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News Archive for Apr 2023
Industrialize or PerishThis is a continuation of the article titled Export and Prosper published on LBN on the website https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2023/02/28/industrialize-and-prosper-part-i/ Historically SL had been an entrepot trade center. It can be assumed that there were also industrial goods produced locally in this trade. There is evidence that steelmaking was prevalent in many parts of the county where iron smelting was done in wind tunnels. The cutting and sculpturing of granite, remains of which are abundant could not have been done without hard steel instruments. It is unimaginable that a nation which is credited with a superior... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/23)
NEURO-BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF THE CONCEPT OF NON-SELF (ANATTA ) FOR THE LAYMAN.
I pen this article for those who seek the possible basis of Anatta from a scientific point of view. I’m leaving out ‘of the equation’, the ‘Soul theory’ of an unchanging entity of theistic religions, as it is not pertinent in the ‘dhamma of the Buddha’, which refutes it. Anatta is at the core of the dhamma, preached by the Buddha 2500 years ago. The belief in a ‘self’ is our everyday experience in life. One goes to sleep and gets up in the morning, as the same person with the same... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/23)
Mahāpajāpatī Ordained at Very First Asking
The issue of the ordination of Mahapajapati Gotami, step-mother nursing mom of Prince Siddhartha, later Buddha, continues to be controversial. The general understanding, as encouraged in the Pali version, is that she was denied ordination, not only once but twice, and was finally given at Encounter 5, Buddha’s hands pushed by Ananda. The Chinese Madhyama agama and Sanskrit, however, include a specific line that speaks to her ordination at the first request. So to introduce the context first, the Buddha visits father King Suddhodana in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/23)
WHY GOVERNMENT SHOULD SELL EVEN PROFIT-MAKING STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
The recent pronouncement by President Ranil Wickremesinghe (RW), that “The government has no business to be in business.” was music to the ears of those who believe in a free market economy. However, it also drew the ire of the loony left, the trade unions, a few die-hard academics who still cling to ideals of socialism as well as a few journalists. In all probability, if a straw poll is conducted, most voters would say that the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) should continue to own and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/23)
On sweeping close to one's feet
Jayanath Bodahandi (Bodhi), the eldest in his family, would have been just out of school when his father, an illustrator at an advertising agency, passed away. Bodhi could draw and the kind people at the agency offered him a job. There was a problem. Bodhi lived in Balapitiya and the salary would hardly cover expenses such as rent, food and bus fare. There was a solution. The hamuduruwo of the village temple arranged for him to stay in a temple in Colombo. Bodhi returned to the temple late after his first... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/23)
ඇමරිකානු තානාපතිනිය ප‍්‍රසිද්ද විවාදයකට කැදවයි…
ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපද රාජ්‍ය දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ දේශපාලන කටයුතු පිළිබඳ නියෝජ්‍ය ලේකම් වික්ටෝරියා නූලන්ඩ්ගේ තිර පිටපතකට අනුව මෙරට ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපද තනාපතිනිය වන ජුලී චන්ග්ගේ අධ්‍යක්ෂණයෙන් දියත් වූ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ද ලිබියාවට, හයිටියට හෝ ඉරාකයට අත්කර දුන් ඉරණමම අත් කර දීමේ කුමන්ත්‍රණය පිළිගත හැකි සාක්ෂි සහිතව අනාවරණය කිරීමට විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා විසින් රචිත “නවය; සැඟවුණු කතාව” පර්යේෂණාත්මක කෘතිය මැනවින් සමත්ව ඇති බවත් එය මෙරට පමණක් නොව ජාත්‍යන්තර දේශපාලන කරලිය ද උණුසුම් කිරීමට සමත්ව ඇති බවත් ඉහත කී කුමන්ත්‍රණයේ දේශීය භූමිකාවන් ඉටු කළ සරත් ෆොන්සේකා, පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක, ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ, පෙරටුගාමී සමාජවාදී පක්ෂය, රාජ්‍ය නොවන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/23)
කරන්නාගොඩගේ තහනම පිටුපස හිටපු හමුදාපතිවරයකු සිටින බවට අනාවරණයක්
හිටපු නාවික හමුදාපති වසන්ත කරන්නාගොඩ ඇමෙරිකාවට පැමිණීම එරට රාජ්‍ය දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව තහනම් කරනු ලැබ ඇත්තේ හිටපු නායක හමුදාපතිවරයකු සහ රහස් පොලිසියේ පරීක්ෂකවරයකු ලබාදුන් සාක්ෂි මත බව කරුණු අනාවරණය වී තිබේ. එම සාක්ෂිකරුවන් කරන්නාගොඩට එරෙහිව රහස් පොලිසියට ද කටඋත්තර දී ඇති බව පැවසේ. මේ අතර වසන්ත කරන්නාගොඩට එරෙහිව රහස් පොලිසියට කටඋත්තර දුන් තවත් නාවික නිලධාරියකුට ඔස්ට්‍රේලියානු රජය එරට දේශපාලන රැකවරණ ද ලබා දී ඇති බව වාර්තා වේ.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/23)
අරගලයේ සැඟවුනු කතාව එළියට දැමීමෙන් අමෙරිකානු පිල්ලි ටික කලබල වෙලා – විමල්ගේ සැඟවුණු කතාවට චෝදනා කළ අයට ජයන්ත සමරවීරගෙන් පිළිතුරු (වීඩියෝ)
විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා විසින් රචිත අරගලයේ සැඟවුණු කතාව කෘතිය එළිදැක් වූ පසු මෙරට සිටින අමෙරිකානු පිල්ලි ටික කලබලයට පත්වී ඇති බවත් මෙරට අමෙරිකානු තානාපතිනිය ද කෘතිය එළිදැක්වූ විගසම එය ඉංග්‍රීසියට පරිවර්තනය කරගනිමින් කියවා ඇති බවත් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ ජාතික සංවිධායක, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ජයන්ත සමරවීර මහතා පවසයි. විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා විසින් රචිත අරගලයේ සැඟවුණු කතාව කෘතිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් එල්ල වී ඇති විවේචන පිළිබඳව මාධ්‍ය හමුවක් පවත්වා ඒම චෝදනා සදහා පිළිතුරු ලබාදීමට ජයන්ත සමරවීර මහතා අද(30) කටයුතු කළේය. එහිදී අදහස් දැක්වූ ජයන්ත සමරවීර මහතා, “විමල් වීරවංශ මහතාගේ මේ කෘතිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අද... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/23)
Fuel prices reduced from tonight
The Power and Energy Minister has decided to reduce the retail prices of Lanka Petrol 92 Octane, Lanka Petrol 95 Octane Euro 4, Lanka Auto Diesel and Lanka Super Diesel 4 Star Euro 4 from tonight. The announcement was made by Minister Kanchana Wijesekera this evening. Consequently, a litre of Lanka Petrol 92 Octane (Rs. 340) will be reduced by Rs. 7, and the new retail price will be Rs. 333. A litre of Lanka Petrol 95 Octane Euro 4 (Rs. 375) will be reduced by Rs. 10 and the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/23)
Public opinions to be sought regarding new Anti-Terrorism Bill
The Ministry of Justice has decided to obtain public opinions and suggestions with regard to the new proposed Anti-Terrorism Bill. Accordingly, any individual including the political parties and civil society organizations will receive the opportunity for this purpose, Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said. Thereby, the general public can hand over their suggestions and opinions regarding the matter to the Justice Ministry until May 30, 2023. It has reportedly been decided to hold several rounds of discussions with regard to this, after obtaining the public opinions and to decide the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/23)
Sri Lanka's inflation dips as IMF bailout kicks in
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka's inflation eased to 35.3 percent, the lowest in a year, the statistics office said Friday as the country pressed ahead with austerity measures under an IMF bailout. Fuel and food prices coming off their record highs helped inflation moderate in April, the Department of Census and Statistics said. April is the first full month since the International Monetary Fund released the first instalment of a $3 billion loan spread over four years. The rate of price increases peaked at 69.8 percent in September as Sri Lanka struggled... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/23)
US Sanctions Former Sri Lankan Navy Chief – Analysis
Although human rights violations are cited as the reason for sanctioning, the West has been using sanctions mainly to attain geopolitical objectives. The US this week sanctioned the former Sri Lankan navy chief, Adm. Wasantha Karannagoda. Earlier, Canada had sanctioned former Presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa. These listings have been portrayed as measures to enforce human rights. But, in fact, human rights have been a veneer, a fig leaf so to speak, to cover hard-nosed geopolitical objectives. The history of sanctions clearly demonstrates that the West,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/23)
POLITICS IN SRI LANKA Part 3 Me
The middle class, fed up of the shortages of the Sirimavo government, hailed the arrival of JR. They welcomed his appointment as head of state. They became disillusioned later, but his core group of admirers did not desert him. JR handled the transition from a controlled economy to a more open one with great political skill said KM de Silva. JR was one of the few intelligent and educated politicians of Asia, said Daya de Silva. He was a visionary who transformed this country into a modern market economy. It was all good and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/23)
De-Dollarization Kicks Into High Gear
It is now established that the US dollar’s status as a global reserve currency is eroding. When corporate western media begins to attack the multipolar world’s de-dollarization narrative in earnest, you know the panic in Washington has fully set in. The numbers: the dollar share of global reserves was 73 percent in 2001, 55 percent in 2021, and 47 percent in 2022. The key takeaway is that last year, the dollar share slid 10 times faster than the average in the past two decades. Now it is no longer far-fetched to project... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/23)
POLITICS IN SRI LANKA Part 3 Md
JR’s role in creating an all powerful President, bringing in a highly defective Constitution in 1978, his introduction of Proportional Representation, the Manape, the National list and Bonus seats, which allowed defeated candidate to sit in Parliament , the Open Economy, the Indo Lanka accord which gave the Trincomalee tank farm to India, made Tamil a national language and created the hated Provincial Councils, have all been discussed heavily in newspapers, in the social media and elsewhere. They are still under angry discussion, but the country has not succeeded in eliminating any of them. They are... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/04/23)
The Democrats Plan to Steal Another Election
Joe Biden with a dismal approval rating of 37% has announced that he is running for a second term. How can he possibly win? By again stealing the election. Democrats control the large cities in swing states. In the past two elections, they have proven that they can easily steal the election. It is now impermissible to even report evidence of election theft. Experts who provided evidence were threatened with prosecution, and Fox News management rushed to pay more than three-quarters of a billion dollars of shareholders’ money in order to create the precedent... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/23)
POLITICS IN SRI LANKA Part 3 Mc
JR made a huge change to Sri Lanka‘s economy by ‘liberalizing’ the economy. That was in 1977, but JR’s economic policy is remembered today as well, with deep feeling. His policy is blamed for the current economic collapse and JR is criticized all over again. Sri Lanka had liberalized too soon, said critics. Sri Lanka had opened its economy in 1977, while all other South Asian countries commenced opening their economies only after 1990, said economist Srimal Abeyratne. Sri Lanka was the first in south Asia to openly embrace neoliberalism, added others. India started... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/23)
Differences Between Euromaidan and Aragalaya
A recent book by a parliamentarian equates the events of Aragalaya (2022) in Sri Lanka to Euromaidan uprising (2013) of Ukraine. However, the two are vastly different; in fact, opposed to each other. Most of these claims are unsubstantiated and only based on either hearsay or guesses. Understanding key differences between Euromaidan and Aragalaya is important. On the surface both were aimed at removing their respective elected presidents and both relied heavily on social media. As with every trouble spot around the world, Americans were seen around both. However, similarities end there. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/23)
President reveals plans to establish an Institute of History
During a discussion on the 178th Anniversary of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka (RASSL) at the Mahaweli Centre on Thursday (April 27), President Ranil Wickremesinghe shared his intentions to establish the Institute of History, with the aim of bringing together the museum, archives, archaeology, cultural triangle, and universities with the RASSL as the focal point. The President emphasized that this institute should not be in competition with RASSL or any other institute. Rather, it should work collaboratively with these institutions to enrich the process. Once the final draft of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/23)
Notorious criminal ‘Ratmalane Kudu Anju’ arrested in France
The notorious criminal figure, Sinharage Saminda Silva alias ‘Ratmalane Kudu Anju’ has been arrested in France, Sri Lanka Police confirmed today. https://youtu.be/XRzVi6u-KK4 ‘Kudu Anju’ had been wanted for his involvement in multiple crimes including the murder of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council member Ranjan de Silva, as well as large-scale drug trafficking. The suspect had operated his drug syndicate while in hiding abroad. The Interpol too had issued a Red Notice for the arrest of ‘Kudu Anju’. The INTERPOL informed the arrest of ‘Kudu Anju’ of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/23)
Sri Lanka, UNDP join hands to better align taxation policies for achieving Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs)
The Sri Lanka Country Engagement Plan was launched on Friday (April 28) as a joint initiative of the Inland Revenue Department, the Fiscal Policy Department, the Finance Ministry and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Sri Lanka. The engagement plan aims to better align taxation policies with the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the country. https://youtu.be/bI5hbR01xLo The SDGs are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. But it requires... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/04/23)
Major Threat to Life on Earth
Asking the question, “Do we really want to live in a society where everything about us is tracked and traced?,” Dr. Pri poses real, relevant concerns. Dr. Pri, Dr. Carpenter and Jennifer Manzier are today’s three ‘Good Morning CHD’ guests, divulging the science and personal impacts of the “an invisible smog” we are “bathed in.” Watch to find out what implications this form of pollution poses on our health. Full Report Major Threat to Life on Earth | Childrens Health Defense... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/23)
Debts that cannot be repaid in full
A friend joked recently that there was a time when friends and relatives would ask ‘aren’t you thinking about being married?’ but now they ask ‘haven’t you thought about migrating?’ Clearly times have changed from relatively bearable to hard and worse. Understandable too. If things are unbearable, there are two options. One, do your best to make things bearable. If this cannot be done alone, then seek like-minded people, network, build a community, turn idea into ideology. Fight. That’s if ‘this place,’ however you define it, is considered to be of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/23)
‘ප්‍රොජෙක්ට් රන්’ සම්මානලාභී පාසල් සඳහා සම්මාන පිරිනැමේ
‘අපෙන් රටට - රට නැගුමට’ යන තේමාව ඔස්සේ මදර් ශ්‍රී ලංකා භාරය මඟින් ක්‍රියාත්මක කළ ප්‍රොජෙක්ට් රන් වැඩසටහනේ ත්‍යාග ප්‍රධානෝත්සවය අද (2023.04.28) අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී පැවැත්විණි. පාසලේ හෝ පාසල අවට ප්‍රජාවේ ගැටළුවක් හඳුනාගනිමින්, එම ගැටළුවට විසඳුම් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමේ ව්‍යාපෘතියක් පාසල් දරුවන් හරහා ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීම ප්‍රොජෙක්ට් රන් වැඩසටහන මගින් සිදුකෙරිණි. සිසුන්ගේ දේශාභිමානය වර්ධනය කිරීම, නිර්මාණශීලිත්වය - ස්වාධීනත්වය - නායකත්ව හැකියාව - ව්‍යාපෘති කළමනාකරණ හැකියාව හා ව්‍යවසායකත්ව හැකියාව වැඩිදියුණු කිරීම , වගකීමෙන් යුතු පුරවැසියන් ලෙස ගොඩනැගීමට සිසු පරපුරට අවබෝධය ලබා දීම යන කරුණු මෙම වැඩසටහනේ ප්‍රධාන අරමුණු විය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/23)
Strong Currency, High Rates Help Slow Sri Lanka’s Inflation
(Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s inflation eased in April amid a higher borrowing rate and a stronger local currency that helped reduce import costs. Consumer price index in Colombo rose 35.3% from a year ago, the Statistics Department said in a statement Friday. That compares with a 50.3% rise in March based on a revised index, and Bloomberg’s survey estimate of a 37.8% gain. The latest reading suggests the Central Bank of Sri Lanka’s efforts to reach single-digit inflation by the end of this year is bearing some fruit. The monetary authority... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/23)
ඇමරිකානු තානාපතිනිය අරගලය මෙහෙයවූවා යැයි විමල් වීරවංශ කියපු කතාව ඇත්ත- ලාල් කාන්ත කියයි
අන්තර්ජාල වැඩසටහනකට එක්වෙමින් ජවිපෙ හිටපු පාර්ලීමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ලාල් කාන්ත මහතා, විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා විසින් ලියන ලද “නවය : සැඟවුණු කතාව” නම් ග්‍රන්ථයෙහි අඩංගු කරුණු සම්බන්ධයෙන් අදහස් දක්වමින් පවසා සිටියේ එම ග්‍රන්ථයේ හෙළිදරව් කරන අමෙරිකානු තානාපතිනි ජූලියා චූන්ග් මැතිණිය අරගලය මෙහෙය වූවාය කියන කරුණ සත්‍යක් බවයි. https://youtu.be/S0GqtIKwwu4 කෙසේ වුවද ජවිපෙ ලේකම් ටිල්වින් සිල්වා මහතා මාධ්‍ය සාකච්ඡාවකට එක් වෙමින් පවසා සිටියේ විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා ජීවත් වන ලෝකය තුල ඔහුට හිතෙන දේවල් ලියන බවයි. මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී අදහස් දැක්වූ විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා ජූලි චූන්ග් මැතිණිය මේ රට ලිබියාවක් බවට පත් කිරීමට අරගලය නැමැති මැච් එක ගහපු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/23)
US blacklists Karannagoda on the basis of findings of NGOs, ‘independent investigations
‘I haven’t sought US visa for more than 15 years’ Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda yesterday (27) said that he had not applied for a visa to visit the US and was not planning to do so. He said so when The Island sought his response to him being designated by the US State Department. The action is the first since the US designation of the then Commander of the Army General Shavendra Silva in Feb 2020. Sri Lanka’s most successful Navy Commander said that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/23)
Arson attack on President’s private residence: J. Sri Ranga named as a suspect
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today named former Parliamentarian J. Sri Ranga as a suspect regarding the investigations over the incident of setting fire to President Ranil Wickremesinghe's private residence in Colombo. Accordingly, Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage issued an order directing the Prison Authorities to produce J. Sri Ranga before Court on May 3. Former MP J. Sri Ranga is currently in remand custody for allegedly influencing the witnesses of a fatal traffic accident in Vavuniya in 2011. A group of protesters had torched President Ranil Wickremesinghe's private... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/23)
Karannagoda says former military official, US ambassador behind his ban
While expressing surprise on the US decision to blacklist him and his family from entering US, North Western Province Governor Wasantha Karannagoda yesterday said that there is ‘something else’ behind the move. “I have some doubts about the move and believed that there is something else behind this,” the former Navy Commander Karannagoda said adding that, “It was a surprise to me that 14 years after the war, suddenly the US has taken a decision to blacklist me.” He also said he believed that a former military official and the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/23)
Sri Lanka parliament passes resolution on IMF agreement by majority votes
The Resolution for the Implementation of the Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Sri Lanka was passed in the parliament today (April 28) with majority votes. Members of Parliament voted for the resolution on the implementation of the IMF-supported program following a three-day debate from April 26 - 28. A total of 120 MPs voted in favour of the Resolution while 25 voted against it. Thereby, the resolution was passed by 95 majority votes. The main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/23)
Buddha statue found in Egypt points to ancient India links
A statue of Buddha has been discovered in Egypt’s ancient seaport of Berenice on the Red Sea, shedding light on trade ties with India under the Roman empire. A Polish-US mission discovered the statue “dating back to the Roman era while digging at the ancient temple in Berenice”, an antiquities ministry statement said on Wednesday. The find has “important indications over the presence of trade ties between Egypt and India during the Roman era”, the head of Egypt’s supreme antiquities council Mostafa al-Waziri said. The statue, with part of its... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/04/23)
The immovable feast cooked in Easter fires
Over the last 24 years, Easter Sunday has been celebrated on various days, from the 23rd of March to the 5th of May. It is then a movable holiday or, if one wants to be overly technical about it, a movable holy-day given that the word derives from the Old English hāligdæg (hālig ‘holy' + dæg ‘day’). Not all holidays have anything to do with divinity or religious purpose, but Easter certainly is. In Sri Lanka, however, while the ‘true’ Easter, if you will, is movable, there’s also a political Easter that is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/23)
අරුන් සිද්ධාර්ථන් ආරක්ෂාකර ගැනීමට ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ ‘SPUR‘ සංවිධානය ඉදිරිපත් වෙයි
යාපනයේ සිවිල් සංවිධාන කේන්ද්‍රයේ සභාපති අරුන් සිද්ධාර්ථ් මහතා දින කීපයකට පෙර අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් බව යාපනයෙන් රපෝර්තු වී තිබුනි. ඔහු රිජුව සම්බන්ද නැති, පවුල් දෙකක් අතර වෙච්ච ආරවුලක් මුල් කරගෙනයි ඔහුව අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇත්තේ. පරීයේෂන තවම කරගෙන යනවායි පොලීසිය කියන බැවින්, සිද්ධාර්ථ් මහතාට මහේස්ත්‍රාත්තුමා බේල් දී නිදහස් නොකර, ඔහුව රිමාන්ඩ් බාරයේ තැබීමට තීරනය කර තිබෙන බවත් අපට දැනගන්නට ලැබී තිබේ. මෙය සිද්ධාර්ථ් මහතාගේ ජීවිත ආරක්ෂාවට විශාල තර්ජනයක් වන බවට කිසිම සැකයක් නැත. පසුගිය වසරක පමන කාලයක් තුල ඔහු උතුරේ ද්‍රවිඩ ජනතාවත්, දකුනේ සිංහල ජනතාවත් අතරත් විශ්වාසය සහ අන්නෝන්‍ය සුහද තාවයත් ගොඩනැගීම සදහා විශාල වශයෙන් වෙහෙස මහන්සි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/23)
POLITICS IN SRI LANKA Part 3 Mb
There were several other rigged elections in JR’s time. The Referendum was not the only one. JR had intervened in the Jaffna District Development Councils elections held on June 4, 1981. This was the first election to take place under Proportional Representation. Officials selected by the Commissioner of Elections were replaced by nominees of the ruling party just before the poll. For the first time in the history of the country, the conduct of an election was wrested from the election authority and exercised by a political party, said Vittachi. Vittachi also quoted S.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/23)
විශ්ව සාහිත්‍යයේ පැතිකඩක් by Dr. Ruwan Jayathunga
https://youtu.be/sz993LiXubo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/23)
The duty free allowance given to expatriate workers at the airport increased from May 01 -The relevant circular issued
Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara, today said that duty free allowance given to expatriate workers at the airport will be increased from May 01. He said a circular in this regard was issued.The Minister was addressing the media at the Government Information Department.Earlier a memorandum presented by the Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara, to the cabinet of ministers seeking their approval to increase the duty free allowance given to expatriate workers at the airport was approved. Accordingly the Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment has issued the relevant circular.According to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/23)
භික්ෂුව අපහරණය කළ කතුන් අල්ලයි
නිකවැරටිය කොටවෙහෙර පොලිස් වසමට අයත් ඉහළ වීරදඩාන මෙත්සඳ විහාරස්ථානයේ වැඩ වාසය කළ 22 හැවිරිදි පූජ්‍ය කොස්ගොඩ සුදින්න නම් හිමිනමට ලිංගික අතවර කළ කාන්තාවන් අතුරින් කීපදෙ‌නෙකු අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇති බව විහාරස්ථානයේ විහාරාධිපති කල්පිටිය ශාසනාරක්ෂක බල මණ්ඩලයේ ප්‍රධාන ලේඛකාධිකාරී අස්ගිරි පාර්ශ්වයේ ගාලු දිසාවේ ප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක පූජ්‍ය මිගෙට්ටුවත්තේ සුමිත්ත නා හිමියන් මීට සුළු මොහොතකට පෙර අරුණට දැනුම් දුන්නේය. https://youtu.be/VIq8rtHZ7VY පෙරේදා එනම් අප්‍රේල් 25 වෙනිදා උදෑසන10.30 පමණ විහාරස්ථානයට ඇතුළු වූ කාන්තාවන් 7 දෙනෙකු හිමි නමට අතවර කිරීමෙන් පසු උන්වහන්සේ පුත්තලම මහ රෝහලට ඇතුළත් කර තිබුණි. මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් නීතිය ක්‍රියාත්මකවීම අඩ පනව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/23)
Sri Lanka's economy to shrink by 2% in 2023: Central bank
NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka's economy is expected to shrink by 2 per cent in 2023, its central bank said in an annual report on Thursday (Apr 27), as the country struggled to emerge from its worst financial crisis in decades. The central bank projected Sri Lanka's economy would grow by 3.3 per cent in 2024, according to the report. The economy shrank by 7.8 per cent in 2022, in a year dominated by deep political instability, soaring inflation and steep currency depreciation as Sri Lanka struggled with a financial crisis triggered by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/23)
Chinese economy off to a roaring recovery
The Chinese economy is off to a roaring start this year, clocking in a 4.5 per cent year-on-year growth rate in the first quarter – A figure that has surpassed even the most-optimistic projections. With this sturdy start in the first quarter, China is poised for a full-year economic rebound in 2023. The ripple effects of China’s strong economic performance are sure to reverberate across the globe, providing a much-needed impetus for the wider global economic recovery. On 18 April, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shared data revealing that China’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/23)
RETHINKING US-SRI LANKA TIES
During a visit to Sri Lanka on 14 December 2015, then US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Designate Thomas Shannon announced the launch of the first US-Sri Lanka Partnership Dialogue. The Dialogue, held in February the following year in Washington, sought to enhance cooperation between the two countries in several key areas, including governance, development cooperation, people-to-people ties, economic cooperation, and security cooperation. At the Dialogue, much was made of the common links between the US and Sri Lanka, including their contribution to the promotion of “democratic governance”. The initiative... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/23)
PCoI report should have been tabled in Parliament first — Maithri
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) yesterday (25) said the President and the Government should have tabled the complete report of the Easter Sunday Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI), in Parliament first before giving it to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka (CBCSL). The full report was handed over to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka (CBCSL) by Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles. Addressing a media briefing yesterday (25), SLFP Chairman former President Maithiripala Sirisena and SLFP General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara said the report would become... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/23)
පී.බී. ජයසුන්දර දුන් ලණු කෑ හැටි බන්දුල ගුණවර්ධන කියයි
ප්‍රවාහන, මහාමාර්ග හා ජනමාධ්‍ය ඇමැති, ආචාර්ය බන්දුල ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී පැවසුවේ මෙරට සියලු දේශපාලන නායකයන්ට ආර්ථික ලණු දුන්නේ මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශ ලේකම්ව සිටි පී.බී. ජයසුන්දර මහතා බවය. https://youtu.be/DbW1Xy4lmfo ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලේ ගිවිසුම පිළිබඳ පාර්ලිමේන්තු විවාදයට ඇමැතිවරයා පැවසුවේ මෙම අර්බුදය සඳහා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවත් ප්‍රධාන වගඋත්තරකරුවකු බවයි. අවධානය යොමු කළ යුතු ප්‍රධාන කරුණු වෙනුවට එදිනෙදා සරල දේවල් පිළිබඳව පාර්ලිමේන්තුව අවධානය යොමුකරන බවද මෙහිදී ඇමතිවරයා චෝදනා කළේය. මීට පෙර අවස්ථා ගණනාවකදී පක්ෂ විපක්ෂ මන්ත්‍රීවරු ගණනාවක් මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශයේ හිටපු ලේකම්වරයා සම්බන්ධයෙන් බරපතළ චෝදනා එල්ල කළ අතර, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/23)
රට කැළඹූ විමල්ගේ ‘නවය සැගවුණු කතාව’ මෙන්න..
