News Archive for Jan 2025 Kate Spicer Courtesy The Telegraph (UK) Cognitive decline speeds up at 57, 70 and 78, but there are lifestyle tweaks you can make to stay sharp A new study has found that there are three distinct peaks, when cognitive decline is more evident in all of us Cognitive decline is natural: it starts to subtly set in by our 40s, and by your mid-50s it’s perfectly normal to find yourself standing in the middle of a room, scratching your head, saying, “Now why the hell did I come in here?” While the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/25) by Dr Garvin Karunaratne I enclose my earlier Paper, posted in Lanka Web two years ago(11/3/2022), re edited in the hope that its recommendations to build up our economy will be heard in the portals of our new saviour President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. This Paper contains a blue print for immediate action to build up our Motherland A depleted treasury- living on loans like a beggar on the streets, endless food queues-, is unfortunately Sri Lanka today. A New Programme to make everything we import is mandatory and I hope our leaders understand this... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/25)
SEPAL - short clips https://youtu.be/cyhXtRNTF4k... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/25)
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Dhananjaya Naranbadda මාධ්යවේදී ධනංජය නාරංබැද්ද සමග ඇහැරෙන්න - නැගිටින්න... ගවේශණාත්මක මාධ්යකරනයේ ප්රමුඛයා සමාජ මාධ්යට පිවිසුණු වගයි ~~ වසර 15කට ආසන්න වෘත්තීය මාධ්යවේදියකු වැඩසටහන් මෙහෙයවන්නකු සේම මෙරට ප්රධාන නාලිකාවක ප්රවෘත්ති කළමනාකරුවකු ලෙස ධනංජය මෑත ඉතිහාසය තුළ රටට හෙළිදරව්ව කල මහාපරිමාන වංචා දුෂණ පිළිබද ඇතැම් පුවත් දේශපාලන දිශානතිය පවා වෙනසකට පවා තුඩුදුන් බව නොරහසකි... https://youtu.be/l3Y3T2L5Y0c... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/01/25)
by Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Courtesy The Island ‘Den Kendawath ne’ was the instant response I got from a good friend of mine when I rang him to find out how things are with the new government that came to power with so much of fanfare and promise. Judging from my stunned silence, as it took me some time to understand his cynical comment, he went on to say that the ingredients for polkiri kenda, viz., rice, coconut and salt are all in short supply or so expensive that the average Sri Lankan cannot afford them. For... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/01/25)
BY Buddhika Samaraweera Courtesy The Morning Passengers question Railways Dept. irregularities in the online system Unionists note infrastructure and HR shortages, propose airport office for reservations The issue of illegal ticket sales for the popular Colombo to Ella train route has become one of the most-talked-about topics in the recent past, with accusations of fraud involving ticket resellers. Many passengers, both local and foreign, have found it impossible to secure tickets, either online or at the railway stations, due to the rapid sale of electronic tickets within... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/01/25)
Editorial Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lankans are a little uneasy due to the high prices of coconuts and the shortage of the nut itself in the island. Now we hear of plans being in the pipeline for the Government to import coconut-based products. This is a roundabout way to meet the shortage of coconuts in this island. But according to newspaper reports, the import plan for coconut related products must first go through a cabinet paper which must then be passed in parliament. The cabinet paper for this purpose is already drafted. But there was a delay... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/01/25)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, January 30 (Daily Mirror) - While defending the legality of the Sri Lanka Navy's conduct amid strong protests with Sri Lanka over an incident of firing by the Sri Lankan Navy, Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal (Rtd) Sampath Thuyacontha said that Sri Lanka will continue to search vessels entering its waters, regardless of their country of origin, in accordance with legal protocols to prevent illegal activities. He made these remarks after India lodged a strong protest on Tuesday following an incident in which the Sri Lankan Navy opened fire during the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/01/25)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, January 30 (Daily Mirror) - The candidates who contested the general elections in 2024 under the New Democratic Front (NDF) is scheduled to meet former President Ranil Wickremesinghe this evening, former MP Premanath C Dolawatte said. He said they are expected to discuss how to contest the upcoming elections including the Local Government elections and current issues in the country. https://youtu.be/Cqvi5H0CvGE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/01/25)
Courtesy Adaderana A special political discussion was held this afternoon (30) under the patronage of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe at a private hotel in Colombo. According to participating political party representatives, the meeting was convened at the request of Mr. Wickremesinghe. Representatives of parties that supported him in the last presidential election were present at the discussion. Notably, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MPs Mano Ganesan and Palani Thigambaram also participated in the discussion. Other prominent figures in attendance included former Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana, Udaya Gammanpila, Anura Priyadharshana Yapa, Duminda... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/01/25)
Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Customs, with the full cooperation of joint trade unions, launched a four-day expedited container clearance process today (30) , aiming to clear the backlog of containers at examination yards by February 02, 2025. According to Customs Media Spokesperson and Additional Director General Seevali Arukgoda, all examination yards and the Valuation Directorate will operate with full staff from today (30) until February 02 to ensure the clearance of all queued-up containers. Therefore, all consignees, clearing agents, and transporters are requested to extend their fullest cooperation by attending to their tasks on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/01/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් හිටපු ජනාධිපතිවරුන්ගේ වරප්රසාද සහ ප්රතිලාභ කප්පාදු කිරීම හෝ සංශෝධනය කළ හැක්කේ ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයකින් පසුව පමණක් බව, ආචාර්ය නීතිඥ ප්රතිභා මහානාමහේවා පවසනවා. මේ අතර ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයකින් තොරව කළ හැකි, හිටපු ජනාධිපතිවරුන්ගේ සියලු වරප්රසාද කප්පාදු කරන බව, ප්රවාහන, මහාමාර්ග හා සිවිල් ගුවන් සේවා අමාත්ය බිමල් රත්නායක පවසනවා. හිටපු ජනාධිපතිවරුන්ගේ වරප්රසාද කප්පාදු කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක ප්රමුඛ රජය තීරණය කළ අතර, එහි වඩාත්ම කතාබහට ලක්වූයේ හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂගේ නිවස සම්බන්ධවයි. මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ පදිංචිව සිටින කොළඹ විජේරාම පාරේ පිහිටි නිවසේ කුලිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජනාධිපතිවරයා අවස්ථා කිහිපයකදී ප්රකාශ කළ අතර,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/01/25)
“Sri Lanka Study Circle” Dear Mr President, Sri Lanka’s Appreciation on Your Decision to End the Madness of LGBTQ Psychopaths in the USA 1. We, in Sri Lanka, looked on with horror and amazement when a small coterie of people with personality disorders and, warped objectives that are inimical to the people of the world, passed laws which legitimised and de - criminalised homosexual activity in the USA and, permitted the perverse change of gender; these laws were in contravention of the dictum ‘Deus vultis’ and, in our view, were designed to destroy the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/01/25)
Animal Welfare Coalition (AWC) - Sri Lanka A meeting was held at the Ministry of Health, on 28th January 2025, presided by Minister of Health, Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa at the request of the Animal Welfare Coalition (AWC) - Sri Lanka. The AWC was represented by Dr. Chamith Nanayakkara, Champa Fernando, and Gihan Dinushka. This two-hour long meeting was presided by Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa, together with the Deputy Minister Dr. Hansaka Wijayamuni. It was attended by the Secretary to the Ministry, Additional Secretary-Public Health, Director General of Health, Deputy Director General-Public Health... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/01/25)
Asoka (Weerasinghe) Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester, Ontario . KJ 6G1 29 January 2025 Hon.Pierre Poilievre, MP.,PCConservative Party LeaderHouse of Commons,Ottawa Dear Pierre Poilievre: You got my goat this morning when I read War crimes: Canada's Conservative Party leader vows to "Lead The world in seeking prosecutions against Sri Lankans." That is pretty rich, isn't it Pierre, when we Canadians were part of the problem in that Ethnic Tamil Eelam War, aiding and abetting Tamil terrorism in Sri Sri Lanka. Stop pretending that you don't know the Truth and paint yourself 'lily-white', because you are not. Pierre, turn your hands and look at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/01/25)
Dr Sudath Gunasekara කවුළුවෙන් පෑ ඒ සිනා! කවුළුවෙන් පෑ ඒ සිනා විදුළියෙන් මා හද දිනා අන්ද මන්ද වු ඒ සිනා සරා සඳ මගෙ වාසනා කව්ද කාගෙද කියා නොදනිමි මන්ද මන්දැයි ඒ සිනා පෑවේ රුන්ද ගජින්ගත තක්කට තරිකිට රුන්ද ගජින් ගත තක්කට තරිකිට කියලයි මා හද, හද විළ සැලුනේ ගින්න දවා මා නොකිළිටි හදවත නින්ද නොයනලෙස වද දී මනසට කිම්ද නගෝ ඔබ දිවගියෙ එලෙසට කොයිද කොයිද ඔබ කිව මැන හනිකට මන්ද... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/01/25)
රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් කොළඹ ‘කැකුළු බත් පිඟානක්’ විකුණන බත් කඩයක් නැත. රට පුරා ‘මාතර බත් කඩ’ වල ද කැකුළු බත් නැත. කිසිදු ප්රධාන නඟරයක පාලන මිලට හාල් විකුණන්නේ නැත. අද ලංකාවේ ලොකුම ප්රශ්නය හාල් සහ පොල් ය. ආණ්ඩුව වී/සහල් කර්මාන්තයේ නිරත පාර්ශවකරුවන් 16 දෙනා එකම රැස්වීම් මේසයකට ගෙනත් නිශ්චිත මාර්ග සිතියමක් සාදා ගන්නේ නැතිනම්, ඉදිරි අවුරුද්දම ලංකාවේ හැමදාම කතා කරන්නට වන ප්රශ්නය බවට හාල් පත් වනු ඇත. රටට හාල් ගෙන්වීමේ දී නිෂ්පාදිත රට, වර්ගය, මිලදී ගන්නා මිල, නිෂ්පාදන වර්ෂය මත තීරණය කර ආනයන බද්ද තිරණය කරනු ලබයි. ලංකා ඉතිහාසයේ මුල්ම වරට මේ කිසිවක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/01/25)
by A. Abdul Aziz. By the Grace of Allah and the blessing of Ahmadiyya Khalifa’s prayers, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Sri Lanka was enabled to inaugurate a beautiful Mosque in Puttalam on Friday 10January 2025. His Holiness Ahmadiyya Khalifa Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad’s (may Allah be his Helper) Representative Mirza Naseer Ahmad Sahib inaugurated. It was named by His Holiness Ahmadiyya khalifa as Baitul Khabeer. The completed Mosque has two story building with Dome and a Minara. This Mosque has the spacious of worshipping 200 people. An inaugural event was organized prior to the opening which started with Holy Qurán recitation by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/01/25)
https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2021/09/06/basil-r-should-change-course-if-we-are-to-come-out-of-this-foreign-reserve-crunch/... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/01/25)
World Beyond War The Earth is coated in military bases, spreading like a pandemic: foreign ones, domestic ones, famous ones, secret ones — part of a growing and disastrous global increase in spending on wars and preparations for wars that makes wars more, not less, likely. And prime targets in wars are bases and anything near them. Bases are many of the worst environmental disaster sites, polluting air, soil, and water, and generating horrific noise pollution. Bases are used for weather warfare and to stage ‘climate disasters” like earthquakes, tsunamis, flash floods, Bomb hurricanes, super storms,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/01/25)
defenddemocracy.press Jan 27, 2025 As Western arms continue to flood into Ukraine, America’s military-industrial complex has been enjoying the spoils of the proxy conflict. US defense contractors have been profiting from Ukraine-related military supplies while bringing the world to the brink of war, numerous experts have told Sputnik. US weapons manufacturers have raked in a fortune capitalizing on sales to foreign governments scrambling to replenish stocks drained by aiding and abetting the Kiev regime. US military equipment sales to surged 29% in 2024 to a record $318.7 billion, according to State Department figures. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/01/25)
ධර්මසිරි සෙනෙවිරත්න සරත් --වීර --විමල් වීර--දිලිත් ' වීර උවිඳු ' වීර ආදී වීර නමින් හැඳින් වෙන්නන් ට සැබවින්ම මහා වීරයන් වීමේ අවස්තාවක් දැන් උදාවෙමින් ඇත. අප නොසිතු අයුරින් සිංහල දේශය,එය බිහිකළ සිංහලයන් වෙතින් වෙන කවදාටත් වඩා වේගයෙන් ගිලිහී යමින් පවතී . තිස් වසරක ශාපලත් ''යුද්ධය '' නිසා මරණ බියෙන් තැතිගෙන සිටි , වසර දාස් ගණනක්ම එක්සේසත්ව තබා ගත් රට තමන්ට අහිමි වේයයි, දෙකඩ වේ යයි බියෙන් සිටි සිංහලයන් ඒ මරණ බියෙන් නිදහස්කර ගැනීමට දේශපාලන තීන්දු තීරණ ගැනීමට තරම් එඩියක් ඇති එකෙක්බිහිවනු වැලක් වීමට දේශ විදේශ සියලු බලලෝභී මංකොල්ල කාරයෝ ,හෙලබොදු විරෝධියෝ අපේ පාලකයන් ගේ මොලසොදා බය බිරාන්ත... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/01/25)
රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් ආණ්ඩුව වී/සහල් කර්මාන්තයේ නිරත පාර්ශවකරුවන් සියළු දෙනා එකම මේසයකට පැමිණ නිශ්චිත මාර්ග සිතියමක් සකස් කර වී/සහල් අර්බුදයට විසඳුම් සකස් කර ක්රියාත්මක කළ යුතුව ඇතැයි හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාරවර රජිත් කිර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා පවසයි. රටට හාල් ගෙන්වීමේ දී නිෂ්පාදිත රට, වර්ගය, මිලදී ගන්නා මිල, නිෂ්පාදන වර්ෂය නොතකා සහල් මෙ.ටො. 140,000 ක් රට තුලට ගෙන්වා ඇත. නැගෙනහිර පළාතේ වී ඇස්වැන්න නෙළීම ආරම්භවීවත් සමඟ කෙටි කාලීන වී (මහසෙන් සහ අනෙකුත් සුදු සහල් වර්ග) පසුගිය දින 6 පුරා අඛණ්ඩව පහත වැටීම සිදුව ඇත. නැගෙනහිර පලාතේ පොතුවිල්, අක්කරේපත්තු, කල්මුණේ, මඩකලපුව, ගෝමරන්කඩව, මුලතීව් කලාපයේ පුද්ගලික අංශයේ මහා පරිමාණ මෝල්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/01/25)
සාකච්චා කලේ සමන්ති පෙරේරා ප්රශ්නය : වෘත්තියෙන් වෛද්යවරයෙකු වන ඔබ කටුවන රජක කුලයේ ඉතිහාසය පිලිබඳව හදාරන්නේ ඇයි පිළිතුර ; හම්බන්තොට කටුවන රජක කුලයේ වර්තමාන සාමාජිකයෙකු වන මට හිතුනා අපේ පරම්පරාවේ අතීතය ගැන හොයන්න. අපේ පරම්පරාව ශත වර්ෂ ගානක් ජීවත් උනේ මේ ප්රදේශයේ. අපේ පරම්පරාවෙන් පරම්පරාවට උරුම වෙච්ච කතන්තර සිදුවීම් තියනවා. ඒවා ලේඛනගත කිරීමයි මගේ වෑයම. ප්රශ්නය ; ඔබගේ පරම්පරාවේ ඉතිහාසය ගැන තිබෙන තොරතුරු මොනවාද ? පිළිතුර : අපගේ මී මුත්තන් ලංකාවට එන්නේ ඉන්දියාවෙන්. අපේ පරම්පරාව එන්නේ තමිල්නාඩු ප්රදේශයෙන්. අපිට තිබුනේ ද්රවිඩ සම්භවයක්. නමුත් පරම්පරා කීපයක් යන කොට අපගේ මිනිසුන් සිංහල මූලික සමාජයට එකතු වෙනවා. වර්තමානයේ අපගේ පරම්පරාව කතා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/01/25)
Dr. Sudath Gunasekara Mahanuwara Apropos decision to import vehicles (27th.1.2025. Morning), I would like to request the government not to go ahead with this decision for the following reasons. Firstly, this will seriously affect the already meagre Fe balance in the country and it will drain out the last $ in the Central Bank, in vain for a non-priority item at present. Strict import is a sine qua non in view of the country’s serious loan commitments running into hundred million U.S.$. Although it will satisfy the newly elected MPP and the suburban elite mainly in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/01/25)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, January 28 (Daily Mirror) - A study is being conducted on how to list loss-making State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) via a holding company, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake revealed today.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/01/25)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, January 28 (Daily Mirror) - The Attorney General has filed indictments against Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa over the alleged misappropriation of Rs.70 million belonging to Krrish Company. The indictments were filed before the Colombo High Court by the Attorney General, alleging the misappropriation of Rs. 70 million provided by the Indian real estate company Krrish Lanka Pvt. Ltd. for the development of rugby in Sri Lanka. Namal Rajapaksa is currently out on bail concerning this incident. The initial investigations were conducted by the FCID, which... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/01/25)
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e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 19-25 January 2025 * Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. Actually England’s Chamber…Yes, despite the name, it is not a Sri Lankan grouping. It is made up of unrepentant and inveterate importers of foreign goods. Their commerce serves someone else’s industry. Not ours. This Chamber is sponsoring yet another ‘Economic Summit’ titled ‘Shaping Sri Lanka’s Future: Transformational Growth Rooted in Sound Economic Policies.’ Then there is England’s Overseas Development Institute (ODI) offering ’27 actionable policy proposals’ by 24 experts,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/25)
රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් වැවිලි කර්මාන්ත අමාත්ය සමන්ත විද්යාරත්න විසින් හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාරවර රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් හට ‘අපහාසාත්මක, වැරදි සහ නොමඟයවන සුළු උපහාසාත්මක’ ප්රකාශ 15 ක් පමණ සිදු කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් රුපියල් මිලියන 100 ක වන්දියක් ගෙවන ලෙස ඉල්ලා නීතිඥවරුන් විසින් එන්තරාවාසියක් යොමු කර ඇත. 2024 ජනවාරි 9 වැවිලි කර්මාන්ත අමාත්යාංශයේ පැවැත්වූ පුවත්පත් සාකච්ඡාවක දී "අන්නාසිගලට ඇත්තටම මොකද වෙන්නේ?" යන මාතෘකාව යටතේ සමන්ත විද්යාරත්න විසින් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන්ට ‘නම සඳහන් කරමින්, අපහාසාත්මක, උපහාසාත්මක ප්රකාශ රැසක් සිදු කරමින්, නීති විරෝධී රාජ්ය ඉඩම් කොල්ලකෑම් සහ තවත් දූෂිත ක්රියාවන් කිහිපයකට සම්බන්ධ බවට අපහාස කර ඇතැයි එන්තරාවාසියේ දැක්වේ. ඇමති සමන්තගේ ප්රකාශයෙන් තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/25)
