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Law students protest
Friday, 22 May 2015 14:36Undergraduates of the Law Faculty of the Colombo University are currently holding a protest demonstration in front of the College House, 'Sri Lanka Mirror' learns.
Proposal to raise women’s representation in parliament
Friday, 22 May 2015 12:17The cabinet has received a proposal that there should be a 25 per cent women representation in new electoral divisions under the new electoral system.
Aren’t these true human wailings?
Friday, 22 May 2015 12:00Some in the south think that the Tamils should not be permitted to remember their dead.
State TV channels back to unethical practices?
Friday, 22 May 2015 11:13There is a controversy over the telecasting of two teledramas by director Ravindra Wijeratne over the two state-owned television channels at the same time.
India may offer credit for building houses in land released by Sri Lankan Army
Friday, 22 May 2015 11:11India, which is funding the construction of 50,000 houses for internally-displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka, may offer a line of credit, this time for building houses in lands released by the Army from the high security zones.
Modi’s Bodhi diplomacy to see a Buddhist centre in Delhi
Friday, 22 May 2015 11:11The Capital will soon have a centre for Buddhist learning and worship as an extension of PM Narendra Modi's larger outreach towards the religion. The move comes just days after Modi's trip to China where he visited the Wild Goose Pagoda, a shrine built to commemorate Chinese monk Huen Tsang's visit to India in 645 AD. Modi has, in fact, visited Buddhist shrines in several foreign countries, including Mongolia, Sri Lanka and Japan.
‘Mahinda sowing seeds of communalism’
Friday, 22 May 2015 10:34Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa is sowing the seeds of communalism in order to realise his dream of becoming the prime minister, charges lawyer Upul Kumarapperuma.