Namo Magazine thoroughly condemned the state terrorism against peaceful protestors. Sri Lanka tri forces raided protest sites occupying government grounds in the main city of Colombo early on Friday and cleared it, a sign that the country’s new president was cracking down a day after his appointment. Chameera Dedduwage, Protest organiser, told namo magazine that they had planned to hand ...

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country on a military jet, amid mass protests over its economic crisis and corruption allegations. He had been in hiding after crowds stormed his residence on Saturday. He was due to resign as president on Wednesday to make way for a unity government, after thousands of protesters stormed his and the prime ...

The eighteenth of June of this year was a day of significance for the staff, old and present students and well-wishers of Maris Stella College of Negombo as the day marked the centenary celebrations-a major milestone-of this prestigious seat of learning in the country. The origins of this Catholic college date back to 1922 when on 13th July 1917 four ...

A journey to once a forbidden land The Namomagazine team comprising the founder and I had mooted the idea of venturing out on a fact finding mission to Jaffna on behalf of our readers. The objective was straightforward and it was to gather first-hand information about the life in Jaffna after a fierce 30-year war. We intended to derive details ...

Canadians across the country celebrated Canada Day largely unobstructed by pandemic restrictions for the first time in three years, with some taking the holiday as an opportunity to revive anti-government protests in Ottawa. The largest events occurred in the country’s capital, where families and anti-government protesters gathered across Ottawa. The official celebration took place in LeBreton Flats because of renovations ...

The incredible story of the “Green Sahara” More than 2000 years ago, Herodotus (484-425 B. C.), the ancient Greek historian, described the Sahara as a region of sand and heat, with high dunes and salty hillocks, and vast waterless areas. He said that it was inhabited by people with strange and exotic customs. But it was not always like this. ...