Courtesy ifj.org The BBC has closed the Sinhala Radio service broadcast due to financial crisis, effective from November 30. The International Federation of Journalists and its Sri Lankan affiliates the Free Media Movement (FMM) and the Federation of Media Employees Trade Union (FMETU) express concern at the closure of BBC’s Sinhala broadcast and urge the media organisation to reconsider its decision. The BBC made the urgent ruling to cease the broadcast from the end of November, stating that the closure would save £180,000 (242,000 USD) annually, despite original intentions to close the radio service from March 2021. Employees... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් රටේ වාර්ෂික සහල් අවශ්යතාව මෙට්රික් ටොන් ලක්ෂ 24ක් වන අතර මෙට්රික් ටොන් ලක්ෂ 30ක් පමණ නිෂ්පාදනය කළ බව සියලු වාර්තාවල ඇතැයි ද ආණ්ඩුවේ නොහැකියාව නිසා එය කළමනාකරණය කරගත නොහැකි වී ඇති බව ද හිටපු කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්ය මහින්ද අමරවීර පවසයි. වැඩි දුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ ඔහු කියා සිටියේ රුපියල් 10කින් සහල් පාලන මිල ඉහළ දැමීම නිසා පමණක් එක් හාල් මෝල් හිමියෙකු අවම වශයෙන් කෝටි 50ක පමණ ලාභයක් ලැබූ බවයි. ඇතැම් මෝල් හිමියන් මෙම රුපියල් 10 මිල ඉහළ නැංවීම නිසා රුපියල් බිලියනයක පමණ ලාභයක් උපයා ඇති බවත් ඒ මහතා කියයි. එම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/25)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, January 26 (Daily Mirror)- The government is planning to fill approximately 30,000 existing vacancies within the public service and to allocate necessary funds in the upcoming budget. This was revealed during the Anuradhapura District Coordination Committee meeting held today at the Anuradhapura District Secretariat. Delays in recruitment due to technical procedures, including interview processes, were also discussed in the meeting, emphasising the need for an unified human resource management within the public service. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who attended the meeting disclosed that proposals to provide a fair basic salary... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/25)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, January 26 (Daily Mirror)- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today that if former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has no other house to settle in, the government will provide him with a suitable house. Speaking at a meeting in Thambuttegama, President Dissanayake said he and the Ministers have not moved into mansions and questioned why the former Presidents cannot change. "It is not reasonable to live in a mansion at the cost of tax payers' money. If the President and the Ministers have changed, why can't they change? If the two... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/25)
Courtesy Adaderana President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has emphasized that the government is taking steps to strengthen the public service as a right of the citizen and a responsibility of public officials. Highlighting the dissatisfaction among citizens regarding the current public service, the President stated that the government aims to deliver efficient services to citizens through the digitization of government services, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. These remarks were made by President Anura Kumara Disanayake during the Anuradhapura District Coordination Committee meeting held today (26) at the Anuradhapura District Secretariat. The President... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/25)
Courtesy the Daily Mirror The Jathika Nidahas Peramuna (JNP) raised concerns over the failure on the part of the government to declare a minimum purchase price for paddy and asked whether it had not been done as a help for the millers who helped the ruling party during the elections. JNP Farmers' Wing leader Karunathilaka Herath said although President Anura Kumara Dissanayake claims to be the son of a farmer, a solution had not been offered yet to the paddy crisis. He said the government had knelt before not only multi-national companies but also five leading... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/25)
By Imesh Ranasinghe Courtesy The Morning Sri Lanka imported about $ 950 million worth of goods on average from Singapore prior to the import restriction in 2020 as it is Sri Lanka’s fourth largest import destination. According to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), exports to Singapore amounted to $ 123 million in 2023, which is about 1% of the total export revenue in that year while imports amounted to $ 866 million, which is 5.2% of the total import share. The Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SLSFTA) was initially... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/01/25)
Madyawediya https://youtu.be/j06qzLdB5Bk... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/01/25)
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සමන්ති පෙරේරා / ගාමිනී විතාණ රජක කුලයේ ව්යාප්තිය ගැන ඓතිහාසික වාර්තා හොයන පරියේෂිකා අනෝමා යකුම්පිටියටත් මටත් වැදගත් වන තොරතුරු ටිකක් ලැබුනා. රජක කුලය, රදා කුලය හේන කුලය , රජක කුලය, ඩොබී කුලය, පේඩි කුලය යනුවෙනුත් හඳුන්වනවා.ඔවුන් ගේ පටබැඳිනාම පේඩි, පේඩියා, චාකාලි, හේනයා වෙනවා. රජක කුලයේ සාමාජිකයෝ විශාල ප්රමාණයක් අටවන වීර පරාක්රමබාහු රජු කාලේ ඉන්ඳියාවෙන් එනවා. මොවුන් එන්නේ රජු ඇතුළු රාජකීයන්ට සේවය කිරීමට. තවමත් ඉන්දියාවේ තෙලංගනා, ආඳ්රා, කර්ණාටක, තමිල්නාඩු හා උඩුප්පිලි දිස්ත්රික්ක වල රඳා කුලයේ ආදිතමයෝ ජීවත් වෙනවා. මේ එන කණ්ඩායමේත් ධූරාවලීන් තියනවා. එහි පහල ධූරාවලියේ පිරිස් හම්බන්තොට දිස්ත්රික්කයේ කුලීනයන්ට සේවය කිරීම සඳහා යවනවා. ඔවුන් හම්බන්තොට කටුවන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/25)
Palitha Ariyarathna, Geopolitics View on Security The security of former presidents in Sri Lanka is a matter that goes beyond personal safety; it is an essential part of national stability. In recent years, the government’s decision to reduce the security detail for former presidents has sparked controversy. These figures, having led the country through times of conflict and peace, play a significant role in the nation's political landscape even after stepping down from office. The debate over security meaningfully reflects a broader question about how a society protects and respects its past leaders. This article critically examines the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/25)
Vox Veritas https://youtu.be/qkYgNt1Agdk... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/25)
Written by Dr Muralidaran Ramesh Somasunderam. Willetton, Australia. Sri Lanka and its majority people must not be looked upon as a country that perpetrated human rights abuses when the USA and the current Trump Administration are worse. Every country in the world has and continues to perpetrate human rights abuses based on majority dominance and prejudices. The present Untied States of America President and his Admiration does not want to recognize citizenship of asylum seekers to America even if one is born in the USA as they are brown or black skinned people. If they were white... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/25)
by A. Abdul Aziz, Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jana’at, Sri Lanka. The Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of Sri Lanka Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at was held on the 14 January 2025 at Baitul Basit Mosque Sri Lanka in Pasyala, chaired by Representative of Ahmadiyya Khalifa His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad. To mark the event, Tahajjud Prayer ( a voluntary night prayer) was held at 4.15 a.m followed by Fajr (pre-dawn) Prayer and Holy Qur’an Dars (Qur’an recitation with short commentary). Prior to the main program, flag hoisting was done by the Markaz (Headquarters) Representative followed by silent... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/25)
Ada Derana https://youtu.be/XmzpSFsajCQ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් අග්රාමාත්ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය මහත්මිය පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ පසුපස මාර්ගයෙන් පිටවන්නේ වාහනක් තුනකින් බව සමගි ජන බලවේග පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී චමින්ද විජේසිරි මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඇය වොල්වෝ රථයකින් පිටවෙන බවත් ඒ අවස්ථාවේ මාර්ග තුනක් වසා ඇයට ඉඩ සලසා දෙන බවත් ඔහු පවසයි. තමන් විසින් තම ජංගම දුරකථනයෙන් මීට අදාළ රූප රාමු වීඩියෝ ගත කර ඇති බවත් ඔහු සඳහන් කළේ ස්වර්ණවාහිනි නාලිකාවේ රතු ඉර වැඩසටහනට එක්වෙමිනි. ඊයේ දිනයේ මෙම සිදුවීම සිදුව ඇති බවත් පැවසූ ඔහු තමා අසත්යයක් කියන්නේ යැයි කියන්නේනම් ඕනෑම පරීක්ෂණයට මුහුණ දීම සූදානම් බවත් පොලිස් පරීක්ෂණයක් ආරම්භ කරන ලෙසත් ඔහු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/25)
Courtesy Financial Express Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers chaired by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has revoked a decision announced in June last year to award a controversial 484 MW of wind power plants in Mannar and Pooneryn to Adani Green Energy SL Ltd. Sri Lanka’s AKD Government has revoked Adani Green Energy SL Ltd’s 484 MW of wind power plants contract. (Image/Reuters) Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers chaired by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has revoked a decision announced by his predecessor Ranil Wickremesinghe in June last year to award a controversial 484 MW of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/25)
Courtesy Adaderana The government will assume full responsibility for the 323 containers recently released from Sri Lanka Customs without inspection, according to Deputy Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation, Janith Ruwan Kodituwakku. The Deputy Minister said that the containers were released due to delays and congestion in the clearance of imported goods at the port. Speaking on the matter, Deputy Minister Kodituwakku stated, “This process is carried out under specific criteria. These 323 containers were released through a committee of three members. It is impractical to inspect and release all 2,000 containers that arrive... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/25)
Courtesy Adaderana Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has filed a fundamental rights (FR) petition with the Supreme Court seeking an order for the deployment of his security detail which had been reduced. Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya and other members of the Cabinet of Ministers have been named as respondents in the petition. https://youtu.be/VwYkOoY-JDk The petition filed by the former President, through his attorneys, alleges that the security detail provided for his protection has been reduced to 60 personnel, without a proper security assessment. The petition further states that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/25)
Courtesy Adaderana The Ambassador of Switzerland to Sri Lanka and Ambassador designate to the Maldives, Dr. Siri Walt, has assured Switzerland’s support in recovering assets that have been moved out of Sri Lanka. Ambassador Walt made these remarks during a meeting held today (24) at the Presidential Secretariat with the Secretary to the President, Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake. During discussions, Ambassador Walt provided guidance on the international measures required for reclaiming such assets and expressed Switzerland’s readiness to extend support whenever necessary by providing essential resources and assistance, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/25)
Courtesy Adaderana Leader of the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’, Member of Parliament Dilith Jayaweera claims that the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) is currently facing a challenge from within its own people within a very short period of time. He also accused the ruling party of now covering up everything with fiction. MP Jayaweera made this statement while speaking at a press conference held at the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance’s headquarters this afternoon (24). Referring to the PM’s speech in Parliament yesterday, he added: “The Prime Minister says that only one person has been given a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/25)
Dr Sudath Gunasekara. Kandy Trinco Tanks Leased to India in 2002; Another 61 Leased to India Plus India Given Veto Power Over Use of All 99 Tanks in 2022 January, Posted on January 22nd, 2025 Dilrook Kannangara In reference to the above letter (Attached below) by Dilrook, I would be glad if you could please publish these comments. Both these betrayals appear to be concluded by Ranil Wickramasinha when he was Prime Minister (2002 & 2022) It is time at least now to cancel both these agreements and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/25)
Dr Sudath Gunasekara https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2024/10/14/a-master-plan-to-restore-the-lost-physical-stability-of-the-central-hill-country/... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/01/25)
PRESS RELEASE Pathfinder Foundation A high-level delegation from the National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS), Japan, visited the Pathfinder Foundation. The delegation led by Mr. Manabu Imakyuri, President of NIDS paid a courtesy call on the Founder of Pathfinder Foundation, Mr. Milinda Moragoda and engaged in a stimulating discussion with the Pathfinder team. The NIDS delegation also included Col. Hiroomi Ishiwatri, Planning Officer & International Exchanger, Mr. Osamu Koike, Research Fellow, Politics/Legislation Lab and Capt: Yuuki Yokohari, Defense Attaché from the Embassy of Japan in Colombo. The National National Institute for NIDS is the Ministry of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/25)
Courtesy Adaderana Parliamentarian Chamara Sampath Dassanayake alleges that several government ministers, misuse government vehicles despite official claims that no such vehicles have been provided to them. The accusations surfaced during the parliamentary session today (23), in response to a question regarding the allocation of vehicles to MPs. Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya addressed the inquiry, asserting that no vehicles have been distributed to the members of the 10th Parliament. https://youtu.be/tXxDl4vrS2M However, the Prime Minister noted that the Presidential Secretariat had issued one vehicle, KR-5844, to MP Sugath Wasantha... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/25)
Courtesy Adaderana The National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU) says that 3,649 dengue cases have been reported in the country within the first three weeks of this year. Furthermore, two dengue-related deaths have been reported during this period, the NDCU reported. The Western Province has recorded the highest number of cases, totaling 1,576. Of these, 491 patients are from Colombo District, 558 from Gampaha, and 95 from Kalutara District. The NDCU also mentioned that 22 Medical Officer of Health (MOH) divisions across the island have been identified as high-risk areas for dengue.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/25)
Courtesy Adaderana Special investigation teams of the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) have raided several wholesale and retail outlets in Colombo District and detected 20 traders selling rice at prices exceeding the maximum retail price. Accordingly, six special investigation teams were deployed to inspect the wholesalers and importers in Pettah. Raids were also carried out in wholesale and retail shops in Borella, Nugegoda, Wellawatte, Dehiwala, Ratmalana, Moratuwa, Battaramulla, Kohuwala, Boralesgamuwa, Kolonnawa, Wellampitiya, Kaduwela Hanwella, Avissawella, Padukka and Godagama. Furthermore, a trader who was hoarding rice tocks and a shop that was storing expired... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/25)
DARSHANA SANJEEWA BALASURIYA Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 23 (Daily Mirror) - The President’s Secretariat has issued a series of instructions to all Ministry secretaries outlining the facilities and services to be provided to Ministers. In a written communication, Secretary to the President Dr. N.S. Kumanayake instructed Ministry secretaries on how to facilitate the functions of Ministers and strengthen the policy formulation process. As part of the new guidelines, the government has set a cap on the number of support staff for Ministers and Deputy... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/25)
SEPAL - short clips https://youtu.be/mqmkXwE0_tw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/25)
Courtesy Hiru News The House Committee of Parliament has decided to raise the fees charged to MPs for meals at the Parliament Dining Hall by Rs. 1,550, effective next week. Deputy Minister Gamagedara Dissanayake, a committee member, stated that the fee for breakfast will increase from Rs. 100 to Rs. 600, lunch from Rs. 300 to Rs. 1,200, and tea from Rs. 50 to Rs. 200. However, no changes have been made to the fees charged to executive-grade officers of Parliament, according to the Deputy Minister.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/25)
Balangoda Kassapa Thero https://youtu.be/ufXgmm6sBk8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/25)
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Shenali D Waduge When people converge with banners & posters, automatically it is viewed as a protest. On 21st January 2025, a large group of people gathered outside the US Embassy Colombo to present a letter to President Donald Trump. They held posters & banners, but they came not to protest & their smiling faces conveyed more than a thousand words complimenting the concern they showcased on their posters. They comprised people who came because of a conviction, a belief and as concerned mothers & even fathers. There were pregnant women, children and even a grandmother... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/25)
රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් ඔව්! ආණ්ඩුවට මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂගේ නිල නිවාසය ‘ආණ්ඩුවට අරගෙන පඩියෙන් තුනෙන් පංගුවක ‘නිවාස කුලිය’ ලෙස ගෙවන්න පුළුවන්. නැතිනම්, විජේරාම නිවසට ලක්ෂ 46 ක කුලියක් ඉල්ලා සිටිය හැක. වැටුප සහ විශ්රාම වැටුප ගැන 36 (1) සිට (4) දක්වා වගන්ති කුණු කූඩයට දැමිය හැකිය. චන්ද්රිකාට, මෛත්රී, රනිල් ඇතුළු හිටපු ජනාධිපතිවරුන්ට ද එයම කළ හැකිය. ‘නිල නිවාස’ යනු රටේම නිල නිවාස ය. ඒ නිසා, මේ රටේ දිසාපති, ආණ්ඩුකාර, අමාත්යාංශ ලේකම්, දෙපාර්තමේන්තු ප්රධානී පමණක් නොව රටේ සියළු රාජ්ය නිලධාරීන්ට හා වෙනත් අයට ලබා දී ඇති ‘නිල නිවාස’ රජයේ තක්සේරුවට ලක් කරලා, ඔවුන්ටත් ‘තක්සේරුව අනුව’ වැටුපෙන් කැපීම ඇරඹිය හැකිය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/25)
