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News Archive for May 2021
‘’SOVERIGNITY OF PORT CITY AND APPLICATION OF INTERANTIONAL LAW’’Nothing is Permanent in the world-What is permanent is impermanence Nothing is permanent in the world - what is permanent is impermanence which is the eternal truth according to Buddhist Philosophy , or any other religion or concepts which are practised by the mankind tested, observed, and proved to be correct. Is 99 year a long period in the world of metaphysics’ and related computations is relatively a difficult question to be discussed? It is a long time for a human or... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/21)
මුස්ලිම් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් කිහිපදෙනෙක් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා සමඟ ඉෆ්තාර් චාරිත්‍රය ඉටු කරති
ඉස්ලාම් බැතිමතුන් වෙනුවෙන් ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා වාර්ෂිකව පවත්වන ඉෆ්තාර් චාරිත්‍රය මෙවර කොවිඩ් පාලන නිතිරීති වලට අනුව මුස්ලිම් මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් කිහිප දෙනෙකුගේ සහභාගීත්වයෙන් අද (05) පස්වරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවැත්විණි. ඉස්ලාම් ආගමික නායකයන් ඇතුළු ඉස්ලාම් බැතිමතුන් රැසකගේ සහභාගීත්වයෙන් වෙනදා පැවැත්වෙන ඉෆ්තාර් චාරිත්‍ර උත්සවය කොවිඩ්-19 හේතුවෙන් මෙවර කිහිප දෙනෙකුට සීමා විය. මුස්ලිම් පක්ෂ කිහිපයක් නියෝජනය කරමින් පැමිණ සිටි මන්ත්‍රීවරු මෙහි දී මුස්ලිම් ජනතාව මුහුණ දෙන ගැටලු පිලිබඳව අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාට කරුණු ඉදිරිපත් කළහ. මුස්ලිම් කොංග්‍රසය, මුස්ලිම් ජාතික සන්ධානය, සමස්ත ලංකා මහජන පක්ෂය නියෝජනය කරන පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් පිරිසක් මෙසේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා හමුවී සුහද සාකච්ඡාවක... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/05/21)
COVID patients free to choose Ayurvedic or Western treatment at Ayurvedic hospital
When a COVID patient is admitted to an Ayurvedic Hospital, he/she has the freedom to choose the treatment he/she receives is Ayurvedic or Western, State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control Minister Sudarshani Fernandopulle said. She said this during a meeting held to finalise the decision to use Ayurvedic hospitals in the country as Intermediate Care Centres to treat COVID patients. The discussion held with the participation of Indigenous Medicine Promotion, Rural and Ayurvedic Hospitals Development and Community Health State Minister Sisira Jayakody, Director General of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/21)
546 new coronavirus cases takes today’s tally to 1,851
The Ministry of Health says that another 546 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus today, pushing the daily tally of new cases reported to 1,851. All new cases are associated with the New Year COVID-19 Cluster. This increases the total COVID-19 cases count in Sri Lanka to 119,424 while total recoveries stand at 100,885. 17,805 patients infected with the virus are currently under medical care.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/21)
Sri Lanka’s Covid-19 death toll moves to 745
The Director General of Health Services confirmed eleven more Covid-19 related deaths today (06), as Sri Lanka’s death toll due to the virus pandemic rose to 745. 1. The deceased is a 73-year-old female resident in Inamaluwa. She was diagnosed as infected with Covid-19 while undergoing treatments in General Hospital Polonnaruwa and transferred to Special Covid-19 Treatment Center Welikanda where she died on 05.05.2021. The cause of death is mentioned as COVID Pneumonia and renal failure. 2. The deceased is a 52-year-old female resident in Kuliyapitiya. She was diagnosed as infected with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/21)
Sri Lanka confirms 1,305 new cases of coronavirus
The Ministry of Health reports that another 1,305 persons have tested positive for coronavirus today (06). All new cases are associated with the New Year Covid-19 cluster. This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases confirmed in the country thus far to 118,834. Presently 17,215 infected patients are being treated at hospitals and treatment centers across the island. Meanwhile total recoveries has reached 100,885. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 18D Pt 1
When Pohottu came to power in 2019 it informed the Human Rights Council of its decision to withdraw Sri Lanka’s co-sponsorship of UNHRC resolution 30/1 and related resolutions 34/1 and 30/1. A responsible government is obliged to withdraw from such a Resolution, said Pohottu. The previous government, a puppet government, in a manner unprecedented in Human Rights fora, joined as co-sponsors of Resolution 30/1 which was against our own country. It carried a host of commitments that were not deliverable and were not in conformity with the Constitution of Sri Lanka. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/21)
PRESIDENT ATTENDS PARLIAMENT SITTINGS.-AN OPEN LETTER TO HE. GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA.