යම් සමාජයක් ආරක්ෂා කර ගත හැක්කේ එහි දේශපාලන සාක්ෂරතාව බලගැන්වීමෙන් බවත් ඒ අනුව යමින් “විෂම රැලි – කුණාටුවලට ගොදුරුවීම වළක්වා” ලාංකේය සමාජයේ දේශපාලන සාක්ෂරතාව බලගැන්වීමේ අරමුණින් “නවය; සැඟවුණු කතාව” කෘතිය ජනගත කළ බවත් ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසයි. ශ්‍රී ලංකා පදනම් ආයතනයේදී තමන් විසින් “ගෝල්ෆේස් අරගලයේ ඇතුළාන්තය” පිළිබඳව පුළුල් අධ්‍යයනයකින් අනතුරුව රචනා කළ “නවය; සැඟවුණු කතාව” පර්යේෂණාත්මක කෘතිය එළිදැක්වීමේ උත්සව සභාව අමතමින් ඒ මහතා මෙසේ පැවසීය. “ගාලුමුවදොර අරගල සුළියට හසුව” තම දිවිසැරිය අකාලයේ අහිමිව ගිය පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී අමරකීර්ති අතුකෝරල මහතාගේ පුතණුවන්ට, රඹුක්කන චමින්ද ලක්‍ෂාන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/23)
US double standards displayed by Ambassador Chung:
Six weeks after the September 11 attacks on American soil, the U.S. Congress passed the “USA/Patriot Act,” nation’s hurried surveillance laws that expanded the government’s authority to check on its own citizens, while simultaneously reducing checks and balances on those powers like judicial oversight, public accountability, and the ability to challenge government searches in court. The Senate version of the Patriot Act was sent to the floor with no discussion, debate, or hearings. In the House,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/23)
US pursuing ‘plan B’ with Prez, after Speaker turned down its offer
National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa on Tuesday alleged that having failed to thwart Ranil Wickremesinghe’s ascent to presidency, the US was now working with the UNP leader to achieve its objectives. MP Weerawansa, the Chairman of the Uththara Lanka Sabhagaya said that President Wickremesinghe already consented to three of the four US conditions at secret talks in Colombo with top level US delegation that included CIA director William Joseph Burns in February this year. Addressing a gathering at Sri Lanka Foundation (SLF) at the launch of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/23)
Anti-Corruption Bill: Bribery Commission gets power to conduct international level probes
The Anti-Corruption Bill which was presented to Parliament by Minister of Justice Wijedasa Rajapakshe provides provisions for the Commission for Investigation of Bribery and Corruption powers to engage in joint investigations with foreign countries and other foreign parties. As per the Bill, the Bribery Commission is given powers as stated above when it comes to matters falling under agreements or arrangements to Sri Lanka and other foreign countries. The commission therefore is given the power to enter into agreements or arrangements with an institution of a foreign nation or with an international... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/23)
Wimal happy that Julie Chung translates his book
Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa, in response to US Ambassador Julie Chung calling his book a work of 'fiction' said he was happy the US Ambassador had taken time to translate his book into English and read his work within a day. https://youtu.be/ksqMsptdvVM "Ambassador Julie had tweeted about my book, with no mention of my name. I'm happy to see her interest to translate the book to English and read it in just a day," he said. Further, MP Field Marshall Sarath Fonseka attacked MP Wimal Weerawansa in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/23)
Sri Lankan govt denounces blacklisting of Wasantha Karannagoda by US
The Sri Lankan government has denounced the United States’ move to blacklist the Governor of North Western Province in Sri Lanka, Wasantha Karannagoda. Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Sabry has expressed grave concerns associated with the decision to US Ambassador Julie Chung today (April 27). https://youtu.be/upwsWc_tL08 The Sri Lankan government says such unilateral move by the United States without following the due process is “counter-productive” to the “holistic approach” that the island nation has taken on addressing national unity and reconciliation. “It is also unfortunate that the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/23)
Court deems 2020 Mahara Prison riot shooting deaths a ‘crime’
Welisara Magistrate Thusitha Dhammika has deemed the deaths of the 11 inmates at the Mahara Prison, who were shot dead during a riot that erupted in 2020, a ‘crime’. The magistrate mentioned this on Thursday, delivering the verdict of the magisterial inquest on the incident. He, thereby, ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to immediately arrest the prison officers who were involved in the shooting and to produce them before the court without delay.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/23)
Applications called online for examiners to evaluate A/L answer scripts
The Department of Examinations announced that applications for Examiners to evaluate G.C.E. Advanced Level answer scripts will be accepted online from today (27) until May 02, 2023. Accordingly, applications are called from teachers, including those who have not applied earlier and those who have retired after December 31, 2022. Moreover, the Examinations Department applications have been called for 12 subjects including Physics, Chemistry, Agri Science, Biology, Combined Mathematics, Communication and Media Studies, Business Studies, Engineering Technology, Bio-systems Technology, Science for Technology and English... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/23)
Govt focuses on solving issues of poultry and egg industry immediately
A discussion regarding the import of maize to be used for the production of poultry feed was held at the Presidential Secretariat under the patronage of the Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera and the President’s Senior Adviser on National Security and Chief of Presidential Staff Sagala Ratnayake. During the meeting yesterday (26), special emphasis was placed on regulating the poultry and egg industry to ensure an uninterrupted supply of poultry and eggs to consumers at a reasonable rate, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. The Ministry of Agriculture officials were instructed by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/23)
USAID, ADB collaborate to help Sri Lankan women in energy sector
The USAID’s Sri Lanka Energy Project and the Asia Development Bank (ADB) have collaborated to launch the Sri Lanka National Chapter WePOWER to promote the advancement of women working in the country’s local energy sector. The national chapter is affiliated with the regional South Asia WePOWER Network. In addition to promoting women in energy, this World Bank initiative also increases women’s participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education, the US Embassy in Colombo said in a statement. The launch featured a panel discussion and engaged power sector stakeholders... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/04/23)
SAVE OUR CHILDREN from the LGBTQ Movement
The LGBTQ movement are welcome to live as gays, lesbians, bi-sexuals or even transgender but when they attempt to fiddle with the sexuality of children, we must all rise & object. The LGBTQ movement exists due to funding & support that comes from a handful of people who serve to benefit by turning people into LGBTQ. It is for this purpose that US became the launchpad to roll out LGBTQ via public school syllabus. The domino effect of this was to have clueless kids identify themselves as gender disoriented and agree to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/23)
American Public Schools: Indoctrinating children with LGBTQ : Prevent it coming to Sri Lanka
“Sex education in public schools: Sexualization of children & LGBT indoctrination” by Cathy Ruse needs to be read by all to understand what parents are up against. It’s a far more dangerous agenda than groups of LGBTQ or their paid activists appearing in public & appealing for rights & drawing attention to discriminations. How can “their way of life” be imposed by force on kindergarten children upwards? Is this not a violation of the child’s rights? How can parents be omitted from deciding fate of their children’s education? Is this not a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/23)
POLITICS IN SRI LANKA Part 3 Ma
This essay contains observations, on the rule of President JR Jayewardene, many of them first hand, made by V.P. Vittachi and Sarath Amunugama with additional information from Jayatissa Bandaragoda. All three had served in the Ceylon Civil Service and held high positions in the state administration. V.P. Vittachi joined the Ceylon Civil Service in the closing years of British rule. In the early sixties he was Government Agent in Jaffna. His last position, in the 1970s, was as the Head of Sri Lanka Customs. Sarath and Jayatissa were GAs when JR Jayewardene was head... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/23)
Schools Are Secretly Trying to ‘Gender Transition’ Kids, and It Must Be Stopped
Transgenders are people diagnosed as “gender dysphoria”. Without treating those showing signs of transgender qualities, all children are being encouraged to wonder if they are a boy or girl. In a world where adults are also confused – how can anyone expect a child of 3 to decide if she wants to be a girl or boy and thereafter put the child on puberty blockers & hormone treatment even without the parents consent? Some girls never liked playing with dolls but they never questioned being a girl. Some boys never liked playing football... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/23)
Dunning-Kruger effect (බලපෑම).
The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with limited knowledge or skill overestimate their own competence and ability. This phenomenon was named after social psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger, who described it for the first time in 1999. According to the Dunning-Kruger effect, people who lack knowledge or skills in a certain area are often unable to identify their own limitations and exaggerate their own talents. This can lead to poor decision-making and performance of tasks relating to that subject. Individuals with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/23)
LATEST TREND “TRANSGENDERISM” – the “PAINFUL” Truth of SURGICAL SEX-CHANGES
A bunch of ultra-rich old men & women, who are more powerful than national governments by virtue of the power they yield as a result of the money they throw to governments, organizations, universities, media, even UN & associates are forcing an immoral ideology tied to the grants they give. Having funded lesbian, gay, bisexual movements over the past few decades, they are now venturing to transgenderism. Now they are using their money to even influence children to become transgender & legally enabling them to decide to change their sex without parental... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/23)
මේ වසරේදී කොරියානු රැකියා 8000ක් ලැබුණ රැකියා කෝටාව ඉක්මවා ශ්‍රමිකයින් බදවා ගැනීමට එකගතාවය
ඊ 9 වීසා කාණ්ඩය යටතේ මේ වසරේදී නැව් ඉදිකිරීම් ක්ෂේත්‍රෙය් රැකියා 600ක් - ලබන වසරේදී 900ක්කොරියානු රැකියා සඳහා 6500ක රැකියා කෝටාවක් මේ මෙරටට ලබා දී තිබුණත්, එම සංඛ්‍යාව ඉක්මවා යමින් මේ වසරේදී ශ්‍රමිකයන් 8000ක් කොරියානු රැකියා සඳහා බඳවා ගන්නා බවට අමාත්‍ය මනූෂ නානායක්කාර මහතා සමග අද (26) උදෑසන කළ සාකච්ඡාවකදී කොරියානු මානව සම්පත් දෙපර්තමේන්තුවේ මෙරට අධ්‍යක්ෂවරයා එකගතාවය දක්වා ඇත.කොරියානු මානව සම්පත් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ මෙරට අධ්‍යක්ෂ ලී මහතා සහ අමාත්‍යවරයා අතර අද උදෑසන පැවැති සාකච්ඡාවේදී මේ එකගතාවය පලකර තිබේ.කොරියානු භාෂා ප්‍රවීණතාවය සමත්ව දැනට වෙබ් අඩවිවියේ රැකියා අපේක්ෂාවෙන් සිටින, මේ වසරේ දෙසැම්බර් 31 දිනෙන් වෙබ් අඩවියේ කල් ඉකුත්වීමට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/23)
The International Buddhist Summit and the clout of India
New Delhi, India -- The recently concluded International Buddhist Summit (IBS) held in New Delhi from 20-21 April 2023 was probably one of the biggest in terms of high profile attendance. IBS was organised by the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) with the support of the government of India. From HH the 14th Dalai Lama to Tai Situpa Rinpoche and prominent meditation teachers such as Mingyur Rinpoche, the Supreme Partriach of Vietnam Thich Tri Quang, Ven. Sitagu Sayadaw of Myanmar, Pomnyun Sunim of South Korea, Supreme Head of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/23)
Could Japan-Bangladesh new strategic engagement change the region's current geopolitics?
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh and Japan have successfully elevated the bilateral relations to a "Strategic Partnership" from the existing "Comprehensive Partnership". "Prime minister Kishida and I have discussed today the entire gamut of our bilateral relations. We are happy that Bangladesh and Japan have successfully elevated the bilateral relations to a "Strategic Partnership" from the existing "Comprehensive Partnership", she said. The prime minister made the remarks in a joint statement after the exchanging of several instruments signed between the two sides following bilateral talks with her Japanese counterpart... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/23)
Designation of Sri Lankan Governor Due to Involvement in a Gross Violation of Human Rights
The United States is designating Wasantha Karannagoda, Governor of North Western Province in Sri Lanka, pursuant to Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2023, due to his involvement in a gross violation of human rights during his tenure as a Naval Commander. As a result of today’s action, Karannagoda and his wife, Srimathi Ashoka Karannagoda, are ineligible for entry into the United States. The allegation that Wasantha Karannagoda committed a gross human rights violation, documented by NGOs and independent investigations, is serious and credible. By designating Wasantha Karannagoda, the United States reaffirms its commitment to upholding human rights, ending... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/23)
Sri Lanka seeks $17 billion debt reduction by restructuring
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president urged lawmakers Wednesday to approve a four-year International Monetary Fund program to reduce the country’s debt by $17 billion through restructuring. Parliament began a three-day debate Wednesday on President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s proposal to accept the IMF program. It will be followed by a vote. If approved, the plan would dictate how Sri Lanka’s crisis-stricken economy will be managed in the coming few years. A majority of lawmakers are expected to accept the IMF’s four-year bailout program. Under the plan, the international development lender will... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/23)
Those in SJB will walk towards common journey with me before long: President
In response to a request made by the Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa to walk the talk and thereby put into practice what he had talked of, President Ranil Wickremeinge today told Parliament those in Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) will walk towards a common journey with him soon. “I must tell the President that he should walk the talk,” Premadasa said. https://youtu.be/z2CMjMXG47w “I will walk the talk but I would like to tell you that those in SJB will start walking with me,” the President said.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/23)
Debt restructuring talks with India, Paris Club on one platform and China separately – President
Sri Lanka is scheduled to hold debt restructuring talks with the Paris Club, India and China before the discussion with private creditors, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said. Speaking in Parliament this morning (26 April), the Head of State announced that debt restructuring talks will be held with both the Paris Club and India in one platform, while discussions with China in this regard will be held separately prior to any discussions with private creditors. Meanwhile, speaking on Sri Lanka’s economic and political crises, President Wickremesinghe highlighted the island nation’s recovery thus far, stating... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/23)
JICA to provide Rs 1.3 bn in project support for management of clinical waste in Sri Lanka
The signing of Exchange Notes pertaining to the provision of a project support of Japanese Yen five hundred and three million (Approximately LKR 1.3 bn) through Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to strengthen infectious waste management in government hospitals in Sri Lanka has been carried out today (April 26). The Project aims to strengthen infectious waste management by installing medical waste incinerators in selected public hospitals, thereby contributing to the reduction of health hazards. In order to achieve the above purpose, it has been selected 15 hospitals to install incinerators covering all the provinces... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/23)
අරගලයේ සැඟවුණු භූමිකා විමල් සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම හෙළි කරයි
පසු ගිය වසරේ පැන නැඟුණු "අරගලය" පිළිබඳව පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී විමල් වීරවංශ විසින් රචිත පර්යේෂණාත්මක කෘතිය 2023.4.25 දින එළි දක්වන ලදි. එම කෘතිය එළි දැක්වීමේදී කතෘවරයා විසින් කළ දේශනයේදී ඉතා ආන්දෝලනාත්මක කරුණු රාශියක් මූලාශ්‍ර සහිතව ඉදිරිපත් කළ අතර මේ එම දේශනයයි. https://www.facebook.com/WimalWeerawansa.sl/videos/189143296866495/... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/23)
US envoy slams MP’s book ‘that should be labelled fiction’
U.S Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung has expressed her disappointment over recent allegations levelled against the United States by a Sri Lankan Member of Parliament in his latest publication. Taking to Twitter, Chung deemed the allegations ‘baseless’ and accused the MP of spreading “outright lies in a book that should be labelled ‘fiction’”. https://youtu.be/0IEduhjqTm4 “For 75 years, the US and SL have shared commitments to democracy, sovereignty and prosperity – a partnership and future we continue to build together”, she said, vehemently denying all allegations supposedly made... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/23)
Sinopec to sign agreements with Sri Lanka in May for retail fuel sales
A team of officials from Sinopec visited Sri Lanka in order to finalise the agreements and commencement of operations for retail fuel sales, Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said. https://youtu.be/gWDlO4Yytkk Accordingly, the timeline, conditions of the relevant agreement and other concerns were discussed at a meeting held at the Ministry’s premises yesterday (25 April) between the team of officials and technical experts from the Chines energy giant and Minister Wijesekera. It was decided that the agreements would be signed in mid-May, and that operation would commence... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/04/23)
INSULTING CULTURE OF SRI LANKANS: ARE RELIGIONS WORKING IN THE SOCIETY?
Insulting to others is an explicit nature of Sri Lankans irrespective of ethnic groups such as Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim. In other ethnic groups in the world there may have such a negative cultural feature in relation to human behaviour, comparatively Sri Lankans gets a priority for this bad feature and I can remember this negative habit was operated in households as well as workplaces when I was living there. My experience in Sri Lanka confirms that many workplaces have allied with the insulting culture except very few people in workplaces. Many higher officers and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/23)
India combined with Buddhist Asia can become a World Superpower
India with the support of Buddhist Asia can become a World Superpower. Not necessarily militarily but economically, morally, and spiritually. Buddhism which has heavily influenced the moral and ethical foundations of a wide range of countries in South Asia, South East Asia, and the Far East in the past two millennia, can again revert to center stage and reclaim its lost ground as the Light of Asia - which is also the name of an epic poem authored by Sir Edwin Arnold that gives a narrative of the life and message of the Buddha. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/23)
IS SRI LANKA TOURISM IN SHAMBLES
However, as much as everyone brags about the increase in tourism, the fact remains that the hotel staff is disgracefully still living in the colonial era. The Tourist Board had approached the Immigration and Emigration Department to extend tourist visas for six months and beyond. If Sri Lanka wants to make the island a paradise for tourists, then the following needs to be done for tourist attractions rather than talking about tourist increases constantly. Surely, Sri Lanka needs tourists to boost its collapsed economy. The Immigration & Emigration Department needs to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/23)
Prime Minister discusses trade and investment growth with Italy
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena held a discussion with Italian Ambassador Rita Giuliana Mannella about the expansion of trade and investment relations between the two countries. He urged to explore possibility of investments in new areas during a discussion held with Ambassador of Italy Rita Giuliana Mannella and European Union Ambassador Denis Chibi when they called on him at the Temple Trees today (April 24). The Prime Minister requested Italy to assist to set up Italian Language Departments in Sri Lankan universities and Ambassador Mannella said the Embassy is already in contact with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/23)
'ඉන්දු - ලංකා, සිංහල - දෙමළ සබඳතා තර කළ සීතා අම්මාන් කෝවිල.'