Dilrook Kannangara Sri Lanka had at least four (4) petroleum ministers since 2010 and people voted all of them out. It is obviously telling. It is also important to put facts right and not be fooled by political sob stories said by these rejects. What really happened to the 99 tanks in Trinco tank farm? It is a sad story of treason and lies. India first made its intentions clear formally in 1987 when the Indo Lanka Peace Accord was signed that it was interested in Trinco tank farm of 99 tanks. Although previous... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/25)
ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකරගේ නිරීක්ෂණ යෝජිත මෙම පනත වු කලී 1505 සිට 1948 දක්වා වසර 443 ක් පුරා පෘතුගිසි, ඕලන්ද සහ බි්රතාන්ය විදේශිය ආක්රමනිකයින්ගෙන් තම රට ජාතිය හා සම්බුද්ධ ශාසනය ආරක්ෂාකොට ගැනීම සඳහා දිවිහිමියෙන් සටන් වැද දසදහස් ගණනින් ජිවිත පරිත්යාග කොට තම උරුමයන් සියල්ල අහිමි කොටගෙන තම උපන් බිමේම අනාථයින් බවට පත්ව සිටින https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2018/02/05/%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92-%E0%B6%BD%E0%B6%82%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8F-%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AF-%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%A9%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%A7-%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%B8-2/... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/01/25)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island “Don’t seek to capitalise on our achievements’ Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader Udaya Gammanpila said that he was delighted that the National People’s Power (NPP) government had decided to go ahead with the Trincomalee Oil Tank Farm development project agreement inked during President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s presidency. The former Energy Minister said so in response to The Island query regarding President Anura Kumara Dissanyake’s declaration at a public rally held at Katukurunda that 61 out of the 99 oil storage tanks would be jointly developed. The President sought credit for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/01/25)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, January 22 (Daily Mirror)- Claiming that no one will be allowed to sell rice beyond the control price, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said rice mills will be taken under army control if they fail to agree to the mechanism of the government. He said in a television programme that the government will put in place a mechanism to face the rice shortage in the country and said it will take some time for that. "There is a massive discrepancy in data. So, how can a government take decisions?. It... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/01/25)
Courtesy Adaderana The case involving alleged financial irregularities amounting to Rs. 70 million during the leasing of 4.3 acres of land at the Krrish Transworks Square in Fort, Colombo, was taken up before the Fort Magistrate’s Court today (22). Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Namal Rajapaksa, who has been named as a suspect in the case and currently out on bail, was present in court during the trial. https://youtu.be/domiiFJNuA0 During the proceedings, investigating officers informed the court that the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/01/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් https://youtu.be/a5uqDVvM2OY ඉදිරි මාස කිහිපයක් ඇතුළත පොල් ගෙඩි මිලියන 200ක් ආනයනය කිරීමට රජයෙන් අවසර ඉල්ලා ඇති බව ලංකා පොල් කර්මාන්ත මණ්ඩලය පවසනවා. එහි සභාපති ජයන්ත සමරකෝන් සඳහන් කළේ,මේ වසරේ පළමු මාස 4 තුළදී පොල් අස්වැන්නේ මිලියන 200ක අඩුවක් ඇතිවන බවට ගණන් බලා ඇති බවයි. මෙරට මාසික පොල් අවශ්යතාවය පොල් ගෙඩි මිලියන 250ක්. ඉන් පොල් ගෙඩි මිලියන 150ක් දේශීයව පරිභෝජනය කරන අතර පොල් ගෙඩි මිලියන 100ක් පමණ අපනයනය කෙරෙනවා. මෙරට වාර්ෂික දළ පොල් ගෙඩි නිෂ්පාදනය පොල් ගෙඩි මිලියන 3,000ක් වන අතර 2024 වසරේදී විවිධ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/01/25)
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Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another. Sigmund Freud.Velupillai Prabhakaran (1954–2009) was the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, and he launched a destructive proxy war against the Sri Lankan government for over nearly three decades. Prabhakaran was the most lethal and cataclysmic force experienced by the Sri Lankan state in recent history. For many years, he was able to continue his ferocious attacks against the people and the state of Sri Lanka. Following these aggressions, over 100,000 lives were lost, and millions of dollars’ worth of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/01/25)
Dr Sudath Gunasekara 20th Jan 2025. Betrayal of the Kandyan Sinhalese and handing over the central Hill Country, the geographical and historical Heartland of our motherland to India by our politicians firstly, to woo the Estate labour votes and secondly, due to their subservience to India as none of them have a back born to stand up against Indian bullying. My active interests on the plight of the Kandyan peasants(Sinhalese) started in 1965 as a 27 year old CAS cadet attached to the Kandy Kachcheri, when the then Government Agent Mr. Mahinda Wijenayaka (one... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/01/25)
By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Diplomat China’s Sinopec has agreed to set up an oil refinery with an investment of $3.7 billion in Hambantota. Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake meets his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on January 15, 2025.Credit: X/Anura Kumara Dissanayake During his visit to China from January 14-17, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake secured several agreements, including a $3.7 billion deal with Sinopec to set up an oil refinery in Hambantota. The Sri Lankan foreign minister is expected to reveal details of 15 other agreements soon. Key agreements include advancing Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/01/25)
By Feizal Samath Courtesy ttg Asia In a bid to carve out career opportunities for women in a male-dominated hospitality industry, a resort staffed entirely by women has opened in central Sri Lanka. Amba Yaalu at Kandalama is a 33-room resort led by 80 staff – all women in various positions, from resort manager to gardener. It offers panoramic views of the Kandalama Lake and the surrounding mango garden with 457 trees, while its interiors celebrate Sri Lanka’s rich cultural heritage. Amba Yaalu at Kandalama is staffed by an all-women team Owned by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/01/25)
Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, January 21 (Daily Mirror) - A mudslinging campaign is underway against former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and everyone is saying that he is whining. But lions do not whine like puppies do, Ven. Iththakande Saddatissa thera said. He told the media that the former President shed tears after the bomb attack on a moving bus in Kebithigollewa, which claimed the lives of several children. That moment of grief led to the eventual end of Velupillai Prabhakaran in a stretch of land near the Nandikadal Lagoon. "Mahinda Rajapaksa is not someone who... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/01/25)
Hiru News The United National Party (UNP) and the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) have agreed to form a united front to contest the forthcoming elections, following a secret discussion held yesterday (20) with representatives from both parties. The need for collaboration between the two parties had gained momentum after their defeats in the last presidential and general elections. The SJB Working Committee recently approved the move to explore joint efforts, while the UNP also expressed the necessity for such discussions. The meeting, chaired by former President and UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, took place at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/01/25)
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මාධ්ය නිවේදනය දිනන දකුණ - දක්ෂිණාංශික දේශපාලනය ප්රතිස්ථාපනය කිරීමේ සාමූහිකය. දක්ෂිණාංශික දෘෂ්ටියක් මත විශ්වාසය තබන ලාංකික ජනතාව එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය සහ සමගි ජන බලවේගය එක්විය යුතු යන මතය වටා දැඩිව පෙළගැසෙමින් සිටින බව ‘දිනන දකුණ සාමූහිකය’ විශ්වාස කරයි. මෙම පක්ෂ දෙකෙහි එක්වීම පමණක් ප්රමාණවත් නොවන අතර දක්ෂිණාංශික මතවාදයක් පෙරදැරිව දකුණු කඳවුරේ දේශපාලන ඒකීයභාවයක් ගොඩනැගිය යුතු බව ‘දිනන දකුණ’ සාමුහිකය දැඩිව අවධාරණය කිරීමට කැමැත්තෙමු. ජනාධිපතිවරණයට පෙර සිටම මෙම මතය පැවතුනද එය යථාර්ථයක් කර ගැනීමට කිසිවෙකු කටයුතු නොකළ නමුත් දේශපාලන පරාජයන් හේතුවෙන් මෙම ඉල්ලීම මඟහැර නොයායුතු සාධකයක් ලෙස සමාජය තුළින් මතුවෙමින් පවතී. මෙම ප්රවණතාවය එජාප සහ සජබ නායකත්ව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා ත්රිකුණාමලය තෙල් ටැංකි සංකීර්ණය පිලිබදව සිය ආණ්ඩුවේ අළුත් වැඩක් ලෙසින් ඉදිරිපත් කරන ව්යාපෘතිය මින් වසර තුනකට පෙර තමන් බලශක්ති අමාත්යධූරය දරන සමයේ සම්පූර්ණ කල ව්යාපෘතියක් බව පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. මේ සම්බන්ධ ගිවිසුම 2022 වසරේ අත්සන් කල බවත් එවකට එයට දැඩිව බාධා කලේ ජාතික ජන බලවේගය බවත් ඒ මහතා වැඩි දුරටත් සදහන් කර සිටීයි. පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය නායකයා මේ බව සදහන් පකර සිටියේ අද දින (20) පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවති මාධ්ය හමුවකට එක් වෙමිනි. "ජනපතිවරණ සමයේ දී ජනාධිපතිතුමා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/25)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Dissanayake offering a floral tribute at the Mao Zedong Mausoleum during his state visit to China. Image courtesy - PMD If the government had the required convincing power it could have turned around one of the much talked about rice merchants of this country to their side in the quest to find a solution to the rice problem There is a Colombo ‘elite’ still controlling the show from the availability of rice, coconuts, eggs, essential grocery items and who gets to study in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/25)
Editorial Courtesy The Daily Mirror Whether one reads the newspaper, switches on the radio or watches social media, one topic dominates. They all have one criticism or the other of our four-month old regime. It started with the Speaker of the House and his claim of a doctorate. We all know even Mervyn Silva was awarded a doctorate. The electorate unfortunately, did expect a similar character would exist in a political party claiming to be squeaky clean as the JVP. That was our mistake. The crux of the matter was that once the sham was in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/25)
CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is resorting to political revenge by suggesting that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa should should pay the rent or leave his official residence in Wijerama Mawatha, MP Namal Rajapaksa said today. MP Namal Rajapaksa told the media that Dissanayake was planning to take the residence from the former President and sell it. He also pointed out that the residence is a privilege granted by the Constitution to executive presidents or former presidents for their safety. "If Dissanayake wants to remove former President... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/25)
Courtesy Adaderana https://youtu.be/9k12RYmy9-I President Anura Kumara Dissanayake assured that the government has implemented measures to ensure that there will be no shortage of rice during the upcoming ‘Maha’ cultivation season. Addressing a public gathering in Horana, the President emphasized the importance of maintaining rice reserves to stabilize food security. Speaking at the event, which was part of a National People’s Power (NPP) meeting in the Horana electorate of the Kalutara District, the President outlined key relief measures planned from the forthcoming national budget. These include provisions for government... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/25)
Courtesy Adaderana The Working Committee of the United National Party (UNP) has reportedly approved initiating discussions with the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) on the possibility of the two parties collaborating in the upcoming elections. The Working Committee of the UNP convened this afternoon (20) at the party headquarters to deliberate on the matter. Meanwhile, the General Secretary of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), Ranjith Madduma Bandara, confirmed that the first discussion regarding the potential unification of the UNP and the SJB for the upcoming elections will take place in Colombo tonight (20). ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/25)
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e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 12-18 January 2025 * ‘The crucial importance of gasoline as a raw material, of the airplane as a weapon, and of the machine-tool industry as the industrial basis of modern warfare, points to the possibility that a tight control in a few strategic points within a country’s economy might paralyze its power to prepare for war without impairing its capacity to produce for the purposes of civilian consumption.’ ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/25)
Aloysius Hettiarachchi According to news reports coming out from the most technologically advanced nation on earth today, the United States of America, new breakthrough, are coming every day so much so that they are now aiming to go back in time as far as computing is concerned. This is called de-computing. This is being explained by a tech expert, a Slavic girl (from Europe) who closely follows this subject and comes up with videos regularly. In this video she comes up with predictions made sixty years ago by Rolf Landauer, a German-American physicist to say that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/25)
SAY the TRUTH '' මේ අයම කියපුවා ඒගොල්ලන්ටම මතක නෑ ,ඩිමෙන්ෂියා...'' https://youtu.be/AYQbbxb02CI... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/25)
Courtesy The Island Unhappy about photos on Ukraine war and South China Sea The Russian and Chinese Embassies in Colombo have taken exception to some photographs exhibited at the World Press Photo exhibition now open at the Independence Arcade in Colombo.The complaint from Russia relates to photographs of the Ukraine war while China’s objection is over some photos relating to the South China Sea. The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) CEO Kumar Lopez said they were the local partner organizing the exhibition which was funded by the Netherlands Embassy. They had no role... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/25)
German Dharmaduta Society Press Release. The German Dharmaduta Society founded by Asoka Weeraratna in 1952 and which maintains Das Buddhistiche Haus ( Berlin Maha Viharaya in Berlin - Frohnau) in Germany sponsored a Free Book distribution event directed towards the children of the Udaragama Primary School (remote school) situated at the Medirigiriya District, Polonnaruwa on Friday, January 2025. The books comprised Exercise Books and CR Books regularly used by the children.This Book distribution event was initiated by the Chief Monk at DBH (Berlin Viharaya) Ven. Pelane Dhamma Kusala Thera utilizing funds collected from his Dayakayas worldwide. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/25)
Courtesy Adaderana https://youtu.be/hSCdyKL18hw President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has reiterated his commitment to completely eliminating the corrupt politics in the country, as promised to the people. He made these comments delivering a strongly worded speech while addressing a public gathering in Katukurunda, Kalutara, today (19).The President participated in an interactive meeting held at the Pakistan Sports Ground in Wettumakada, Katukurunda, Kalutara.Speaking at the event, President Dissanayake emphasized his administration’s no-nonsense approach to governance, stating:“We took the oath of office on November 21 with a 21-member Cabinet. There are no state ministers. In the past, there were a number of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/01/25)
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මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන් 2024 මාස් කන්නයේ අස්වනු කැපීම මේ වන විට ආරම්භ වී තිබේ. තද වර්ෂාවක් පැවතිය ද අම්පාර මඩකලපුව වැනි පළාත් වල මේ කටයුතු සීඝ්රයෙන් සිදු වෙමින් පවතී.ගොයම් කපා පගා ගැනීමට ප්රථම වී කිලෝවක් මිළදී ගැනීම සඳහා සහතික මිළක් නියම කිරීම රජයේ වගකීමයි. එසේ නොකළහොත් අස්වනු වැඩි කොටස එක්කාසු කරන පෞද්ගලික අංශය සිතූ සිතූ ගණන් වලට වී මිළට ගැනීමට උත්සුක වේ. වී සහතික මිළ නියම කිරීම උදෙසා රාජයේ අයතන කීපයක් සම්බන්ධ වේ. පළමු වැනි ආයතකනය නම් කෘෂීකර්ම දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවයි.ඒ යටතේම තියෙන පසුඅස්වනු තාක්ෂණ ආයතනය ද ගොවිජන සේවා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව ද හෙක්ටර් කොබ්බෑකඩුව ගොවි කටයුතු පර්යේෂණ ආයතනය ද මුදල් හා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/25)
Sugath Kulatunga To Hon (Prof.) Anil Jayantha FernandoMinister of Labour- minister labourmin.gov.lk. Dear Sir, I give below the possible worker needs that I have gathered from AI sources for the reconstruction of Gaza which will commence in the near future. It would be expedient for Sri Lanka to send our workers to be employed in the reconstruction operations. This may entail training of large numbers of skilled cadres and sharing information with relevant professionals. It would also be a good opportunity to organize and support private sector consortiums to undertake subcontract work with international firms.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/25)
Dilrook Kannangara Forced by India, successive governments since 2012 have invested disproportionate amounts of money in schools in estate communities. From a layman’s point of view, it is a “good” thing and it will bring “good” outcomes. In reality, that’s not how things work. In fact, the outcome of it will be disastrous for Sri Lanka. Instead, the government must make proportionate investments in education without favoring any one community. Past neglect is not an excuse to over-invest in schools in estate areas. Taxpayer funds are collected equally from every Sri Lankan and must be spent the same... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/25)