HE. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Your Excellency should spare some of your very valuable and busy time to visit/attend parliament more frequently please. When you are re in are in attendance, the presence in parliament of MP's of the government are nearly 99%. Even the presence of opposition MP's are somewhat the same. But during the other parliamentary sittings, it is "NEARLY EMPTY". Those MP's and ministers who speak, only speak for the benefit "MEDIA" and the "TV... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/21)
කළුකොඳයාවේ මහනාහිමි හා හිට්ලර්
හැදින්වීම 2017 පෙබරවාරි මස මුලින් ලියන ලද මෙම ලිපියේ මාතෘකාව වූයේ, "රට ගොඩගන්නට වෙහෙසුණු කළුකොඳයාවේ මහනාහිමි " කියාය. එය "කළුකොඳයාවේ ප්‍රඥාශෙඛර මහනාහිමි හා හිට්ලර්" යනුවෙන් වෙනස් කලයුතුය කියා මට සිතුනේ, දැන් 2021 මැදවන විට රටේ දක්නට ලැබෙන අසතුටුදායක, අවිනීත සමාජ දේශපාලන වාතාවරණය නිසාය. හිට්ලර් කෙනෙක්වෙලා හෝ රට බේරා ගන්න යයි 2019 ජනාධ්පති මැතිවරණයට පෙර හාමුදුරුනමක් කල අනුශාසනාවක්, විකෘතිකර, ගෝඨාභය චන්ද අපේක්ෂකයාව ගෝනි බිල්ලෙක් සේ හුවා දක්වන්නට සජිත් හා අනුර කුමාර පිල් ගත් අශොභන වෑයම සිංහල බෞද්ධ ජනතාව ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කලේය. මේ වනවිට උඩුදුවා ගොස් ඇති ලංකාව වෙලාගෙන, ගිලගෙන සිටින, - දේශපාලකයා-නිලධාරියා-එන්ජීඕකාරයා- යන දුෂ්ට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/21)
Tamil Genocide / Mullivaikal Massacre Remembrance Day In Auckland – Stirring Up Communal Strife In New Zealand based on a disproven allegation
Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister of New Zealand Parliament Buildings Wellington Dear Prime Minister, Tamil Genocide / Mullivaikal Massacre Remembrance Day In Auckland – Stirring Up Communal Strife In New Zealand based on a disproven allegation The United Sri Lanka Association (USLA) of Wellington and its members are both frustrated and distraught at learning of a planned “Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day” meeting that is to be held on 18th of May 2021 at 6.30pm at 202 Hillsborough Road, Hillsborough,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/21)
කුරුණෑගල, මත්තල, ලුණුගම්වෙහෙර සහ බෙලිඅත්ත නවීන නගර ලෙස සංවර්ධනට අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා මුලපුරයි
කුරුණෑගල, මත්තල, ලුණුගම්වෙහෙර සහ බෙලිඅත්ත නගර අංග සම්පූර්ණ නවීන නගර ලෙස සංවර්ධනය කිරීම සඳහා වන සාකච්ඡාවක් ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් පාර්ලිමේන්තු සංකීර්ණයේ පිහිටි අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය කාර්යාලයේ දී අද (05) පෙරවරුවේ පැවැත්විණි. මෙම නගර නවීන නගර ලෙස සංවර්ධනය කිරීමේ සැලසුම් පිළිබඳව අවධානය යොමු කළ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා, විෂය භාර අමාත්‍යවරයා වශයෙන් අදාළ ව්‍යාපෘති ක්‍රියාත්මක විය යුතු ආකාරය පිළිබඳව අමාත්‍යංශ නිලධාරින්ට අවශ්‍ය උපදෙස් ලබා දුන්නේය. නවීන වෙළඳ සංකිර්ණයක්, සියලු පහසුකම් සහිත තොග වෙළෙඳපොළ සහ සති පොළ, රථවාහන අංගනයක්, නගර උද්‍යාන, නව බස් නැවතුම්පොළ, බහුකාර්ය ගොඩනැගිල්ලක් මෙන්ම මධ්‍යම පාන්තික නිවාස සංකීර්ණයකින් සමන්විතව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/21)
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa Elected Chair of the Asian Development Bank Board of Governors
https://youtu.be/ktPiwrf6g-E Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who, as the Minister of Finance, serves as the Governor for Sri Lanka of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), was elected Chair of the ADB Board of Governors for the year 2021/2022 during the 54th Annual Meeting that was held virtually this afternoon. The annual meeting that was originally scheduled to be held in Tbilisi, Georgia, had to take place in a virtual format due to the current pandemic. During the meeting, the Governors of Austria and Mongolia were also elected as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/21)
අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ආසියානු සංවර්ධන බැංකු අධිපතිවරුන්ගේ මුලසුනට
ආසියානු සංවර්ධන බැංකුවේ (ADB) අද (05) පස්වරුවේ පැවති 54 වන වාර්ෂික මහා සභා රැස්වීමේ දී 2021/2022 වර්ෂය සඳහා ආසියානු සංවර්ධන බැංකු අධිපතිවරුන්ගේ මුලසුනට ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා තේරී පත්විය. මුදල් අමාත්‍යවරයා වශයෙන් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මෙම තනතුරට පත්වනවිට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආසියානු සංවර්ධන බැංකු (ADB)අධිපතිධුරය හොබවමින් සිටියේය. https://youtu.be/ktPiwrf6g-E ජෝර්ජියාවේ ටිබිලිසි හි පැවැත්වීමට නියමිතව තිබූ මෙම වාර්ෂික මහා සභා රැස්වීම වර්තමානයේ පවතින වසංගත තත්ත්වය හේතුවෙන් අන්තර්ජාල වීඩියෝ තාක්ෂණය ඔස්සේ පැවැත්විණි. ඔස්ට්‍රියාවේ සහ මොන්ගෝලියාවේ ඒ.ඩී.බී අධිපතිවරුන් මෙම රැස්වීමේ දී ආසියානු සංවර්ධන බැංකුවේ නියෝජ්‍ය අධිපතිවරු ලෙස තේරී පත්වූහ. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/21)
පිළියන්දල සිදුවීම මගින් සනාථවන “#කොවිඩ් මර්ධන වැඩසටහනේ” නායකත්වය පිළිබද ගැටළුව.
