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News Archive for Aug 2020
Cultivating Resilience & Evolve Industries From the Crisis of PandemicCountry weather the storm of Covid-19, for individuals, businesses, routines of lives; by developing resilience muscle is the tool to improve reality, make lives meaningful, and improvised. - Research On Resilience Our country is changing in many ways towards progress. It is happening everywhere for better. The country was in a crisis situation in two ways and still not yet over. First of all we haven’t had the safety as well as political stability. Ranil Wickramasinghe had introduced mockery to our constitution to stay in power in his position. The result was complete anarchy... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/20)
YOU ARE THE ONLY MP/MINISTER WHO CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT TASK SUCCESSFULLY.
Sabry asks MPs to abhor Machiavelli type behaviour Hon. Justice Minister Ali Sabry. The above news item about your presentation in parliament on the debate on vote on account, is woderfull though the full speech had not been published due to space management - https://island.lk/sabry-asks-mps-to-abhor-machiavelli-type-behaviour/. But, in my opinion as a Political Communication Researcher and a student of Communication Studies, your speech to educate your member of parliament colleagues on that day was like a "beautiful melody sung in the wilderness"... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/20)
ජේ.ආර්.ගේ සර්පයා බැසිල් අතේ ඔතා කරකවා පෙන්වයි..
“බණ්ඩාරනායක මැතිනිය කියල තියෙනවා කරත්ත රෝදෙ එක පැත්තකට කැරකෙනව වගේම අනෙක් පැත්තටත් කැරකෙනව කියල. එතුමිය කියල තියෙනව එතුමිය බලයට ආ විගසම මේ ව්යවස්ථාව වෙනස් කරල එතුමියටත් එතුමියගේ ඇමැතිවරුන්ටත් විරුද්ධව ජනාධිපති කොමිෂන් සභා තියල ප්රජා අයිතිය අහෝසි කළා වගේම යූ.ඇන්.පී. ආණ්ඩුවේ නායකයන්ටත් එරෙහිව කටයුතු කරනවා කියල. මම එතුමියට කියන්න කැමැතියි කරත්ත රෝදෙ එහාට කැරකෙන්න පුළුවන් වගේම මෙහාටත් කැරකෙන්න පුළුවන්. හැබැයි මේ ව්යවස්ථාවට අනුව සමානුපාතික ඡන්ද ක්රමය යටතේ ආයි කවදාවත් තුනෙන් දෙකේ බලයක් ගන්න සක්ර දේවේන්ද්රයටවත් බෑ. ඒ නිසා මම එතුමියට කියනවා තුනෙන් දෙකේ බලයක් ගන්න බැරි නිසා ව්යවස්ථාව සංශෝධනය කරන්නත් බෑ කියලා…”... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/20)
China to extend its fullest support
A discussion between Education Minister Professor G. L. Peiris and Acting Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Hu Wei revealed that China was keen to extend their fullest support for Human Resource (HR) Development in relation to the industrial and investment zone planned for the Hambantota District, the Ministry of Education said. The discussion focused on preparation for the industrial and investment zone with the manufacture of pharmaceutical products and the tyre factory as major components of the activity envisaged. A variety of skills, especially in the construction and logistics fields,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/20)
AG has no power to decide on Premalal attending Parliament sittings: Vasu
While claiming that the Attorney General had no power to decide on Premalal Jayasekara attending Parliament sittings, Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara said today it should be decided by the Speaker and Parliament. He told a news conference that the AG can only appear in court on behalf of the plaintiff. https://youtu.be/9BIpxnpcpG4 “The AG has said that MP Jayasekara cannot attend Parliament sittings. He has no power to decide that. It should be decided by the Speaker and Parliament. The AG can only appear in court... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/20)
31 returnees from Qatar add to COVID-19 case count
Thirty-one more foreign arrivals have tested positive for the COVID-19 infection jumping the total count of coronavirus cases recorded in the country to 3,049. All 31 cases are recent returnees from Qatar, Department of Government Information confirmed. Accordingly, a total of 36 new cases have been reported within the day. Among them, 32 are from the Qatar, 02 from the United Arab Emirates while the other 02 is from India, As per the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry, 169 active cases are currently under medical care at selected hospitals.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/20)
New Governors of North Western and Uva Provinces sworn in before the President
North - Western Governor A J M Muzammil sworn in as Governor of the Uva Province & Uva Governor Raja Kollure sworn in as North Western Governor before the President.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/20)
SP Anuruddha Sampayo & three others granted bail
Negombo prisons SP Anuruddha Sampayo & three others granted bail by Negombo Magistrate's Court.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/08/20)
Disoriented Tamils at the cross-roads without a compass
Of all the oddities displayed at the opening of the new Parliament – and there were some exceptional ones like an MP arriving in a prison van and another landing in a boat etc. – the most significant one to my mind was the presence of two fathers-in-law sitting on opposite benches, facing each other, ready to go into verbal duels at any given moment. There are, of course, many precedents where distant and blood relatives crossed swords on the floor of the House. One of the earliest was Colvin R. de Silva (Bolshevik-Leninist... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/20)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 17 C 6
First person accounts of the second JVP insurgency have been given in autobiographies of Drs B.J.C. Perera, Sarath Weerasinghe and W.A. Wiswa Warnapala. They have spoken of their experiences with the JVP in their places of work. B.J.C. Perera was Consultant Pediatrician in Kurunegala in 1988. In Kurunegala there was a lot of public support for JVP and people in the area were openly sympathetic to the cause said BJC. JVP were in almost total control. Hospital had JVP sympathizers on the staff. Two of his House officers were also JVP. They tried to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/20)
Mahabharata Proves Sinhala Language is Older Than Tamil Nadu Language
It is pointless responding to CV Wigneswaran who seems to find relief in false beliefs to comfort the sad realization that Tamils do not have a nation of their own. Craving for a nation of their own is just and fair. But it must not be on someone else’s land. His claims are baseless and his own beliefs are inconsistent with them. Mahabharata is an ancient Hindu epic of the land now called India. Its content is mythical but some of the actors and events are reasonably probable. It was written between 3 century... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/20)
Countering The Diabolical and Baseless Internationally Orchestrated Allegations of Excessive Tamil Civilian Massacre Amounting to Genocide, During the Last Stages of the War In May 2009
To: Your Excellency Gotabaya Rajapakse,President,The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Your Excellency, Countering The Diabolical and Baseless Internationally Orchestrated Allegations of Excessive Tamil Civilian Massacre Amounting to Genocide, During the Last Stages of the War In May 2009 I write to you as a panelist contributing, to a Webinar organised by the “Ontario Centre for Policy Research” Canada, conducted on Sunday 16th August, to discuss the implication of the ongoing internationally orchestrated campaign of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/20)
President calls for plans to reduce forex spent on fish imports.
Your suggestions and proposals are appreciated. Those who sat with you, except for Hon. Basil Rajapaksa and your secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundera do not have a far-sighted vision and proactive ideas to achieve what you have suggested/proposed. HE. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Your suggestions and proposals are appreciated. But they will remain just words for the next 41/2 years if there is no concrete progress and proactive systematic project proposals to implement them at all levels, especially at the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/20)
Muthuswamy Master gave Sinhala film music a contemporary touch
Muthuswamy Master, who invested Sinhala film music with a new sound on par with Indian films, came to Sinhala films with Sri Lanka;’s first feature film Kadawanu Poronduwa (Broken Promise) as a member of Music director R.Naranaya Iyer’s orchestra and stayed on to make a mark. Muthuswamy Master with his wife Neeliya Perera Colombo, August 30 (Facebook): Incomparable master composer R.Muthusamy Ramaya Asari Muthusamy was born on January 5, 1926 in Nagerkovil in Tamil Nadu bordering Kerala in South India. He was the only son of the versatile South Indian... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/20)
Is this the end of the road for grand old parties?
Why the Indian National Congress and the United National Party are finding themselves in a bind The United National Party (UNP) in Sri Lanka and the Indian National Congress (INC) in India, are both Grand Old Parties. They were vanguards of the freedom struggle against the British and were the first to govern their countries after the grant of independence in the late 1940s. But both are in a bind now, following defeats in elections and loss of power through splits and defections. According to the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/20)
ආගම හා භාෂාව පදනම් කරගත් දේශපාලන පක්ෂ තහනම් කරන ලෙස කාදිනල් හිමියන් රජයෙන් ඉල්ලයි (වීඩියෝ)
https://youtu.be/FJqbll5rSi0 පසුගිය ආණ්ඩුව පාස්කු ප්රහාරයේ විමර්ශන නිසි අයුරින් සිදු නොකළ බවට කොළඹ අගරදගරු අති උතුම් මැල්කම් කාදිනල් රංජිත් හිමිපාණන් පවසනවා. උන්වහන්සේ රජයෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටින්නේ ආගම සහ භාෂාව පදනම් කරගත් දේශපාලන පක්ෂ තහනම් කරන ලෙසයි. රාගම - තේවත්ත - ශ්රී ලංකා අප ස්වාමිදූගේ ජාතික බැසිලිකා සිද්ධස්ථානයේ රෝගීන් ආසිරි ගැන්වීමේ වාර්ෂික දේව මෙහෙය කොළඹ අගරදගුරු අතිඋතුම් මැල්කම් කාදිනල් රංජිත් හිමිපාණන්ගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් අද පැවැත්වුණා. එම අවස්ථාවේදීයි උන්වහන්සේ මේ බව ප්රකාශ කළේ. ආශිර්වාද ලබා ගැනීම සඳහා පාස්කු ප්රහාරයෙන් තුවාල ලැබූවන් ද ඊට එක්ව සිටියා.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/20)
Solheim’s Duplicity: Finally Cedes Praba ordered Rajiv Gandhi Assassination
Former Norwegian peace negotiator Erik Solheim, who defended Tiger terrorists and their vision of the so-called ‘Tamil cause’ for over three decades, finally acknowledges that he knew Tiger Leader Velupillai Prabakaran had ordered the killing of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Solheim, in a twitter message, said that during discussions he had with LTTE theoretician Anton Balasingham he admitted Prabakaran ordered the killing of Rajiv Gandhi. New Delhi will never forgive LTTE Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by an LTTE suicide bomber on 21 May 1991, and thereafter... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/20)
Sudden earth tremble shakes up Kandy
https://youtu.be/SkfmyM8PK_0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/20)
Can develop country even while in opposition - Sajith
Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa says that one can work to develop the country even while in opposition. The Leader of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) expressed these views attending an event held today (30) to hand over medical equipment to the Wethara District Hospital in Polgasowita. https://youtu.be/MZcQq70SbgI He says that other parties try to serve after obtaining power. However, SJB has realized that a certain amount of work can be done even while in the opposition, he added. Strengthening the country should not be limited... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/20)
Twelve more persons confirmed for Covid -19: SL Country total increases to 3,012
The Ministry of Health states that the number of coronavirus infections in the country has increased to 3,012. This was with the identification of 02 new patients. The number of corona patients discharged from hospitals after complete recovery is 2860 Earlier 10 more persons confirmed for Covid -19: SL Country total increases to 3,010 10 more arrivals from the UAE tested positive for COVID- 19, increasing total infected in Sri Lanka to 3,010... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/20)
Tremors in Kandy - Geological officers launch investigation
A team of officers from the Geological Survey of Sri Lanka visited the Kandy area today to inquire into the unusual tremors that are reported to have occurred in several areas. The tremors have been felt in Kandy, Anuragama, Haragama, Gurudeniya, Thalathuoya and several other areas last night. The tremors were recorded at the Pallekele Seismic Station. Sajjana de Silva, Director General of the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau told our news team that the tremors could not be termed as an earthquake. However, officials from the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/20)
The electricity mafia is in Diyawanna - Minister Dallas Alahapperuma
The Minister of Power and Energy Dullas Alahapperuma states that the report of the committee appointed to investigate the recent power outage island wide will be uploaded on the internet. The Minister stated this while participating in a public meeting held in Hakmana, Matara yesterday. The Minister also expressed his views regarding an electricity mafia. He alleged that the electricity mafia was not active in the CEB or the Ministry of Power and Energy and that it was operating in Diyawanna. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/08/20)
One law for all – e Register with Bim Saviya [Australian Torrens law].
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Parliament has enacted legislative framework for the e register [ e LR ] modeled on the Australian ‘Torrens System’ of title registration (Registration of Titles Act No. 21 of 1998, popularised as Bim Saviya / Title Registration ). This has convulsive changes to our land law. The Act 21 of 1998 , is more or less a copy paste version of the original statute introduced in 1858 in Australia. It does not include any of the amendments made subsequently by the Australian Government to make the e register... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/08/20)
Your speech in parliament still harping on Genocide which never happened
29 August 2020 Mr. Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, LL.B (London)Leader of the Tamil National Peoples’ Front (TNPF)Member Parliament for JaffnaParliament of Sri Lanka KotteSri Lanka Dear Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam: Permit me to introduce myself to you, as you might wonder who this guy is, who calls himself Weera-sinha (Courageous-Lion), born and bred in Colombo. Born at 54 Mount Mary off Baseline Road. Son of a Ceylon Government Railway Steam Locomotive Engine Driver. A Sinhalese-Buddhist to boot, who was schooled at Nalanda (Vidyalaya) College, and left... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/08/20)
අග්රාමාත්යතුමා මහර රෝස්වුඩ් රෝහල් සංකීර්ණය විවෘත කිරීමට එක් වෙයි.
කඩවත, මහර ප්රදේශයේ ජනතාවට අත්යවශ්ය සෞඛ්ය පහසුකම් සහිත රෝහලක් ලැබීම පිළිබඳව තමන් සතුටට පත් වන බව අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා 2020.08.29 දින පැවසීය. මහර රෝස්වුඩ් පෞද්ගලික රෝහලේ නව වාට්ටු සංකීර්ණය, ශෛල්යාගාරය සහ රසායනාගාරය විවෘත කිරීමේ අවස්ථාවට එක් වෙමින් අග්රාමාත්යතුමා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. පළාතේ අවශ්යතාවය තේරුම්ගෙන ජනතාවට සේවයක් වන සේ මෙම රෝහල ඇරඹීම පිළිබඳව රෝස්වුඩ් කළමනාකාර අධ්යක්ෂ වෛද්ය අසේල විජේසුන්දර මහතාට අප ස්තූතිවන්ත විය යුතු බව අග්රාමාත්යතුමා පැවසීය. “වෛද්ය අසේල විජේසුන්දර මහතා තමන් දැන හැදින ගත්තේ, දන්ත වෛද්යවරයෙකුට වඩා කලා කරුවෙකු ලෙස යැයි සිහිපත් කළ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/08/20)
බාලවයස් විවාහ තහනම් කරනවා… මුස්ලිම් කාන්තා සංගම් මා හමුවුණා..- අධිකරණ ඇමති මහනාහිමිවරුන්ට පොරොන්දු වෙයි..
මෙරට සිදුවන අඩු වයස් විවාහ වැළැක්වීම සඳහා අවශ්ය පියවර ගැනීමට අවධානය යොමු වී ඇති බව අධිකරණ ඇමැති ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ අලි සබ්රි මහතා පවසයි. ඇමති ධුරය භාරගැනීමෙන් පසු අස්ගිරි-මල්වතු මහ නාහිමිවරු බැහැදැකීම සදහා එම විහාරස්ථාන වලට ගිය අවස්ථාවේ ඔහු මේ බව සදහන් කලේය. මුස්ලිම් ජාතික කාන්තාවන් සංගම් හැටියට පැමිණ මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් තාමන් සමගින් සාකච්ඡා කර ඇතැයිද ඇමැතිවරයා පැවසීය. තමන්ට මේ මෙම කටයුතු කරද්දී අභියෝගවලට මුහුණ දෙන්න සිදුවනු ඇති නමුත් අභියෝගාත්මකව රට ගොඩනැගීමේ කාර්යය සඳහා දායක වන බවද ඔහු සඳහන් කළේය. තමන් අධිකරණ ඇමති ධුරයට පත් කර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/08/20)
Lokka case: More details emerge
The parents of Advocate Sivakami Sundari said that it was the Madurai-based lawyer who first raised suspicion over the death of Sri Lankan underworld criminal Angoda Lokka. MADURAI: The parents of Advocate Sivakami Sundari said that it was the Madurai-based lawyer who first raised suspicion over the death of Sri Lankan underworld criminal Angoda Lokka. The lawyer's father, Dinakaran, said that it was because of her suspicion that an autopsy was performed on Lokka's body. Speaking to TNIE,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/08/20)
President orders completion of Neluwa-Lankagama road within 90 days (English)
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has insisted that the construction of the Neluwa-Lankagama road should not cause environmental damages. The President meanwhile ordered the completion of the construction within 90 days, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said in a media release issued today (29). He made these remarks while engaging in an inspection visit at the Neluwa-Lankagama road site. https://youtu.be/naYcTHpNi-s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/08/20)
Ali Sabry insists on bringing an end to child marriages
Minister of Justice, President’s Counsel Ali Sabry has pledged to bring an end to the issue of child marriages. He mentioned this while paying a courtesy call on the Chief Prelates of Asgiriya and Malwatta chapters today (29). All Sri Lankans have a responsibility and a duty to nurture Buddhism according to the Constitution, the Justice Minister pointed out. “We have to guarantee that regardless of the race or religions,” he said further. During his visit to Chief Prelate of Asgiriya Chapter, Most Venerable Medagama Dhammananda Thera, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/08/20)
Neluwa-Lankagama road renovation without harming environment - president (pictures)
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa reiterates his intention of fulfilling public aspirations in such a manner that does not harm the environment.< The president today (29) inspected the renovation of the Neluwa-Lankagama road and spoke to the stakeholders about allegations that the work is harming the Sinharaja forest. Officials of the road development, wildlife, environment and other relevant ministries joined in the inspection. On the occasion, president Rajapaksa said the long-standing requirement for a road for the villagers should be met while safeguarding the environment. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/08/20)
Ruwan Wijewardene to contest for UNP leadership (Video)
Former Member of Parliament Ruwan Wijewardena of the UNP reiterated that he would definitely contest for the leadership of the party. https://youtu.be/HiO86wwNrEc He was participating in a party meeting held in Anuradhapura. Former Member of Parliament Ashu Marasinghe was also present at the occasion.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/08/20)
Neocolonialism vs sovereignty in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa acknowledges the crowd as he leaves an Independence Day ceremony, at Independence Square, Colombo, on February 4, 2020. Photo: AFP / Tharaka Basnayaka / NurPhoto On August 5, a new government was elected in Sri Lanka, bringing down the previous regime associated with the Central Bank bond scam, the Easter Sunday bomb attacks and controversial international agreements. The new government has come into office with a two-thirds majority in parliament, promising to bring prosperity, security and communal harmony to the beleaguered country. Achieving these goals depends... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/20)
Pure Tamils + ‘Sinhalized-Tamils’ in Sri Lanka: a theory
Where is Lanka, a spot with lowest gravity on earth, located on these two maps of the ancient world? “Sinhala [language]’s s survival as a clearly Indo-Aryan language can be considered a minor miracle of linguistic and cultural history” -James W. Gair, Studies in South Asian Linguistics: Sinhala and other South Asian languages, 1998, Chapter 14: How Dravidanized was Sinhala phonology? Pages 185-199). [Vigneswaran, is known for his unusual habit of uttering some sloka in Sanskrit, before he starts his prepared speeches aimed at audiences in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/20)
Islandwide power failure on 17 August 2020
28 Aug 2020 From what we have heard so far down the grapevine, the power failure on 17th August 2020 has happened due to a single act of carelessness by an operative of the CEB who accidentally ‘grounded’ a 220kV electrical system during routine maintenance work. The interim report of the Independent Committee on the island wide power failure that occurred on 17 August 2020, which was handed over to Cabinet yesterday, has concluded that the Kerawalapitiya Grid Substation tripping was due to correct maintenance procedure not being followed by relevant... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/20)
Can You Name a Port, Airport, Major Road, Bridge, Conference Hall, Power Station, Dam, Irrigation System or Refinery Sri Lanka Received from USA?
Another way to look at the MCC is to consider how USA helped Sri Lanka progress towards its development goals in the past 200 years of “close relationship” between the two countries. Can anyone name a port, airport, any major road or bridge, conference hall, power station, a dam or irrigation scheme, boat shed, ship yard, vehicle plant or a refinery Sri Lanka received from USA? None! Nothing! This is the report card of US contribution to Sri Lanka’s development. China, Japan, EU countries, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Israel... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/20)
රටේ සෑම නගරයකටම විධිමත් නාගරික සංවර්ධන සැළැස්මක් - අග්රාමාත්යතුමා උපදෙස් දෙයි
දිවයිනේ සියලුම නගර සඳහා ව්යාපාරික හා නේවාසික ස්ථාන වෙන් වූ විධිමත් නාගරික සංවර්ධන සැළැස්මක් සකස් කරන්නැයි අග්රමාත්ය හා විෂය භාර අමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා 2020.08.28 දින පැවසීය. බත්තරමුල්ල සුහුරුපායේ පිහිටි නාගරික සංවර්ධන හා නිවාස අමාත්යංශයේ පැවති ප්රගති සමාලෝචන රැස්වීමට සහභාගීවෙමින් අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. නාගරික ප්රදේශවල ජනතාවට පදිංචිවීමට වෙන්කර තිබෙන නේවාසික ප්රදේශ කිසිවෙකුගේ බලපෑමකට ලක වී ව්යාපාරික ස්ථාන සඳහා වෙන් නොකිරීමට වගබලා ගන්නැයි අග්රාමාත්යතුමා මෙහිදී නිලධාරීන්ට උපදෙස් දුන්නේය. මුහුදට අපද්රව්ය එක්වීම වැළැක්වීමේ පියවරක් ලෙස, ගංගාවන්වලට කැළි කසළ එක්වීම වැළැක්වීමේ වැඩපිළිවෙළක් සකස් කිරීම පිළිබඳව ද... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/20)
ශ්රී ලංකාව සහ නෝර්වේ ධීවර හා සමුද්රීය සහයෝගීතාව ශක්තිමත් කිරීමට අපේක්ෂා කරයි
ධීවර ක්ෂේත්රය, ශ්රී ලංකා - නෝර්වේ ද්විපාර්ශ්වික සම්බන්ධතාවල වැදගත් අංශයකි. මෙම ක්ෂේත්රවල ව්යාපෘති ගණනාවක් ඔස්සේ එම සබඳතා තවදුරටත් ශක්තිමත් කිරීමට නෝර්වේ රාජ්ය උනන්දුවෙන් පසුවේ. අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා සමඟ 2020.08.27 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ පැවති සාකච්ඡාවේදී ශ්රී ලංකාවේ නෝර්වේ තානාපතිනිය ට්රයින් ජෙරන්ලි එස්කෙඩාල් මහත්මිය මේ බව ප්රකාශ කළාය. “ධීවර කර්මාන්තය අපගේ ද්විපාර්ශ්වික සබඳතාවල මූලික පදනම” යැයි තානාපතිනි එස්කෙඩාල් මහත්මිය පැවසුවාය. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ධීවර ක්ෂේත්රයේ ඇති වැදගත්කම සඳහන් කළ අගමැති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා සමුද්රීය පරිසරය විනාශ කරන ට්රෝලර් පන්නයේ මසුන් මැරීමේ ක්රමය පිළිබඳව පවතින ගැටලු මෙහිදී පෙන්වා දුන්නේය. ශ්රී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/20)
Sri Lanka and Norway Aspire to Further Strengthen Cooperation in the Fisheries and Maritime Sectors
The fisheries sector has been an important part of the Sri Lanka — Norway bilateral relationship, and Norway is interested in further strengthening those ties through a number of projects in the fisheries and maritime sectors. During a meeting with Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees yesterday (Aug. 27), Ambassador of Norway to Sri Lanka Trine Jøranli Eskedal spoke about the long-standing friendship between the two countries that started with cooperation in the fisheries sector. “Fisheries is the cornerstone of our bilateral relations,” Ambassador Eskedal said. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/20)
අග්රාමාත්යතුමා කොටුගොඩ ධම්මාවාස නාහිමියන්ගේ සුව දුක් විමසයි
කොළඹ පෞද්ගලික රෝහලක ප්රතිකාර ලබන ශ්රී ලංකා අමරපුර මහා නිකායේ උත්තරීතර මහ නායක අග්ගමහා පණ්ඩිත මහෝපාද්ය කොටුගොඩ ධම්මාවාස නාහිමියන් බැහැ දුටු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා 2020.08.26 දින උන්වහන්සේගේ සුව දුක් විමසා බැලුවේය. අග්ගමහා පණ්ඩිත මහෝපාද්ය කොටුගොඩ ධම්මාවාස නාහිමියන්ට ඉක්මන් සුවය ප්රාර්ථනා කළ අග්රාමාත්යතුමා නාහිමියන්ගේ අත්යවශ්ය ප්රතිකාර පිළිබඳව සොයා බැලීමට නිලධාරීන්ට උපදෙස් ලබා දුන්නේය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/20)
Sri Lanka to ban imports of plastic goods to protect elephants
Plastic in Sri Lankan landfills has become a major killer of elephants Sri Lanka will ban the import of most plastic products in a bid to protect wild elephants and deer that die eating the waste, the environment minister announced Friday. Plastic in Sri Lankan landfills is a major killer of elephants, with autopsies showing kilos of it in the stomachs of animals who died after rummaging at dumps. Environment minister Mahinda Amaraweera told parliament legislation was being drafted to stop imports of plastic goods, including polythene,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/20)
Another COVID-19 positive arrival adds up to 2,989 cases
Another new positive case of COVID-19 has been detected today (28) increasing the total number of positive cases in the country to 2,989. The novel coronavirus patients detected today are arrivals from the United Kingdom, the Department of Government Information confirmed. Earlier this evening, two arrivals from the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait also tested positive for the virus. The Epidemiology Unit says 135 active cases are currently under medical care at hospitals. In the meantime, the number of recoveries from the disease in Sri Lanka moved up... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/20)
Committee probing island-wide power outage says maintenance procedures not followed
The committee studying the recent island-wide power outage has stated in its Interim Report, that no proper maintenance procedures had been followed in the routine maintenance task that resulted in the breakdown. It has recommended that a more detailed set of protocols be introduced when dealing with such high-risk procedures. Members of the committee, holding a media briefing today (28) on its conclusions in the interim report, said they expect to submit a more detailed report. “However, that will take some time. But we have promised the minister that a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/20)
Karu Jayasuriya states that he is a life member - not prepared to respond to political infants
Former senior members of the United National Party say that its leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is responsible for the downfall of the party. They point out that the party leadership should be handed over to former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and the United National Party and Samagi Jana Balawegaya should unite. However, heated discussions are currently taking place between the two parties regarding the discussion that arose at the UNP Working Committee meeting regarding the party membership of former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya. In a statement, former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya's media... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/20)
If even one person had read the reports I sent, those innocent people would not have died" - Nilantha Jayawardena (Video).
he former director of the State Intelligence Service told the Presidential Commission that the series of Easter attacks could have been prevented if all security forces worked togther and had arrested Saharan's follower as a precautionary measure. https://youtu.be/5FltiP9xLFA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/20)
Neomal Rangajeewa testifies about why information on raid books were changed
Former Inspector of the Police Narcotics Bureau Neomal Rangajeewa has stated in the Colombo High Court that the places and times in the information book on the raids carried out by the Police Narcotics Bureau were changed with the intention of preventing drug traffickers from receiving prior information. Our court correspondent stated that he revealed this before the three member bench of the High Court comprising Gihan Kulatunga, Pradeep Deep Hettiarachchi and Manjula Tilakaratne when the case pertaining to the Welikada prison clash was taken up for hearing. Investigations have... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/20)
Floating storage trading facility in H’tota from Pearl Energy
Pearl Energy (Pvt) Ltd., signed an agreement with the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka to launch ‘Hambantota LNG Hub’ – a floating storage LNG trading facility at the Port of Hambantota, bringing LNG to the doorstep of Sri Lanka, with a primary aim of trading LNG in the region utilizing the strategic location of Hambantota. The LNG Hub will become a landmark infrastructure development for the region paving the way to broader access to natural gas as a primary fuel in South Asia. Commencing commercial operations within 6 months, Pearl... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/20)
Over 60 obligations & responsibilities GoSL has to comply to obtain $480m MCC Funding
The MCC agreements binds Sri Lanka to make legislative changes before, during & after signing of its Compact. For a paltry $480m given to a private company that reports to US, is it worth it, is a question policy makers are evading answering. In so doing, this country is likely to land in a precarious situation, one that politicians have a record of placing the country in, resulting in Sri Lanka never reaching the heights of development it could. Warnings and likely outcomes given to decision makers have a habit of being ignored. Below quotes exact clauses from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/20)
MCC Agreement: Hidden costs not factored by Sri Lanka’s Government & People
The People of Sri Lanka are supposed to feel elated that the US Government is giving a ‘gift’ of $480m across a period of 5 years. This gift comes with plenty of strings. Sri Lanka has to commit to a set of preconditions which include privatizing of all state land as well as agreeing to honor undisclosed notifications sent by MCC from time to time via letters. Only after signing MCC Compact, Sri Lanka is given $32,5m. The Compact enters into force only after domestic requirements are completed, Program Implementation Agreements are signed & AG’s signed legal opinion is sent... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/08/20)
Wigneswaran's attempts to construct an alternative history of local Tamils going back to millenia.