Ramzy Baroud Courtesy Counterpunch A dramatic escape was cited by Israeli media as the reason that Yuval Vagdani, a soldier in the Israeli army, managed to escape justice in Brazil. Vagdani was accused by a Palestinian advocacy legal group, the Hind Rajab Foundation, of carrying out well-documented crimes in Gaza. He is not the only Israeli soldier being pursued for similar crimes. According to the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation (KAN), more than 50 Israeli soldiers are being pursued in countries ranging from South Africa to Sri Lanka to Sweden. In one case, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/25)
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උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් සරණාගතයන් ලෙසින් රටට ඇතුළුවන අනවසර සංක්රමණිකයන්ට විරෝධය පළකිරීම සහ ඒ පිටුපස ඇති මිනිස් ජාවාරම හෙළාදැකීම සඳහා විරෝධය පළකරමින් ස්වදේශික ව්යාපාරය අද විපක්ෂනායක කාර්යාලය අසලදී විරෝධතාවයක් පැවැත්විය. සරණාගතයින් ලෙසින් මෙරටට පැමිණෙන සංක්රමණිකයින්ගෙන් මෙරට ජාතික ආරක්ෂාවට බරපතල තර්ජනයක් ඇති බව එහි සභාපතිවරයා පැවසීය. වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ ඔහු පැවසුවේ මෙම සරණාගතයින් මෙරට පදිංචි කරවිය යුතු බව පැවසීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් බලවත් විරෝධය පළකරන බවයි. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/25)
LAKMAL SOORIYAGODA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 18 (Daily Mirror) - The Attorney General yesterday (17) provided an undertaking before the Supreme Court that any further complaints not yet considered could be forwarded by the petitioners to the Attorney General and these complaints will be reviewed when making a final and independent decision regarding potential action against Pastor Jerome Fernando in connection with alleged hate speech undermining religious harmony in the country. Senior Deputy Solicitor General Sudarshana de Silva, representing the Attorney General, made this undertaking before a three-judge Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Preethi Padman... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/25)
Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s Minister of Energy, Kumara Jayakody has stated that as a priority, the government will implement the recommendations of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) to reduce electricity tariffs. He emphasized that recommendation will be implemented considering this as the first phase in the plan to provide a 30% tariff reduction over the next three years for the domestic, hotel, and industrial sectors. He made these remarks in response to an inquiry from Ada Derana. Meanwhile, the Minister has also issued a special statement today regarding the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/25)
Courtesy Adaderana The Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) has uncovered further information regarding a planned terrorist attack targeting tourists in the Arugam Bay area, a popular tourist destination frequented by Israeli tourists. The facts were presented before the court on Friday (January 17). The TID reported that the terrorist attack was planned while the perpetrators were in prison. When the case was taken up before Colombo Additional Magistrate Pasan Amarasena, the court was informed that seven suspects have been arrested thus far in connection with the terror plot. Three of the suspects—Yogaraja Nirojan,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/25)
Courtesy Adaderana “Sri Lanka and China are ushering in a new chapter in bilateral relations,” Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has said in an interview with Xinhua. At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Dissanayake was on a state visit to China from Tuesday to Friday, his first trip to China since taking office in September as Sri Lankan president. “I first visited Beijing in 2004. Returning after 20 years, I see a tremendous transformation,” Dissanayake said. Over the past 68 years since establishing diplomatic ties, China and Sri Lanka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/25)
Courtesy Hiru News The Central Bank of Sri Lanka and the People's Bank of China, in December 2024, successfully renewed the Bilateral Currency Swap Agreement signed in 2021, for a period of another three (03) years, under the terms and conditions stipulated in the original agreement. The CNY 10 billion (approximately USD 1.4 billion) currency swap facility reflects the financial cooperation between China and Sri Lanka. Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, signed the agreement on behalf of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, while Mr. Pan Gongsheng, Governor of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/25)
Courtesy Hiru News Energy Minister Engineer Kumara Jayakody announced that electricity bills have been reduced by approximately 20%, effective from midnight on January 17, following recommendations from the Public Utilities Commission. In a special statement made today (18), the Minister expressed optimism that the reduction will benefit all citizens, particularly the hotel sector and industrialists. He described the significant reduction as a major relief for the people of the country.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/01/25)
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Dr. Chula Rajapaksse MNZM FRCP/FRACP Wellington NZ Dear Editor, It is quite frustrating to read of the continuing need. for ships to stay in ques to have them servied, This takes my mind back immediately to 1957/58 period when the LSSP controlled trade unions brought Colombo port to a stand still during Mr SWRD Bandaranayakes premiership. However now the country has a brand new harbour in Hambantota completely underutilised. This is a perfect opportunity for the New Govt. to begin utilising this underutilised resource so that efficiency in both ports could be used... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/25)
World BEYOND War Join us for a Global Day of Action to Close Military Bases on February 23! We call on individuals and organizations around the world to participate in this worldwide day of protest against military bases. Join the Global Day of Action to CloseBases The thousands of military bases, both foreign and domestic, around the world are a critical piece of the war machine that must be dismantled. Closing bases is a necessary step to shift the global security paradigm towards a demilitarized approach that centers common security — no one... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/25) Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.At the invitation of H.E. Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China, H.E. Anura Kumara Disanayaka, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, paid a state visit to the People's Republic of China from January 14 to 17, 2025. 2.During the visit, President Anura Kumara Disanayaka held talks with President Xi Jinping, and met with H.E. Li Qiang, Premier of the State Council and H.E. Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/25)
by Xinhua writers Ma Zheng, Liu Chen BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- "Sri Lanka and China are ushering in a new chapter in bilateral relations," Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has said. At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Dissanayake is on a state visit to China from Tuesday to Friday, his first trip to China since taking office in September as Sri Lankan president. "I first visited Beijing in 2004. Returning after 20 years, I see a tremendous transformation," Dissanayake said. Over the past 68 years since establishing diplomatic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/25)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror An under-construction luxury hotel property in Colombo has come under the scanner as part of a money laundering probe linked to a Gurugram-based realty company, Indian media reported today. The Indian Enforcement Directorate, a government agency tasked with investigating offences of money laundering and foreign exchange laws, said that the property is part of a collection of assets worth more than Indian Rupees 200 crore, linked to Krrish Realtech Private Limited, which is promoted by businessman Amit Katyal. The ED, in a statement had... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/25)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Energy Ministry stated that the proposed electricity tariff revision would be implemented only upon receiving approval from the Finance Ministry. Meanwhile, the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) announced today that electricity tariffs will be reduced by 20%, effective from midnight. However, the Energy Ministry stated that the proposed tariff revision would only be implemented after obtaining consent from the Finance Ministry.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/01/25)
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Editorial Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka might not have the pride it showcased during the Bandaranaike era of politics, but it will stop at nothing to grab all help offered by an Asian nation like China in its attempt to rebuild a weak economy China’s President Xi Jinping might not be captured smiling on camera, but President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) has been grinning quite often during the latter’s ongoing official visit to China. AKD is on a four-day visit to China (the visit... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/25)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka and China have agreed to work towards the early conclusion of a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in one package in line with the principles of equality, mutual benefit, and win-win outcomes, a joint statement from the two countries highlighted. China expressed its readiness to continue supporting Sri Lankan enterprises in the tea, gem, and other industries in establishing ties with relevant Chinese associations of importers. It also said it would facilitate Sri Lanka’s participation in expos such as the China International Import Expo, China Import and Export Fair, China-South... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/01/25)
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The dossier was researched and written under the leadership of Professor Grieve Chelwa of The Africa Institute, Global Studies University, through Tricontinental Pan Africa In Africa, the leading forces of capitalism have ruthlessly wielded a neoliberal conception of corruption to undermine states’ sovereignty and open the continent to plunder at the hands of Western multinational corporations. 26 November 2024 The dossier was researched and written under the leadership of Professor Grieve Chelwa of The Africa Institute, Global Studies University, through Tricontinental Pan Africa. The artwork in this dossier attempts to illustrate the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/01/25)
Courtesy The Straits Times Chinese President Xi Jinping and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake shake hands during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Wednesday, Jan 15, 2025. Aaron Favila/Pool via REUTERS BEIJING - China and Sri Lanka agreed on more investment and economic cooperation on Wednesday as China's President Xi Jinping met recently-elected Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Beijing. The countries signed 15 cooperation documents, including agreements on economic and technological development and aligning China's 'Belt and Road Initiative' with Sri Lanka's 2030... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/01/25)
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Courtesy Adaderana The People’s Republic of China has played a vital role in the social and economic development of Sri Lanka for decades, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said after meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping today. Dissanayake said his visit will strengthen bilateral collaborations for the benefit of both countries and their people. President Dissanayake, who is currently on a four-day state visit to China, held an official meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping this afternoon (15) at the Great Hall of the People. Upon President Dissanayake’s arrival at the Great Hall, he... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/01/25)
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By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today By Shivanthi Ranasinghe The international lifestyle magazine ‘Vogue’ has given Sri Lanka a glowing endorsement by claiming the Island as this winter’s hottest travel destination. This recognition from the prestigious magazine will certainly help Sri Lanka in more than one way. Revenues earned from tourism and foreign remittances are the two main single factors that are contributing to strengthening our economy. Therefore, high recommendations from highly influential sources as Vogue not only boost tourist arrivals. It will greatly support a deeply troubled economy. How is the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/25)
By Shiran Illanperuma Courtesy Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research Positioned at the geographic and political heart of the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka is the epicentre of the 21st century struggle for regional influence. U.S. Department of State, Integrated Country Strategy – Sri Lanka, 2022 On 23 September 2024, Anura Kumara Dissanayake (referred to locally as AKD) was sworn in as the 9th executive President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. AKD is the first President of Sri Lanka to not belong to the political duopoly of the nationalist Sri Lanka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/25)
Sugath Kulatunga Prior to 1977 the country had an Island wide system of paddy stores for the storage of paddy purchased by the Paddy Marketing Board under the Guaranteed Price Scheme (GPS). This well run complex was disused by the UNP government in their frenzy for privatization. The stores network was given away to loyalists for other purposes or simply abandoned. The GPS too did not function allowing the private sector to dominate the purchase and milling of paddy leading to the development of an oligopoly (mafia) of paddy and rice marketing. The present government is resolved to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/25)
Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. දූෂිත වෛද්යවරු සීමිත කණ්ඩායමක් විසින් සිදු කරන මෙම නීති විරෝධී මිනිස් අවයව ජාවාරම දෙවනි වන්නේ මත්ද්රව්ය ජාවාරමට පමණි. වකුගඩු මාෆියාවේ රැකවරණය සහිතව ලියකියවිලි වල සඳහන් නොකර බොහෝ වකුගඩු සැත්කම් රහසින් පුද්ගලික රෝහල් වල සිදු වන බව වාර්තා වේ. මෙම මාෆියාව නිසා මේ වන විට ශ්රී ලංකාව නීති විරෝධී වකුගඩු බද්ධ කිරීමේ මධ්යස්ථානයක් බවට පත්ව ඇත. මේ වකුගඩු ජාවාරම වසරකට රුපියල් බිලියන ගානක් උපයන අතර නීත්යානුකූලව ලංකාවට ලැබිය යුතු විදේශ විනිමය ජාවාරම්කරුවන් අතට පත් වී තිබේ. මීට වසර කීපයකට පෙර සිදු වූ යාපනය රෝහලේ වකුගඩු ජාවාරම රාවය පුවත්පත මගින් හෙළි කලද වකුගඩු මාෆියාව විසින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/25)
චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ දියුණු රටවල් ජ්යෙෂ්ට පුරවැසියන්ට සුවිශේෂ වරප්රාසද දී ඔවුන්ව ඉමහත් ගෞරවයෙන් බලා ගනී. උදාහරණයක් ලෙස ජපානය ජ්යෙෂ්ට පුරවැසියන්ට දේවත්වයෙන් හා සමාන ලෙස සළකයි. ඕස්ත්රේලියාව ඔවුන්ට විවිධාකාර විශේෂ සහණ සළසයි - අඩු බස් ගාස්තු, අඩු මිලට බෙහෙත් සහ රජයේ අඩු කුලී නිවාස. අපේ රජයන් ජ්යෙෂ්ට පුරවැසියන්ට සැලකීම, ඔවුන්ට ගරු කිරීමේ අවශ්යතාවය ගැන සැළකිලිමත් නොවේ (මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ජ්යෙෂ්ට පුරවැසියන්ට රුපියල් ලක්ෂ 15ක තැන්පතුවක් සඳහා 15% පොලියක් ගෙවූ බව කාරුණිකව අමතක කළ යුතු නොවේ). අද රටේ සිඟන්නගෙන් 75% එහා ජ්යෙෂ්ට පුරවැසියන් විය යුතුය. ඔවුන් පාරේ ජීවත්වී පාරේම මැරී යයි. ඔවුන්ගේ දුක සැප කිසිවෙක් සොයා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/25)
ප්ර සමරසිංහ ඒ කාලේ, මහ වැස්සක් තුරල් ව ගිය විට මහගෙදර පිටුපස මිදුලේ තැනින් තැන දිය රැඳී, ගලාගිය නොගිය තැන් කිහිපයක් විය. මේ වතුර කෝටුවකින් පාදා වුවමනා නං තවත් හාරා එකිනෙකට යා කර ඇළ වේලි බැඳ වතුර පහතට ගලා යන්නට සැලැස්සුවා මතකය. වැසි වතුර ප්රමාණය සතුටුදායක මට්ටමක ඉතිරිව තිබුනේ නම් හා ඒ ගමන් මග ඒකාකාරී නොවූ මිදුලේ පහතට ගලන්නේ නම් ඒ තැන් සොයා එහි අමු කොස් කොල කීපයක් රඳවා හෝ කෙසෙල් කඳක පතුරක් රඳවා දිය ඇලි දෙක තුනක් එකවර හදන්නටද අමතක කලේ නැත. ඇළක් නම් එය ගලන්නට වුවමනාය. එහි තිබිය යුත්තේ වතුර, ගල් කැබලි, වැලි, කුඩා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/25)
By Palitha Ariyarathna Synopsis: The Clean Sri Lanka project is urged to advocate for stronger legal measures against unethical religious conversion practices. It is crucial for local Buddhist temples, government authorities, and the public to unite in preserving Sri Lanka’s Buddhist identity and cultural cohesion. Strengthening legal frameworks and raising awareness will help safeguard the nation’s religious and cultural heritage, ensuring peaceful coexistence for future generations. The Supreme Court ruled that the Sri Lankan Constitution does not guarantee a fundamental right to propagate religion January 13, 2025 – The growing trend of illegal... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/25)
Courtesy 1News Ancient wisdom is applied to modern life in Life Hacks from the Buddha. (Source: Supplied) One of the most notable New Zealand self-help books of last year was by Auckland-based psychiatrist and sleep specialist Dr Tony Fernando. 'Life Hacks from the Buddha: How to be calm and content in a chaotic world' does what it promises, presenting ancient Buddhist wisdom in bite-sized hacks, easily applicable to modern life. The following extract focuses on mindfulness and meditation – practices Fernando has taught to inmates at Mt Eden Correctional Facility. When in a mindful mode,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/01/25)
by A. Abdul Aziz. The Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of Sri Lanka Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at to be held today Tuesday the 14 January 2025 at Baitul Basit Mosque Sri Lanka in Pasyala, Pre-dawn (Thahajjud prayer in congregation at 4.16 am local time is also beginning of the event. Prior to the main program, flag hoisting to be done followed by silent prayer. The main event will start at 9.30 a.m. with the recitation of Holy Qur’an followed by its translations. The objective of this Convention (Jalsa Salana) is to present pure, pristine and peaceful... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/01/25)
By Capt. Vasabha Courtesy The Morning AKD to engage in China tour from 14-17 Jan.; several MOUs on media, tourism, exports to be signed US, India, others on close watch on AKD’s Chinese visit; concerns over approval for ‘One China’ policy India converts nearly $ 100 m worth loans to SL to grants; total grant assistance at $ 780 m Chamara vows to quit over Rs. 7 m spent on Clean Sri Lanka programme launch claim; Govt. denies Revelation on role played by RW in splitting... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/01/25)
BY Buddhika Samaraweera Courtesy The Morning Docs group calls for SPC Chair and Board to resign Strap: SPC says tender not awarded to implicated Co. Ministry of Health Secretary Dr. Anil Jasinghe, has announced that the Government is focusing on the establishment of several laboratories to test medicines in the near future. Dr. Jasinghe also indicated that an investigation is planned into recent allegations regarding the importation of medicines by a blacklisted company. It was recently revealed that the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC) tender board... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/01/25)
Courtesy The Morning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake was set to depart the country last evening (13) for a four-day State visit to the People’s Republic of China. This visit, taking place from 14-17 January, is undertaken at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. During the visit, President Dissanayake will hold discussions with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang, as well as engage with other senior Chinese officials to strengthen diplomatic ties. The agenda includes key focus areas such as technology, agriculture, and poverty alleviation. The President is also scheduled to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/01/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා චීන ජනපති ෂී ජින්පින් මහතාගේ ආරාධනාවක් මත චීනයේ සිවු දින නිල සංචාරයක නිරත වන බව විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්යාංශය ප්රකාශ කළේය. ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතාගේ සිවු දින නිල සංචාරය හෙට (14) සිට 17 වැනිදා දක්වා සිදු කෙරනු ඇති බවත්, එහිදී ශ්රී ලංකාව සහ විනය අතර ආයෝජන, විදුලිබල ක්ෂේත්රය. ධීවර කර්මාන්ත සහ ආරථිකය ආවරණය වන පරිදි අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුම් 7 කට අත්සන් තැබීමට නියමිත බවත් විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්ය විජිත හේරත් මහතා ප්රකාශ කළේය. අවබෝධතා ගිවිසුම්වලට අමතරව වින ජනාධිපතිවරයා සමග ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා සාකච්ඡා වටයද... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/01/25)
Courtesy Adaderana The government is taking significant steps to address salary disparities in the education sector and elevate five key education services, including teachers and principals, to be among the 10 highest-paid professions in the country, Deputy Minister of Labour Mahinda Jayasinghe said. Speaking at an event held in Maharagama, the Deputy Minister outlined the government’s commitment to improving remuneration and addressing long-standing salary issues in the education sector. “We will present the first budget next month, and there will be an increase in the salaries of public servants in that budget. Do not... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/01/25)
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By Dr. Gamini Padmaperuma Introduction In my previous article published in Sunday Observer of 3rd November, 2024 entitled “Digital Transformation: Avoid paving the cow path”, we discussed about the general benefits of the Digital Transformation to the economy as a whole. One of the very important sectors of this overall digital transformation effort is the Digital Transformation in Education. Digital transformation in education uses the technology to improve teaching and learning. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a key part of this transformation. This article attempts to discuss the benefits, challenges and the way forward on the use... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/25)
ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. මහනුවර 12.01.25. එම ලිපියේ අඩන්ගු කරුණු සියල්ල සමඟ මාද සියයට සියයක්ම එකඟ වෙමි. මේ ලිපිය ලිවීම ගැන ඔහුට ස්තූතිවන්ත වන අතරම පහත සඳහන් යෝජානා මා ඊට එකතු කරමි 1 මොවුන් සියළු දෙනාම වහාම අපසු හරවා යැවිමට රජය වහාම පියවර ගත යුතුය 2 එසේ නොකොට ඔවුන් මෙහි රඳවා ගැනීමට තිරණය කළ ඇමතිවරයා කවුරු උනත් ඔහු වහාම ඇමති තනතුරින් ඉවත්කොට දේශද්රෝහී වීම යන චෝදනාවට ඔහුට එරෙහිව නීතිමඟින් ක්රියා කළයුතුය, 3ඒ සමඟම ඊට අනුබල දුන් සියළුම දෙනාටද එරෙහිව ඒ පරිදිම පියවර ගත යුතුය. 4. මින් පසු රොහින්ගියාඅ පමණක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/25)
Nava Thakuria The construction of a colossal hydropower project by China in Tibet has emerged as a matter of grave concern for India, especially for those residing in its eastern regions including Bangladesh. These areas now face a perpetual threat akin to living under a water bomb, controlled by a foreign power governed by a Communist regime that lacks credible bilateral relations with India, the world’s largest democracy. The recent earthquake in the Tibetan plateau, which claimed over 125 lives and injured numerous others, has exacerbated these fears. The disaster has underscored the seismic vulnerabilities of the region,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/25)
Epic History In the 8th century Middle East, a new dynasty seized control of one of the world’s greatest empires – the Islamic Caliphate. Though little remembered in the west today, the Abbasids reigned for five centuries. They oversaw an era of Islamic military dominance... city-building… brilliant scholarship, and technological innovation. It has come to be remembered as Islam’s ‘golden age’. This is the rise and fall of the Abbasid Caliphate. https://youtu.be/O8hhwSn1iaU... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/25)
Courtesy Business standard TACC, a wholly owned subsidiary of HEG has entered into a Non-Binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ceylon Graphene Technologies (CGT) with regard to advancing graphene technology and unlocking its vast potential for diverse applications. CGT, a LOLC company based in Sri Lanka, is a global expert in graphene production. Leaveraging Sri Lanka's premium vein graphite, renowned for its purity and backed by its expertise in material science, CGT is at the forefront of delivering innovative and high-quality graphene products. This MoU establishes a strategic collaboration between TACC and CGT to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/25)
Courtesy The Hindu The facility will enable large-scale production, ensuring the delivery of sustainable and innovative graphene solutions to global markets, HEG says in regulatory filing TACC Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HEG Ltd, has entered into a partnership with Ceylon Graphene Technologies/CGT (a joint venture between LOLC Advance Technologies and Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology) to establish a state-of-the-art graphene manufacturing facility at TACC’s premises in India. The partnership comes in the wake of TACC Ltd entering into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with CGT to advance graphene technology and unlock its vast... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/25)
by Melani Manel Perera Courtesy PIME Asia News On 6 January, Vijitha Herath, Minister of Foreign Affairs, launched the initiative as part of the digitisation process initiated by Dissanayake. A pilot project is active in seven embassies, including Japan, Qatar and Kuwait. Jasintha Subasinghe, Sinhalese in Italy: ‘Visits to the homeland were races for documents’. Cases of abuse of power by officials in some countries. Colombo (AsiaNews) - ‘This online system is very valuable for us who are abroad. We are very grateful to benefit from such an effective measure. Until now we had to rush... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/25)
Courtesy India Today Eight Indian fishermen were arrested on charges of fishing in Sri Lanka's territorial waters, the Sri Lankan Navy said. So far, 18 fishermen have been arrested this year. The Sri Lankan Navy on Sunday said it has arrested eight Indian fishermen for allegedly fishing in the island nation's territorial waters and seized two fishing trawlers. The arrests took place on Saturday night "during a special operation conducted in the sea area north of Mannar", it said in a press statement. With this arrest, so far, this year, 18 Indian... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/25)
Ada Derana The Sri Lanka Vehicle Importers’ Association has raised concerns about the potential hike in vehicle import taxes, which are currently at approximately 300%. According to the association, taxes could climb to 400%, 500%, or even 600% for certain vehicles. The president of the association, Prasad Manage explained that the sharp increase in taxes is due to multiple layers of taxation. “There is a special import tax based on the vehicle’s value. Additionally, there’s a luxury tax, and all three are added to the CIF value. On top of that, an 18%... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/25)
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චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ රජය විසින් කළ යුතුව තිබුනේ රොහීන්ග්යයන් ආ විගස ඔවුන්ව ඔවුන්ගේ රටට (මියන්මාරයට) ආපසු පිටත් කර හැරීමයි. රටට ආදරය කරන, දූරදර්ශී රජයක් විසින් ක්ෂණිකව ගත යුතුව තිබු පියවරකි ඒ. රටට අත්යාවශ්ය ඇතැම් තීරණ සැනෙකින්, ඉතා බුද්ධිමත්ව ගැනිය යුතුය. දක්ෂ නායකත්වය යනු එයයි. දක්ෂ නායකයාට ඉතා පුළුල් පරාසයක් පෙනේ. ඔහුට/ඇයට ඇත්තේ ඉතා හොඳ දුරදක්නා නුවණකි; රටට පන මෙන් ආදරය කරයි. නායකත්වයට පළපුරුද්ද (experience) අවශ්යය යයි කියන්නේ මේ නිසාය. මියන්මාරය අපට ඉතා හිතවත්, ගුණ ගරුක බෞද්ධ රටකි. මේ පැමිණි රොහීන්ග්යයා වරුන්ට කිසිදු කරදරයක් නොකර, ඔවුන් ආපසු භාර ගන්නා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/25)
e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 05-11 January 2025 As the northeast winds and rains bend, our President alights on China. As we enter the 2nd quarter of the 21st century, much of the world around us is still colonized. Most times in all but name. Our economy continues to be held hostage, bound hand and foot, to the US Treasury – fronting for Wall Street and London & Euro bondholders wrapped in Rating-Agency flags – determining who and how our coin –... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් පොහොසත් මුස්ලිම් රටවල් තිබිය දී රෝහින්ග්යා සරණාගතයන් ශ්රී ලංකාවට පැමිණීම කුමන්ත්රණයක් බව හිටපු ඇමැති, ආචාර්ය සරත් වීරසේකර පවසයි. “රොහින්ග්යා සරණාගතයන් ලංකාවට පැමිණෙන එක විශාල ප්රශ්නයක් බවට පත්වෙලා තිබෙනවා. මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්යතුමා පැහැදිලිව කිව්වා බුද්ධි තොරතුරු අනුව ලක්ෂයක් පමණ ලංකාවට එන්න තිබෙනවා කියලා. ඒ වගේම එතුමා පැහැදිලිව ප්රකාශ කළා මේ පිරිස සරණාගතයන් නොවේ නීති විරෝධීන් ලෙස බෝට්ටුවලට මුදල් දීලා පැමිණෙන පිරිස් කියලා. නීති විරෝධි සංක්රමණිකයෝ කියලා ඉතා පැහැදිලිව එතුමා ප්රකාශ කළා. එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංගමයේ දැනටමත් අපේ රටට විරුද්ධව අපි සමූල ඝාතනය කළා කියලා, අපි යුද අපරාධ කළා කියලා යෝජනා ගෙන එන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් රෝගින්ගේ මුඛය පිරිසිඳු කිරීම සඳහා භාවිත කරන විශබීජ නාශක බෝතල් ගෙන්වීමක් සඳහා, අසාදු ලේඛනගත කළ බංග්ලාදේශ සමාගමකට ටෙන්ඩර් ලබාදීමට රාජ්ය ඖෂධ සංස්ථාව අනුමත කර ඇතිබවට වෛද්ය හා සිවිල් අයිතිවාසිකම් පිළිබඳ වෛද්යවරුන්ගේ වෘත්තීය සමිති සන්ධානය චෝදනා කරයි. එම සන්ධානයේ සභාපති වෛද්ය චමල් සංජීව අද (11) ප්රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවක් කැඳවමින් මෙම අදහස් පළකළේය. "බරපතළ ටෙන්ඩර් ගනුදෙනුවක් රාජ්ය ඖෂධ සංස්ථාව තුළ පසුගිය සති කිහිපය තුළ සිදුවෙලා තිබෙනවා. රෝගීන්ගේ මුඛ පිරිසිදු කිරීමට භාවිතකරන විෂබීජනාශක බෝතල් දෙලක්ෂ හැත්තෑ දහසක් මිලදී ගැනීමට පසුගිය වසරේ ජුනි මාසයේ රාජ්ය ඖෂධ සංස්ථාව ටෙන්ඩර් කැඳවලා. පසුගිය දෙසැම්බර් 12 වනදා මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/01/25)
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By Raj Gonsalkorale This endeavour goes beyond merely cleaning up the environment. It aspires to restore the deeply eroded and deteriorated social and environmental fabric of our motherland. We aim to create cleanliness and rejuvenation across all sectors of society – President Anura Kumara Dissanayake unveiling the Clean Sri Lanka initiative on the 1st of January 2025 President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s three step plan for 2025 is an initiative that presents an opportunity for the entire country to rally round and contribute to the success of the plan. The President has placed good governance and anti-corruption... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/25)
Sugath Kulatunga Media reports that the Sri Lanka Gem and Jewellery Association (SLGJA) has called for urgent policy reforms to accelerate growth and restore global competitiveness within the sector, aiming to once again establish Sri Lanka as ‘Ratnadeepa’ - the Island of Gems – the Jewel of Asia. In this context it is relevant to reflect on how Sri Lanka lost its eminence as Ratnadeepa to Thailand. At the very inception of the EDB it had selected the Gems and Jewellery sector to be given high priority in export development. The EDB resuscitated the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/25)
Dr Sudath Gunasekara 10. Jan .2025. The so-called ethnic issue is a product of the 19th century British colonial Administration. There were no ethnic issues in this country prior to that, although there were few Malabars (Tamils) and Muslims even prior to 1815 there was only one nation called Sinhala in this country. All others were migrants. The country was known as Sinhale, meaning the land of the Sinhala people (see The Kandyan Convention of 2nd March 1815) minority communities coexisted within the Sinhala Buddhist society without any problem. Most Muslims even got the Sinhala... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/25)
ධරණි රාජසිංහම් සේනානායක ණය යුක්තිය ඉටු කිරීමේ ප්රතිඥාව මත විශාල ජනවරමක් ලද නව ජාතික ජන බලවේග ආණ්ඩුවට මධුසමයක් හිමි නොවනු ඇත. වොෂින්ටනයේ සිට හමා එන කුණාටුව නැගෙනහිරෙන් චීනය ද, බටහිරෙන් ඉරානය ද, කේන්ද්රයෙන් ඉන්දියාවද ඉලක්කකරමින් ඉන්දියානු සාගර ලෝකය හරහා හමා යයි. එක්සත් ජනපදය විසින් මෙහෙයවන සම්බාධක යුද්ධයද රටවල් රැසක් මත බලපෑම් සිදු කරමින් පවතී. BRICS ආර්ථික හවුලේ නැගීමට සහ චීනයේ වෙළඳ පථ සහ මාර්ග සමාරම්භක ව්යාපෘතිය(Belt and Road Initiative) එරෙහි හයිබ්රිඩ් ආර්ථික යුද්ධයට මැදිව ඇති ශ්රී ලංකාවද මේ සම්බාධක යුද්ධයේ බලපෑමට යටත්ය. දූෂණ සම්බන්ධයෙන් චෝදනා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/25)
රේඩි අනන්ඩා විමර්ශන රේඩි අනන්ඩා පසුගිය දශක ගණනාවක් තිස්සේ ලෝකයේ බලගතු අධිරාජ්යවාදි රටවල් විසින් ජාන ඉංජිනේරුකරණය, කෘත්රිම බුද්ධිය සහ රෝබෝ තක්ෂණය, භූ ඉංජිනේරුකරණය, කාලගුණය සහ දේශගුණය වෙනස් කිරීම, නියුරෝන විද්යාව ඇතුළු විවිධ ක්ෂේත්රයන් ගණනාවක් තුළ දැනුම සහ තාක්ෂණය ඇදහිය නොහැකි තරම් මට්ටමකට වර්ධනය කර තිබේ. අද ලොව පුරා වාණිජ මට්ටමින් භාවිතා වන අන්තර්ජාලය එක්සත් ජනපදය විසින් ආරම්භක වශයෙන් සංවර්ධනය කරන ලද්දේ මිලිටරිමය අවශ්යතාවන් වෙනුවෙන් බව අපි දනිමු. එමෙන්ම ඉහත බොහෝ ක්ෂේත්රයන් තුළ සිදුව ඇති තාක්ෂණික වර්ධනය සඳහා සිදු කරන ලද පර්යේෂණවල ඉලක්කයන් වූයේද ලෝක ආධිපත්යය සඳහා අවශ්ය මෙවලම් නිර්මාණය කිරීමේ එක්සත් ජනපදය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/25)
RANJITH SOYSA The arrival of the above group of people in Sri Lanka presents a big challenge to the Navy and our border protection services as any positive signal emanating from the Government in accepting them as refugees will open Sri Lanka to the influx of boat people which will be extremely difficult to control. At present, there are over 1 million Rohingyas mainly in the Cox Bazar region of Bangladesh which is considered as the world’s largest refugee camp. There are thousands of Rohingyas who fled Myanmar and are now living as refugees in Malaysia... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/25)
Saeed Naqvi The multitudes who trekked the tricky path for the Alaska Gold Rush mostly came a cropper. What fate awaits the punters who have made a beeline for the Syrian casino will become a wee bit clearer when President Trump ascends the Washington gaddi on January 20. The US, Israel, Tukey, HTS, a stream of European countries have their hats in the ring. Iran, Iraq, Lebanon are relatively passive. Some unexpected names are in circulation again – Eric Prince, the founder of Blackwater, the world’s biggest contractor for mercenary armies. In 2017, during Trump’s first... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/25)
චානක බණ්ඩාරගේ බොරු කියන්නාට වෙනත් කළ නොහැකි වරදක් නැතැයි කියති. එසේම එක් බොරුවක් වැසීමට බොරු 10ක් කියන්න සිදු වේයයි කියති. මියගිය කාටර් ජනාධිපතිවරයා ජනතාවට බොරු නොකීවේය. තමන් ජනාධිපතිවරණයෙන් ජයගත් පසු විධායක ජනාධිපතිධුරය අහෝසි කිරීමට කටයුතු කරන්නේ යයි පැවසූ අපේ හිටපු ජනාධිපතිවරුන් 5ක් ඇත (1994 පසු). අප ඔවුනට චන්දය දුනිමු. නමුත්, දුන් පොරොන්දුව ඔවුන් ඉෂ්ට නොකළහ. අසීමිත වූ ජනාධිපති බලය පාවිච්චි කර, රට විනාශ කර, දැන් ඔවුන් හොඳ විශ්රාම සුවයෙන් පසුවෙත්. මේ අය චේතනාවෙන්ම, අසද්භාවයෙන් බොරු කී අයය. ඔවුන්ට බොරු කාරයෝ යයි කීවාට වරදක් නැත. මෙතෙක් සිටී සියළු ජනාධිපතිවරු ඉතා අසාර්ථක... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/25)
The Pathfinder Foundation Milinda Moragoda, founder of the Pathfinder Foundation, met with Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenghong to discuss bilateral relations between the People’s Republic of China and Sri Lanka. The luncheon discussion covered various subjects on relations between the two countries in the context of the Pathfinder China-Sri Lanka Cooperation Studies Centre (CSLCSC), inaugurated in 2015, which saw numerous Chinese Think Tanks and academic institutions focusing on the South Asian region. One of the areas of interest was to host Chinese academics and subject specialists focusing on China-Sri Lanka relations at the CSLCSC for extended periods... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/25)