මේ වන විට ශ්‍රී ලංකික ජනතාව මුහණ පා සිටින බරපතල සෞඛ්‍ය අවධානම පිළිබදව කිසිදු තැකීමක් නැති දේශපාලඥයන් සහ නිළධාරීන් නිසා සාමාන්‍ය මහජනතාවට ජීවිතයෙන් සමුගැනීමට සිදුවිය හැකි සිදුවීමක් පිලියන්දල ප්‍රදේශයේ වාර්තා වී තිබේ. කොවිඩ් රෝගීන් සංඛ්‍යාව ඉහල යාම නිසා එම ප්‍රදේශය භාරව කටයුතු කරන කැස්බෑව සෞඛ්‍ය වෛද්‍ය නිළධාරි වෛද්‍ය සමන්තිකා විජේසුන්දර විසින් ප්‍රදේශයේ පවතින දැඩි අනාරක්ෂිත බව සලකා පිලියන්දල පොලිස්බල ප්‍රදේශය හුදකලා කරන ලෙස කරන ලද ලිඛිත ඉල්ලීමට අනුව හුදකලා කලද පසුව සෞඛ්‍ය සේවා අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල් වරයා ඇතුළු කිසිදු සෞඛ්‍ය බළධාරියෙකුගේ විමසීමකින් තොරව අවම වශයෙන් දැනුවත්භාවයකින් හෝ තොරව පැය කිහිපයක් ඇතුලත... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/21)
වහාම ජාතික ලැයිස්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරයා නම් කොට රටේ ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදයට ගරු කරන්න - කැෆේ එජාපයෙන් ඉල්ලයි
එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය තවමත් ජාතික ලැයිස්තු මන්ත්‍රී ධුරය සඳහා කිසිවෙකු පත් නොකිරීම මඟින් එම පක්ෂය ජනතාවගේ ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී අයිතියට පයින් ගසා ඇතැයි කැෆේ සංවිධානය කියයි. එම සංවිධානයේ විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ අහමඩ් මනාස් මහතා පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ පක්ෂ අභ්‍යන්තර අර්බුද නිසා එම පක්ෂය ජනතාවගේ ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී අයිතියට බලපෑම් එල්ල කරමින් සිටින බවයි. වහා ජාතික ලැයිස්තුවේ පුරප්පාඩු මන්ත්‍රී ධුරය සඳහා සුදුස්සකු පත් කර ජනතාවගේ ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී අයිතිය ගරු කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලමින් කැෆේ සංවිධානය එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂ මහ ලේකම් වරයා වෙත ලිපියක් ද යොමු කර තිබේ. (අදාල ලිපිය මේ සමඟ අමුනා ඇත ) මහ මැතිවරණය පවත්වා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/05/21)
Indian High Commission expresses its deep gratitude to Sri Lankans praying for India
Colombo, May 5 (newsin.asia): The High Commission of India, on behalf of the Government and people of India, expresses its sincere gratitude to the clergy and the people of Sri Lanka for their continuing prayers and good wishes for their brethren in India as a pandemic of epic proportions is being valiantly fought, the High Commission said in a release on Wednesday. “The High Commissioner and his officials are overwhelmed by numerous calls and messages they have received, in addition to the special ceremonies that are being organized in different parts... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/21)
Jacqueline Fernandez’s Instagram following touches 50 million
Mumbai, May 5 (The Statesman): Bollywood star Jacqueline Fernandez’s Instagram following reached the 50-million mark on Thursday. “I am immensely grateful to my family of 50 million for their constant love and support. Everything I am is because of them. I pray for their safety and well-being in these trying times. I hope they all, their families, friends and in fact everyone in the world comes out of this soon,” Jacqueline, who is of Sri Lankan origin, said. The Bollywood star has her kitty full with films over the next few months.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/21)
‘තමුසේ නිකං වීරයෙක් වෙන්න හදන්න එපා.. මමත් යුද්දෙ දිනවපු පස් දෙනාගෙන් කෙනෙක්’ සරත් වීරසේකර, සරත් ෆොන්සේකාට කියයි…
‘තමුසේ නිකං වීරයෙක් වෙන්න හදන්න එපා.. මමත් යුද්දෙ දිනවපු පස් දෙනාගෙන් කෙනෙක්’ යයි මහජන ආරක්ෂක ඇමති සරත් වීරසේකර මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී කියා සිටියේය. සමගි ජන බලවේගය මේන්තු මන්ත්‍රි සරත් ෆොන්සේකා මහතා සමග පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ දී ඇති වූ උණුසුම් වාදයකදී ඔහු මෙම අදහස් පල කරන ලදී. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3000177850212350&t=2... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/21)
පිලියන්දල ලොක්ඩවුන් ඉවත් කරන්න කීවේ මමයි.. හෙට යලි දැම්මොත් මං යලි මැදිහත් වෙනවා..- ලොකුගේ
