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Visa Cancelled for Ven. Gnanasara of Bodu Bala Sena

The United States cancelled the visa given to a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk heading a hardline group accused of involvement in violence against Sri Lanka’s minority Muslims, an official of the group said on Monday. Clashes erupted on June 15 in Aluthgama and Beruwela, two towns with large Muslim populations on the island’s southern coast, [...]

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Sri Lankans win the Harvard Business School Contest

York Street Partners Ltd., a Sri Lanka based boutique investment banking and advisory firm, took the first place in the regional finals (South and South East Asia) of the  2014 Alumni New Venture Competition conducted by Harvard Business School. York Street Partners is the only team from Sri Lanka to win the regional title in [...]

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Don’t treat SL as Muhammad Ali’s “punching bag”.

A US-led resolution calling for an international probe into allegations that 40,000 civilians were killed at the end of Sri Lanka’s separatist war has been filed with the UN’s top rights body. In a draft resolution posted on the Human Rights Commission’s website on Tuesday, the United States endorses UN human rights chief Navi Pillay’s [...]

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Ranjan – Likely Chief Minister Candidate for WP

Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) is likely to appoint the party’s Ratnapura District parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake, a popular actor turned politician , as the UNP’s chief ministerial candidate for the Western Provincial Council election. UNP sources have said that following lengthy discussions, the UNP nominations board is now considering Ramanayake’s request to [...]

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Weeratunga Goes to Washington to Lobby

An international inquiry into war crimes in Sri Lanka would bring “chaos,” and the government’s national reconciliation process must be given several more years to work, a top aide to Sri Lanka’s president said on Monday. Lalith Weeratunga, in Washington to lobby against calls for such an inquiry, said Sri Lanka needed at least five [...]

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Visa Cancelled for Ven. Gnanasara of Bodu Bala Sena

Posted on 03 July 2014

The United States cancelled the visa given to a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk heading a hardline group accused of involvement in violence against Sri Lanka’s minority Muslims, an official of the group said on Monday. Clashes erupted on June 15 in Aluthgama and Beruwela, two towns with large Muslim populations on the island’s southern coast, [...] Continue Reading

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BL Special: Violence in Aluthgama/Beruwala

Posted on 21 June 2014

Boston Lanka Special on the recent violence in Aluthgama and Beruwela areas.  Guests in the program: Dr. Rajitha Senaratne, Angela Seneviratne, Mohamed Mafaz and Mohammed Shahid. Continue Reading

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With Rajitha Senaratne

Posted on 21 June 2014

Exclusive interview with Dr. Rajitha Senaratne, Minister of Fisheries on religious tensions, executive presidency, 13th amendment and much more. Continue Reading

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Conversation with Aslam Hussein

Posted on 21 June 2014

An exclusive interview with Sri Lankan fashion designer Aslam Hussein who presented a Sri Lankan fashion show in New York. Continue Reading

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SL Teen Prodigy in USA

Posted on 31 May 2014

Exclusive interview with Sri Lankan origin Eugenie de Silva who was the world’s youngest person to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in intelligence analysis with a 4.0 GPA – Summa Cum Laude, at the age of 14 has set another record in obtaining her Master’s degree recently in USA. Continue Reading

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SL Fashion Show in New York

Posted on 23 May 2014

Sri Lankan Fashion Show in New York organized by the UN Permanent Mission for Sri Lanka.  Sri Lankan well known fashion designer Aslam Hussein presented the show. Continue Reading

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