braveneweurope.com Western state and corporate media have become propaganda outlets, trying to keep us in the dark Monitoring corporate media performance for 25 years – week after week, war after war – has done little to diminish our dismay at the robotic automaticity of ‘mainstream’ enthusiasm for US-authored regime change. Each time, without fail, thousands of media commentators function, not as critical-thinking individuals, but as cookie-cutter cogs in a propaganda printing machine stamping the word ‘GOOD’ on the public mind. It is not that we are told what to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/25)
SepalAmarasinghe https://youtu.be/txtoBsi9vbk... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/25)
Courtesy Adaderan https://www.youtube.com/embed/4VwKhneiyus විවිධ අංග උපාංග අමතරව එක්කරමින් ධාවනය කරන බස් රථ සහ ත්රිරෝද රථ සම්බන්ධයෙන් මේ දිනවල දැඩි කතාබහක් රටේ මතුව තිබේ. ඒ එම අලංකරණ හා විනෝදාස්වාදය වෙනුවෙන් නවීකරණය කර ඇති උපාංග මගින්, අනතුරකදී ජනතාවට සිදුවන හානිය වැළැක්වීම සඳහා ඒවා ඉවත් කිරීමේ පොලිස් මෙහෙයුම් හේතුවෙන්. මගී ප්රවාහනයේ යෙදෙන බස් රථ සහ ත්රිරෝද රථ සඳහා කිසිදු ආකාරයේ නවීකරණයක් සිදුකළ නොහැකිද? අද දෙරණ ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් විමසා බැලීය. 'CLEAN SRI LANKA' වැඩසටහන ක්රියාත්මකවන පසුබිමක, විවිධ අලංකරණ හා අමතර උපාංග සවිකොට ධාවනය කෙරෙන බස් සහ ත්රිරෝද... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් Clean Sri Lanka වැඩසටහන සම්බන්ධයෙන් අදහස් දැක්වූ සෞඛ්ය අමාත්යවරයා නැවත වරක් කට වරද්දා ගත්තේ දැයි යන්න පිළිබඳව මාධ්යවේදී ශමින්ද්ර ෆර්ඩිනැන්ඩෝගෙන් විග්රහයක් සිදුකරයි. සවිස්තරාත්මක වීඩියෝව නරඹන්න... https://youtu.be/dq3ASM-4eNk... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/01/25)
Dasatha News https://youtu.be/b6Sj7ywqsII... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/25)
By Shivanthi ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today By Shivanthi Ranasinghe The President’s Media Division had released a video, through social media, titled ‘A 100 days for a 100 years’. This video commemorates the first 100 days since President Anura Kumara Dissanayake assumed Office. It highlights key appointments and discussions held during this period. How these events translate into a long-term foundation is not however included in this video. Indeed, the first 100 days have passed without any of the pessimistic predictions drawn by the Opposition. A cursory glance would tell that the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/25)
TomDispatch Posted on January 9, 2025 Hey, why not buy (or just take) Greenland? After all, we already have a military base there, once known as Thule Air Base and, in 2023, renamed Pituffik Space Base in honor of the settlement of local people who were — yes! — displaced in 1951 when it was first built. And since there are still only about 22,000 Greenlanders on that giant landscape distinctly linked to North America, why shouldn’t Donald Trump, in his second term in office, pick it up for a song from the Danes, whether they or the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/25)
Courtesy The Daily News Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament yesterday that there is a risk of 100,000 illegal immigrants entering the country in the next few weeks. The Minister further stated that Intelligence agencies have already reported on the arrival of those illegal immigrants. He stated this while participating in a debate in Parliament yesterday in response to the issue raised by MP Rauff Hakeem regarding this matter during the debate. “It has been reported that 116 illegal migrants from Myanmar have entered the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ක්ලීන් ශ්රී ලංකා වැඩසටහන ආරම්භක උත්සවය සඳහා පමණක් රුපියල් ලක්ෂ හැත්තෑවක් වැය කර ඇතැයි බදුල්ල දිස්ත්රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී චාමර සම්පත් දසනායක මහතා පවසයි. පාර්ලිමේන්තුව අමතමින් ඔහු පැවසුවේ තම ප්රකාශයට අදාල තොරතුරු තමන් සතු බවත් එය අසත්යයක් යයි ඔප්පු කලහොත් තමන් මන්ත්රී ධූරයෙන් ඉවත් වන බවත්ය. එම උත්සවයේ ගීත ගායනයට ලක්ෂ දෙකක්, ගීත නිර්මාණය කිරීම සඳහා ලක්ෂ අටක්, නිරූපිකාවන් සඳහා රුපියල් 15000 ක් බැගින්, වෙබ් අඩවියට ලක්ෂ විසි එකක් ඇතුළුව ලක්ෂ හැත්තෑවක් වැය කර ඇතැයි මන්ත්රීවරයා හෙලි කලේය. තමන් සතු ලේඛන සියල්ල සභාගත කරන බවත් පැවසූ චාමර සම්පත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/25)
Editorial The Morning The recent circular PS/BS/Circular/1/2025 issued by the President’s Secretariat on interactions between State agencies and foreign missions in Colombo has raised concerns in both the diplomatic quarter and within the community of senior public officials about the Government's intentions behind the move. The circular came from left field, and was neither a requirement raised on the political stage in the lead up to both key elections last year which brought the National People’s Power (NPP) Government into office, nor was there a public demand for such. The move, which many elements of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/25)
KELUM BANDARA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 09 (Daily Mirror) - The UNHCR or the UN Refugee Agency, which commended the life-saving actions taken by the Sri Lankan authorities and people to rescue and safely disembark Rohingya people who were distressed at sea, asked for continued compassion and hospitality from the Sri Lankan authorities. "We advocate for continued compassion and hospitality for these new arrivals. Many of them are vulnerable women and children who have risked their lives in desperation, often sailing for weeks on unseaworthy boats, in search of protection and safety," a UNHCR... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/25)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror While Opposition MP Dayasiri Jayasekera alleged that the President's Secretary had issued a circular prohibiting Ministers from meeting heads of foreign missions without the permission of Foreign Affairs Minister, Leader of the House Bimal Ratnayake denied the claim and said he had met a diplomat yesterday. “The President's Secretary has issued a circular prohibiting Ministers, secretaries and Governors from meeting heads of foreign missions without the permission of the Foreign Affairs Minister. We wonder why these restrictions are imposed on the Ministers. This is a North Korean type move,” MP Jayasekara said.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/01/25)
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Senaka Weeraratna People of Sri Lanka have a fundamental duty to be pro - Sri Lanka rather than being pro this and pro that in relation to conflicts all over the world that have no relevance or gain to Sri Lanka. If a member of parliament identifies himself as a voice of a particular community that has co -religionists fighting elsewhere in battle zones far removed from Sri Lanka then that MP must realise that he has no mandate from the other numerically larger communities of Sri Lanka to speak on their behalf. His concern for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/01/25)
By Garvin Karunaratne It all happened in the Bangladesh Secretariat, three days after General Ershard took over the country in a bloodless coup on the 24 th of March 1982. The Minister for Youth Development was clamped in prison and the work of the Ministry was in jeopardy. The third in command, Air Vice Marshall Aminul Islam, the Minister for Labour and Manpower evaluated the work done in the Ministry. Suddenly at the close, he realized that I was an outsider and inquired who I was and I was then introduced as the Commonwealth Fund Advisor to the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/01/25)
Shenali D Waduge They are known as defenders of the Nation for a reason. They are known as sons & daughters of the soil for a reason. They are one of the 2 key pillars of the Nation for a reason (the other pillar being the Buddha Sasana). They are the first to come forward when the Nation is in trouble when others betray the Nation or cowardly hide in fear. They are the Armed Forces of Sri Lanka & the Nation owes much to them for bravely sacrificing their lives & limb to safeguard... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/01/25)
Dilrook Kannangara It was reported that over one hundred Rohingyas are in a military-run camp in the north of the island. However, there may be others who have already made it to Sri Lanka and have become citizens. They must be sent back to their homeland – Burma or Bangladesh. Sri Lanka has a very high population density, a severe scarcity of resources and opportunities, and religious tensions that boil over from time to time. Allowing Rohingya people into Sri Lanka only worsens all these crises. First of all, Sri Lanka must resolve the problems faced... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/01/25)
Chanaka Bandarage Being submissive in a foreign land is the worst quality that a nation’s leader could have. In the Group Photos of the 1949 and 1951 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings held in the UK, Sri Lanka’s (then Ceylon) Prime Minister DS Senanayake was afforded a front row seat. Along with the Queen, he sat with the UK, Australian and Indian Prime Ministers. South African, New Zealand, Rhodesian (Zimbabwe) and the few other leaders were in the back row. In the Bandung Conference held in West Java, Indonesia in 1955, Sri Lanka’s (then... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/01/25)
Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. PhD My dear friend Gary Noesner—the former FBI agent and the key negotiator during the Waco siege—agreed to conduct a 40-min educational Zoom program for Sri Lankan professionals who are interested in positive communication and hostage negotiations. This is a free session, and we are inviting members from the security forces and educators. Those who like to take part in this program should send their request to transyl2014 gmail.com with their full name and current profession. We are planning to have this program in mid-February 2025. Dr. Ruwan M... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/01/25)
Kaarige Channel Eka | Dharmasri Kariyawasam https://youtu.be/jeMna-2mlO0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/01/25)
Aloysius Hettiarachchi. According to reports a gem exhibition was held at Cinnamon Grand Hotel on the fourth of January in which the chief guest had been the Prez Anura Kumara Dissanayake as shown in the image shown below: Sri Lanka had been a gem mining and exporting country for millennia. The Moroccans have been coming here in their sailboats for gems and established trading post on our shores in Beruwala area of the south western coast. According to one of Sri Lanka’s archaeologist Prof. Raj Somadeva our ancient kings had sent gems, spices... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/01/25)
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NORBU To our Brothers and Sisters in Sri Lanka for being NORBU's top global users in 2024! May the "Island of Dharma" continue to shine brightly for the next thousand millennia.Anumodana! Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu! 2024 දී NORBU හි ඉහළම ගෝලීය පරිශීලකයන් වීම සඳහා ශ්රී ලංකාවේ අපගේ සහෝදර සහෝදරියන්ට සුබ පැතුම්! "ධර්ම ද්වීපය" ඉදිරි සහස්ර දහස් ගණනකට දීප්තියෙන් බැබළේවා. අනුමෝදන! සාධු! සාධු! සාධු! Engage with NORBU at: https://norbu-ai.org Support NORBU at: https://norbu-ai.org/fundraising Namo Buddhaya, I am NORBU Your Kalyana Mitta (Spiritual Friend), Buddhist AI Assistant. You can... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/01/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ලෝකය පුරා ධන කුවේරයන් සැඟවූ ධනය පිළිබඳව හෙළිදරව් කෙරෙන පැනඩෝරා පත්රිකාවල මීළඟ හෙළිදරව්වෙන් වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුවේ ඉහළ තනතුරු දරන අය සම්බන්ධයෙන් තොරතුරු ඇතැයි හිටපු අමාත්ය ගාමිණී ලොකුගේ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඒ පිළිබඳව තමන් ඉදිරි සතියේ රටට විශේෂ හෙළිදරවක් සිදුකරන බවද ඔහු පැවසීය. ආණ්ඩුවේ ඉහළ නිලයන් දරණ පුද්ගලයන්ගේ මුදල් පිළිබඳවද එහිදී තමන් හෙළි කරන බවත් මාධ්ය හමුවක් අමතමින් ඒ මහතා කියා සිටියේය. මෙම තොරතුරු හෙළිකල පසු ආණ්ඩුවේ එම පිරිස් සම්බන්ධයෙන් අවශ්ය පියවර ගැනීමට රජය කටයුතු කරනු ඇති බවද අමාත්යවරයා පැවසුවේය. https://youtu.be/7O_kyuIsj7s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/01/25)
By Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror Parliament, January 08 (Daily Mirror)- In the wake of over 100 Rohingya entering Sri Lanka recently, Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala said today that the intelligence services have revealed that there was a plan to bring down some 100,000 illegal migrants to Sri Lanka in the coming days. The Minister told Parliament that an investigation has been launched into the matter and pointed out that it is identified as a grave social issue. “Police investigations and according to intelligence reports, 100,000 illegal migrants could... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/01/25)
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Courtesy Adaderana President Anura Kumara Disanayake has emphasized that Sri Lanka can enhance its position in the global market through a robust new product development strategy, which will also create new market opportunities. He made these remarks today (08) during the official launch of the “National Initiative for R&D Commercialization” held at the Presidential Secretariat. As part of the initiative, the newly developed website nirdc.gov.lk was also launched. This platform aims to facilitate the commercialization of research and development, thereby contributing to sustainable economic growth through the production of value-added goods and services, which will ultimately... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/01/25)
Courtesy Hiru News Former Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera has accused the government of orchestrating a massive fraud involving the importation of rice. He claims that large quantities of rice, including Nadu and Kekulu varieties, are being falsely labeled as basmati rice, resulting in a fraud worth millions of rupees. Amaraweera raised concerns about the involvement of powerful individuals within the government, questioning whether they are aware of the alleged fraudulent activities. The government’s rice import permit, which was issued to address the ongoing rice shortage, is set to expire on January 10. As of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/01/25)
Hiru News Private Bus Owners have decided to call off their planned strike after successful discussions with the acting Inspector General of Police (IGP). During the talks, the bus owners were granted a three-month grace period to comply with the Clean Sri Lanka traffic operation regulations.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/01/25)
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Courtesy Hiru News Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Harsha de Silva has called out the government for inconsistencies in its withholding tax (WHT) policies. In a tweet, de Silva questioned the omission of any reference to raising WHT on interest in the National Peoples Power (NPP) policy document, which was endorsed by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake De Silva highlighted that while the NPP pledged no taxes on incomes below Rs. 200,000 per month, this promise has already been broken. Contrasting this with the SJBs Blueprint, he noted that their proposal included increasing WHT on interest-excluding senior... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/01/25)
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Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. The life is like a Russian roulette Dangerous and unpredictableIt is a game of chance that could end deadlyOften taking foolhardy risksIt’s highly irresponsibleMorally indefensibleBut the end is guaranteedYou cannot escapeWith each click of the gunYour fears intensifyIf you are religiousBehold to your godIf you are an atheistCount on fatalism Anyhow your destiny is sealedThe odds are stacked against youThough its hard , it's easy to playYou spin the cylinder of a revolverWith one bullet and points the gun at your headThen pull the triggerThere is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/01/25)
LankaPropertyWeb Sri Lanka’s leading online real estate platform, LankaPropertyWeb, has reached a significant milestone, closing the year 2024 with two esteemed international recognitions that underscore its leadership in the industry. LankaPropertyWeb was named the Winner of the Luxury Lifestyle Awards in the category of “Best Luxury Property Portal in Sri Lanka 2024”. The Luxury Lifestyle Awards, based in the UK, is a prestigious global event that recognizes the best luxury brands across various industries worldwide. This award highlights LankaPropertyWeb’s exceptional innovation, quality, and commitment to providing an outstanding experience for luxury real estate buyers and sellers,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/01/25)
Prof. Hudson McLean Musk “Fusks” the Best British friend of Donald Trump! Nigel Farage backed Donald Trump during his Toughest Times! Why is this Story Important to Sri Lanka? **Just because the Person is Wealthy, does not mean he has Loyalty & Gratitude!** Now Trump has a Huge Tusky Musk-problem! But Nigel Farage will Bounce Back the British Way! Yes. That was coming. Now Trump has a big problem, bigger than Flags on Half-mast! Trump has bitten more than he could Chew with Musk!... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/01/25)
