ALI SABRY COLOMBO : The latter part of July reminds us of one of the darkest and most painful chapters in our nation’s history Black July of 1983. It remains almost unthinkable that such horrific violence could have taken place in our country. Yet it did. Nor was it the only occasion in our history...

COLOMBO : A large group of youth activists and representatives from civil and social societies staged a silent demonstration near the Indian high commission in Colombo on Monday, July 27 to express their solidarity with the youths of India who successfully carried out their mission.. Folliwing is the statement treased on the occasion. “We, the...

A.M.M. MuzammilCOLOMBO : “Surely, we belong to Allah, and to Him shall we return.”It is with a heart laden with profound sorrow that I pen this tribute to my beloved friend, Alhaj Ameen Mashood, former President of the Sri Lanka Muslim Students Federation (SLMSF), who passed away on the 25th of July 2026. His departure...

TEHRAN : The Ambassador of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Islamic Republic ofIran, Prof. Fazeeha Azmi, presented her Letters of Credence to the President of the IslamicRepublic of Iran, Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian at Office of the President in Tehran on 22 July . Shewas the first lady Ambassador to have been...

COLOMBO : “Integrity means doing the right thing, in accordance with one’s conscience, even when no one is watching.” – Secretary to the PresidentNational Integrity Week, held under the theme “A Culture of Integrity – A Cleaner Sri Lanka”, commenced this morning (27) at the Presidential Secretariat under the patronage of the Secretary to the...