By Rohana R. Wasala The online Asian Tribune of February 21, 2020, carried a profusely illustrated article under the title A Historical Leadership Program Launched by Professor Nandana Wijesinghe”. The event was reported to have been conducted on the weekend -14th -16th February 2020 at the Ridee Viharaya Conference Centre, Ridi(ya)gama, Kurunegala, organized by this […]

Prof. Chandana Jayalath, University of Vocational Technology Building-product imports from China account for nearly 70 percent of all Sri Lankan building supplies, making China the largest supplier of items such as machinery and equipment, iron and steel, drywall, and other components. Because many raw materials used and consumed in the local site assembly originate from […]

Dr sarath obeysekera  People stop eating McDonald’s, Kentucky, Pizza, Stirfry, P&S short eats, and yet people are surviving, because our bodies get adapted to such conditions .where people may not get what they really like to have. Even to bane a nice Malu Pan we cannot buy  yeast  There will be a shortage of coconuts […]

by Mrs. M. Weeraratna Note  This article was written by Mrs. Muriel Weeraratna in 2017 under the title ‘Buddhists must become vegetarians in the month of Vesak’ . She passed away on October 21, 2019 at the age 98 years (40 days days short of her 99th birthday anniversary). The views expressed in the article based on a […]

Courtesy Adaderana Restoration of normalcy in the civilian life and institutions in Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara and Puttalam districts will commence on Monday (May 11) while curfew is in force, says the President’s Media Division. Issuing a release, the PMD said the public and private institutions must resume functions from Monday onwards, in order to restore […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sixteen more individuals have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka as the total cases count soared to 690. The country has confirmed 25 positive cases of coronavirus as of 9.00 pm today (01). In the meantime, the Ministry of Health stated that five more COVID-19 patients have been discharged from hospital after […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, through his Secretary, responded yesterday (30) to the letter sent to him by former Member of Parliament Mangala Samaraweera on April 28. This response that was sent with Secretary to the President P. B. Jayasundera’s signature noted that the letter of Mr. Samaraweera has been compiled based on a number […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් අවශ්‍යතාවක් මතුවුවහොත් දිනකට සිදුකරන පී සී ආර් පරීක්ෂණ 3000 දක්වා වැඩි කිරීමට හැකියාව පවතින බව සෞඛ්‍ය සේවා අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජෙනරාල් විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය අනිල් ජාසිංහ පවසනවා. විශ්ව විද්‍යාල පද්ධතිය ද මෙම පරීක්ෂණ සිදු කිරීම හේතුවෙන් දිනකට සිදුකරන පරීක්ෂණ ප්‍රමාණය ඉහළ නැංවීමට හැකියාව ලැබී ඇති බවයි ඔහු පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ. චීනයෙන් පරිත්‍යාග ලෙස ලැබුනු පරීක්ෂණ […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් පවතින කොවිඩ් 19 ව්‍යසනය හමුවේ රජය විසින් අඩු අදායම්ලාභීන්ට ලබාදෙන රුපියල් පන්දහසේ දීමනාව දෙවන වටයක් තුලදීත් ලබාදීමට ජනාධිපතිවරයා වෙත තමන් ඉල්ලීමක් කළ බව අමාත්‍ය මහින්ද අමරවීර පවසනවා. මධ්‍ය වෙත අදහස දක්වමින් අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළා.

The country is facing a situation it has never before had to face. Plucking Articles from the Constitution and crying to the Supreme Court without helping deal with the situation, shows how bankrupt the politicians making a furor are. It is they who are violating the spirit of democracy. This is no time to be […]