පිලියන්දල ලොක්ඩවුන් සීමා ඉවත් කරන ලද්දේ තමන්ගේ ඉල්ලීම අනුව බව ප්‍රවාහන අමාත්‍ය ගාමිණී ලොකුගේ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. https://youtu.be/b4jx88frQrE නැවත මෙවැන්නක් සිදු වුවහොත් තමන් මැදිහත් වන බව ද ඒ මහතා පැවසීය. පිලියන්දල අනතුරුදායක නැති බවත් මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් තමන් හමුදාපතිට හා බුද්ධි අංශවලට කතා කළ බවද ඒ මහතා කියා සිටියි. කැස්බෑව ප්‍රධාන වෛද්‍ය නිලධාරියා දේශපාලන පක්ෂවලට වාසි සහගත ලෙස නිවේදන නිකුත් කරන බව ද ඇමැතිවරයා චෝදනා කරයි. අන්තර්ජාල නාලිකාවක් සමග සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් ඒ මහතා මෙම අදහස් පල කරන ලදී. තම කාර්ය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/21)
Lokuge accused of overriding Covid-19 counter measures
Piliyandala removed from isolation list: DGHS helpless Director General of Health Services (DGHS) Asela Gunawardena, who is the state authority for the national campaign against the rampaging Covid-19 pandemic, has acknowledged that his directive that Piliyandala police area be isolated on May Day was overridden. Appearing on Hiru TV ‘Salakuna’ programme on Monday (3) night, Dr. Gunawardena admitted that the very basis of the mechanism in place to isolate areas threatened by the Covid-19 epidemic had been violated. Dr. Gunawardena said so in response to ‘Salakuna’... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/21)
Sri Lanka confirms 11 more COVID fatalities
Sri Lanka has witnessed 11 more COVID-19 related deaths, Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (May 05). Thereby, the country’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak now stands at 720. 01. A 33-year-old man from Kongahawela area: He was diagnosed with novel coronavirus while receiving treatment at the Matale District Hospital. He was then transferred to the Theldeniya Base Hospital where he died on May 03. The cause of death was recorded as acute COVID pneumonia and acute kidney injury. 02. An 84-year-old man from Diyatalawa area: He was transferred... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/21)
Daily coronavirus cases in Sri Lanka hit 1,939
With 680 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Sri Lanka today (May 05), the daily total so far has increased to 1,939. According to the Government Information Department, 1,897 of the new cases reported today are associated with the New Year coronavirus cluster. Meanwhile, the remaining 42 have been identified as arrivals from foreign countries. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 117,529. As many as 100,075 recoveries and 720 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/21)
The MWL should separate the wheat from the chaff
Government MP Dr. Wijedasa Rajapaksa, a former Justice Minister and an ex-president of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka, stated over a month ago that the Muslim World League “(owes) families of those who had perished or suffered injuries in the Easter Sunday terror attacks USD 5 mn.” (‘Wijedasa takes it up with Saudi-based outfit’ by Shamindra Ferdinando, The Island, March 25, 2021). This is money that the MWL general secretary Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Abdul Kareem Al-Issa was said to have promised on behalf of his organization towards the relief of the surviving victims... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/21)
Musings of a concerned citizen
Quite a few writers, even doctors among them, have expressed their concerns with regard to the spread of the virus. The large numbers of people gathered around shops and places of worship during the ‘Avurudhu’ period, casting caution to the wind, was a recipe for disaster. And I fear that what is turning out to be now is how they said it (or to that effect): A massive number of infections that is now recorded, on a daily basis, which is almost thousand a day. Needless to say, the actual numbers could be... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/21)
රන්ජන් රාමනායක මහතා ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂයන්ගෙන්,ජනාධිපති සමාව ඉල්ලුවිට සිදුවෙන දේ!