"Wigneswaran .....Presumably hoping for a wider, protracted debate on that element. The Govt side very effectively scuttled his hopes by nixing any such debate during event." This sort of thing has gone on since the 1930s. In fact, the first Sinhala-Tamil riot in 1939 August occurred when G. G. Ponnambalam alluded to the ancient history of the Tamils in Sri lanka, while the condemning the Sinhalese as a "mongrel race" descended from the tamils. He claimed at a meeting in Nwalapitiya that Vijaya was Vijayan, and Kashyapa was Kasi-appan. The riot which began to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/20)
Three Theras and a baby
On December 26, 2004, just two days after Sri Lanka was hit by the tsunami, an infant was found among the debris on the Kalmunai beach. Abhilash was his name, but no one knew it. He was given a number, 81. There were various people claiming parenthood. The matter was eventually resolved by court and DNA tests. Now in the Ummagga Jathaka, the pundit Mahoushada, not having the benefit of DNA tests, resolved a dispute over maternity by asking each claimant to grab the child and pull. It appeared... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/20)
CEB Succeeds in Shutting down Sri Lanka which Covid -19 Couldn’t Do
What the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) succeeded in achieving was amazing. Covid19 wreaked havoc around the world but could not turn out the lights. The world continued to be lit up. But the CEB, either accidentally, due to an unmanageable cause or otherwise, succeeded in plunging the whole country into darkness just as a newly elected government was establishing itself in power and a new Minister with little experience in powering the nation was taking over. One begins to wonder why the plunge into darkness occurred just at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/20)
Indian and Sri Lankan army doctors exchange ideas on COVID-19 control
While congratulating the Lankan army for its role in COVID control, the DG Indian army medical corps stressed the need for international cooperation in pandemic control Colombo, August 27 (newsin.asia): A virtual experts’ level interaction through webinar took place between the Indian Army and the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps on August 27. The aim of the webinar was to discuss Standard Operating Procedures, best practices and issues concerning COVID management by both the armies with special focus on “Force Protection and Preservation Measures”. The webinar was inaugurated by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/20)
Milinda Moragoda tipped to be Lankan envoy in New Delhi
Dr.V.K.Valsan is to be Sri Lanka’s Deputy High Commissioner in South India, based in Chennai Colombo, August 27 (newsin.asia): Asoka Milinda Moragoda better known Milinda Moragoda, is tipped to be Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner in India, reliable sources said. Dr.V.K.Valsan is to be Sri Lanka’s Deputy High Commissioner in South India, based in Chennai. The Gotabaya Rajapaksa government is keen on strengthening ties with the four States of South India. Dr.Valsan had been Deputy High Commissioner in Chennai earlier during the Presidency of R.Premadasa and was subsequently Sri Lankan Ambassador... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/20)
Kitul, Palmyra to be made into main export crops
Kitul to be planted in landslide prone areas:Strict laws to stop felling Palmyra trees:Two million home gardens to receive 4 million Coconut saplings: President plans to promote Kitul and Palmyra into main export crops- Time: 18:28 President Gotabaya Rajapaksa revealed his intention to develop Kitul(Fishtail Palms) and Palmyra Palms plantation into main export crops of Sri Lanka in order to open a new avenue of foreign exchange earning. President pointed out to the officials the requirement of an appropriate procedure to promote Kitul and Palmyra plantations and remove obstacles in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/20)
Infection spreading among inmates and returning migrants
Centrally located on the island, the Kandakadu Rehab Centre has become a COVID-19 cluster, with 629 people infected. About 50,000 Sri Lankans have lost their jobs abroad from lockdowns and plan to come home. Colombo (AsiaNews) – The number of people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus continues to rise in Sri Lanka, especially at one rehab centre and from the growing number of Sri Lankan migrants coming home. Overall, some 2,984 cases have been reported in the country with 12 deaths. The authorities yesterday added... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/20)
Islandwide blackout: Did one man depower the nation?
The islandwide power outage that occurred on 17 August was found to be the result of a mistake made by the officer responsible for general maintenance at the Kerawalapitiya Grid Sub Station. According to the Committee appointed by the Minister of Power, Dullas Alahapperuma to probe the power outage on 17 August, the oversight of an Electrical Superintendent was the cause of the nearly eight-hour blackout experienced islandwide. Cabinet Spokesperson, Keheliya Rabukkawella also stated today (27) that “the cause for the total power outage because of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/20)
PCoI on Easter Sunday Attacks issues summons on more politicians
The Police Unit of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) probing the Easter Sunday attacks, today issued summons on a few more political figures to record their statements over the coordinated terror attacks. Accordingly, former MP Sunil Handunnetti will appear before the Commission's police unit tomorrow (28). UNP General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam will appear before the Police Unit on August 31. Former MP Ashu Marasinghe and former Law and Order Minister Ranjith Maddumabandara will provide statements on September 2. Former Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera and Tamil... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/20)
I have technical evidence to prove my innocence: Former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director
Former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director Nilantha Jayawardena today informed the PCoI probing Easter Sunday attacks that he has technical evidence to prove his innocence if any official was claiming that the SIS had not done its part properly with regard to the coordinated terror attacks. Testifying before the Commission, SDIG Jayawardena said the SIS was well aware about of National Thowheed Jamaat (NTJ) and its Leader Zaharan Hashim's extremist practices. "Since 2016, the SIS had taken steps to inform issues related to Islamic extremism, specially to the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/20)
Demon in paradise
Australian woman recounts horrid assault during her solo trip to Sri LankaVictim alleges that no record was taken by Mirissa Tourist PoliceMirissa Tourist Police asks Daily Mirror to contact Tourist Police HQ When Sophie arrived in Sri Lanka for her long awaited vacation in March 2019, little did she know of the nightmare that awaited her in the island of paradise. Sophie, a frequent traveller, expected to make new friends and memories during her stay. Unfortunately for Sophie, neither the friends nor memories of Sri Lanka were of the kind... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/20)
Two more Covid-19 cases moves total to 2,986
Two new cases of Covid-19 have been reported raising the total number of confirmed cases reported in the country so far to 2,986. A returnee from Kuwait and another from United Arab Emirates (UAE), who are in quarantine, have tested positive for the virus. Accordingly, 144 patients infected novel coronavirus are currently being treated at hospitals while the number of total recoveries has reached 2,830.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/20)
SriLankan Airlines continues to fly to selected international destinations despite global lockdown
SriLankan Airlines says that the airline continues to fly to selected international destinations including Italy- Milan, United Kingdom-London, Japan – Tokyo, Maldives- Male, Germany- Frankfurt, France- Paris and Australia-Sydney during the current global lockdown period. Passengers who are intending to travel with the airline to these destinations and beyond are requested to book their tickets from SriLankan Airlines ticket office in Colombo, Galle, and Kandy or any preferred travel agent. For more information passengers are requested to contact the global contact center by dialing 1979 or visit www.srilankan.com.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/20)
Correcting the 19th Amendment alone is not enough - Buddhasasana Task Force
The Buddhasasana Task Force has informed President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa that correcting the 19th Amendment alone is not enough and that other amendments should be made soon. Addressing an article entitled 'Think Longer Before the 20th Amendment'. It states that the confusion created in the country by the present constitution should be rectified immediately and that holding provincial council elections under the current circumstances is an irrevocable danger. This letter was signed by Ven. Itthapane Dhammalankara Thero and 30 monks and organizations as well as the members representing the Buddhasasana... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/20)
President pays attention to the road in the vicinity of the Sinharaja forest
President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has drawn attention to the road that is said to be under construction in the vicinity of the Sinharaja forest. Co-Cabinet Spokesman Minister Ramesh Pathirana addressing a media briefing in Colombo today stated that the President intends to visit the area and observe the situation.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/20)
Porridge instead of milk for school children
The Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage held a special discussion with the Government Medical Officers' Association at the Govijana Mandiraya today (27) regarding the issue of giving a glass of traditional rice porridge instead of a glass of milk to school children. This program was presented by the Government Medical Officers' Association as a solution to the inadequate milk production in the country and the malnutrition of school children. There is malnutrition as well as excessive weight gain among school children today and the prevalence of non-communicable... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/20)
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GoSL Review the Role of Sri Lanka's Human Rights Commission/Head from 2015 to 2020
The Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission and its controversial head needs to be reviewed to determine if during the period of good governance rule, their actions have been prejudicial to the interests of Sri Lanka by carrying out an agenda inimical to the national interests of the country. The Commission head was seen on many occasions not standing up for the country or armed forces during international forums and this has given rise to many questionable opinions of the Commission & its head by citizens of Sri Lanka. The people must have faith in the entities set up & bound... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/08/20)
THE BLACK ECONOMY IN SRI LANKA: HOW IT IMPACTS ON THE MACROECONOMY.
A black economy could be described as economic activities in a country that the revenue flow from economic activities doesn’t officially add to the gross domestic product. The revenue generates from the black economy may connect with the official economy indirect way in some areas, for example, suppose a person buys a motor vehicle earned money from the narcotic business, and the transactions related to the motor vehicle are related to the official economy and they cannot easily separate the part that is related to the official economy. The traditional economy was considered static (the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
The great Panadura Debate (1873) entering the 2020 Parliament via Vigneswaran
In February 2015, I wrote a series of short essays titled, “Taming Vigneswaran.” These essays, printed by the Lankaweb, and especially part V, is directly relevant today, because Vigneswaran has now moved his Eelam battle to the 2020 parliament. Separatist Tamil political paper tiger establishment is now grasping for its last breath, and Vigneswaran must be planning an international oxygen-seeking campaign inside the parliament, with western embassy agents sitting at the visitors’ lobby. Just like the Great Panadura Debate was a suicidal game invited by a few Christian pastors from the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
Thank You Vigee
Mr. C V Vigneshwaran, the MP for Jaffna and the former Chief Minister for the Northern Province, deserve Kudos from the Government for his statement at the opening day of the Parliament where he made totally unwarranted claims about his race and its ancestry in this country. This is because he made those flagrant statements in the context where the new Government, having withdrawn from resolution 30 A at the UNHCR, will now have to convince the international community that the problem in Sri Lanka is not the violation of HR by the county’s forces but... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
Vigneswaran – THE MOST FOOLISH M.P. EVER!
If Mr. Shri Ponnambalan Ramanadan were here today, he would kill this liar Vigneswaran and other traitors of Sri Lanka. That much love he and other honorable Tamils cared and had for the country. So called Vigneswaran is a disgrace for his schools, higher education institutes and institutions he worked and affiliated with. Simply narrating wrongful and most dangerous speech in an opening session of a parliament, he tries to include it into the hazard. Subsequently he wants to kill more innocent Tamils in Sri Lanka. Vigneswaran is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
A brief history of two monk activists
In my opinion, Ven. Athuraliye Ratana and Ven. Galaboda-aththe Gnanasara were following two different lines of activism in the arena of inclusive nationalism until their recent joint pratfall in the mire of dirty politics. The first appears to be a shrewd politician who is trying to get involved in issues that should not be politicized; the second is a sincere idealist passionately committed to a worthy cause, but constantly defeated by his own uncontrolled temper and unguarded tongue. Though both are university products, their areas of study were not... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
The 13th Amendment from the perspective of a dissident Tamil
( May 24, 2013, Toronto, Sri Lanka Guardian) A propos the discussion between Mr. Dayan Jayatilleke, G. H. Peiris and others in the public media, allow me to add a few words - the words of a humble Tamil who comes from a social stratum lacking a voice in Tamil affairs. The dominant Thamillian-voice is that of the upper classes ('castes') led by the Karuvakaddu (Ciannamon gardens) lawyers, anglicized and christianized in attitude except when dealing with those in lower stations of life. Mr. Jayatilleke is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
ශ්රී ලංකාව තායි සංචාරක නියෝජිතයන්ගේ සංගමය (TTAA) සමඟ සමීප සහයෝගීතාව තහවුරු කරයි Sri Lanka assures close collaboration with Thai Travel Agent Association (TTAA)
තායි සංචාරක නියෝජිතයන්ගේ සංගමයේ නව සභාපති සුතිපොන්ග් පෙයුන්පිපොප් මහතා සහ අලුතින් තේරීපත්වූ කමිටු සාමාජිකයින් සමඟ TTAA මූලස්ථානයේදී පැවති හමුවේදී තායිලන්තයේ ශ්රී ලංකා තානාපතිනී සමන්තා කේ. ජයසුරිය මහත්මිය අලුතින් පත්වූ නිලධාරීන් වෙත සුබපැතුම් එක් කරමින්, ශ්රී ලංකාව සහ තායි සංචාරක නියෝජිතයන්ගේ සංගමය අතර සහයෝගීත්වය පුළුල් කිරීම සඳහා පුළුල් පරාසයක ක්ෂේත්යන් පිළිබඳ අදහස් හුවමාරු කරගත්තාය. තායිලන්තයෙන් ශ්රී ලංකාව වෙත සංචාරකයින් රැගෙන යාම සම්බන්ධව කටයුතු කරන TTAA කමිටු සාමාජිකයින් කිහිප දෙනෙකුද හමුවී සාකච්ඡා කිරීමට මෙහිදී අවස්ථාව උදාවිය. 2021 වර්ෂයේදී පැවැත්වෙන තායිලන්ත ජාත්යන්තර සංචාරක... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
Palestinian Ambassador Congratulates Sri Lanka on “Peaceful Democratic Process” - August 26, 2020
The Palestinian Ambassador to Sri Lanka Dr. Zuhair M.H. Dar Zaid paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning at Temple Trees. Speaking about the recently-concluded General Election, Ambassador Zaid said, “All Palestinians are very happy about the peaceful, democratic process that happened in Sri Lanka.” The Ambassador also conveyed congratulatory wishes from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and thanked Prime Minister Rajapaksa for this continued support to Palestine. “We will never forget your strong support to Palestine,” Ambassador Zaid said recalling then President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
Sri Lanka and Afghanistan Explore Greater Trade Relations - August 26, 2020
Better connectivity that results in better trade relations could mutually benefit Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. This was the main focus of the discussion when Ambassador of Afghanistan to Sri Lanka Ashraf Haidari called on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning at Temple Trees. The two governments are currently working on the possibility of establishing a direct air link between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, which will enable the two countries to explore trade and cooperation in a number of areas. Ambassador Haidari also congratulated Prime Minister Rajapaksa on “a very successful ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
නව රජය යටතේ ශ්රී ලංකාව සමඟ සබඳතා වැඩි දියුණු කිරීම පිළිබඳ එක්සත් රාජධානියේ අවධානය
වැඩබලන බ්රිතාන්ය මහ කොමසාරිස් ලීසා වැන්ස්ටෝල් මහත්මිය අද පෙරවරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා හමු වී ශ්රී ලංකාව සහ එක්සත් රාජධානිය අතර සහයෝගීතාවයෙන් කටයුතු කළ හැකි ක්ෂේත්ර ගණනාවක් පිළිබඳව සාකච්ඡා කළාය. පසුගිය මැතිවරණ විජයග්රහණය පිළිබඳව එක්සත් රාජධානියේ සුබ පැතුම් එක් කළ වැඩබලන මහ කොමසාරිස් ලීසා වැන්ස්ටෝල් මහත්මිය, “ශ්රී ලංකා පොදු ජන පෙරමුණට ඉතා ශක්තිමත් ජනවරමක් තිබේ” යැයි පවසා නව රජයේ ප්රමුඛතා පිළිබඳ විමසා සිටියාය. පශ්චාත් COVID-19 සමයට ලෝකය සූදානම් වන බැවින් ආර්ථික සංවර්ධනයට වර්තමානයේ රටේ ප්රධාන අවධානය යොමු වී ඇති බව අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා පැවසීය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
Time ripe for deviation from Western-oriented foreign policy, says Sri Lanka’s new Foreign Secretary, Adm.Prof. Jayanath Colombage
He spells out how the Government will reconcile competing interests of China and India, and how Sri Lanka can have healthy ties with other countries including Pakistan and Bangladesh. Colombo, August 26: Newly appointed Foreign Secretary Admiral Prof.Jayanath Colombage spells out the foreign policy of the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL). He spells out how the Government will reconcile competing interests of China and India, and how Sri Lanka can have healthy ties with other countries including Pakistan and Bangladesh. Excerpts: Q We came... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
Tamil National Alliance warns of legal action
If Presidential Task Force on Archaeology in the Eastern Province usurps powers of Director General Archaeology Colombo, August 26: The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has threatened to go to court if the Presidential Task Force on Archaeology in the Eastern Province acts contrary to the provisions of the Antiquities Act and usurps the powers of the Director General of Archaeology (DGA). The Tamils have been dismayed by the fact that the Presidential Task Force has no Tamil or Muslim members, though the Tamils and Muslims together outnumber... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
Sri Lanka to have ‘India first’ approach for security policy, says foreign secretary Colombage
Colombage made similar remarks in an interview with the Daily Mirror newspaper, pointing out Sri Lanka is “between two economic giants”. Jayanath Colombage, a retired admiral who commanded Sri Lanka’s navy during 2012-14 and is perceived as close to Rajapaksa, made the remarks in two interviews to the media.(SOURCED.) President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has made it clear that Sri Lanka’s strategic security policy will have an “India first” approach though Colombo remains open to dealing with other key players for economic development, the country’s new foreign secretary Jayanath Colombage... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
Sri Lanka is seeking JV opportunities, investments from Qatar
Sri Lanka is seeking joint venture opportunities and investments from Qatar, especially for its Port City Colombo's infrastructure, as part of strategies to strengthen the bilateral trade between the two countries. In a webinar hosted by Doha Bank on Wednesday, Sanjaya Mohottala, director general, Board of Investments of Sri Lanka, outlined the project progress of Port City Colombo, where 68 hectares is ready for construction. "Bridges, roadways and boulevard for Phase I (are) to be completed by 2021," he said, adding $500mn has been invested to date and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
Angoda Lokka’s accomplice arrested with 42kg of heroin, firearms
An accomplice of underworld figure 'Angoda Lokka' had been arrested with 42 kgs of heroin, three T-56 weapons, 170 rounds of ammunition and a 9mm pistol at Ambatale. Police said the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) arrested the suspect during the interrogation of two accomplices of the Angoda Lokka who were arrested earlier. The heroin haul, firearms and live ammunition were found hidden in a house.(DSB)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
Pramitha submits ’Minimum Age of Marriage’ Bill
Matale District SLPP MP Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon today handed over the first private member Bill in 9th Parliament to Parliament Secretary General Dhammika Dassanayake to set the minimum age of marriage of Sri Lankan Children at 18. In the Bill titled 'Minimum Age of Marriage', MP Tennakoon said the Bill’s intention is to ensure that the State fulfils its national and international obligations to protect the rights of every child in the country. “Children must be treated as children and this Bill's intention is not to marginalise anyone,” he said.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
Eradicating major crimes successful: Maj. Gen. Gunaratne
Defence Secretary Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Kamal Gunaratne said today that they were successful in eradicating organized crimes, narcotic waves, extortion and underworld activities in the country. Assuming duties as the Secretary to the Internal Security, Home Affairs and Disaster Management State Ministry during a ceremony held at the Ministry in Narahenpita, he said that they were also able to curb corruption within the prisons. "We were able to curb the wide-spreading waves of organized crime as well as drugs, extortion and the activities of the underworld in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
Construction of Meerigama-Kadawatha expressway to go ahead.
The government made the advance payment for the commencement of construction of the Meerigama-Kadawatha stretch of the central expressway, a statement said today. Highways Minister Johnston Fernando instructed Ministry Secretary R.W.R. Premasiri to work in this regard. The government is required to pay 15% of the project cost to the contractor. Accordingly Rs.16.67 billion was paid to the construction company on August 25. The distance of the stretch is 36.54 km and the width 24.4 m. It is a four-lane expressway. The total estimated cost is Rs.158 billion. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
Negligence by Nuwara Eliya police helped Zahran, NTJ members flee: Witness
The failure of the Nuwara Eliya Police to find anything suspicious from a search operation carried out on May 8, 2018 at a lodge where National Thawheed Jama'at (NTJ) Leader Zahran Hashim was operating a training camp, enabled Zahran and the NTJ associates to escape from the Police, it was informed yesterday at the PCoI probing Easter Sunday attacks. Testifying before the Commission, officer attached to PCoI police unit, SI Sanjeewa Sampath of CID said that a resident who lives in close proximity to the lodge had alerted former IGP... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
Island-wide power failure a mistake by an officer, committee finds
The cause of the sudden breakdown in the national power grid was the fault of an electricity superintendent, as per the report of the committee appointed to look into the recent island-wide power failure. On August 17, the whole country experienced an interruption of the power supply for over 8 hours owing to a transmission failure at the Kerawalapitiya Grid Substation. Subsequently, Minister of Power Dullas Alahapperuma appointed a committee to probe the incident and its preliminary report was handed over to the Minister on August 24. The relevant report... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
Ex-SIS Director’s sharp response to PCoI on Easter attacks
Former Director of the State Intelligence Service (SIS) Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena accused officials throughout the country’s national security hierarchy of ignoring their responsibilities and their attempts to pin the sole blame on him for the security establishment’s failure to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks as he testified for the 18th day before the Presidential Commission probing the attacks. Senior DIG Jayawardena added that it was possible that he would have ended up in arrest and in jail if didn’t posses records of his communications with higher-ups during that period who he... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
Thirteen (13) more persons confirmed for Covid -19: SL Country total increases to 2,984
Two arrivals from Maldives have tested positive for COVID- 19, increasing total infected in Sri Lanka to 2984. With the reporting of 11 more coronavirus infected persons in the afternoon, the number of coronavirus infections reported in the country has increased to 2982. The Government Information Department stated that 10 of the infected persons reported today are inmates of the Kandakadu Rehabilitation Center. The other infected person reported today is a returnee from Kenya and is being quarantined.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
A revelation about the undue influence exerted by Mangala Samaraweera
Intelligence Officer Colonel Shammi Kumararatne revealed today that Mangala Samaraweera, as the Minister of Foerign Affairs, had pressured him in 2015 to remove the names of two persons who had been documented as supporters of the LTTE organization. This was while Giving evidence before the Presidential Commission appointed to Investigate Political Victimisation. Giving evidence, Colonel Shammi Kumararatne stated that it was the responsibility of the Chief of National Intelligence to compile the list of persons affiliated to terrorist organizations and their accomplices to the UN Security Council Charter 13/73, which... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/08/20)
Mr. Wigneswaran! Observations on your address to Parliament
Mr. C.V.WigneswaranLeader, TAMIL MAKKAL THERSIYA KUTTANISri Lanka Parliament KotteSri Lanka. Re: Observations on your address to Parliament Dear Mr. Wigneswaran: It was with great interest that I read your inaugural speech to Parliament, wanting to know what the new Tamil Political-Man on the Block had to say. Right off the bat one comment jarred my understanding of the Ceylon/Sri Lanka History which was mischievously interpreted differently from what I was taught at school. Oops! Where is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/08/20)
ජනතාව අපේක්ෂා කරන ව්යවස්ථා වෙනසට පෞද්ගලික න්යාය පත්ර පසෙකළා එක් වන්න - ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා නවක මන්ත්රීවරුන්ගෙන් ඉල්ලයි
දේශපාලන පක්ෂ භේදයකින් තොරව ජනතාව අපේක්ෂා කරන දැවැන්ත ව්යවස්ථා වෙනස වෙනුවෙන් පෞද්ගලික න්යාය පත්ර පසෙකළා එක්වන්නැයි ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා අද 2020.08.25 දින පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ සියලු නවක මන්ත්රීවරුන්ගෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටියේය. 9 වන පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට අභිනවයෙන් තේරී පත් වූ නවක මන්ත්රීවරුන් වෙනුවෙන් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ පැවැති සම්මන්ත්රණයේ ප්රධාන දේශනය පවත්වමින් ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා මේ බව අවාධාරණය කළේය. පාර්ලිමේන්තුව මඟින් ප්රකාශයට පත් කළ “පාර්ලිමේන්තු සාර සංහිතා” ග්රන්ථය ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාට පිළිගැන්වීම ද පාර්ලිමේන්තු මහ ලේකම් ධම්මික දසනායක මහතා විසින් මෙම අවස්ථාවේදී සිදු කරන ලදී. “ ජනතාව හිතන්නේ ඇමතිවරයෙක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/08/20)
19ය නීතියක් නම් 19 ය ඉවත් කිරීමට හෝ සංශෝධනය කිරීමට ජනමතවිචාරණයක් පැවැත්විය යුතුද?
19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත් 2ක් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් වූ බවත්, ඉන් එකක් 2002 දී සහ අනෙක 2015 දී පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් වූ බව සමහරක් නොදන්නවා වුණාට බොහෝ දෙනා දනිති. 19 වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත මුල් වරට පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලද්දේ, චන්ද්රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක කුමාරතුංග ජනාධිපතිවරියව සිටියදී 2002 දී ය. 2002 සැප්තැම්බර් මස 19 වන දින ව්යාපාර සංවර්ධන, කර්මාන්ත ප්රතිපත්ති හා ආයෝජන ප්රවර්ධන සහ ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා කටයුතු අමාත්යවරයා විසින් එකී 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබූ අතර 2002 සැප්තැම්බර් මස 11 වන දින ගැසට් පත්රයේ පළ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/08/20)
IT IS SRI PADA NOT ADAM’S PEAK
Jackson Anthony, the well-known actor, a commentator on his recent YOUTUBE presentation has touched on the national weakness of attempting to ape the foreigners or more specifically our attempt to act as the Singlish rather than be ourselves, His program on Sri Pada becoming Adam's peak to many reminds us the story of colonial English policy of creating the species called Black-Whites or the Brown skinned Englishmen in our society. We can meet them and see them anywhere in day to day life, in media, and also among the VIPs who pretend that they cannot speak... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/08/20)
SC concludes contempt of court case against Ranjan
The Supreme Court has concluded the Contempt of Court case filed against Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake. The case was heard before the Supreme Court three-judge bench consisting of Justices Sisira de Abrew, Vijith Malalgoda, and Preethi Padman Surasena today (25). https://youtu.be/d-NwnsAIPWU The bench has decided to take up further clarification on the case on the 21st of October. The case was filed against State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake over Contempt of Court charges for making defamatory remarks against the judiciary on the 21st of August in 2017. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/08/20)
OPPP National List tussle: Rathana Thera accused of abducting party’s fmr Gen. Secretary
Contrasting accounts continue to be expressed regarding the alleged abduction of the former General Secretary of Our Power of People Party (OPPP, also known as ‘Ape Jana Bala Pakshaya’) Venerable Wedinigama Wimalatissa Thera. Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thera is meanwhile accused of carrying out the abduction. The Coordinating Secretary of Wimalatissa Thera, Venerable Hunupitiye Chandrasiri Thera claims that according to the information they have received, the nomination submission document was forcibly withdrawn. In a media briefing, he urged that Rathana Thera be taken into custody. An Assistant Superintendent of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/08/20)
New members appointed to Task Force to preserve archaeological sites in Eastern Province
Four new members have been appointed to the Presidential Task Force for Archaeological Heritage Management in the Eastern Province. The 12-member Task Force was established on the 1st of June under the directives of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, exercising the powers vested in him by Article 33 of the Constitution. However, the following four members were also added to the composition of the Task Force with effect from August 19, Secretary to the President P.B. Jayasundera said in a gazette notification published on Monday (24). 01. Abhidhana Anunayaka of the Asgiriya... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/08/20)
PB Jayasundara on why Sri Lanka halted importing vehicles
Secretary to President Dr. P.B Jayasundara, speaking during the Derana 360° discussion programme, explained the reasoning behind the decision of the government to halt of vehicle imports to the country. He stated that right until 2019, between 1,000 and 1,200 million US dollars were spent per a year on importing vehicles to Sri Lanka. He said that the vehicle stock in the country had risen significantly between 2015 - 2019 to such an extent that it is sufficient for two-and-a-half years. “If you want to buy a vehicle now you... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/08/20)
Why One Man Is Walking Around the World With His Dog
Who better to see the world with than your best friend? Especially when your best friend is a dog. Tom Turcich of New Jersey and his adorable pooch Savannah have walked over 18,000 miles through the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile, Italy, Turkey and dozens of other countries over the past five years. It’s been a life-changing adventure. They’ve survived hardship, and they’ve experienced the kindness of strangers along the way. And they’ve still got miles to go. https://youtu.be/cgp9-EYFeb4... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/08/20)
Abolish the white elephant and the curse that is Provincial Councils and its root the JR/ Rajiv Accord of 29th July 1987 at least now.
(Please note that this is a revised version of an article I wrote to Lankaweb on 7.6. 2018 and 10. 3. 2020 on the same subject up dated to suit the present situation) Lakisuru Gothaabhaya Rajapaksha Metitumani ! The whole nation, and at least the 6.5 million of us whom have voted you at the Presidential election and the SLPP on 5th August demand Your Excellency to abolish the white elephant and the curse that is Provincial Councils and its root the JR/ Rajiv Accord of 29th July 1987 at least... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/08/20)
19ය ඉවත් කිරීමට කළ යුත්තේ 19ය සංශෝධනය කිරීමද? 19යට ජනමතවිචාරණයක් පැවැත්වීමද? නිවැරදි ක්රියාව තෝරා නොගැනීම ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට අපහාසයක්ද?
(2020.08.23 දිවයින ඉරිදා සංග්රහයෙහි නීතිඥ කසුන් පොන්නම්පෙරුම ලියා ඇති '19 පෙරලන් 20 වැනි සංශෝධනය එන හැටි' ලිපියට පිළිතුරකි.) නීතිඥ කසුන් පොන්නම්පෙරුම පසුගිය දිවයින ඉරිදා සංග්රහයට ලියා ඇති '19 පෙරලන් 20 වැනි සංශෝධනය එන හැටි' ලිපිය කියවීමේදී දිවයින පාඨකයන්ට අදහස් වන්නේ 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය ඉවත් කිරීමට 20වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය ගෙන ඒමට රජය සූදානම් වන බවයි. එකී ලිපිය පහත අන්තර්ජාල සබැදිය ඔස්සේ කියවිය හැකිය. https://divaina.com/sunday/index.php/deshapalana2/14870-2020-08-15-10-04-53 අධිකරණ ඇමතිවරයාගේත්, රජයේ මාධ්ය ප්රකාශකගේත් කරුණු දැක්වීම් අනුව එම නීතිඥවරයා විසින්ද දක්වන කරුණු අනුව පැහැදිලි වන්නේ 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය ඉවත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/08/20)
13th Amendment is a Federal Instrument
Our hapless people battered and bruised by four years of 'yahapalana' , the two bank robberies, foreign interference, UNHRC Resolutions, separatism, Easter bombs and Covid have finally crawled to polling booths and stuffed the ballot boxes with lotus buds. Even the creators of the lotus bud may have been overwhelmed and shaken to the core for even they could not fathom the phenomenon. Do they understand its cause, its power, its anger, its desperateness, and its expectations. Those on whom so much trust, faith and confidence have been placed must realize the gravity of this... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/08/20)
13A Unwanted Even by India Today
India imposed 13A to the Constitution in 1987 at the height of the Cold War. 13A is living testament that Sri Lanka’s “non-aligned” policy failed (and the same policy of India failed too!). The northern and eastern provinces were merged and India appointed all councilors for the North in 1988. Only councilors for the East were elected. It was a Tamil majority province that toed India’s geopolitical objectives. With the withdrawal of the IPKF, the Chief Minister booted fearing for his life. However, Sri Lanka continued with the embattled provincial council for another 17 years. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/08/20)
යෝෂිත - සජීවෙගන් රුපියල් මිලියන 500ක වන්දියක් ඉල්ලයි
සිංහරාජ රක්ෂිතය ආශ්රිතව මහා පරිමාණ හෝටලයක් තමාට අයත් බව කියමින් තමා වෙත එල්ල කරන ලද අසත්ය හා පදනම් විරහිත, අපහාසාත්මක ප්රකාශයක් වෙනුවෙන් අගමැති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ දෙටු පුත් යෝෂිත රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සිය නීතිඥයන් මඟින් පරිසරවේදී සජීව චාමිකර මහතා ගෙන් දින හතක් තුළ රුපියල් මිලියන 500 ක වන්දියක් ඉල්ලා එන්තරවාසියක් යවා තිබේ. සිංහරාජ වනාන්තරය තුළ යොෂිත රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට අයත් හෝටලයක් ඇති බවත්, සිංහරාජය හරහා මාර්ගයක් ඉදි කරනු ලබන්නේ ඊට ළඟාවන මාර්ගයට සම්බන්ධ කිරීමට බවත් සජීව චාමිකර මහතා 2020.08.19 වන දින පැවති මාධ්ය සාකච්ඡාවකදී ප්රකාශ කර තිබුණි. එම ප්රකාශයේ කිසිඳු සත්යතාවයක් නොමැති බව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/08/20)
දේශීය නව නිර්මාණයක් වූ MCPR යන්ත්රය සීතා අරඹේපොල අමාත්යතුමියගේ නිරීක්ෂණයට.
