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News Archive for Sep 2021
ලෝක ළමා දින පණිවුඩයළමා අයිතීන් සුරැකීම සඳහා ප්‍රමුඛතාව දීම සියලුම මානව වර්ගයාගේ අතිමහත් යුතුකමකි. වැඩිහිටියන්ට එම යුතුකම මතක්කර දෙමින් සැමරෙන “ලෝක ළමා දින” සැමරුම වෙනුවෙන් සුබ පැතුම් එක්කරනුයේ ඉමහත් සතුටිනි. ලොව ලස්සන වන්නේ දූ දරුවන්ගෙනි. එමෙන්ම රටක මෙන්ම ලෝකයේ අනාගතය රැඳී ඇත්තේ ළමා පරපුර මතය. ඔවුන්ගේ ලෝකය වැඩිහිටියන්ගේ ලෝකයට වඩා අතිශය සුන්දරය. ඒ මිහිර ඔවුන්ට බාධාවකින් තොරව හිමිකර දීම වැඩිහිටියන් සතු වගකීමකි. මේ බව තේරුම් ගනිමින් රජයක් ලෙස අපි හැම විටම ළමා අයිතිවාසිකම් තහවුරු කිරීමට කැපවී සිටිමු. ගුණ නැණ බෙලෙන් යුතු දරු පරපුරක් අනාගතයේ අඳුරු දුරලනු ඇතැයි යන්න අපගේ විශ්වාසයයි. සෞභාග්‍යයේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/09/21)
Seven new airlines to operate direct flights to Sri Lanka soon
For the first time US-Bangla Airlines, the leading premium airline of Bangladesh will fly to Colombo from November 1. Minister of Tourism Prasanna Ranatunge said that with the successful COVID vaccination drive and the drastic reduction of deaths and infections, Sri Lanka Tourism is once again picking up and this is the reason for new airlines to fly to Sri Lanka and the country being removed from the ‘COVID Red list’ too has helped towards new airlines patronizing Sri Lanka. AEROFLOT airlines will launch flights from November 4 and the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/09/21)
‘Pushback Against China’: Indian Firm Signs 35-Year Lease to Run Strategic Port in Sri Lanka
CC BY-SA 4.0 / Rehman Abubakr / Ships and gantry cranes at the Colombo Harbour, Sri Lanka The awarding of the contract for Colombo’s West Container Terminal to Adani Group marks the first time that an Indian firm will manage such operations in Sri Lanka. At the same time, a state-backed Chinese company already operates the Hambantota Port on a 99-year lease. The same Chinese company is also developing another port terminal at Colombo.India’s largest private ports company APSEZ has signed a 35-year lease with Sri Lanka's state-owned operator of major commercial ports... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/09/21)
Eight prisoners at Anuradhapura prison file FR against Lohan Ratwatte
Eight prisoners detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) at the Anuradhapura prison today filed a Fundamental Rights petition in Supreme Court against the alleged criminal conduct on the part of the State Minister Lohan Ratwatte. The petitioners are seeking an order in respect of the alleged serious offences committed by State Minister Ratwatte at the Anuradhapura Prison on I2th of September 2021. The petitioners are also seeking an interim order transferring them to a prison in the Northern Province where their cases are lodged. The petitioners stated that on 12th of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/09/21)
New health guidelines to be followed after lifting of quarantine curfew
Health guidelines to be followed once the quarantine curfew imposed country-wide is lifted tomorrow (October 01) have been issued by the Ministry of Health. https://youtu.be/qnDxpcLkifw The quarantine curfew imposed on the whole country will be lifted with restrictions from 04.00 am tomorrow. As per the new guidelines, all non-essential travel is restricted from 10.00 pm to 04.00 am daily. Supermarkets, pharmacies, groceries, and shops are only allowed to serve 10% of the accommodation capacity at a time. Further public transport will be restricted to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/09/21)
India’s Adani Group signs Build-Operate-Transfer deal to develop West Container Terminal of Colombo Port
India’s Adani Group has signed a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) agreement with its local partner John Keells Holding s (JKH) and Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), to jointly develop the West Container Terminal (WCT) of the Colombo Port. The agreement will be an investment exceeding USD 700 million. In March, the WCT of the Colombo Port was approved to be developed as a Public-Private Limited Company in partnership with India’s Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ Consortium) along with its local representative John Keells Holding PLC (APSEZ Consortium), and SLPA. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/09/21)
Police initiate inquiry on CID officers who interrogated journalists
An inquiry has been initiated into the unprofessional and irresponsible behavior displayed by certain officers of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) by interrogating several media persons disregarding the instructions not to do so, the Police Headquarters says. Minister of Public Security Sarath Weerasekara yesterday (Sep. 29) called for an inquiry into the relevant incident. The relevant directives were given to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) C.D. Wickramaratne. Further, the minister has instructed the IGP to hand over the investigations into the garlic scam from the Peliyagoda Special Crimes Division to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/09/21)
COVID death toll moves up with 59 new fatalities
Director-General of Health Services on Wednesday (Sep. 29) confirmed 59 new COVID-related deaths in Sri Lanka. According to the Department of Government Information, 28 males and 31 females have succumbed to the novel coronavirus in the recent past. New victims include 11 people aged between 30 - 59 years and 47 others aged 60 years and above. One female youth aged below 30 years has also succumbed to the virus. Following the latest development, Sri Lanka’s COVID-related death toll now stands at 12,906.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/09/21)
