning.

US blacklists four Syrian ministers, Nusra leader

Sat, 2013-05-18 03:33 — editor

The United States on Thursday blacklisted the leader of the militant Al-Nusra Front fighting the Syrian regime, as well as four top Syrian government officials, including the defense minister.

Al-Nusra's chief Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani

Release of handbook on the “India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement”

Fri, 2013-05-17 11:50 — editor

A Handbook on the India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement was released on 15 May 2013 by Rishad Bathiudeen, Minister for Industry and Commerce, Government of Sri Lanka and Ashok K. Kantha, High Commissioner of India. The handbook was brought out by the High Commission of India in collaboration with the Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka.