Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview given to Channel One’s Bolshaya Igra (Great Game) talk show, Moscow, April 1, 2021 Vyacheslav Nikonov: The word war” has been heard increasingly more often lately. US and NATO politicians, even more so the Ukrainian military, have no trouble saying it. Do you have more reasons to be concerned now than […]

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By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Mirror James Emerson Tennent was Colonial Secretary in Ceylon from 1846 to 1850 and Acting Governor in April-May 1847. Tennent was not just an administrator, a Colonial master lording over obsequious natives. His keen eye and ear caught the nuances of the communities he was administering. His scholarship got him the Presidency of […]

සමස්ත ලංකා ප්‍රවාහන සේවක සංගමය ශ්‍රී ලංගම ගරු සභාපති, කිංස්ලි රණවක මැතිතුමා, ශ්‍රී ලංගම ප්‍රධාන කාර්යාලය, නාරහේන්පිට, කොළඹ 05. ගරු සභාපති තුමණි, වැලිමඩ ශ්‍රී ලංගම බස්ගාල පිහිටි ශ්‍රී ලංගම සතු ඉඩම වැලිමඩ ප්‍රාදේශීය සභාවට පවරා ගැනීමේ ක්‍රියාවලිය වැලැක්වීමට කඩිනමින් මැදිහත් වන ලෙස ඉල්ලා සිටීම. වැලිමඩ ශ්‍රී ලංගම බස්ගාල පිහිටි ශ්‍රී ලංගම සතු ඉඩම අනාදිමත් කාලයක […]

By Saman Indrajith Courtesy The Island Justice Minister Ali Sabry told Parliament yesterday that the process of removing Mohan Peiris from the post of Chief Justice in 2015 was illegal. Answering a question raised by Matale District SLPP MP Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon, Minister Sabry said that he would take appropriate action after consulting Prime Minister […]

YOHAN PERERA AND AJITH SIRIWARDANA Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Justice Minister said he will seek the Prime Minister’s advice on the unlawful removal of one time Chief Justice Mohan Peiris from his post and rectify it Action will be taken to rectify the removal of Mohan Peiris as the Chief justice in 2015 with […]

Courtesy Adaderana Naufer Mawlawi, who is currently in remand custody, has been identified as the ringleader of Easter Sunday terror attacks, says Minister of Public Security Sarath Weerasekara. The minister’s remarks came during a special media briefing held this evening (April 06). The press conference was also attended by Minister of Mass Media Keheliya Rambukwella and […]

Courtesy Adaderana Ministry of Health on Tuesday (April 06) confirmed 82 more new cases of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka as the daily cases count reached 177. Among the newly-identified coronavirus patients are 19 individuals who arrived in Sri Lanka from overseas, the Department of Government Information said. The new development has brought the total […]

Courtesy Adaderana Two more COVID-related deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka today (April 06), says the Ministry of Health. This brings the country’s death toll from the pandemic to 588. According to the Department of Government Information, one of the deceased is a 70-year-old man from Bibila area who passed away on Sunday (April […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Plantations, Ramesh Pathirana stated in Parliament today (06) that the government will give Rs. 1,000 salary to all estate workers from April. He stated this while delivering a verbal response to a question put forward by MP Waruna Liyanage in parliament this morning.  Thereby, Minister Pathirana said that all plantation companies […]

Courtesy Adaderana Attorney General Dappula de Livera has summoned the Conservator-General of Forests and other officials of the Forest Conservation Department to take into consideration and verify the recent media reports on forest destruction. According to the Coordinating Officer of the Attorney General, State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne, the relevant meeting is expected to be held […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka is planning to import 6 million more doses of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine from Russia, says the Department of Government Information. During its meeting held on Monday (April 05), the Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal tabled by Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi to order more of Sputnik V jabs to proceed […]