Sri Lanka reports 912 COVID-19 cases on Thursday
The Ministry of Health reported a total of 912 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 today, (September 30). This brings the total number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus registered in Sri Lanka to 517,377. Total recoveries have increased to 457,488 while currently, 46,983 infected patients are under medical care and home-based care. The death toll meanwhile has risen to 12,906.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/09/21)
THE ELEPHANT IN SRI LANKA Part 3
REVISED 12.10.21 When the Portuguese captured the maritime provinces of Sri Lanka they found a flourishing export trade in elephants, developed over the centuries by the Sinhala king. The Portuguese , who had never seen an elephant before, found that the Ceylon elephant was superior, compared to elephants from other countries, and traders were prepared to pay twice or even up to four times for them. The Portuguese quickly got involved in the elephant export trade. They established a special unit called the Elephant Hunt for the capture and export of elephants. When... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/09/21)
රස්සාවට අශුචි කෑම - කෘෂි බිස්නස් වැලැක්වූ දෙපාර්තමේන්තු නිලධාරීන්ගේ කතාව
චීන අසූචි කාබනික පොහොර රටට ගෙන ඒමේ උත්සහය පරාජය වී ඇත. නිවේදනයට අනුව පොහොර තොගය රටට ගේන්නේ නැත. කතාව ඇත්තනම් නැව ආපහු හරවා යැවිය යුතුය. ලංකාව ‘අර්විනියා උවදුරෙන් බේරාගත් රහංගල කෘෂිකර්ම පර්යේෂණ මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ ‘ඇලිස්නෝනා‘ නම් කාන්තාවයි. ඒ මෙයට වසර 57 පෙරය. අද එය නැවත කෘෂිකර්ම අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජෙනරාල්වරයා විසින් සිදු කර ඇත. ඇලිස්නෝනා - රස්සාවට වඩා රටට ආදරය කළ ගැහැණිය ගේ කතාව ලෝකයම කියවිය යුතුය. 1963-64 ආසන්නයේ ආචාර්ය ඩඩ්ලි සීසර් නම් ජර්මන් (හෝ නෙදර්ලන්ත) කෘෂි විද්‍යාඥයා ලංකාවේ අඩි 5000 ට අඩු කලාපයේ (එනම් වැලිමඩ, ඌවපරණගම, බණ්ඩාරවෙල, හපුතලේ අල (අර්තාපල්) හදන්නට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/09/21)
The hug that helped change medicine
In 1995, a baby was saved by the hug of her sibling. CNN's Lisa Sylvester reports on a twin bond that has lasted. https://youtu.be/0YwT_Gx49os... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/09/21)
How the organic agriculture ideology destroyed the Sri Lankan economy
Sri Lanka, an island nation south of India, is experiencing a food and economic emergency. Just a decade ago, the country emerged victorious from the destructive and protracted war waged by the Tamil Tigers occupying the northeastern part of the country. After winning the battle against the internal insurgents, the Sri Lankan government started to rebuild its economy. Its march to recovery was successful until it was halted by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Already reeling from the adverse effects of Covid-19, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa made the costly mistake of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/09/21)
Sri Lanka suspends importing organic fertilizer from Chinese company
Sri Lanka has suspended importing organic nitrogen fertilizer from a Chinese company for the Maha Season, says Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage. The decision was taken after harmful bacteria were identified in tested samples sent by the relevant company. Although the laboratory test results had revealed that the samples contained harmful microorganisms and bacteria, fertilizer stocks imported from the said Chinese company have been distributed among the farmers after changing the laboratory records, Minister Aluthgamage added. In this backdrop, the focus of the government has fallen on providing sufficient fertilizer to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/09/21)
Snowden Hails 'Best News in Long Time' as Canada Grants Asylum to Family Who Hid Him in Hong Kong
The Sri Lankan family of four were part of a group of impoverished refugees living in Hong Kong who agreed to shelter Edward Snowden for about two weeks after his bombshell revelations in 2013.A family of four who offered shelter to former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden in their Hong Kong apartment when he was on the run after blowing the lid on NSA spying have been granted asylum by Canada. Supun Thilina Kellapatha, Nadeeka Dilrukshi Nonis, and their children Sethumdi and Dinath landed in Toronto on Tuesday to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/09/21)
Midnight LNG deal with US firm raises hackles in Sri Lanka
Electrical union and opposition politicians blast the deal on economic and environmental grounds A tanker transporting LNG. While natural gas is considered a 'bridge fuel' toward sustainability, its extraction, processing and transportation emit greenhouse gases. Photo: iStock On September 17, New Fortress Energy (NFE), a US-based energy infrastructure company, signed a momentous legal agreement with the government of Sri Lanka. The signing apparently took place in the dead of the night, at 12:06am, and the foreigner who came for the signing swiftly returned to the US on a flight... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/09/21)
Mill owners cannot determine the price of paddy' (Video)
Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage stated that the mill owners are not able to determine the price of paddy, and it is done only by the Government. The Minister stated this in response to a statement made yesterday (28) by the owner of a large-scale paddy mill, Dudley Sirisena. https://youtu.be/BcOH7vh_KiA Although the Cabinet decided to remove the control price imposed on rice yesterday, the relevant Gazette Notification has not been issued yet. However, convening a press conference yesterday, businessman Dudley Sirisena announced the new prices... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/09/21)
Medical experts approve COVID booster dose for selected groups
The Director General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardena says that permission has been granted to administer the Pfizer vaccine as the third dose for those over 60 years and several other groups. He stated that it has also been decided to provide the Pfizer vaccine as the third dose for those between 30-60 years with disabilities, cancer or kidney ailments as well as to health sector workers and frontline workers. Speaking to reports today (29), he said that the Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) has given them permission to administer... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/09/21)
Islandwide quarantine curfew to be lifted on Friday
Courtesy Adaderana The government has decided to lift the quarantine curfew, which is currently in effect across the island, on the 01st of October. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed to lift the islandwide quarantine curfew at 4.00 a.m. on Friday (01), Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said. He stated that the restrictions and new health guidelines to be implemented following the lifting of the curfew will be notified later. The quarantine curfew had been initially imposed on August 20 at 10.00 p.m. following a rapid rise in new Covid-19 cases and it was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/09/21)
Sri Lanka records 61 new COVID-related deaths
As the daily count of deaths from COVID-19 infection continues to drop below 100 in Sri Lanka, only 61 fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Tuesday (Sep. 29). According to the Department of Government Information, 25 males and 36 females have succumbed to the novel coronavirus in the recent past. The new victims include 14 people aged between 30 - 59 years and 47 others aged 60 years and above. Following the latest development, Sri Lanka’s COVID-related death toll now stands at 12,847.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/09/21)
Daily COVID cases count at 941 today
The daily total of new COVID-19 cases moved to 941 today (Sep. 29) as 256 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry said. All new cases have been associated with the New Year Cluster. This brings the tally of coronavirus infections confirmed in the country to 516,465. According to Epidemiology Unit data, 46,761 active cases are currently under medical care at hospitals, treatment centres and homes. Total recoveries from the virus infection reached 456,857 earlier today as 770 more patients... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/09/21)
Public Security Minister calls for inquiry on CID interrogating journalists
Minister of Public Security Sarath Weerasekara has called for an inquiry into the incident where the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) had interrogated media persons despite the instructions not to do so. The relevant directives have been given to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) C.D. Wickramaratne. Further, the minister has instructed the IGP to hand over the investigations into the garlic scam from the Peliyagoda Special Crimes Division to the CID and to conduct a comprehensive probe.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/09/21)
Defence Ministry responds to news circulating on ‘terror attack’
The Ministry of Defence says that the news circulating on social media platforms and electronic media sources stating that a likely terror attack on Sri Lankan churches was based on basic information which is neither analyzed nor confirmed by the respective authorities. Further, the Defence Secretary Gen. (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne reiterates that there is no reason to panic over the incident, the statement said. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/09/21)
Sajith requests EU delegation not to discontinue GSP+ concessions
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has requested the visiting delegation of the European Union not to discontinue the Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) concessions granted to Sri Lanka. This was mentioned during a meeting held between the Opposition Leader and the EU envoys yesterday. An EU delegation of five high-ranking officials arrived in Sri Lanka earlier this week to engage in discussions with Sri Lankan authorities pertaining to the GSP+ concessions. Speaking in this regard, SJB MP Lakshman Kiriella said the visiting EU delegates are looking into civil rights, rule... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/09/21)
The Walkway at Parakrama Samudraya
Many articles have been published against the construction of the Walkway on the bund of the Parakrama Samudra. We should be thankful to the irrigation engineers and to Austin Fernando once the Government Agent at Polonnaruwa for their ideas. I too voiced my ideas but mine appeared only in Lanka Web. Despite all this the authorities have decided that the construction of the Walkway will be done. What is most important is to note that the Government Agent and the irrigation engineers have detailed their actual experience. They are... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/09/21)
තාරුණ්‍යයේ අනාගතය වෙනුවෙන් සියලුම පළාත් පාලන ආයතන ඩිජිටල්කරණයට පියවර ගන්නවා.