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උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් සහල් මාෆියාවේ නායකයා ඇමති වසන්ත සමරසිංහ යයි පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව සදහන් කර සිටියේ එම පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවති මාධ්ය හමුවකට එක්වෙමිනි. පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය නායකයා එහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් මෙසේ අදහස් දැක්වීය. ජනාධිපතිතුමා මේසයට ගහලා නාඩු කිලෝවක උපරිම මිල රුපියල් 230ට නියම කළත් ඊයේ වෙළඳපොලේ නාඩු කිලෝවක් අපි ගත්තේ රුපියල් 240ට. පසුගිය කන්නය කපන විට නාඩු කිලෝවක මිල රු170/-යි. එතකොට වී මිල දී ගත්තෙත් රුපියල් පහක වත් ලාභයක් තබා ගෙන විකුණන්නයි. එහෙම බලන විට රු230/- විකිණෙන විට මෝල්හිමියන්ට රු65/-ක ලාභයක් තිබෙනවා.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/01/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් වැඩ බැරි දේශපාලඥයන්ගේ සහ රාජ්ය නිලධාරීන්ගේ වැරදි අඩුපාඩු වහගන්න තමන් වැනි ස්වොත්සාහයෙන් ගොඩනැගුනු මිනිසුන් එදා සිටම නොයෙකුත් කතා අහගෙන ඇතැයි අරලිය සහල් ව්යාපාරයේ අධිපති ප්රකට ව්යාපාරික ඩඩ්ලි සිරිසේන මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. තම සමාජ ජාති ගිණුමේ සටහනක් තබමින් ඒ මහතා මෙම අදහස් පළ කර තිබේ. “එදා ඉඳන්ම වැඩ බැරි දේශපාලඥයන්ගෙ සහ රාජ්ය නිළධාරීන්ගෙ වැරදි අඩුපාඩු වහගන්න අපි වගේ ස්වෝත්සාහයෙන් ගොඩනැඟුණු මිනිස්සු නොයෙකුත් විදියෙ කතා අහගත්තා. ලෝකෙන්ම ලොකුම වී සයිලෝ ගබඩා පහසුකම තියන වී මෝල රටට දායාද කරලත්, ‘මාෆියාකාරයා’ කියන ලේබල් එක අලවගෙන, රට වෙනුවෙන් වැඩ කරන එකේ තෘප්තිය මම නොඅඩුවම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/01/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් රජය විසින් ආරම්භ කර ඇති ක්ලීන් ශ්රී ලංකා වැඩසටහන යටතේ පාරේ කොස් විකුණන්න බැරි බවට පසුගිය සතියේ තම පුවත්පත විසින් පළ කළ වාර්තාවේ අකුරක් කොමාවක් නෑර සියල්ල සත්ය බව එම පුවත්පත සටහන් කරයි. අද දින එම පුවත්පතේ විශේෂ කර්තෘ සටහනක් තබමින් ඔවුන් පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ මෙම වාර්තාවේ සියල්ල සනාථ කිරීම සඳහා අදාල හඬපත වීඩියෝ සාක්ෂි පවා තමන් සතුව ඇති බවයි. එමෙන්ම ජනමාධ්ය අමාත්ය නලින්ද ජයතිස්ස මහතා පුවත්පතට චෝදනා කරමින් පවත්වන ලද මාධ්ය සාකච්ඡාවෙන් පසු අදාළ වාර්තා වීඩියෝ පට ආදිය ලබා දීමට උත්සාහ කළත් දුරකථන ප්රතිචාර නොදුන් බවද එම සටහන කියා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/01/25)
BY Buddhika Samaraweera Courtesy The Morning Recent arrivals claim to have sold all interests in Myanmar with express intent of reaching Sri Lanka; security forces and intel agencies probing Statements from recently arrived Rohingya immigrants have revealed that they sold their property in Myanmar and left with the specific intention of reaching Sri Lanka, claims concerning which the relevant authorities, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have launched an investigation into, in the context of potential human trafficking and local involvement. On the morning of 19 December 2024,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/01/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් වසර 5ක් නොසිට හැකි ඉක්මනින් නව ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථව ගෙන ඒන ලෙස කාදිනල් තුමන් විසින් ආණ්ඩුවට යෝජනා කර ඇත. නව කතානායක වෛද්ය ජගත් වික්රමරත්න මහතා කාදිනල්තුමන් බැහැ දැකීමට ගිය අවස්ථාවේදී මේ බව පවසා ඇත. මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් අදහස් දක්වන පිරිස් පවසන්නේ මේ ඉල්ලා සිටින්නේ නිරාගමික රාජ්යයක් නිර්මාණය කිරීමට අවශ්ය ව්යවස්ථාවක් දැයි සැක සිතෙන බවයි. එයට හේතුව විය හැක්කේ අගමැතිතුමියද මීට පෙර පවසා සිටියේ මෙරට නිරාගමික රාජ්යයක් බව වීමය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් නලින්ද ජයතිස්ස සෞඛ්ය අමාත්යවරයා පසුගිය දා පිලිකා රෝහලේ දී සිදු කරණු ලැබූ ප්රකාශ හරහා සිදු කරණු ලැබූවේ මෙරට පරිත්යාගශීලින් අධෛර්මත් කිරීමත් බෞද්ධ සංස්කෘතියට සහ අනිකුත් ආගම්වලටද පහර ගැසීමත් බව පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව සදහන් කර සිටියේ අද දින (06) එම පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවති මාධ්ය හමුවකට එක්වෙමිනි. පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය නායකයා එහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් මෙසේ අදහස් දැක්වීය. "නලින්ද ජයතිස්ස ඇමතිතුමා පිලිකා රෝහලේ දී සිදු කළ කතාව ගැන අදහස් දක්වන්න කලින් සම්පූර්ණ කතාවට සවන් දෙන්න කියලා ආණ්ඩුවේ අය කියන නිසා මම සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/25)
Courtesy Hiru News President Anura Kumara Disanayake held a discussion with the Attorney General and officials from the Attorney General's Department at the Presidential Secretariat today (06). During the discussion, the President emphasized the importance of coordinated efforts among all institutions working towards the effective enforcement of the law. President Dissanayake highlighted the critical responsibility of the Attorney General's Department to restore public confidence in the judicial system. He further stressed that public perception regarding political interference must be transformed to ensure trust in the legal process. The President reiterated the government's... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/25)
e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 29 December – 04 January 2025 The so-called newly ‘independent’ Central Bank’s exclusive Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is ‘a blatant act of self-serving privilege’: so says the United Federation of Labour (UFL).This ‘exclusive’ EPF – sanctioned by the Monetary Law Act – is ‘a breeding ground’ for (you guessed it!) ‘corruption’. For ‘unlike other institutions, the Central Bank possesses ‘privileged access to confidential economic data & policy decisions before they are made public’ – so declares the UFL (a gathering of 9 trade unions). Meanwhile,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/25)
Priyantha Hettige Our health Keeping healthy should be at the top of our list of personal concerns. But who can we turn to for help and information? That job is left to a few medically trained doctors and food specialists! Our lack of sufficient Iodine The experts tell us iodine is needed in every cell of the human body. It is on the World Health Organizations list of essential vitamins. But there is a big problem: there are falling levels of iodine in our food but unfortunately, rising levels of bromide in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/25)
By Namini Wijedasa SUNDAY TIMES The London-headquartered Lyca Group has been actively expanding its operations in Sri Lanka with Chairman and Founder Subaskaran Allirajah “indirectly, deviously and circuitously, undertaking acquisitions in the local media sector”, states a petition filed before the Supreme Court.“These transactions have been carried out through proxies to circumvent Sri Lankan regulations prohibiting foreign ownership of media entities, and this also raises concerns about potential violations of Sri Lankan laws and serious threats to national security and the sovereignty of Sri Lanka,” maintains the petition, filed in the public interest by civil rights activist Jamuni... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/01/25)
Ada Derana https://youtu.be/jQwV8Xz03Ys... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/01/25)
News Center විශ්රාම ගත් ශවේන්ද්ර ලියපු ලියුමෙන් හෙළි වෙච්ච රහස් ටික මෙන්න, | ශවේන්ද්රට දේශද්රෝහී චෝදනාවකුත් එයි? රටම නොදන්න ඇත්ත https://youtu.be/UM-rN2gegtI... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/01/25)
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Prof. N.A.de S. Amaratunga DSc Tamils and also Muslims to a degree in the North, East, Centre and Colombo voted for this government rejecting their own ethnic political parties which helped the government to get more than two thirds majority. The significance of this change of heart, if it is that, should be understood by the government as well as all political leaders of the country. It could mean that what they want is apart from solving of the problems common to all communities such as the economic, education, employement, health issues etc., a different approach to the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/25)
Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka cannot continue to endure rantings every time there is an Indian election or allow continuous illegal fishing & raping of Sri Lanka’s marine eco-system. Sri Lanka cannot ignore the livelihoods of Sri Lankan fisher community & allow illegal fishing as “humanitarian” & more importantly allow the usage of internationally banned bottom trawlers which is killing & destroying marine life. Diplomatic niceties & political pressures aside, if Sri Lanka’s leaders pre-1978 & astute civil servants could stand up to protect Sri Lanka’s sovereignty & territorial integrity, what is stopping Sri Lanka’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/25)
ප්ර සමරසිංහ බුද්ධ දේශනයට අනුව අවිද්යාව ඇති කල්හි සංඛාර ඇතිවේ (අවිජ්ජා පච්චයා සංඛාරා); විද්යාව පහළවීම (විජ්ජා උදපාදී) දම්සක් පැවතුම් සූත්රයේ සඳහන්ය. මේ විද්යාව ඇරෙන්නට වෙනත් විද්යාවක් හෝ වෙනත් අවිද්යාවක් අපට නැත. සිරිලක්බිම එකල විසූ ඉංග්රීසි බස උගත් බටහිර සංස්කෘතික ආධිපත්යට ලැදි සිංහල-උගතුන්, ඉංග්රීසි බසේ 'සයන්ස්' (science) යන පදයට සිංහල පරිවර්තනය, විද්යාව ලෙස හඳුන්වා දීම කිසිසේත්ම නිවැරදි නොවේය. ඔවුනට තිබෙන්නට ඇත්තේ බුදුදහමේ විද්යාව, සයන්ස් බවට පත් කර, ඒ තුලින් බුදුදහම තේරුම් කර දීමේ නිවට නියාළු ආශාවක් පමණක් විය නොහැකිය. බොහෝ විට ඔවුනට බටහිර සයන්ස්, බුදුදහම ඉක්මවා ගිය මහා දැනුම් සම්භාරයක් සේ පෙනුනා විය හැකිය. එසේත් නැතිනම්, දැනුවත්ව හෝ නොදැනුවත්ව, ක්රමක්රමයෙන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/25)
By Nalliah Thayabharan The US is going isolationist while China is going the opposite way, what an exceptional phenomenon. China was happy to buy instead of making their own chips, but the US cut them off. So China has to develop chips by themselves. Once they do, the US chip industry will suffer greatly. Chinese think long term, the US thinks quarter to quarter. China is actually adapting with realities and pragmatism, they've incorporated/embraced the best essence of democracy, socialism, capitalism, Communism, meritocracy, and confucianism.The more the U.S., EU and their allies push China closer to the edge... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/25)
Dialogue Works https://youtu.be/xfYnEn5gIMU... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/25)
Centre Stage Sashi Tharoor - a political priority for India.... relevant for Sri Lanka as much as it is for India.....policy our past dynastic political leaders chose to do otherwise... https://youtu.be/5LAf1gU5308... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/25)
NJ THAKURIA Geneva: New Year has brought sad news for the Indian media fraternity as a young scribe was found murdered in Bijapur locality of Chhattisgarh State on Friday. Local media persons informed that the body of journalist Mukesh Chandrakar was recovered from a newly constructed septic tank belonging to an influential contractor based in Chattanpara area. Mukesh (30), who made daring media reports on corruption and insurgency in central India, went missing on 1 January 2025 and his family members lodged a police complaint. A seasoned journalist, Mukesh used to run a YouTube channel named Bastar Junction... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/25)
Chanaka Bandarage If the intention of the program is to make Sri Lanka clean it is a fantastic idea. Sri Lanka is perhaps the cleanest country in South Asia, but it is one of the dirtiest in South East Asia (Sri Lanka can also be categorised as part of South East Asia). The problem is that through this program the government seems trying to achieve all or most of its policy objectives - social, environmental, economic, ethical etc. The 3 main elements of the program are: ‘Socially, Environmentally and Ethically’. According to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/25)
By Nalliah Thayabharan In the 1980s, India and China's GDPs were relatively close, but the countries have since diverged significantly:GDP: In 1980, China's GDP was $302.9 billion, while India's was $189.4 billion.Per capita GDP: In 1980, China's per capita GDP was $306.9, while India's was $276.3.Growth rate: China's average growth rate was typically 100% higher than India's.International trade: In 1980, China's exports represented 1% of the world's exports, while India's represented 0.5%.The gap between the two countries has widened over the past three decades. In 2022, China's per capita GDP was $12,720, while India's was $2,388. Not to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/25)
By Maneesha Dullewe Courtesy The Morning Despite Government attempts at imposing price controls on the market with the ostensible goal of providing relief to consumers, it has often led to supply and demand issues, with consumers bearing the brunt of the impact. According to economists, when price controls are imposed, price signals are distorted and no longer valid for that good or service, causing the market to imbalance as excess demand or supply occurs. For instance, when it comes to the rice market in Sri Lanka, price controls have proven contentious.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/25)
Courtesy The Morning A special meeting is scheduled for tomorrow (6) between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Attorney General (AG) Parinda Ranasinghe, PC at the Presidential Secretariat, The Sunday Morning learns. This meeting comes amid ongoing speculation that the President’s Office has requested AG Ranasinghe to resign from his post. However, sources within the AG’s Department have confirmed that no official communication has been made in this regard. Despite the speculation, it is understood that the AG plans to brief the President on the progress of high-profile cases, including the contentious MiG deal, during... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/25)
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KAMALIKA PIERIS If Maname was Sarachchandra’s first experimental drama, then his next play Sinhabahu with its rich dramatic text, the powerfully complex tragic characters he created around the popular yet simple folk legend, their singing of his poignant poetry was, I think the high point in his dramatic career, said Ranjini Obeyesekera. Sarachchandra remained a dramatist to the end of his life and continued to write poetic drama yet none has remained as popular or as powerful as Sinhabahu.[1] Most of Sarachchandra’s best work is a kind of private drama played out in the minds of men and women. He favored a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/25)
Asian Human Rights Commission Asian Human Rights Commission writes the second letter to the Honorable President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on needed bribery and corruption control investigations Honorable Anura Kumara Dissanayake President Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Presidential Secretariat, Galle Face, Colombo 01, Sri Lanka. +94(0) 11 2 354 354 +94(0) 11 2 340 340 ps presidentsoffice.lk January 03, 2025 Your Excellency, The Test of Effective Bribery and Corruption Control Investigations Preliminary Remarks ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/25)
Prof. Hudson McLean Elon Musk calls on King Charles of Great Britain of the United Kingdom to order a new General Election! Elon Musk says the KING should order a new general election Elon Musk says the KING should order a new general election David Wilcock The billionaire X owner and Donald Trump adviser shared a post demanding the monarch step in, as he clashed with... Will King Charles listen to “King” Musk? When will USA Tell Musk It... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/25)
By Palitha Ariyarathna Former Beachfield and Life Safety Officer and Deep Sea Diver Synopsis:The Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project (SSCP), aimed at creating a direct shipping route between India’s east and west coasts, poses serious environmental, economic, social, and legal risks. The project threatens the ecologically sensitive Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait, home to endangered species and vital marine resources. Economically, the canal offers minimal benefits while incurring high maintenance costs, and it risks displacing local fishing communities. Culturally, it threatens the sacred “Rama Sethu” site, sparking religious opposition. The project also raises international concerns, especially with Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/25)
Sarath Wijesinghe President’s counsel, former Ambassador to UAE and Israel former Chairman Consumer Affairs Authority and President Ambassador’s Forum UK/SL and Solicitor in United Kingdom and Wales Current Legislation Current legislation on consumer law and practice is inadequate, insufficient and ineffective and as a result the citizen suffers from all corners and the life is day bey day become harder due to the inadequacies on law and procedure. No changes have been made on the law and procedure since the inception of the enactment in the year 2003 in setting up the act no 9 of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/25)
Pale Blue Thoughts Umpire Decision Review System in Cricket Watch "DRS, Snicko, Hot Spot, Hawkeye, Umpire’s call and Player Referral' explained in a YouTube presentation Watch "DRS, Snicko, Hot Spot, Hawkeye, Umpire’s call explained and Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna identified as the world's first person to conceive and publish internationally (in 1997) the concept of ' Player Referral'' which is the true underlying basis of the Umpire Decision Review System ( UDRS or DRS). https://youtu.be/5tuTDJaS2ik... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/01/25)
Courtesy Hiru News A controversy has erupted following Health Minister Nalinda Jayatissa's remarks at the opening ceremony of the children's bone marrow transplant unit at Maharagama Apeksha Hospital. The unit, the first of its kind in a government hospital, was built with donations from the Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Devalaya, amounting to Rs. 176 million, and with labor contributions from the Air Force. Minister Jayatissa's comments have drawn strong criticism, with many parties questioning the health system's ability to effectively manage public donations amidst ongoing crises in the sector. Critics argue that health authorities should be held... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/01/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් රුහුණු කතරගම මහා දේවාලයේ ධන පරිත්යාගයෙන් ඉදිකෙරුණු මහරගම අපේක්ෂා රෝහලේ ඇට මිදුලු බද්ධ කිරීමේ ළමා ඒකකය විවෘත කිරීමේ උත්සවයේදී සෞඛ්ය අමාත්ය නලින්ද ජයතිස්ස පළකළ අදහස් සම්බන්ධයෙන් සමාජය තුළ මතභේදයක් උද්ගත වී තිබෙනවා. පාර්ශව රැසක් පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ, අර්බුද රැසකට මුහුණ පා ඇති මෙරට සෞඛය පද්ධතියට ජනතාවගෙන් ලැබෙන පරිත්යාග නිසි පරිදි කළමනාකරණය කරගත නොහැකිනම් එහි වරද සෞඛ්ය බලධාරීන් භාරගත යුතු බවයි. මෙරට රජයේ රෝහලක් තුළ ඉදි වූ පළමු ළමා ඇට මිදුලු බද්ධ කිරීමේ ඒකකය මහරගම අපේක්ෂා රෝහලේ දී ඊයේ (02) විවෘත කෙරුණා. https://youtu.be/T0VQk5bPrm8 රුහුණු මහා කතරගම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/01/25)