වාල්මිකීගේ රාමායණය ඉන්දු ලංකා අනාදිමත් පුරාවෘත්තයන් සටහන් කරයි. දෙරට පුරා විසිරී ගිය එහි ජනප්‍රවාදයන් අතර නුවරඑළිය සීතා අම්මාන් කෝවිල ප්‍රධානතම ස්ථානය ගනී. දෙමළ හින්දු ජනතාවගේ වන්දනාමානයට පාත්‍රවන මෙම ස්ථානය සිංහල ජනතාව ද පැදකුණු කරයි. මෙය ජාතික හා ආගමික සමගිය සදහා වූ තෝතැන්නකි. සීතා අම්මාන් කෝවිල් භාරකාර මණ්ඩලයේ සභාපති වී. රාධක්‍රිෂ්ණන් මහතාගේ ආරාධනයට අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා සහ ඉන්දියානු මහකොමසාරිස් ගෝපාල් භාගමහතා පසුගිය දා නුවරඑළියේ, සීතාඑළිය, සීතා අම්මාන් කෝවිලට ගියේ විශාල ඉන්දීය දුත පිරිසක් සමඟය. දෙරටේම බැතිමතුන් සඳහා වූ භාවනා මධ්‍යස්ථානය ඉදිකිරීම් ආරම්භ කිරීම එහිදී සිදු කෙරිණී. එහිදී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/23)
IMF, Media Caught Lying about China & Sri Lanka’s Debt
‘The irrationalities & inhumanity of the world order are essentially a problem of vested interests both on a national & international scale, not to be resolved as a problem in logic by argumentation or as a problem in ethics by appeals to righteousness.’– see ee Focus, SBD de Silva, Political Economy of Underdevelopment For every $1 the IMF encourages a set of poor countries to spend on public goods, it has told them to cut 4 times more through austerity measures.– see ee Economists, The IMF’s ‘Austerity Drive’ It’s as if the IMF is really operating out of a small... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/23)
“නවය; සැඟවුණු කතාව” සජීවී විකාශය (LIVE)
ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ’ නායක විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා විසින් “ගෝල්ෆේස් අරගලයේ ඇතුළාන්තය” පිළිබඳව පුළුල් අධ්‍යයනයකින් අනතුරුව රචනා කළ “නවය; සැඟවුණු කතාව” විමර්ශනාත්මක කෘතිය එළිදැක්වීමේ සජීවී විකාශය හා එක්වන්න.. https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=1179052012792347 https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWimalWeerawansa.sl%2Fvideos%2F1179052012792347%2F&show_text=false&width=560&t=0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/23)
No one will be allowed to directly or indirectly disrupt country’s education system – President
President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that any attempt to disturb the education system of the country, whether directly or indirectly, will not be permitted, and if required, new legislation will be introduced to address such conduct. https://youtu.be/GVRbpgGsqxw The President stressed the pivotal role of education in shaping the future of the country, and announced his plans to establish a modern education system that aligns with the demands of the 21st century. He further pledged to enhance the international reputation of Sri Lanka through these efforts, the President’s Media Division... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/23)
Ex-President Maithripala claims Cardinal Ranjith wants him ‘jailed or executed’ over Easter attacks
Former President Maithripala Sirisena has claimed that he is being targetted as a perpetrator of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, despite several arrests already being made in this regard. Speaking at a news conference in Colombo today (25 April), Sirisena deemed it ‘unfair’ that he is still seen as a perpetrator of the attacks, despite the relevant suspects already having been arrested. He further accused the Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of wanting him ‘jailed or executed’ over the attacks, despite the fact that investigations into the series of bomb attacks... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/23)
Indian tourists able to use INR for local transactions – CBSL Governor
The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe has stated that Indian tourists visiting Sri Lanka can now use the Indian Rupee (INR) for local transactions. Delivering the keynote address at the webinar organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Dr. Weerasinghe reiterated that making the INR a designated currency by the CBSL not only enables for trade settlement between the two nations, but also allows for Indian tourists visiting the island to use INR for transactions. Dr. Weerasinghe also expressed his... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/23)
Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka urges Federation of University Teachers’ Association to postpone trade union action until A/L paper-marking is over
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka today urged the Federation of University Teachers’ Association (FUTA) to postpone their trade union action until the paper markings of the 2022 G.C.E. Advanced Level examination is completed. https://youtu.be/3c26j2hCKpk The HRCSL said it has initiated an inquiry into this issue by self-intervention in concern with some complaints received by the commission and the media reports pertaining to the issue. Accordingly, a discussion has been held today with the participation of the Commissioner General of Examinations and the Chairman of FUTA, Prof.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/04/23)
අපරාධයක සංකේතීය ලක්ෂණ: 2019 පාස්කුව, ඇමෙරිකාව ‘ආසියාව වෙතට හැරීම’ සහ ඉන්දිය සාගරය යටත්විජිතහරණය සඳහා කෙරෙන හඬගෑම
අපරාධයක සංකේතීය ලක්ෂණ: 2019 පාස්කුව, ඇමෙරිකාව ‘ආසියාව වෙතට හැරීම’ සහ ඉන්දිය සාගරය යටත්විජිතහරණය සඳහා කෙරෙන හඬගෑම “ඉන්දියානු සාගරය ලෝකයේ බලශක්තිය පිළිබඳ අන්තර් රාජ්‍යයක් වීම හේතුවෙන් චීනය නුදුරු අනාගතයේදීම එය තුළ සිය නාවික බලය ශක්තිමත් කරගැනීමට කටයුතු කරනු ඇත.දකුණු ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ මේ ආකාරයේ වරායක් ඉදිකිරීම සැබෑ භූ දේශපාලනික වැදගත් කමකින් යුතුය.” – රොබර්ට් ඩි කප්ලාන්, Monsoon නම් කෘතියේ කර්තෘ[1] අපරාධයක් යනු අත්‍යාවශ්‍යයෙන්ම නිර්වචනය කිරීමේ විද්‍යාව තුළ සිදුවන අර්ථගැන්වීම සහ සංකේතීයකරණය පිළිබඳ දෙයකි. මාර්සෙල් ඩනේසි (Marcel Danesi) ශ්‍රි ලංකාවේ 2019 දී සිදු වූ පාස්කු ඉරිදා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/23)
THE GENOCIDE-1984
Jasmeet Kaur Bains is a member of the California State Assembly for the 35th district. A few days back. Bains said introducing a resolution in the California State Assembly, “The first and foremost thing is to recognize and condemn 1984 anti-Sikh violence in India as genocide.” The resolution was passed unanimously and the most astonishing is the fact that the only other Hindu member of the Assembly Ash Kalra also voted in favour. The tale of conflict between the Hindu and the Sikh community in India is very strange. These two don’t have a hostility rather... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/23)
කාන්තා ශ්‍රමිකයින්ගේ ආරක්ෂාව වෙනුවෙන් - ජාවාරම්කරුවන්ට වැට බදින්න විදේශ රැකියා ක්ෂේත්‍රය ඩිජිටල් කරන්න - කාන්තා සංවිධාන අමාත්‍ය මනුෂගෙන් ඉල්ලයි-ඉල්ලීමට අමාත්‍යවරයාගෙන් සුභවාදී ප්‍රතිචාරයක්
රටට විශාල ආදායමක් ලබාදෙන විදේශ රැකියා ක්ෂේත්‍රෙය් සේවය කරන කාන්තාවන් මුහුණදෙන ගැටලු නිරාකරණය කරගැනීම සදහාත් දූෂණ අක්‍රමිකතා හා විදේශ රැකියා ජාවාරම් වැලැක්වීමටත් මෙම ක්ෂේත්‍රය ඩිජිටල්කරණයට ලක් කරන ලෙසට කාත්නා සංවිධාන තුනක් කම්කරු හා විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාර මහතාගෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටි අතර එම ඉල්ලීමට අමාත්‍යවරයාගෙන් සුභවාදී ප්‍රතිචාරයක් හිමිවිය.ගැමි කාන්තා පෙරමුණ, ජෙස්මින් කාන්තා සංවිධානය, ගාල්ල ව්‍යාපාරික කාන්තා සංසදය එක්ව අමාත්‍යවරයා වෙත අද දිනයේදී (24) සංදේශයක් භාරදෙමින් විදේශ රැකියා ක්ෂේත්‍රය ඩිජිටල්කරණයට ලක් කරන ලෙසට වන ලිඛිත ඉල්ලීම කළේය.විදේශ ගත කාන්තා ශ්‍රමිකයින් සම්බන්ධයෙන් සිය සංවිධාන දීර්ඝ කාලයක් තිස්සේ කටයුතු කරන බවද ශ්‍රී ලාංකික ශ්‍රමිකයින්ගේ ආරක්ෂාව වෙනුවෙන් මෙම ඉල්ලීම කරන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/23)
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ගෘහස්ථ කෘෂිකර්මාන්තය සහ බලශක්ති ආරක්ෂණය ඉහළනැංවීමට එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහනේ සහ ජපාන සහාය.
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථික අර්බුදය විසඳීම සඳහා මෙම නව ජීවනෝපාය ව්‍යාපෘති 2023.04.24 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී දියත් කෙරුණු අතර එය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන, ජපාන තානාපති මිසුකොෂී හිදෙකි සහ UNDP ශ්‍රී ලංකා නේවාසික නියෝජිත අසූසා කුබෝටා යන අයගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් පැවැත්විණි. කාන්තාවන් හා තරුණ තරුණියන් 58000 කට මෙම ව්‍යාපෘති වලින් සෘජුවම ප්‍රතිලාභ ලැබෙනු ඇත. එයට අමතරව උතුරු මැද, වයඹ සහ නැගෙනහිර පළාත්වල අවදානමට ලක්විය හැකි ප්‍රජාවන්ගේ සාමාජිකයින් 132000 කට වැඩි පිරිසකට මෙමගින් වක්‍ර බලපෑමක් සිදුවේ. පවතින සමාජ ආර්ථික අර්බුදය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කෘෂිකාර්මික අංශයට බරපතල බලපෑම් ඇති කර තිබේ. ඉහළ යන බලශක්ති පිරිවැය සහ වර්ධනය වන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/23)
Sri Lanka files a lawsuit in Singapore in connection with the X-Press Pearl environmental disaster
Two years ago, the cargo ship caught fire, causing what is considered Sri Lanka's worst environmental disaster. Some experts believe Sri Lankan courts could have handled the issue. Meanwhile, the Minister of Justice reports that a bribe was allegedly paid to hinder the case. Colombo (AsiaNews) – Sri Lankan Attorney General Sanjay Rajaratnam today filed a lawsuit at the Singapore Commercial Court seeking compensation for the environmental pollution caused by the X-Press Pearl cargo ship that caught fire in Sri Lankan waters causing what is considered the worst maritime... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/23)
PAGANISM And the Roots of Christian Belief
Pagans! The word summons up images in the mind of wild, uncouth tribesmen. But who exactly are Pagans? And what do we really know about those whom the Christians designate as pagan’? All the old, Middle-Eastern religions such as Mithras, Attis, Adonis, Osiris, and Dionysus worshippers and the present day Hindus, Confucionists, Buddhists, Daoists, etc., are all lumped together as ‘pagans’ by Christians. These are not members of one of the three ‘Abrahamic’ religions (i.e., Jewish, Christian or Muslim) and so, are called ‘Pagans’. These religions do not accept the Bible... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/23)
INCREASE IN AN INDIAN POPULATION COMPARED TO THE CHINESE VOLUME
It is reported that the Indian population will be surpassed a high volume than China in mid-year of 2023, this estimation has done based on the estimation of the UN, which is a broader and more realistic estimation considering people currently living in India and China, however, Indian and Chinese population may change if it adds Indian and Chinese (ethnic) people living in other countries. For example, Sri Lankan people, Sinhala and Tamil are ethnically considered Indian, surrounding countries Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh are included as ethnic Indians, and many Malays and Indonesians are ethnically... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/23)
The First Ever Tooth Relic Temple in Sri Lanka
In the fourth century CE, King Guhasiva of Kalinga in India possessed a precious relic, a Gautam Buddha's tooth. For hundreds of years, the tooth was thought to confer a divine right to govern whoever owned it, causing political unrest. Fearing that the object of his Buddhist worship might be removed from him violently, the King discreetly sent the tooth away with Princess Hemamali and her spouse, Prince Danthakumara. Legend has it that they travelled to Sri Lanka disguised and with the tooth hidden in Princess Hemamali's hair.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/23)
Serve humanity to attain Islam’s true Eid – Ahmadiyya Khalifa at Eid-ul-Fitr Sermon.
(Given below is an excerpt of the Eid-ul-Fitr Sermon delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Supreme Head of the world-wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam, on 22 April 2023, at ‘Masjid Mubarak’, Islamabad, Tilford, U.K. gave a discourse on Serve humanity to attain Islam’s true Eid: His Holiness, after led congregation in Eid-ul-Fitr prayer the Eid-ul-Fitr prayer, recited the tashahud, ta‘awuz, Surah al-Fatihah and verse 37 of Surah an-Nisa in the Holy Qur’an – the translation of which: “And worship Allah and associate naught with Him, and show kindness to parents, and to kindred, and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/04/23)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe outlines vision for Sri Lanka to become top aviation and naval hub in Asia
Launching the Colombo North Port Thirty Year Development Plan in Colombo, President Ranil Wickremesinghe says that Sri Lanka should be made into one of the best aviation and naval hubs in Asia. The President also stated that all projects slated in the Sri Lanka Ports Authority's main national development plan are expected to be completed by 2030. It was also noted that the Hambantota Port, which is currently not operating at its full capacity will be developed in the next 10 to 15 years. Meanwhile, the contract for the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/04/23)
The Easter attacks and a Game of Thrones: The Master Mind, a Cover up Investigation and AI
‘The Owl of Minerva takes flight only at Dusk’ --Walter Benjamin “We have met the enemy, and he is us” -- Pogo Comics quoted in the “IS is US: The Shocking Truth Behind the Army of Terror.” April is the cruelest month: Four years ago as the Fahrenheit rose on a beautiful Easter Sunday morning in April 21, bombs exploded simultaneously at seven different locations, luxury hotels and churches, on the east and west coasts of Sri Lanka. It was a complex logistics operation designed Over the Horizon (OTH), hybrid-war-style, to cripple... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/23)
Anti-terrorism Bill will be changed
The highly controversial Antiterrorism Bill is subject to amendments and changes in Parliament and as such no one should have any fear or feeling of threat from the proposed Bill, Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said. The government is aware of concerns raised by the global and local community on certain provisions contained in the draft of the Anti-terrorism Bill and the Government is ready to alleviate them by discussion, compromise and flexibility, he added. Addressing a news conference at the Information Department auditorium, Minister Rajapakshe said the Prevention of Terrorism Act... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/23)
Stern action against organisers for conducting New Year festivals with indecent events: Minister
Stern action would be taken against the organisers who organise indecent events at New Year festivals, Buddhist and Cultural Affairs Minister Vidura Wickramanayake said. He said a special team is enaged in collecting information on such New Year festival celebration events. The Buddhist and Cultural Affairs Ministry had received information that New Year festivals that had included indecent events had been held in several places.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/23)
Moulavi remanded for making false attack alert on mosque in Akurana
A 21-year-old Moulavi who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for making two false calls to the 118 emergency call centre about an attack on a mosque in Akurana and an area with a majority of Muslim community, was remanded till May 4 by the Hultsdorf Magistrate's Court today. The suspect was arrested by the Cyber Crimes Division in the Harispattuwa area today. Police said the suspect, a resident of Harispattuwa had told the police that the information he had given was fake. The suspect made... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/23)
Beware of dubious IT firms which lure Sri Lankans for employment in Thailand
The Sri Lanka Mission in Thailand has noticed recently that Sri Lankan nationals are being lured for employment in Thailand particularly for the positions in the Information Technology (IT) sector by dubious IT firms involved in call-centre scams and crypto currency fraud, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said. According to the statement, victims are illegally taken across the border from Thailand mostly into Myanmar and held captive to work under harsh restrictive conditions. Some of the victims have also been apprehended by authorities for illegal entry. All these victimized Sri Lankans... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/23)
EU and FAO launch 4 mn Euro initiative to improve Sri Lanka’s paddy farming
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO, together with the European Union (EU), today (22 April) officially launched a new programme to strengthen food security in Sri Lanka by boosting the productivity and sustainability of the paddy cultivation sector. The four million Euro (approximately Rs. 1.5 billion) initiative funded by the EU was initiated at an event held at the Bataatha Agro Technology park in Hambanthota under the auspices of the Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera, EU Ambassador to Sri Lanka Denis Chaibi and FAO Representative in Sri Lanka Vimlendra Sharan.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/23)
Minister moots regulating games at Sinhala & Tamil New Year events
The games at Sinhala & Tamil New Year festivals organized in the future will be regulated, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Vidura Wickremanayake says. Speaking further on the matter, the lawmaker rebuked organizing games that are deemed ‘inappropriate’ for the country’s culture and traditions. Wickremanayake said such events should be nipped in the bud without allowing them to be carried forward. It is better to practice some self-censorship before these events are regulated by law, the minister stressed.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/23)
Youth arrested over false bomb scare in Akurana remanded
The youth, who was arrested for giving an anonymous false tip-off to the police about a possible bomb threat to Akurana area recently, was remanded until May 04. The 21-year-old was produced before the Hulftsdorp Police earlier today (April 22). On April 19, he had called the 118 online emergency complaint system and falsely claimed that there was an impending bomb attack on mosques in Akurana during Muslim devotees’ prayers in the holy month of Ramadan. https://youtu.be/15SIAJSvT90 Following the bomb scare, special police teams were deployed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/23)
Travellers to Sri Lanka alerted about fraudulent visa websites.
The High Commission of India in Colombo has issued an advisory for travellers to Sri Lanka on fraudulent visa websites. The Controller General of Immigration & Emigration of Sri Lanka has warned travellers to Sri Lanka about misleading websites that charge exorbitant fees for Sri Lanka ETA (Electronic Travel Authorization) visas. The high commission noted that the Immigration & Emigration Department is the ‘issuing authority’ of Sri Lanka ETA visa and the correct link for its website is as follows: https://www.immigration.gov.lk/ Thereby, the travellers are advised to use only the official... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/23)
හයිය තියෙන කාලේ ඇත්ත නොකියපු දප්පුලට විජේදාසගෙන් ගෝරනාඩුවක් (වීඩියෝ)
තමන්ට තීන්දුවක් ගත හැකි, නියෝගයක් නිකුත් කළ හැකි, බලයක් සහිත කාල වකවානුවේ දී කිසිවක් නොපවසා, විශ්‍රාම යන මොහොතේ කුමන්ත්‍රණකාරී සිදුවීමක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් හිටපු නීතිපති දප්පුල ද ලිවේරා සිදු කළ ප්‍රකාශය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අධිකරණ අමාත්‍ය ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂගෙන් විවේචනාත්මක ප්‍රකාශයක් නිකුත් වී තිබෙනවා. https://youtu.be/2LUX_gn34kg අද (22) පෙරවරුවේ මහනුවර අස්ගිරි විහාරස්ථානයට ත්‍රස්ත විරෝධී පනත සම්බන්ධයෙන් හා පවතින දේශපාලනික ව්‍යාකූල තත්ත්වය සහ ඉදිරියට ගන්නා ක්‍රියාමාර්ග සම්බන්ධයෙන් මහා සංඝරත්නය දැනුවත් කිරීමට ගිය අවස්ථාවේදියි අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යවරයා මාධ්‍යවේදීන් නැගූ ප්‍රශ්නයට පිළිතුරු වශයෙන් එම ප්‍රකාශය සිදු කලේ. මීට සිව් වසරකට ඉහත දී සිදු වූ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/04/23)
දයාන්ජයතිලක හා යාපනේ දෙමළ චේගුවේරා (Tamil Che Guvera & Dayan Jayatilleka)
ලංකාවෙබ් වෙබ් අඩවියේ මගේ නමින් පලවන ලිපි රටේ අගමැති, ජනාධිපති වැනි අයගේ ඊමේල් ලිපින වලටද යැවීම මගේ පුරුද්දය. යාපනේ නැඟී එන දෙමළ චේ ගුවේරා කෙනෙක් පිළිඹඳව එසේ යැවූ ලිපියකට, LankaWeb – දෙමළ චේ ගුවේරා? (Tamil Che Guvera) දයාන් ද සිල්වා (aka දයාන් ජයතිලක) විසින් දැක්වූ ඊමේල් ප්‍රතිචාරය මෙසේය “..This can only be said by someone who knows jack-shit about Che Guevara. If you want to learn about him, try reading this. Che’s Visage On The Shroud Of Time - Colombo Telegraph…” ක්‍රිස්තියානි කළු සුද්දන් දොන් ජුවන් ධර්මපාල, ලංකාවේ ප්‍රථම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/23)
Easter Sunday Attack Anniversary
The Muslims of Sri Lanka stand in solidarity and brotherhood with the thousands of Christiansand Catholics who were affected by the dastardly terrorist attack on April 21st 2019. Thesuspected terrorists were Muslims by name but Islam forbids suicide and killing innocentcivilians, hence Islam does not condone such acts of violence. Overnight on April 21st 2019, the 2.1 Million Muslims in this country were considered asterrorist suspects or their sympathisers. The Muslims have stood by the Catholic church indemanding an independent inquiry to the Easter Sunday attacks in 2019, which... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/23)
President requests private sector to become ‘engines of growth’ in Sri Lanka’s economy
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has requested the private sector to submit proposals for becoming the engines of Sri Lanka’s economic growth. During his address at the Business Today Top 40 Awards Ceremony at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on Thursday (April 20), the Head of State highlighted the need for a strong, export-oriented economy. He emphasized the importance of engaging in comprehensive economic and technological collaborations with India and negotiating entry into the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), while maintaining RCEP standards and remaining open to possibilities. The President further emphasized... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/23)
Former AG Dappula de Livera summoned to TID once again
Former Attorney General Dappula de Livera has been once again issued a summons to appear before the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID). He was initially informed to make an appearance at the TID on April 19 to record a statement pertaining to his controversial comment on a massive conspiracy behind the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks. However, the former Attorney General’s lawyer appeared before the TID on that day and submitted a seven-page legal objection on his behalf. De Livera was then asked to report to the TID today (April 21),... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/23)
Sri Lanka to build South Asia’s largest logistics complex at Colombo Port
Sri Lanka has launched the project to build the largest commercial and logistics complex in South Asia in the Port of Colombo with an investment of USD 392 million. Agreements for the construction and operation of the South Asia Commercial and Logistics Hub (SACL) as a 50-year Build Operate-Transfer (BOT) project were formally signed in Colombo by the representatives of the three investing entities. Accordingly, China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPort) holds a 70% stake while Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) and Access Engineering PLC (Access) each hold a 15% stake in the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/04/23)
“HISTORY OF SURGICAL SERVICES IN SRI LANKA FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 2021” Part 5
The College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka celebrated its 50 anniversary, by publishing, “History of surgical services in Sri Lanka from the earliest times to 2021.” The title itself shows that the College recognizes the existence of a surgical service in the island, before the arrival of modern surgery. The book does not go straight into the medical systems of ancient times. It first looks at the political history of the island. The reader is quickly directed to the most important historical discovery in modern times, the new dates for the Anuradhapura civilization. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/23)
Sadly 4/21 Will Not Be the Last of Its Kind as Underlying Problems Remain
Major problems, ailments and disasters brew slowly. There are unmissable signs of impending danger that are often disregarded for convenience. At other times humans simply do not want to hear them as they have enough on their plate. They wish the problems will go away or find an easy scapegoat. These are the very reasons why problems grow larger and more dangerous, to the extent they cannot be fixed. The conditions that led to 4/21 terrorist attacks have not changed. It is impossible to prevent every such attack as that would require a mammoth... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/23)
Global Buddhist Summit in New Delhi
Today a Global Buddhist Summit was inaugurated in New Delhi by the Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. While the News is heart warming especially to Buddhists a content analysis of the Agenda of this Summit Conference is not. International Buddhist Conferences usually fail to address the problems of Buddhist minorities in the rest of the World. In fact these issues are deliberately avoided. While all Buddhist Countries officially grant recognition to the three major Monotheistic religions i. e., Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, there is no proper reciprocating. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/23)
ප්‍රාතිහාරයක් බඳු මේ පොහොසත් මහ පොළොව ගොවිතැනින් සශ්‍රික කරන්න හැම රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරියෙක්ම උදව්කළ යුතුයි.
· රජයෙන් වැටුප ගන්න සමහර නිලධාරීන් දුප්පතුන්ට ආධාර දෙන සුබසාධක සමීක්ෂණ කටයුතු මග ඇරියා. - අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා. අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කළේ අලුත් ගමක්- අලුත් රටක් ජාතික ඒකාබද්ධ සහභාගිත්ව සංවර්ධන වැඩසටහනේ බදුල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික් ප්‍රගති සමාලෝචන රැස්වීම 2023.04.20 දින බදුල්ල දිස්ත්‍රීක් ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේ පැවති අවස්ථාවේදීය. එහිදී අදහස් දැක්වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා - ″රටක් හැටියට පසුගිය කාල පරිච්ඡේදයේ විවිධ ගැටලු වලට අපි මුහුණ දුන්නා. රාජ්‍ය සේවයේ සියලු දෙනා වගේම ගොවි ජනතාවත් ඊට ලබාදුන් සහයෝගය ඉමහත්. අද රට යළි හිස ඔසවා තිබෙනවා. නමුත් අභියෝග රාශියක් ජය ගැනීමටත් තිබෙනවා. ඒ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/23)
Moragoda meets with Chief Minister Conrad Sangma of Meghalaya State
High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India, Milinda Moragoda, met with the Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Conrad Kongal Sangma. The meeting took place at the Chief Minister’s office in Shillong, in the northeastern state of Meghalaya. Moragoda was in Shillong as a guest of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Government of Meghalaya. The discussion focussed on establishing a mutually beneficial framework for collaboration between Sri Lanka and Meghalaya in the spheres of tourism and value-added agriculture. The meeting was part of High Commissioner Moragoda’s ongoing programme to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/23)
දැනට පවතින නීති රාමුවට සංශෝධන ගෙන ඒමේදී ළමුන්ගේ ආරක්ෂාවට තිබෙන ආවරණය ඉබේම අහෝසි වෙනවා – ශර්මිලා ගෝනවෙල
දැනට පවතින 365, 365 (a) නීති රාමුවන්ට සංශෝධනයන් එකතු කිරීමේදී 1995 අංක 22 පනත යටතේ හඳුන්වාදුන් සංශෝධනයන් ස්වයංක්‍රීයව අහෝසි වන බවත්, ඒ අනුව ළමා අපයෝජන, අපරාධ ආවරණය ස්වයංක්‍රීයව අහෝසි වන බවත් සමාජ ක්‍රියාකාරිනීයක හා නාගරික මන්ත්‍රීවරියක වන ශර්මිලා ගෝනවෙල මහත්මිය පවසයි. මේ පිළිබඳව ඇය පළකර ඇති අදහස් පහළින් දැක්වේ. දැනට පවතින 365 ,365 (a) නීති රාමුවන්ට සංශෝධනයන් එකතු කිරීමේදී 1995 අංක 22 පනත යටතේ හඳුන්වාදුන් සංශෝධනයන් ස්වයංක්‍රීයව අහෝසි වනු ඇත. මෙම සංශෝධනයන් පිළිබඳ මනා දැනුමක් ඇති විද්වතුන්ගේ මතයට අනුව ළමා අපයෝජන, අපරාධ ආවරණය ස්වයංක්‍රීයව අහෝසි කරයි. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/23)
Agri. Secretary confirms request from private company to export monkeys to China
The Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Gunadasa Samarasinghe, has confirmed China’s request to import 100,000 toque macaque monkeys from the cash-strapped island nation amidst protests from several environmentalists against the deal. Speaking to Indian media, Samarasinghe said that a privately-owned animal breeding Chinese company, connected to zoological gardens, had made the request to his ministry. “We will not send the whole 100,000 in one lot. But we considered the request due to crop damages caused by the monkeys in several parts of the country. They will not be taken from conserved... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/23)
Party leaders back President’s move to make education an essential service?
Leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) MP Rauff Hakeem says that there was a request by the political party leaders with regard to making paper-marking activities of examinations an essential service. Speaking to the media following the party leaders’ meeting held today (April 20), the former minister mentioned that during the meeting, the decision of university lecturers to boycott the answer sheet evaluation activities of the 2022 G.C.E. Advanced Level Examination was also taken up. “A question arose as to whether the President would perhaps make it an essential service.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/04/23)
“THE HISTORY OF SURGICAL SERVICES IN SRI LANKA FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 2021” Part 3
The History of Surgery published by the College of Surgeon of Sri Lanka (2022) has provided a very positive picture of the role of our general surgeons. The first surgeons in the island were “General Surgeons” who were expected to deal with all surgical cases that came their way. All surgical operations were done by them till the end of the 1950s when specialist surgeons started to appear. But some general surgeons had to carry on even after specialist surgeons made their appearance. As late as 1970, the general surgeon in Anuradhapura said he had to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/23)
THE CEYLON COLLEGE OF SURGEONS “THE HISTORY OF SURGICAL SERVICES IN SRI LANKA FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 2021” Part 4
Surgical specialties were introduced to the state health sector in the late 1950s. The General Hospital Colombo was the first to get permanent special units, such as a thoracic unit, observed History of Surgery. But some specialties were started in the provincial hospitals as well. Doctors who had trained in specialized surgery abroad introduced these specialties to the provincial hospitals they were sent to. A cancer unit was started in Maharagama in 1958, thoracic unit in Ratnapura in 1958, plastic surgery unit in Kurunegala in 1971, Urology at Nawalapitiya in 1974 and gastro intestinal... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/23)
Origin of religions, cults and their conflicts
The purpose of this article is to show how and why man created religion and how man himself is destroying it. Religion was created by man in his search for solutions to the human predicament, full of defilement, insatiable greed, uncontrolable hatred, ignorence, self-ego which caused immense mental dissatisfaction and sorrow. This problem was made worse by various physical and mental illnesses and natural evil. Early man was amazed, baffled and terrified by natural phenomena and evil. His inherent inquisitiveness and evolved intelect made him pry into nature and its mysteries and thus developed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/23)
Vermicomposting යනු පස් පණුවන් යොදා ගනිමින් කාබනික අපද්‍රව්‍ය කොම්පෝස්ට් කිරීමේ ක්‍රියාවලියකි
Vermicomposting is a process of composting organic waste materials using earthworms. In this process, earthworms consume organic waste, such as food scraps, paper, and other plant-based materials, and then excrete it in the form of vermicompost, a nutrient-rich fertilizer that is beneficial for plants. During the process of vermiculture, the earthworms consume the organic matter and break it down into smaller particles, which are then further decomposed by microbes in the worm's digestive tract. The result is a nutrient-rich material that is beneficial for plants and soil health. Vermicomposting can... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/23)
අපි කලබල වුනේ මිනිස්සු ජීවත් කරවන්න - සිස්ටම් එක චේන්ජ් කරන්න
ඒත් සමහරු කලබල වෙලා තියෙන්නේ ජනතාව රවටන පටු දේශපාලනය තවදුරටත් කරන්න බැරි වෙන නිසා- අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාරමිනිස්සු ජීවත් කරවීමට, සිස්ටම් එක චේන්ජ් කිරීමට අපිට කලබලයක් තිබූ බවත්, ජනතාව රවටන පටු දේශපාලනය තවදුරටත් ඉදිරියට ගෙන යාමට නොහැකිවීම නිසා තවත් පිරිසක් කලබල වී ඇති බවත් කම්කරු හා විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාර මහතා පැවසුවේය.කලබලේ ඇයි දැන් රට පුරාත්, ලෝකය පුරාත් ගොස් කෑ ගසන්නේ රට එදා තිබුණ තත්වයෙන් අද තිබෙන තත්වයට ගොඩ නැගීම නිසා කලබල වී සිටින පිරිස් බවත් අද (19) උදෑසන පැවති ප්‍රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවකදී අමාත්‍යවරයා පැවසුවේයඑහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ අමාත්‍යවරයා මෙසේද කීවේය.ගිය අවුරුද්දේ මැයි මාසය වන විට රට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/23)
Immigration Dept busts syndicate trafficking Sri Lankan kids to Europe
KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 — The Immigration Department has busted a syndicate which used Malaysian international passports to smuggle Sri Lankan children to Europe, following the arrest of a local married couple. Immigration director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh said the couple were nabbed last Wednesday (April 12) when they turned up at the Kuala Lumpur Immigration headquarters to get a Malaysian passport for a Sri Lankan child. He said the ‘Bahnu Internationals’ syndicate made use of poor Malaysian parents with children under 12 to get the passports. The syndicate would... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/23)
I will not allow the education of children to be taken hostage - President
President Ranil Wickremesinghe today refused to allow the education of children to be taken hostage and said education would be made an essential service under emergency law if teachers refuse to return to paper-marking by next week. “No one is going to hold the education of children as hostage. That I am not allowing. That can’t be allowed,” he emphasized, addressing the progress review meeting of the Education Ministry at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (19). https://youtu.be/UEOqg8YgTts The President said he is thinking of making education, especially examinations,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/23)
Chinese Embassy responds to reports of exporting monkeys from Sri Lanka
The Chinese Embassy in Colombo says that the country’s wildlife authorities have clarified that they are not aware of the request to export 100,000 toque macaque monkeys from Sri Lanka to a Chinese private company and that no such application has been received from any side. https://youtu.be/ashWsjZt7A0 Issuing a press release on the issue, the Embassy said it has noticed recent disinformation on local and foreign media about Sri Lanka to export “100 thousands” of “endangered” toque macaque monkeys to a Chinese private company for “experimental purpose”, as well as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/23)
Beijing’s rise leaves Paris Club of creditors struggling to find forum
The last time emerging markets faced a major debt crisis, in the 1990s, influential creditors, named after traditional centres of diplomacy and finance, could quickly gather in private to agree a solution. These days, bringing together a more diverse group of lenders has proved a more cumbersome exercise. The Paris Club’s members are the mostly western nations that used to dominate bilateral lending. But their contributions are dwarfed by China, which now lends more to the world’s poorest countries than all other bilateral creditors put together. The London Club of commercial banks... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/04/23)
MONEY EXPORTS: THERE IS NO INJUSTICE
Many countries engage in animal exports for various purposes. Many Middle East countries import animal for various purposes such as getting meat, wools and skins and export of animal are major businesses and export of monkeys has no specific problems to Sri Lanka. It would be a business like in other countries export Sheep, Pigs. Cows and other animals for various economic purposes. Sri Lanka is also country like others and it has a right to export animals for economic purpose. Religious beliefs cannot prevent exporting monkeys and the issue... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/23)
CEYLON COLLEGE OF SURGEONS’ “HISTORY OF SURGICAL SERVICES IN SRI LANKA FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 2021” (Part 1)
The first contemporary monograph on western medicine in Sri Lanka was C.G Uragoda’s History of medicine in Sri Lanka from the earliest times to 1948, issued as the centenary publication of the Sri Lanka Medical Association in 1987. It recorded the development of western medicine during the Portuguese, Dutch and British occupation and discussed the treatment and control of select diseases such as malaria which were prevalent in that period. This book was immediately recognized as a landmark publication. The Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) followed this up with “History of Medicine in Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/23)
“HISTORY OF SURGICAL SERVICES IN SRI LANKA FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 2021” Part 2
The “History of surgery in Sri Lanka “published by the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka contains surgical information which will be greatly valued by the surgeons. But the book also contains information which will appeal to those interested in the history of medicine. The book is a gold mine of medical biography. The biographies are presented in three clusters, 1860-1910, 1911-1948 and 1949-1975. These biographies are neat and well written. The biographies focus on the professional career of the surgeon, not his personal life. They record the hospitals the surgeon worked in, appointments... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/23)
Lucrative Employment Opportunities for Sri Lankan Skilled Workers in several Countries
Caregiver jobs in Japan and Europe - Hospitality industry jobs in England, Canada, Australia - Construction industry jobs in the Middle East Agreement inked for a vocational training programme aimed at foreign employment Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara said his Ministry has been able to secure lucrative employment opportunities in several countries for skilled workers including caregiver jobs in Japan and Europe, hospitality industry jobs in England, Canada, Australia and Construction industry jobs in the Middle East. But the Minister lamented it has been difficult to find workers with necessary skills to meet this job demand.The Minister... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/23)
Ghana first to approve 'world-changer' malaria vaccine
Ghana is the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine that has been described as a "world-changer" by the scientists who developed it. The vaccine - called R21 - appears to be hugely effective, in stark contrast to previous ventures in the same field. Ghana's drug regulators have assessed the final trial data on the vaccine's safety and effectiveness, which is not yet public, and have decided to use it. The World Health Organization is also considering approving the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/23)
ත්‍රස්ත විරෝධී පනත් කෙටුම්පත ගැන අධිකරණ ඇමතිගේ පැහැදිලි කිරීම
ප්‍රධාන කරුණු දෙකක් පදනම් කර ගනිමින් ත්‍රස්ත විරෝධී පනත් කෙටුම්පත සම්පාදනය කළ බව අධිකරණ, බන්ධනාගාර කටයුතු හා ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ අමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ පවසයි. විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ, අද (අප්‍රේල් 18) පැවැති කැබිනට් තීරණ දැනුම් දීමේ මාධ්‍ය හමුවේදී ය. රැඳවුම් නියෝග නිකුත් කිරීම සහ පාපොච්චාරණය මත චූදිතයන් වරදකරුවන් බවට පත් කර ගැනීම යන කරුණු දෙක මෙම කෙටුම්පත සම්පාදනය කිරීමේදී සලකා බලා ඇති බව ඔහු කියා සිටියේ ය. “රැඳවුම් නියෝග නිකුත් කිරීමේ බලය තියෙන්නේ ආරක්ෂක ඇමතිට රටේ ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා නීතියට අනුව ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යවරයා විය හැක්කේ ජනාධිපතිට විතර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/23)
Certain political elements behind delaying A/L answer script correction: Minister
An intelligence report revealed that certain extremist political groups wanted to promote extremist political ideologies by using the frustration of the youth by delaying the scrutinization of GCE (A/L) answer scripts, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said. After signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Vocational Training Authority (VTA) and the Sri Lanka Foreign Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) at the Bureau office in Battaramulla, he told the media that the intelligence report was released last week and that the report said that extremist political groups are trying to cause inconvenience among... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/23)
Railway Department to be made a corporation: Minister
The government has initiated discussions for the conversion of the Department of Railways to a public corporation as part of the process of reforming the state-owned enterprises (SOEs), a minister said today. A public corporation or a statutory corporation is operated on a commercial basis and governed by a chairman and director board. A department does not possess commercial qualities as such and is directly controlled by the government. Reforming the SOEs has been prescribed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to qualify for financial assistance to tide over the current economic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/23)
Vietnam to boost traditional friendship and multifaceted collaboration with Sri Lanka
President of Vietnam Vo Van Thuong has affirmed that his country always attaches importance to developing its traditional friendship and multifaceted collaboration with Sri Lanka. This was mentioned when the new Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Vietnam, Sajeewa Umanga Mendis presented their credentials to President Thuong on Tuesday (April 18). The Sri Lankan envoy appreciated Vietnam’s socio-economic development achievements and showed his hope that the two sides will maintain cooperation and experience sharing, and boost people-to-people exchanges. President Thuong emphasized the importance of promoting high-level contacts and people-to-people diplomacy to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/23)
X-Press Pearl’s insurer bribed local official to disrupt litigation processes?
Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe says he has been tipped off on several occasions about a local official being bribed by the insurer of the tanker MV X-Press Pearl, which was gutted in a fire that erupted off the western coast of Sri Lanka two years ago. The lawmaker made this staggering revelation while addressing a media briefing in Colombo today (April 18). According to him, speculations are rife that a local official has received a bribe of USD 250 million from the vessel’s insurers to disrupt the litigation and compensation processes. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/23)
ත්‍රස්ත විරෝධී පනත සකස් කර ඇත්තේ ජනතාවාදී අයුරින් - විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂ (වීඩියෝ)
ත්‍රස්ත විරෝධී පනත සකස් කර ඇත්තේ ජනතාවාදී අයුරින් බව අධිකරණ අමාත්‍ය විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂ පවසනවා. ප්‍රවෘත්ති දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ අද (18) පැවති කැබිනට් තීරණ දැනුම්දීමේ මාධ්‍ය හමුවට එක්වෙමින් අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව කියා සිටියා. "ත්‍රස්ත විරෝධී පනතින් ජනතාවට හානියක් නැහැ - එක්ස්ප්‍රස්පර්ල් වන්දිය යට ගහන තැන https://youtu.be/6EZjhjLklJI... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/23)
Government restricts holding events, meetings at Galle Face Green
The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to permit only religious events at the Galle Face Green from 20th April 2023. According to a document from the Department of Government Information, permission will not be granted for musical shows, political meetings, or mass gatherings to be held at the Galle Face Green in the future. The government document further noted that apart from religious events, the Galle Face Green will only be opened for the public to freely spend their leisure time. The Sri Lanka Ports Authority has spent Rs.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/04/23)
ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදල සහ සැඟවුණු ආර්ථික යුද්ධය
නැගී එමින් පවතින සහ වියැකි යමින් පවතින සුපිරි බල කඳවුරු අතර සැඟවුණු ආර්ථික යුද්ධය උත්සන්න වෙමින් “ආසියානු 21 වැනි සිය වස ” තුළටද ව්‍යාප්ත වෙමින් පවතී. එක්සත් ජනපදයේ නාවික හමුදාව විසින් කරාට්-මා-රෙක්ස් (CARAT/ MAREX) නාවික යුද අභ්‍යාස මෑතකදී ශ්‍රි ලංකාවට අයත් සමුද්‍ර කලාපය තුළ පැවැත්වීම මගින් මෙන්ම ඒ අතර ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදල විසින් මෙහෙය වන ණය ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගතකරණය ප්‍රමාද වීම පිළිබඳව එක්සත් ජනපද සහ චීන නිලධාරින් අතර සිදුවන “ රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රික අදහස් හුවමාරු කරගැනීම් ” මගින් ද මෙය තවදුරටත් පැහැදිලි වේ. එක් ප්‍රකාශකයෙකු පැවසූ පරිදි ශ්‍රි ලංකාව පෙබරවාරි 4 වැනි දින... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/23)
දෙමළ චේ ගුවේරා? (Tamil Che Guvera)
දැනට වසර කීපයකට පෙර ගෝඨාභය පාලන කාලයේදී සේපාල් අමරසිංහ විසින් යාපනේ <අරුන් සිද්ධාර්ත් කියන කඳුළු කතාව> නමින් වීඩියෝවක් පලකරණ ලදී. (60) '' අරූන් සිද්ධාර්ත් කියන කඳුළු කතාව...'' - YouTube https://youtu.be/ixkgv3GwZ58 අරුන්ට හිස එසවීමට අතදෙන ලෙස දෙමළ බෞද්ධයෙක් යයි කියන උතුරේ ආණ්ඩුකාරයෙක්වූ සුරේෂ් රඝුවාන්ටත්, බෞද්ධ ධර්මය වර්ණනා කරණ හා උතුරේ දෙමළ දුක ගැන කතාකරණ බ්‍රදර් චාල්ස්ටත් 2021 මාර්තු හා මැයි මාසවල මා විසින් ලිපි යවන ලදී. LankaWeb – බ්‍රදර් චාල්ස් තෝමස්ගේ හා සිංහල බුද්ධාගම 2021/5/24 LankaWeb – Tamil genocide, Geneva fiasco and a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/23)
Russia Leaves the Neoliberal West to Join the World Majority
In this episode of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour, economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss Russia’s economic transition away from the neoliberal West and integration with what it calls the “World Majority” in the Global South. https://youtu.be/cc-L7c2ISig Transcript RADHIKA DESAI: Hi everyone, welcome to the seventh Geopolitical Economy Hour, a program about the political and geopolitical economy of the fast-changing world of today. ‘m Radhika Desai. MICHAEL HUDSON: And I’m Michael Hudson. Russia Leaves the Neoliberal West to Join the World... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/23)
An Open Letter to Minister of Power & Energy Sri Lanka
Mr Kanchana Wijesekara.Ministry of Power and EnergyNo:72,Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha,Colombo 07.Sri Lanka. Dear Mr Wijesekara. The purpose of this mail is not to discuss the tariff hike but to bring to your attention the neglect and unfair treatment we, the solar power generators (home installations), received after the price hike. Tariffs have gone up exorbitantly, but your buyback rate still remains unchanged. There was a discussion in parliament to increase it to Rs 37/- per unit from the current rate of Rs 22/-, but we are yet... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/23)
සෝබනකාරයා ගැන සංවාදය අප්‍රියෙල් 20 වැනිදා
ප්‍රභාත් විතානගේ විසින් රචිත 'සෝබනකාරයා' කෙටි නවකතාව ගැන සංවාදයක් මෙමඅප්‍රියෙල් මස 20 වැනි බ්‍රහස්පතින්දා හවස 4 ට බොරැල්ල එන්. එම්. පෙරේරා ශාලාවේ දී පැවැත්වේ. ප්‍රභාත් විතානගේ ලියූ සෝබනකාරයා නවකතාව පිළිබඳ සාහිත්‍ය සංවාදය අදහස් දැක්වීම ________ විමල් කැටිපෙආරච්චි කල්පනා ඇම්බ්‍රෝස් විවිමරී වැන්ඩර්පූටන් තාරක එරන්ද කල්දේරා සඳිනි ප්‍රාර්ථනා තෙන්නකෝන් දිල්ෂානි චතුරිකා දාබරේ රශ්මික මණ්ඩාවල සංවාදය මෙහෙයවීම: අනිල් හේරත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/23)
නිර්මාණාත්මක විනාශය
නිර්මාණාත්මක විනාශය යනු නව සොයාගැනීම් සහ තාක්ෂණයන් පැරණි, අඩු කාර්යක්ෂම ඒවා විස්ථාපනය කිරීමේ ක්‍රියාවලිය විස්තර කිරීම සඳහා ආර්ථික විද්‍යාඥ ජෝසෆ් ෂුම්පීටර් විසින් නිර්මාණය කරන ලද යෙදුමකි. වෙනත් වචන වලින් කිවහොත්, එය නව සහ වඩා හොඳ නිෂ්පාදන, සේවා සහ දේවල් කිරීමේ ක්‍රම නිරන්තරයෙන් හඳුන්වා දීමෙන් වැඩිහිටි ඒවා යල් පැනීමට හා අවසානයේ වඳ වී යාමට නොවැළැක්විය හැකි බව අදහස් කරයි. "නිර්මාණාත්මක විනාශය" යන යෙදුම මෙම ක්‍රියාවලියේ ධනාත්මක පැතිකඩ අවධාරණය කරයි, එය නව ව්‍යාපාර සහ ව්‍යවසායකයින් සඳහා අවස්ථා නිර්මාණය කරන අතරම ආර්ථික වර්ධනයට සහ ප්‍රගතියට ද හේතු වේ. කෙසේ වෙතත්, එය වේදනාකාරී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/23)
Creative Destruction
Creative destruction is a term coined by economist Joseph Schumpeter to describe the process by which new innovations and technologies displace older, less efficient ones. In other words, it refers to the idea that the constant introduction of new and better products, services, and ways of doing things inevitably leads to the obsolescence and eventual extinction of older ones. The term "creative destruction" emphasizes the positive aspect of this process, in that it creates opportunities for new businesses and entrepreneurs to emerge, while also driving economic growth and progress. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/23)
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe To Make Fresh Clarion Call For All-Party National Government
Sri Lanka is in the midst of its worst economic crisis since its independence from Great Britain in 1948, triggered by a severe paucity of foreign exchange reserves Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to make a fresh call for the formation of an all-party government for the cash-strapped country when Parliament takes up the debate on the IMF bailout programme next week, a senior opposition party leader said on Monday. In March, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a $3 billion bailout programme to help Sri Lanka overcome... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/23)
Ethiopia celebrates Sinhala and Tamil New Year 2023
The New Year festival was attended by a large number of Sri Lankan citizens in Ethiopia along with the diplomatic community ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 17, 2023/APO Group/ -The Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and to the African Union Commission (AUC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in collaboration with the Sri Lankan citizens living and employed in Ethiopia organized a Sinhala and Tamil New Year festival 2023 in Ethiopia on 15 April 2023 at the Addis Ababa Golf Club in Ethiopia. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/23)
The right way to tackle the monkey menace.