පළාත් පාලන ආයතන ඩිජිටල්කරණය කිරීම පිළිබඳව අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ඊයේ (27) දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ පැවති සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව පැවසීය. ඒ අනුව, තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණය දියුණු නව ලෝකයේ ස්මාර්ට් ජංගම දුරකතනයකින් මහජන සේවය ඉටු කරගැනීම සඳහා වූ පළාත් පාලන ආයතන ඩිජිටල්කරණය කිරීම අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ අධීක්ෂණයෙන් යුතුව පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන කටයුතු රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය රොෂාන් රණසිංහ මහතාගේ මෙහෙයවීම මත සිදුවේ. මහ නගර සභා, නගර සභා හා ප්රාදේශීය සභා තුන්සිය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/09/21)
රුසියාවේ ශ්රී ලංකා තානාපති ධුරයට පත් ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ මහාචාර්ය ජනිතා ඒ ලියනගේ මහත්මිය අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා බැහැදකී
රුසියාවේ ශ්රී ලංකා තානාපති ධුරයට පත් ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ මහාචාර්ය ජනිතා ඒ ලියනගේ මහත්මිය අද (28) දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා හමු වූවාය. ඒ රුසියාවේ තානාපති සේවයට නික්ම යාමට පෙර අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා හමුවී සේවය සැළ කිරීම වෙනුවෙනි. ශ්රී ලංකා - රුසියානු ඓතිහාසික මිත්‍රත්වය සිහිපත් කළ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා, දෙරට අතර ද්වි පාර්ශවීය සබඳතා තව තවත් වර්ධනය කිරීම උදෙසා කැපවන්නැයි ජනිතා ඒ ලියනගේ මහත්මියට සුබ පැතුම් එක්කරමින් කියා සිටියේය. ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ මහාචාර්ය ජනිතා ඒ ලියනගේ මහත්මිය මෙම ධුරයට පත්වීමට පෙර ගම්පහ වික්‍රමාරච්චි දේශීය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ සමාරම්භක උප කුලපතිනිය ලෙස කටයුතු කළාය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/09/21)
ජනතාවට නොමිලේ දෙන “සුව ධරණී” ඖෂධ මංජුසාව අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාට පිළිගන්වයි
මහජනතාව කොවිඩ් වසංගතයෙන් ආරක්ෂා කර ගැනීමේ අරමුණ ඇතිව නොමිලේ බෙදා දීමට නියමිත “සුව ධරණී” ආයුර්වේද ප්‍රතිශක්තීකරණ ඖෂධ මංජුසාව ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට පිළිගැන්වීම අද (28) දින පෙරවරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී සිදුවිය. දේශිය වෙදකම් ප්‍රවර්ධන, ග්‍රාමීය හා ආයුර්වේද රෝහල් සංවර්ධන හා ප්‍රජා සෞඛ්‍ය රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය සිසිර ජයකොඩි මහතා අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාට නිල වශයෙන් මෙම “සුව ධරණී” ඖෂධ මංජුසාව පිළිගැන්නුවේය. සෞභාග්‍ය දැක්ම ප්‍රතිපත්තිය ප්‍රකාශය අනුව යමින් සෞඛ්‍ය සම්පන්න ජනතාවක් බිහිකිරීමේ උදාර අරමුණ ඇතිව හඳුන්වා දුන් “සුව ධරණී” ආයුර්වේද ප්‍රතිශක්තීකරණ ඖෂධ මංජුසාව, සුව ධරණී ප්‍රතිශක්තීකරණ පානය, ගුඩුච්‍යාදී චූර්ණය සහ ඖෂධීය කැඳ වලින් සමන්විතය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/09/21)
ලක්ෂ 80,000 ඉක්මවන සහගහන පොදු දේපළ වංචාවක් යටගසයිද?
අධිරාජ්‍යවාදී පාලනය නිමා වූ පසුව සුද්දා රට දමා ගියේය. බ්‍රිතානය ආණ්ඩුවේ මැදිහත්වීමෙන් සිංහලයාගෙන් කොල්ලකාගත් වතු අක්කර දහස් ගණන් එහිදී හැකි පමණින් මෙරට ධනපතියන්ට විකුණා දැමිණි. ඒ අනුව වැවිලි වතුවල වූ බංගලා , ඉස්ටෝරු ස්වදේශිකයන්ගේ පාලනය යටතේ ක්‍රියාත්මක වන්නට විය. කෙසේ නමුත් නිෂ්පාදන නතර වූ ඉස්ටෝරු වැසී යන්නට විය. බොහොමයක් ඉස්ටෝරු වැසී යාම වඩාත් වේගයෙන් සිදු වූයේ මෑත භාගයේදීය. මේ මොහොත වන විටත් සුද්දා ගෙඩිය පිටින් ඉතිරි කර ගිය බොහොමයක් ඉස්ටෝරුවල කුස්තුර ගැලවෙමින් තිබේ. ඒ අතරින් ගැලවූ සහ ගලවමින් තිබෙන ඒ, ඉස්ටෝරු කිහිපයක් පිළිබඳව තතු හෙළිවන්නේ සබරගමුවෙනි. දෙහිඕවිටෙන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/09/21)
කෘෂිකර්මයට, පරිසරයට ආදරය කරන සියළුම ශ්රී ලංකා පුරවැසියන් වෙත යොමු කරන විවෘත ලිපියයි.