Covid 19 වෛරස් ආසාදිත පුද්ගලයින්ගේ ප්රතිකාර සඳහා යොදාගත හැකි දේශීය නව නිර්මාණයක් වූ MCPR යන්ත්රය ( Chest Compressor Machine) අද දින නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තීය අධ්යාපන, පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්ය අමාත්ය විශේෂඥ වෛද්ය සීතා අරඹේපොල මහත්මිය විසින් නිරීක්ෂණය කළා ය. මෙම යන්ත්රය නිර්මාණය කළ කොළඹ විශ්ව විද්යාලයීය වෛද්ය පීඨයේ අවසන් වසරේ ශිෂ්යෙයෙක් වන ඩිල්ශාන් අබේවර්ධන මහතා විසින් මෙම යන්ත්රය අමාත්යතුමියගේ නිරීක්ෂණයට යොමු කරන ලදි. Covid 19 වෛරස් ආසාදනය වේගයෙන් පැතිරී ගිය පසුගිය කාලසීමාව තුළ දී, එය පාලනය කිරීම, පර්යේෂණ කටයුතු, ප්රතිකාර කටයුතු ආදිය සඳහා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/08/20)
13 අහෝසි කරන්න...ඇමැති සරත් වීරසේකරගෙන් යෝජනාවක්
13 වැනි ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය සහ ඊට සම්බන්ධ පළාත් සභා ක්රමය වහාම අහෝසි කළ යුතු බවට පළාත් සභා සහ පළාත් පාලන රාජ්ය ඇමැති රියර් අද්මිරාල් සරත් වීරසේකර මහතා රජයට යෝජනා කර ඇත. 13 වැනි සංශෝධනය අහෝසි කරන ලෙස රජයේ ඇමැතිවරයෙක් ඉදිරිපත් කළ මුල්ම යෝජනාව මෙය වේ. ‘‘පළාත් සභාවල බර ජනතාවට දරාගත නොහැකියි. පළාත් සභා පිහිටුවීමෙන් පසු කෘෂිකාර්මික, ධීවර, පාරිසරික ඇතුළු සියලූ ක්ෂේත්රවලට ඇමැතිවරු 10 බැගින් පළාත් සභා 9 යටම සිටිති. එහෙත් ඉන් රටට කිසිදු සේවයක් සිදුවී නැහැ’’ යැයි රාජ්ය ඇමැතිවරයා සඳහන් කළේය. මෙම පළාත් සභා ක්රමයට අදාළ 13 වැනි සංශෝධනය අහෝසි කිරීම සඳහා ඉඩ නොදෙන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/08/20)
දිවිත්ව පුරවැසියන් පාර්ලිමේන්තු එනවායයි කොරහේ කිඹුලන් දකිමින් ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ තීරණ අනුව 19යට පැවැත්විය යුතු ජනමතවිචාරණය වළක්වන්නේ සහ ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට අපහාස කරන 19ය ආරක්ෂා කරන අය කවුද?
වර්ෂ 2002 දීත් 18වන සහ 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් වී ඇති බව තවමත් රටේ කිහිප දෙනෙක් දන්නේ නැත. 2002 සැප්තැම්බර් මස 18වන දින ව්යාපාර සංවර්ධන, කර්මාන්ත ප්රතිපත්ති හා ආයෝජන ප්රවර්ධන අමාත්ය සහ ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා කටයුතු අමාත්යවරයා විසින් ඉදිරිපත් කළ 2002 අගෝස්තු මස 12වන දින ගැසට් පත්රයේ පළ කර ඇති මුල්වරට පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කළ 18වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයේ මුල් පිටුව පහත දක්වා ඇත.(ඇමිණුම 01) ඉහත දැක්වෙන්නේ 18වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව සංශෝධනය නමින් වූ දීර්ඝ නාමයෙන් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් වූ පළමු 18වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/08/20)
ශ්රී ලාංකික වීමෙන් සිංහලකම වැනසේ ද?
සිංහල ජන සමාජය අවි බලයෙන් පරාජයට පත් කිරීමට පවත්නා ප්රබලතම බාධාව වන්නේ භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේලාම ය යන්න බ්රවුන්රිග්, හෝටන් වැනි ආණ්ඩුකාරවරුන් විසින් බි්රතාන්ය යටත් විජිත භාර ලේකම්වරයාට යැවුනු ලිපි මගින් ඉතාම පැහැදිලි ය. එනිසා ම එතැන් පටන් අධිරාජ්යවාදීන් උපායමාර්ග හැදුවේ බෞද්ධ ගිහි පැවිදි සම්බන්ධය බිඳවීමට ය. ඒ සඳහා භික්ෂූන් අතරින් ද ගිහි පිරිස් අතරින් ද ද්රෝහීන් හා ගැත්තන් නිර්මාණය කෙරිණ. එදා මෙන් ම අදත් එවන් ගැත්තන් හා ද්රෝහීන් සිංහල බෞද්ධ භික්ෂුවගේ උදාර භූ මිකාව අවතක්සේරු කරමින් තම වහල් මෙහෙය ඉටු කරමින් සිටිති.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/08/20)
කතිකා අවශ්ය නැත
19 වැනි ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය අහෝසි කිරීම සඳහා නව ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයක් ගෙන එන්නේ නම් ඊට පෙර ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් දේශපාලන පක්ෂ, සිවිල් සංවිධාන, විද්වතුන්, සාමාන්ය ජනතාව ඇතුළු සියලූ පාර්ශ්වවල අදහස් සැලකිල්ලට ගතයුතු බවත් නව ව්යවස්ථා කෙටුම්පත සකස් විය යුත්තේ එම සියලූ පාර්ශ්වයන්ගේ මත නියෝජනය වන පරිදි බවත් හිටපු කථානායකවරයා වන කරු ජයසූරිය මහතා නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් ප්රකාශ කර තිබේ. හිටපු කථානායකවරයා 19 අහෝසියට පෙර පුළුල් කතිකාවක් පිළිබඳව මතයක් ගොඩන`ගන්නේ මන්ද? 19 අහෝසි කිරීම පිළිබඳව රාජ්ය නොවන සංවිධාන ජාලය මෙන්ම කොළඹ ලිබරල් බුද්ධිමතුන්ද කැමති නැත. නමුත් ආණ්ඩුවට රටේ ජනතාව නොපැකිලිව තුනෙන් දෙකේ බලයක් ලබා දුන්නේ තනි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/08/20)
New regulations to tighten protective measures: Dr. Anil J
A new set of regulations would be introduced through the Vote on Account (VOA) to be presented next month, to further tighten protective measures of the environment, Secretary of the Environment Ministry, Dr. Anil Jasinghe said yesterday. A team of experts representing Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB) the Central Environment Authority (CEA) and 16 other sections of the Environment Ministry was in the process of drafting the new regulations to be incorporated in the VOA, he said. “Though the environment and development clash with each other... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/08/20)
Karu willing to take on UNP leadership
Former Speaker of the Parliament Karu Jayasuriya says that he is capable of taking up the challenge to lead the United National Party (UNP). Issuing a special statement today (24), Jayasuriya said that he has informed this to the UNP leadership and seniors with this regard. https://youtu.be/Xz3w5qHLb1c Jayasuriya states that, given the current state of confusion and after careful consideration of requests made to him by many parties, he has informed his capability to take on the challenge of leading the UNP for the betterment of the party... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/08/20)
More foreign arrivals hike COVID-19 case count to 2,959
https://youtu.be/8X6UX--rbso More foreign arrivals have added to the total count of coronavirus cases reported in Sri Lanka, stated the Department of Government Information. Five more recent arrivals – 02 from the United Arab Emirates, and 01 each from Indonesia, Singapore, and the Maldives – have pushed the total tally to 2,959 cases. Accordingly, a total of six new virus-positive cases have been reported within the day so far as an Indian seaman from Egypt tested positive earlier today (24). As per the Epidemiology Unit’s statistics, 136... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/08/20)
Turn the Samurdhi subsidy into a program that empowers low income earners - President
President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has instructed to make the Samurdhi subsidy a program that empowers the low income people without allowing it to become a burden to the country. This was stated at a discussion held at the Presidential Secretariat today on the future plans of the Ministry of Samurdhi, Household Economy, Micro Finance, Self Employment, Business Development and Underutilized State Resources Development. The President also pointed out that Rs. 50,000 million is spent annually for Samurdhi benefits. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was also present at the discussion, where he said that microfinance which has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/08/20)
Letters of appointment to over 51,000 graduates will be handed over on the 2nd
The Ministry of Public Services, Provincial Councils and Local Government stated that the awarding of appointment letters to 51,135 graduates will take place on the 2nd of next month. Relevant applications were called for last February and applicants who have completed their degree by December 31, 2019 have been selected for this program.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/08/20)
ඥානසාර මන්ත්රී උන්නාන්සේ, සිංහල මරික්කාර් හා ටැමිල් ඔබාමා
මිස්ටර් ගාන්ධි, ඔබලා ගවයාට දේවත්වයෙන් සළකමින් වැඳුම් පිදුම් කරයි; අපි ඌව මරා උගේ මස් මාංශ අනුභව කරන්නෙමු; ඉතින් අපි දෙගොල්ලන්ට මිත්රයින් වෙන්න පුළුවන්ද? පකිස්ථානයක් කඩාගත් මොහම්ඩ් අලි ජින්නා පැහැදිලි ඉන්දු-ආර්ය භාෂාවක් සේ සිංහල (භාෂාව) සිය පණනල බේරා ගැනීම, ලොව භාෂා හා සංස්කෘතික ඉතිහාසයේ එක්තරා විශ්මයක් ලෙස සැළකිය හැකිය. James W. Gair, Studies in South Asian Linguistics: Sinhala and other South Asian languages, 1998, Chapter 14: How Dravidanized was Sinhala phonology? Pages 185-199). යා දෙක නොරත රථසමඟ පෑසීමක් නම් නැත[ලාකඩ එහෙම නැතදෙකක් ලං කල විටදි පෑහෙත] ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/20)
බෙන්තර ගඟ අයිනේ තරුණ විප්ලවය
වලල්ලාවිට කෝරළයේ ඉස්මත්තේ කඳු සිඛර තෙරපාගෙන ඇදෙන බෙම් ගඟ කොමළියට සළු පළදන්නේ දෙගොඩ දෙකෝරළයේ අතු ගංඟාවන්ය. මහාවන ලැහැබ් වලින් සඟවා ගෙන සිටින පිටිගල ඇළ ඕමත්ත ඇළ පැළවතු ඇළ වැලි පැන්න ගඟ ගොරක දූ ඇළ යයි නම් ලත් අතුරු ජලදහරාවන් මගින් බෙම් ගඟ පෝෂිත වන්නේ යයි කියති. බෙම් ගඟ කලකදී වියරු වෙයි.පිටාර ගලයි. හාත්පස කුඹුරු ගම්මාන යටවෙයි. බෙන්තර නැන්දගේ දූ වරු හින්දයි දෙගොඩ දෙකෝරළෙ නැතිවන්නේ යයි ජන කවියා පවසන්නේ එහෙයිනි. කිරල කඩොල් කළු මැදිරිය මිදෙල්ල වැනි ශාක පද්ධතියකින්ද දිය හූනා කවාටි කඩොල් බෙල්ලා වැනි ජලජ සත්වයන්ගෙන්ද මඩාරා ලූලා වැනි මසුන් ගෙන් සපිරි බෙම්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/20)
Ali Sabry insisting on establishing separate court to hear child abuse cases is welcome.
Not only a court, but a very strong and responsible new police unit with sufficient powers should be set-up to nab the culprits. Hon. Minister of Justice, Attorney-at-Law Ali Sabry (PC) insisting on establishing seperate court to hear child abuse cases is welcome. The writer believes this is a good move. The writer also wants to propose, that not only a court, but a "new police unit" be set up - not just the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/20)
INDIA SHALL MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS ATLEAST NOW!
For more than three decades Sri Lanka suffered its most bitter experience of instability as a nation thank to its closest neighbour India. Today it is a proved fact that the main hidden strong hand behind the LTTE terrorism was the staunch and powerful help to the terrorists by that dangerous country. Indira Gandhi had incepted the terrorism idea to Sri Lankan Tamil political leaders in the late sixties and planted the seed of separatism into their mind simply because then Sri Lankan (then Ceylon) economy and the living standard were par over humongous India.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/20)
Bring in a New Constitution Without Delay
It is obvious the present Constitution is a mess (in local proverbial terms a salad mix of a lunatic – “pissige palaa malla”). It contains many contradictory provisions that often require court interpretation. The country cannot move forward without a seamless Constitution that ties back to history, leverages the present and envisions a future. No government has received a mandate bigger than this regime to bring in a new Constitution. Tweaking parts of the Constitution for personal gain is not going to help the nation. That was the mistake of Mahinda exactly a decade... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/20)
දුෂ්කර පළාත්වල දුවා දරුවන්ගේ වෘත්තීය පුහුණුව නැංවීමට අවශ්යකටයුතු සොයා බැලීම
"දුෂ්කර පළාත්වල දුවා දරුවන්ගේ වෘත්තීය පුහුණුව නැංවීමට අවශ්ය කටයුතු සොයා බැලීම සහ එම ආයතන පරීක්ෂා කිරිම සඳහා ඇමතිවරිය උදෑසන හදිසි මෙහෙයුමක නිරත විය." නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තීය අධ්යාපන, පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්ය අමාත්ය විශේෂඥ වෛද්ය සීතා අරඹේපොල මහත්මිය ඊයේ දින (22 දින)උදෑසනම අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්රික් වෘත්තීය පුහුණු මධ්යස්ථානයේ හදිසි නීරීක්ෂණ චාරිකාවක නිරත විය. දුෂ්කර පළාත් වල දුවා දරුවන්ගේ වෘත්තීය පුහුණුව නැංවීමට අවශ්ය කටයුතු සොයා බැලීම සහ එම ආයතන පරීක්ෂා කිරිම නීරීක්ෂණ චාරිකාවේ අරමුණ විය. මෙහිදී කාර්ය මණ්ඩලය සහ ආයතනයේ පුහුණුව ලබන දුවා දරුවන් සමග... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/20)
Covid -19 the Second Wave!
23 Aug 2020 So far Sri Lanka's success is in her ability to chase, apprehend and isolate infected and / or suspected Covid-19 individuals and their subsequent cure and rehabilitation. However, if the infection breaks out in the community which is now more mobile than they have been a few months ago, it will be beyond Sri Lanka's means to control it. The good thing about the Covid-19 virus is that it can easily be contained if the population follow the simple guide lines of a) keeping the distance b) washing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/20)
සාරධර්මවලින් පිරිපුන් සමාජයක් රටට දායද කර ගැනීමට දහම් පාසල් අධ්යාපනය අනිවාර්ය කළ යුතුයි - අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා
රටේ උද්ගතව ඇති වැඩි ප්රමාණයක් සාරධර්ම පිරිහීම් පවතින්නේ දහම් පාසල් අධ්යාපනය නොලත් පිරිස් වෙතින්. ඒ නිසා දහම් පාසල් අධ්යාපනය අනිවාර්ය කළ යුතු යැයි ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා අද 2020.08.23 දින පැවැසීය. ඓතිහාසික කසාගල රජමහා විහාරස්ථානයේ පැවැති 125 වැනි දහම් පාසල් දින සැමරුම් ජාතික මහෝත්සවය අමතා ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා මේ බව අවධාරණය කළේය. පාස්කු දින ප්රහාරය, ත්රස්තවාදී ගැටලු ඇතුළු පසුගිය කාලයේ ඇති වූ රටේ විවිධ ප්රශ්න නැති කිරීමට දායකවන්නේ ආගමික අධ්යාපනය බව සිහිපත් කළ අග්රාමාත්යවරයා කිසිඳු ආගමක ප්රචන්ඩත්වය උගන්වන්නේ නැති බවට විශ්වාසය පළ කළේය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/20)
Two more add to Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 case tally
Two more individuals have tested positive for the virus today (23) increasing the total number of confirmed positive cases in the country to 2,953, says the Department of Government Information. The latest positive cases are two recent arrivals from Malaysia. Accordingly, 07 new cases of COVID-19 infection have been reported within the day so far, with 02 returnees from the United Arab Emirates, and 01 returnee each from Kenya, and Dubai testing positive earlier today. As per the Epidemiology Unit’s statistics, 136 patients infected with the virus are currently under... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/20)
Sri Lanka confirms 12th COVID-19 death
Sri Lanka reported its tenth death from the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, a short while ago, confirmed Ministry of Health. A 47-year-old female from Mawathagama, Weuda, who had recently arrived from India has succumbed to the virus in this manner. https://youtu.be/QCV7XdpdKok Upon being tested positive for COVID-19 she had been treated at the Iranawila Treatment Center before being transferred to the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) in Angoda last night (22) for further treatment. According to the Ministry, the deceased lady had been diagnosed with cancer and heart... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/20)
රතන හිමි ගේ හැසිරීම සැක සහිතයි - රතන හිමි හැංගෙන්නේ ඇයි ? අපිට සාක්ෂි තියනවා
https://youtu.be/WIjDfepiCbw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/20)
Revelation of a threatening letter sent by Islam radicals to founding Thero of Nelligala IBC
The founder of the Nelligala International Buddhist Center Venerable Wathurakumbure Dhammaratana Thero says that he received a letter of threat, three weeks after the Easter attacks. The thero made this statement while testifying before the Presidential Commission appointed to probe the Easter Attacks. Dhammaratana Thero further added that the Zaharan Hashim had approached him in 2016 to buy the land on which the Nelligala International Buddhist Center is built, to construct a centre but had been turned down by the thero. When inquired by the State Counsel as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/20)
Minister Wimal responds to a statement made by MP Harin (Video)
Minister Wimal Weerawansa states that the results of this election confirm that the people of the North and East have rejected racist and extremist politics. https://youtu.be/4zl4m1ijMGU The Minister stated this while participating in a public meeting held in Homagama area. Meanwhile, the MP also commented on a statement made by Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP Harin Fernando criticizing the arrival of President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to attend the inaugural session of the new parliament.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/08/20)
No monks in parliament, please!
A few Buddhist monks who have long been vocal protestors against the anti-Buddhasasana activities of a large number of foreign funded fundamentalist religious groups and a hitherto unheard of, relatively obscure monk by the name of Wedinigama Wimalatissa are embroiled in a violent controversy over the single national list seat won by the Ape Jana Bala Pakshaya (AJBP) at the recent parliamentary election. (AJBP did not belong to the monks until a few days before nominations for the election closed. They arranged, apparently, on an ad hoc basis, through some commercial... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/20)
2020, Year of Great Expectations of a nation?
2020, Year of Great Expectations of a nation after 72 years of pompous celebrations of so-called Independence since 1948. Will they be fulfilled at least now, under the Government of Gothabahaya Rajapaksa? Introduction I start writing this note on the assumption that we have not received any independence, other than the room to elect local representatives to Parliament under a system orchestrated by the British with serious limitations on us as an Independent nation. (This subject has to be treated separately as it is outside the scope of this essay. (Please... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/20)
President's Job Initiative and His Development Paradigm
It comes as no surprise that with the change of government we have; unobtrusively it may be, moved on to a different political platform/perspective. Briefly stated there appears a shift from the more aggressive neo- liberalism of 2015, towards a reluctant form of socialism. Not quite to the centre of that paradigm yet, but trending in that direction. Because this perspective has not evolved into a consistent whole, the term ideology may not yet be the appropriate terminology. Traditionally in the neoliberal ideology the concept of choice mattered most but to the radical socialist left it... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/20)
ජනතා ගැටලුවලට විසඳුම් දෙමින් කුරුණෑගල සංවර්ධනයට අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාගෙන් උපදෙස්
යාපහුව, පඩුවස්නුවර සහ කුරුණෑගල සංචාරක පුරවරයක් ලෙස සංවර්ධන කිරීමට අදාළ උපදෙස් සංචාරක අමාත්යවරයාට යොමුකරන බව අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා අද 2020.08.22 දින පැවැසීය. කුරුණෑගල මොරගොල්ලාගම, සියඹලන්ගමුව වැව් තාවුල්ලේ පැවැති ජනතා හමුවේදී යොමු වූ ප්රශ්නවලට පිළිතුරු දෙමින් අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මේ බව අවධාරණය කළේය. මහව, පොල්පිතිගම අධ්යාපන කලාපයේ පාසල්වල පවතින භෞතික ගැටලු කඩිනමින් සොයාබලා ඊට විසඳුම් ලබා දෙන්නැයි වයඹ පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාර ඒ.ජේ.එම් මුසම්මිල් මහතාට අග්රාමාත්යවරයා විසින් මෙහිදී උපදෙස් ලබා දුන්නේය. කුඹුක්කඩවල මාර්ගය සහ අලි මිනිස් ගැටුමෙන් පීඩාවිදින තලාගල ගම්මානයට වැටී තිබෙන මාර්ගය ඉතා කඩිමින් සංවර්ධනය කර දෙන බව පැවසූ අග්රාමාත්යවරයා,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/20)
සිරගතව සිටින මව්වරුන් පිරිසකගේ දරුවන් 46 දෙනෙකු පිළිබඳ ගරු අගමැතිතුමාගේ අවධානය යොමු වෙයි
ජාතික පුවත්පතක පළ වූ, මත්ද්රව්ය ජාවාරම් ඇතුළු විවිධ අපරාධ සම්බන්ධයෙන් චෝදනා ලැබ සිරගතව සිටින මව්වරුන් පිරිසකගේ දරුවන් 46 දෙනෙකු මේ වන විට දිවයිනේ විවිධ ප්රදේශවල බන්ධනාගාර තුළ සිටීමට සිදුව ඇති පුවතක්, සම්බන්ධයෙන් ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාගේ අවධානය යොමුව තිබේ. මෙම පුවත පිළිබඳ කඩිනම් අවධානය යොමු කළ ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා, දරුවන්ට නිදහස ලබාදීමට අදාළ ඉදිරි කටයුතු සම්බන්ධයෙන් සොයා බලා කටයුතු කරන ලෙස, බන්ධනාගාර ප්රතිසංස්කරණ හා සිරකරුවන් පුනරුත්ථාපනය පිළිබඳ රාජ්ය අමාත්ය සුදර්ශනී ප්රනාන්දුපුල්ලේ මහත්මියට දුරකථනය ඔස්සේ උපදෙස් ලබා දී තිබේ. ගැබිනියන් වශයෙන් සිටින අතරතුරදී හා අලුත උපන් දරුවන් සිටින අතරතුරදී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/20)
ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාගේ උපදෙසින් වයඹ පළාත් ඇල ව්යාපෘතිය කඩිනම් කරයි
යල මහ කන්න දෙකම වගා කළ හැකි පරිදි වයඹ පළාතේ ගොවිබිම් හෙක්ටයාර් 12500ක් පෝෂණය කෙරෙන වයඹ පළාත් ඇල ව්යාපෘතිය කඩිනම් කිරීමට අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා අද 2020.08.22 දින උපදෙස් ලබා දුන්නේය. මහින්ද චින්තන ප්රතිපත්තිය යටතේ 2014 වර්ෂයේ ආරම්භ කිරීමට යෙදුණු මෙම ව්යාපෘතිය පසුගිය ආණ්ඩු සමයේ නවතා දමා තිබිණි. කුරුණෑගල මොරගොල්ලාගම, සියඹලන්ගමුව වැව් තාවුල්ලේදී අග්රාමාත්යවරයාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් අද දින පැවැති ජනතා හමුවේදී යෝජිත වයඹ පළාත් ඇල ව්යාපෘතියට අදාළ ව්යාපෘති වාර්තාව, ව්යාපෘති අධ්යක්ෂ ඉංජිනේරු අශෝක පෙරේරා මහතා විසින් අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාට පිළිගන්වන ලදී. ඊට සමගාමීව සියඹලන්ගමුව සපිරි ධීවර සමිතියේ ජනතාව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/20)
Human nature is in itself evidence of the existence of God Almighty.
Human nature is in itself evidence of the existence of God Almighty, for there are certain evils which human nature inherently abhors. For example, entering incestuous relationships with one’s mother, sister or daughter; coming into contact with urine, bodily excrements or other similar types of filth; falsehood and indeed all such other things which even atheists recoil from. Why would this be true if there was no god? If God does not exist, why do men differentiate between their mothers, sisters and other women; why do they perceive lying to be wrong; by what... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/20)
ISIS Church Bombs Help China Gain Indian Ocean Ally to America's Chagrin
Outrage following a deadly Islamic State militant group (ISIS) bombing last year helped pave the way for a return to power for Sri Lanka's influential Rajapaksa brothers, two men who have forged a close relationship with China in spite of the United States' attempts to contain the People's Republic in the region. For a decade, President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Defense Minister Gotabaya Rajapaksa dominated Sri Lankan politics, gaining popularity with a decisive victory over the Tamil Tigers insurgent group. The brothers stepped down after elections in 2015 brought a change in government.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/20)
Leading schools should share resources with lesser schools
The Education Ministry has proposed that the leading schools in the country should adopt a mechanism to share their resources with the under-resourced schools of the country. The idea was mooted when Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris met with the principals of 17 leading schools on Thursday. The meeting was conducted to discuss curriculum reforms. The schools principals were asked to come up with proposals to adopt underprivileged schools. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/20)
New Cabinet paper to develop school curricula: Education Minister informs principals
A new cabinet paper will be presented seeking approval to modernise and develop the school curricula to meet contemporary conditions and requirements, Education Minister Professor G.L.Peiris informed a group of school principals on Thursday. At a meeting held with the principals of several leading schools at the Education Ministry, Minister Peiris said the development of children's analytical knowledge and critical thinking was paramount. Terming education as an expedition, the Minister said the opportunities and room available for the children to expand in the existing education system was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/20)
WHO hopes COVID-19 pandemic would end within two years
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that it hopes the Covid-19 pandemic will last less than the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, which in two years killed tens of millions of people. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference that this goal would be possible if the “we can unite our efforts” and make the most of the available tools, among them vaccines. https://youtu.be/P1JbAC_FD2c The famous “Spanish flu” killed 50 million people from 1918 to 1920 when malnutrition and tuberculosis made the population... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/20)
Ali Sabry insists on establishing separate court to hear child abuse cases
Minister of Justice, President’s Counsel Ali Sabry says the establishment of a separate court to hear cases pertaining to child abuse has been brought to the notice of the government. https://youtu.be/H5HEuBQUZmk He made these remarks addressing an event held in Colombo. Minister Ali Sabry further insisted on eradicating crimes against children. In the meantime, new laws will also be introduced to prevent such crimes, the justice minister continued.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/20)
Underworld gunman killed in shootout with police
A member of a criminal gang has died in a shootout with the police in area of Gampaha today (22). The deceased is identified as Chaminda Edirisooriya under the alias “Chamiya”. He is reportedly a gunman of the team operated by the underworld figure “Angoda Lokka”. The police said “Chamiya” was shot when they opened fire at him in retaliation.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/20)
Meeting with the Country Chief of UNODC and the Attorney General
Attorney General & Prosecutors met with United Nations Office On Drugs & Crime (UNODC) Country Chief & UN Maritime Expert on International Drug Trafficking Organized Crime & Terrorism & had effective discussions on legal issues affecting the region.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/20)
අපි පැරදුනා කියා කට ඇර කියන්න බැරි ඇයි?