මේ විශ්වය තුල සිදුවෙන දේ ඉතා ගුප්ත ජනකය. ස්වභාවය, ස්වභාවයේ ධර්මතාවය,තේරුම් නොගෙන අයාලේ යන සියල්ලන්ම යතාර්ථය ඉගෙන ගන්නේ මහා විනාශයක් ලංකරගෙනය. හැමවිටම සිදුවන්නේ ධර්මය රකින්නා ධර්මය විසින්ම සුරැකීමයි. මේ රට පාලනය කිරීම සඳහා සුදුසුකම් ලත්, සේනානායක පවුල, බණ්ඩාරනායක පවුලට පසුව රට උදෙසා නිර්මාණය වුයේ රාජපක්ෂ පවුල පමණි. ස්වභාවය විසින් අවබෝධකරගෙන නිර්මාණිත මේ පවුල මේ වනතෙක් මේ රට සුරකින පවුල බව රටත් විදේශීය මිතුරු රටවලුත් අපේ රටට එරෙහිව කටයුතු කරන සතුරු රටවලුත් මනාව තේරුම්ගෙන ඇත. එවන් තත්වයක් තුල සතුරු බලමුළු රාජපක්ෂ පවුලට හා මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ, ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ යන චරිත වලට පහර් දෙන්නේ නිර්ධය ආකාරයටය. අශිෂ්ඨත්වයේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/05/21)
බෞද්ධ ජනරජ ප්‍රවාදය - 16 වැනි කොටස- අධිකරණ බලයේ හිමිකම
ජනරජයක පරාමාධිපත්‍ය බලය හිමිවන්නේ ජනතාවට ය. එහෙයින් එය තුළ ක්‍රියාත්මක සියලු පාලන බලතල ජනතාවට හිමිවෙයි. දෙවැනි ජනරජ ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව තුළ මෙම කාරණය දක්වා කර ඇත්තේ ජනතාවගේ ව්‍යවස්ථාදායක බලය, ජනතාවගේ විධායක බලය සහ ජනතාවගේ අධිකරණ බලය යනුවෙනි. තව ද, ජනතාවගේ ඡන්ද බලය තුළින් තෝරාගනු ලබන නියෝජිතයන් මාර්ගයෙන් සහ ජනමත විචාරණයක දී ජනතාව විසින් උක්ත පාලන බලතල ක්‍රියාත්මක කළ හැකි බව ද එයින් කියැවෙයි. උක්ත බලතල තුනට අමතරව “ජනතාවගේ උපදේශන බලය” ද පරමාධිපත්‍යය තුළට අයත් විය යුතු බව මෙම ප්‍රවාදයෙන් අපි යෝජනා කළෙමු. ඒ අනුව ජනතාවගේ උපදේශන බලය, ජනතාවගේ ව්‍යවස්ථාදායක බලය, ජනතාවගේ විධායක බලය සහ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/21)
Army Chief says pics of niece’s wedding amidst COVID-19 pandemic is fake
Colombo, May 4 (Daily Mirror) – Army Commander and Head of the National Operations Center for Prevention of COVID-19, General Shavendra Silva yesterday denied claims that his niece’s wedding had been held on Monday at a leading luxury hotel in Colombo amidst the pandemic, stating this was part of a campaign to sling mud at him. Social media was rife yesterday with the pictures of a bride and groom being shared and another picture showing Silva hugging another military officer allegedly at the wedding, on several platforms claiming it was Silva’s niece’s wedding. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/21)
The caseload for the day increases to 1,914
With the reporting of 54 foreign arrivals who were tested positive for Covid, a total of 1914 Covid-19 patients were reported today.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/21)
More than 10,000 Beds to be Added by the Army for COVID-19 Care Centres
One more review session of COVID-19 Task Force members on the control of the epidemic, chaired by General Shavendra Silva, Head, NOCPCO, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, together with Dr Asela Gunawardena, Medical Specialist and Director General of Health Services got underway this afternoon (4) at the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) at Rajagiriya. During this discussion, General Shavendra Silva updated the gathering as regards the present status of the pandemic and behaviour of the new COVID-19 variant during the 3rd... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/21)
Over 63% of country’s population can be vaccinated before end of 2021 – Health Min.
More than 63 percent of the Sri Lankan population can be comprehensively vaccinated before the end of this year, Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi told the Parliament today (May 04). This remark came as a response to an accusation levelled by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa that, who took aim at the government’s handling of the issue. He alleged that the government has failed to secure sufficient coronavirus vaccines. “In the first round, 924,987 people were given the vaccine, and in the second round 356,130 people are expected to be vaccinated. However, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/21)
Eleven Indian fishing vessels attempting to enter Lankan waters intercepted
Sri Lanka Navy has foiled the attempt of 11 Indian fishing vessels, with 86 individuals on board, to enter Sri Lankan waters today (May 04). The interception was made during one of the special patrols conducted in the sea area close to the Palk Strait to prevent illegal immigrants from entering Sri Lankan waters. Security in the north-western and northern waters has been stepped up by increasing 24-hour patrols, as there is a risk of the surge in the transmission of COVID-19 pandemic in the country due to possible illegal migration attempts... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/21)
Dambulla Economic Centre to reopen for trading tomorrow
A decision has been taken to reopen the Dambulla Dedicated Economic Centre for trading from tomorrow (05), under strict health guidelines. Ada Derana reported said that the economic centre would be opened for trading from 5.00 a.m. tomorrow. Major General Nishantha Manage, the Matale District Coordinating Officer for Covid-19 control, stated that permission would be granted to temporarily open the economic centre from 5.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. tomorrow (05), under strict health conditions. He stated this during a committee meeting today (04) at the Dambulla Divisional Secretariat attended by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/05/21)
ලෝක මාධ්‍ය නිදහස් දිනය සුභාශිංසන පණිවුඩය.
