Courtesy Hiru News Ajith Nivard Cabraal, State Minister of Finance and Capital Markets and Public Enterprise Reforms stated that the Colombo Port City will contribute US $ 4.5 billion to the country’s GDP in the first few years. He was speaking at a media briefing held in Colombo yesterday to raise awareness about the port […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 788 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,827. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 180,593. As many as 148,391 recoveries and 1,363 deaths […]

Palitha Senanayake Recently there has been  considerable criticism, in printed as well as in the social media, of Sri Lanka’s increase ‘dependence’ on the Chinese state, and this criticism identifies this dependence with the current Rajapakse regime.  The criticism, moreover, appears to suggest that there is some danger in this dependence vis a vis the […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The government of Sri Lanka soundly defeated the LTTE on May 18. 2009.  Eelam War IV ended in victory for the government of Sri Lanka. LTTE accepted defeat and formally surrendered to the army. [1] It was a decisive victory    and a hard fought one.    This victory is Sri Lanka finest post-independence […]

Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM, Wellington NZ, Spokesperson , USLA NZ The biggest of Sri Lanka’s woes is the truly unprecedented level of misinformation that goes on in Social media especially in English, which misrepresents any and every thing happening in Sri Lanka to discredit the government of the day and destroy the morale of it’s […]

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්        කොවිඩ් හෝ කොරෝනා යනුවෙන් හඳුන්වන ප්‍රතිශ්‍යා තත්වයේ රෝගය ආගන්තුකව මිනිස් සිරුරට පැමිණියකි. ලෝකයේ ඖෂධ මාෆියාව විසින් සහ  ලෝක බල ආධිපත්‍ය ට නතු වූ විද්‍යාඥයන් විසින් චීනයේ කරන ලද අත්හදා බැලීමක ප්‍රතිඵලයක් ලෙසට මෙම ආගන්තුක වෛරසය පැතිරීම සිදු විණි යැයි පළ කරන මතයද අපට ඉවත දැමිය නොහැකිය.වෛරසය පිටුපසින් පැමිණි එන්නත්කරණය මෙම ඖෂධ මාෆියාවේ […]

තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යංශය පිහිනුම් ක්‍රීඩාවෙන් ජාතික හා ජාත්‍යන්තර ජයග්‍රහණ හිමිකර ගැනීමේ අරමුණ ඇතිව ක්‍රීඩික ක්‍රීඩිකාවන්ගේ දක්ෂතා ඔප්නැංවීම සඳහා තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද (28) පෙරවරුවේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජල ක්‍රීඩා සංගමය සමඟ ගිවිසුම්ගතවෙමින් ඔවුන්ට මූල්‍ය ප්‍රදානයක් ලබා දුන්නේය. කොළඹ එන්.සී.සී (NCC) ක්‍රීඩා සමාජ පිහිනුම් තටාක පරිශ්‍රයේ දී අදාළ ගිවිසුම්ගතවීම හා මෙම මූල්‍ය […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ශ්‍රී ලාංකික සමාජය පෙර අත්නොවිඳි අභියෝගයන්ට මුහුණ දුන් අවස්ථාවන්වලදී ජාතික ආර්ථිකය ස්ථාවරව පවත්වා ගැනීමට සුවිසල් දායකත්වයක් ලබා දුන් ජනහද හඳුනන මහජන බැංකුවට රටේ ජනතාව ආදරය කරන බව මුදල් අමාත්‍ය සහ ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද (28) දින අරලියග මන්දිරයේ දී පැවසීය. මහජන බැංකුවේ නව ප්‍රධාන කාර්යාල ගොඩනැගිල්ලට මුල්ගල තැබීමේ අවස්ථාවට වීඩියෝ […]

By Shiran Illanperuma Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo,  May 28 (Xinhua): The Communist Party of China (CPC) has made valuable contributions to Marxist theory by achieving China’s development over the 100 years since its founding, a veteran Sri Lankan communist leader has said. Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL) D.E.W. Gunasekera, in […]

Courtesy VOA NEW DELHI – South Asian countries like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are turning to China for vaccines for Covid 19 after India suspended vaccine exports due to critical shortages at home. Analysts say this will help Beijing increase its clout in the strategic Indian Ocean region where it has been building influence.   China […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director General of Health Services has confirmed 38 more Covid-19 related deaths, increasing the death toll due to the virus in Sri Lanka to 1,363. 