ශී ලංකාවේ මැතිවරණය දැන් ඉවර වී ඇත චන්ද සටනේ විශිශ්ට ජයග්රාහකයා මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා බව සැබැය . නමුත් කොරෝනා තර්ජනය මැද්දේ ශීලංකා ඉතිහාසයේ ඉතාමත්ම සාර්ථක හා සාමකාමී මැතිවරණය පැවැත්වීමේ පූර්ණ ගෞරවය හිමිවිය යුත්තේ මැකෝ දේශප්රිය, අනිල් ජාසිංහ හා ශවේන්ද්ර ද සිල්වා විරුවන් තුන්දෙනාට බව අපි අවිවාදයෙන් පිළිගත යුතුය . මඩ ප්රචාර, නින්දා අපහාස, අභූත චෝදනා අනුන්ට එල්ල නොකොට ශීලාචාර මැතිවරණ සටනක යෙදෙන්නැයි මැකෝ කළ ඉල්ලීම 99%ක් අපේක්ෂකයන් අකුරටම පිළිපැදීම මෙම මැතිවරණයේදී දකින්නට ලැබුණු විශේෂත්වයයි. නමුත් කිරි කළයකට ගොම දැම්මා සේ මේ සම්මුතිය බිඳ දමමින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/20)
ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂයේ නියෝජ්ය සංවිධායකවරු හා සහකාර සංවිධායකවරුන් අගමැතිතුමා අතින් පත්වීම් ලබයි
පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂයේ නියෝජ්ය සංවිධායකවරු හා සහකාර සංවිධායකවරුන් අද 2020.08.21 දින ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා අතින් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී පත්වීම් ලිපි ලබා ගත්තේය. අග්රාමාත්යවරයා විසින් පත් කළ මෙම තනතුරු කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලය විසින් අනුමත කළ තනතුරු වේ. පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂයේ නියෝජ්ය සංවිධායකවරු ලෙස පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරුන් වන ඩිලාන් පෙරේරා මහතා සහ ජයන්ත කැටගොඩ මහතා පත් කර තිබේ. ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂයේ සහකාර සංවිධායකවරු ලෙස පාර්ලිමේන්තු මත්ත්රී ජගත් පුෂ්පකුමාර මහතා, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී මොහොමඩ් මුසම්මිල් මහතා සහ අසංක නවරත්න මහතා පත් කර ඇත.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/20)
Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Bangkok A Second Group of 87 Sri Lankans from Thailand Returns
A second group of 87 Sri Lankans, who were stranded in various cities in Thailand due to the Covid-19 pandemic situation, were repatriated to Sri Lanka from Bangkok-Thailand this morning (21), via a special Sri Lankan Airlines charter flight UL 403, organized by the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Bangkok. The special flight that had onboard a few Buddhist monks, students, Sri Lankans who were on short term visit visas to Thailand, and several others on humanitarian grounds, arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo, on Friday 21 August 2020 morning. All repatriated individuals will undergo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/20)
87 දෙනෙකුගෙන් යුත් දෙවන ශ්රී ලාංකිකයින් කණ්ඩායම තායිලන්තයෙන් ආපසු පැමිණේ
කෝවිඩ් -19 වසංගත තත්ත්වය හේතුවෙන් තායිලන්තයේ විවිධ නගරවල රැදී සිටි ශ්රී ලාංකිකයන් 87 කට අධික පිරිසක් තායිලන්තයේ ශ්රී ලංකා තානාපති කාර්යාලය විසින් සංවිධානය කරන ලද ශ්රී ලංකන් ගුවන් සේවයට අයත් යූඑල් 403 දරණ ගුවන් යානයෙන් අද උදැසන බැංකොක් නුවර සිට සිය රට පැමිණියහ. බෞද්ධ භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේලා කිහිප දෙනෙකුද , සිසුන්, කෙටි කාලීන සංචාරක වීසා මත තායිලන්තයට පැමිණ සිටි ශ්රී ලාංකිකයන් සහ මානුෂිය අවශ්යතා මත පදනම්ව තවත් ලාංකිකයන් කිහිප දෙනෙකුද ඇතුලත් වු මෙම කණ්ඩායම රැගත් විශේෂ ගුවන් යානය 2020 අගෝස්තු 21 සිකුරාදා උදෑසන කොළඹ බණ්ඩාරනායක ජාත්යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළට ළඟා වු අතර, මෙම සියලුම පුද්ගලයින් අවශ්ය වෛද්ය පරීක්ෂණවලට භාජනය කිරීමෙන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/08/20)
මහ මැතිවරණයේ විජයග්රහණය වෙනුවෙන් ඔස්ට්රේලියානු අගමැතිවරයා ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාට සුභ පැතුම් එක් කරයි
මහ මැතිවරණයෙන් ලද විජයග්රහණය පිළිබඳව ඕස්ට්රේලියානු අග්රාමාත්ය ස්කොට් මොරිසන් මහතා අද 2020.08.21 පෙරවරුවේ අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට සුබ පැතුම් එක් කළේය. ශ්රී ලංකාව සහ ඕස්ට්රේලියාව අතර ද්වී පාර්ශවික සබඳතා තවදුරටත් වර්ධනය කර ගැනීමේ අභිලාෂයෙන් විවිධ ක්ෂේත්ර ඔස්සේ අන්යෝන්ය සහයෝගීතාවය වර්ධනය කර ගන්නා ආකාරය පිළිබඳව දෙරටේ නායකයෝ සාකච්ඡාවක නිරත වූහ. “ලෝකයේ මේ අර්ධයේ බොහෝ දේ සිදුවෙමින් පවතින” බව පැවසූ අග්රාමාත්ය මොරිසන් මහතා, අගමැති රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා හා නව රජය සමඟ ඉතා සමීපව කටයුතු කිරීමට බලාපොරොත්තු වන බව පැවසීය. ඕස්ට්රේලියානු අග්රාමාත්යවරයා ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ සුවදුක් විමසා එතුමාට සුබ පැතුම්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/20)
ශ්රී ලංකා ජනරජය බෞද්ධයන්ට විශේෂකර සැළකීම අනුමත කර තිබේද?
මෙම ලිපිය දීර්ඝ වීම වැළැක්වීම සදහා අංක ගතකර ලිවීමට අදහස් කරමි. 1. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව සිංහල, දෙමළ සහ ඉංග්රීසි භාෂාවලින් පළකර ඇති නමුත් භාෂා අතර අනනුකූලතාවයක් ඇතිවුවහොත් සිංහල භාෂා පාඨය බලාත්මකවන බව 23වන ව්යවස්ථාවේ දක්වා ඇත. 2. ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 9වන ව්යවස්ථාව සිංහල සහ ඉංග්රීසි භාෂාවෙන් ඇති ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ වෙනස් ලෙස දැක්වේ. 3. ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 23වන ව්යවස්ථාව අනුව සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් ඇති ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 9වන ව්යවස්ථාව බලාත්මක වේ. 4. සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් ඇති ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 9වන ව්යවස්ථාව මෙසේය. 5. ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 9වන ව්යවස්ථාවේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/20)
19 වන ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයක් ව්යවස්ථානුකුලව ඇතැයි සැලකීම අධිකරණයට අපහාස කිරීමක් නොවන්නේ මන්ද? Posted on August 20th, 2020 හර්ෂ කුමාර් සුරියආරච්චි"
ඔබ විසින් ලියා ඇති පහත ලිපියේ මාතෘකාවට අනුව අන්තර්ගතයේ මාතෘකාවේ කාරණා අන්තර්ගත නොවීමෙන් යම් අපැහැදිලිතාවක් පැනනැගේ. මන්දයත්, "අධිකරණයට අපහාස කිරීම" යන කාරණය මාතෘකාවේ දක්වා තිබුණත් ඒ පිළිබදව ලිපියේ පැහැදිලි කිරීමක් නොවීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් අවධානය යොමු කරවමි. ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට අපහාස කිරීම සහ එය පාලනය කිරීමට ඇති ව්යවස්ථා විධිවිධාන වන්නේ ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 105.3 අනුව්යවස්ථාව වන අතර, ඒ ව්යවස්ථාව ගැනත් යම් පැහැදිලි කිරීමක් තිබුණානම් හොද යැයි සිතේ. කෙසේ වෙතත් එකී ලිපියේ "අධිකරණයට අපහාස කිරීමක්" ලෙස දැක්වූයේ කවර ව්යවස්ථා විධිවිධානයක් අනුව ඇති නඩු නිමිත්තක්ද? යන්න දැන ගැනීමට පාඨකයාට වෙනත් ගවේශනයක් කිරීමට සිදුවන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/20)
Sri Lanka to reset foreign policy with Asia-centric approach
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appears to have handpicked Adm.Prof. Jayanath Colombage for the Foreign Secretary’s post given his expertise in maritime security which is likely to be the centerpiece of Sri Lanka’s foreign policy in the coming years. Colombo, August 20: The foreign policy motto of the previous government was ‘friendship with all, enmity with none’. Its verbatim meaning suggests the then Government’s policy was to be even-handed in its dealings with the world, be it Asia or the West. Nonetheless, in reality, it was a just a bland sentence... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/20)
Indian envoy tells Tamil National Alliance New Delhi is committed to full implementation of 13th Amendment
Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay This is significant in the context of Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's statement that a new Sri Lankan constitution will be drafted Colombo, August 21 (newsin.asia): A delegation of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) called on the Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay here on Friday. The High Commissioner congratulated the TNA for their performance at the recent general elections. The envoy reiterated India’s longstanding position on peace and reconciliation and the full implementation of the Thirteenth Amendment of the Sri Lankan constitution which had... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/20)
In Sri Lanka, a people living off borrowed money
As Sri Lanka struggles with outstanding foreign debt, rural households across the country have been living off borrowings after exhausting their savings. Meera Srinivasan reports on how those already struggling with severe economic hardships are now grappling with a pandemic-induced crisis After doing seven jobs in the last three years in and around Colombo, Simran Enric is now back home in Sri Lanka’s hill country. He escaped the pandemic that struck the capital, but his last job at a grocery store didn’t. “I am ready to take up any job. It doesn’t matter which... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/20)
Registrars of Courts among four most corrupt institutions
A smiling Sabry holds his mother after addressing the media at the Justice Ministry (pic by Shamindra Ferdinando) Justice Minister Ali Sabry, PC, yesterday (17) said that four state institutions––the Police, Prisons, Government Analyst’s Department and the Registrars of Courts––were so corrupt that the country faced a daunting challenge to rectify the situation. Addressing a gathering immediately after assuming duties at the Justice Ministry, Sabry explained how those responsible violated the rule of law. Referring to recent explosive reportage of the Police Narcotics Bureau... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/20)
14 more persons confirmed for Covid -19: SL Country total increases to 2,941
Fourteen new cases of Covid-19 have been identified bringing the total number of confirmed cases reported in the country thus far to 2,941. Twelve (12) arrivals from Untied Arab Emirates (UAE) and one each from Indonesia and Kuwait have tested positive for the virus. Twenty-three new cases of coronavirus have been detected so far today (21). Accordingly, 141 patients infected with Covid-19 are currently being treated at hospitals while the total number of recoveries stands at 2,789.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/20)
President decides to place 2 Buddhist Universities under Education Ministry
At the request of Maha Sangha, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa decided to bring Sri Lanka Buddhist and Pali University and Buddhashravaka Bhiksu University under the purview of the Ministry of Education. President also paid attention to the possibility of placing these two Universities under the University Grants Commission. President instructed the officials to conduct monitoring their activities in a proper manner under the supervision of the State Minister while safeguarding their identities. This decision was taken by the President during the 05th meeting of the Buddhist Advisory Council held at the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/20)
Bellanwila Dhammaratana Thero says 19th amendment should be changed as soon as possible (Video)
https://youtu.be/jcDZ_84y9JQ Dr. Bellanwila Dhammaratana Thero says that action should be taken to change the 19th Amendment to the Constitution as soon as possible. Meanwhile, other political representatives expressed their views on the 19th Amendment and the new Constitution... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/20)
Request to the Election Commission to abolish the seat of Apey Janabala Party (Video)
https://youtu.be/fkl8ceepif4 Ven. Dr. Omalpe Sobhitha Thero, stated that he is requesting the Chairman of the Election Commission on behalf of the Sri Lanka Ramanna Maha Nikaya to immediately cancel the National List seat given to Apey Janabala Party. He was addressing a media briefing at the Sri Bodhirajarama Temple in Embilipitiya.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/20)
Timeline of Indo-Lanka Relations
India and Sri Lanka Relations between India & Sri Lanka has had their highs and lows since ancient times. The present resent & animosity by most in Sri Lanka against India has valid reasons. As two sovereign nations, there are certainly protocols to respect & follow and size should not matter. No country or its people would like to feel bullied by a larger neighbor simply because of its size. Let’s not forget that the country we call India came to be christened only in 1947 by Colonial Britain, which adds weight to Sir John Kotelawala’s oft quoted... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/08/20)
Power Shortage
In view of the current power shortage, I enclose the Conclusion of my book; Wind Power for Sri Lanka's Energy Requirements(Godages). The fact that Wind Power if harnessed in the manner that it has been harnessed in other countries like Spain, France and the USA, can provide the full requirements of power for Sri Lanka has been conclusively proved in the above book. The Conclusion of this book is enclosed for kind perusal 10.Conclusion I am pleased to submit the Papers I have so far written on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/20)
SRI LANKA IS STRIVING FOR BETTER IN ALL FRONTS OF GOVERNING & STATE SERVICE WITH THE NEW 2/3 POWER.
The government is the creation of patriotic deserving people of the country, the government will deliver the expectations of people in a well planned short and long term strategy, state service officials must avoid corruptions, bribing, conspiracies of all formats, if such occurs we will use our powerful pens against them in every occasion. -Citizen of the Country Our country is just in front of a new horizon of governing with a new hope of better governing on policies of better on improving the lives of deserving people. The hope is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/20)
ඉස්ලාම් ආගමිකයෙකු අධිකරණ අමාත්යවරයා ලෙස පත් කිරීම බුද්ධාගමට ප්රමුඛස්ථානය පිරිනමා ඇති 9වන ව්යවස්ථාවට එකගද?
ශ්රී ලංකා ප්රජාතාන්ත්රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ උත්තරීතර නීතිය ලෙස සැළකෙන්නේ ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවයි. ශ්රී ලංකාවට ඩොමීනියන් තත්ත්වය ප්රදානය කිරීමත් සමඟ ඊට අවශ්ය ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා පද්ධතියක් ද 'පරිත්යාග කිරීමට' බ්රිතාන්ය පාලකයෝ ත්යාගශීලී වූයේ ඇයිද? යන්න විසදීමට කාලයක් ගතවීම මෙරට ජනතාවට බ්රිතාන්යයන්ම ලබාදුන් අධ්යාපනයේ ස්වභාවය හේතුවන්නට ඇත. එහෙත් තම අසල්වැසියා (ඉන්දියාව) අනුව යමින් එම ඩොමීනියන් බැඳීම කෙළවර කොට ස්වීය වූ ආණ්ඩුක්රමයක් නිර්මාණය කර ගැනීමේ ජාතික අවශ්යතාවය කරා සමීප වීමට මෙරටේ පාලකයන් අසමත් වූ අතර එවැනි පරිවර්තනයක් සිදු වන්නේ 1972 වසරේ 'ශ්රී ලංකා ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව' නිර්මාණය කර ගැනීමත් සමගයි. 1978... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/20)
අභ්යාසලාභී උපාධිධාරී පත්වීම් කප්පාදුව නතර කිරීමට ගත් තීරණය අගයමු. යළි කප්පාදුවක් නොකිරීමට පියවර ගන්නා මෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටිමු.
ගරු ජනාධිපති, ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා, ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලය, කොළඹ 01. ජනාධිපතිතුමනි, අභ්යාසලාභී උපාධිධාරී පත්වීම් කප්පාදුව නතර කිරීමට ගත් තීරණය අගයමු. යළි කප්පාදුවක් නොකිරීමට පියවර ගන්නා මෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටිමු. 2020 මාර්තු 02 සිට ලබා දුන් සංවර්ධන නිලධාරී අභ්යාසලාභී පත්වීම් 13 000කට ආසන්න ප්රමාණයක් 2020.08.16 දින අවලංගු කිරීමත් සමඟ ගැටළුකාරී තත්වයක් උද්ගත විය. අප මධ්යස්ථානය කප්පාදුව පිළිබඳව සවිස්තරාත්මක සංදේශයක් 2020. 08. 18 දින ගරු ඔබතුමා ඇතුළු ආණ්ඩුවේ ප්රධානීන් වෙත යොමු කළ අතර එම සියලූ ඉල්ලීම් සලකා බලා ඊට විසඳුමක් ලෙස 2020. 08. 19 දින අමාත්ය මණ්ඩලයේ දී යළි උපාධිධාරීන් 10... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/20)
19 වන ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයක් ව්යවස්ථානුකුලව ඇතැයි සැලකීම අධිකරණයට අපහාස කිරීමක් නොවන්නේ මන්ද?
1978 ව්යවස්ථාවේ 18 වන සංශෝධනය තෙක් වලංගු වූ තත්වයනට අනුව ජනාධිපතිට පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසිරවිමේ බලය වසර තුනකට වඩා කාලයකට අහිමි කිරීමට පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට බලය නැති බවත්, එවැනි අහිමි කිරීමක් කරන්නේ නම් ජනතාවගේ අනුමැතිය ජනමතවිචරනයකින් ලබා ගත යුතු බවත් ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය 2002 වසරේදී තීරණය කරන ලදී. ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය එම තීරණය ලබා දුන්නේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට සහ ජනාධිපතිට ඒ අනුව ක්රියාත්මක වීමටය. පාර්ලිමේන්තුව එම ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ තීරණයට අනුකුල නොවී, ජනමතවිචාරණයක් නොපවත්වා ඉහත කී ජනපති ගේ බලය අඩු කර ඇති බව 2018 දී ඒ හා බැදුණු නඩු තීන්දුවකින් හෙළිදරව් විණි. නමුත් ව්යවස්ථාවට අනුව පනතක් සම්මත වන්නේ එය ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ තීරණයට අනුව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/20)
Statement of the National Joint Committee Regarding the Proposed 20th Amendment
The National Joint Committee (NJC) wishes to convey its best wishes to his Excellency the President, and his Government elected with an overwhelming majority, in Parliament. We have utmost confidence that the Government would fulfill its pledge to remove numerous constitutional provisions introduced to the Constitution through many amendments that has plagued the structure of this state. It was reported in a lead news report that the Minister of Justice Hon. Ali Sabry is drafting the amendment he intends tabling before Parliament... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/20)
Arrivals from Chennai push COVID-19 cases to 2,918
Sixteen individuals have tested positive for COVID-19 today (20), raising Sri Lanka’s infections tally to 2,918. The Department of Government Information said the latest cases are arrivals from Chennai, India. In the meantime, recoveries from COVID-19 escalated to 2,765 earlier today as five more patients returned to health. The Epidemiology Unit says only 142 active novel coronavirus cases are currently under medical care. Sri Lanka has thus far witnessed 11 deaths due to COVID-19 pandemic.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/20)
Bribery Commission files indictment against Rajitha and two others
The Bribery Commission has filed indictment against former minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne and two others for allegedly causing losses to the state when leasing out the Modara Fisheries Harbour in 2014. The other two defendants in the case include the former Chairman of the Ceylon Fisheries Harbour Corporation (CFHC) Upali Liyanage and its former Managing Director Neil Ravindra Munasinghe. https://youtu.be/EOYl6xDUONc The indictment has been filed under section 70 of the Bribery Act and on five charges. They are accused of causing losses to the government by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/20)
Speaker's Traditional Tea Party (Video)
After the presentation of the Government Policy Statement by President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, a traditional tea party was hosted. https://youtu.be/RcTG-cPgmkw Members of the parliament participated in the event which was presided over by President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. After the tea party the MPs expressed their views to the media.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/20)
SLFP to appoint a committee to draft recommendations for new constitution
SLFP Central Committee decided to appoint a committee of experts to draft recommendations and suggestions for the proposed new constitution, headed by Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/20)
President promises to remove 19A and change electoral system-"One Country & One Law"
https://youtu.be/BJXRVHrRyVs https://youtu.be/C6ECHOstlQQ President assures a New Constitution with "One Country & One Law" and a change in the Electoral sytem Full text of the Policy Statement delivered by President Rajapaksa at the inaugural session of the Ninth Parliament: “The election held on August 5th marked a turning point in the history of Parliamentary Elections in Sri Lanka. We asked the people to give us a 2/3rd majority to form a stable government. First of all, I would... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/20)
A Basil Rajapakse Decrees that Sri Lanka Must Adopt a Brand New Constitution of Basil’s Choice
What Basil Rajapakse said On 13 August 2020 a person by the name of Basil Rajapakse, following up on his poor performance at a press briefing on 09 July 2020, did no better when he told the media, “A new Constitution must be introduced for the betterment of Sri Lanka; it must be a Constitution that cannot be changed at will” (https://www.lankaimage.com/2020/08/basil-reveals-expected-amendments-to.html?fbclid=IwAR1K2ZyCwqtjYTdhkslPNAS03wlRRCk6NoaLvPJbN-sYMuQlqYXiUrr91NA) According to this individual going by the name of Basil Rajapakse, a new Constitution is a must and it is being introduced... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/20)
ARTHIKA DUPATHA-Economic oasis
Abstract This paper details the concept of economic development to jump start the rural economy and alleviate poverty beyond COVID 19. The strategy is to combine the presently available infrastructure and administrative facilities and bring a new dimension of human motivation factors, as well as, to adding new resources to strength the weak areas and those that are non-existent presently. The paper commences with the author’s assumptions, followed by three critical parameters necessary for accelerated development. They are: (i) A motivated workforce (ii) Efficient infrastructure facilities(iii) A... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/20)
දේශීය පාවහන් සහ සම්භාන්ඩ කර්මාන්තයප්රවර්ධනය සඳහා නව රජයෙන් වැඩපිළිවෙලක්
කොවිඩ් 19 වසංගත තත්ත්වය හමුවේ අඩපන වූ පාවහන් සහ සම්භාණ්ඩ කර්මාන්ත ක්ෂේත්රයට නව පනක් ලබාදිමේ අරමුණින් සෞභාග්යයේ දැක්ම ප්රතිපත්ති ප්රකාශනය අනුව ගරු කර්මාන්ත අමාත්ය විමල් වීරවංශ අමාත්යතුමාගේ දේශීය කර්මාන්ත නගාසිටුවීමේ සංකල්පය මත ලංකා කාර්මික සංවර්ධන මණ්ඩලයේ සම්භාන්ඩ නිෂ්පාදන හා පාවහන් සංවර්ධන මධ්යස්ථානයේ මැදිහත්වීමෙන් ‘Made in Sri Lanka’ දීපව්යාප්ත දේශීය සම්භානණ්ඩ නිෂ්පාදන අලෙවි ප්රවර්ධන සල්පිල් මාලාවක් දියත්කර ඇත. මෙම අළෙවි ප්රවර්ධන සල්පිල් මාලාවේ දෙවන අදියර 2020 අගොස්තු මස 25 වන දින සිට 27 දක්වා බත්තරමුල්ල දියත උයන පරිශ්රයේදී පැවැත්වීමට තීරණය කර ඇත. අළෙවි ප්රවර්ධන සල්පිල සඳහා පාවහන්, බෑග් ඇතුලු දේශීය සම්භාන්ඩ නිෂ්පාදනය කරනු ලබන ආයතන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/20)
ලංකා ජර්මානු කාර්මික අභ්යාස ආයතනයේසේවාවන් රටේ දුෂ්කර පළාත්වලටත් ව්යාප්තකරනවා - රාජ්ය අමාත්ය විශේෂඥවෛද්ය සීතා අරඹේපොල
ලංකා ජර්මානු කාර්මික අභ්යාස ආයතනයේ සේවාවන් රටේ දුෂ්කර පළාත්වලටත් ව්යාප්ත කරන බවත්, ඒ සඳහා අවශ්ය වන ප්රතිපත්තිමය හා උපාය මාර්ගික කරුණු ඇතුලත් කඩිනම් වාර්තාවක් ලබාදෙන ලෙසත් නිපුණතා සංවර්ධන, වෘත්තීය අධ්යාපන, පර්යේෂණ හා නව නිපැයුම් රාජ්ය අමාත්ය විශේෂඥ වෛද්ය සීතා අරඹේපොල මහත්මිය එම ආයතනයේ නිලධාරීන් හමුවේ ප්රකාශ කළාය. අමාත්යවරිය මේ බව ප්රකාශ කළේ ඊයේ දින (18) රත්මලාන පිහිටි ලංකා ජර්මානු කාර්මික අභ්යාස ආයතනයේ නිරීක්ෂණ චාරිකාවකට එක් වෙමිනි. විශේෂයෙන්ම එම ආයතනයේ පුහුණුව ලබන සිසුන්ගේ වෘත්තීය පුහුණුව ගුණාත්මක ලෙස ඉහල නැංවීමට අදාල වන ගැටළු පිළිබඳව මෙන්ම ආයතනික... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/20)
මහා ලේඛක ලියෝ ටෝල්ස්ටෝයි
ලියෝ ටෝල්ස්ටෝයි මුළු ලෝකයේම ජනප්රියම හා වඩාත්ම කියවන ලද කතුවරයෙකි. එසේම ඔහු විවිධාකාර චරිත ගැඹුරින් විශ්ලේෂණය කළ විශිෂ්ට ලේඛකයෙකි. ටෝල්ස්ටෝයි රුසියානු සාහිත්යයේ දැවැන්තයෙකු ලෙස සැලකේ; ඔහුගේ කෘති අතර යුද්ධය සහ සාමය සහ ඇනා කරෙනිනා නවකතා සහ හඩ්ජි මුරාඩ් සහ ද ඩෙත් ඔෆ් අයිවන් ඉලිච් වැනි නවකතා ඇතුළත් වේ. ඔහුගේ "යුද්ධය සහ සාමය" මෙතෙක් ලියන ලද ශ්රේෂ්ඨතම තම නවකතාව ලෙස හැඳින්වේ. ටෝල්ස්ටෝයි නිරතුරුවම ඔහු ජීවත් වූ රුසියානු සමාජය යථාර්ථවාදීව ප්රකාශ කිරීමට උත්සාහ කලේය. ඔහුගේ නවකතා වන යුද්ධය සහ සාමය (1869) සහ ඇනා කරෙනිනා (1877) යථාර්ථවාදී ප්රබන්ධයේ ප්රභේදයේ ප්රධාන කෘති වේ. ටෝල්ස්ටෝයිගේ නවකතා (විශේෂයෙන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/08/20)
Colombo Dockyard to construct six Eco Bulk Carriers
Colombo Dockyard (CDPLC) is set to start the construction of six Eco Bulk Carriers for Norwegian company Misje Eco Bulk. The contract also includes four optional Eco Bulk Carriers. Initially signed in March, the contract is expected to become effective next month after receiving the owner’s final board approval. The 89.95m-long vessels will be able to accommodate the cargo capacity of 5,000 deadweight tonnage (dwt). The vessels will be powered by a four-stroke engine and will be able to carry bulk cargo, grain, timber,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/08/20)
No foreign intelligence alert conveyed to Fmr. President: Witness
Former President Maithripala Sirisena was not informed about the foreign intelligence information with regard to possible terror attack by National Thowheed Jama'at (NTJ) leader Zahran Hashim and his associates, former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director SDIG Nilantha Jayawardena today informed the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) investigating the Easter Sunday attacks. SDIG Jayawardena made this statement while responding to a question raised by a commissioner. He was also questioned about the threat assessment report prepared by the SIS prior to President Sirisena's visit to Batticaloa on April 12, 2019. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/08/20)
PHIs to get Motorcycles
The Government had decided to provide motorcycles for Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) to encourage and appreciate their services during the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Accordingly, more than 800 motorcycles would be given away as the first phase of the programme before August 30 in Colombo. Director General Of Health Services Dr. J.M.W. Jayasundara Bandara said the programme will go ahead according to the guidelines issued by the Health Ministry. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/08/20)
Cabinet nod to probe alleged misdeeds at state banks
Cabinet had given its nod to a paper submitted by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa as his capacity of being the Minister of Finance to probe all alleged misdeeds of state banking network that had taken place during the past years. The paper also sought to further strengthen the state banking network. “The state banks including the Bank of Ceylon, Peoples Bank, National Savings Bank and Rural Development Bank will be prepared and shaped to meet the challenges brought on by the COVID -19 pandemic while misdeeds that had taken place... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/08/20)
81 first-time MPs sit in parliament tomorrow
With the inaugural session of the ninth parliament due to take place tomorrow (20), the focus is on 81 first-time MPs. Sixty five of them got elected at the 2020 general election, while 16 come from the national list as named by their parties so far. The SLPP has 12 and the SJB, ITAK, AITC and the JJB has one appointed MP each. The UNP and the Apey Janabala Party are yet to name their national list MPs. The first-time MPs – elected Colombo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/08/20)
President meets protesting jobless graduates (video)
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa met protesting unemployed graduates in front of the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo today (19). Returning from the inaugural cabinet meeting, he had a discussion about their problems. https://youtu.be/BwfK71lNArg... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/08/20)
Cabinet subcommittee for constitutional formulation
A cabinet subcommittee has been tasked with the constitutional formulation. Its members are Prof. G.L. Peiris, Nimal Siripala de Silva, Ali Sabri, Dinesh Gunawardena and Udaya Gammanpila.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/08/20)
The Baseless & Diabolical Claim Of Tamil Genocide In Sri Lanka It’s Genesis and The Way to Eliminate It - A New Zealand Perspective-Webinar 16.8.20
The about 10% Tamil minority in Sri Lanka were the privileged minority of one hundred and fifty years of the “Divide and Rule” British Colonial administration, while the about 75% Sinhalese majority were the oppressed and disadvantaged majority, as they posed the greatest threat to the colonial administration. Thus at independence, nearly 90%of Engineers and Surveyors and 60% of doctors, and a vast majority of the civilian administration were from the 10% Tamil minority. The first Sri Lankan to act as head of state in post... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/08/20)
රැකියා විරහිත උපාධිධාරී අභ්යාසලාභීන් පිරිසක් පත්වීම් වලින් ඉවත් කිරීම හා සුදුසුකම් සපුරා ඇති රැකියා විරහිත උපාධිධාරීන්ට පත්වීම් ලබා නොදීම සම්බන්ධවයි.
ගරු ජනාධිපති, ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා, ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලය, කොළඹ 01. ජනාධිපතිතුමනි, රැකියා විරහිත උපාධිධාරී අභ්යාසලාභීන් පිරිසක් පත්වීම් වලින් ඉවත් කිරීම හා සුදුසුකම් සපුරා ඇති රැකියා විරහිත උපාධිධාරීන්ට පත්වීම් ලබා නොදීම සම්බන්ධවයි. 2020. 01. 01 දිනට පෙර රැකියා විරහිත උපාධිධාරීන් රැකියාගත කිරීමේ වැඩසටහන යටතේ 2020 මාර්තු 02 සිට 10 දක්වා ලබා දී තිබූ අභ්යාසලාභී උපාධිධාරී පත්වීම් 2020. 09. 02 දිනට යළි ලබා දීමේ දී අභ්යාසලාභී උපාධිධාරීන් සැලකිය යුතු පිරිසක් ඉන් ඉවත් කර ඇති බව පළමුව දන්වා සිටිමු. එසේ ඉවත් කිරීම පිළිබඳව උපාධිධාරී ජාතික මධ්යස්ථානයේ දැඩි විරෝධය ද පළ කර සිටිමු. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/20)
අගමැති සතු බුද්ධ ශාසන අමාත්ය ධුූරය ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් දැරිය යුතු බවට පෙත්සමක්
https://youtu.be/XP4KEch1-5s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/20)
Sri Lankan-born cancer scientist at the University of Queensland awarded the prestigious American Society of Haematology Global Research Fellowship Award
Dr. Jay Gunawardana, a Sri lankan-born blood cancer researcher at the University of Queensland (Translational Research Institute in Brisbane, Australia) has received the prestigious American Society of Haematology Global Research Award. This highly sought-after award is the result of a global search for competitive research proposals. It will enable Dr. Gunawardana to investigate the tumour microenvironment of the rare and largely neglected Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma subtype. His aim is to harness the power of patients’ own immune systems using combinatorial inhibitory drugs to remove ‘brakes’ that cause patient T-cells... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/20)
Who’s Afraid of Wimalasurendra?
