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THE TEARFUL TRAIL – A DOCUMENTARY FILM – Produced by Universal Human Rights Council UHRC -Geneva THE TEARFUL TRAIL, a 36-minute documentary film depicting the atrocities, discrimination and damage inflicted on the Muslim community and its livelihood in Sri Lanka by Buddhist extremist groups under the protection of the Sri …

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka’s government said Tuesday it would take time to consider a proposed ban on the wearing of burqas, which a top security official called a sign of religious extremism. Sri Lanka’s minister of public security, Sarath Weerasekara, said Saturday he was seeking Cabinet approval to …

Public health guidelines to be adopted by Lankans or foreign nationals who are residing in Sri Lanka and undertaking an important state visit/ official visit/ business visit under biosafety travel bubble were issued by the Health Ministry. Guidelines issued for Lankans or foreign nationals in SL on foreign visits  

Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekera said he has signed the cabinet paper to ban wearing the burqa. Addressing a function in Kalutara, the Minister said, it would directly affect the national security of the country. He said steps would also be taken to ban more than 1,000 madrasa schools that …

The government of Sri Lanka is looking to amend the quarantine rules for its citizens entering the country from the UAE. Nalinda Wijerathna, Consul General of Sri Lanka, told Gulf News the government was looking at allowing its citizens, particularly those who have completed their two doses of vaccination, to …

The Core Group on Sri Lanka has submitted the final draft of the resolution on Sri Lanka to the United Nations Human Rights Council at the ongoing 46th regular session. The Core Group of countries consisting of The United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, North Macedonia, Malawi, and Montenegro submitted the resolution …

The core group led by the United Kingdom (UK) has revised the draft resolution on Sri Lanka calling for, among others, to implement the recommendations made by the UN Special Rapporteurs who visited Sri Lanka after 2015, Daily Mirror learns. During an information meeting on the resolution, the UK informed …

Letter from Ed Davey MP 11.03.21 (1) Example fallback content: This browser does not support PDFs. Please download the PDF to view it: Download PDF. 

Epigraph: Despite the narrative handed down by generations of historians, “Columbus’s life simply cannot be understood without taking Islam into account” (Mikhail, p. 90). What follows is taken from God’s Shadow: The Ottoman Sultan Who Shaped the Modern World by Alan Mikhail, Professor and chair of the Department of History at Yale …

Decision comes as country witnesses shortage of labour due to COVID-19 pandemic The Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) announced that expats working in the government sector are able to transfer their work permits to the private sector.Image Credit: File photo Kuwait City: On Wednesday, the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) …