Last week, Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera announced that the Government is considering a Chinese proposal to import 100,000 ‘toque monkeys’ from Sri Lanka for 1,000 zoos in that country. The international media promptly commented that the deal stemmed from Sri Lanka’s dire need for foreign exchange. The Indian TV outlet WION even doubted that the monkeys were meant for exhibition in Chinese zoos and insinuated that they were meant for Chinese dinner tables as monkey meat is a delicacy in China. Media reports also pointed out that the toque... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/23)
‘Let the Rich Pay’ Mentality
In an effort to convince that the IMF is here to help Sri Lanka, IMF Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Peter Breuer says, “When a crisis strikes, the poor are hit the hardest.” From the onset of the negotiations with the IMF, as Sri Lanka sought a bailout, IMF had been insistent on strengthening social safety nets for the economic vulnerable. This insistence challenges those who are highly suspicious of IMF’s motives. The opponents of the IMF intervention, oppose in the belief that the IMF is an arm... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/04/23)
COULD SRI LANKA REJECT THE CITIZENSHIP BY DESCENT DEPORTING SUCH PEOPLE FROM THE COUNTRY
Citizenship by descent is considered the clear cut-right of a person and it is a universal human right. Any person born to this world he/ she /bisexual has right to live in the world and nobody can deny this right. This is not written in the list of human rights in United Nations. Many countries recognize that citizenship by descent is a concrete right of people. However, in Sri Lanka citizenship right by descent undermines and if such a person migrated to another country that descendent citizenship of such a person will be cancelled. Is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/23)
THE POLITICS IN “ARCHIVE OF MEMORY” Part 1
The book “Archive of memory, reflections on 70 years of independence” curated by Malathi de Alwis and Hasini Haputhanthri was published in 2019 by HistoricalDialogue.lk.(ISBN 978-642-5313-00-6) There was also a traveling exhibition which displayed the same objects and text given in this book. The book and exhibition seem to have been planned together, to cater to those who like to see something displayed before them and for those who prefer the printed page. However, there is no mention of the exhibition in the book. The late Malathi de Alwis was a well known feminist... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/23)
THE POLITICS IN “ARCHIVE OF MEMORY” Part 2
The Sinhalese, the Buddhists and the Sri Lanka Army are presented in an unflattering, negative manner in the book ‘Archive of memory.’ The episode ‘Beef lamprais’ is on Buddhism.” The narrator who lived in Kalutara, says we ate beef every day though we were Buddhist, so did the rest. The majority in Kalutara were Buddhist but you should see the long queue to buy beef every evening. In the episode ‘Silver bangle “the narrator, who had taken part in the Pageant of Lanka in 1948, said she had a small role in the Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/23)
THE POLITICS IN “ARCHIVE OF MEMORY” Part 3
Lastly, Archive of Memory looked at the Eelam War. There is a brief reference to LTTE activity. Two narrators recall LTTE bombs, one at No Limit, Nugegoda on November 27, 2007 and the explosion at Katunayake airport on 24.7 2001. In ‘Chain and bangles’ we are told of LTTE attacks on Sinhala villages. But the main focus is the Sri Lanka army. the army is shown as the aggressor in the Eelam war. Deaths due to military attacks were remembered and grieved over. In “Baby Shoe” the narrator's son, daughter in law and four... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/23)
උදය-වය දකින ආකාරය - 5 අවසාන කොටස - එකායනො අයං මග්ගො - සතරසතිපට්ඨානය
සිත හා සිහිය යනු දෙකක් බව දැන් ඔබට පැහැදිලිවී ඇතැයි සිතමි. 'සිත' යනු භාහිරයේ පවතින රූප හැඩතලයකින් නික්මෙන තරංගය (වර්ණ තරංග, ශබ්ද තරංග ආදිය) අධික වේගයකින් විපරිනාමවන ඉංද්‍රියන් හා ගැටීමෙන් (ප්‍රසාදයවීමෙන්) ඇතිවන ස්කන්ධ ක්‍රියාවලියෙන් (රූප වේදන සංඥා ආදි) ආරම්භවී පටිච්චපමුප්පාදය තුල දිවෙන අරමුන නැතහොත් සිතුවිල්ල නැමති ක්‍රියාවලියයි. තත්පරයකට කෝටියකටත් වඩා වැඩි වේගයකින් සිතුවිල්ල/අරමුන/සිත ඇතිවි නැතිවෙමින් පවතී. ජීවත්වනවා යනු මෙම සිතේ වේගයයි. බුද්ධ කාලීන දඹදිව විසූ ජටිල ජෛන හා බ්‍රහ්මණයෝ, සියල්ලට මුල සිත බව දැනසිටි අතර සිත දමනය/පාලනය කිරීමට විවිධ පර්යේෂණවල නිරතවිය. භාවනාව ධ්‍යාන සිල වෘත ආදිය මෙම පර්යේෂණයන් සිදුකල ආකාරයි. සිදුහත් තවුසාද මෙම පර්යේෂණතුලින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/23)
විදේශීය සංචාරකයින්ට අලුත් අවුරුදු අත්දැකීම් ලබාදුන් "New Year in Paradise 2023" අවුරුදු උත්සවයේ අවුරුදු කුමරාට සහ කුමරියට සිංගප්පූරුවට ගුවන් ටිකට්පත්
විදේශීය සංචාරකයින්ට අලුත් අවුරුදු අත්දැකීම් ලබාදීම සදහා සංවිධානය කර තිබූ "New Year in Paradise 2023" අලුත් අවුරුදු උත්සවයේ අවුරුදු කුමරා සහ කුමරියට සිංගප්පූරුවට යාමට සහ ඒමට ශ්‍රී ලංකන් ගුවන් සමාගමෙන් ගුවන් ටිකට්පත් දෙකක් ප්‍රදානය කළේය.මෙරට සංචාරය කරන විදේශීය සංචාරකයින්ට අලුත් අවුරුද්ද හා බැදුණ දේශීය සංස්කෘතික අංගයන්හි අත්දැකීම් ලබාදෙමින් "New Year in Paradise 2023" කම්කරු හා විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාර මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් උණවටුන මුහුදු තීරයේදී ඊයේ පැවැත්විණි. අලුත් අවුරුද්ද හා බැදුන ජන ක්‍රීඩා සහ සංස්කෘතිකාංග රැසක් ඇතුළත්ව තිබූ අලුත් අවුරුදු උත්සවයට විදේශීය සංචාරකයෝ දැඩි උන්දුවකින් සහභාගී වී සිටියහ.විදේශිකයින් සදහා කණා මුට්ටිය බිදීම, අලියාට ඇස තැබීම, කඹ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/23)
Sri Lanka’s Christian Colonial Dark History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYE9P3g0WaE&t=5s Sri Lanka’s Christian Colonial Dark History The Govt. Sri Lanka must :1) Inquire into Colonial Crimes committed by the three Colonial Rulers including Genocidal crimes and wholesale destruction of Buddhist Temples and illegal seizure, occupation of Buddhist Temple lands, and the prohibition of the practice of Buddhism, 2) Establish a Museum dedicated to remembering the freedom struggles of the people of Sri Lanka against Colonial Rule (1505 – 1948), 3) Convene an International Conference on Colonialism jointly with former European colonies, 4) Teach History in our schools giving due... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/23)
THE STORY OF RUGBY IN THE PARADISE – THEN CEYLON NOW SRI LANKA
Rugby is without doubt most popular team game among Sri Lankans, after cricket. This oval shaped ball game too was introduced by the British like Cricket and Tea in the mid nineteenth centaury. Origin and History of the Game Rugby Football is a sport with an abundance of history, tradition and interesting episodes. To start with, a pupil at Rugby School in England, William Webb Ellis playing in one of the oldest sports in the world, football (or Soccer), defied the rule that the players not allowed to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/23)
The Paris Club may be ready to give Sri Lanka long awaited support in terms of debt restructuring
Foreign media cited sources familiar with the Paris Club, to say that the group has informed the International Monetary Fund of their willingness to support Sri Lanka's debt re-structuring. As it stands, only India has confirmed its participation in the restructuring process, with the IMF accepting a letter in this regard. Meanwhile, China's role in these proceedings remains relatively unclear. While the country gave Sri Lanka a two year debt moratorium as a short term measure for debt relief, the world's largest creditor nation has been persistent in its calls for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/04/23)
Who are promoting LGBTQ among adults & children & influencing governments?
Are there more powerful people than politicians who can get what they want with the power of funding? Who are these people who openly & anonymously fund lobby groups, legislative changes, all modes of communications, academia, legal fraternity, civil society & rights groups? They fund what they do not own & what they own they use to promote what gets funded anonymously. This is how a small group of people became guineapigs of a bigger program that combined geopolitical advantage with sadism & profit & backed by money. This funding has got... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/23)
An open letter to all Sinhala politicians, particularly those representing the CP. Uva and Sabaragamuva PROVINCES.
Originally Posted on December 30th, 2022 Gentlemen what have you done to the Kandyan Sinhala people, for 75 years since 1948, who protected this country for you and all of us, for 443 years from foreign enemies (1815-1948), other than closing down the only organization they had at least ‘to seek protection from an unexpected rain’ as the famous Sinhala adage goes The Department of Kandyan Peasantry Rehabilitation” on 1st Jan 2014. by the then Podu Jana Peramuna government by Basil Rajapaksha, the then Minister... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/23)
Who Killed Gen. Aung San?
Kin Oung is the author of the book “Who Killed Aung San?” He is the son of Tun Hla Oung, the deputy inspector general of police, CID department, who was credited with the rapid capture and arrest of U Saw and his men after the assassination of Gen. Aung San in 1947. He is also the son-in-law of Justice Thaung Sein, who played a vital role in bringing the assassins to justice. Kin Oung spoke to Kyaw Zwa Moe, editor of The Irrawaddy’s English-language site, in 2010, just... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/23)
COULD THE STATUS OF DESCENT CITIZENSHIP OF SRI LANKA BE ELIMINATED BY GAINING A REGISTERED CITIZENSHIP IN ANOTHER COUNTRY
Historical evidence found that Sri Lanka was a separate country since the era of homo sapiens, they migrated from one country to another or one place to other. There was no evidence that anyone attempted to restrict the migration from one country to another and keep people who were living in the same place. Archaeological evidence found that people who were living in Sri Lanka freely moved to other areas of the world. There is concrete evidence for the movement of homo sapiens and it could assume that the free movement of homo sapiens were... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/23)
Boomerang and Karma Vipaka
A boomerang is a curved, flat, or angular-shaped tool that is traditionally used as a weapon, hunting implement, or for sport. It is typically made from a variety of materials such as wood, plastic, or composite materials and is designed to return to the thrower after being launched. Boomerangs are commonly associated with Aboriginal culture in Australia, where they have been used for hunting and gathering food for thousands of years. They are also used in sports, such as in the throwing sport of boomerang, where competitors attempt to throw the boomerang... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/23)
කොවිඩ්-19 එන්නත්වල හානිකර ප්‍රතිඵල පිළිබඳ තොරතුරු ජනතාවගෙන් වසං කිරීම
වෛද්‍ය ප්‍රියංකර ජයවර්ධන අසත්‍ය සංඛ්‍යා ලේඛන ඉදිරිපත් කරමින් එන්නත්වලින් සිදුවන හානි යටපත් කිරීමට උත්සාහ දරයි. අනෙක් අතට ඔහුගේ තර්කය පදනම්ව ඇත්තේ අසත්‍ය සංඛ්‍යා ලේඛන මත බව පැහැදිලිව පෙනී යන දෙයකි. ඔහුගේ සංඛ්‍යා ලේඛන අනුව හෘදයාබාධවලින් දිනකට 450ක් පමණ දළ වශයෙන් මරණයට පත්වේ. ඒ් අනුව වසරකදී හෘදයාබාධවලින් මරණයට පත්වන සංඛ්‍යාව 450 X 365 = 164,250ක් විය යුතුය. නමුත් ලංකාවේ සියලු හේතුවලින් සිදුවන සමස්ත මරණ සංඛ්‍යාවවත් මේ දක්වා කිසිදු වසරක 164, 250 ඉක්මවා නැත. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ වාර්ෂික මරණ සංඛ්‍යාව ඉහළම අගයක් පෙන්වන ලද 2021 වසරේ දී සියලුම හේතුවලින් එනම් හෘදයාබාධ ද ඇතුළු සියළුම ලෙඩ රෝග, හදිසි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/23)
Debt-for-Nature Swap: Govt. in early stages of forming framework
Sri Lanka is in consultation with all stakeholders for the introduction of a Debt-for-Nature Swap (DNS), an innovative financial solution introduced by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to Deputy Secretary to the Treasury R.M.P. Ratnayake. The Deputy Secretary to the Treasury told The Sunday Morning that the Government had been working on the debt-for-nature swap concept for a long time as Sri Lanka needed to finalise all institutional and legal frameworks to go ahead with this innovative idea. “These are new financing options that countries like ours are now looking at. But... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/23)
Why China's SINOPEC is interested in export-oriented oil refinery in Sri Lanka?
China's largest oil and petrochemical products supplier and the second largest oil and gas producer is interested in the export-oriented oil refinery in Sri Lanka, but the question remains why? According to the Sri Lankan publication, Mawrata News, the friendly relationship between the two countries has been used for China's journey to become a world power at the risk of the lives of the people of this country. The Sri Lankan government implemented huge projects like Hambantota Port, Mattala International Airport, Norochchole Coal Plant, and Colombo Nelum Tower by taking excessive loans.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/23)
Are Citizens Threatened by Trade Unions?
Approximately, 2,074 registered trade unions are in Sri Lanka, of which 54.5 per cent are in the public sector, 27.5 per cent in public corporations and 18 per cent in the private sector. The number of members covered by the trade unions amounts to 9.5 per cent of the total workforce of Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan Constitution grants a fundamental right for every person to join a trade union, while the Trade Union Ordinance permits any seven people to form such an organisation. As per International... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/23)
මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසමේ සභාපතිනිය ගෝල්ෆේස් අරගලයට වක්‍රව උඩගෙඩි දුන්නා – කොමසාරිස්වරු ඉල්ලා අස්වීමට හේතු කියයි
මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසමේ සාමාජික කොමසාරිස්වරු තිදෙනෙකු, භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේ නමක්ද ඇතුළුව, ජනාධිපතිවරයාට ලිඛිතව දැනුම්දීමක් කරමින් තවදුරටත් සභාපතිනිය සමග වැඩකළ නොහැකි බවට සඳහන් කිරීම පිළිබඳව ‘ලංකා ලීඩ්‘ එක් කොමසාරිස් වරයකු ඇමතීය. මේ වෛද්‍ය නිමල් කරුණාසිරි මහතාගේ අදහස් ඔහුගේ වචනයෙන්, “සභාපතිනිය කොමසාරිස්වරු සමග සාකච්ඡාකර සාමූහික තීන්දු ගන්නේ නැහැ. හිතුවක්කාර විදිහට තමාගේ පෞද්ගලික මතයට අනුව වැඩ කරනවා. ඒක පනතට පටහැනියි. අප ඒ බව පෙන්වා දුන්නාට ඇහුම්කන් දුන්නේ නැහැ. පසුගිය අරාජික සමයේදී පොලිසියට මානසික බාදක පනවලා නීති විරෝධී ක්‍රියා බොහෝමයක් කරන්න ඇය කටයුතු කළ බව ඉතා පැහැදිලියි. සමහර ප්‍රභල නීතිඥවරු සහ නීතිඥ සංගමයත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/23)
USD 250 mn bribery allegation jolts Justice Minister
AG favours Singapore court, compensation claim USD 6.2 bn The inordinate delay in initiating legal action against X-Press Feeders, the owners of container carrier X-Press Pearl, which sank off Colombo in early June, 2021 causing a maritime disaster, has taken a new turn with Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, asking IGP C. D. Wickramaratne to probe an allegation that a certain party involved in the ongoing deliberations received USD 250 mn and the money was sent to an account at a British bank. The ill-fated vessel carrying... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/23)
World Bank commends Sri Lanka’s progress on fiscal, financial and economic governance reforms
World Bank’s Regional Vice President for South Asia has commended the progress on fiscal, financial and economic governance reforms achieved by Sri Lanka thus far. On the sidelines of the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group in Washington DC, the Sri Lankan delegation led by Finance State Minister Shehan Semasinghe, Treasury Secretary Mahinda Siriwardana and Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe held talks with senior officials of international financial institutions and foreign countries. https://youtu.be/vkujxUGTVPI During the meeting with World Bank’s Vice... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/23)
China reiterates calls on commercial, multilateral creditors to participate in SL debt restructuring
China has reiterated the calls on commercial and multilateral creditors to jointly participate in Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring under the principle of fair burden-sharing. According to Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin, the Asian economic giant has been in close communication with Sri Lanka and supported Chinese financial institutions in actively discussing debt treatment arrangements with Sri Lanka. Wang mentioned this during a regular press briefing on Friday (April 14), in response to a question pertaining to the formal launch of discussions by Sri Lanka’s major bilateral creditors to restructure the island... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/23)
Sri Lanka’s bondholders send debt rework proposal to government
A committee of Sri Lanka’s international private creditors sent its first debt rework proposal to the country’s authorities regarding over $12 billion in bonds outstanding, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the matter. It is the first bondholder proposal after the island nation of 22 million people defaulted on its debt a year ago. It is a first formal step to engage with the country’s authorities, said one of the people, who asked not to be named because discussions are private. Details of the proposal were not immediately available. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/23)
Semiotics of a Crime and Cover Up: Easter 2019, America’s ‘Pivot To Asia’ & A Call To De-Colonize The Indian Ocean
“Because the Indian Ocean is sort of the world’s energy interstate and China will have a maritime presence, perhaps even a naval presence in some distant morrow. So the opening of this port in south Sri Lanka is of real geopolitical significance.” ~ Robert D. Kaplan author of Monsoon[1] Crime is essentially about meaning and semioticsis the ‘science of interpretation’ ~ Marcel Danesi Six weeks after 2019 Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, it was open secret among Colombo’s diplomatic community and intelligentsia that Saudi Arabia knowingly or inadvertently had funded and certainly... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/04/23)
‘’THE PRICE WARS ON EGGS AND THE COST OF LIVING’
(Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel (LLM International Law (UCL)), former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, President Ambassador’s Forum, Former Chairman of the Consumer Affairs Authority, Solicitor England and Wales and former Secretary General Bar Association of Sri Lanka (LLM (UCL), assisted by Suchithra Withanage (LLM (UK) (LLM (UK|Reading) LLB (Hons) (UK)) Price Wars Price wars are rampant when there is competition and during a sound business environment. The business environment in Sri Lanka is not sound and satisfactory – yet price wars are prevalent in consumer items... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/23)
Aquaculture a Double edged Sword ?
Aquaculture is the farming of aquatic species in controlled habitats such as ponds, tanks, and oceanic cages, including fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants. It entails growing aquatic creatures for commercial, recreational, and subsistence uses. It has become a vital source of food for humans, and it provides a sustainable alternative to overfished wild-catch fisheries. Aquaculture can also be utilized to produce ornamental fish, pharmaceuticals, and other aquatic organism-derived goods. The process has several benefits, including: 1. Increased food production: Aquaculture provides a means of increasing the production of seafood, which is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/23)
Kishore Mahbubani - Western ignorance of China's history
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itPT40NAqrg Kishore Mahbubani PPA is a Singaporean diplomat and geopolitical consultant who served as Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Nations between 1984 and 1989, again between 1998 and 2004, and as President of the United Nations Security Council between 2001 and 2002. Wikipedia Born: October 24, 1948 (age 74 years), Colony of Singapore Education: Harvard University, National University of Singapore, MORE Previous offices: President of the United Nations Security Council (2001–2002), MORE Nationality: SingaporeanIgnorance and Distortion of History are major challenges for people of former European colonies. The Vatican has publicly apologized... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/04/23)
How Britain Stole Hong Kong and Forced China to Buy Heroin Japan, India and France to announce Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring negotiation process. Indonesia willing to open up more job opportunities for Sri Lankans Navy begins expanding Kankesanturai harbour for Sri Lanka-India ferry service IMF Proposals The good and the bad. පුරවැසියන්ගේ වගකීම් සහ ඔවුන්ගේ රට සඳහා කැපවීම් මැම්බර්ලා භාගයක් ගෙදර යැවූ සීමා නිර්ණය කමිටු වාර්තාව EARLY BRAIN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FROM ‘HUNGRYBRAIN’ HELP PARENTS CREATE A NURTURING ENVIRONMENT FOR THEIR CHILD'S GROWTH Kentucky mass shooting: can gun violence ever be stopped in US? Do not limit Vesak festival only to circulars.- Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena Preliminary draft of the report of the National Committee on Delimitation handed over to the Prime Minister SL to ‘export’ monkeys to China? As LTTE makes revival bid, NIA digs deeper into larger conspiracy World Bank ensures continued support for Sri Lanka's economic recovery British Political LegacyAnd Its GeopoliticalSphere Of Influence On The Indian Ocean Islands What should be our foreign policy? How would India respond to NATO’s overtures? Are Citizens Threatened by Trade Unions? Local Govt election postponed for second time Foreign Minister rejects reports of Chinese radar base in Sri Lanka නව සීමා නිර්ණ වාර්තාවෙන් පළාත් පාලන ආයතන සභිකයින් සංඛ්‍යාව 4,714 දක්වා අඩු කෙරේ (වීඩියෝ) ත්‍රස්ත විරෝධී පනත් කෙටුම්පත ගැන චෝදනා එල්ල කරන්නේ දැනුවත් භාවයකින් තොරවයි - විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂ (වීඩියෝ) CAN SRI LANKA ACHIEVE A GROWTH DISREGARDING AN INCLUSIVE GROWTH? Genetically modified (GM) foods Good or Bad ? At a time when the world is searching for Buddhism, the role played by our Venerable Nayaka Theras is noteworthy.. - Prime Minister Sri Lanka Guarantees Safety & Freedom Of Russian Aircraft IMF deal: We have a rigorous dose to be taken, otherwise country will slip back - Prof. Rohan Samarajiva IMF deal and beyond. Anti-Terrorism Bill: Magistrates to the frontlines British-era rail line via Nuwara-Eliya to be reconstructed SLTB to introduce cashless tickets this year SL Rupee further appreciates against USD Three foreign companies entering to sell fuel at lower prices than CPC will benefit the govt, people President instructs to formulate plan to maximize contribution of Nuwara Eliya to country’s economy Foreign Minister requests diplomats to review travel advisories to reflect stability in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka could complete debt restructuring by June - Coomaraswamy Collaborating to destroy the Sinhala Buddhist foundation of Sri Lanka – Education & Maha Sangha Only Two Options for Sri Lanka: Total National Capitulation or Escape It Like an Amputee Soldier in Battlefield Giving and Merit Accumulation ජවිපෙ IMF සාකච්ඡාවට ගිය නිලධාරීන්ට ගහන්නේ සාකච්ඡා කඩාකප්පල් කරන්නයි ශ්‍රී ලාංකික ශ්‍රමිකයින්ට ජපානයේ වැඩි රැකියා අවස්ථා ප්‍රමාණයක් ලබාගැනීම සදහා වන ද්වි පාර්ශවික එකගතා රැසක් - අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාරගේ ඉල්ලීම් සදහා ජපානයෙන් යහපත් ප්‍රතිචාර Vatican "Apologizes” For Helping European Colonizers - But only Reparations would come closest to making amends for Christian Civilizational Crimes in non - Christian Lands ‘’STUDY OF LAW - AND REFORMS IN LEGAL EDUCATON IN SRI LANKA’’ ‘’GAZZATTE OF 2208 IS DEFETED BY 113/1 IN THE PARLIEMENT’’ Colossus Philip Gunawardena shows us the way Everyone must come together to support Sri Lanka’s recovery and inclusive growth – IMF Anti-Terrorism Act would be guided by highest court, says Justice Minister Sri Lanka reaches bilateral agreement with Japan to establish training centres President assures justice for Easter Sunday victims Comrade Philip to rescue our economy. Sri Lanka gazettes new anti-corruption bill to comply with IMF's 2.9 billion loan deal Sri Lanka’s IMF ‘bailing out’ | Geo-political coup for the United States NIA searches eight locations, one ‘LTTE supporter’ arrested Use of Indian anaesthetic drug temporarily withdrawn Ranil to contest Presidential election, hints at poll early next year What is Fiscal Stability ? The Good of Privatization of State Enterprises to Foreign Companies Kanchana Wijesekera and necessary restructuring ශ්‍රී ලංකා නීති විද්‍යාලයේ සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් නීති අධ්‍යාපනය ලබා නොදී සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් නීති විභාග පැවැත්වීම නෛතිකව වැරදි 5 ක් සිදුකරයි. IMF & Sri Lanka's way forward රනිල්ට වැඩේ භාරගන්න කිව්වේ මම.. මට වැඩේ බාරගන්න කිව්වේ ගෝඨාභයයි රනිලුයි දෙන්නම… Tamil Nadu: NIA busts racket working for LTTE revival in Sri Lanka, 1 arrested Sri Lanka FX Reserves Jump to $2.69 Billion in March on IMF Aid Washington is controlling our country and economy - Cabraal Migrant workers’ remittances record sharp increase in March A welcome news for a free world. The end of western colonial repression and exploitation and “Birth of a New World Order”? ENERGY OPTIONS. FOSSIL OR RENEWABLE ? ක්‍රිස්තුස් වහන්සෙගේ දයා කාරුණික ප්‍රේමයෙන් හා සමාව දීමේ ගුණයෙන්පාස්කුව සරසමු. උදය-වය දකින ආකාරය - 4 කොටස - ධම්මචක්කප්පවත්තන සූත්‍රය තුල හමුවන ආර්ය අෂ්ඨාංගික මාර්ගය අප්‍රේල් කැරැල්ල දෙස සාම්ප්‍රදායිකව බැලීම නිවැරදිද? . Defence Secretary to take legal action against journalist Chamuditha, two others CEB acquires 163 MW power plant Private-plaint against Ajith Nivard Cabraal dismissed CBSL says Governor’s statement ‘grossly misinterpreted’ Rajitha to take political decision if SJB fails to act on President’s request හෙරොයින් මත්කුඩු කිලෝග්‍රෑම් 196ක් ආනයනය කිරීමේ චෝදනා එල්ලවී සිටි විත්තිකරුවන් 05 දෙනෙකු නිදොස් THE CONCEPT OF PRODUCTION ECONOMY: WHAT IS IMF OPINION ON THIS CONCEPT FOR SRI LANKA? Ageing Population & Fiscal Stability මහනුවර නැවතත් වට කරන මිෂනාරි කල්ලි | මානව හිමිකම් මුවාවෙන් තම ආගමට සිංහල බෞද්ධයා බිලිබැම නීති විභාග සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් පවත්වන්නේ නම් ප්‍රමිතියෙන් ඉහළ නීති අධ්‍යාපනයක් ලබා දීම සහතික කිරීමට සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් නීති අධ්‍යාපනය ලබා දීමද ශ්‍රී ලංකා නීති විද්‍යාලය කළ යුතුය. Decoding the Deutsche Welle's Bangladesh's e Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) narrative After Al Jazeera story, Sri Lanka says crypto scheme a ‘pyramid’ Sri Lanka economy to shrink by 4.3% in 2023: World Bank Central Bank of Sri Lanka Mulls Criminal Action Against Suspects of $47 Million Crypto Scam Sri Lanka’s economy to contract further before gradual recovery in 2024 - ADB Sri Lanka’s Foreign Investments & Sale of State Assets: Some Questions නව කම්කරු නීති පද්ධතියේ පළමු දළ කෙටුම්පත මැයි මාසය වන විට අවසන් කරනවා 'පළාත් පාලන ආයතන අධීක්ෂණයට විශේෂ කමිටුවක්' Effect of Colour on Behaviour New tax package: Relief dependent on success of Pvt. Sector changes Foreign oil companies to set up shop in 2 months Proposed Anti-Corruption Bill: CIABOC empowered to seek AG’s help Highest State owned enterprises (SOE) losses in 2020 සජිත් ඇතුළු තුනක් ඉදිරි පෙල තනි කර සියළු දෙනා ආණ්ඩුවට…? Sri Lankan President Seeks India's Help With Policy Reforms, Governance Sri Lanka central bank holds rates, sees sharp drop in inflation Public servants have no right to refuse to perform official duties-Premier Telecom to be restructured on special model: Siyambalapitiya Sajith loses grip on a dying Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB)? Timely, credible structural reforms vital for Sri Lanka to reset its course: World Bank 850,000 more low-income families to receive 10kg of rice per month University Quotas by Ethnicity Can Remedy Ongoing Teacher Tussle and Dearth of Doctors Sumnapala Dahanayake, An ideal Member of Parliament Attempts to denationalize Sri Lankan citizens Weighty words about an economic revival may not mean much to many hapless Sri Lankans The Vending Machine is a Modern Marvel of Convenience Sri Lanka mulls buying Russian oil & fertilizers Police probing Kudu Salindu’s alleged links with terrorist groups Sri Lanka’s ARAGALAYA – one year on The Need To Feed And Invest In The Future Of Our School children ඩොලර් මිලියනයක මුදල් සම්මානයක් සහ “ෆීල්ඩ්ස් පදක්කම” පිළිගැනීම ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කළ ගණිතඥයා Mathematician who refused to accept a million dollar cash award and the “Fields Medal”. Pathfinder Foundation proposes A Medium and Long-term Strategy for Economic Transformation of Sri Lanka with Indo-Japanese Collaboration. US Coup Expands on Sri Lanka State Sell-Off Sri Lanka in talks with Russia over oil, gas purchases Can Destabilising Sri Lanka Everbe Justified? Police failure to contain May 2022 violence explained Sinister move to get SJB MPs to cross over –Sajith President launches island wide program to plant 3M jackfruit trees President’s remarks on IMF and Beyond. "ලන්ඩනයේ දැනුම" පරීක්ෂණය ලන්ඩන් නගරයේ බලපත්‍රලාභී කුලී රථ රියදුරන් වීමට කැමති අය විසින් ගනු ලබන දැඩි තක්සේරුවකි. The "Knowledge of London" test is a rigorous assessment that is taken by those who wish to become licensed taxi drivers in the city of London. Vatican “Apologizes” For Helping European Colonizers Truth behind the tragedy of modern agriculture Busting the myth of Sri Lanka’s weak agricultural past No fundamental change to new Anti-Terrorism Bill: Minister Will not tolerate any breach of law and order during my tenure - President Sri Lanka and ASEAN countries to strengthen relations කුලී රථ සහ පොදු ප්‍රවාහන රියදුරන් සඳහා පෞරුෂ පරීක්ෂණ මනෝරේඛය අනිවාර්ය වියයුතුය Personality Tests Mandatory for Taxi and Public Transport Drivers ප්‍රභාකරන් සහ බෙදුම්වාදය ගමේ කොල්ලන් විසින් 2009 දී යුද්ධයෙන් අවසන් කිරීමත් සමඟ සිංහලයන් නීතියෙන් හිර කර නීතියෙන් බෙදුම්වාදය ක්‍රියාත්මක කර ගැනීමේ මාර්ග සිතියම Warning Signs For Sri Lanka Cricket