“In a series of speeches made at the State Council, especially during 1933-34, Wimalasurendra identified the broad alliance that worked against the Hydroelectric Scheme. He used different names at times to identify this alliance: ‘Big Business’, ‘Oil and Coal Combine’, ‘Almighty Oil Interests’, ‘Big Business and Alien Combines’, ‘Imperialistic Element’, ‘Big Business Element’, ‘Big Business Party.’ – B.D. Witharana • Wimalasurendra came upon the massive waterfall, which he brilliantly named, Laxapana – 100,000 Lamps – and engineered its hydroelectric scheme, but the English erased his name, claimed it as their invention, and screwed it up!... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/20)
කොළඹ දිස්ත්රික්කයේ ව්යාවසායකයන් සඳහා ව්යාපාරයක් ආරම්භ කිරීමට හෝ සංවර්ධනය කරගැනීම සඳහාවූ රාජ්ය මැදිහත් වීමක්.
වැවිලි කර්මාන්ත අමාත්යාංශයේ රබර් ලේකම් කාර්යාලය හා ලංකා කාර්මික සංවර්ධන මණ්ඩලයේ රබර් භාණ්ඩ සංවර්ධන හා සේවා මධ්යස්ථානය එක්ව රබර් ආශ්රිත නිෂ්පාදන පිළිබඳ දැනුවත් කිරීමේ එක් දින වැඩසටහනක් සංවිධානය කර ඇත. මෙම වැඩසටහන රබර් ආශ්රිත නිෂ්පාදන ක්ෂේත්රයේ නිරත ව්යවසායකයන් සහ රබර් නිෂ්පාදන ක්ෂේත්රයට අලුතින් එක්වීමට කැමති විභව ව්යවසායකයන් සඳහා ඉතාමත් යෝග්ය වන අතර න්යායික සහ ප්රායෝගික දැනුම ලබා දීම පුහුණු සම්පත්දායකයන් විසින් සිදුකරනු ලබයි. මෙම වැඩසටහනේදී වාහන අමතර කොටස්, රබර් සීල් රබර් බිම් ඇතිරිලිද, රබර් මිශ්රිත මල්පෝච්චි, කුට්ටි, මැට්රස් ඇසුරුම් ද්රව්ය යනාදිය හා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/20)
Why Sri Lanka's response to Covid-19 is the most successful in South Asia
Early lockdown, fast tracking of Covid-19 suspects and financial intervention in key areas, are the most significant highlights of their success story. As the subcontinent struggles to flatten the coronavirus curve, with India alone recording 2.7 million cases and taking the third spot in the world, Sri Lanka offers a glimmer of hope in curbing the daily infection rate. So far the country has recorded 2,893 cases among its population of 21.67 million people. How did the Sri Lankan government manage to keep the deadly virus at bay? ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/20)
Saga of the transformation of Sri Lankan navy
A sea change came about when the Rajapaksa regime recognized that the war against the Sea Tigers cannot be won if command over the sea is not established and the navy is not given its due and made pro-active, innovative and daring, says Adm (Rtd) Dr.Jayanath Colombage Sri Lanka navy’s Cedric class assault boats In his book “Asymmetric Warfare at Sea: The Case of Sri Lanka” Adm. Dr.Jayanath Colombage, former Commander of the Sri Lankan navy, who is now the country’s Foreign Secretary, tells the fascinating story of the transformation... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/20)
How UNP dug its own grave
The margin of the SLPP (Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna) victory, at the Aug 5, 2020 general election, stunned the ruling coalition. The best possible result the SLPP expected was around 130 seats, including National List slots. SLPP Chairman and its top National List nominee, Prof. G.L. Peiris, about aproximately 30 minutes after polling commenced, countrywide, told the writer they expected around 130 seats. About two weeks earlier, the leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) and Attorney-at-law Udaya Gammanpila, too, privately acknowledged they could secure around 130 seats. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/20)
PCoI on political victimization issues summons on Ranil & several others
The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI)probing incidents of political victimization has issued summons on former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and former ministers Mangala Samaraweera, Patali Champika Ranawaka, Sarath Fonseka, Malik Samarawickrama and Rauff Hakeem. They have accordingly been informed to appear before the PCoI on the 7th of September. Further, Jathika Jana Balawegaya (JJB) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan were also issued summons by the PCoI to record statements on the same day.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/20)
State intelligence knew that Rifkan Bathiudeen helped Saharan flee to India - Nilantha Jayawardena (video)
https://youtu.be/zpBx1scCAuk Former Director of the State Intelligence Service Nilantha Jayawardena stated that the State Intelligence Service also knew before the Easter attack that Rifkan Bathiudeen, the brother of former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen, had helped Saharan Hashim, who was evading court despite being issued a warrant, to flee to India by boat from Mannar. This was when he testified before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Easter attack today (18). He testified before the Presidential Commission today for the 13th day He stated that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/08/20)
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS: SRI LANKA NEEDS ECONOMIC FEDERALISM AND POLITICAL ADMINISTRATION IN A UNITARY SYSTEM
Sri Lanka has been confronting critical issues in constitutional reforms since independence, and many issues were underwater until 1970, in spite of receiving a dominion status in 1947 with a written constitution, constitutional reforms seemed to be a demand of academic and students. The constitutional reforms had been limited by the lack of parliament power (a two-third majority), and the election in 1970 gave the essential power in the parliament to a coalition government with SLFP, LSSP, and CP then began constitutional reforms. Although the ruling party gained a two-third majority in the parliament, a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/20)
Family Rule | පවුල් පාලනය
I have a dream! That one day, ministers will be chosen for their character and not for their family. The scale and extent to which Sri Lanka has been captured by family-rule under the Rajapaksas is unprecedented. No country in the world sees such a depth and breadth of family members simultaneously occupying positions of power at every level of government. Dynastic politics is common in South Asia. But the situation in Sri Lanka is orders of magnitude worse. Not only has there once again been brazen capture of the state apparatus by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/20)
DO NOT HAVE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS, PLAN TO ABOLISH 13 A AND RESTORE UNITARY CONSTITUTION
Sri Lanka has reached an important threshold of her history with the conclusion of the General Elections and the undisputed victory of the nationalist forces led by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, While we still remember the memorable victory of Mahinda Rajapaksa. over the Tamil Tiger terrorists in another epoch, we could not make use of the opportunities created to pave the way for the defeat of anti-nationalist forces to wrest the control of affairs of the country in 2015. The action plan of the Yahapalanya completely overturned the destiny of the country in that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/20)
මහින්දට බුද්ධ සාශනය දී ගෝඨාභය ඇන ගනී! ආරක්ෂක ඇමතිකමත් ගෝඨාභය අහිමි වන ලකුණු! ඇමති සැප විදින්න ගිහින් ගෝඨාභය ලෙඩ දා ගනී!
Published on: Aug 17, 2020 – බුද්ධ ශාසන අමාත්යධුරය ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් දැරිය යුතු බවට ප්රකාශයක් කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලා නීතිඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට අද මුලික අයිතිවාසිකම් පෙත්සමක් ගොනු කර තිබේ.මේ වනවිට ජනාධිපතිවරයා යටතේ පවතින ආරක්ෂක අමාත්ය ධූරයද වෙනත් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරයෙකු වෙත පැවරීමට සූදානමක් ඇති බව දැනගන්නට ඇති බවද ඔහු සදහන් කර තිබේ. මෙම පෙත්සමේ වගඋත්තරකරු ලෙස ජනාධිපතිවරයා වෙනුවට නීතිපතිවරයා නම් කර තිබේ. බුද්ධ සාසන අමාත්යංශය ජනාධිපතිවරයා යටතේ තබ නොගෙන එය මන්ත්රීවරයෙකු යටතට පත් කිරිම හරහා ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව උල්ලංඝනය කර ඇති බවට නිගමනයි කරන ප්රකාශයක් නිකුත් කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලා ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයයට පෙත්සමක් ඉදිරිපත් වුනා. නීතිඥ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/20)
Sri Lanka plunged into darkness after power outage hits entire nation
The entire nation of Sri Lanka was left without power Monday in a seven-hour outage following a failure at a key electricity facility, officials said. Minister of Power Dullas Alahapperuma said an unspecified "technical issue" at the Kerawalapitiya power complex just outside the capital Colombo was the cause of the blackout, which hit the entire nation of 21 million people at about midday. Power was restored in Colombo after seven hours, but some other parts of the island nation were yet to be reconnected. It was the worst disruption since... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/20)
It is mostly our own race that incites racism - Muzammil (Video)
North Western Province Governor A.J.M. Mr. Muzammil says that it is mostly their own groups that is inciting racism. He stated this while participating in a program held in Colombo yesterday afternoon. https://youtu.be/Zk2pw6ZQATk... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/20)
අතාවුල්ලා, සම්ප්රදායික සුෆී මුස්ලිම් ජනයා, සහ තව්හිද් ජමාත් අන්තවාදය
ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ අලි සබ්රි මහතාට ජාතික ලැයිස්තු මන්ත්රී ධුරයක් සහ අධිකරණ කැබිනට් ඇමති ධුරයක් පිරිනැමීම සමාජයේ යම් කැළඹීමකට හේතු වී ඇත. එහෙත් ජාතික කොන්ග්රසයේ නායක ALM අතාවුල්ලා මන්ත්රීතුමා වෙනම තරඟ කර ජයගත් අතර ඔහුගේ පක්ෂයට ජාතික ලැයිස්තු මන්ත්රී ධුරයක් හෝ ඔහුට අඩුම තරමින් රාජ්ය අමාත්ය ධුරයක් හෝ ලබා නොදීම ගැන අඩු තරමින් කතාබහක් හෝ ඇති වී නැත. ඒ.එල්.එම්. අතාවුල්ලා මහතා අගමැති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ සමග සමීප සබඳතා පවත්වන්නෙකි. ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ මොහොමඩ් අලි සබ්රි මහතා වඩාත් සමීපව ඇසුරු කරන්නේ ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා බව රහසක් නොවේ. අතාවුල්ලා මහතා නැගෙනහිර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/20)
සබ්රි හා දෙරණේ ජාතිකත්වය
අලුත් ඇමති මණ්ඩලය දිවුරුම් දුන්නා. අලි සබ්රි පත් කිරීම සහ තවත් ඇතැම් පත්කිරීම්/පත්නොකිරීම් ගැන මගේ එකඟත්වයක් නැහැ. අලි සබ්රි කියන්නෙ සියුම් මුස්ලිම් අන්තවාදියෙක්. ඒ බුද්ධිමතකු වියතකු උගතකු නොවූ මට තේරෙණ විධිය. එක්තරා බුද්ධිමත් ජාතිකවාදියකු කියනවා අපට ඇත්තේ හුදෙක් සබ්රි විරෝධයක් කියලා. ඔහුට අනුව ගෝඨාභය අතින් වරදක් වෙන්නෙ නැහැ. ඒ නිසා සබ්රිට ඔහුට අවශ්ය දෙයක් කරන්න බැහැ. මා නම් ඒ තර්ක පිළිගන්නේ නැහැ. ඇයි ඉතින් සබ්රි ව ම දා ගත්තෙ. වරදක් වෙන්නෙ නැති වෙන කවුරුවක්වත් නැද්ද? මා සබ්රි පුද්ගලික ව හඳුනන්නෙ නැහැ. සබ්රිට විරුද්ධ ව නැගුණු විරෝධය හිරු ප්රධානීන්ගේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/20)
How the 16th Amendment turned the Official Language Policy upside down
I refer to the two articles of Kalyananda Tiranagama, Executive Director, Lawyers for Human Rights and Development, under the titles “ Is Sinhala the Official Language of Sri Lanka” and “ How Premadasa turned the Official Language Policy upside down” appeared in The Island dated 28th and 29th respectively. The articles quoting typical examples of the plight of the Sinhala people in the North and the East are facing today, gave a detailed account analysing how the crafty Tamil and Muslim politicians in the North and East got the relevant Constitutional provisions changed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/20)
Disposal Long Overdue: 19A - Comedy of Errors
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa asked for a strong Parliament to abrogate the 19th Amendment. At the recently-concluded General Election, he received an overwhelming mandate with a rare two-thirds majority. The Opposition, struggling to keep its nose above water was too distracted and embarrassed even to oppose it. It is the West-mentored civil organisations and Media bodies outside Sri Lanka that are deeply concerned over the fate of the 19th Amendment. West Mentored Gentle Coaxing The Guardian and The Hindu echoes that the Rajapaksa brothers are now with “powers to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/20)
COVID 19 Success Story - Sri Lanka
To date, Sri Lanka is among the elite group of countries that have controlled this epidemic successfully. This is a result of all the hard work and commitment showcased by all Sri Lankans. We have won the first battle to control the epidemic. Still, the war with the virus will continue for years to come, and it will test our resilience and endurance as a country to uphold this achievement until COVID-19 is eliminated. Thank you all, and we hope you will make Sri Lanka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/20)
The Rajapaksa Brothers’ Return is Not a Victory for All
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa however decided that he could still meet the challenges with the powers vested in him. True to his word, the infected clusters were quickly contained. Sri Lanka is yet to face the dreaded second wave that had engulfed most other countries. Though imports were severely controlled, his Administration ensured that there were no shortages of any essentials Sri Lanka is the first country to defeat “Regime Change”. The fact that this whole operation was reversed by the ballot makes this accomplishment irrefutable. It is after... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/20)
THE SLPP 2/3 MAJORITY GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE CONTROL OF THE POLITICAL DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN SRI LANKA.
The cut-off point in proportional representation has to change from 5% to 12.5% in the new constitution. POLITICAL PARTIES BASED ON COMMUNITY, RELIGION AND COMMUNAL BASIS HAS TO BE BANNED IN SRI LANKA BY THE 2/3 MAJORITY NEW GOVERNMENT, THE SINHALESE COMMUNITY AND NATIONALIST SINHALA FORCES IMMEDIATELY UNDER ANY NEW CONSTITUTION TO BE PRESENTED IN PARLIAMENT. FOR THIS – ALL SINHALA FORCES, INCLUDING THE MAHA SANGHA, THE SLFP, UNP (those who love the maathruboomiya”), JVP... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/20)
Majority Verdict and bewailing of Nihilists – Part II
Lional Bopage, who was the first General Secretary of the 1971 JVP, who was the first of the 21 leaders of JVP accused for launching a rebellion to topple the government and who was a close associate of Victor Ivan and who now enjoys a luxury life in Australia and who was also responsible for the untimely death of thousands of poor educated village youth in 1971 in an article to foreign sustained NGO vulture Pakiasothy Saravanamuttu’s one of the websites, the Groundviews titled “The best and the worst – 2020 General Elections”... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/20)
විශ්කම් දෙවි මවිතවෙලා බලා සිටිනවා.
වසර ගණනාවක් රටේ එක පෙදෙසකට වැස්ස. වතුරට ගෙවල් යටවෙලා, මිනිසුන් අනාත කඳවුරු වල. කඳු කඩා වැටිලා මිනිසුන් ඒවාට යටවෙලා මැරෙනවා. ඒ රටේ එක පැත්තක. අනික් පැත්තේ නියගය. කෙළවරක් නැති නියගය.මිනිසුන් එකතුවෙලා දෙවියන්ට කන්නලව් කළා. අඛණ්ඩව වසර හතරක්ම කන්නලව් කළා. අවසානයේදී දෙවියෝ තීරණය කළා මේ කර්තව්ය සඳහා විෂම කාර්ම පුත්ර රාජයාව මනු ලොවට එවීමට.. ඔහු පැමිණ නියගයත් ගංවතුරත් එකවරම නිම කිරීමට අදිටන් කර ගත්තා. මිනිසුනේ! මට පුළුවන් මේ ප්රශ්නය විසදන්න. මම මේ ගැටලුව විසදන්න මහා යන්ත්රයක් හදනවා. ඒ යන්ත්රයට පුළුවන් මේ දෙගොඩ තලා යන ගංවතුර වියලි කලාපයට පොම්ප කරන්න. එවිට ගංවතුරත් නියගයත් දෙකම නවතිනවා. හැබැයි මේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/20)
ලංකාවේ හිත හොඳ ගෑණු හා 2020 පාර්ලිමේන්තුව - 2 කොටස
මාළු ඔතන්නවත් නොවටින හැන්සාර්ඩ් වාර්තා දැන් ඇමෙරිකාවේ ජීවත්වන සන්ඩේ ලීඩර් කතෘව සිටි, ෆෙඩ්රීකා ජෑන්ස් වරක් කියා සිටියේ ලංකාවේ පත්තර හොඳ, මාළු ඔතන්නටය කියාය. දියවන්නා හෝටලය නඩත්තුවට යන වියදම, මන්ත්රී ප්රාණ විසින් කරණ කුණුහරුප කතා හා විෂයට අදාල නැති කතාද ඇතුළු මුළු කතාවල වචන ගණනින් බෙදුවොත් එක වචනයකට යන වියදම කෙතරම් විය හැකිද? මේ ප්රජා-තන්ත්ර (නාස්ලනු) වාදයට රටවැසියා ගෙවන බිල නොවේද? ලංකාවේ මෑත ඉතිහාසය පන්සල හා කළුසුද්දන් අතර අරගලයේ ඉතිහාසය ලෙස සළකණ විට, පසුගිය අවුරුදු 72 න් පසු නොව, 1960 න් පසුව, 1970 න් පසුව හෝ 2005 න් පසුව සිංහල හෝ සිංහල බෞද්ධ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/20)
Media Minister – Ban mainstream media bashing Buddhists & Buddhism using pseudonym scribes
The massive mandate received from the people should not be obstructed by sepoy scribes who have infiltrated the high places of the Editorial staff and always writing to please embassies of western countries & NGOs with anti-national, anti-Sinhala, and anti-Buddhist narratives. There is a well-funded campaign to vilify Buddhists & Buddhism in particular by the private owned mainstream English newspapers giving a platform to writers using pseudonyms. While writers using their real names can be challenged, people throwing stones hiding behind a bogus name cannot be held accountable for the malicious & vindictive manner they write. In such a scenario, it... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/08/20)
Re: The National List Parliamentary Seat of the National People’s Power
The Progressive Women's Collective (PWC) is delighted with the announcement that theNational List parliamentary seatof the National People’s Power (NPP) has been offered to, and accepted by, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya. Dr. Amarasuriya is an extremely accomplished activist and educator, and we are thrilled that such an active advocate for education rights and women’s rights will represent the NPP at the Parliament. PWC has consistently advocated for the increase of women in political leadership and decision-making. Along with NPP, PWC supported and lobbied for 20 number of women candidates put forward by the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/08/20)
ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ ජාතික ලැයිස්තු ධූරය පිරිනැමීම පිළිබඳව
ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ ජාතික ලැයිස්තු පාර්ලිමේන්තු ආසනය ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසුරිය වෙත ප්රධානය කිරීම සහ ඇය විසින් එය පිළිගනු ලැබීම පිළිබඳව ප්රගතිශීලී ස්ත්රී එකමුතුව ලෙස අප අතිශයින් සතුටට පත් වෙමු. ආචාර්ය අමරසුරිය යනු අතිශයින්ම දක්ෂ සමාජ ක්රියාකාරිනියක් සහ අධ්යාපනඥයකු වන වන අතර, අධ්යාපන අයිතිවාසිකම් සහ කාන්තා අයිතිවාසිකම් වෙනුවෙන් හඬ නගන එවැනි ක්රිරියාකාරිනියක පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී ජාතික ජන බලවේගය නියෝජනය කිරීම ගැන අපි සතුටට පත් වෙමු. දේශපාලන නායකත්වය තුළ සහ තීරණ ගැනීමේ ක්රියාවලියේ දී කාන්තා සහභාගීත්වය වැඩි කිරීම සඳහා ප්රගතිශීලී ස්ත්රී එකමුතුව නිරන්තරයෙන් පෙනී සිටී. මෑතදී අවසන් වූ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයේදී ජාතික ජන බලවේගය සමගින් ප්රගතිශීලී ස්ත්රී එකමුතුව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/08/20)
SIS was aware of Zahran’s capabilities - SIS Director
The State Intelligence Service (SIS) was aware that Zahran Hashim had physical and mental capacity to conduct an attack in the country, even before it received the foreign intelligence on April 04, 2019 with regard to a possible terror attack, former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director SDIG Nilantha Jayawardena yesterday testified before the PCoI probing Easter Sunday attacks. Responding to a question raised by a commissioner, SDIG Jayawardena said that he was aware about Zahran's physical capacity to conduct an attack in the country after the Wanathawilluwa explosives raid in January 2019.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/08/20)
Easter attacks: Security agencies received 97 early warnings - Def. sec.
Defence Secretary Kamal Gunaratne said that security agencies had received 97 warnings prior to the Easter Sunday attacks. He expressed these views addressing a gathering of professionals at a session themed ‘Post COVID-19 Renaissance – Present and future development of Sri Lanka’, organized by the ‘Harimaga organization’ at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute on Friday. He said that despite receiving early warnings of the impending attacks 97 times by the security agencies, those who were responsible had overlooked its graveness and severity and failed to prevent the carnage that left... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/08/20)
Arrivals from Oman push COVID-19 case count to 2,893
Three more foreign arrivals have tested positive for coronavirus infections, according to the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry. The new cases have been identified among the recent arrivals from Oman, confirmed the Department of Government Information. Accordingly, the total number of COVID-19 cases reported in the country stands at 2,893. Among them, 212 active cases are under medical care at selected hospitals. The recoveries reported in the country hiked to 2,870 today (16) with four more patients being discharged upon recovery. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/08/20)
Minister calls for assessment of damage caused by paddy storage at Mattala Airport
Minister of Tourism Prasanna Ranatunga has called for a report on an accurate assessment of the damage caused by paddy storage at the Mattala International Airport (MIA) during the Yahapalana regime. During a discussion on the upcoming plans of the airport, Minister Ranatunga has directed the report to be handed over to him within a week. At the meeting, trade union representatives had pointed out to the Minister that the Airport & Aviation Services Sri Lanka Ltd (AASL) had not yet made an accurate assessment of the damage caused... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/08/20)
අලි සබ්රිගේ සියළු කෙරුවාවන් හෙළිවේ....Ali Sabry exposed
https://youtu.be/dkiHsPRioIM... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/08/20)
Sri Lanka – Keeping parts of 19a in 20th amendment
The 19a has shown that making a constitution or even an amendment should not be done in a hurry, with intent to stifle opposition, embrace undue powers, grab power, squash the people’s rights & freedoms and ignorantly thinking that the insidiously plugged proposals will not one-day backfire. Anything done with ill-will & insincerity will certainly rebound. This is exactly what happened to the architects of 19a. Therefore, let us not be in any hurry to completely nullify existing constitution. In reality, there are only a handful of adverse aspects that impede democratic norms and only these should be done away with.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/08/20)
What happened on August 5, 2020
“Mine, O thou lord of life, send my roots rain – Gerard Manly Hopkins After zig-zagging under the pressures of multiple inimical forces, evolving history has once again returned to its traditional Centre to reclaim its roots. From the thirties, the Marxists struggled to take the nation through parliamentary/electoral manoeuvres, and sometimes through brutal violence, to a socialist paradise. The nation rejected the false prophets and returned to its traditional democratic, pragmatic Centre governed by the Sinhala-Buddhists. From the forties, the mono-ethnic extremists of the North launched a movement to take a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/20)
Mahinda and the People Outfox the Americans Once Again
Mahinda Rajapakse led the Pohottuwa to an unparalleled victory at the Parliamentary Elections held on 05 Aug 20, surpassing the expectations of many patriotic forces in the country. If 19 November 2019 was Gotabaya’s day, 05 August 2020 was, without argument, Mahinda’s day. Mahinda led from the front. His popularity among the people, as reflected in the preferential votes cast, was unrivaled. It was a landslide victory, with Pohottuwa gaining 145 seats in the 225-seat House. When combined with the seats won by the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/20)
Majority Verdict and bewailing of Nihilists – Part I
On the eve of the August 5th historical General Election there was a surge of articles written by reactionary scribes and those who self proclaim as political commentators, particularly by those who mushroomed in the latter part of 2014 to launch Sri Lanka’s hitherto worst fake news campaign to oust the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime and in the 2020 General Election too they re-emerged and were painting a bleak future for Sri Lanka in the event of SLPP gaining a 2/3 majority as it was being envisaged by the SLPP and these doomsday pundits... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/20)
Response to wrong information going around - Harris Chief of Staff is not Sri Lankan
Dear friends, I checked on this and the posting that went around was a year old. This is the Chief of Staff for her Senate position. This should not have a bearing on whether people vote or don't vote for the Biden - Harris ticket. The Chief of Staff should have no bearing on voting choice. Just clarifying the incorrect news circulating. The Old news in circulation is: Senator Kamala Harris, Vice Presidential Running Mate of former US Vice President Joe Biden, for the US Presidential... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/20)
Laya Waves: A Cosy Holiday for now: A Catalyst for Future Development
On my second visit to Laya Waves I was struck with some new ideas. To get down to the hospitality track, the sleuths who have forgotten their guns for now and are on an entirely different - hospitality track; they are a marvel. The accommodation was spick and span., cleanliness perfect, the front desk manned by Dilruksha and Chandima courteous and very helpful, even attending to my car for a small defect, and last but most important of all, the chef, Nishanta Perera, a great chef, with a hand that makes every... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/20)
Private Members Bill- Bill 104
Mr V. ThanigasalamMember, Legislative AssemblyOntario, Dear Mr Thanigasalam, Private Members Bill- Bill 104 General It is a regret to note that at the age of 31 you have become a Legislative member in Ontario representing the Scarborough area which is known to have two sectors, (i) murky type area, (ii) normal area. Whatever it is politicians are considered to be above the law, in the third world countries. SriLankan Tamils migrate... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/20)
Insisting on sight as the determining factor for belief in God
Those who do not believe in the Existence of God, primarily contend that they would believe in God if they could see Him. It always surprises since people perceive different types of physical properties through different senses; for example, [some properties are perceived through] sight, others through touch, or smell, or sound or taste. As a case in point, colour is recognised through sight rather than by smell, touch, or taste. Hence, if a person denied its existence on the grounds that they could not discern it by way of the faculty of sound,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/20)
THE PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH AN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BANK (PART 1)
Wide publicity has given a proposal to establish an industrial development bank in Sri Lanka by the Minister of Industries, Mr. Wimal Weerawansa, and it is a good ideological contribution from a politician, and the government must instigate the idea. An industrial development bank needs the country to stimulate investments in industries that have been neglected areas of the economy as the investors in the country turned to service industries to make quick profits from services such as tourism, contracts, sales, and others. When the service sector attracted to provide employment and to promote businesses... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/20)
THE PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BANK (PART 2)
When looks at the structures of various banks established in the country the proposed industrial development bank invite to consider a different structure, especially the proposed bank must get away from trading bank functions as Sri Lankan bankers, as well as the attitude of regulators’ have stuck with money creation and cheque books and short-term lending and securities. Sri Lanka has many trading banks with intense competition between them. These popular features could include the proposed industrial development later deeply analyzing how could such businesses absorb to bank critically analyzing the business environment. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/20)
CHAPA against New Cabinet! අධිකරණ අමාත්යංශය! Aug 13, 2020
https://youtu.be/ToXC0XiRvG8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/20)
CHAPA against New Government! මෛත්රීට ඉහළ තනතුරක්! Aug 15, 2020
20 ගෙනාවට පස්සේ බැසිල්වත් ඇතුලට ගන්නවා. මීයක් කැඩුවේ අත පිහගන්න නෙවේ නේ. https://youtu.be/3D__pGpzWqw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/20)
Negative clauses in 13A will be scrapped: Weerasekara
State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government, retired rear admiral Sarath Weerasekara who assumed duties yesterday, pledged to remove all clauses -- in the 13th Amendment to the Constitution -- which are detrimental to the well-being of the nation. “We will not devolve police and land powers to the provincial councils,” he said while highlighting the fact that handing over the State Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government to him might have been a plan of destiny because he was one who vehemently opposed the 13th Amendment. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/20)
SLPP to introduce People-Centric economy: Nivard Cabraal
A ‘People-Centric Economy’ to improve the living standards of the most vulnerable people will take priority when it comes to the new government's economic policies, Finance, Capital Market and Public Enterprises Reform State Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal said yesterday. He said the government would also have to address the dwindling of Foreign Direct Investment, drop of exports, depreciation of the rupee against the dollar, weakened industrial sector and the huge debt burden. These national calamities are a legacy left by the yahapalana government while COVID-19 has further aggravated the situation. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/20)
New Foreign Secretary to re-evaluate foreign policy
Newly appointed Foreign Secretary Admiral (Retired) Prof. Jayanath Colombage said he would re-evaluate the foreign policy adopted so far and focus closely on a ‘South Asia, ASEAN and Asia centric approach ‘. Making his remarks to Daily Mirror after assuming duties in his office, he said his vision was to implement the foreign policy of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his government. He said Sri Lanka’s foreign policy had been oriented towards the western hemisphere hitherto, and it would be re-assessed. Prof. Colombage said Sri Lanka had set up quite a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/20)
SIS was aware of Zahran’s capabilities - SIS Director
The State Intelligence Service (SIS) was aware that Zahran Hashim had physical and mental capacity to conduct an attack in the country, even before it received the foreign intelligence on April 04, 2019 with regard to a possible terror attack, former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director SDIG Nilantha Jayawardena yesterday testified before the PCoI probing Easter Sunday attacks. Responding to a question raised by a commissioner, SDIG Jayawardena said that he was aware about Zahran's physical capacity to conduct an attack in the country after the Wanathawilluwa explosives raid in January 2019.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/20)
Two more arrivals found COVID-19 positive
Confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka reached 2,890 as two more persons tested positive for the virus today (15), says the Department of Government Information. The latest positive cases have been identified as two arrivals from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Maldives. Earlier today, two other arrivals from the UAE and Turkey also tested positive for the virus. As per the Epidemiology Unit’s statistics, 213 patients infected with the virus are currently under medical care. In the meantime, the number of recoveries from the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/20)
Selecting a new leader for UNP put off further
https://youtu.be/tdXUFb0oB-g... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/20)
One (01) more person confirmed for Covid -19: SL Country total increases to 2,890
An arrival from the Maldives tested positive for COVID- 19, increasing total infected in Sri Lanka to 2,890.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/20)
Rajapaksa Rule
On Aug. 5, Sri Lankans put on masks and voted in South Asia’s first major election since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health officials were present at every polling center. In mine, people in lines were spaced out by black tape on the floor. After a temperature check, voters were guided into the centers by officials wearing face visors and gloves. We were asked to wash our hands before voting, and we received our ballot paper and finger ink from officials behind see-through partitions. Even though turnout was marginally lower than in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/20)
Mahinda Rajapaksa brings family rule to Sri Lanka. All eyes on his India-China balancing act
PM Narendra Modi didn't even wait for the final results of Sri Lanka's parliamentary election before calling Mahinda Rajapaksa to congratulate him on his victory. The results of Sri Lanka’s recently concluded parliamentary election were still trickling in when Prime Minister Narendra Modi rang Mahinda Rajapaksa to congratulate him on his victory — it was clear that the elder brother of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was going to win a landslide. And he did. Rajapaksa’s Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, or SLPP, won 145 seats in the 225-member parliament to hand Mahinda the prime... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/20)
මං කවදාවත් රාජ්ය ඇමතිකම් දරා නෑ.. බොරු ඇමතිකම් මට එපා.. මං බාර ගන්නේ නෑ.. ගන්නේ කැබිනට් ඇමතිකම් විතරයි..- විජේදාස
තමන් කිසිදිනෙක කැබිනට් ඇමතිකමක් මිස රාජ්ය ඇමතිකමක් දරා නැති බව පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සඳහන් කර ඇත. ඔහු මේ බව සඳහන් කර ඇත්තේ ජනාධිපති උපදේශක ලලිත් වීරතුංග මහතා දුරකතනයෙන් අමතමිනි. ඔහුට නම් කර ඇත්තේ උසස් අධ්යාපන රාජ්ය ඇමති කම බව දැනගත් පසු ජනාධිපති උපදේශක වරයා අමතමින් ඔහු මේ බව කියා ඇත. රාජ්ය ඇමතිවරුන් සඳහා කිසිදු ආයතනයක් ගැසට් පත්රයක් මගින් පවරා නැති බවද විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා චෝදනා කර තිබේ. තමන්ට බොරුවට ඇමතිකම් අවශ්ය නැති බවත් එවන් ඇමතිධුර තමන් බාර ගන්නේ නැති බවත් පවසමින් ඔහු එහිදී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/08/20)
DR WIJEDASA RAJAPAKSE-A PROFESSIONAL OR SPOILED MAN?
