Reading the detailed news article under the title ‘First Sri Lankan Buddhist monk in 105 years joins Oxford for MPhil in Buddhist Studies‘, was a refreshing experience for me, as it should’ve
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On December 1, 2024, at least seven cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were killed in an exchange of fire with security personnel in the Chalpaka Forest area near Eturunagaram village in
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The following excerpts are based on a speech by the author as the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Pakistan during an event held in Islamabad. I was trained at the Pakistan Navy
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