චීන අසුචි පොහොර සාම්පල දෙවන රසායනාගාර පරීක්ෂයෙන් ද අසමත්වී ඇත. පසුගිය ඉරිදා මේ බව මට්ටමින් කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්‍යාංශයේ නිලධාරීන් වෙත වාර්තා කර ඇත. කෙසේ නමුත්, ඊයේ දිනය පුරා කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ඉහළම නිලධාරීන්, කෘෂිකර්ම දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජෙනරාල්වරයා වෙත චීන අසූචි පොහොර ලංකාවට අතුලත් කර ගැනීමට බලපෑම් කරමින් සිටී. කෘෂිකර්මය යනු විද්‍යාවකි. එය දැනුම, දත්ත මත මිස ලැබෙන කොමිස් ප්‍රමාණය මත ලන්සු තබා ලක්බීමේ සරු පොළොව දුෂණය කිරීමට උත්සහ දරන ගිජුලිහිණියන්ගේ අවශ්‍යතාවයන් මත විනාශයට යා නොදී රැක ගත යුතුව ඇත. වත්මන් කෘෂිකර්ම ලේකම්වරයා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/09/21)
මහේන්ද‍්‍රන් බේරාගන්න කබ්රාල් පටලන තැතක්…
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකු අධිපතිගේ මාධ්ය ලේකම් විසින් නිකුත් කර ඇති මාධ්ය නිවේදනයක් මෙහි දැක්වෙයි. මාධ්ය නිවේදනයයි බැඳුම්කර නිකුතුව සහ සේවක අර්ථසාධක අරමුදලේ ආයෝජන ක්‍රියාවලිය පිළිබඳ ඉන්දියානු වෝහාරික විගණන සමාගම් දෙකක් විසින් නිකුත් කරන ලද වෝහාරික විගණන වාර්තාවල මහ බැංකු අධිපති අජිත් නිවාඩ් කබ්රාල් මහතා වැරැද්දක් කර ඇති බවට කිසිදු සඳහනක් නොමැත. ශ්රී ලංකා බැඳුම්කර නිකුතු සහ සේවක අර්ථසාධක අරමුදල ආයෝජන කටයුතු පිළිබඳව වෝහාර විගණනයන් අවශ්‍ය වූවා නම්, ඒවා සිදු කළ යුතුව තිබුණේ රටේ විගණාධිපති තුමන් විසිනි. එසේ නැත්නම්, විගණාධිපති තුමාගේ පූර්ව අධික්ෂණය යටතේය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/09/21)
WATCH : Sri Lankan sensation Yohani de Silva covers title track of “Shiddat”
Having grabbed international attention and spurring a flurry of renditions to her hit cover Menike mage hithe, Sri Lankan singer Yohani de Silva has entered Bollywood with the female version of the title track of the movie Shiddat. https://youtu.be/4K6RlzLXAtk The song, originally sung by Manan Bhardwaj and released today (28), features Sunny Kaushal, Radhika Madan, Diana Penty and Mohit Raina. “Loved the song
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Radhika Madan,” Yohani said on Facebook. The Hindi film Shiddat is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/09/21)
Group of monks protest against Parakrama Samudraya walking lane
A group of monks from the Polonnaruwa District and representatives of the United Farmers' Organization handed over a letter to the Governor of the North Central Province, the Polonnaruwa District Secretary, and the Chairman of the District Development Committee today requesting a halt to the construction of the walking lane planned to be built along the Parakrama Samudraya. They marched from the Dharmapala statue in the new town of Polonnaruwa to the auditorium of the District Secretariat when it was reported that the Polonnaruwa District Coordinating Committee was meeting to approve the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/09/21)
Navy officials inform Bopitiya Church to be vigilant of a possible attack (Video)
A group of naval officers has arrived at St. Nicholas Church in Ja-Ela-Bopitiya and asked persons there to be vigilant as information has been received that a bomb attack is being carried out. Rev. Father Jayantha Nimal of the church stated that a team of naval officers returned this afternoon and rectified the situation. https://youtu.be/DFlhK4K3O_k CCTV footage also showed a group of naval officers arriving at the church in a cab at around 10.05 am today (28). The church priest had not been... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/09/21)
New guidelines for passengers arriving in SL from midnight today
Fully vaccinated local and overseas passengers who had negative PCR test results done within 72 hours before their departure, are not required to be subject to an on arrival PCR test at the airport in Sri Lanka from midnight today, Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said. He said all passengers should have received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine before two weeks of their arrival. The Health Ministry said in a communiqué that the decision was taken during a meeting at the Ministry chaired by Health Minister Rambukwella this... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/09/21)
Large-scale mill owners announce revised retail prices for rice
Following the removal of price controls, the Large-Scale Mill Owners’ Association have announced revised retail prices for rice. https://youtu.be/eKqmizawBNY The following prices of three types of rice per kilogram were announced by the chairman of the association, Dudley Sirisena during a media briefing held today (Sep. 28). Nadu – Rs. 115.00Samba – Rs. 140.00Keeri Samba – Rs. 165.00 The mill owners have also decided to purchase paddy from farmers at following rates: Nadu – Rs. 62.50 per kiloSamba – Rs. 70.00 per kiloKeeri Samba... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/09/21)
