BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Many Sri Lankans have misunderstood the meaning of economic disciplines and they also misapprehend economic disciplines in broader terms. When introduced market economic strategy in 1978, the attention of policymakers was broadening trade policies relating to imports and other aspects of trading, including investments. The simple purpose of economic liberalization in connection […]

Dr. Sudath Gunasekara. This is a copy of a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Ministry of education, Sri Lanka by a concerned citizen. Dr. Sudath Gunasekara. Former Secretary to PM Sirimavo Bandaranayaka,  Sec. Ministry of Technical Education and Addl Sec Ministry of Education.7.10/2021. Mahanuwara The Secretary Ministry of Education Dear Secretary, Prof Kapila, […]

by Daya Madawita Dear Mr. President, Prime Minister and Members of Parliament,   Please Amend the Constitution to Safeguard Sri Lanka from External Forces while Ensuring Ethnic and Religious Harmony Most of the international and internal problems facing Sri Lanka, such as, UNHRC interventions, European GSP+ concessions, the Indian dictates to enact the 13th amendment […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS revised   12.10.21 There is a strong pro-elephant lobby in Sri Lanka which says the elephant must not be domesticated. It must be left alone, to wander in the forest. There are no forests left for it to wander in, since those forests were converted to tea estates during British rule.  Therefore the elephant […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS revised 12.10.21 Certain elephant NGOs have focused exclusively on the perahera elephant. It was reported in 2044 that the donation of mature male elephants to selected temples had met with loud protests from NGOs. Ven. Deranagama Kusaladamma of Sri Sambodhi vihara, Colombo said the Viharaya has been prevented from holding its seventh annual […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය මධ්‍යම සංස්කෘතික අරමුදල ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගත කිරීම සඳහා නිර්දේශ ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට පත් කළ පංච පුද්ගල කමිටුව අදාළ වාර්තාව අද (07) දින පෙරවරුවේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී භාර දුන්හ. බුද්ධශාසන, ආගමික හා සංස්කෘතික කටයුතු අමාත්‍යවරයා වශයෙන් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ උපදෙස් පරිදි මෙම පංච පුද්ගල කමිටුව පත්කර තිබිණි. ධීවර දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල් […]

තිසර සමල් – අනුරාධපුර රසායනික පොහොර භාවිතය වෙනුවට කාබනික පොහොර භාවිතය ප්‍රචලිත කිරීමට වත්මන් රජය ගත් තීරණය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ගොවීන්ගේ පවතින මතය සම්බන්ධයෙන් විමසා බැලීම සඳහා සූර්ය බල, සුළං හා ජල විදුලි ජනන රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතා අනුරාධපුර තිරප්පනය ප්‍රදේශයේ මිරිස්, වට්ටක්කා  ඇතුළු ඒළවලු හා අතිරේක  භෝග වගා කරන ගොවීන් හමුවී ඔවුන් සමඟ සාකච්ජා කර […]

තිසර සමල් පොහොර නොමැති කම නිසා ගොවියෝ වගා කරන්න යම්කිසි අවිනිශ්චිතභාවයකින් ඉන්නවා නම් , වෙනදා මේ වෙන කොට සුද්ධ කරන ඉඩම් තාමත් සුද්ධ කරලා නැත්නම් මේකේ ලොකු අවධානමක් තියෙනවා. අමතර භෝග වලට පොහොර නිර්දේශය තාමත් නෑ, කියන්නේ කවදාද වගාව කරන්නේ. මම මේ ටික ගැන ප්‍රශ්න කරන්නේ තරහකට නෙමෙයි, මේවා කොළඹට කියන්න, මේවා ලොකු මහත්වරුන්ට කියන්න. ඔයගොල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ සාකච්ජාවේදී මේ […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Sri Lanka’s economy is projected to grow by 3.3 percent in 2021, but the medium-term outlook is clouded by pre-existing macroeconomic weaknesses and the economic scarring from the COVID-19 pandemic. A gradual recovery will likely lead to corresponding improvements in labor market conditions. Most countries in South Asia are far from pre-pandemic trend […]

Courtesy The Japan Times Lawyers representing two Sri Lankan men hold a news conference on Sept. 22 in Tokyo following a Tokyo District Court ruling. | KYODO A Japanese high court ruling that Japanese immigration authorities’ decision to deport two Sri Lankan men without allowing them to take legal action after they were denied refugee […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Amanda Redman – who portrays Dr Lydia Fonseca in the ITV drama – is “honoured” that the cast and crew have been able to return to Sri Lanka to shoot the Good Karma Hospital series 4, the next instalment of the six-part drama – which is set in southern India – […]

Courtesy Adaderana The government has decided to remove the price controls on cement, LP gas, milk powder and wheat flour, says State Minister of Co-operative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection Lasantha Alagiyawanna. The decision was taken during a special meeting between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Cabinet of Ministers held this evening (October 07). […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Prime Minister has inaugurated important milestones of the Jaffna-Kilinochchi Water Supply Project which aims to provide safe drinking water to the population of the city of Jaffna and its surrounding urban and rural areas. Jointly financed by Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Sri Lankan government, the 266 million USD Jaffna-Kilinochchi Water […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health says 638 more people were tested positive for the novel coronavirus so far today (October 07). This brings the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in the country to 523,416. Reportedly, more than 31,400 virus-infected patients are undergoing treatment at the moment at […]

Courtesy Adaderana The daily total of new COVID-19 cases moved to 772 today (October 07) as 134 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry said. This brings the tally of coronavirus infections confirmed in the country so far to 523,550. More than 31,500 active cases are currently […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale Ask not what you can do for the country, but what the country can do for you –Pandora revelations The Pandora revelations have shown how much some political leaders have loved themselves and the extent of their greed. Perhaps they have found a way to take this wealth to their next life […]