ලෝක මාධ්‍ය නිදහස් දිනය යෙදෙන අද දිනයේ ජනතාවගේ තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ අයිතිය තහවුරු කිරීම උදෙසා දිවා රෑ වෙහෙසෙන සියලුම මාධ්‍ය ආයතන සහ ජනමාධ්‍යවේදීන්ට සුබ පැතුම් එක් කරනුයේ ඉමහත් සතුටිනි. මේ වනවිට තොරතුරු සන්නිවේදනය ලොව වේගයෙන්ම දියුණුවන විෂය පථයක් බවට පත්ව තිබේ. පසුගිය දශක කිහිපයක කාලය තුළ විවිධ සන්නිවේදන මාධ්‍ය ඔස්සේ ජනතාවට තොරතුරු ගලා යාම වේගවත් විය. එහෙත් කාලීන අවශ්‍යතාව වී ඇත්තේ ස්වාධීන හා වගකීම් සහගත මාධ්‍ය භාවිතාවයි. ජනතාවගේ තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ අයිතිය සුරක්ෂිත වන්නේ නිවැරදි මාධ්‍ය භාවිතාව තුළිනි. ඒ වෙනුවෙන් කටයුතු කිරීම සියලු දෙනාගේම වගකීමක් මෙන්ම යුතුකම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/05/21)
Covid: 1m plus rule could end from 21 June, says Johnson
There is a "good chance" the 1m plus social distancing rule can be scrapped on 21 June in England, the prime minister has said. Boris Johnson said the results of the vaccine rollout are "really starting to show up in the epidemiology" - but any change would depend on the data. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer agreed that caution was necessary. Mr Johnson also suggested there could be some "opening up" of foreign travel on 17 May. During a campaign visit to Hartlepool the prime minister said ministers would... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/05/21)
Econsult Asia lists Colombo Port City’s multiple benefits for Sri Lanka
Colombo, May 3: The Port City Colombo project is a potential game changer for the Sri Lankan economy, being the country’s first Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in decades, projected to add about 1% to annual GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth over the next 25 years while creating over 230,000 jobs. SEZs with unique administrative structures and economic regulations are not a new phenomenon. Their frameworks are generally intended to lower costs of production and improve ease of doing business, with the ultimate aim of acquiring new technology, improving competitiveness of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/05/21)
Police instructed to raid parties and public gatherings in Sri Lanka
Colombo, May 3 (NewsWire) – The Police will conduct a special operation to raid parties and public gatherings conducted in violation of the Quarantine Law. Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said reports have been received on parties and public gatherings with alcohol being organized in the night. He said all territorial Police officers have been instructed to raid such events, and to take stern action against those organizing, providing their premises to host, and participating in it. The Police Intelligence Agencies are reportedly tracking parties and public gatherings being planned... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/05/21)
ලොව හොල්ලන කොරෝනා කරාපිටියේදී දණ ගස්වයි.. රෝගීන් මිය යාම නතර කරයි.. කරාපිටියේ දොස්තරගෙන් විස්මිත ඖෂධ කරලක්..