Dr Wijedasa Rajapakse no doubt is an ambitious man. But he has also resisted requests from Yahapalana gang to put GR in jail. WR is a self-made man. He usually has his own agenda. WR is not a good listener. I have doubts that he will be able to work in a team, with GR. GR has a plan, he will not deviate from it. He need a team to carry about his plan, whether 19a, 13a, 18a, or drafting new constitution. According to media, WR wants Ministry of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/20)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 17 C3
The 1971 JVP insurgency has been described as a romantic, innocent revolution, an unplanned spontaneous attack. It was nothing of the sort. It was pre-planned and well organized. The purpose was to bring down the SLFP government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike. JVP was planning a putsch, to remove the government by force. Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike would be taken into custody from her Rosmead Place residence. The army cantonment at Panagoda would be attacked. Navy personnel at Ragama and air force personnel at Katunayake were to be immobilized by introducing a purgative to their food.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/20)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 17 C 4
The April 1971 JVP insurrection took the country by surprise because it was against a popular, SLFP government which had just one year before, won 91 seats out of 151 in the 1970 general election. The JVP insurrection of 1971 was met with stunned disbelief, said Suriya Wickremasinghe. It was marked with confusion, bewilderment, rumor and speculation. How such a situation could have come about. Was there a foreign hand behind this extraordinary event? Of course there was. It was obvious that this was no home grown insurgency. But JVP was able to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/20)
Sri Lankan prime minister admits US is behind Colombo Port deal with India
14 August 2020 Sri Lanka’s government was pushed into crisis by a series of protests by Colombo Port workers last month against plans to privatise the port’s Eastern Container Terminal and hand it over to an Indian company. During the workers’ actions, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse admitted that the US and India want to transfer the terminal to India’s Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited. Speaking at a port workers’ protest on July 24, Udeni Kaluthantri, the secretary of Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya, which is affiliated to the right-wing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/20)
12 things you can't miss in Sri Lanka
With untouched golden beaches to discover, atmospheric train rides through tea-carpeted hills, and ancient temples to admire, Sri Lanka is Lonely Planet's top country to travel to in 2019. Here are 12 more reasons to visit. https://www.lonelyplanet.com/video/12-things-you-cant-miss-in-sri-lanka/v/vid/971?tag=beaches https://www.facebook.com/dialog/share?app_id=111537044496&display=popup&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lonelyplanet.com%2Fvideo%2F12-things-you-cant-miss-in-sri-lanka%2Fv%2Fvid%2F971... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/20)
Sri Lanka appoints ex-military man as new Foreign Secretary
Jayanath Colombage headed the Sri Lanka Navy between 2012 and 2014, and since November last year, he has been the foreign affairs advisor to President Rajapaksa. The Sri Lankan government on Friday appointed ex-commander of the Navy Admiral Jayanath Colombage as the new Foreign Secretary, days after the new Cabinet took the oath with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa retaining the key defence ministry. Mr. Colombage, 62, replaces Ravinatha Aryasinha, a career foreign service officer. He headed the Sri Lanka Navy between 2012 and 2014, and since November last year, he has been the foreign... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/20)
New Trends in Tamil Politics
A Gazette revealing 196 new members of the Parliament who have been elected at the Parliamentary Election held on August 5 is out. We have to wait to know the names of the rest of the parliamentarians until respective parties announce their national list members. Election results show a new trend in Tamil politics in Sri Lanka. The so-called Sri Lankan Tamil parties contested only in two provinces, Northern and Eastern that they claimed as their ‘traditional homeland’. What do the Election results signify? How should we read them? ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/20)
Winning Three Consecutive Elections For SLPP : Basil: The Force That Tuned Lankan Politics Topsy-Turvy
History is known to change constantly. And, history is written depending on the changes that tend to take place during certain periods. Even Karl Marx has written that history is made up of various struggles and fights that had taken place among various social classes. Hence, Sri Lanka’s political history has also been written containing various setbacks and triumphs. The victory that was gained by the SLPP in 2020 has already created a significant mark in the local political sphere. The reason for that is, people booting... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/20)
Negative clauses in 13A will be scrapped: Weerasekara
State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government, retired rear admiral Sarath Weerasekara who assumed duties yesterday, pledged to remove all clauses -- in the 13th Amendment to the Constitution -- which are detrimental to the well-being of the nation. “We will not devolve police and land powers to the provincial councils,” he said while highlighting the fact that handing over the State Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government to him might have been a plan of destiny because he was one who vehemently opposed the 13th Amendment.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/20)
Govt. to resume programme to employ graduates & low-income earners
https://youtu.be/qkfOcpqFgpg President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has decided to re-commence, without delay, the programme to provide employment opportunities to 150,000 persons that was halted due to the General Election, the President’s Media Division said. The number of unemployed graduates to be recruited is 50,000. For the remaining 100,000 jobs, candidates will be selected from families of the lowest strata of income earners in the society. The programme to employ 50,000 graduates and 100,000 low-income earners was formulated within weeks after President Rajapaksa assuming office in November last year. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/20)
AG denies MCC agreement has been approved
Attorney General Dappula De Livera today strongly denied media reports alleging that he has approved the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact agreement. The Attorney General further informs that the matter is still under consideration, the AG’s Coordinating Officer Nishara Jayaratne said. The Experts’ Committee appointed to review the proposed Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact (MCC) had handed over its final report to the government in June. The report was subsequently made public while it urges the government to reject the agreement. The MCC agreement is currently being reviewed by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/20)
Ranil Wickremesinghe to lead the UNP for six more months
The Working Committee of the United National Party has decided to take another six months to elect a new leadership. According to party sources, the UNP Working Committee met at the Sirikotha party headquarters this morning to discuss the party leadership and the post of National List MP for more than two hours. The United National Party (UNP) suffered a crushing defeat in the August 5 general elections, after which Ranil Wickremesinghe, who had been the party's leader for 26 years, decided to resign. Accordingly, 8 names were... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/20)
220 million transferred by drug traffickers through bank accounts in the last two weeks
Police Media Spokesman SSP Jaliya Senaratne stated that over Rs. 220 million has been transferred through the bank accounts of persons involved in drug trafficking in the last two weeks alone. He was speaking at a media briefing held at the Police Headquarters today. Also, a woman has been arrested for circulating over Rs. 310 million earned from drug trafficking in five accounts in two banks during the past three years. It has been revealed that the suspect arrested today in Mt. Lavinia is the sister of a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/20)
Since 10th June - 15 prison officers suspended and 21 transferred
15 prison officers who were accused of various allegations interdicted from June 10 this year. Another 21 have been transferred.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/20)
Former President Chandrika makes a special statement to the media (video)
Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga says she is not surprised that the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna has a two-thirds majority at a time when the two main parties in the country have been destroyed. She stated this in a special statement to the media. https://youtu.be/qBpJSZXYyN0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/20)
Testimony given today by the former Director of the State Intelligence Service (Video)
Former Director of the State Intelligence Service Nilantha Jayawardena today admitted that when he received information through a foreign intelligence service that a suicide attack was being carried out in the country, he knew that Saharan had the physical and mental capacity to carry out such an attack. https://youtu.be/wdOjV6aYWHY He was testifying before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing into the Easter attack for the 11th day today. Former DIG Nilantha Jayawardena, the former Director of the State Intelligence Service, was summoned to testify before... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/08/20)
Sri Lanka’s Justice Minister – Your response to Citizen’s Questions
The President of Sri Lanka has handpicked & appointed a first time National List nominee as Justice Minister who was not a politician, never a Member of Parliament and not a public figure except to serve as a lawyer to clients and regular speech maker following Presidential elections. The appointment was given amidst much controversy and appeals not to do so. The onus certainly is on the appointee to make good of the appointment by serving the nation’s interest first, rather than the parochial interests of one’s own religion and co - religionists. The President’s vision... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/08/20)
Dr. Nalin de Silva bemoans the “The Cultural Narrative of Western Science” - yet again!
Dr. Nalin the Silva refers to an article in the recent issue of Science (dated 11August 2020 although Science is a weekly journal) entitled: “Senior U.S. lawmaker wants National Academies to scrutinize racism in science”, and uses this to jump to another topic, which he says is NOT discussed in the above article. In Dr. Nalin de Silva's article (published in his website Kalaya), entitled “බටහිර විද්යාවේ ජාතිවාදය”, or “Racism of Western Science”, he uses the “Science” article to give seeming credence to a point of view totally unconnected with the article. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/08/20)
One (01) more person confirmed for Covid -19: SL Country total increases to 2,882
One more arrival from the UAE tested positive for COVID- 19, increasing total infected in Sri Lanka to 2882.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/08/20)
Tensed situation at the Presidential Commission inquiring into Political Revenge and victimization (Video)
A tensed situation was witnessed today at the Presidential Commission Inquiring into political revenge and victimization. This was regarding an interview given by former Solicitor General Suhada Gamlath to a weekend newspaper regarding the legal status of the M V Mahanuwara vessel of Avant Garde. https://youtu.be/qQzJ69F0U-o Former Senior Additional Solicitor General Wasantha Navaratne Bandara, appearing for Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasinghe, the former Director General of the Bribery Commission, asked Suhada Gamlath on what basis he had submitted and interview to a newspaper stating that Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasingh... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/08/20)
Electoral success of non-career candidates is a phenomenal change in Sri Lankan politics
The ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) had fielded 16 members of two professional bodies and a dozen of them got elected, outperforming traditional, entrenched political candidates. (The featured image shows Dr.Nalaka Godahewa, an engineer and management professional, with Gotabaya Rapakasa. A member of Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s Viyathmaga organization, Godahewa got the highest number of preference votes in Gampaha District -325,479 as against 316,544 secured by professional politician Prasanna Ranatunga) Colombo, August 13: The results of the August 5 Parliamentary Elections reflected on new political dynamics in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/08/20)
Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris as his running mate
“I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked
KamalaHarris — a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants — as my running mate,” the former vice-president wrote on twitter. Washington, August 12: Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, has named Kamala Harris, who is of mixed Black and Indian heritage, as his pick for vice-president in a much anticipated announcement Tuesday that was described as “historic” and “seismic” by Democrats, including many ecstatic Indian Americas, and non-partisan observers. Biden... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/08/20)
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appoints Adm (Rtd) Dr. Jayanath Colombage as Sri Lanka’s Foreign Secretary
Adm.Dr.Jayanath Colombage An expert in international relations, Adm. Colombage’s Ph.D thesis was on “Asymmetric Warfare at Sea; the case of Sri Lanka”. It was published by Lambert Academic Publishing in Germany. He is also a Fellow of the Nautical Institute of London. Colombo, August 13 (newsin.asia): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday appointed international relations expert Admiral (Rtd) Dr. Jayanath Colombage to the post of Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Relations. Previously, Adm. Colombage was Additional Secretary to the President dealing with foreign relations. Adm.Colombage succeeds... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/08/20)
Investigation opened into alleged war crimes by British mercenaries in Sri Lanka
HE Metropolitan Police have opened an investigation into war crimes allegedly committed by British mercenaries in Sri Lanka during the 1980s. The force’s War Crime Team has begun a scoping exercise under Crown Prosecution Service guidelines, the Foreign Office has told the UN Working Group on Mercenaries (UNWGM). The probe follows the publication earlier this year of Keenie Meenie: the British Mercenaries Who Got Away with War Crimes, by former Morning Star journalist Phil Miller. Mr Miller exposed how British military veterans from a company called Keenie Meenie... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/08/20)
New Ministry Secretaries appointed; Anil Jasinghe to Environment Ministry
New Secretaries have been appointed to 25 Cabinet Ministries today (13), stated President’s Media Division issuing a press release. The new Ministry Secretaries were handed their letters of appointment by President Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat this evening. It is noteworthy that Dr. Anil Jasinghe has been appointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Environment. Jasinghe has been serving as the Director-General of Health Services. Meanwhile, Major General (Retd.) Kamal Gunaratne, and Admiral (Retd.) Jayanath Colombage have been appointed to their previous portfolios. The newly appointed Ministry... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/08/20)
Kurunegala Mayor in attempt to claim lawyer’s fees of his case from Municipal Council?
Kurunegala Municipal Council members have left a council meeting expressing their displeasure over the Mayor’s failure to attend the meeting on time. Reportedly, the Kurunegala Mayor had been attending an event inaugurating the newly appointed Minister of Highways Johnston Fernando while a council meeting had been convened today (13). The Mayor had also made the welcome speech at the said function. Subsequently, he arrived at the Kurunegala Municipal Council at around 12.10 pm following the conclusion of the function. A member of the council proposed to postpone the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/08/20)
Every last person involved in Easter attacks will be punished – Ali Sabry
Every last individual who is responsible for the 2019 Easter attacks will be brought before the law, says newly appointed Minister of Justice President’s Counsel Ali Sabry. He expressed these views speaking at a program held in Kandy yesterday (12). https://youtu.be/U0UE0N3ZGiA He stated that he took oaths as the Minister of Justice not to serve one community but to for the whole country. “We are committed to establish the constitution of this country. I have sworn twice, once as a lawyer and another time as a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/08/20)
Statement by the Prime Minister on the anniversary of Black July 1983
15th August 2020 Rt. Hon. Justin TrudeauPrime Minister of CanadaOffice of the Prime Minister80 Wellington StreetOttawa, OntarioK1A 0A2 Rt Hon Prime Minister Mr Justin Trudeau, Statement by the Prime Minister on the anniversary of Black July 1983 This letter has reference to the statement made by you (PM) on the 23rd July 2020 in Ottawa. While we as SriLankan respect your views as the PM, and former national Boxing champion, and I being a Tamil from SriLanka, Australian would like to loosen certain secrets of what is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/08/20)
BUDDHISM IN PRESENT DAY EASTERN PROVINCE Part 5
The animosity towards Buddhism in Eastern Province is becoming confrontational. There is now an open tussle between the Buddhists and non Buddhists in Eastern Province. Neither side is prepared to give in. Buddhists are determined that the Eastern Province must continue as a Buddhist province. They are setting up new Buddhist temples. It was reported In January 2019 that construction work had started on the tallest Buddha statue in the Batticaloa district at Mahindaramaya, Mayelankarachchi, Valaichchenai. The 60-foot statue will be the tallest in Batticaloa said Mahindaramaya Chief Incumbent Ven. Kaddukasthodda (Katugastota?) Mahindalangara. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/08/20)
කලින්ම ලැබුණු තොරතුර නිසා විජයදාස කලින්ම ගිහින්
කැබිනට් සහ රාජ්ය අමාත්යධූර අපේක්ෂාවෙන් සිටි බොහෝ මන්ත්රීවරුන් පිරිසකට මෙවර එම ධූර හිමිනොවූ බව වාර්තා වනවා. ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂයේ සභාපති හිටපු ජනාධිපති මෛත්රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතාට ද, අමාත්ය ධුරයක් හිමි බවට වාර්තා පළවුවත් ඒ මහතාට ද, අද අමාත්ය ධුරයක් හිමි වූයේ නැහැ. ඒ අනුව මෙවර ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂයෙන් අමාත්යධුර හිමිවුයේ නිමල් සිරිපාල ද සිල්වා සහ මහින්ද අමරවීරට පමණයි. රාජ්ය අමාත්ය ධූර 03ක් ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂයට හිමි වුණා. එම ධූරවල අද දිවුරුම් දුන්නේ ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂයේ මහලේකම් දයාසිරි ජයසේකර, දුමින්ද දිසානායක සහ ලසන්ත අලගියවන්නයි. මේ අතර අමාත්ය ධූරයක් නොලැබීම හේතුවෙන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/08/20)
Lull in information sharing by CID, TID hampered probe: Witness
There were issues related to sharing of information between the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) during the time of the previous administration and that led to several interruptions to the investigations on extremist activities, IP attached to TID Gayan Ratnayaka today informed the PCoI probing Easter Sunday attacks. In 2018, Ratnayake was serving at the TID Unit on Religious Extremism and Fundamentalism and the TID had conducted investigation on Zahran's extremist preaching and practices. He said on February 28, 2019, he went to Zahran's wife's house in Kekunagolla... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/08/20)
Sri Lanka: 3 ways to ensure women benefit from water and sanitation services
Girls and women with low access to water supply and sanitation face additional disadvantages because of their ethnicity or economic class. Think of the last time you went to the movies, a sporting venue, or any public place, and had to use a restroom. Did you notice that the queues for the women’s restroom were generally longer than the men’s? Most building codes provide for equal toilet areas for both men and women – in which case the men get more urinals in the same amount of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/08/20)
Covid-19 pandemic gives Sri Lanka's threatened elephants a reprieve
A record 405 elephants were killed by humans in Sri Lanka last year, up from about 360 in 2018.PHOTO: AFP COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka's coronavirus lockdown has helped reduce the death toll from clashes between elephants and humans, conservationists have said. A record 405 elephants were killed by humans in the country last year, up from about 360 in 2018. A total of 121 people were killed by elephants, up from 96 the year before, according to government data. Speaking ahead of World Elephant Day on Wednesday... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/08/20)
China halts Sri Lankan Airlines flights after 23 infected
China's civil aviation regulator said today it has suspended three Shanghai-bound international air routes due to passengers on recent flights being infected with the coronavirus. The Civil Aviation Administration of China said in a statement that it suspended an Etihad Airways route from Abu Dhabi and a China Eastern Airlines route from Manila for one week, as well as a Sri Lankan Airlines route from Colombo for four weeks, China Daily reports, A total of six passengers on the August 3 flight from Abu Dhabi tested positive for the coronavirus, as well... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/08/20)
Parliamentary elections have put Lankan Tamil politics at the cross roads
While the moderate TNA will have to do a lot of tight rope walking, the radical Tamil nationalist groups have to prove that it can do what TNA could not. And that’s going to be very hard and the consequence of failure will be total rejection in the next elections. C.V.Wigneswaran, M.A.Sumanthiran and Angajan Ramanathan Colombo, August 9: The August 5 Sri Lankan parliamentary elections have put the Tamil parties based in the Northern and Eastern provinces at the cross roads. In contrast to the past, voters in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/08/20)
New Sri Lankan parliament to help stabilize, revive economy: experts
Economic development will take place within the framework of national sovereignty, the experts added. Colombo, August 7 (Xinhua): A new government in Sri Lanka has been endowed with a mandate from the new parliament to stabilize and revive the national economy while defending the country’s sovereignty, local experts said here Friday. Sri Lankan voters have given a clear mandate to the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), which won 145 out of 225 parliament seats in the elections which were held on Wednesday, to find a solution... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/08/20)
Female celebrities have shone in politics too
Celebrated actresses and artistes have the capability to succeed in politics and prove the naysayers and sexists wrong, writes Gitanjali Marcelline Sri Lankan actress politician Geetha Kumarasinghe Can female celebrities from various fields face the rough and tumble of politics and make a mark in it? That is the question that the masses in Sri Lanka had been asking ever since the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) fielded actresses, including Geetha Kumarasinghe, in the recently concluded parliamentary elections. I believe there’s much that celebrities... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/08/20)
No portfolios for Maithri, Wijedasa, Mahinda Yapa: opportunity for 3 portfolios and speaker position
MP-elects Maithripala Sirisena, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, Susil Premajayanth, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, S.B. Dissanayake, Mahinda Samarasinghe and John Seneviratne did not receive cabinet or state ministerial portfolios at today’s (12) swearing-in. Dissanayake received his appointment letter as the Nuwara Eliya district coordination committee chairman. There was no oath-taking in the portfolio of State Minister of Educational Reforms, Open Universities and Distant Education Promotion. Sources say Dr. Wijedasa Rajapaksa was due to take oaths in that portfolio, but he was absent on the occasion. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/08/20)
Maithri declined offer of cabinet portfolio
Ex-president Maithripala Sirisena has told heads of the new government yesterday afternoon (11) to grant to someone else in the SLFP the ministerial position proposed to be given to him, say party sources. The proposal was to grant him the environment portfolio, according to the sources. The former president was present at this morning’s swearing-in of the ministers. SLFP’s Nimal Siripala de Silva and Mahinda Amaraweera received labour and environment cabinet portfolios respectively. Also, its Duminda Dissanayake, Dayasiri Jayasekara, Lasantha Alagiyawanne and Sudarshani... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/08/20)
No Cabinet portfolio for Maithri
Former President and SLFP Leader Maithripala Sirisena did not receive any Cabinet portfolio at the swearing-in ceremony of the new Cabinet held in Kandy today. He was elected to Parliament from the Polonnaruwa District under the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) garnering 111,137 votes, which is the highest number of votes from the district. Meanwhile, two cabinet ministerial portfolios and three State Ministry portfolios were given to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) members who contested under the Sri Lanka People’s Freedom Alliance at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/08/20)
Ranil, Champika, Mangala summoned before PCoI on political victimization
Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, former ministers Champika Ranawaka, Mangala Samaraweera and JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake have been summoned to appear before the PCoI on political victimization on August 21. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/08/20)
FULL LIST: New Cabinet Ministers and State Ministers
The Cabinet of Ministers and State Ministers of the new Government led by Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) were sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The swearing in ceremony was held at the MagulMaduwa (Audience Hall) of the historic Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic premises in Kandy this morning (12). https://youtu.be/-PEOYaou1X0 The President has repeatedly stressed the requirement of an efficient Cabinet of Ministers dedicated to build a prosperous nation in the future, says the President’s Media Division (PMD). According to “Saubhagyaye Dekma” (Vistas of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/08/20)
PRIME MINISTER MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA IS A STATESMEN. HIS FAMILY BELONGS TO THAT CLASS.
The Rajapaksa family is Stronger than the Sigiriya Rock. Because they have not done wrong and no harm to others, they have come out of being pushed aside from governance by the conspiracies of the minority politicians and the anti-Rajapaksa forces and the R2R schemers and LTTE front lobby over the last 4 1/2 years. Loyal SLFP/SLPP stalwarts and party sympathizers will always stand by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, Basil Rajapaksa and their family.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/20)
හිත හොඳ ගෑණු පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට පටිසෝතගාමී වීම - 1 කොටස
1948 දී නිදහස නොලැබූ සිංහල බෞද්ධයා රටේ දේශපාලකයින් (නිලධාරීන්, නඩුකාරයින්, ගුරුවරුන්, නීතීඥයින්, දොස්තරලා, ග්රාම සේවකලා, බස් කොන්දොස්තරලා යනාදී හැම දෙනාම) යනු බුදුදහමේ දක්වන, ලෝභ-ද්වේෂ-මෝහයෙන් පිරි පංචස්කන්ධම නොවේදැයි සිතීමට මා යොමුවුනේ 2012 මැයි මස පිහිටුවන ලද බොදුබල සේනාවේ ඥානසාර හිමිඳුන්ගේ කතා අසාය. කෝට්ටේ දොන් ජුවන් ධර්මපාල, 1551 දී ලංකාවේ ප්රථම හා එකම කතෝලික රජු වූවාට පසු කාලයේ (ඔහුගේ ප්රථම රාජකාරිය කෝට්ටේ රජමහා විහාර ඉඩමේ පල්ලියක් සැදීමය!), ලංකාවේ ඉතිහාසය අධ්යයනය කල යුත්තේ පන්සල හා පාලකයින් (සුද්දන් හා කළු සුද්දන්) අතරවූ නිරන්තර ගැටුමේ කතාන්තරය ලෙස නොවේද යන අදහසක් මට පහලවූයේද මේ කතා නිසාය. ඊට අමතරව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/20)
NO EXCUSES NOW. 2/3 SO GET THINGS DONE. 13A & INDO LANKA ACCORD BE GONE.
The People have voted overwhelmingly to support the President at the General Election. I stress - to support THE PRESIDENT - and not the cabal of usual faces in Parliament who may try to now hijack the administrative boat and take the nation on a pointless procrastinatory Indian jaunt again. The President must now swiftly act and GET THINGS DONE. No excuse. The two-thirds is in place. No delays. No saying "give it time". ACT NOW and do what should have been done the moment the war against the Indian terrorists ended: The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/20)
SJB finalises national list
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) yesterday finalised its national list nominees while arriving at a compromise with the minority parties, Harin Fernando said. Those included in the SJB national list are, SJB General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara, National Organizer Tissa Attanayake, Harin Fernando, Eran Wickramaratne, Imtiyaz Bakeer Markar, Mayantha Dissanayake and Dayani Gamage. “We have arrived at a compromise with the minority parties with regard to the national list slots,” Mr. Fernando said. Meanwhile, SLMC Leader Rauff Hakeem had earlier told journalists that his party had... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/20)
More COVID-19 cases hike case count
Five new cases of COVID-19 have been identified hiking the number of virus-positive cases in the country to 2,880. The new cases have been identified as recent arrivals from Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates the Department of Government Information confirmed. Accordingly, a total of 9 new cases have been detected in the country within the day. As per the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry, 247 active cases are currently under medical care at hospitals. In the meantime, the number of recoveries from the disease in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/20)
Russia announces “world’s first” coronavirus vaccine; Putin’s daughter vaccinated
Russia has registered the world’s first coronavirus vaccine early Tuesday, President Vladimir Putin announced amid widespread concerns about the rapidly developed vaccine’s safety. The state-run Gamaleya research institute last week launched Phase III trials of the Covid-19 vaccine involving thousands of volunteers. The Health Ministry has said it plans to begin mass production of the vaccine as soon as next month and launch a mass vaccination drive in October. https://youtu.be/TlGODBh0t4w “This morning, for the first time in the world, a vaccine against the new coronavirus was registered,” Putin... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/20)
Malaka Silva arrested
Former parliamentarian Mervyn Silva’s son Malaka Silva has been arrested by the Thalangama Police, stated Police Media Division. The arrested has been made over demanding cash and issuing deaths against an individual.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/20)
A humble request to His Excellency our Prime Minister Mr Mahinda Rajapaksa
At the auspicious moment this morning on the ninth of August 2020, when our Prime Minister is being inaugurated it is my humble request that he considers the full development of the Hambantota District and a Youth Development Programme for special implementation. The Hambantota District has been a district where I did work long ago. I have been struck with the sincerity of its people and their sufferings. My first novel, Mukulita Piyumo Ayi Vana Meda Me details the travails and tribulations of its innocent people. I have hoped that someday the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/20)
Proposals for your kind consideration
By Email_*84, Tambrook Drive Agincourt, Ontario Canada M1W 3L9 August 9, 2020 His Excellency, Gotabhaya Rajapakse President of Sri Lanka Presidential Secretariat Colombo 1, Sri Lanka Your Excellency, Whither Sri Lanka under your Leadership Let me firstly congratulate you on your principled campaign and winning the Presidential election in November 2019, and able leadership demonstrated in winning the peoples’ mandate at the recent general election with an overwhelming majority.Your effective leadership in containing the Covid 19 pandemic and bringing same under control with the limited facilities available gives ample confidence in your capacity to lead... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/20)
THE CONCEPT OF MEGA CITIES: NEED INCLUDING FIVE CITIES WITH FURTHER EXPANDING AND DYNAMIC PLANNING
Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the president of Sri Lanka stated at the final rally of the election, held in Hambantota that the government of that he will form, has a plan to develop four Mega Commercial Cities, Colombo, Jaffna, Trincomalee, and Hambantota. This concept needs expanding to five cities including the North Western Province, where is the best area to attract investment for tourism, manufacturing, and agriculture development. Later the project could be expanded to more cities such as Anuradhapura, Sothern Province, (Matara and Galle), Polonnaruva, and Sabaragamuwa (Ratnapura), and Central Province (Kandy). If it leaves... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/08/20)
Opposition in the oblivion; how and why it happened?
