Another group of Sri Lankans repatriated

Wakfs Board requests mosques to distribute Zakat in kind

The Wakfs Board has urged mosques in the country to ensure Zakat is collected in cash or kind but distributed only in kind during Ramadan. In a statement issued through the Department of Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs, the Wakfs Board said that that the poor tend to go begging house to house during Ramadan. However, this year there is a fear house to house begging could pose the threat of spreading the coronavirus. Therefore, all mosques have been urged to put up a mechanism to collect

15 May, 2020

All areas isolated owing to COVID-19 reopened

Bandaranayake Mawatha in Colombo -12 and Suduwella in Ja-Ela which were declared as isolation areas due to the COVID-19 outbreak were reopened today. Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva said with the reopening of these two areas, all isolated areas have been reopened in the country. Earlier, Bandaranayake Mawatha in Colombo, Suduwella in Ja-Ela, Atalugama in Bandaragama, Akurana in Kandy, and Beruwala and Pinnala in Kalutara were declared as isolation areas due to the dete

15 May, 2020

Former East Timor President to appear at pro-LTTE event

Former East Timor President and Nobel Laureate Jose Ramos-Horta is to appear at a pro-LTTE event next week organised by the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE). The TGTE, led by former LTTE peace negotiator Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran, said in a statement that Jose Ramos-Horta will deliver the Mullivaikal Memorial Lecture Memorial Lecture on May 18th (Monday). Due to the coronavirus pandemic the lecture will be delivered virtually. TGTE said that the Memorial Lecture is named after th

15 May, 2020