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Japan, India and France are scheduled to hold a press briefing on Thursday (13 April) to announce the launch of the debt restructuring negotiation process on Sri Lanka. https://youtu.be/arnVTv-QdVI International Monetary Fund (IMF) communicated this quoting the Japanese Finance Ministry. Accordingly, the finance ministers of the three creditor countries – Shunichi Suzuki, Bruno Le Maire and Nirmala Sitharaman – will join the said press briefing planned to be held on the margins of the Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group in Washington DC. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/23)
The Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Indonesia, Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage paid a courtesy call on Minister of Manpower of the Republic of Indonesia Ida Fauziyah on Tuesday. While expressing concerns about the current economic challenges faced by the Sri Lankan government, Minister Fauziyah agreed to exchange information on employment opportunities between the two countries. She mentioned four national priorities of the Indonesian government in strengthening the manpower sector, notably, enhancing the national economic stability, improving the quality and competence of human resources, strengthening infrastructure facilities and strengthening political and legal... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/23)
Sri Lanka Navy has initiated expanding the Kankesanthurai harbour, with a view to accommodate more traffic and provide better infrastructure in support of the passenger ferry service between Sri Lanka and India. The government of Sri Lanka launched the ferry service project between the port of Kankesanthurai, Sri Lanka and Pondicherry, India to provide a more affordable and convenient mode of transportation. Sri Lanka Navy, on the directives of the navy commander Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera, actively supported the expansion of the Kankesanthurai harbour facility by providing its manpower and expertise, in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/04/23)
The details of the conditionalities of the IMF Extended Fund Facility (EFF) are now accessible on the IMF website Web: http://www.imf.org. A few comments from a layman’s point of view are as follows. Reference to IMF program covers government ownership as well. The objective of the IMF intervention aims to restore macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability, mitigate the economic impact on the poor and vulnerable, safeguard financial sector stability, and strengthen governance and medium-term growth potential. It is noted that IMF has not deviated very much from their standard prescriptions except that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/23)
Engr කාන්තර් බාලනාදන් විසිනි. DipEE (UK), GradCert (RelEng-Monash), DipBus&Adm (Finance-Massey), C.Eng., MIEE,සීමාසහිත Power Engineering Solutions හි හිටපු අධ්‍යක්ෂ, විදුලි ඉංජිනේරු උපදේශක ලෝකයේ ප්‍රමුඛ ඉංජිනේරු 2006, UK අධිකාරියේ සම්මානය ජනරාල් පොදුවේ ගත් කල, සෑම කෙනෙකුම උපකල්පනය කරන්නේ තම රටේ සාක්ෂරතා අනුපාතය තම රටේ ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී අවංකභාවය, ආර්ථික තිරසාරභාවය සහ වර්ධනය නියම කරනු ඇති බවයි. 2020 දී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සාක්ෂරතා අනුපාතය 92.38% ක් වූ අතර, 2019 සිට 0.13% ක වැඩිවීමකි. සාක්ෂරතා අනුපාතය යනු කුමක්ද? ඔවුන්ගේ එදිනෙදා ජීවිතය පිළිබඳ කෙටි සරල ප්‍රකාශයක් තේරුම් ගනිමින් කියවීමට සහ ලිවීමට හැකි වයස අවුරුදු 15 සහ ඊට වැඩි පුද්ගලයින් . ලෝකයේ තාක්ෂණය සහ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/23)
ඡන්දයෙන්තේරී පත්වන පළාත් පාලන නියෝජිතයින් (මැම්බර්) සංඛ්‍යාව 4714 ක් දක්වා සීමා වන සීමා නිර්ණය කොමිෂන් සභා වාර්තාව අද අගමැතිවරයා අතට පත් කර ඇත. ඒ අනුව, 2017 දී 8771 ක් වුණු මන්ත්‍රී සංඛ්‍යාව අඩකින් පමණ අඩු කර ඇත. ලංකාවේ ගම් සභා ක්‍රමය පැවති යුගයේ මැම්බර් මහත්වරු 9000 ක් පමණ පළාත් පාලන නියෝජිතයින් ලෙස විය. එය 2011 දී මෙම සංඛ්‍යාව 4484 කටසීමා කරනු ලැබීය. 2012 දී ජයලත් - රවී කමිටුව විසින් ඡන්දයෙන් තේරී පත්වන සංඛ්‍යාව 5092 ක්, සමානුපාතය තවත් 1500 ක් ද ලෙස සභික සංඛ්‍යාව 6600 දක්වා වැඩි කරනු ලැබීය. 2017... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/23)
· Student of HungryBrain becomes child prodigy before reaching 2 years Hitansh Singh, whose one-of-a-kind talent has finally brought him to the spotlight where he belongs, is proof that age is just a number. This boy from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, entered his name into the India Book of Records for having created 100 paintings at the age of 1 year and 11 months. Hitansh was recognissed as the "Super Talented Kid" on November 11, 2021 (he was 11 months old then) by the International Book of Records' "World Records of Excellence" for correctly... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/23)
Gun violence has once again afflicted USA in Louisville, Kentucky. On Monday morning, a gunman killed at least five people and injured nine more at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The gunman was identified later as Connor Sturgeon, an employee at Old National Bank, according to interim Louisville Metro Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn. He was killed by police after a shootout with authorities. There have been at least 146 mass shootings, including the attack at a school in Nashville, where three children and three adults were killed, and the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/23)
If the Vesak festival diminishes in its importance, it will be a dark era like Amavaka-Venerable Elle Gunawamsa Thera The Prime Minister held a discussion on holding next month’s Vesak festival at Temple Trees on 10.04.2023 with the participation of venerable Theras representing Colombo Shasanarakshaka Bala Mandala and officials from Buddhist associations and government institutions. The Prime Minister in his speech said; “This discussion is being held as a program to guide our young generation to celebrate Vesak meaningfully. We are approaching a time when... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/23)
The preliminary draft of the report of the National Committee on Delimitation of Divisions for Local Government bodies was handed over to Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena today (11.04.2023). Demarcation of constituencies based on geographical size and population have been listed in the preliminary draft and the said draft is to be forwarded to District Secretaries and political party secretaries shortly. Religious leaders and various organizations have already submitted proposals to be included in this report. Committee Chairman Mr. Mahinda Deshapriya stated that the proposals being received for inclusion in the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/23)
Gov’t to consider sending 100,000 toque macaques to China per request matter under discussion with DWC, Agri Ministry Committee to be appointed to study matter after Cabinet approval Authorities of the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) and the Ministry of Agriculture are currently discussing the provision of 100,000 toque macaques (a reddish brown coloured Old World monkey endemic to Sri Lanka and known as the ‘rilawa’) to China, considering a request made by the latter to the same effect. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/23)
The revival of the LTTE has been on the radar of the investigation agencies for long. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) recently seized a huge cache of cash, gold bars, digital devices, drugs and documents, along with other incriminating material during the raids and searches conducted at Chennai. In a release the NIA said that the raids were conducted at residential and business premises of eight suspects in an Indo-Sri-Lankan illegal drugs and arms trade racket aimed at reviving the LTTE. The agency had initiated the investigations into the case in July 2022. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/23)
Sri Lanka has been struck by a catastrophic economic and humanitarian crisis sparked by years of mismanagement and the raging pandemic. The World Bank has assured crisis-struck Sri Lanka of continued support to stabilise the island nation's economy and enhance its economic recovery, State Finance Minister Shehan Semasinghe has said. State Finance Minister Shehan Semasinghe, who is in Washington to attend the 2023 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, said that the global lender extended its support to Sri Lanka, the Colombopage news portal reported... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/23)
The role of colonialism in determining global politics has come in for overdue analysis in recent years. Post colonialism studies the manner in which societies, governments and peoples of previously colonised regions across the globe experience international relations. It was during the era of ‘new imperialism’ of the late 19th century that Britain acquired its substantial Indian Ocean Regional holdings. The legacy of an empire still influences the current British diplomacy. The manner of the United Kingdom’s relations with its former island colonies such as Mauritius, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, the Maldives... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/23)
We have a difficult question before us. On either side of us are two emerging superpowers, already in the top five of the strongest economies in the world. The problem is that these two nations do not see eye to eye on a number of issues. It is helpful to note though, their differences have not stopped them from engaging with each other with the most important aspect of a bilateral relationship – trade. China is India’s biggest trading partner. This has remained consistent despite the skirmishes... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/23)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), comprising countries from Europe and North America, has informally sought a partnership with India, in an effort to contain Russia and China. Apart from 32 full members, NATO has 40 partners around the world in Asia, Africa, South America and Oceania. Though India is a strategic partner of the US, receiving equipment and intelligence from Washington, NATO does not consider India a “Non-NATO ally”. However, both the US and NATO see India as a bulwark against authoritarian China and Russia and want it to be a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/23)
Approximately, 2,074 registered trade unions are in Sri Lanka, of which 54.5 per cent are in the public sector, 27.5 per cent in public corporations and 18 per cent in the private sector. The number of members covered by the trade unions amounts to 9.5 per cent of the total workforce of Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan Constitution grants a fundamental right for every person to join a trade union, while the Trade Union Ordinance permits any seven people to form such an organisation. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/23)
The Election Commission says, for the second time, it is compelled to postpone the 2023 Local Government polls, scheduled to be held on April 25. In a special media release published today (April 11), Commissioner-General of Elections Saman Sri Ratnayake said the decision was reached due to reasons beyond the control of the election body and the inadequacy of funds to go ahead with the preparations for the Local Government polls. Thereby, the Returning Officers, after seeking the consultation of the election body, are expected to decide on a date for the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/23)
Sri Lanka Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Sabry says he does not agree with certain points included in the proposed Anti-Terrorism Bill. Speaking during TV Derana’s “360°” programme last night (April 10), he emphasized that all members of the government are of the common opinion that the bill needs to be amended. https://youtu.be/AzNbEY7QAjc “There are some things in general that I cannot agree with. I mentioned them in the Cabinet.” “The first thing is that I don’t agree with allowing a DIG to issue detention orders.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/23)
නව සීමා නිර්ණ වාර්තාවට අනුව පළාත් පාලන ආයතන සඳහා තේරී පත්වන සභිකයන් සංඛ්‍යාව 4,714ක් දක්වා අඩු කර තිබෙනවා. සීමා නිර්ණ කමිටු සභාපති මහින්ද දේශප්‍රිය සඳහන් කළේ මීට පෙර පළාත්පාලන ආයතන සඳහා සභිකයින් 8,356 දෙනෙකු තේරී පත්ව සිටි බවයි. https://youtu.be/FwYAHBxbi7g... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/23)
ප්‍රකාශයට පත්කර ඇති ත්‍රස්ත විරෝධී පනත් කෙටුම්පත සම්බන්ධයෙන් චෝදනා එල්ල කරන්නේ එහි වගන්ති පිළිබඳ නිසි දැනුවත් භාවයකින් තොරව බව අධිකරණ අමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂ පවසනවා. හිරු සලකුණ දේශපාලන සංවාදාත්මක වැඩසටහනට එක්වෙමින් අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ අදහස් පළ කළා. https://youtu.be/bpNpQYj3bj0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/04/23)
The senior Mission Chief of the International Monetary Fund has stressed that Sri Lanka needs to achieve inclusive growth and stability. The concept of inclusive situation is a vital aspect of Sri Lanka as the culture of the country has not promoted the concept of inclusive conditions for various concerns of development such as education, health and many other areas. Inclusive condition is widely used by Europe concerning various matters such as education, health and other services. (Inclusive growth is economic growth that is distributed fairly across society and creates opportunities for all. ) The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/23)
Genetically modified (GM) foods, also known as genetically engineered (GE) foods, are foods produced from organisms that have had their genetic material (DNA) altered in a way that does not occur naturally through mating or natural recombination. This genetic modification is achieved by introducing new or altered genes into the organism's DNA using various techniques, including biolistics, electroporation, and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. The purpose of genetically modifying foods is to enhance their nutritional value, improve their resistance to pests and diseases, and increase their tolerance to environmental stress. For example, some GM crops... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/23)
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said that the role played by our Venerable Nayaka Theras is most significant at a time when the whole world is searching for Buddhism. He stated this when he visited the Chief Incumbent of Vidyalankara Parivena and Director Venarable Valamitiyawe Gnanarathana Thera who was appreciated and awarded the position of Chief Sanghanayaka of Colombo and Chilaw Divisions with the honorary title of Dharmakirthi Sri Tripitaka Vagiswaracharya. The Prime Minister at the occasion said, "Awarding such an honorary title for our Nayaka Thera is a milestone in the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/23)
The country's transport minister said that he would not arrest any Russian aircraft. Sri Lankan transport minister Bandula Gunawardana pledged not to arrest any Russian-flagged aircraft as part of talks for a new agreement between the two countries. The announcement comes nine months after an incident involving the grounding of an Aeroflot aircraft. Let's take a closer look at the incident and see what the agreement entails.
An Aeroflot Airbus A330-300 was grounded by air traffic control at Colombo's Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) in June of last year... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/23)
It is only first step of a long journey, way too early to celebrate Our core problem is the twin deficit problem I personally believe it will take a little bit longer than four years for the country to get to growth Leading economist Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, who is also chair of LIRNEasia, spells out the way forward for the country in the aftermath of the arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Excerpts of the interview: Q Sri Lanka celebrates the arrangement... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/23)
During his address to the “Economic Dialogue – IMF and Beyond”, the President “declared that Sri Lanka is at a crossroad and it was the nation’s last chance to forge ahead or fail (Daily FT, 31, 2023). Now that Sri Lanka has committed itself to the terms and conditions stipulated by the IMF to get out of its debt crisis, Sri Lanka has no option but to live by the commitments made. The stated reason for canvasing the assistance of the IMF was to seek relief from the debt crisis.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/23)
In comparison to the provisions in the Anti-Terrorism Bill to confer on Magistrates the discretionary power to place terrorist suspects in custody, the provision for judicial review in the amendment to the PTA passed last year appears to be a much more practicable alternative because it is the Supreme Court and the Appeal Court that has been accorded the power to review detention orders. Judges of the higher judiciary live in the Capital, in much more secure environments than the local Magistrates and it is easier to provide extra security to members of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/23)
The Transport and Highways Ministry will seek foreign investments to reconstruct the British-era rail track from Nanu-Oya to Ragala via Nuwara-Eliya, a Minister said. The 31-kilometre narrow-gauge rail track was constructed during the British time. However, it had been dismantled later by the British rulers, apparently due to lack of commercial viability. Minister Bandula Gunawardana told Daily Mirror that the government would call for an Expression of Interest from prospective foreign investors to reconstruct this line under the BOT (Build, Operate, Transfer) model. He said the sixth highest... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/23)
A card system will be introduced this year to enable passengers to obtain tickets for Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) buses instead of using money, Transport Minister Bandula Gunawardena said. Accordingly, a new technical solution will be introduced for passengers to obtain bus tickets using a QR code. https://youtu.be/X7MEDweUjt4 Minister Gunawardena said this while participating in the distribution of new buses to SLTB depots in the districts of Nuwara Eliya and Kandy through the loan assistance scheme of the Indian Government. The ceremony was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/23)
The Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) has further appreciated against the US Dollar (USD) today, according to the Central Bank. Accordingly, today's buying rate of USD is Rs. 311.63 while the selling rate is Rs. 327.72.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/23)
The government has decided to allow the entry of three foreign companies to sell fuel below the prices set by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) for the benefit of the government as well as the people, Finance State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said. "We still face the main problem of making fuel available all the time. We need USD 450 million per month to import fuel. "We still have to issue fuel with a certain level of control due to lack of foreign exchange," he said. While giving permission... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/23)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe directed officials to develop a formal plan aimed at maximizing the contribution of the Nuwara Eliya District, a major tourist city, to the Sri Lankan Government’s program to establish a stable economy within a four-year timeframe. During a discussion held at the Nuwara Eliya District Secretariat this morning (10), the President instructed officials to work on a formal plan to maximize the contribution of the Nuwara Eliya District, the President’s Media Division reported. https://youtu.be/Dz5jOtisEVM The discussion also included the unveiling of the Nuwara Eliya New... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/23)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry convened a briefing on current developments in Sri Lanka for the Colombo-based diplomatic corps on Monday (10 April). Minister of State of Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya, Chief of Staff to the President Sagala Ratnayaka and Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane were associated with the briefing, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Opening the meeting, the Minister thanked the international community for the support extended to Sri Lanka towards economic recovery and briefed on progress made in this regard. He also requested countries to review their travel advisories... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/23)
Former Central Bank Governor Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy said that foreign creditors would want to get the debt restructuring exercise over with as quickly as possible. He noted that it wouldn't be in the interests of foreign creditors to put the local banking sector into crisis. He added that macroeconomic indicators had improved in excess of the projections made by the IMF and other multilateral institutions. When asked about the potential delaying of processes due to demands of further domestic debt restructuring Dr. Coomaraswamy said, his understanding is that most... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/04/23)
This is taking place at 2 levels – targeting adults & the Sangha through various denationalization programs in order to take them away from defending/protecting/preserving National Culture/Heritage & then using education as a platform to ensure the formative years of a child are brainwashed via textbooks & other initiatives so they too distance themselves from defending their Nation & its heritage. A nation of citizens uninterested in defending the Nation is the recipe for all hawks & vultures to descend & dictate to Sri Lanka as per their whims & fancies. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/23)
Sadly the nation has been pushed to a corner without many options. Who did it is a bygone debate now as time is running out. Sri Lanka needs a surviving mechanism. Without it the island nation will totally capitulate to the New Great Game. Those who dream about utopian options that does not exist in real life indirectly (or directly) support Sri Lanka’s total national capitulation. Banging one’s head on a boulder doesn’t break the boulder; it rightfully smashes the head that is unable to think. A survival mechanism of some lizards and even... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/23)
“Giving” can be defined as providing something to someone else without expecting anything in return. It is a selfless act that can be done in many forms, including donating money, volunteering time, or simply offering a kind word or gesture. Giving has numerous benefits, both for the recipient and the giver. One of the primary benefits of giving is the sense of happiness and fulfilment that it can bring. When we give to others, it can boost our mood and increase our overall sense of well-being. Research has shown that people who engage... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/23)
ජාත්‍යන්තර මුල්‍ය අරමුදල සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය අතර වොෂින්ටන් නුවර දී ඉහළ මට්ටමේ රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රික සාකච්ඡා ඇරඹීමට පැය 48 ක් තිබිය දී, ජවිපෙ නායක අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහ බැංකු අධිපති නන්දලාල් වීරසිංහ ට බර අවි ප්‍රහාරයක් එල්ල කරන්නේ කෙසේ හෝ ‘ වැඩසටහන කඩාකප්පල් කිරීමට තමන් සුදානම්බව පෙන්වීමට බව හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර රජිත් කිර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් පවසයි. විපක්ෂය, ආණ්ඩුවට දේශපාලනික ප්‍රහාර එල්ල කිරීම සාමාන්‍ය දෙයකි. නමුත්, ලෝකයම බලාගෙන සිටින ලංකාවේ අනාගතය තීරණය කරන රැස්වීමකට වාඩිවන සාකච්ඡාකරුවන්ට කුමන්ත්‍රණ චෝදනා ඉල්ල කිරීම අවස්ථවාදී දේශපාලන ව්‍යවහාරයකි. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/23)
ශ්‍රී ලාංකික ශ්‍රමිකයින්ට ඉහළ ආදායම් ලබාගත හැකි වැඩි රැකියා සංඛ්‍යාවක් ලබාගැනීමටත්, ජපාන රැකියා ඉලක්ක කරගත් පුහුණු මධ්‍යස්ථාන ආරම්භ කිරීමටත් අවශ්‍ය කටයුතු සම්බන්ධයෙන් අවධානය යොමුකරමින් ජපානයේ නිල සංචාරයක නිතරවන කම්කරු සහ විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාර මහතා, ජපානයේ ඉහළ පෙලේ රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රිකයින් හා රැකියා සදහා බදවා ගනු ලබන ආයතනවල ප්‍රධානීන් හමුවී ද්වි පාර්ශවික එකගතාවයන්ට පැමිණ තිබේ.සාත්තු සේවක අංශයෙන් දැනට ලැබෙන රැකියා ප්‍රමාණය ඉහළ නංවා ගැනීමටත් මේ වන විට ලාංකිකයින්ට විවෘත වී නොමැති ගොඩනැගිලි නඩත්තු කිරීමේ හා පිරිසිදු කිරීමේ රැකියා අවස්ථා විවෘත කරගැනීමටත් ජපානයේ සෞඛ්‍ය, කම්කරු සහ සුබසාධන අමාත්‍ය Katsunobu Kato මහතා සමග මනුෂ නානායක්කාර අමාත්‍යවරයා සාකච්ඡා කළේය.ඒ අනුව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/23)
The Vatican has publicly apologized for helping European colonizers in the past. But does the apology mean anything? Palki Sharma tells you more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2puEHhvMVkw Don Juan Dharmapala and the Portuguese Inquisition in Ceylon The Website ‘ Wings of Time – Footsteps through History of Sri Lanka’ provides a series of web links giving fascinating accounts and insights into the Portuguese Inquisition in Sri Lanka following the Portuguese Inquisition in Goa (1560-1812). https://mahawansa.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/repression-of-buddhism-in-sri-lanka-by-portuguese-by-senaka-weeraratna/ It was Francis Xavier, the infamous catholic missionary who demanded... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/23)