Software engineer arrested over NMRA data loss
A software engineer of the Epic Lanka Technologies company has been arrested over the deletion of data from the database of the National Medicine Regulatory Authority (NMRA). https://youtu.be/Q36icRepl2s The arrest has been made by the Criminal Investigations Department at around 11 am this morning (September 28). Interrogation of the said software engineer has revealed that he had erased the relevant data from the database using a special command. CID investigations have revealed that the IP address of the source of the command and the IP address... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/09/21)
Sri Lanka confirms another 55 COVID-19 deaths
The total number people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka moved up as 55 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Monday (September 27). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 12,786. https://youtu.be/rF13X0sku5w As per the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims include 29 males and 26 females. As many as 39 deaths were reported among elderly people aged above 60 years. In addition,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/09/21)
Sri Lanka reports 932 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday
The Ministry of Health reported a total of 932 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 today, (September 28). This brings the total number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus registered in Sri Lanka to 515,534. Total recoveries have increased to 456,087 while currently, 46,651 infected patients are under medical care and home-based care. The death toll meanwhile has risen to 12,786.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/09/21)
THE ELEPHANT IN SRI LANKA Part 1
REVISED 12.10.21 There was a strong elephant culture in ancient Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has had a long association with elephants and as a result a lasting affinity has developed between the two, observed Jayantha Jayewardene . “Knowledge of elephants” was one of the skills listed in the medieval Sinhala literature. . The variations in physical appearance amongst elephants were noticed and recorded in ancient Sinhala manuscripts. There are ten such groups or ‘castes' noted Jayantha Jayawardene. Elephants are mentioned in the Sinhala literature. D.V. Seneviratne has written on Elephants in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/09/21)
ජෝසොප් ස්ටාලින්ගේ දේශපාලන සටනට එක්ව දරුවන්ගේ අනාගතය නොසලකා තමන්ගේ බඩගොත්තරය හොයාගෙන පාරට බැහැපු ගුරු විදුහල්පතියෝ කුඩු ජාවාරම්කාරයන් වගේ නොවේද ?
අද අපේ රටේ කුඩු ජාවාරම් කාරයෝ සල්ලිවලට නොකරන පිළිකුල් අසික්ෂිත අමනුස්ස වැඩක් නැත. උන් අනාගත දරු පරපුර ගැනවත් රට ආගම ගැනවත් නොසිතන්නොය. අද අනාගත දරු පරපුර ගැන නොසලකා ජෝසොප් ස්ටාලින් පිටිපස්සේ සල්ලි වලට කෑදරකමින් සල්ලි හොයා පාරට බැහැ සිටින ගුරු විදුහල්පතියෝ කුඩු ජාවරම්කාරයින්ට වඩා වෙනස් යයි කිව හැකිද ? රටේ මව් පියරුවන් මේ ගුරු විදුහල්පතිවරුන් විස්වාශය කරලා නොවේද තම දරුවන්ගේ අනාගතය ඔවුන්ට බාර දී තිබෙන්නේ ? ඒ ගුරුවරු නොවේද කුඩුකාරයන් මෙන් ඒ දෙමාපියන්ගේ විශ්වාශය කඩ කර තියෙන්නේ ?. අපේ ගුරු විදුහල්පතිවරුන් අතර මුදලට පාරට නො බැහැපු ප්‍රෂන්ශනීය ගුරු දෙවිදේවතාවුන් නැත්තේ නොවේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/09/21)
How US screwed even Allies to favour US companies / "Huawei & Alstom: A tale of two companies"
In 2013, French industrial conglomerate Alstom's executive Frederic Pierucci was arrested, and Alstom was then"dismembered" by the U.S. Five years later, Huawei's CFO Meng Wanzhou was also arrested and Washington is trying to ban Chinese telecom giant Huawei around the world. Now Meng has returned, but America's suppression of other countries' tech development continues. How many more "prey" will fall into the "American Trap"? https://youtu.be/I8tRmXiFvHE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/09/21)
THE FLAG AND THE CROSS
Three and a half centuries of foreign aggression and occupation - at first partial, but since 1815 complete - of the land had not only demoralized and emasculated the Sinhalese people generally, but had adversely affected the position of Buddhism in this Island in particular. The Portuguese, whose arrival in Ceylon synchronized with the activities of the Counter-Reformation in Europe, believed that the Flag follows Trade and the Cross follows the Flag. In the words of Albuquerque, “The new heroes of Portugal are not her soldiers or sailors, but her... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/09/21)
Implementing Recommendations of a Commission is Prerogative of Govt.