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Health reports that 602 more persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus today (28). All fresh cases are associated with the New Year Covid-19 Cluster. This brings today’s tally of new Covid-19 cases to 2,845. Meanwhile the total number of Covid-19 patients reported from the Minuwangoda, Peliyagoda, Prisons and […]

Courtesy Adaderana Island-wide travel restrictions that are currently in force will not be lifted on the 31st of May and 04th of June, the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) announced today. As per previous announcements issued in this regard, the constraints will continue until 4.00 am on the 07th of June […]

Courtesy Adaderana The police spokesman, who joined a special media briefing on the COVID-19 situation today, said only those who are employed in essential services will be allowed to go out while travel restrictions are in effect. However, they are required to carry their workplace identity cards and a printed or electronic letter calling for […]

තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යංශය එන්නත් ලබාදිය යුතු බවට නිර්දේශවන සෑම අයෙකුටම ඉතා කඩිනමින් එන්නත් ලබා දීමට රජය පියවර ගන්නා බව තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද (27) දින පැවසීය. කුරුණෑගල දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ එන්නත්කරණ මධ්‍යස්ථානවල නිරීක්ෂණ චාරිකාවකට එක්වෙමින් අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මේ බව අවධාරණය කළේය. සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යංශය හා ඒකාබද්ධ වෙමින් එන්නත් ලැබුණු වහාම ජනතාවට […]

By By Chulanee Attanayake* Institute of South Asian Studies Chinese Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe’s official visit to Sri Lanka on 27 April 2021 has sparked a conversation on strengthening defence ties between the two countries. This paper sheds light on the gradual growth in military relations and explains the significance of adding this new […]

By Melani Manel Perera/Asia News Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo. May  27: Sri Lankan Buddhists are currently celebrating the two-day Vesak festival. The event, which ends today, commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of Siddhārtha Gautama, the Buddha. Like last year, ceremonies are subject to strict health restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic –  such as social […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today The ban imposed on all arrivals will be lifted from 01 June, the Civil Aviation Authority says. In a statement, the CAA mentions that restriction will continue to adhere to passengers who have been India within the last 14 days. Sri Lanka previously banned all arrivals from 22 to 31 May. However, […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Says offers by private companies is likely counterfeit and should be refused and reported AstraZeneca has informed Sri Lanka’s State Pharmaceutical Corporation not to purchase the AstraZeneca vaccines from any private trader or company as these vaccines are likely to be counterfeit and should be refused and reported to the relevant […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A Special Women Corps Quick Reaction Rider Team had been formed to operate in an emergency situation and to assist COVID-19 prevention work and controlling process.  The Quick Reaction Special Rider Team, comprising  woman soldiers  of  7 Sri Lanka Army Women’s Corps was formed on the instructions of Jaffna Security Force […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Director-General of Health Services confirmed that Sri Lanka has reported 27 more deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday (May 27). As per the Department of Government Information, the reported deaths had occurred between May 22 and May 27. They are identified as residents of Gurutalawa, Badalkumbura, Kandy, Agalawatta, Wennappuwa, Polonnaruwa, […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 790 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,572. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 174,849. As many as 143,789 recoveries and 1,298 deaths […]

Courtesy Adaderana A Gazette Extraordinary has been issued by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declaring several services as essential services. The relevant gazette has been signed by the President today (May 27). Accordingly, the following services are declared as essential services hereon: All services, works or labour of any description carried out or required to be carried […]

Courtesy Adaderana Vaccines from China’s Sinopharm successfully contained Covid-19, according to a study published in a prestigious U.S. medical journal, the first time detailed findings from a late-stage trial of a Chinese shot have appeared in the scientific literature. The two inactivated vaccines developed by Sinopharm’s vaccine-making unit China National Biotec Group Co. prevented symptomatic […]

Courtesy Hiru News The owner of the distressed vessel X-Press Pearl, X-Press Feeders stated today (27) that the reports of which that the container ship was denied entry to Hazira Port in India and Hamad Port in Qatar are incorrect. Explaining further, they noted that the ship had undergone discharge and loading operations in both […]

Courtesy Hiru News Sharing a message on Twitter, the High Commission of India in Colombo, Sri Lanka stated that the raging fire of the MV X-Press Pearl has largely been controlled. “Result of the #India -#SriLanka joint operation is now more tangible. The raging fire has largely been controlled and parts of #MVXPressPearl are now […]

By Vaisrawana I started writing the following as a casual comment on C. Wjeyawickrema’s බ්‍රදර් චාල්ස් තෝමස්ගේ <දහම් පහන> හා සිංහල බුද්ධාගම/May 24, 2021.But it became longer than originally intended. So here it is offered to my fellow readers as a separate column. Please see if you can agree with observations. This is just a […]

Global Srilankan Forum Hon. David McKinnon, High Commissioner, High Commission of Canada to Sri Lanka and Maldives, 33A,5th Lane, Colpetty, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka Re: Tamil Genocide Education Week Act,2021(Ontario-Bill 104) facilitates separatism in Sri Lanka Dear Hon. High Commissioner, We would like to bring your attention to the above bill which received Royal Ascent […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an integral part of an open and effective international economic system and a major catalyst to development. Yet, the benefits of FDI do not accrue automatically and evenly across countries, sectors and local communities. National policies and the international investment architecture matter for attracting FDI to a […]

By Noor Nizam – Peace and Political Activist, Political Communications Researcher, SLFP/SLPP Stalwart, Convener “The Muslim Voice” and Member “Viyathmaga”, May 26th., 2021. HE. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, This approach towards making Sri Lanka aimed at transforming Sri Lanka’s economy into a green socio-economy with sustainable solutions to climate change is the most appropriate far sighted thinking […]