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Former President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed speaks on stage at the New Climate Lunch Roundtable on day 4 of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival at Wahso Asian Grill in Park City, Utah. - AFP PHOTO
Nasheed quits presidential race after poll panel bars his candidacy
Former Maldivian President and exiled opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed on Friday said that he was exiting the presidential race, after the Election Commission barred his candidacy. “In light of the fact that @ElectionsMv have written to (Maldivian Democratic Party) MDP saying that I can’t contest in the upcoming Presidential Elections, I have decided to relinquish my...
1 July, 2018
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In the south, hopes on Gotabaya run high
Many voters, across Monaragala [Uva Province] and the neighbouring Hambantota [Southern Province] district, began their poll...
In Presidential election, local is the national in Sri Lanka’s east
Voters are viewing the poll under two lenses — their suffering during the civil war years and soon after, and the local, communal...
NPP’s presidential candidate says Sri Lanka needs a sound political response
Sri Lanka does not need a military response to tackle prevalent national security concerns; the country needs a sound political...
Going beyond the scars of the civil war
Growing up in Jaffna, Bhavana Sivayokam often wondered why her beautiful city had been reduced to a site of war, its victims and...
Scared refugees in Negombo flee homes
They came fleeing persecution in their countries and are now being treated as adversaries
Days after a deadly bomb attack shook Negombo, killing over a hundred people praying at the St. Sebastian’s Church, a new,...
The Sri Lankan south’s lost ties with South India
The time has come to renew cultural bonds between the Sinhalese people and the art of south India
What connects music composer M.S. Viswanathan to a group of Sinhalese people shaking a leg at a weekend party? An all-time hit...
Lankans protest against Thoothukudi killings
Trade unions and rights activists held a protest in Colombo against police opening fire on crowds protesting the expansion of a copper plant in Tuticorin, India that killed 13 people
Sri Lankan trade unionists and human rights activists on Wednesday protested outside the Indian High Commission here, demanding...
Defiant workers hold May Day rallies
Thousands defy Government decision to delay Workers’ Day events to May 7
Thousands of workers last Tuesday (1)defied an order of the Sri Lankan government postponing May Day events, by rallying in...
In Presidential election, local is the national in Sri Lanka’s east
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NPP’s presidential candidate says Sri Lanka needs a sound political response
Sri Lanka does not need a military response to tackle prevalent...
2019-11-02 18:30:00 0
Going beyond the scars of the civil war
Growing up in Jaffna, Bhavana Sivayokam often wondered why her...
2019-06-22 18:30:00 0
Scared refugees in Negombo flee homes
Days after a deadly bomb attack shook Negombo, killing over a hundred...
2019-04-27 18:30:00 0
Nasheed quits presidential race after poll panel bars his candidacy
Former Maldivian President and exiled opposition leader Mohamed...
2018-06-30 18:30:00 0
The Sri Lankan south’s lost ties with South India
What connects music composer M.S. Viswanathan to a group of Sinhalese...
2018-06-23 18:30:00 0
Lankans protest against Thoothukudi killings
Sri Lankan trade unionists and human rights activists on Wednesday...
2018-06-02 18:30:00 0
Defiant workers hold May Day rallies
Thousands of workers last Tuesday (1)defied an order of the Sri...
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