What happened on August 5 was an epic rout of the Opposition. No time since the proportional representation system was adopted under the 1978 Constitution, had the Opposition been relegated to oblivion as it was at the parliamentary election held last week. Not even before that. Many refer to the UNP landslide in the Parliamentary election in 1977 when it won 140 seats out of 168 in the National State Assembly, the then Parliament. The SLFP won just eight. However, the first-past-the-post system at the time was responsible for creating a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/08/20)
Decoding Election Results
Elections-2020 will be remembered for very many reasons. The COVID-19 pandemic of course and the two-thirds majority that the SLPP obtained even under the inscrutable proportional representation (PR) system, for the first time ever since its introduction as far back as the 1978 Constitution. Arguments are since being put forth that had it not been for the UNP split, the SLPP would not have done as creditably. Even this section does not claim that the Opposition combine would have won, even if not as handsomely. Inaccurate and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/08/20)
BUDDHISM IN PRESENT DAY EASTERN PROVINCE Part 3
Ven. Ellawala Medhananda has drawn attention to the damage done by ‘non-Buddhists’ (Hindus and Muslims), to the Buddhist monasteries, hermitages and ancient ruins in the north and east. Medhananda says that more than five hundred sites with ancient Buddhist ruins are either destroyed or are being destroyed in the north and east. Destroying Buddhist ruins in the East started long ago, said Medhananda. Initially, it was done secretly and cleverly. The activity has got speeded up and is now done openly on a large scale. Only Buddhist places face this destruction, not the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/08/20)
BUDDHISM IN PRESENT DAY EASTERN PROVINCE PT 4
Malinda Seneviratne, the respected journalist, went to Budubava in 2020 and observed that the Buddhist ruins in Eastern Province were getting destroyed. The jungles around Panama are full of Buddhist shrines. There are remains of stupas and monastic complexes. There are hundreds of caves. [They are now being demolished]These were not destroyed by the elements, said Malinda. How else could a place like Budubava have stupas razed to the ground? The Wildlife Department, the Forest Department, the Special Task Force, the Irrigation Department and the Archaeology Department have jurisdiction over these jungles. Could all... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/08/20)
ඊනියා 19 සහ ජනාධිපති විසින් අමාත්යාංශ තියා ගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජනාධිපති මාධ්ය අංශයේ 2020.08.10 දිනැති මාධ්ය නිවේදනයේ වැරද්ද...!
2020.08.10 දින නිකුත් ජනාධිපති මාධ්ය අංශය නිකුත් කර ඇති පහත නිවේදනය බලන්න ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ තීරණ උල්ලංඝනය කරමින් කථානායකවරයාගේ සහතිකය වැරදියට යොදා ගෙන ක්රියාත්මක කරන 19ය නිවැරදි නොකර ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ ජනාධිපතිවරයා ඊනියා 19 අනුව කටයුතු කළද, 19යේ වැරැද්ද පැහැදිලි කරන ලිපි රැසක් විද්වතුන් විසින් මේ වනවිට ප්රසිද්ධ කර ඇත. මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ලියන ලද ලිපි 2ක් 2020 පෙබරවාරි 09 සහ 2020 මාර්තු 08 දිනවල දිවයින ඉරිදා සංග්රහය පුවත් පතේ පළ වී ඇති අතර පහත දැක්වෙන අන්තර්ජාල සබැදියේ ඒ ලිපි දැක්වෙන බවත් එහි දැක්වේ. https://divaina.com/sunday/index.php/visheshanga1/13222-2020-02-07-11-49-41 ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/08/20)
BUDDHISM IN PRESENT DAY EASTERN PROVINCE Part 2
The Eastern Province was an integral part of the Rajarata of the Anuradhapura kingdom. The Raja rata was divided into uttara passa (north) dakkhina, (south) pacina, (east) and pajjima (west) and ruled by king nominees. The Eastern Province played a special role in the political life of ancient Sri Lanka. The Province functioned as a refuge during the period. Whenever they were in trouble, not only princes but also monks ran to Ruhuna, said Medhananda. As a result, the Eastern Province nurtured a second independent kingdom, the Ruhuna kingdom ruled by the Magama... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/08/20)
අද්විතීය කේතයන්ගෙන් යුත් සාහිත්ය ලෝකයක් නිර්මාණය කල ෆ්රාන්ස් කෆ්කා
ෆ්රාන්ස් කෆ්කා විසිවන සියවසේ නූතනවාදී ලේඛකයන්ගෙන් කෙනෙකු ලෙස සලකනු ලැබේ. ඔහුගේ සාහිත්යය නූතනවාදය විචක්ෂණ ලෙස ස්පර්ශ කරයි. මානව වේදනාව අවංකව හා ගැඹුරින් ග්රහණය කර ගැනීමට ඔහු සමත් විය. කෆ්කා තමාගේම අවකාශයක් තුල අද්විතීය කේතයන්ගෙන් යුත් සාහිත්ය ලෝකයක් නිර්මාණය කලේය. ඔහු තම ලිවීමේ ශෛලිය තුලින් ඉන්ද්රජාලික-යථාර්ථවාදයක් නිර්මාණය කලේය. කෆ්කා උපත ලැබුවේ 1883 එවකට ඔස්ට්රෝ-හංගේරියානු අධිරාජ්යයේ කොටසක් වූ ප්රාග්හිදීය (වර්තමාන චෙක් ජනරජය). කෆ්කා හැදී වැඩුණේ ඉහළ මධ්යම පාන්තික අෂ්කෙනසි යුදෙව් පවුලක ය. ප්රාග්හි යුදෙව්වන් ජර්මානුවන් හෝ චෙක් ජාතිකයන් ලෙස සලකනු නොලැබීය. යුදෙව්වන් වීම නිසා ජර්මානු සුළුතරය සමඟ ඇති සබඳතාවලින් ඔවුන් බැහැර කෙරිණි. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/08/20)
SLPP GOVERNMENT MUST SOLVE BREAD AND BUTTER ISSUES FIRST BEFORE ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES
Sri Lankans have once again endorsed the Rajapakse Regime, westerners notoriously defined as Rajapakse Family Dynasty. Bandaranaike Dynasty, Nehru Dynasty, Kennedy Dynasty did not last very long. The Rajapakses have laid eggs on a wide spectrum of the island, perpetual succession by these rulers are here to stay. Many anti-Sri Lankans dislike Rajapakse Octopus spread, but average men and women of this beautiful island confide in Rajapakses’ as their own family members. The new government must address the most urgent issues first, before embarking on administrative issues. A.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/08/20)
Tamil speaking voters decisively reject vengeance-peddling Genocide-Claiming parties in Sri Lanka's elections.
Sri Lanka, a nation troubled by decades of civil strife and a separatist war has just concluded a parliamentary election bringing back the war-winning government. Western observes have keenly focused on the North, with its Tamil population (5% of the Nations population) previously controlled by the separatist Tigers. Their “MaVeer” (suicide fighters presented as heroes) are celebrated covertly and even overtly by hard-liner Tamil politicians in the North, and in Western diasporas. An electoral battle emerged between moderate Tamils and hard-liners who follow the confrontational politics of remnant Tiger groups who operate mostly from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/08/20)
A PATHFINDER AGENDA For Urgent Economic Action for the New Cabinet
Now that the parliamentary elections are concluded, the focus of the new government should shift to the serious business of fixing the economy. COVID-19 has hit Sri Lanka’s economic outlook harder than expected. A gloomy prognosis suggests a scenario of negative economic growth, high unemployment and rising foreign debt in 2020 and 2021. Revenue from tourism, remittances and foreign investment are all down. At all costs, one should guard against a pandemic induced economic crisis from turning into a crisis in the financial system which would be a double whammy for an already debellated economy.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/08/20)
Sri Lanka declares safe for travel by World Travel and Tourism Council
Colombo, Aug.10 (newsin.asia) — Recognizing the safety protocols introduced by the Government of Sri Lanka along with standards mandated by Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) to ensure the safety of domestic and international travelers, destination Sri Lanka was recently endowed with the World Travel and Tourism Council’s (WTTC) Safe Travels stamp. Whilst establishing confidence among tourists looking at the island paradise as a preferred destination to travel amidst the pandemic, the Safe Travels stamp will also allow them to recognize properties and businesses that diligently follow globally streamed health and hygiene protocols aligned... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/08/20)
Disputes continue in the Opposition regarding appointing to the national list
According to party sources, the nomination of Samagi Janabalawegaya National List MPs will be postponed for a few more days. It is reported that this is due to the internal discussions regarding the preparation of the list. The Samagi Janabalawegaya won seven National List seats in this Parliamentary election. The party leadership has already stated that the defeated candidates will not be nominated for the national list. But the conflict is based on the fact that the other parties are also asking for one National... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/08/20)
Ranil decides to step down from UNP leadership
Ranil Wickremesinghe decides to step down as UNP leader. Ravi Karunanayake, Daya Gamage, Akila Viraj & Vajira Abeywardena have been nominated for the post of UNP leader according to Akila Viraj Kariyawasam - UNP General Secretary. The final decision is to be taken in consultation in the coming week.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/08/20)
Sri Lanka Post-Election 2020: What are the People’s Demands & Aspirations
JR, if alive, would be a very happy man. His constitution after 42 years saw a single party win a majority without going on bended knee to minority kingmakers. This victory is special not only because it saw the majority converge again but it also saw some in the minorities take a step forward to integrate and assimilate at election. It was a welcome change & one that can & should be encouraged. With covid-19 not only Sri Lanka but globally, the citizens of the world are undergoing tremendous difficulties. None of these will subside but get worse. We need... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/08/20)
A humble request to our Excellencies President Gotabhaya and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa
In view of the landslide victory that is in the offing, it is my humble request that you may please consider a poverty alleviation cum employment creation programme. I enclose my report on the Divisional Development Councils Programme implemented during Premier Sirimavo for kind perusal. It is my fervent hope that a similar but more comprehensive programme may please be considered as soon as possible Garvin Karunaratne 06/08/2020 http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2019/11/11/the-divisional-development-councils-programmeddcp-lessons-on-the-eve-of-the-2019-presidential-election-of-sri-lanka/ The Divisional Development Councils Programme(DDCP): Lessons on the eve of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/20)
Final Prediction on election 2020. Landslide victory for the SLPP and whitewash for UNP and Janabalawegaya and demise and disaster for Communal parties in this country
The final results of this election will be stunning for everybody. My forecast of final results will roughly be as follows 1The SLPP will get around 175 out of 225 seats in the next Parliament (Eg 150-55 elected and 15 -20 national list) 2 The divided and disarrayed UNP (R+P camps together) will settle down around 35 the most (elected + national list) I think Sajit Camp will get few seats more than Ranil as majority of ex UNP MPP and grass root levelare with him. TNA might get less... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/20)
09වන පාර්ලිමේන්තුව මගින් ඇමති ධූර සංඛ්යාව වැඩි කර ගැනීමට 'ජාතික ආණ්ඩුවක්' සෑදීමට විරෝධය දක්වමින් සහ 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත නීතියක් නොවීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් සුදුසු පියවර ගන්නා ලෙස ඉල්ලා ජනාධිපතිට ඉල්ලීමක්....!
2015 දී පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇති 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත 2002 දී පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කළ 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පතට ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ විනිසුරුවරු 07 දෙනෙකු ලබා දී ඇති ඒකමතික තීරණයට පටහැනිව කථානායකවරයාගේ සහතිකය ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 80.1 ව්යවස්ථාව අනුව වැරදියට යොදා නීතියක් ලෙස පවත්වාගෙන යන බවත්, මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ලියන ලද ලිපි 2ක් 2020 පෙබරවාරි 09 සහ 2020 මාර්තු 08 දිනවල දිවයින ඉරිදා සංග්රහය පුවත් පතේ පළ වී ඇති අතර පහත දැක්වෙන අන්තර්ජාල සබැදියේ ඒ ලිපි දැක්වෙන බවත් එහි දැක්වේ. https://divaina.com/sunday/index.php/visheshanga1/13222-2020-02-07-11-49-41 https://divaina.com/sunday/index.php/deshapalana2/13532-2020-02-28-03-11-134 වර්ෂ 2002 දී පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/20)
SJB ජාතික ලයිස්තුව මෙන්න.. පැරදුනු කිසිවෙකුට අවස්ථාව නෑ..
සමගි ජන බලවේගය පක්ෂයද තම ජාතික ලැයිස්තුව සඳහා අපේක්ෂකයන් නම් කර ඇත. මෙවර මැතිවරණය අනුව එම පක්ෂයට ජාතික ලයිස්තු අපේක්ෂකයන් හත්දෙනෙකු වෙන්වී තිබේ. පරාජය වූ කිසිවෙකු ජාතික ලයිස්තුවෙන් යැවීමට එම පක්ෂයද කටයුතු කර නැත. එම පක්ෂය විසින් මැතිවරණ කොමසාරිස්වරයා වෙත නම් කර යවා ඇති ලැයිස්තුව මෙසේය. තිස්ස අත්තනායකහරින් ප්රනාන්දුඉමිතියාස් බකීර් මාකර්ඩයනා ගමගේශිරාල් ලක්තිලකරන්ජිත් මද්දුම බන්ඩාරමයන්ත දිසානායක... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/20)
Takeaways from the Sri Lankan parliamentary elections
The resounding victory of the Rajapaksas has sent a number of politically significant messages. Colombo, August 7 (newsin.asia): The Sri Lankan parliamentary elections, held on August 5, the results of which were unofficially out on August 7, have sent a number of politically significant messages. These are as follows: Getting Two Thirds Majority The results have shown that it is possible to get two- thirds majority even under the Proportional Representation System (PRS) which facilitates the entry of a number of parties, even small ones,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/20)
UNP blames Sajith for election loss; Ranil not taking National List seat
Following the United National Party’s unprecedented defeat at the 2020 parliamentary election, the senior leaders of the ‘grand old party’ convened a meeting at headquarters – Sirikotha on Friday evening (08) to discuss the election result and future course of action. https://youtu.be/-Dt71dXTwpQ Speaking to reporters following the meeting, UNP National Organiser Daya Gamage stated that the party decided to carry out reforms and move forward. Asked about the election result, the former minister said he believes that the people decided that the government should be from the President’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/20)
Pilleyan leads Batticaloa preferential votes
Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pilleyan of Thamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) has secured the highest number of preferential votes in the Batticaloa District. However, the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) managed to claim the victory in the district after polling 79,460 votes (26.66%). The ITAK won 02 seats in the district. The TMVP meanwhile amassed the second highest number of votes in the district with 67,692 (22.71%) and secured one seat. The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) has come in third with 34,428 votes (11.55%) and won one seat. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/20)
පාර්ලිමේන්තු අසුන් අහිමු වූ හිටපු ප්රබලයෝ
https://youtu.be/Y7mMxIOBpKc... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/20)
SLPP announces 17 national list MPs
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna has announced the list of its appointed MPs. As per results of the General Election 2020, the SLPP has secured 17 national list positions. The party says it sent the list of appointees to the Election Commission today (07).... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/20)
The People have spoken & given way forward: SLPP wins a landslide majority
The People have spoken & given a victory that has surprised even the SLPP. The Voice of the People put to pieces any aspirations of a weak government fishing for frogs to cross over. The People have been wise & seen the signals & stopped such. This itself is a clear indication to the new government that the People have not only spoken but have signaled very strong expectations from the government. The New Government is now bound to deliver and deliver with professionalism and patriotism the essential features that propped up and differentiated the SLPP campaign from its competition.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/20)
The overall results of the 2020 general election released - this is how the seats, including the national lists, were allocated
The overall results of the 2020 Parliamentary Elections have been released. The number of votes obtained by the Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna is 6,853,693. They have won 128 seats and 17 National List seats. Therefore SLPP has 145 seats in parliament. Samagi Jana Balawegaya has obtained 2,771,984 votes. They won 47 seats and 7 National List seats. The total number of votes obtained by the Janatha Jathika Balavegaya in this election is 445,958. They have won 2 seats and have been allocated one national list seat Accordingly,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/20)
Rajapaksa alliance wins by landslide in Sri Lanka parliamentary election
Close to 70 percent of eligible Sri Lankans voted in Wednesday's election to elect a 225-member parliament, shrugging off coronavirus fears. Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa speaks to supporters at a rally ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections, near the capital Colombo on July 29, 2020 (AFP) Sri Lanka's ruling Rajapaksa brothers and their allies have won an unprecedented two-thirds majority in a parliamentary election, according to official results released early on Friday. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's Sri Lanka Podujana Party (SLPP) won 146 on its own and could... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/20)
Sri Lanka General Elections 2020 | Opposition suffers huge setback
Decisive parliamentary majority will allow the Rajapaksas to alter the country’s political landscape The likely decisive parliamentary majority secured by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP, or People’s Party) in the island nation’s recent general elections is set to change its political landscape in significant ways. The political opposition to the Rajapaksas that was in fragments prior to the poll, could be decimated, going by results released until Thursday night. Pandemic factor Three months after his election, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was faced with a raging pandemic. His... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/20)
2020 වසරේ මහා මැතිවරණය අලුත්ම පුරෝකථනය
රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ ඇතුලුව මෙ රටේ වැඩිදෙනගේ අදහස වර්තමාන පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ සිටින 225 ගෙදර යවා හොර බොරු වංචා දූෂන නැති උගත්, චරිතවත් ජනහිතකාමි, රටට ආදරය කරන අලුත්ම නියෝජිත පිරිසක් 2020 පර්ලිමේතුවට පත්කල යුතුය කියාය. එම කියමනෙහි ලොකු ඇත්තක් තිබෙන නමුත් ප්රායෝගිකව එය කළ නොහකිනිසාත්, එසේම පර්ලිමේන්තුවෙ සිටින සියලු දෙනාම ඒ ගනයට නොවැටෙන නිසාත්, කිරි මුදවීමට වුවද මුහුන් අවශ්ය වන්නාක් මෙන් පර්ලිමේන්තුව නිසි අයුරින් පවත්වාගෙන යාම සදහා එහි සම්ප්රදායන් පිලිබන්ද මනා අවභෝදයක් ඇති පුද්ගලයින් කීප දෙනකු හෝ ඒ තුල අනිවාර්යෙන්ම සිටිය යුතු නිසාත් එය කිසිසේත් සිදු නොවනු නැත. මෙම පර්ලිමේතුව තුල වුවද රටට ආදරය කරන එසේම ජාතියට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/08/20)
SLPP hopeful of establishing new parliament
According to the official election results declared so far, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna has won a landslide victory. It is my belief that the hope of establishing a parliament with a capacity of empowering the "Vistas of Prosperity" policies will be achieved by tomorrow, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said this evening.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/20)
Rajapaksa party on course for big Sri Lanka election win
Sri Lanka's ruling party took a clear lead Thursday in early results from parliamentary elections in which the dominant Rajapaksa family hope to strengthen their grip on power. Counting in the island's south showed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's Sri Lanka Podujana Party (SLPP) with 72 percent of the vote. Since the prime minister's younger brother Gotabaya won a presidential election in November, Sri Lankans have largely embraced the family's populist platform. The policy programme emerged from a wave of nationalist sentiment that followed Easter bombings in 2019 by Muslim radicals... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/20)
GOSL: We demand action against Vaddukoddai Resolution for separatism & ban on LTTE insignia
GoSL cannot pooh pooh the issue any longer. We have on the one hand a terrorist group continuing efforts to revive terrorism & we have another set of Tamil politicians who wish to separate Sri Lanka. The LTTE & Tamil politicians are tied by the quest for the same objective of a separate state but both deploying different tactics. LTTE used terror – Tamil politicians are attempting to do via political compromises. The GoSL has to legally stop both. If the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam is banned in Sri Lanka as well as 32 other countries, that ban cannot... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/08/20)
The Rajapaksa family should not disappoint the Muslims who stood with “Mahinda pela”, Basil, Gotabaya and Namal since they were defeated in January 8th., 2015.
The advice of "The Muslim Voice” is that the "Mahinda Pela" should see reality now. Though the Muslim political so-called "NEW LEADERS" and "Old leaders" will finally crawl towards President Gotabaya, PM Mahinda, Chamal and Basil Rajapaksa after August 7th., 2020 when the elections results have been announced, signals are now confirmed as suggested by “The Muslim Voice” earlier that both Old Muslim leaders, especially a Muslim political party leader from the Wanni is trying to make a deal... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/20)
බණ්ඩාරනායක දරුවන්ට නොහැකි වූ ස්වදේශිකයන්ට නෛතික නිදහස අත්කර දීම රාජපක්ෂ දරුවන් කරයිද?
(2020.08.05) 1956 ආරම්භ කළ ස්වදේශිකයන්ගේ පළමු ස්වාධීන නෛතික නිදහස් නැගිටීම නෛතික නිදහස් අරගලය විවිධ බාධක මැද ඉදිරියට ගමන් කළේය. ඒ බහුතර ජනතාවගේ භාෂාවට නීතියේ බලය ලබා දීමෙනි. එස්. ඩව්. ආර්. ඩී. බණ්ඩාරනායක එංගලන්තයේ ඔක්ස්ෆර්ඩ් හී අධ්යාපන ලැබුවද, සිංහල රාජ්ය භාෂාව කරමින් ස්වදේශිකයන් නීතියේ නිදහසේ නැගී සිටුවීමට ගත් ප්රයත්නය ශක්තිමත් වූයේ එදා බණ්ඩාරනායක සමග ගිරුවාපත්තුවේ ඩී.ඒ. රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය හැරදා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ විපක්ෂයේ අසුන් ගැනීමෙනි. බණ්ඩාරනායක අගමැතිවරයා සිංහල රාජ්ය භාෂාව කරමින් ස්වදේශිකයන්ගේ පළමු ස්වාධීන නෛතික නිදහස් නැගිටීම ආරම්භ කළේය. අවාසනාවන්ත ලෙස බණ්ඩාරනායක අගමැතිවරයා වෙඩි උණ්ඩයට සිය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/20)
සංස්කෘතික අරමුදලෙන් සජිත් සල්ලි හොරා කාපු හැටි ඔප්පු වේ – මෙන්න සාක්ෂි
2015 යහපාලන ආන්ඩු සමයේදි සජිත් ප්රෙමදාස මහතා අයතා ලෙස සංස්කෘතික අරමුදලේ මුදල් භාවිත කර ඇති බවට සාක්ශි කිහිපයක් අප වෙත.ලැබී තිබෙනවා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/20)
Ranil hopes 2020 polls would be last under PR system
UNP Leader and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe expressed hopes that today’s general elections would be the last held under the Proportional Representation (PR) system in Sri Lanka. “Hopefully this would be the last general elections held in this country under the PR system. We proposed a mixed system without preferential votes when we were in the government. I hope we could work out an agreement and bring about a change in the electoral system,” Mr. Wickremesinghe told journalists after casting his vote at College House polling station today. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/20)
Sri Lankans vote for new parliament in big numbers despite pandemic
Sri Lankans vote in large numbers despite the Covid-19 pandemic as the ruling Rajapaksa brothers sought to expand their mandate through the virus-delayed parliamentary polls. A health official takes the temperature of election officials who arrive with ballot boxes from polling station to a counting center, after the voting ended during the country's parliamentary election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 5, 2020. (Reuters) Sri Lankans have voted to elect a new Parliament that is expected to give strong support to the powerful and popular Rajapaksa brothers. President Gotabaya... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/20)
President thank the people who voted amidst the Coronavirus threat
President says as the 1st South Asian country to hold General Elections amidst Covid-19, the 71% islandwide voter turnout reflects the confidence of Sri Lankans on the Government's efforts in controlling the pandemic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/20)
Seven candidates arrested for violating election rules
The National Election Complaints Management Center and the District Election Complaints Management Centers have received 337 complaints regarding election law violations today, the Elections Commission stated. The total number of complaints received after the announcement of the election is 8362. Meanwhile, a 32 year old man who photographed the ballot paper at the Nawalapitiya Central College polling station was arrested and remanded till the 13th after being produced before court. Also, a police inspector who came to the counting center at the Siyane National College of Education in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/20)
72.43 percent voter turnout - Election Commission
The total voter turnout in the island is recorded at 72.43% at the General Election 2020. Election Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya states that the turnout in the parliamentary election was 72.43 percent. Galle district was 70 percent, Matara 70 percent, Kalutara 65 percent, Kandy 72 percent, Matale 72 percent, Nuwara Eliya 75 percent, Wanni 74 percent, Moneragala 73 percent and the Jaffna district 67 percent. Digamadulla 73 percent, Trincomalee 74 percent, Anuradhapura 70 percent, Puttalam 65 percent, Kegalle 70 percent, Ratnapura 72 percent, Batticaloa district 76 percent, Colombo 68%, Badulla... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/20)
What is the Future of the UNP post-2020?
Losing another election will not mean anything much to Ranil Wickremasinghe UNP’s leader since 1994, but the thought of departing from politics branded as a traitor to the Nation is nothing any UNP leader would like to take home & ponder in retirement. While all previous UNP leaders have their own records of achievements, there is little or nothing that Ranil Wickremasinghe can boast of as being a service to the nation. This legacy is what is going to break or make the UNP & future leadership, if UNP is to survive as a party. With the obvious split of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/08/20)
LTTE rump in the Tamil Diaspora is trying hard to revive terrorism in North Sri Lanka
The role of one who goes as "Maniarasan" based in France, has come to light Colombo, August 4: Since 2009 after the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was militarily defeated, there have been several attempts to revamp the LTTE military outfit. From 2012 there have been 12 such attempts that are on record. All of these incidents have had some form of foreign hand in them. The intelligence units are investigating these incidents but international connections in them are already more than evident. In March 2012,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/08/20)
It’s time Sri Lanka woke up to challenges posed by an ageing population
All baby boomers will reach 65 in 2030 and are predicted to live longer thanks to advances in medicine and technology. Colombo, August 4 (newsin.asia): Ageing is identified as one of the biggest challenges in the world. All baby boomers will reach 65 in 2030 and are predicted to live longer thanks to advances in medicine and technology. Statistics show that one-fourth of the US population will be dependent on each other because of ageing. Sickness and medical needs are predicted to double in the coming years, according to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/08/20)
Six more coronavirus cases move total to 2,834
Six new cases of novel coronavirus have been identified increasing the tally of confirmed cases reported in the country so far to 2,834. The Department of Government Information reported that 06 persons who returned from Saudi Arabia and are under quarantine, tested positive for Covid-19. Meanwhile the total number of recoveries in Sri Lanka has risen to 2,524. Accordingly 299 patients infected with the virus are currently being treated at hospitals. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/08/20)
Elect good, honest, educated, and morally upright people as MPs
“Elect good, honest, educated, and morally upright people as MPs” is not a new slogan. It has been heard at least over the past half a century without any indication of its being heeded by the average voter. This is usually because the voters have no choice over the matter. It is the parties that nominate their candidates for election subject to various considerations having little to do with their formal education and moral character. The main criterion they seem to consider is how good is a candidate’s chance of winning;... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/08/20)
ඩී. ඒ. රාජපක්ෂ දරුවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක දරුවන්ට නොහැකි වූ ස්වදේශිකයන්ගේ නිදහස් නැගිටීම ජයග්රහණය දක්වා ගෙන යාවිද ?
1956 ආරම්භ කළ ස්වදේශිකයන්ගේ නිදහස් අරගලය විවිධ බාධක මැද ඉදිරියට ගමන් කළේය. එස්. ඩව්. ආර්. ඩී. බණ්ඩාරනායක එංගලන්තයේ ඔක්ස්ෆර්ඩ් හී අධ්යාපන ලැබුවද, සිංහල රාජ්ය භාෂාව කරමින් ස්වදේශිකයන් නිදහසේ නැගී සිටුවීමට ගත් ප්රයත්නය ශක්තිමත් වූයේ එදා බණ්ඩාරනායක සමග ගිරුවාපත්තුවේ ඩී.ඒ. රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය හැරදා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ විපක්ෂයේ අසුන් ගැනීමෙනි. අවාසනාවන්ත ලෙස බණ්ඩාරනායක අගමැතිවරයා වෙඩි උණ්ඩයට සිය දිවි නොපිදුවේ නම් රටේ ස්වදේශිකයන්ගේ දිශානතිය අද පවතින තත්ත්වයට පත් නොවේ. එසේ වුවත් බණ්ඩාරනායක අගමැතිවරයාගේ බිරිද සිරිමාවෝ මැතිණිය 1970 පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයෙන් බලය ලබා සමගි පෙරමුණු ආණ්ඩුව පිහිටුවීම ස්වදේශිකයන්ගේ දෙවන නිදහස්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/08/20)
විජේවීර මිනීමරුවා දෙවියෙක් කරනු එපා.
මැතිවරණට ඇත්තේ තව දිනකටත් නොඅඩු කාලයකි. ප්රධාන පක්ෂ දෙකකට අමතරව මේ රටේ මීළඟ ජනාධිපතිවරයා වීමට අර අදින මුල් තුනේ අපේක්ෂකයා වන්නේ ජනබල පෙරමුණ යටතේ තරඟ කරන ජ.වි.පෙ නායක අනුර කුමාරය. සෑම වසරකම නොවැම්බර් මාසයේ අනුර කුමාර හා ජවිපය කරන ඇදහිය නොහැකි දෙයක් වන්නේ 87රැු88 කැරැුල්ලෙන් මිය ගිය රෝහණ විජේවීර, ගමනායක ලයනල් මුණසිංහ වෙනුවෙන් උපහාර උත්සවය පවත්වා පහන් පත්තු කිරීමයි. ශෝක විලාප නැගීමයි. අවාසනාවකට සෑම නොවැම්බර් මාසයේම ශී්ර ලංකාවේ බොහොමයක්ද ඉරිදා පත්තර හා සමහර ඔඪ නාළිකා විජේවීර සමඟ බිහිසුණු ප්රචණ්ඩ කි්රයාවල යෙදුනු සාමාජිකයන්ට තම පුවත්පත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/08/20)
ආනන්දයෙන් බිහි වු දැයට ණය නැති විශිෂ්ඨ රණවිරුවා.
