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What Christmas must mean to us
It’s important to ask ourselves where we stand in the light of the life of the Lord Jesus Christ born today. Are we still bogged down in the swamp of human power, pleasure, privileged, high positions and other vices like lust even as we profess to be committed followers of one religion or another? Are we protectors and defenders of...
Christmas to be celebrated in 97 churches in Lahore alone
With an avowedly secular government in place at long last, Christians in Muslim-majority Pakistan are preparing to celebrate Christmas with unprecedented gaiety, reports say. Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday that no load-shedding would take place across the country on Tuesday to enable Christians to celebrate Christmas.
Ranveer Singh to be on Filmfare cover in Pakistani designer Naveed Ranjha’s outfit
“While everyone is still not over the celebrations of #DeepVeer, we at Mohsin Naveed Ranjha present to you the cover for Filmfare Magazine, featuring the heartthrob, Ranveer Singh!” a post from them said.
Lankan Speaker’s declaration that he wont recognize MR’s govt draws flak
Sri Lanka's Executive and the Legislature seem to be heading for a head-on clash when parliament meets on November 14 as per a Presidential proclamation. Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said on Monday he will not recognize the new government sworn in by President Maithripala Sirisena recently until it proves its majority in Parliament. The Speaker also declared that he will summon...
Decline of secularism in South Asia
South Asia’s multi-religious countries, namely India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, started off with a noble wish to be ‘secular’ and keep religion out of the business of the State.But it did not take long for all the three South Asian States to regress from secularism and begin to be overly influenced by the majority religious community.
Award winning Lankan film’s subtle and intriguing portrayal of sexual exploitation
Sri Lankan Director Prasanna Jayakody’s film 28 (Twenty-Eight) which won the Best Director’s award at the 8th. SAARC Film Festival here last Sunday, is a subtle and intriguing portrayal of sexual exploitation in Lankan villages and cities, writes P.K.Balachandran in The Citizen. Young Director Jayakodi has woven the story around the dead body of a raped and murdered sex worker...
No foreign hand in bribing Maldivian judges to overthrow Government, says envoy
Colombo, March 20 (newsin.asia): The Maldivian Ambassador in Sri Lanka, Mohamed Hussain Shareef, has said that no foreign country or agency is suspected to be involved in the plot to overthrow the Abdulla Yameen government by bribing two Supreme Court judges to pass suitable orders. Shareef told the Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Sri Lanka here on Monday, that investigations thus...
Maldives opts out of India-led naval exercise saying there’s State of Emergency at home
New Delhi February 27 (newsin.asia): Maldives will not be participating in the eight-nation, India-led naval exercise Milan this year because all wings of the Security Forces are required to be in station because of the existence of a State of Emergency at home, the Maldivian Ambassador in India, Ahmed Mohamed said on Tuesday. However when the Indian naval chief Sunil...
Taliban uses ambulance bomb to kill 95 and injure 195 in Kabul
Kabul, January 27 (AFP): An explosives-packed ambulance blew up in a crowded area of Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 95 people and wounding 158 others, officials said, in one of the biggest blasts to rock the war-torn city in recent years. The Taliban-claimed assault -- the second carried out by the militant group in the Afghan capital in a...
Oprah Winfrey actively thinking of running for President
By Brian Stelter/CNN News Oprah Winfrey is actively thinking of running for the 2020 US Presidential election ,sources say. This follows her extraordinary speech at the Golden Globes Sunday night, which spurred chatter about a 2020 run. Some of Winfrey's confidants have been privately urging her to run, the sources said. One of the sources said these conversations date back...
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