Zakir Naik, the radical Islamic preacher wanted by India in several criminal cases said at a lecture in Oman that a majority of Hindus in India love him.
By Somasundaram Skandakumar In February 2017, my team and I at the Sri Lankan High Commission in Australia was informed that then-Prime Minister (PM) Ranil Wickremesinghe had been invited to deliver the keynote address and accept an honorary doctorate at the Deakin Law School graduation. We immediately communicated the news to Australia’s Department of Foreign […]
BY SHIHAR ANEEZ ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka should enter an deal with the International Monetary Fund, Petroleum Minister Udaya Gammanpila said as forex shortages delayed oil imports and power cuts were imposed as fuel supplies were disrupted. “I have expressed my view that we should go to the IMF. Now most of the the cabinet […]
Text and Pix by Sujeeva Nivunhella in London A service of evening prayers was held at the Westminster Abbey last week to mark the occasion of the 74th Anniversary of Sri Lanka’s Independence. Archdeacon and Canon Steward, the Venerable Tricia Hillas read the first lesson, and the second lesson was read by High Commissioner Saroja Sirisena. During the service, […]