David Cameron’s controversial link with China-loving ex-MEP Deva
The new UK foreign secretary has been pictured with former lawmaker in London, Sri Lanka and UAE By Eleni Courea LONDON — As Westminster debated the wisdom — or otherwise — of David Cameron’s return to frontline politics this week, one former colleague was in no doubt. “Cameron is in the right place at the [...]
Prof. Dissanayake conferred Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun award
In a ceremony held on November 9 in Kandy, Japan’s Ambassador Mizukoshi Hideaki conferred ‘The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon’ on Prof. Upul Bandara Dissanayake. The Order of Rising Sun Award is one of the most prestigious and oldest awards conferred by Japan. The decoration was initiated in 1875 by [...]
London Vihara Nayake Thera at Remembrance Day parade
Ven. Bogoda Seelawimala Thera, Chief Sangha Nayake of Great Britain and Head Monk of the London Buddhist Vihara, participated in the annual Remembrance Day parade in the United Kingdom last Sunday. Outgoing Sri Lankan High Commissioner Saroja Sirisena also took part. The parade commemorates the million British and Commonwealth soldiers who died in World War [...]
HelpAge Walk to mark International Day of Older Persons
The annual Elders Walk conducted by HelpAge Sri Lanka (HASL) to mark the International Day of Older Persons was conducted jointly with the Gampaha District Secretariat and elders federations. More than 500 elders took part in the two-hour walk. Members of elder societies and the Gampaha District Senior Citizens Federation also participated in the walk [...]
Vatican takes significant ‘step’ towards babtising transgender Catholics
By Clément Melki VATICAN CITY (AFP) – LGBTQ rights campaigners welcomed a Vatican statement that transgender people can be baptised as a step towards a more inclusive Catholic Church, but denounced caveats that provide cover to those who object. In a document published on Wednesday, the powerful Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, one [...]
India, Gaza, and the drift from non-alignment
By Shashi Tharoor Project Syndicate, Exclusively to the Sunday Times in Sri Lanka NEW DELHI – India’s tortuous stance on the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza offers a fascinating illustration of the recent evolution of the country’s foreign policy. For decades after independence, India’s approach to the world was shaped by its historical experience of [...]