‘Study of Law’ Study of law is study of social sciences, education of human beings, to govern over persons, social, political, business and like through the rules and study of those relationships. It runs back to ages and currently developed with the digital age fast with modern technology. In certain parts it is digitalized and available on finger tips on CD’s. In developed Latin American countries the modern update legislature is available on CD’s. In our... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/23)
Half a century ago I was privileged to be one of the youngest lieutenants handpicked to implement the Paddy Lands Act, the magnificent piece of legislation devised by the visionary leader Hon Philip Gunawardena to allay all the ills of peasant agriculture in Sri Lanka. It was a time when our country, basking in the early glory of independence, was seeking new roots to serve the people. Hon Philip Gunawardena was a man of the people, loved by the people and admired by all who worked under him. With a background of academic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/23)
To tackle the enormous economic challenge that Sri Lanka is facing, everyone must come together to support the recovery and promote stable and inclusive growth, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Peter Breuer. https://youtu.be/vakL6pXQQoM Speaking in a video on the IMF YouTube channel on supporting recovery and promoting stable and inclusive growth in Sri Lanka, Peter Breuer states that after years of increasing economic problems and policy mistakes, Sri Lanka has committed to report and rebuild. “The IMF is here to help.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/23)
Sri Lanka’s Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said on Sunday that the government would follow the Supreme Court’s observations on the proposed new Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), amid objection from the Opposition and the civil society groups. He said the decision to delay the tabling of the bill in parliament was based on requests made by various organizations for more consultation. “So that they would have more time to go to the Supreme Court if they wished to do so,” Rajapakshe said. The new Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) will replace the much-maligned Prevention of Terrorism... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/23)
Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara says Sri Lanka has reached a bilateral agreement with the government of Japan, in order to establish training centres aimed at Japanese employment that will open up more employment opportunities in Japan which generate higher income. Minister Manusha Nanayakkara, who is on an official visit to Japan, has reached this agreement when he met with Japanese top diplomats and the heads of the institutions from which the foreign employees are recruited. At the time, Minister Nanayakkara has pointed out that, more Japanese job opportunities... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/23)
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday assured justice for all the victims of the 2019 Easter bombings in which 270 people were killed, saying legal proceedings are being processed independently and impartially, without any influence. President Wickremesinghe also pledged his unwavering commitment to ensuring the security of the country, by preventing any recurrence of heinous acts. On April 21, 2019, nine suicide bombers belonging to the local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaat (NTJ) linked to ISIS carried out a series of blasts that tore through three churches and as many... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/04/23)
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS Before approving the loan, the IMF had urged Sri Lanka to reduce corruption by improving fiscal transparency and public financial management and introducing a stronger anti-corruption legal framework. Sri Lanka has gazetted a new anti-corruption bill that is in line with the conditions listed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) before approving the $2.9 billion loan to bail out the economic crisis-hit nation. A gazette was published on Thursday on the order of Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, listing some of the objectives of the proposed act. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/23)
For almost two years, the western media, aided by its Indian counterparts, has flogged a false narrative of predatory Chinese lending as the cause of Sri Lanka’s debt crisis, ignoring the fact that it is reckless borrowing and lending in the International Sovereign Bond (ISB) market which is the main cause of it. There are many skeptics in Sri Lanka who wonder if the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is really bailing out the international bond markets who have made reckless lending to successive corrupt governments and stand to make... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/23)
In December 2022, the NIA arrested nine people from the Sri Lankan refugee camp in Tiruchy. CHENNAI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted searches in eight locations in the city and arrested a trader for allegedly possessing unaccounted cash, ganja and gold, among other things. The authorities made recoveries worth Rs 1 crore, which included Rs 82 lakh in cash, 300 gm of gold, 1,000 Singapore dollars and 10 kg of ganja. The searches were conducted after authorities had thwarted an attempt in Kochi to allegedly revive... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/23)
The Medical Supplies Division (MSD) of the Ministry of Health has temporarily withdrawn the use of an anaesthetic drug used for surgeries in Sri Lanka with immediate effect. Accordingly, the use of three categories of the relevant drug has been temporarily withdrawn. The drug was received under the Indian Line of Credit, and was distributed to Sri Lanka by an Indian pharmaceutical company. However, the decision was taken owing to the fact that the quality of the drug cannot be tested within Sri Lanka, and was brought based on its... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/23)
- Ranil says he will consult all parties concerned and a presidential poll may be held early 2024 - Informs opposition MPs that he presently has the numbers in Parliament - Will call for Parliament to work as one after IMF agreement presented in House President Ranil Wickremesinghe will contest the next Presidential Election and has hinted at a possible presidential poll to be held early next year, the Daily Mirror learns. In a meeting held with minority political party parliamentarians this week, Wickremesinghe informed them... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/23)
Fiscal stability refers to a condition or state in which a country's government manages its finances responsibly and sustainably, with its revenues and expenditures in balance or in a stable and manageable relationship over time. It is often characterized by a government's ability to effectively manage its fiscal policies, including taxation, spending, borrowing, and debt management, to maintain a stable and sustainable fiscal position. Fiscal stability is crucial for the overall health and well-being of an economy, as it impacts the government's ability to meet its financial obligations, provide essential public... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/23)
Selling state enterprises is not the right thing to do. If Sweden, Singapore and even Sri Lanka before 1972 could do it, state business undertakings can profit and run efficiently. However, the current state of affairs surrounding state businesses is pathetic and they cannot be salvaged. On top of that Sri Lanka is in a continuing economic downward trend for the fourth year running. Sri Lanka declared its inability to repay loans on April 12, 2022. Under these circumstances the options are very limited. IMF or not Sri Lanka has to sell off government business undertakings... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/23)
A few weeks ago, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) posted a ‘wanted’ advertisement for a Financial Consultant ‘to provide guidance on investment decisions, cash management and dy-to-day organisational expenses. The expanded responsibilities include, ‘forecasting costs and revenues, conducting risk analysis for financial plans, evaluating capital expansion options and to provide guidance and recommendations to the Chairman and the Board on all finance related matters.' On the face of it, this is a good move. In fact all state owned enterprises, statutory bodies, state institutions including ministries ought to be regularly monitored... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/23)
1. ඉංග්‍රීසි නීති දේශන සිංහල භාෂාවට පරිවර්තනය කිරීමට නීති ශිෂ්‍යයන් භාෂා පරිවර්තක සුදුසුකම් ලබා නැත.2. නිසි ප්‍රමිතියක නීති අධ්‍යාපනයක් සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් නීති විද්‍යාලයේදී නොලබා විභාග සමත්වීමට පමණක් සීමිත දැනුමක් නීති විද්‍යාලයෙන් පිටතදී ලබා ගැනීම.3. සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් නීති දේශන නොපවත්වා සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් විභාග පවත්වා නීති දේශන පැවැත්වීමේ ගාස්තු ලෙස වැරදි ලෙස මුදල් අය කිරීම.4. සිංහල භෂාවෙන් නීති අධ්‍යාපනය ලබා දීම වැළැක්වූ 2020.12.30 අංක 2208/13 අතිවිශෙෂ ගැසට් පත්‍රය පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසින් 2023.03.21 දින ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කිරීම නොතකා ක්‍රියා කිරීම එනම් සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් නීති අධ්‍යාපනය ලබා දීම නැවත ආරම්භ නොකර පාර්ලිමේන්තු බලතල වරප්‍රසාද, පරිහාර උල්ලංඝනය කිරීම.5.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/23)
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රටේ ජනතාවගේ උන්නතිය වෙනුවෙන් ත්‍රස්තවාදී ක්‍රියා සිදු කරන පුද්ගලයින් මර්දනය කිරීම සඳහා රජය කිසිවිටෙකත් පසුබට නොවන බව අධිකරණ අමාත්‍ය විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පවසයි. අන්තර්ජාල නාළිකාවක් සමඟ විශේෂ සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් ඔහු සදහන් කර තිබෙන්නේ ප්‍රතිත්‍රස්ත පනත සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඇතැම් පුද්ගලයින් සමාජය නොමග යවමින් සිටින බවය. https://youtu.be/UICg_LuEC_c එලෙස සමාජය මුලා කරන පුද්ගලයින්ට සිදු වන්නේ ජීවිත අනතුරේ හෙළීමට බව ද අමාත්‍ය විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මෙම සාකච්ඡාවේ දී සඳහන් කර ඇත. පසුගිය වසරේ රට අරාජික වූ අවස්ථාවේ රටේ අභියෝගය භාර ගන්නා ලෙස රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතාගෙන් ඉල්ලීමක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/04/23)
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has busted a racket allegedly working for the revival of a militant group in Sri Lanka. The agency has arrested one member and seized illegal proceeds. The National Investigation Agency has seized a huge cache of cash, gold bars, mobile phones, memory cards, drugs and documents, along with other incriminating material, during raids and searches at the Chennai residential and business premises of eight suspects. The crackdown on Thursday was on Indo-Sri Lankan illegal drugs and arms trade racket, which allegedly was working for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/23)
(Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange reserves grew in March to the highest in over a year after the South Asian nation clinched a $3 billion International Monetary Fund bailout. The stockpile increased to $2.69 billion from $2.22 billion in February, according to data released by the central bank on its website. The reserves include a swap facility from the People’s Bank of China equivalent to about $1.4 billion, which helped lift reserves to a previous high of $3.14 billion in December 2021, even though it has conditions on usability. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/23)
The Central Bank Governor and the leaders of the country must be mindful to work and not complain, former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said. “I have done this job for the last nine years. Have I ever complained or cried for a single day? We did our work despite a war. That is what is required of a Central Bank Governor and leaders of the country,” Cabraal said. https://youtu.be/YIMvgo1ITJg “There is no point in talking to us anymore, or the leader of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/23)
Sri Lankan migrant workers’ foreign remittances have seen a sharp increase in March 2023, according to the figures published by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL). Thereby, workers’ remittances amounted to USD 568.3 million last month, recording an increase of more than USD 161 million from February 2023. Sri Lanka consecutively registered over USD 400 million in migrant workers’ remittances in the first quarter of 2023, with cumulative inflows reaching USD 1,413.2 million. Workers’ remittances climbed to USD 437.5 million and USD 407 million in January and February, respectively.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/04/23)
BRICS alliance working to create its own currency, says Russian official 1 min read . Updated: 02 Apr 2023, 10:25 PM IST Anwesha Mitra (L-R) Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping leave after a group picture during BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit in Benaulim, in the western state of Goa, India, October 16, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - S1BEUHGQRWAA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/23)
With development and population increase, national energy requirements will inevitably rise. Fears of exhaustion of the resource and inflation at supply sources, will surely increase prices of coal and oil. Small nations such as ours are bound to lose out. Two considerations have dominated discourse on Energy issues. (I) Both coal and oil face scarcity, if not extinction. (Ii) Burning of both as fuels, release large quantities of Greenhouse Gases (Methane, carbon dioxide and monoxide), which contribute towards Global Warming. This has triggered widespread interest in renewable and non-polluting options. Much... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/23)
කුරුසිය මත ජීවිතය පූජාකළ ජේසුස් ක්‍රිස්තුස් වහන්සේගේ දුක් ප්‍රාප්තිය, මරණය හා උත්ථානය සිහිපත් කරන පාස්කු මංගල්‍ය ශ්‍රී ලාංකික හා ලෝකවාසී කිතුනු ජනතාව බැතියෙන් සිහිපත් කරන අද දින අසංවේදී සන්නිවේදන හා වත්මන් සංකීර්ණ සමාජ අනවබෝධය හමුවේ සිදී බිදි යන මානව සබදතා හා සමාජ ධර්මතා යළිදු නිවැරදි මගට ප්‍රවිෂ්ට කිරීමේ ප්‍රයත්නය උදෙසා කතිකාවතක් බවට පත්කර ගනිමු. මානව වර්ගයා පාපයෙන් ගලවා ගැනීමට, සමාජ සාධාරණය, දයාව, ප්‍රේමය, මනුෂ්‍යත්වය වෙනුවෙන් තම ජීවිතයම කැපකළ ජේසුස් කිස්තුස් වහන්සේ කෘර මරණයකට පත් කළද, මරණය ජයගෙන උට්ඨාන වෙමින් විමුක්තියේ නව මග පෙන්වා දුන් බව ක්‍රිස්තු භක්තික විශ්වාසයයි. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/23)
බුද්ධකාලීන දඹදිව 'පුබ්බෙ අනනුස්සුතෙසු ධම්මෙසු'- මා දේශනා කරන්නේ ඔබ ආරංචියකින්වත් අසා නොමැති (පෙර නොඇසූවිරූ) ධර්මයකි. බුදුන් වහන්සේට පෙර දඹදිව විවිධ ඇදහිලි හා විශ්වාසයන් පැවතුනි. මේවායින් වඩාත්ම ප්‍රකට වූයේ වේදාන්ත දර්ශනයක්වූ බ්‍රාහ්මණ දහමයි. සසරේ මැරී මැරී නැවත නැවත උපදින අතර බ්‍රහ්මන් හමුවීමෙන් මෙම ක්‍රියාවලිය අවසන්වේ යනු එහි ඉගැන්වීමයි. ඊට අමතරව අද්භූත බල විශ්වාසයද (ගිනි සූර්ය වෘක්ෂ ආදී ඇදහීම්ද) වේදාන්ත විශ්වාසයන්ය. පූරණ කස්සප, මක්ඛලි ගෝසාල, අජිත කේසකම්බල ආදි ෂඩ් ශාස්තෘවරුන්ගේ ඉගැන්වීම්ද එකල ප්‍රසිද්ධ වි තිබුනි. ජෛන මහාවීරගේ (නිගණ්ඨනාථ පුත්‍ර) කර්ම ඵලයද ඒ ආශ්‍රිතව ගොඩ නැගුනු සීලය හා වෘතද ඇදහූවෝ එකල දඹදිව බොහෝ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/23)
ශ්‍රිලංකාවේ විශේෂිත සංසිද්ධියක් සිදුවී මේ දක්වා වසර 52 ක් ගතව ඇතත්, අප්‍රේල් 04 දිනයට අදාළව අදට ද බොහෝ මාධ්‍යවල ඒ පිලිබඳ ලිපියක් හෝ කෙටි සටහනක්වත් පළවෙන අතර, කැරැල්ලේ අයිතිකරුවා වන ජවිපෙ විසින් සැමරුම් සිදු කරනු ලබයි. එහෙත් මගේ මෙම ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම එවැනි සාම්ප්‍රදායික දෙයක් නොව, එම කැරැල්ල සහ ජවිපෙ දෙස නව මානයකින් බැලීමය. යම් සිද්ධියක්, නිර්මාණයක් හෝ පුද්ගල චරිතයක් වැනි ඕනෑම දෙයක් වේවා ඒ ගැන තුලනාත්මක සාපේක්ෂ හැදෑරීමකට හෝ නිවැරදි අවබෝධයකට විශාල කාලයක් අවශ්‍ය වෙයි. අප්‍රේල් කැරැල්ලටද, එහි නායක රෝහණ විජේවීරටද වර්තමාන නායක අනුර කුමාර ට සහ ජවිපෙට ද එය එසේම අදාළ වෙයි. දීර්ඝ ලිපියකට අවකාශ නොමැති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/23)
Defence Secretary Kamal Gunarathne said he would take legal action against three persons including journalist Chamuditha Samarawickrama, demanding compensation of Rs. 500 million each for defamation through social media. The Defence Secretary said that he has taken action to file cases against three persons demanding Rs. 500 million compensation each for damaging his reputation and image by making defamatory statements targeting him recently. Gen. Gunaratne said he intends to seek justice against a person called Asela Dharmasiri for making various defamatory statements targeting the Defence Secretary through the Youtube channel ‘truth... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/23)
The Ceylon Electricity Board has successfully acquired the 163 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant which was operated by Sojitz Kelanitissa (Pvt) Limited on March 28, 2023. The acquiring process was initiated in the latter part of the year 2022, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The untiring efforts of the CEB team led by the General Manager, CEB; Eng. Rohan Seneviratne has resulted to enhance CEB’s power plant capacity by 163 MW. Under the GOSL policy framework, CEB signed the PPA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/23)
The Colombo Chief Magistrate's court today ordered to dismiss a private plaint filed against former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal. Colombo Additional Magistrate Harshana Kekunawala made this order taking into consideration the preliminary objections raised on behalf of the former Central Bank Governor. Former Southern Province Governor Rajith Keerthi Thennakoon had filed a private plaint in terms of section 136(1)(a) of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act seeking legal action against Cabraal for committing alleged offences while he was serving as the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/23)
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has issued a statement, clarifying a misreporting of the views recently expressed by the CBSL Governor, Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe during a recent media engagement. The media reports in question, which claim that the Governor anticipates a difficult period ahead in the economy, were deemed a ‘gross misinterpretation’ of the views expressed by Dr, Weerasinghe. “This is a gross misinterpretation of the views expressed by Governor, taken out of the context of the discussion on challenges that the economy could face in the period ahead if... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/23)
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Rajitha Senaratne has stated that he is ready provide the support required in the event a political request is made by the President with regards to rebuilding the country. Commenting on recent speculation that several MPs belonging to the SJB intend on joining forces with the President, Senaratne assured that he has no such intentions of leaving the political party. https://youtu.be/xwshKli-NU4 He noted however, that in the event the President requests all political parties to support the rebuilding of Sri Lanka, and the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/23)
උතුරු මුහුදු තීරයේදී හෙරොයින් මත්කුඩු කිලෝග්‍රෑම් 196ක් ආනයනය කිරීම, සන්තකයේ තබාගැනීම සහ ජාවාරම් කිරීමේ චෝදනා එල්ලවී සිටි විත්තිකරුවන් 05 දෙනෙකු නිදොස් කොට නිදහස් කරන ලෙස කොළඹ ත්‍රිපුද්ගල මහාධිකරණ විනිසුරු මඩුල්ලක් අද (06) නියෝග කර තිබේ. ආදිත්‍ය පටබැඳිගේ, මංජුල තිලකරත්න සහ මහේන් වීරමන් යන මහත්වරුන්ගෙන් සමන්විත ත්‍රිපුද්ගල මහාධිකරණ විනිසුරු මඩුල්ල විසින් මෙම තීන්දුව ලබාදී ඇත. https://youtu.be/XG8abSLQ5dE තීන්දුව ප්‍රකාශයට පත්කරමින් විනිසුරුවරුන් සඳහන් කළේ විත්තිකරුවන්ට එල්ලකර තිබූ චෝදනා පැමිණිල්ල විසින් සාධාරණ සැකයකින් තොරව ඔප්පු කර නොමැති බවය. මෙම නඩුවේ දී මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය නාශක කාර්යාංශයේ ප්‍රධාන පොලිස් පරීක්ෂක හිරියාදෙනිය විසින් ලබාදුන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/04/23)
Before the European invasion, the economic policy of Sri Lanka was believed to be maintaining a production economy with a view to enduring of people and making savings for the future. The definition of production is a dynamic term that products and services creation related to agriculture, industry, construction and related services were required to people and the closed economy had in the country responded in the way people wanted, however it was not a highest potential situation. The belief that Sri Lanka had a production economy is an assumption based historical view as interpreted... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/23)
The ageing population in East Asia and the Pacific is poised to have significant implications for economic growth and fiscal stability in the region. With a rapidly ageing population, countries in this region are facing a myriad of challenges that will require careful planning and policy interventions to mitigate the adverse effects on their economies. One of the key impacts of an ageing population is the potential decline in the workforce. As the population ages, there will be a decrease in the number of people of working age,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/23)
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1. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අධිකරණ භාෂාව සහ නීති පැනවීමේ භාෂාව සිංහල භාෂාව වන අතර පනත් අතර අනනුකූලත්වයක් ඇති වවහොත් සිංහල භාෂා පාඨය යොදා ගත යුතුය.2. වෛද්‍ය පීඨයේ ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවෙන් පමණක් උගන්වන අතර විභාග වෙනත් භාෂාවලින් පවත්වන්නේ නැත.3. වෛද්‍ය පීඨවල උගන්වන්නේ නැති භාෂාවලින් විභාග පවත්වන්නේ නැත්තේ වෛද්‍ය අධ්‍යාපනයේ සහ වෛද්‍ය වෘත්තියේ ප්‍රමිතීන් ආරක්ෂාවටය.4. 1972 සිට ශ්‍රී ලංකා නීති විද්‍යාලයේ ප්‍රමිතියෙන් ඉහළ නීති අධ්‍යාපනයක් සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් ලබා දුන් අතර ඒ අනුව නීති විභාගද සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් පැවැත් වීය.5. නීති විභාග වලට පෙනී සිටීමට හැකි සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් නීති අධ්‍යාපනය ලබා දීම ශ්‍රී ලංකා නීති විද්‍යාලයේ නෛතික යුතුකමක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/23)
German-based news media Deutsche Welle aired a documentary about Bangladesh's elite force Rapid Action Battalion RAB. Deutsche Welle published the investigative documentary in association with Netra News. A summary of the same was also circulated in a press release. It is said that there is a renewed focus on the serious human rights violations organized by Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion or RAB. Two whistleblowers claimed that high-ranking politicians were using this elite force to suppress political opponents. For the first time, two former RAB commanders, whose identities have... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/23)
Sri Lanka’s central bank is considering criminal charges against those accused of running a fake crypto scheme. Colombo, Sri Lanka – The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has announced that it is mulling criminal action against a group that ran a crypto investment scheme dubbed Sports Chain, seven months after an Al Jazeera investigation exposed it as a scam. In a notice published on March 21, the monetary authority declared that the investment venture had been run as a pyramid scheme, which is prohibited under Sri Lanka’s Banking Act. “We conducted investigations... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/23)
According to the World Bank, the economy will continue to face significant challenges in 2023 and beyond. The World Bank on Tuesday announced that Sri Lankan economy is projected to contract by 4.3 per cent in 2023 as demand continues to be subdued, job and income losses intensify. The World Bank in its twice-a-year update said Sri Lanka’s heightened fiscal, external, and financial imbalances and its fluid political situation pose significant uncertainty for the country’s economic outlook. It added that these factors underscore the need to address the root causes of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/23)
The Sri Lankan Central Bank is considering charging suspects involved in a crypto pyramid scheme that saw investors lose $47 million.During a period of economic turmoil in the country, investors disposed of expensive assets to obtain the funds needed to invest in the scheme dubbed Sports Chain.Countries with high levels of inflation have historically seen more widespread crypto adoption and have become victims of multi-million dollar scams. The scam offered a 500% return to victims of runaway inflation, who were unaware that Sports Chain was a nonexistent cryptocurrency. (LankaWeb - 05/04/23)
Sri Lanka’s economy is projected to contract further in 2023 before it begins a gradual recovery in 2024, as the country navigates an unprecedented economic crisis, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in its annual flagship economic publication, the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) April 2023. The economy contracted by 7.8% in 2022 and is forecast to contract by 3% in 2023 as it continues to grapple with the challenge of debt restructuring and balance of payments difficulties, according to the report. The ADB says reform measures, such as the reversal of the tax... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/04/23)
How many foreign investors / foreign investments has Sri Lanka had since 1978? There are many who claim foreign investments are beneficial – beneficial to whom? How beneficial have they been to Sri Lanka- the People – the environment or to these investors? Who has done an analysis of these investments & sale of SOEs since 1978.To lure foreign investors/investments – what has Sri Lanka had to offer?Land leased for how many years?Tax holidays & incentivesImport waiversWhat else?What has been the foreign investment in $ for the above? Is this amount proportionate to all of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
නීති පද්ධතිය සකස් කිරීම ගැන වෘත්තීය සමිති - ආයෝජකයින් - ව්‍යවසායකයින් - විද්වතුන්ගෙන් අදහස් ලබාගැනීමටත් ක්‍රමවේදයක් සකස් කර තිබෙනවා- කම්කරු සහ විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාරදැනට පවතින සංකීර්ණ කම්කරු නීති වෙනුවට ඉදිරිපත් කරනු ලබන සංයුක්ත කම්කරු නීති පද්ධතියේ පළමු කෙටුම්පත මැයි මාසය වන විට සකස් කර අවසන් කිරීමට අපේක්ෂා කරන බවත්, ඒ සදහා සිය අදහස් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමේ අවස්ථාව වෘත්තීය සමිතිවලට, ව්‍යවසායකයින්ට, ස්වාධීන මත දරන ඕනෑම අයෙක්ට විවෘත කර ඇති බවත් කම්කරු හා විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාර මහතා පැවසුවේය.නව කම්කරු නීති පද්ධතිය සකස් කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් තමන්ගේ අදහස් කම්කරු අමාත්‍යාංශය වෙත යොමු කළ හැකි බවත්, අමාත්‍යවරයා සහ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
පළාත් පාලන ආයතනවල කටයුතු අධීක්ෂණය කිරීම වෙනුවෙන් සුදුසු වැඩපිළිවෙළක් සකස් කිරීම සඳහා වන කමිටුව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් 2023.04.03 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී රැස්විය. මෙම කමිටුව ආණ්ඩුකාරවරු, දිස්ත්‍රික් සම්බන්ධීකරණ කමිටු සභාපතිවරු, (අමාත්‍යවරු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරු ඇතුළත්) පළාත් ප්‍රධාන ලේකම්වරු, දිස්ත්‍රික් ලේකම්වරුන් නියෝජනය කරයි. පළාත් පාලන ආයතනවල නිල කාලය ඉකුත් මාර්තු මස 19 වැනි දා අවසන් වූ බැවින් එහි ඉදිරි කටයුතු පවත්වාගෙන යාම සඳහා මෙම කමිටුව ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතාගේ උපදෙස් මත ස්ථාපිතය. පළාත් පාලන ආයතන මගින් ක්‍රියාත්මක කෙරුණු විවිධ ව්‍යාපෘති එලෙසම ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීම,එම ආයතන වල මූල්‍ය ප්‍රතිපාදන කළමනාකරණය,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
