By M D P DISSANAYAKE,  ( FCMA, CPA, CGMA, PhD) The 43 page draft amendment No.20 for the constitution is now in the public domain.  Most of us thought the amendment might be couple of pages, as there was not enough time from the date of general election to draft an elaborate amendment. Surprisingly, The […]

C. Wijeyawickrema චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම, LL. B., Ph.D. Ven. Prof. Kotapitiye Rahula Thero, Our perception and opinion and knowledge are all based on the amount and quality of information we have about phenomena As a panchaskanda, not free from loba-dwesha-moha, your opinion on Milinda Moragoda or on Amin of the Ulema Sabaha is a world of  your […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාට හා රටට සෙත් පතා සර්ව රාත්‍රික පරිත්‍රාණ ධර්ම දේශනාවක් 2020.09.04 දින කතරගම පූජා භූමියේ අෂ්ඨඵල බෝධීන් වහන්සේ අභියස දී පැවැත්වුණි. රුහුණු මාගම් පත්තුවේ ප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක, කතරගම ශාසනාරක්ෂක බල මණ්ඩලයේ සභාපති, කිරි වෙහර රජමහා විහාරාධිපති කොබවක ධම්මින්ද නාහිමි, කතරගම අභිනවාරාමාධිපති රුහුණු මාගම්පත්තුවේ ප්‍රධාන අධිකරණ සංඝනායක කපුගම සරණතිස්ස නාහිමි ඇතුළු මහා සංඝරත්නය දේශනා […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Over 700 students from 19 schools in Sri Lankan capital city received stationery and panda school bags COLOMBO, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) — Over 700 students from 19 schools in Sri Lankan capital city have received gifts of stationery and panda school bags from the Chinese embassy to Sri Lanka. Students from different religious […]

By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Dr.Kohona comes to the job armed with a distinguished record in academics, international law and practical diplomacy. He has advanced degrees from three countries and experience as a civil servant with the Australian and Sri Lankan governments and the UN. Colombo, September 5 (newsin.asia): Dr. Palitha T. B. Kohona, a former […]

Courtesy WION News Sufi Scholar in Sri Lanka have raised alarm on radical groups. Sufi scholar is receiving threats from Wahhabi groups. According to reports, 48 radical islamic groups are active in the country. https://www.wionews.com/videos/sri-lanka-sufi-scholar-warns-against-extremist-groups-325404

Yohan Perera  Courtesy The Daily Mirror Government is to go ahead with the construction of the Ruwanpura Expressway (E06), with instructions being given by the Minister of Highways Johnston Fernando, to expedite the commencement of its work. The expressway will begin from the Kahatuduwa exit point of the Southern Expressway to Pelmadulla and will he […]

Courtesy Adaderana Russia’s Sputnik-V” Covid-19 vaccine produced an antibody response in all participants in early-stage trials, according to results published on Thursday (03) by The Lancet medical journal that were hailed by Moscow as an answer to its critics. The results of the two trials, conducted between June and July and involving 76 participants, showed […]

Courtesy Adaderana Three more persons tested positive for COVID-19 today (05), taking total number of positive cases confirmed in the country to 3,121. The Department of Government Information confirmed that the latest cases include 02 arrivals from India and 01 inmate at the Kandakadu Rehabilitation Centre. According to statistics, only 191 active cases are currently […]

Courtesy Adaderana The total number of positive cases confirmed in the country reached 3,118 as three new COVID-19 patients were detected today (05). The Department of Government Information confirmed that the latest cases are arrivals from India, Bahrain and Qatar. As per statistic, only 188 active cases are currently receiving medical care at hospitals. In […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Presidential Commission on Inquiry (PCoI) probing the incidents of political victimization has issued summons on former State Minister Vijayakala Maheswaran and Kumaran Sarvananda, who contested the General Election 2015 from the United National Party (UNP). They are scheduled to appear before the Presidential Commission on the 17th of September. The PCoI decided […]

Courtesy Adaderana One of the important lessons emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic is the importance of maintaining a centralized healthcare system President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said.  Although the administrations of most of Sri Lanka’s state-run hospitals are vested with the Provincial Councils, fortunately there were enough hospitals nationwide under the management of the Health Ministry […]