DG candidate sees UNESCO’s relevance as unifying force
By Chandani Kirinde Khaled el-Enany, Egypt’s candidate for the post of Director-General of the Paris-headquartered United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), was in Sri Lanka this week to meet with government officials and other stakeholders as he travels across countries canvassing support for his candidature. An Egyptologist and former tourism minister, he is [...]
From Atta to Anatta: Lifting the ‘protective veil’ to taste liberation
By Dr Channa Ratnatunga The I and the narrative Me, the prime actors of the Conditioned Self, need to be attenuated by a persistent meditative effort. The Conditioned Self is a natural phenomenon that is seeded in all mankind after birth to overcome all challenges and vicissitudes that life on Earth entails. Also included in [...]
Lanka-headed UN Special Committee warns of a second Nakba
AMMAN – “Israel continues to inflict unimaginable suffering on the people living under its occupation, whilst rapidly expanding confiscation of land as part of its wider colonial aspirations. What we are witnessing could very well be another Nakba,” warned a UN Special Committee as it concluded its annual field mission to Amman. Appointed by the [...]
Special Committee and its mandate
The United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories was established by the UN General Assembly in December 1968 to examine the human rights situation in the occupied Syrian Golan, the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. [...]
Remembering Al Nakba
Palestine solidarity event The Embassy of the State of Palestine and the Sri Lanka Committee for Solidarity with Palestine will hold a commemorative event to mark Al Nakba on May 15 at 4 pm at the Hector Kobbekaduwa Agriculture Research Centre in Colombo 7. Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya will participate as the chief guest, and [...]
Revival Physiotherapy Centre opens new facility in Colombo
Revival Physiotherapy Centre has officially opened its newly upgraded flagship facility at No. 5 Sulaiman Avenue, Jawatte Road, Colombo 5. The facility features 10 dedicated physiotherapy consultation and treatment rooms, 4 sports massage therapy rooms, a fully equipped rehabilitation centre, and a welcoming reception area designed for comfort. Staff areas have also been thoughtfully planned [...]
The deplorable rise of MAGA Catholicism
By Ian Buruma, Project Syndicate, Exclusive to the Sunday Times in Sri Lanka NEW YORK – Some popes fit their times to perfection. Pope John XXIII was a progressive pope whose Vatican II reforms occurred just as The Beatles were setting the world alight. John Paul II was exactly the right man to nudge the [...]