Professor Tsuneo Suzuki is a researcher and psychiatrist at Keio University in Japan. In the 1990s, he conducted a study on the effects of colour on people's mood and behaviour, specifically looking at the relationship between blue light and suicide rates in Japan. Suzuki and his team found that areas with more blue light had lower suicide rates than areas with less blue light. They hypothesized that this was because blue light has a calming effect on the brain, which can reduce feelings of depression and anxiety. To test this hypothesis,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
If certain changes made by the private sector are successful, relief could be provided in the future, claimed Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe in reference to the calls for the removal of the recent tax package. He stated so, during a discussion held with university professors and heads of economic departments about the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, at the Ministry of Finance recently. “Despite having gone to the IMF 16 times, success was not possible due to some improperly implemented conditions. Negotiations were used to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
Agreements to be signed in 2 weeks Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera stated that the three Cabinet-approved foreign oil companies are expected to commence their fuel distribution operations in Sri Lanka within the next two months. Sri Lanka is planning to ink the respective agreements with the three companies in the coming two weeks, said Wijesekera, who joined the political talk show 360 on TV Derana on Monday (3). Last week, the Cabinet greenlit the proposal to grant retail licences to China based Sinopec, Australia based United Petroleum and the United... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
The Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms, President Counsel Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said that provisions have been included in the proposed Anti-Corruption Bill in such a way that the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) can seek the assistance of the Attorney General (AG) to file cases at any time. A discussion on the theme 'Will Sri Lanka be able to take a sustainable path towards anti-corruption', organised by the National Movement for Social Justice was held in Colombo on Monday (4). Speaking... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
450 SOEs incur Rs. 2,894 bn losses during 2012-2022Sectoral regulatory agency mooted for SOEs: Siyambalapitiya A total of 450 State owned enterprises (SOEs) have incurred a loss of Rs. 2,894 billion (bn) between the years of 2012 and 2022, with the highest being recorded in 2020, according to the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilisation and National Policies. Speaking in Parliament yesterday (4), State Minister of Finance, Ranjith Siyambalapitiya presented figures related to the loss incurred by 450 SOEs between 2012 and 2022. According to him, the relevant SOEs have incurred a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
විපක්ෂයේ ඉදිරිපස අසුන් පෙලේ සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස මහතා සහ තවත් දෙදෙනෙකු පමණක් ඉතිරි වෙද්දී අනික් සියලුම දෙනා ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂයට එකතු වනු ඇති බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී මහින්දානන්ද අලුත්ගමගේ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. මේ පිළිබඳව කොළඹ ප්‍රදේශයෙන් නිවසක දීර්ඝ සාකච්ඡාවක් එම මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් පිරිස විසින් සිදුකර ඇති බවට තොරතුරු ලැබී ඇතැයිද මන්ත්‍රීවරයා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව අමතමින් කියා සිටියේය. කෙසේ වෙතත් එම ප්‍රකාශය ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරමින් විපක්ෂයේ ප්‍රධාන සංවිධායක ලක්ෂ්මන් කිරිඇල්ල මහතා කියා සිටියේ සමගි ජනබලවේගයේ කිසිවෙකු ආණ්ඩුවට එක් නොවන බවයි. එහිදී මහින්දානන්ද අලුත්ගමගේ මහතා සමගි ජන බලවේගයේ කිසිවකු හෝ ආණ්ඩුව පැමිණියහොත් මන්ත්‍රී ධුරයෙන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe admired the way India has managed socioeconomic development and has ensured high economic growth. New Delhi: Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe sought India's help in establishing policy reforms, governance, capacity building, digitalization, and public service delivery, according to the press statement released by India's Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. The Indian delegation led by the Director General of the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG), Bharat Lal met Sri Lanka's President on Saturday in the island country and discussed topics like policy reforms,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
COLOMBO :Sri Lanka's central bank kept interest rates steady on Tuesday and expressed optimism that prices would decelerate sharply in the coming months, in its first policy decision since securing a $3 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) held its standing deposit facility rate and standing lending facility rate at 15.50 per cent and 16.50 per cent, respectively. "The maintenance of the prevailing tight monetary policy stance is necessary to ensure that monetary conditions remain sufficiently tight to facilitate the continuation of the ongoing disinflation... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
The general public hailed the stern action taken by the Government against a handful of workers and former employees of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) to ensure smooth supply of fuel. When a section of the striking CPC workers tried to physically stop those who wanted to report for work, the Government had no alternative other than to send the workers who did not report for work on compulsory leave and banned them from entering the CPC premises. After the strict disciplinary action, Power and Energy Ministry commenced fuel distribution at the Kolonnawa... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
Restructuring of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) will be done by the institution that will be set up following the model of Singapore and Malaysia to run state institutions, State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya told Parliament today. Responding to a question raised by Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa on the restructuring of SLT, the State Minister said this new institution will decide on how to restructure state institutions. “This institution will decide on restructuring patterns of state owned enterprises and would consider total privatization, building up of private public partnership and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
In a desperate attempt Sajith invites all SJB MPs to dinner last night - SJB MPs complain of interference from Sajith's wife, sister - Harsha, Eran, Kabeer to join President - Harsha likely to be sworn in as Minister of Policy Implementation - Daily Mirror learns that insecurity and mayhem has broken out among the present cabinet ministers, fearing that they might lose their portfolios with the entry of opposition members into the government In a desperate attempt to keep the main opposition -... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
Sri Lanka’s heightened fiscal, external, and financial sector imbalances and its fluid political situation pose significant uncertainty for the country’s economic outlook, says the World Bank in its twice-a-year update, underscoring the need to address the root causes of the country’s economic crisis and build a strong and resilient economy to prevent future crises. Released today (April 04), the Sri Lanka Development Update (SLDU), Time to Reset projects the country’s economy to contract by 4.3 percent in 2023, as demand continues to be subdued, job and income losses intensify, and supply-side constraints adversely affect production. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
The Cabinet of Ministers has given the nod to provide 10kg of rice per month to 850,000 more low-income families in the country. On 16 January 2023, cabinet approval was given to provide 2 million low-income families with a rice quota of 10kg for a two-month period. https://youtu.be/dWpKHKzpoz4 However, the government has identified that there are 850,000 more low-income families on the waiting list and that they should also be included in the proposed program. Thereby, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal presented by President... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
As if economic crises are not enough, the nation has to deal with never-ending strikes by teachers at various levels of teaching and exam marking and a worsening lack of doctors and other professionals. Both these are tied to long term economic instability. The nation needs a steady flow of professionals for its own economic needs (not just the economic needs of Toronto, London and elsewhere). All these can be fairly, justly and equitably resolved for good if university admission quotas are introduced based on ethnicity. It will ensure equity to university students and justice to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
It was a very strange order coming from the Minister for Public Administration, Mr Felix Dias Bandaranayake, the de facto ruler of Sri Lanka in 1970. “ You can go on transfer as the Government Agent at Matara only if all members of parliament agree”. The order of the Hon Minister was conveyed to me by Baku Mahadeva, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration. I was wondering what to do- shall I go behind all the members of parlaiment and be indebted to them in my... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
Running parallel to removing nationally controlled state-entities are well funded initiatives to create non-citizens out of citizens. The goal is to remove any passion within people to defend one’s nation. When a nation is devoid of national assets & citizens to defend it, it is open to anyone to take it over. It is like one’s home. If members of the family are made to hate one’s home, they are not bothered to defend or protect it. Unless we identify these efforts, every initiative being subtly rolled out attempts to make the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
Many Sri Lankans are concerned about their next meal, the high cost of living, deteriorating health, stagnant incomes, how to buy school requisites for their children, malnutrition and increasing poverty which they experience on a day-to-day basis. While restructuring the economy is a must, politicians must balance this with redress for the increasing poor. Large listed and non-listed companies could assist the neediest via a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Fund. What do poor people want? It's a stupid question, because of course "poor people" aren't a single homogenous group and everyone wants something... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
The vending machine is a modern marvel of convenience, allowing people to purchase everything from snacks and drinks to electronics and even cars with the simple press of a button. The invention of the vending machine is credited to a man named Hero of Alexandria, a Greek mathematician and engineer who lived in the first century AD. Hero's invention was called the "vending organ," and it dispensed holy water in exchange for a coin. The machine worked by using a lever that, when pressed, released a small amount of water into... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
The Sri Lankan government is seeking Russian cooperation in multiple sectors, namely, tourism, air traffic, and locomotive construction, besides eyeing crude from Moscow. Colombo is negotiating a deal to buy discounted crude from Moscow, Sri Lankan Minister of Transport and Highways and Minister of Mass Media Bandula Gunawardana told Sputnik on Sunday. "Sri Lanka today does not buy Russian oil and gas, but this issue is on the agenda of the Ministry of Power and Energy of our country, and in case of successful completion of discussions on this topic,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
Further investigations are underway regarding various connections that Salindu Malshitha Gunaratne alias “Kudu Salindu”, is alleged to have had with terrorist groups, according to the relevant investigation officers. The officers have informed this to the courts today (April 03). They have stated before the courts that the investigations are being carried out into the relationships that “Kudu Salindu” is said to have had with pro-LTTE groups and other international terrorist groups. Furthermore, the officers have also presented facts before the courts on 10 crimes suspected to have been committed by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/04/23)
Sri Lanka went through 2 insurgencies, 3 decades of terror, mass suicide, Covid-19 but nothing came near to the collapse of governance & state of anarchy that took place in 2022. How far the outcome was a result of bad planning & management, obnoxious decisions or well-funded & choreographed from external sources will emerge with time. Several aspects need to be taken stock of: Sri Lanka’s “educated” “economists” “academics” overlooked the country’s debt situation – the impact of ad hoc politicized decisions sans national planning or policy since 1978... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/23)
Undoubtedly, children, particularly from low-income families, have borne the most significant hardships due to the unprecedented economic crisis that has beset our country. The single biggest challenge has been the skyrocketing food prices of even essentials, resulting in many families adopting coping strategies from reducing the number of meals consumed to eating less preferred meals lacking nutrition. As a result, the impact on schoolchildren has been a double whammy from constant hunger to skipping school, thus impacting their education. The WFP situation report in October 2022 said,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/23)
ග්‍රිගෝරි පෙරෙල්මන් දක්ෂ රුසියානු ගණිතඥයෙක් වන අතර ඔහු ජ්‍යාමිතිය සහ ස්ථල විද්‍යාව පිළිබඳ ඔහුගේ පෙරළිකාර වැඩ සඳහා වඩාත් ප්‍රසිද්ධය. ඔහු 1966 ජුනි 13 වන දින ලෙනින්ග්‍රෑඩ් (දැන් ශාන්ත පීටර්ස්බර්ග් ලෙස හැඳින්වේ) හි උපත ලැබූ අතර හැදී වැඩුණේ ගණිතඥයින්ගේ පවුලක ය. පෙරල්මන්ගේ වඩාත්ම ප්‍රසිද්ධ ජයග්‍රහණය වන්නේ සියවසකට වැඩි කාලයක් ගණිතයේ නොවිසඳුණු වැදගත්ම ගැටලුවක් වූ “Poincare අනුමානය” පිළිබඳ ඔහුගේ සාක්ෂියයි. ඔහු 2002 සහ 2003 අතර ලිපි තුනක ඔහුගේ සාක්ෂි ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කළ අතර එය ස්ථල විද්‍යාව ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ ඉදිරි ගමනක් ලෙස පුළුල් ලෙස පිළිගැනේ. ඔහුගේ කාර්යය සඳහා, පෙරල්මන්ට 2006 දී කීර්තිමත් “ෆීල්ඩ්ස් පදක්කම”... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/23)
Grigori Perelman is a brilliant Russian mathematician who is best known for his groundbreaking work in geometry and topology. He was born in Leningrad (now known as Saint Petersburg) on June 13, 1966, and grew up in a family of mathematicians. Perelman's most famous achievement is his proof of the “Poincare conjecture”, which had been one of the most important unsolved problems in mathematics for over a century. He published his proof in three papers between 2002 and 2003, and it was widely recognized as a breakthrough in the field of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/23)
The Official Launch of the Report on “A Medium and Long-term Strategy for Indo-Japanese Collaboration to Support the Economic Transformation of Sri Lanka”, prepared by the Pathfinder Foundation with the assistance of a panel of experts, was held, in Colombo. Hon. Ali Sabri, Minister of Foreign Affairs, was the event's Chief Guest, with H.E. Gopal Bagley, High Commissioner of India and H.E. Mizukoshi Hideaki, Ambassador of Japan, gracing the occasion. The event was organized in collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC), Geneva and attended by representatives from several government and private... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/23)
‘But the question is whether the entire ouster [of President Gotabhaya Rajapakse in 2022]was instigated & executed from scratch by the West with the help of local quislings as has happened in so many other countries where the West successfully instigated regime changes or attempted them, from Chile to Bolivia, Iran, Libya, Syria etc, etc. And they have the audacity to threaten regime change even in Russia! In spite of incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe being legitimately elected by parliament last July, discontent among the electorate is growing as claimed by the opposition. A major propaganda effort to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/23)
Sri Lanka continues its dialogue with Russia on possible purchases of oil and gas, Sri Lankan Transport Minister Bandula Gunawardana told Sputnik in an interview. “Sri Lanka does not buy oil from Russia yet, however, this is to be discussed with the Ministry of Petroleum. I think we can get some win-win situation. Relevant authorities will discuss this with Russia,” Gunawardana said. The minister added that Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia Janitha Liyanage was still negotiating a previously requested loan for purchasing fuel with the Russian government.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/23)
The USD 2.9 billion IMF Extended Fund Facility (EFF) was obtained after a tedious process of satisfying a number of preconditions. Some of these prerequisites Sri Lanka had to agree to, such as privatisation of SOEs, tax hikes and subsidy strikes can be potentially political suicide. Indeed, over 47 Trade Unions from key industries such as health, education, Power & Energy, railway, the banking sector, ports and the Water Board are engaged in various Trade Union actions, in protest. Conversely, India had given Sri Lanka USD 3.9 billion since the onset... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/23)
Police inaction to prevent arson attacks against SLPP politicians in the Western province on May 9 may have been due to orders not to carry weapons to deal with protesters, a new investigation has revealed.A review of the role of the police at the time showed Senior Deputy Inspector General Deshabandu Tennakoon had ordered all officers under him to ensure that no personnel were issued with arms and ammunition in the run up to the May 9 violence. In his two-page instructions to DIGs, SSPs, SPs, ASPs and officers in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/23)
Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa alleged that there is a sinister move to buy over MPs from his party the Samagi Jana Balawegaya ( SJB). Speaking during a public meeting in Dehiwala, Mr. Premadasa said some MPs have been offered millions of rupees if they cross over to the government. “Buying over of MPs is the latest game plan of the government,” he said. “The incumbent President once sent his MPs on a tour to Singapore to woo MPs to his side when a UPFA government tried... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/23)
The first phase of the program to plant three million jackfruit trees across the country, under the theme ‘Guwan Hamuda Herali Perali’, was launched today at the Anuradhapura Air Force Base under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe. This program has been implemented in conjunction with the government’s food security program with the aim of creating a local and foreign jackfruit market and to promote jackfruit among the Sri Lankan people. Under this program, seventy five thousand jackfruit trees are expected to be planted within this year. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/04/23)
Delivering the keynote address at the ‘Economic Dialogue – IMF & Beyond’ President referred to Sri Lanka’s missed opportunities for development, and mentioned the failure to implement D.S. Senanayake’s proposals and the Shenoy Report of 1965. He added that the country’s progress was hindered by the ethnic issue that turned into armed conflict in the late 1970s, which impeded the chance to rebuild the country’s foundation for development. My comments on the D.S. Senanayake proposals which were posted on Facebook and LBN are as follows: In 1944, the State Council resolved to launch a State... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/23)
"දැනුම" ලෙසද හැඳින්වෙන, පරීක්ෂණයෙන් ලන්ඩනයේ භූගෝල විද්‍යාව සහ වීදි සැකැස්ම සමඟ අයදුම්කරුවෙකුගේ හුරුපුරුදුකම මෙන්ම නගරයේ වැදගත් සන්ධිස්ථාන සහ උනන්දුවක් දක්වන ස්ථාන පිළිබඳ ඔවුන්ගේ දැනුම ඇගයීමට ලක් කරයි. මෙම පරීක්ෂණය ලෝකයේ එවැනි ආකාරයේ වඩාත්ම අභියෝගාත්මක තක්සේරුවක් ලෙස සලකනු ලබන අතර, සමත් වීමට ඇදහිය නොහැකි තරම් දුෂ්කර වීම සඳහා කීර්තියක් ඇත. පරීක්ෂණය සඳහා සූදානම් වීමට, අනාගත කුලී රථ රියදුරන් ලන්ඩනයේ වීදි, බිම් සලකුණු සහ ගමනාගමන රටා අධ්‍යයනය කිරීමට මාස හෝ වසර ගණනාවක් ගත කළ යුතුය. ඔවුන් නගරයේ ඕනෑම ස්ථාන දෙකක් අතර වඩාත් කාර්යක්ෂම මාර්ග මෙන්ම ජනප්‍රිය සංචාරක ගමනාන්ත, රෝහල්, කෞතුකාගාර සහ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/23)
The "Knowledge of London" test is a rigorous assessment that is taken by those who wish to become licensed taxi drivers in the city of London. Also known as "The Knowledge," the test evaluates an applicant's familiarity with the geography and street layout of London, as well as their knowledge of important landmarks and points of interest in the city. The test is considered one of the most challenging assessments of its kind in the world, with a reputation for being incredibly difficult to pass. To prepare for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/23)
Vatican “Apologizes” For Helping European Colonizers The Vatican has publicly apologized for helping European colonizers in the past. But does the apology mean anything? Palki Sharma tells you more https://youtu.be/2puEHhvMVkw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/23)
About 64 percent of the imported urea in Sri Lanka is used for paddy cultivation, but only 20-40 percent of it is actually absorbedThere are farmers who overcame the challenge posed by the chemical fertilizer ban brought about in 2021 GovernmentIn contrast to other countries, Sri Lanka shows limited interest in research related to organic farmingAmpara farmers cultivated using eco-friendly methods for 3 main seasons and achieved a successful harvest Once a self-sufficient and prosperous nation in terms of food, Sri Lanka’s agriculture industry has now changed completely. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/23)
“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” – L.P. Hartley, The go-between Recent shortages of milk powder, wheat flour and even rice have brought into perspective Sri Lanka’s lack of food security. The situation has been exacerbated by growing dependence on imports of wheat — which rose from half a million tonnes in 1980 to nearly 1.5 million tonnes in 2020. This lack of food security has re-kindled an argument about the role of agriculture in Sri Lanka’s economy, which has extended into the realms... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/23)
In the face of criticism against the new Anti-Terrorism Bill, Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said the government would not bring about any fundamental changes to the current version. The bill, already announced in the gazette notification, is to be presented in Parliament for debate and enactment. This is to be enacted by repealing the Prevention of Terrorism Act, which was invoked mainly in dealing with LTTE terrorism. After the war was over, the government came under pressure from sections of the international community, including the United Nations Human Rights Council... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/23)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe says, during his tenure as the Head of State, he will not tolerate any breach of law and order in the country. He emphasized that he would prioritize doing what is right over doing what is popular, and that presenting popular ideas can lead to the destruction of the country. https://youtu.be/Mtd34ZyuN5k He made these remarks this evening (April 01) during his address to the Tri-Forces and the Police officers and other rankers at the Air Force Base, Anuradhapura, as the Commander in Chief of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/23)
A meeting chaired by Foreign Affairs State Minister Tharaka Balasuriya was held at the Ministry on Thursday with regard to strengthening relations between Sri Lanka and the ASEAN countries. It was attended by Heads of Mission of the ASEAN countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam based in Sri Lanka and senior officials of the Ministry. The most Venerable Mugunuwela Anuruddha Thero, Secretary of the All-Island Buddhasasana Council also took part in the discussion at the invitation of the state minister. The discussion focused on strengthening connectivity with ASEAN... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/23)
Checklist Personality Profile(CPP) යනු පෞරුෂ මනෝරේඛය පිරික්සුම් ලැයිස්තු සඳහා වන අතර එය ගුවන් නියමුවන් ඇගයීම සඳහා ගුවන් සේවා කර්මාන්තයේ භාවිතා කරන පෞරුෂ පරීක්ෂණයකි. CPP තක්සේරුව සැලසුම් කර ඇත්තේ නියමු කාර්ය සාධනය සහ ආරක්ෂාව සඳහා අදාළ වන පෞරුෂ ලක්ෂණ හඳුනා ගැනීම සඳහා ය. චිත්තවේගීය ස්ථාවරත්වය, අනුවර්තනය වීමේ හැකියාව, කණ්ඩායම් වැඩ කිරීම, නායකත්වය, තීරණ ගැනීම සහ ආතතිය ඉවසීම වැනි නියමුවාගේ පෞරුෂ ලක්ෂණ තක්සේරු කිරීමට CPP භාවිතා වේ. පුද්ගලයෙකු ගුවන් නියමුවෙකු ලෙස බඳවා ගැනීමට පෙර නියමු තේරීමේ ක්‍රියාවලියේදී තක්සේරුව සාමාන්‍යයෙන් පරිපාලනය කෙරේ. CPP තක්සේරුවෙහි ඇතැම් ප්‍රකාශයන් කෙතරම් හොඳින් විස්තර කරන්නේද යන්න... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/23)
CPP stands for Checklist Personality Profile, which is a personality test used in the aviation industry to evaluate pilots. The CPP assessment is designed to identify personality traits that are relevant to pilot performance and safety. The CPP is used to assess the pilot's personality traits such as emotional stability, adaptability, teamwork, leadership, decision-making, and stress tolerance. The assessment is usually administered during the pilot selection process before an individual is hired as a pilot. The CPP assessment includes a series of questions that ask the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/23)
ප්‍රභාකරන් සහ බෙදුම්වාදය ගමේ කොල්ලන් විසින් 2009 දී යුද්ධයෙන් අවසන් කිරීමත් සමඟ සිංහලයන් නීතියෙන් හිර කර නීතියෙන් බෙදුම්වාදය ක්‍රියාත්මක කර ගැනීමේ මාර්ග සිතියම.... 1. දෝෂාභියෝග කිහිපයක්ම ආ සරත් නන්ද සිල්වා අගවිනිසුරු, රවුෆ් හකීම් අධිකරණ ඇමති සමග එක් වී ශ්‍රී ලංකා නීති විද්‍යාලයේ සිංහලෙන් නීති අධ්‍යාපනය ලබා දීම බෙදුම්වාදය යුද්ධයෙන් පරාජය කළ 2009න් පසු 2010 සිට නතර කළේය. 2. බෙදුම්වාදී දේශපාලන පක්ෂ, වාමවාදී සංවිධන,බටහිරෙන් ආධාර ලබන නීතිවේදීන් සහ සිංහල සංවිධාන කිහිපයක් එකතු වී ජිනීවා යුධ අපරාධ විභාගය සෑම වසරකම සාකච්ඡාවට ගන්නා ජිනීවා සංචාරක... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/23)
Yes the signs are quite visible that Sri Lanka may not make it to the next Cricket World Cup which some analyst and more perceptive observers see possible after the latest loss against what could be termed a second string New Zealand team where the big names of Angelo Mathews, Kusal Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva performed apathetically to add insult to injury after the Test Series loss.Very sad indeed! So, are the Selectors and the Cricket Administration fiddling ( not necessarily the funds) while the team gradually burns and sinks into... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/04/23)
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