The position of certain quarters seems to be that it is mandatory upon a government to implement recommendations of a commission. This position is not tenable, because it would, then, amount to a transfer of powers of an elected government to a commission, which is not legitimately possible. The decision of implementation, or otherwise, regarding any of the recommendations of a commission, it seems needless to say, is the prerogative of the government. If this is not the case, an appointed commission would, in effect, be the government. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/09/21)
බෞද්ධ ජනරජ ප්‍රවාදය - 37 වැනි කොටස - අරපිරිමැසුම් භාවිතාව
බෞද්ධ පරිභෝජනයේ ආදර්ශය අල්පේච්ඡතාව ය. බහුභාණ්ඩික බව විසින් ජනිත කරනු ලබන අසහනය, නාස්තිය, ආර්ථික අකාර්යක්‍ෂමතාව සහ සම්පත් භාවිතයේ අසාධාරණය අල්පේච්ඡතාව විසින් දුරුකරයි. මෙයට පෙර ලිපියෙන් අපි ඒ ගැන සාකච්ඡා කළෙමු. බුදුදහම විසින් අනුදැන වදාරනු ලබන තවත් වැදගත් පරිභෝජන මූලධර්මයක් වනුයේ අරපිරිමැස්ම ය. ධම්මපද අටුවාවේ අප්‍රමාද වර්ගයෙහි පළමුවන සාමාවති මාගත්‍දියාදීන්ගේ මරණය දැක්වෙන උදේන වස්තුව තුළින් මෙම අරපිරිමැසුම් මූලධර්මය මැනැවින් විස්තර කෙරෙයි. ආනන්ද හිමියන් ප්‍රමුඛ භික්‍ෂූන්වහන්සේලා පන්සිය නමකට උදේන රජ මාළිගාවේ දී පූජා කෙරුණු උත්තරසාටක පන්සියය මුල් කරගෙන මෙම අරපිරිමැසුම් භාවිතාව වර්ණනා කෙරී තිබේ. “එම වස්ත්‍රවලින් කුමක් කරන්නාහු ද?” යනුවෙන් රජතුමා භික්‍ෂූන්වහන්සේලාගෙන් විමසීය. “මහරජ අපට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/09/21)
Sri Lanka and Thailand hold high-powered talks to explore mutually beneficial investment corridors
To further enhance and expand investment corridors between Sri Lanka and Thailand, the Embassy and Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka in Bangkok, together with the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) Port City Colombo (Pvt) Ltd, co-hosted a high-powered dialogue by inviting leading line agencies and trade chambers of commerce of Thailand to an opportunity exploration meeting recently. Several senior level dignitaries from Thai-Sri Lanka Chamber of Commerce, Thailand Board of Investment, Thai Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/09/21)
PPFA reiterates demand to revitalize Hinglaj temple in Baluchistan
Guwahati: As Durga Puja (also known as Durgotsav or Sharodotsav) is set to begin next month (11-15 October 2021), a northeast India-based forum of nationalist citizens reiterates its demand to revitalize the Hinglaj Mata Mandir, a Shakti Peeth located in Baluchistan, which has mythological connections with Kamrup Kamakhya legends. Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) in a statement urged the Union government in New Delhi to pursue with the Baluchistan authorities for necessary steps so that the Sanatani Baloch nationals can worship the deity without any fear or trepidation during the annual religious festival that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/09/21)
මෙවර අය වැයෙන් වැඩි මුදල් ප්‍රමාණයක් ජීවනෝපාය සංවර්ධනයට වැය කර ජනතා කේන්ද්‍රීය ආර්ථිකයක් බිහිකරමින් ජාතික ආර්ථිකය නගා සිටුවීම අපේ ඉලක්කයයි.