කොරෝනා ආසාදිතයින් සඳහා ආහාර අතිරේකයක් ලෙස භාවිතා කළ හැකි ඉතා සාර්ථක ප‍්‍රතිකාරයක් සොයා ගත් බව කරාපිටිය ශික්ෂණ රෝහලේ වෛද්‍ය සම්පත් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. https://youtu.be/YrmRJ7RW41M දේශීය වෛද්‍ය ක‍්‍රමයේ එන ඖෂධ වර්ක කිහිපයකින් මෙම ආහාර අතිරේකය සැකසූ බවද ඔහු සදහන් කරයි. මෙම නිෂ්පාදනය මගින් කොරෝනා ආසාදනය වුවද අසාධ්‍ය වීම වලක්වන බවත් පෙනහැල්ලට ආසාදනය වීම මුළුමනින්ම නවතන බවත් ඔහු කියා සිටී. මේ සඳහා ජාත්‍යන්තර පරීක්ෂණ රැසක් කළ බවත් ඒ සියලු දෙනාම බටහිර වෛද්‍යවරු බවත් ඒ මහතා සඳහන් කළේය. දැනට මෙම නිෂ්පාදනය ආහාර අතිරේකයක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/05/21)
US-India relations come under strain
India and the US have designated themselves as ‘strategic partners’ with political, economic and military dimensions to the relationship. But the partnership has kept coming under strain. The reasons are two-fold: Firstly, its contours are not defined. Secondly, Washington’s ‘America First’ policy and its tendency to pursue a foreign policy almost exclusively in its own immediate interest, clashes with India’s penchant for maintaining ‘strategic autonomy’ despite its increasing economic and military dependence on the US. Vaccine Raw Material Controversy The latest irritant was the US refusal... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/05/21)
Navy increases security in Sri Lankan waters to prevent illegal migration attempts
Sri Lanka Navy says it has deployed more naval units to patrol the northern and northwesters waters of the island around the clock, following the possibility of illegal migrants entering the shores of Sri Lanka via sea routes, which could surge the transmission of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Accordingly, steps have been taken to deploy more ships (OPV & FGBs) and Fast Attack Craft to raise surveillance in the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) as well as Inshore Patrol Craft to patrol the coastal waters of the island, SLN said in a statement. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/05/21)
Coronavirus death toll in Sri Lanka tops 700
The Director General of Health Services confirmed thirteen more coronavirus related deaths today, increasing the death toll due to the virus pandemic to 709. 01. The deceased is a 44-year-old Female resident in Divulapitiya. She was transferred from District General Hospital Kegalle to the Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura where she died on 01.05.2021. The cause of death is mentioned as acute Covid pneumonia. 02. The deceased is a 70-year-old female resident in Ja-Ela. She died on 03.05.2021 while undergoing treatments in a private hospital in Colombo. The cause of death is mentioned as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/05/21)
Sri Lanka’s daily coronavirus cases count climbs to 1,913
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 867 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 in the country, pushing the daily total of new cases to 1,913. All new cases reported today are associated with the ‘New Year’ Covid-19 cluster. This brings Sri Lanka’s tally of positive Covid-19 cases confirmed thus far to 113,676. 14,771 patients infected with the virus are currently under medical care at hospitals and treatments centres across the country. Meanwhile total recoveries stand at 98,209.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/05/21)
AG produces 800 charges in Colombo HC against Pujith and Hemasiri
The Attorney General has exhibited information in the Colombo High Court consisting of 800 charges against former IGP Pujith Jayasundara and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando, in respect of those killed and injured in the Easter Sunday attacks. https://youtu.be/CelvXpXsdY0 The AG’s coordinating officer stated that they have been charged in two separate Trials-at-Bar for the offences of murder, attempted murder for their serious lapses and grave omissions to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings. The former IGP and former defence secretary have been accused of neglecting the prior intelligence... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/05/21)
THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1956 Part 14
The MEP government of 1956 lasted for just three years during which it faced much opposition, but the government still managed to get things done. What the MEP achieved in such a situation is truly impressive said Ananda Meegama. The impact of the 1956 MEP government was such that there was no turning back from its gains, he concluded SWRD gave legitimacy to the aspirations of the Sinhala Buddhist public, said Sudath Gunasekera. Buddhist and Sinhala values were emphasized, said Nayani Melegoda.1956 saw the rise of a viable religious and cultural policy for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/21)
වාන් ඇළ සිංහලයන්ට එදා කොටි ගැහුවා අද පොලිසිය ගහනවා
2021 මාර්තු මස 02 දින කන්තලේ වාන්ඇළ විහාරගල ගම්මානයට කඩා වැදුණු පොලිස් බල ඇණියක් සහ වන සංරක්ෂණ නිළධාරීන් ගම්මුන් ගේ ගෙවල් පොඩි පට්ටම් කොට ජනයා පළවා හරිනු ලැබූහ.නිවාස වල තිබූ බුදු පිළිම පොලේ ගසා ලීමට මෙහි පැමිණි ඇතැම් වන නිළධාරීන් කටයුතු කල ආකාරය ගැන ගම්මු මහත් සංවේගයෙන් කතා කරති. ගෙවල් විනාශ කරලීමෙන් නොනැවතුණු පොලිසිය ගම්වාසීන් 28 දෙනෙකුට විරුද්ධව කන්තලේ උසාවියේ නඩු පවරා තිබේ. ඒ වෙන කිසිවකට නොව නිළධාරීන්ට බාධා කිරීම පොලිසිය ඉදිරිපස රැස් වී බලපෑම් කිරීම ආදී කරුණු ඉදිරිපත් කරමිනි.ගමේ පන්සලේ විහාරාධිපති හිමියන්ට සහ කන්තලේ බෞද්ධ සංගමයේ නීල් මහතාට සිතාසි එවා ඇත්තේ ජනයා පදිංචි කිරීමට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/21)
Covid in India: I’m one of the lucky ones who got out... my parents are stranded
When I arrived in Mumbai, India was in denial. By the time I left the funeral pyres were raging. Now I pray my family will survive, writes Vidhi Doshi hen I got the phone call, I buried my face in the folds of my grandmother’s sari and cried. In one way, it was good news. I had managed to get a seat on one of the last flights leaving India, just in the nick of time, before new travel restrictions to the UK were brought in. I had four hours to say my... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/21)