මේ සතියේ මැතිවරණ වේදිකාවල වැඩියෙන්ම අපට අහන්නට ලැබෙන්නේ මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ රජය විසින් නියත වශයෙන්ම අවසන් කරන ලද තිස් වසරක ඊළාම් යුද්ධය ගැනයි. ශ්රී ලංකා ඡුන්ද සටන් බිමේ අලූතෙන්ම දකින්න ලැබෙන්නේ ඊලාම් යුධ ජයග්රහණයේ ගෞරවය තමන්ට පමණක් ලබා ගැනීමට විවිධ පක්ෂ දරණ ආත්මාර්ථකාමී ප්රයත්නයයිx ඕන ගොනෙකුට යුද්ධ කරන්න පුළුවන් යැයි කියමින් ගෝඨාභයගේ යුධ මෙහෙයුම අවතක්සේරුවට ලක් කළ නායකයෝ දැන් එ් යුද්ධය දින්නේ තමන් යැයි කියන්නට හාස්යජනක උත්සහයක යෙදෙති. මේ අන්දමට මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ රජය විසින් නිමා කරන ලද යුද්ධ ජයග්රහණයේ ගෞරවය තමුසෙලාට නොව අපටයි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/08/20)
BUDDHISM IN PRESENT DAY EASTERN PROVINCE Part 1
Ven Ellawala Medhananda has explored the present day Buddhist ruins of the Eastern Proivince. He found evidence in today’s Eastern Province , to show that the Eastern Province had a vibrant Buddhist civilization in the ancient and medieval period. He has also shown that it had special features, such as hillside monastic complexes and a series of ‘Muhudu Maha vihara. Monastic complexes Medhananda found evidence of huge monastic complexes in the Eastern province. There was a monastic complex at Bambaragastalawa in Kumana. This monastery extends to over 450 acres. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/08/20)
The Sri Lankan e register should be governed by a law suitable to Sri Lanka and not by the foreign law called Title Registration as recommended by the MCC
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yahoo.com Congratulation to Ms Shenali Waduge, she has studied the Act 21 of 1998 and explained the legal implications of Title Registration [also called Bim Saviya]. Yes many learned members of our society argue that foreign funding, foreign laws and technology should be accepted with gratitude. They believe that once we introduce technology and foreign laws we will be on par with developed nations. Sadly this is akin to seeing a duck smoothly gliding along the water without seeing the paddling underneath . These countries are where they are, with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
BUDDHISM IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCE (1990-2019) Part 4
The Northern Province was an integral part of the Rajarata of the Anuradhapura kingdom. The Raja rata was divided into uttara passa (north) dakkhina, (south) pacina, (east) and pajjima (west). Uttara passa consisted of today’s Vavuniya, Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi, Mannar, and Jaffna. Each division was ruled by officer appointed by king. Jambukolapatana in Jaffna was the main port for arrivals and departure to Rajarata. There was a main road from Jambukolapatana in Jaffna to Anuradhapura. The Northern Province continued under the Sinhala king in the ancient and medieval periods. Periyakulam inscription says that during... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
The Leopard and the Snare
https://youtu.be/qsZX1CRyN88 Black Leopard Death Court case held on July 29, 2020 A short report As you would be interested to know, the case relating to the death of the Black Leopard was taken up at the Hatton Magistrate's Court on July 29, 2020. The Justice for Animals and Nature organisation ( now in the process of incorporation ) sought to intervene in the Case when the case was resumed. The legal team comprised: Anura Meddegoda, P.C. Senaka Weeraratna, (Attorney... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
IT IS TIME SINHALESE PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE FULL CONTROL OF THE POLITICAL DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN SRI LANKA.-THE SLPP SHOULD TREAT THIS AS "AN OPEN LETTER".
POLITICAL PARTIES BASED ON COMMUNITY, RELIGION AND COMMUNAL BASIS HAS TO BE BANNED IN SRI LANKA BY THE MAJORITY SINHALESE COMMUNITY AND NATIONALIST SINHALA FORCES IMMEDIATELY UNDER ANY NEW CONSTITUTION TO BE PRESENTED IN PARLIAMENT. FOR THIS – ALL SINHALA FORCES, INCLUDING THE MAHA SANGHA, THE SLFP, UNP (those who love the maathruboomiya”), JVP AND OTHER PATRIOTIC POLITICAL PARTIES INCLUDING THE SLPP/JO SHOULD GIVE THEIR FULLEST SUPPORT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SEVENTY FOUR PERCENTAGE (74% ) SINHALA MP’s (voters) CAN EASILY... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
ඉස්කෝලේ ගෙදරටම ඇවිත්
කොවිඩ් 19 වසංගතය නිසා නිවසට කොටුවූ "ලොව පුරාම බිලියන 1.2ක්පමණ පාසැල්යන දරුවන් ඉදැන් ගෙනගන්නේ වෙනස්ම ලෙසකටය. ඒ නිසා කලින් තිබුනු අධ්යාපන රටාව වෙනස් වී ඇත. ඔන්ලයින් ක්රමය නිසා ඩිජිටල් තාක්ෂණය උපයෝගී කරගෙන තමන් කැමති තැනක සිට දැන් දරුවන්ට ඉගෙනගත හැකි බව ලෝක ආර්ථික සංසදය World Economic Forum) පෙන්වා දෙයි. පාසැල හා උපකාරක පන්ති වටා බැඳුණු සම්ප්රදායික අධ්යාපනික රටාවක් තිබුණු ශ්රී ලංකාවෙත් අධ්යාපනය ඒ අනුව බොහෝ දුරට වෙනස් හෝ වෙනස් වෙමින් ඇත. වසංගත සමයේ ස්වාධීන රූපවාහිනී සේවය ඇරඹු 'ටෙලිවිෂන් ඉස්කෝලේ' එහි එක් පියවරකි මෙයද නිවසේ සිට ඉගෙන ගන්නා දරුවන්ට මග පෙන්වීමකි. නිවසේ සිට තනියම පාඩම් වැඩ කරන්නේ කෙසේද? ඒ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
අලුත් පාර්ලිමේන්තුව කළ යුත්තේ 19 අහෝසි කිරීමද? 19 නීතියක් කිරීමට අවශ්ය ඉදිරි පියවර ගැනීමද?
19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය පවත්වාගෙන යා යුතුද? එය අහෝසි කළ යුතුද? යන්න සම්බන්ධයෙන් සමාජයේ කතිකාවක් පවතී. 2020 අගෝස්තු 05වන දින පවත්වන පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයෙන් ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ සහාය ලැබෙන ශ්රී ලංකා පොදු ජන පෙරමුණ 19 අහෝසි කිරීම සදහා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ 2/3 මන්ත්රී ආසන සංඛ්යාවක් බලා පොරොත්තු වේ. ජනාධිපතිවරයාට සහාය දෙන 2/3 බලයක් ඇති පාර්ලිමේන්තුවක් බිහි වුණද? නැති වුවද? අලුත් පාර්ලිමේන්තුව කළ යුත්තේ 19 අහෝසි කිරීමද? 19 නීතියක් කිරීමට අවශ්ය ඉදිරි පියවර ගැනීමද? යන්න මෙම ලිපියෙන් සාකච්ඡාවට ලක් කිරීමට අදහස් කරමි. මේ පිළිබද සාකච්ඡාව ඇති කිරීම සදහා 1907 අංක... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
Cat Jailed For Smuggling Heroin Escapes Sri Lankan Prison
No prison can hold this heroin-smuggling cat. After a short stint behind bars, the feline has escaped. On Saturday, August 1, an unnamed cat was caught by jail officials and detained in the high-security Welikada Prison in Colombo, Sri Lanka. This wasn’t an innocent house pet out exploring its surroundings – wrapped around the cat’s neck, nearly two grams of heroin, two SIM cards and a memory chip were found in a small plastic bag. Regretfully, this is only one of a number of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
Probe in Sri Lankan underworld don’s death transferred to CB-CID
Sri Lanka’s underworld gangster Angoda Lokka, who was hiding in Coimbatore under the name of Pradeep Singh for the past two years, died on July 3 under mysterious circumstances. Three people, who claimed to be the kingpin’s relative and cremated his body in Madurai after taking it from Coimbatore by road, have now been arrested. Lokka, whose real name is Maddumage Lasantha Chandana Perera, is understood to have been living in the industrial city of Coimbatore since 2018, following his escape from Sri Lanka. Amani Thanji, a Sri Lankan national... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
Sri Lanka should be cautious about parties connected to FETO - Turkish envoy
FETO members residing in Sri Lanka have left the countrySchools operated by them sold to a Sri Lankan businessman Turkish ambassador Rakibe Demet Şekercioğlu, in an interview with Daily Mirror, speaks about Fetullahist Terrorist Organization, commonly known as FETO and its operations in Sri Lanka in the past. The interview: Q How do you describe FETO? Fetullahist Terrorist Organization, commonly known as FETO is a clandestine, criminal and terrorist network. It is unprecedented in terms of its global reach, ambitions and methods.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
Peter Tobin cop vows to help Scots widow conned out £100k life-savings by Sri Lankan toyboy lover
David Swindle, who linked serial killer Peter Tobin to the murder of schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton, will meet with Diane to see if he can help get some of her assets back. Diane Peebles, 61, from Edinburgh, was lucky to escape Sri Lanka alive after armed men turned up looking for her (Image: Daily Record) The retired police officer who linked serial killer Peter Tobin to the murder of schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton is to try to help a Scot recover the life savings she was conned out of by her Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
State Intelligence Service (SIS) had informed Law and Order Minister regarding IS ideology: Ex SDIG
In August 2016, the State Intelligence Service (SIS) had informed former Minister of Law and Order Sagala Ratnayaka with regard to number of issues pertaining to Sri Lankan's who hold the Islamic State (IS) ideology, the possible impact of the IS ideology on Sri Lanka, Sri Lankans who had joined the IS organisation and certain Madrasa schools where extremist preachings were practiced within the country, former Director of SIS Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena last week informed the PCoI probing Easter Sunday attacks. Testifying before the Commission, Jayawardena said that in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
My time is up – Mahinda Deshapriya
We estimated the election would cost over Rs. 7.5 billion. But now we saw it is close to Rs.10 billion. We hope we can limit it to that. That is a colossal amount. We need to try and reduce costs. But we needed face masks and sanitizers. We need to sanitize voters three times at polling boothsWe have requested all contesting political parties and independent groups to send two agents each to the receiving centres to observe and confirm the arrival of the ballot boxes and they will remain in the receiving centres overnight We... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
Four arrivals from Saudi Arabia hike COVID-19 case tally
Four arrivals from Saudi Arabia have tested positive for COVID-19 virus, stated the Department of Government Information. The count of total coronavirus cases reported in the country is now at 2,828. As per the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry, 300 active cases are under medical care at selected hospitals. The recovery tally from the disease was pushed to 2,517 cases today (03) as 03 patients regained their health and were discharged from the hospital. Sri Lanka has witnessed 11 deaths from the virus so far.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
Constitutional Council to meet for final time before new parliament
The Constitutional Council is set to convene today (03) presided by the Speaker of the Eighth Parliament Karu Jayasuriya. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, former Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa and other members of the Constitutional Council are scheduled to join the discussion at the Speaker’s official residence. The vacancies in the office including the vacancies and compensation in the Human Rights Commission and the Public Service Commission will be discussed at the meeting. In addition, the quarterly progress reports from the Finance Commission, the Audit Services Commission and the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
10 senior polling officers removed over attending political meeting
The assignment and training of election officials with regard to the General Election 2020 is reportedly in its final stages. District Returning Officers stated that the issuance of ballot boxes will commence tomorrow (04). Colombo District Returning Officer Pradeep Yasaratne stated that four polling stations have been set up to count the votes this election. Senior Officers in Charge of the Polling stations will be referred to the respective polling stations before 1 pm tomorrow, Anuradhapura Returning Officer R. M. Wanninayake said. Counting of votes in Kalutara District... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
>Double Decker bus library - President grants request of a school girl in Medirigiriya (Video)
President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa today took action to provide a library to Sirimavo Bandaranaike Primary School following a request made by a student during his recent visit to Medirigiriya.<br /><br />A special feature of this library is that an old double decker bus has been repaired and made use for the library. https://youtu.be/e2dTMpnDnPk... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
Dr. Deepika Udagama resigns from the Human Rights Commission
Dr. Deepika Udagama has tendered her resignation from the post as chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka. Dr. Deepika Udagama has informed the Constitutional Council that she will resign from the post of Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka with effect from September 01. Chairman of the Constitutional Council Karu Jayasuriya stated that she has informed the Constitutional Council in this regard.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
ත්රී සින්හලේ සියලුම දේශප්රේමි සින්හලයින්වෙත කෙරෙන ආයාචනයක්
2020. 8. 2. මහනුවරදීය බටහිර අච්චුවේ නිර්මානයන්වු කොලඹ සන්ස්කෘතියේ හැදුනු දේශප්රේමය අභිභවා චන්දප්රේමයෙන් මුසපත්වූ රට ජාතිය නසන දේශද්රෝහී ජාති ද්රෝහී දේශපාලන ඥයින් සියල්ල පන්නාඅදමා රටට, ජාතියට හා සාශනයට ආදරය කරණ උගත්, බුධිමත් චරිතවත් දේශප්රේමී ගැමි නායකයින් පමණක් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට තෝරා යැවීමට ඇති හොන්දම අවස්ථාවයි මේ. මේ රතේ ඉතිහාශයේ ආරම්භයේ සිට 1815 දක්වාම සින්හල නමින් එකම ජාතියක්ව සිටි මේ රටේ සින්හල බෞද්ධ ජාතිය විනාශකිරීම සන්දහා සුද්දන් විසින් මේ රටේ ජාතීන් කීපයක් ඇතැයි යඅන අයිතිහාසික මිත්යාව මුල්බැස්සවීමට අටවාගිය පක්ශ දේසපාලනය නැමැති මර උගුලේ 1948 දී අසුවූ අපේ මෝඩ දේසපාලකයින් ආණ්ඩු පිහිටුවීම සන්දහා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
Thoughts on the 2020 General Election
Let us try to get away from the rhetoric- “the art of effective or persuasive speaking, often with an implication of insincerity or exaggeration”(Oxford Dictionary). Promises are many but it is quite evident that most promises cannot be easily fulfilled. President Gotabhaya’s promises are few but he has vowed to implement them. So far since becoming the President and from 2005 to 2015 he has been able to keep to his word. The leaders, who stand a chance of getting elected are well known and more, in some capacity they... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
Why Sri Lankans should vote for Pohottuwa?
2 Aug 2020 THE VOTERS OF SRI LANKA WILL GO TO POLLS ON 5 AUGUST. SIMPLY PUT THE TASK IS TO DECIDE WHOM TO BRING TO POWER TO BRING PROSPERITY TO SRI LANKA IN A COVID-19 SITUATION NOW AND A POST COVID-19 SITUATION AFTER? After a disastrous 5 years of gross governmental mismanagement by a coterie of nincompoops and white-collar thieves, Gotabhaya Rajapakse was elected as the President of Sri Lanka for a period of 5 years at the Presidential Elections held in November 2019. The President could not dissolve... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
Don’t Sell my Mother: Are Portuguese-Dutch-British being replaced by India-China-US?
Have we learnt lessons? Don Juan Dharmapala not only baptized himself but even gifted Lanka to the Portuguese. Rajasinghe II learnt a bitter lesson when he thought the Dutch was better than the Portuguese – ඉගුරැදීමිරිස්ගත්තාවාගේ. The British learnt from both predecessors and took over the entire island, not stopping there they rolled out an education system that cloned brown versions of the white who at independence, sought dominion status instead of full independence. None thought it prudent to even ask the British why a Kandyan Convention signed between Sinhale Nation & the British would result in the British giving... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
MELBOURNE IN STATE OF DISASTER, WITH OVERNIGHT CURFEW & TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS, 125 DEATHS, IN 6 MILLION POPULATION
The State of Victoria, with its beautiful city of Melbourne, the virtual birth place of multi-culturalism in Australia is in a state of shock since yesterday. The socially friendly, compassionate, kind hearted 6 million Victorians are isolated for the second time from the rest of the country. Australia is a geographically isolated continent, unlike Sri Lanka with its closest neighbours in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. What has happend to Melbourne is a sad situation. A large number of aged care cenres have recorded several positive cases of covid 19 and deaths.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
BUDDHISM IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCE (1990-2019) PART 3
Buddhist shrines and temples are not accepted by the non-Buddhists in the north .Here is an example. In 2009 57 Buddhist families were brought in and settled in Navatkuli. They were Sinhala families that had been driven out of Jaffna in 1984 and 1990. Navatkuli is located 6 km from Jaffna. “There was a fairly large Sinhalese community in Jaffna at the time. The Jaffna Sinhala Vidyalaya had 250 students. Life was pleasant with the Tamils and Sinhalese getting along like one family. Our family had roots in Maniyamthottam and Kankesanthurai and I... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
A Solemn Pledge by Rusiripala Tennekoon to the People of Sri Lanka that if Elected He Shall Never Sign the MCC
Sri Lanka is the hub of South Asia, ground vital for the attack or defence of Nations in South Asia. The Americans are in the process of physically capturing the hub, having negotiated with the Chinese and the Indians between 2009 and 2011, at the highest of levels, to give each of these Nations portions of the hub in return for their support to allow the US to take over the lion share of the hub. This is the gist of a relatively new bipartisan-US Foreign Policy. Vide... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
ගිනි නිවන හමුදාව සුදානම් කර තබමු.!
මෙවර මැතිවරණයේදී ඉතා පැහැදිලිව පොදු ජන පෙරමුණ ජය ගන්නා බව ඉතා පැහැදිලිය. මේ බව සතුරාද මැනවින් දනී. මැතිවරණය කල් දමා ගැනීමට සියලු ආයුධ පාවිචිචි කරමින් වෙර දැමු ඔවුන්, දැන් දැන් දැනගෙනම, පරාජය වෙන මැතිවරණයක් සඳහා වියදම් කරමින් රට පුරාම සැරිසරයි. සතුරා දැන දැනම පරාජය උදෙසා සටන් කරන්නේ නැත. දැන් සතුරාගේ මිතුරා එනම් ඔවුන් සතාපිත කල ස්වාධින මැතිවරණ කොමිසම චන්ද ගණන් කිරීම පෙර මෙන් නොව, පසුදා උදෑසන දක්වා කල්තබා ඇත. පැය 12ක කාලයක් චන්ද පෙට්ටි ඒ ඒ ස්ථානවල රදවා තැබීම චන්ද කොමසාරිස්ට අනුව සිදුවේ. මෙය ඉතා භයානක ක්රියාදාමයකි. මේ චන්ද පෙට්ටිවල ඇත්තේ අනාගත ලංකාව පාලනය කිරීමට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
Defeat all communalists and drastically reduce election of racist Tamil MPs.
While the main opposition UNP/SJB is in a perennial bout to defeat each other and capture/retain power in the Sirikotha, the foreign servile JVP, NGO vultures and the TNA, as well as the racist constituents of the SJB, the JHU, Muslim Con-gross, A CMC and TPA, are in an endless fake news onslaught to prevent the achieving its goal of getting the two-thirds majority to get rid of the abhorrent 19th amendment, make appropriate changes to the 13th amendment which had been forcibly enforced on us and repeal the 15th amendment which... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
360 | with Wimal Weerawansa ( 31 - 07 - 2020 )
විමල් විරවංශ මහතා සමග පැවති 360 සජීව වැඩසටහන. https://youtu.be/9XZ70Y_06N4... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/08/20)
ප්රේමලාල් ජයසේකර ගේ අපේක්ෂකත්වය ශුන්ය හා බලරහිත බව සම්බන්ධයෙනි
මහින්ද දේශප්රිය මහතා, සභාපතිමැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාව,රාජගිරිය. මහත්මාණෙනි, ප්රේමලාල් ජයසේකර ගේ අපේක්ෂකත්වය ශුන්ය හා බලරහිත බව සම්බන්ධයෙනි රත්නපුර මහාධිකරණය මගින් මරණ දඬුවම නියම කරනු ලැබූ පොදුජන පෙරමුණු අපේක්ෂක ප්රේමලාල් ජයසේකර මහතා ට ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 89 වගන්තිය ප්රකාරව මරණ දඬුවම නියම වූ දිනයේ සිට පුරවැසිබලය අහිමිවේ. ඒ අනුව, 2020 අගෝස්තු 5 දින පැවැත්වෙන මහා මැතිවරණයේ දී ඔහුට ඡන්දය ප්රකාශ කිරීම සඳහා වන අවස්ථාව හිමි නොවේ. මැතිවරණයක දී ඡන්දය ප්රකාශ කිරීම සඳහා සුදුසුකම් නොලබන කිසිදු අයෙකුට ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 91 වගන්තිය යටතේ ඡන්දය ඉල්ලීම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/20)
After two years in hiding, Sri Lankan underworld kingpin Angoda Lokka dies in Coimbatore
Trio who forged his identity papers and buried his body arrested by police. COIMBATORE: Coimbatore police on Sunday confirmed the death, in the city, of Sri Lanka’s underworld kingpin Angoda Lokka. One man and two women, including a Sri Lankan national, were arrested for allegedly forging identity papers for the wanted criminal and cremating him in Madurai after his death on July 3. Police revealed that Angoda Lokka, who was wanted by Sri Lankan police, had been hiding in the city for at least two... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/20)
A Most Important Election Indeed!: Double Shuffle Duping
The much awaited General Elections is before us. We have a new set up in the sense that the two traditional main parties have each split up into two factions. The UNP breakaway faction is the Samagi Jana Balawegaya. The Sri Lanka Freedom Party which transformed to the United People’s Front Alliance by combining with a number of satellite parties split up five years ago. Subsequently the UPFA breakaway faction reconciled forming a new party, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, under the Pohottuwa symbol. Yet, it is an uneasy truce. Some... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/20)
Foreign interference in the Elections Again!: Judge Not Lest Ye be Judged
The West blatantly interferes by continuing to threaten us directly and subtly by deploying strategies in different guises. The proxies of the LTTE in many countries in North America, Europe and the Pacific renewed their anti Sri Lanka propaganda by organising events to mark the 1983 Black July anniversary. These events were aimed at launching a campaign of disinformation on the eve of the General Elections slated for 5 August. Reflecting the overly wish of Western countries to interfere in Sri Lanka’s internal affairs, officials and politicians of some countries too participated... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/20)
Glancing Back at Madagal of July 1983
Daybreak in Madagal, Jaffna was always a breath-taking sight, as if all the colours of a paint box was mixed and splashed against the sky. On the 23rd day of July, the sea was calm, encouraging the lazy waves concealing the coral beds to lap the shores. The year was 1983 and the troops of ‘Charlie’ Company, 1st battalion the Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI) had just taken over duties in the peninsula. They were busy training under the shades of Palmyra trees. The day looked usual, not a hint of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/20)
Key Issues in Sri Lanka’s One Horse Electoral Race
The 5 August 2020 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election are likely to be a one-horse race with the ruling SLPP being streets ahead of its rivals in popular estimation. Nevertheless, the Election campaigns of the various parties have thrown up key issues which will determine what Sri Lanka will be like in the immediate and mid-term future. The SLPP’s unassailable position is partly because of the splintered opposition and partly because of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s success in containing COVID-19. Given the manifest failure of the previous Yahapalana Government the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/20)
After embarrassing Archbishop: Can the UNP canvass for Roman Catholic and Christian votes?
Can the UNP, UNF and newly-formed SJB, under the leadership of Sajith Premadasa, canvass for Roman Catholic and Christian votes, after causing embarrassment to Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith and the respected Buddhist clergy? Today, the difference between the present government and the respected politicians and the shameless politicians of the previous government is very clearly evident. While the leaders and Cabinet Ministers of the present government appreciate the brave decisions taken by Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, the shameless politicians of the UNP/UNF and SJB have insulted and caused embarrassment. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/20)
Port employees call off strike
Colombo Port trade union workers have called of their trade union action with immediate effect. This was following a successful discussion with Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, stated Port Trade Unions. Trade unions of the Colombo Port, who launched a strike action on the 2nd of July, later called off their strike action following a meeting held with Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. https://youtu.be/Yp9HHRx75do During this discussion, held on July 03, a decision was taken to unload the 03 gantry cranes brought down from China, at the Eastern... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/20)
Five (05) more persons confirmed for Covid -19: SL Country total increases to 2,822
Five more arrivals from the UAE, tested positive for COVID- 19, bringing total infected in Sri Lanka to 2822... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/20)
Valachchenai paper factory releases first stock of paper to the market
The first batch of paper produced at the closed Valachchenai Paper Mill was released to the market today. Accordingly 40 tons of paper was released to the market.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/20)
Hambantota district will be among four great Commercial Cities -President (Video).
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that the Hambantota district will be developed as one of ‘Four Multi-dimensional Commercial Cities’ that was expected to be function as International Coordination Centres. Colombo, Jaffna, and Trincomalee are the other districts expected to be developed as ‘Four Multi-dimensional Commercial Cities’. The President further said that the government will build a country that can compete in international markets by establishing a “C-shaped economic corridor‟ connecting two main ports and airports while integrating all business zones. https://youtu.be/UglHFLHghpw President Rajapaksa... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/20)
Motorcycles to PHIs deployed for Coronavirus control work
The Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medicine states that steps will be taken to provide motorcycles to public health inspectors who have been deployed to control the corona epidemic. A statement issued states that the motorcycles will be handed over to the Public Health Inspectorsby the 20th of this month.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/20)
MCC – English ONLY is OK – Sinhala/Tamil is Not OK – where are the Hooles & the Howlers?
Section 4.1 of MCC says all documents & communications are to be in English.Section 6.4 of MCC says the Government Law is to be ‘international law’(not Sri Lankan laws). The Ministry of Finance website says “The Attorney General is in the opinion that Agreements are in order and there exists no legal impediment to execute same”– how is it that no one has saw fit to object to the fact that everything is to be in ENGLISHin a country where 90% are not conversant in English or even computer literate or having internet facility to undertake land transactions in English. Are all Sinhalese... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/08/20)
Leadership in the right hands is the only way out
Two news items published in the prestigious New York Times tell the harrowing tale of what has happened to the USA in the ceaseless deterioration of conditions under the Covid-19 pandemic. News item 1: “The U.S. coronavirus caseload, the world’s biggest, passed four million on Thursday. (23/7). The numbers of daily hospitalizations and deaths were also on the rise. Public health experts have warned that the actual number of people infected is far higher than the number of reported cases, and could be up to 13 times as high in some regions. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/20)
BUDDHISM IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCE (1990-2019) PART 2
There is a tug of war going on in the north between the Buddhist and non-Buddhists regarding the new Buddhist temples built in the north. Neither side is prepared to give in. The Tamil Separatist Movement complained loudly that Buddhist temples were being built in the north where there were no Buddhists. There are nine Buddha Viharas being built in Mullaitivu district alone, said Tamil Separatist Movement. A Buddha statue has come up in Sambaltheevu with police protection. In Kokkilai, Mullaitivu district, a Buddha Vihara is coming up with army support despite a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/20)
Russia aims to begin public Covid-19 vaccinations in October, starting with medical workers & teachers – Minister of Health
Russia expects to start mass anti-coronavirus vaccinations, across the country, by October, the country’s health minister has said. Mikhail Murashko added that medical workers and teachers will be given first priority. Murashko announced on Saturday that clinical trials of a vaccine developed by the Moscow-based Gamalei Institute have been completed and that the health ministry is aiming to begin a public vaccination program in October. Medical personnel and teachers will be the first to receive immunization, he said. “Now, the package of documents for the procedure of registration [of the vaccine] is being prepared,” Murashko added. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/20)
ECT, port strikes and corruption
I was watching the tv on today and on another day and saw hundreds of port workers planning to stage a strike against a decision of corrupt politicians to sell part of the port. They were mercilessly threatening the nation which had been battered by Corona. SAGT sale was also marred with corruption similarly ECT sale too. But the reason why Port workers are on strike because a private sector taking over management will deprive them of earning illegal money by demanding kickbacks during unloading and releasing cargo.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/20)
Sri Lankan alumni of China’s National Defense University form association
Maj.Gen (Rtd) Vijitha Ravipriya, currently Director General of Sri Lanka Customs elected as the association's first President COLOMBO, July 31 (Xinhua): Sri Lanka-China mutual cooperation was emphasized at the inauguration of the country’s first-ever association for Sri Lankan alumni of the People’s Liberation Army National Defense University (PLA NDU) in Colombo on Thursday. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Chinese National Defence University Alumni Association of Sri Lanka, retired Major General G.Vijitha Ravipriya said the organization would serve as a bridge to connect PLA NDU alumni in Sri Lanka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/20)
European Council renews ban on the LTTE, Hizbul Mujahideen, Babbar Khalsa and Khalistan Zindabad Force
The decision was taken on July 30, 2020 Colombo, August 1 (newsin.asia): The European Council on July 30 decided to renew the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) of Sri Lanka, along with 20 other organizations including Babar Khalsa, Hizbul Mujahideen’ and Khalistan Zindabad Force. Here are the details: COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2020/1132 of 30 July 2020, updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/20)
More than 50% of all foreign military training slots in India are allocated to Sri Lankan defense personnel
India’s new Defense Advisor in Sri Lanka Capt.Vikas Sood meets Lankan Defense Secretary and Army and Navy Commanders. Capt. Vikas Sood with Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Maj.Gen (R) Kamal Gunaratne Colombo, August 1 (August 1): After observing the health protocols stipulated by the Government of Sri Lanka for diplomats arriving in the country, the new Defense Adviser to the High Commission of India Captain Vikas Sood had interactions with the leadership of Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defens and the armed forces in the past week. Capt. Sood paid courtesy... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/20)
Will not allow destruction of country’s historical heritage – President
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has reiterated that no room will be left for anyone to destroy the historical heritage of the country or to cause damage to places of worship. A comprehensive programme will be designed in order to preserve the heritage of Wellassa whilst protecting places of worship of all faiths, President Rajapaksa said addressing a public gathering organized by candidate Wimaladasa Galgamaarachchi in Wellawaya, Monaragala on Friday (31), the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. https://youtu.be/7xPiYLNlrf4 People at the venue have requested the President to take measures to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/20)
Will not abandon quest to eradicate poverty – President
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has guaranteed that his quest to eradicate poverty will not be abandoned. Speaking at a public gathering in Badulla today (01), he noted that despite job opportunities for some in the past poor were left behind, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. https://youtu.be/1Yowo5lrp9g President Rajapaksa assured that he will honour every promise in his policy framework “Vistas of Prosperity and Splendour” and following the general election, promising that 150,000 job appointments for underprivileged and graduates will be granted. In addition, the President also... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/20)
President says he cannot be intimidated
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa alleges a certain group is attempting to create an issue over the Colombo Port with no valid reason. He stresses that they cannot intimidate him by such acts, says the President’s Media Division.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/20)
Sinhale organization seeks progress on previous complaints against Shani Abeysekera (Video).
Representatives of the 'Sinhale' National Organization visited the Colombo Crimes Division this afternoon to inquire into the progress of previous complaints against Shani Abeysekera. https://youtu.be/awG8AYfOpGQ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/08/20)
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