By Hannah Giacardi & Annabal Bagdi Courtesy .mirror.co.uk The Government has updated its terror advice to Brits heading to Sri Lanka, warning terrorist groups 'are likely' to carry out attacks The Foreign Office has warned Brits travelling to Sri Lanka that a terror attack is likely UK holidaymakers are being warned of a potential terror threat in Sri Lanka. The Foreign Office has stated that terrorist groups 'are likely' to target the popular tourist hotspots. British travellers could be at risk in areas such as beaches, bars and restaurants. Those... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/01/25)
By Raj Gonsalkorale “It takes nine months to complete the drug procurement process, thus there is no immediate solution to address various glitches in the system. In order to address the importance of tackling the root causes of the issue and introducing a comprehensive plan to address it, we have to study the problem, identify the factors that sustain it, and present a clear plan for its resolution. If the public sees that we are genuinely working on solutions and we communicate a plan, they will support it,” Deputy Minister of Health Dr Hansaka Wijemuni The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/01/25)
- දිල්රූක් කන්නන්ගර ජාතිකවාදය (nationalism) යනු උතුර, දකුණ, නැගෙනහිර සහ බටහිර යන සතර දිග්භාගයම එක්සේසත් කිරීමයි. මෙය 2024 මහා චන්දේදී මනාවට සිදුවුනා. අධිරාජ්යවාදීන්ට එරෙහි ජාතික ව්යාපාරය මෙන්ම 2024 චන්දය ජයගත් පක්ෂය සිංහල, දෙමළ සහ මුස්ලිම් ජන එකමුතුවෙන් රාජ්ය පාලනය දිනා ගත්තා. ඊට වැඩි ජාතික ව්යාපාරයක් 15 වන සියවසේ සිට තිබී නැත. දැනට ඇත්තේ ජාතිකවාදී (රටේම සහයෝගය දිනා ගත හැකි) පක්ෂ දෙකක් පමණි. ඒ සජිත් ප්රමුඛ සජබ පක්ෂයත් අනුර ප්රමුඛ ජාජබ පක්ෂයත් පමණි. වර්ගවාදය (racism) යනු තනි ජන වර්ගයක් පමණක් පිනවීමයි; තනි ජන වර්ගයක චන්දෙන් පමණක් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට රිංගීමයි. 2024 කුඩු පට්ටම් වූයේ එවැනි තනි ජාතියක, වර්ගවාදී පක්ෂ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/01/25)
by Dev Chandrasekhar Courtesy Countercurrent.org In the decades since the formal end of colonialism, nations across the Global South have proudly waved the banner of independence, self-reliance, decolonization, and now—deglobalization. The rhetoric of national empowerment, however, generally masks the perpetuation of colonial-era economic structures and cultural impositions. Local elites are replacing foreign powers as the primary beneficiaries and arbiters of “national identity.” Ironical, because many of these elites have profited from the earlier decades of globalization, having formed international connections and amassed wealth through global networks. Their calls for economic nationalism and cultural authenticity often serve... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/25)
Muralidaran Ramesh Somasunderam Sharma has weaknesses that he has developed, which are not playing within the V and not going forward or back precisely when playing his defensive strokes both on the front and back foot. Also he is not very fit physically and tactically is making mistakes when captaining the Indian national cricket team. He therefore is holding a position for an up and coming player for example Gill who was dropped to give place for Sharma should have played and hopefully learnt from his mistakes from the previous Test Match, which Gill played. So the time... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/25)
by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME Asian News Utilities have been suspended for non-payment of bills, yet another consequence of the economic crisis that has gripped Sri Lanka for three years. To cope with the situation, demand for solar panels has also increased, but the authorities have been forced to issue a warning to prevent fraud by unauthorised companies. Colombo (AsiaNews) - More than half a million families in Sri Lanka have been forced into darkness after 505,949 consumers were suspended for non-payment of bills, reported by Sanjeeva Dhammika, secretary of the Electricity Consumers' Association (ECA). ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/25)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island General Shavendra Silva inspects a farewell parade in his honour at 'Home of Gajaba' at Saliyapura, Anuradhapura, on Dec 29, 2024, on the eve of his retirement. He was the first Gajaba Regiment officer to serve as Commander of the Army (August 2019 to May 2022) as well as the first Gajaba officer to ascend to the post of Chief of Defence Staff (January 2020 to December 2024) (pic courtesy CDS Office) Responds to GR on the eve of his retirement Pays glowing tribute to Wijaya... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/25) උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් කොළඹ ක්රිෂ් ගොඩනැගිල්ලේ නිවාස 5ක් මිලදීගෙන ඇති ව්යාපාරිකයෙක් අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට පැමිණිල්ලක් ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබේ. ඒ, පසුගිය යහපාලන ආණ්ඩුව සමයේ ක්රියාත්මක පොලිස් මූල්ය අපරාධ විමර්ශන ඒකකයේ(FCID) ප්රධානියා ලෙස කටයුතු කළ, එවකට ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ නියෝජ්ය පොලිස්පති රවී විද්යාලංකාරට එරෙහිවය. රවී විද්යාලංකාර තමාගෙන් රුපියල් ලක්ෂ 750ක් ලබාගෙන, එම මුදල වංචා කළ බව පවසමින් මෙම ව්යාපාරිකයා අදාළ පැමිණිල්ල ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබේ. ඊට අමතරව හිටපු ක්රීඩා ඇමැති නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ, ජානකී, පියුමාලි ඇතුළු පිරිසක්ද මෙම ගැටලුවට සම්බන්ධ බවද ව්යාපාරිකයා ජනමාධ්ය හමුවේ ප්රකාශ කළේය. වීඩියෝව නරඹන්න... https://youtu.be/ogbmAN5vshk... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/25)
Courtesy Adaderana A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between India and Sri Lanka for rehabilitation of the Karainagar Boatyard in Northern Province of Sri Lanka with grant assistance from the Government of India to the tune of LKR 290 million. The MoU was signed and exchanged by High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Santosh Jha and the then High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India Kshenuka Dhireni Senewiratne on December 16, 2024. Issuing a statement, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said the project envisages rehabilitation of Karainagar Boatyard of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/25)
Courtesy Adaderana Veteran Sri Lankan politician and former Member of Parliament J. R. P. Suriyapperuma has passed away. He was aged 96 at the time of passing. Suriyapperuma has previously served as the chief organiser of the the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) for the Dedigama electorate in the Kegalle District.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/25)
Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Health and Mass Media Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said the highest-ever allocation of funds for the health sector will be made in this year’s budget proposal. Dr. Jayatissa revealed this today (02), while speaking at the inauguration of the first and only bone marrow and hematopoietic stem cell transplant unit in a government hospital, established at the Apeksha Cancer Hospital in Maharagama. This was made possible through the financial support of the Ruhunu Maha Kataragama Devalaya and the dedicated labor contribution of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF). “The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/25)
Asoka Weerasinghe (Mr.) 2066 Kings Grove Crescent . Ottawa . Ontario , K1J G1 . Canada I January 2025 OPEN LETTER Rt. Hon Anura Kumara DissanayakeLeader of the National People's Power (NPP)President of Sri LankaPresident's SecretariatColombo 1Sri Lanka 1st January 2025 Dear President Dissanayake:: Re: the article by SHENALI D. WADUGE (28 December 2024) 'ANURA KUMARA AS JVP LEADER & ANURA KUMARA AS PRESIDENT - WHERE, WILL HE TAKE SRI LANKA? https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2024/12/28/anura-kumara-as-jvp-leader-anura-kumara-as-president-where-will-he-take-sri-lanka/ This interesting and valid article was crowned with colour photographs of you with the Indian President and the Highest Representatives of the US and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/25)
Dilrook Kannangara The most decorated military officer of the Sri Lanka army has retired from all military posts after 41 years of service to the nation. These years saw most violence in the island nation. He was also one of only two four-star Generals of the army. He commanded not only the 58th Offensive Division of the army during the Humanitarian Operation (2006-2009) but also simultaneously commanded the Commando Regiment. A tremendous achievement. He made the most contribution to the 2009 military victory over Tamil terrorism, thanks to which close to 4,000 Sri Lankans of all ethnic groups... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/25)
KAMALIKA PIERIS Theater enthusiasts in the newly independent states of South Asia were finding it difficult, if not impossible, to move away from the “proscenium arch” theatre introduced by the western rulers. There were two types of theatre going on, traditional and modern, rural and urban. The main challenge faced by them in the 20th century was how to combine these two into a single theatre style. India’s “Theatre of Roots” was trying from 1960s to develop a modern dramaturgy based on the indigenous tradition. The first successful effort, Hayavadana by Girish Karnad, a Kannada language play... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/25)
Sugath Kulatunga Sri Lanka does not possess an abundance of physical resources for large-scale industrial development but is blessed with ample human resources. It is on this comparative advantage that the country has to develop its economy. Education is the driving force with which the optimal benefit could be derived from this rare advantage and is the key to developing competitiveness and excellence. High-performing countries in the Far East considered relevant education as the foundation of economic development and social advancement. They focused on developing human capital in science and technology and vocational skills as they are pivotal... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/25)
Chanaka Bandarage At the moment at least 60 elephants are stranded in Oya Madu area including in the NLDB farm. These elephants are the subjects of a drive from Thalawa, Galgamuwa, Thambuththegama areas. To please the villagers in those areas, the authorities chased them out of those areas. They consist of mainly female elephants that live in herds with calves. They are so precious. We must protect them at every cost. The Wildlife officials state that they are repatriating ‘problematic’ elephants’ to Wilpattu National Park (elephants who roam the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/25)
Prof. Hudson McLean Too Many Chief Cooks Making the “Stone Soup”. Not Enough Indians! Oh Sorry! There is Vivek Ramaswamy! But He Looks Like a Vindaloo Man! Donald Trump was elected the President, has some experience at McDonalds! But Elon Musk is acting like the Chief Cook & the Bottle Washer! Above the President. He Fears Not! The Richest SuperMan is Not Frightened of MAGA! Elon with his Powerful MEGA Dollar Punch, Donald Trump although President, must watch both his Trumpet Step & the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/25)
Lawrence Davidson Courtesy Counterpunch Gate in Auschwitz II-Birkenau – CC BY 3.0 At Home and Abroad Police in America need a great deal of reform, a project that translates to freeing them from the racist nature of U.S. culture while tying them more firmly to the culture of civil and human rights. Not easy, but certainly a worthwhile task compared to maintaining the present situation. Here is another perspective: what would happen if all the police in the country just disappeared or were “defunded”? Almost certainly the result... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/25)
BY Buddhika Samaraweera Courtesy The Morning MR’s camp to challenge in SC citing security being distinct from privileges States no objection to reduction of privileges including vehicles/pension The Government should first distinguish between privileges and security for former Presidents and avoid making decisions solely based on financial factors, said the Spokesperson for former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, attorney Manoj Gamage. Recently, the National People’s Power Government revised former Presidents’ security arrangements by reducing the number of Police officers in their security details and withdrawing the assigned military personnel.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/25)
කතුවැකිය උපුටා ගැන්ම අරුණ පුවත් ගල් පැළෙන බොරුවලින් පිරුණ ඇඩ්වෙන්චර් ඔෆ් බාරොන් මැංචෝසන් නම් පොතේ පරිවර්තනයක් මැංචෝසන් චාරිකා නමින් සිංහලයෙන් තිබේ. ආදි කාලයේ සිට ගජබින්න අසා ඉන්නට මිනිසා තුළ තිබෙන ආසාවට ගැළපෙන අයුරින් ලියා ඇති මැංචෝසන් චාරිකා පොතේ එන්නේ හරි හතරැස් ගජබින්නය. මැංචෝසන් සාමිවරයා තම දිව දෙකේ අශ්වයා සමග හිම වැටෙන කාලයක ගමනක් යයි. රෑ බෝවෙද්දී නිදා ගන්නට තැනක් සොයන මැංචෝසන් හිමෙන් ඉහළට මතුව තිබෙන කුරුසයක අශ්වයා ගැට ගසා ඈතට ගොස් නිදාගෙන රැය පහන් කරයි. පසුදා උදේ නැගිට බලන මැංචෝසන්ට අශ්වයා පල්ලියක වහලේ මුදුනේ තිබෙන කුරුසයේ එල්ලී ඉන්නා අයුරු පෙනෙයි. මැංචෝසන් පෙරදා රැයේ සුසාන භූමියක තිබෙන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/01/25)
Courtesy Asharq Al-Awsat Omar Lebbe Ameer Ajwad, Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (Asharq Al-Awsat) Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Omar Lebbe Ameer Ajwad revealed ongoing efforts to establish a strategic partnership with Saudi Arabia and implement 10 signed agreements across various sectors to foster mutual growth. Such efforts also aim to launch collaborations in projects aligned with Saudi Vision 2030, with hopes of boosting bilateral trade and investments in technology and agriculture. The diplomat highlighted that the inaugural session of the joint committee between the two countries,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/01/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් මැතිවරණයේදී පරාජය වන බව දැන සිටියා වුවද ජාතික මතයට සුළු පිරිසක් හෝ එක්කර තබාගැනීම සඳහා උත්සාහ දැරුවේ යළිත් ආණ්ඩුව අර්බුදයට යද්දී බලවේගයක් ලෙස එම සුළු පිරිස හෝ එක්කර තබාගැනීමේ අරමුණින් බව පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමයේ නායක, හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. ගෝඨාභය ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ ජනාධිපති ජයග්රහණය ජාතික ව්යාපාරයේ කූඨප්රාප්තිය වුවද 1956 දීද ජාතික ව්යාපාරය යම් ආකාරයකින් පිබිදීමක් ලැබූවද ඊටත් වඩා ගෝඨාභය ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ සමයේ මෙම පිබිදීම අතිශයෙන් වැඩි වුවද ඔහුගේ අසාර්ථකත්වයත් සමග ඊළඟට පැමිණෙන මැතිවරණයේ දී ජාතික ව්යාපාරය කුඩුපට්ටම වන බව වටහා ගැනීමට විශාල දේශපාලන දැනුමක් අවශ්ය නොවූ බවත් ඒ මහතා පවසයි. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/01/25)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror On the first working day of the New Year, the government launched its Clean Sri Lanka programme, aimed at ‘rebuilding a fractured nation’ as described President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. An 18-member Task Force was appointed by the President himself in order to plan and implement the programme. The appointment of this Task Force and its objectives were made official via an Extraordinary Gazette Number 2415/59 dated 19 December 2024. In his New Year message, President Dissanayake mentions that some of the government’s primary developmental goals include... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/01/25)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror In the run-up to its election victories at the presidential and parliamentary elections, the JVP/NPP combine promised to bring down the cost of living. Today, while a majority of ordinary workers earn between Rs. 40,000/- to Rs. 60,000/- per month, the cost of providing a family of four, three meals a day (breakfast, lunch and dinner), costs over Rs. 100,000/- per month! To make matters worse, bad weather intervened and over 300,000 acres of paddy and vegetable cultivation during the last season were destroyed. Unsurprisingly, there is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/01/25)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island President Dissanayake with Premier Modi during his Dec. 15-17 State visit to India Senior lecturer in economics and head of the IT Department at the University of Colombo, Professor Priyanga Dunusinghe, recently declared that the new National People’s Power (NPP) administration had neither a clear economic policy nor a tangible action plan to address the plethora of serious issues facing the nation. Prof. Dunusinghe warned of dire consequences unless the government took meaningful measures to overcome the challenges. Appearing on Derana, the outspoken... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/01/25)
Courtesy The Island Anura Kumara Dissanayake wants the new year to be a turning point for the country [BBC] Stunning election wins by a new left-leaning president and his party have changed Sri Lanka’s political landscape – but the cash-strapped island’s new rulers are quickly realising that campaign promises are easier to make than to keep. Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s remarkable victory in the presidential election in September was swiftly followed by a landslide for his National People’s Power (NPP) alliance in parliamentary elections. As a new year starts, he... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/01/25)
3 Minutes - SEPAL AMARASINGHE https://youtu.be/1SzwF092OCY... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/01/25)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් දෙසැම්බර් 31 දින ජාතික පුවත්පතක ලිපියක් පළකරමින් දේශහිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්යාපාරයේ ලේකම් වෛද්ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා විසින් ඉන්දියානු ශ්රී ලංකා ඒකාබද්ධ ප්රකාශ මගින් රටට සිදුවිය හැකි විපත පිළිබඳව දීර්ඝ වශයෙන් කරුණු දක්වා ඇත. ඒ් අනුව රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා ඔහුගේ මාමා සමඟ 1987 සිට ආරම්භ කළ ක්රියාවලියේ දිගුවක් ලෙස අනුරදිසානායක ජනාධිපතිවරයාට ‘‘රිලේ බැටන්” එක අතට ගැනීමට සිදුවී ඇති බව ඔහු පෙන්වා දෙයි. එම ලිිපියේ විශේෂත්වය යන්නේ එම පහැදිලි කිරීම අනුව ශ්රී ලංකාව ඉන්දියාවේ 29 වැනි ප්රාන්තය බවට පත්වීම වැළැක්වීම සඳහා ගතයුතු පියවර ඉතා සවිස්තරාත්මකව ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමය. එම සම්පූර්ණ ලිපිය පහතින් ශ්රී ලංකා - ඉන්දියානු ඒකාබද්ධ ප්රකාශ: සැඟවුණු අරමුණු සහ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/01/25)
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