Wall Street Journal says pressure is mounting on vaccine manufacturers to forego Intellectual Property Rights
Islamabad/Dubai/Johannesburg, May 1: In their report in Wall Street Journal, Saeed Shah in Islamabad, Yaroslav Trofimov in Dubai and Gabriele Steinhauser say that the explosion of Covid-19 cases in India and other developing nations is adding momentum to a push to suspend intellectual-property restrictions on vaccines, putting pressure on Washington, other Western governments and pharmaceutical companies to do more to address the crisis. Over 60 developing countries, led by India and South Africa, are drafting a new proposal to waive the World Trade Organization’s intellectual-property rules—something they say would allow a significant increase in vaccine... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/21)
The unsolved mystery of Sri Lanka's 'Stargate'
In recent years, the internet has been alight with speculation that a chart-like carving in Anuradhapura is a stargate: an ancient gateway through which humans can enter the Universe. Sri Lanka's sacred city of Anuradhapura is an unlikely place to be enmeshed in a fantastic tale of UFOs and otherworldly happenings. Locally known as Rajarata (Land of Kings), the Unesco World Heritage Site was the first established kingdom on the island (in 377 BC) and is at the heart of Sri Lanka's Buddhist culture. Today, it's one of the nation's... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/21)
Opposition Leader announces a political ceasefire
Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa who announced a political ceasefire today urged the government and others to do their utmost to save Sri Lankans from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. "We have gone into a political truce and is ready to do our utmost to save the lives of 20 million people of this country. I urge all political parties to do the same and forget their differences at a time such as this when the country has almost come to a standstill as a result of the pandemic," Mr. Premadasa said. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/21)
Nine more Covid-19 deaths reported in Sri Lanka
The Director General of Health Services confirmed nine more Covid-19 related deaths in the country today (02) pushing the death toll due to the virus in Sri Lanka to 696. 01. The deceased is a 94-year-old male resident in Kebilithigollawa. He died on 29.04.2021 while undergoing treatments in Base Hospital Kebilithigollawa. The cause of death is mentioned as acute pneumonia due to Covid-19. 02. The deceased is a 51-year-old male resident in Polonnaruwa. He died on 01.05.2021 while undergoing treatments in Special Covid Treatment Centre, Welikanda. The cause of death is mentioned... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/21)
Coronavirus: 615 new cases moves daily tally to 1,843
With another 615 new Covid-19 positive cases reported in Sri Lanka today (May 02), the daily total so far has increased to 1,843. All new cases reported today are associated with the New Year Covid-19 cluster. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 111,705.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/21)
Ayurveda Hospitals allowed to treat COVID-19 patients
State Minister Sisira Jayakody says that permission has been granted to utilize Ayurveda Hospitals to treat coronavirus patients. He stated that State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control Dr. Sudarshani Fernandopulle has permitted Ayurveda Hospitals to treat COVID-19 patients. Accordingly, the Ayurveda Hospitals in Rajagiriya, Navinna and Pallekele have been granted permission to commence treating COVID-19 patients, he said. The COVID patients directed to these hospitals will be provided with Ayurvedic indigenous medicines, the State Minister of Indigenous Medicine Promotion, Rural and Ayurvedic Hospitals Development and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/05/21)
New COVID guidelines related to public activities issued
The Director-General of Health Services has issued new guidelines pertaining to permitted public activities under ‘Alert Level 3’ amidst the upsurge in virus infections in Sri Lanka. The new guidelines will be in effect from today (May 01) until further notice, the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) said. The guidelines are supported by the previously guidelines and circulars previously issued by the Health Ministry with regard to the relaxation of public activities in response to COVID-19, which include operational details. Health authorities have introduced an ‘Alert... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/05/21)
Nine more including 33-year-old die of COVID-19
Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 death toll reached 687 on Saturday (May 01) as nine persons succumbed to the virus infection, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed. According to the Department of Government Information, the victims are as follows: 01. A 65-year-old man from Karandana area: He died on April 29 while receiving treatment at the Horana Base Hospital. The cause of death was identified as COVID chest infection and chronic liver disease. 02. A 72-year-old man from Avissawella area: After being diagnosed with novel coronavirus, he was transferred from Kopay Treatment... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/05/21)
Sri Lanka reports highest daily surge of 1,699 new coronavirus cases
Sri Lanka on Saturday (May 01) hit a record high of 1,699 coronavirus infections as 396 more persons were tested positive for the virus within the day. This marks the highest single-day spike in the country’s infections and it is also the third consecutive day Sri Lanka’s daily cases stayed above 1,500-mark. Daily virus infections in Sri Lanka first crossed the grim milestone of 1,000 on the 27th of April.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/05/21)
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