2022 වර්ෂයේ අය වැය සම්පාදනය කිරීම සදහා ග්‍රාමීය මට්ටමේ සංවර්ධන යෝජනා ලබා ගැනීම වෙනුවෙන් සාකච්ඡා මාලාවක් තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා, සංවර්ධන සම්බන්ධීකරණ හා අධීක්ෂණ අමාත්‍ය සහ ඩිජිටල් තාක්ෂණ හා ව්‍යවසාය සංවර්ධන රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ඊයේ (25) දින පැවැත්විණි. මාතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ වැලිගම, මාතර, දෙවිනුවර, හක්මන යන ඡන්ද බල ප්‍රදේශ ආවරණය වන පරිදි ස්ථාන කිහිපයකදී මෙම සාකච්ඡා සංවිධානය කර තිබූ අතර, මේ සදහා ප්‍රදේශයේ මහා සංඝරත්නය, පළාත් පාලන මන්ත්‍රීවරුන්, තරුණ සංවිධාන, ස්වේච්ඡා සංවිධාන ගණනාවක නියෝජිතයින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/09/21)
CMC releases list of over 67,000 unregistered properties in Colombo: Full list here
Colombo, Sept 27 (NewsWire) – The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) has released the list of properties within the Colombo city limits that are reportedly not registered. Issuing a notice, the CMC said 67,741 properties within Colombo have not been registered and have no ownership. The CMC informed property owners who have not registered with the Council, that it is mandatory to confirm their ownership by registering in the Assessment Register before the 30th of November 2021. It further said adhering to the instructions will enable the Council to issue a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/09/21)
Pioneering residential traditional medicine treatment centre for COVID19
Colombo, September 26: The Sinhala Weda Uruma Baraya, a collective of Sri Lankan professionals and traditional physicians promoting Deshiya Chikitsa (Sinhala Wedakama) as part of Sri Lankan Ayurveda has commenced a pioneering residential Sinhala Wedakam based COVID19 treatment centre in Sri Lanka. The treatment centre which uses the expertise of an island-wide panel of over 25 wedamahattayas/weda nonas is located within the Heritage Eco Resort which is a 4-star hotel situated down Jayanthi Mawatha, Peliyagoda, Kelaniya. The treatment centre is named the Lak Suwa Sahana Maha Weda Gedera; a place of peace,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/09/21)
UNHRC on Blinkers
The United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) holds three sessions per year. Its stated purpose is to discuss what the UNHRC describes as ‘thematic human rights issues and situations that require its attention throughout the year.’ In reality though, this inter-Governmental body behaves no different to the dime a dozen so-called civil societies with its armchair critics that plague us with politicised Human Rights agendas. The UNHRC High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet behaves no differently than did her predecessor Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein. Bachelet too does not miss a single session... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/09/21)
Will the prices of essential goods be increased?
https://youtu.be/hUquMbnvVFc... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/09/21)
Govt decides to remove price control on rice
The Cabinet of Ministers have decided to remove the price control imposed on rice and import a buffer stock to prevent any possible shortage. Accordingly, the Gazette notification issued imposing a maximum wholesale and retail price on rice has been cancelled. The decision was taken during the Cabinet meeting held this evening (27). The Cabinet has decided to import up to 100,000 MT of rice to prevent any ‘artificial shortage’ of rice in the market. The gazette imposing maximum retail prices on Keeri Samba, White and Red Samba,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/09/21)
Cabinet holds on price revisions for several essentials
The Cabinet of Ministers has reportedly not taken any decisions on price revisions of essential items including powdered milk, LP gas, wheat flour and cement. It had been reported yesterday that the a decision would be taken with regard to the proposed revisions to the prices of several essential items, at the Cabinet meeting today. Meanwhile Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardena said that the Cabinet decided to provide necessary funds from the Central Bank for the release of essential food items held up at the Colombo Port. During the Cost of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/09/21)
Sri Lanka confirms 51 new coronavirus deaths
The total number people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka moved up as 51 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Sunday (Sep. 26). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 12,731. As per the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims include 29 males and 22 females. As many as 41 deaths were reported among the elderly people aged above 60 years. In addition, 10 individuals aged between... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/09/21)
Daily count of Covid-19 cases drops below 1,000
The Ministry of Health reports that another 268 persons have tested positive for coronavirus, increasing the daily count of new Covid-19 cases to 983. This marks the first time that the daily count of Covid-19 cases has dropped below 1,000 since the start of the third wave in the island. Meanwhile this also brings the total number of Covid-19 cases registered in Sri Lanka to 514,592. Over 46,000 patients infected with the virus are currently under medical care at hospitals, treatment centers and under home based care while total recoveries... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/09/21)
How did Afghan women gain and lose rights before and after the Taliban?
What is life like for Afghan women now and how did it use to be before the Taliban? When militants seized Afghanistan in August 2021, they promised to respect women’s rights ‘within the limits of Islamic law’. The current reality there is grim: a strict Islamic dress code has been imposed, classrooms have been segregated by gender, and women have been told to stay home. During the Taliban’s previous reign between 1996 and 2001, Afghan women were excluded from education, work, government, sports, and public places. Women had to observe a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/09/21)
We Are Different. What it`s like to Be Special
In the We Are Different film by RT Documentary, three people born with various genetic disorders adjust to life and find purpose and happiness against the odds. According to Konstantin Severinov, Doctor of Biological Sciences, “Genetic information is stored in DNA as a sequence of chemical letters, figuratively speaking.” The human genome contains around 6 billion of these “letters”. And every unique combination of them makes one person different from another. But when genes don’t line up as they are supposed to, it can affect appearance. Lalit from India has a condition... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/09/21)
Cabraal says IMF involvement and debt restructuring not needed
Central Bank Governor, Ajith Nivard Cabraal, who insists that a home-grown solution is the key to address Sri Lanka’s debt issues, says IMF involvement and debt restructuring are not required. International investment banks have been told that Sri Lanka is willing to settle the debt maturing in January ahead of time, the Central Bank governor revealed. He further stated that a road map outlining the work the Central Bank and the government will do is expected to be unveiled on October 01. However, former Acting Chief Economist of the World Bank Group, Prof.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/09/21)
Why Sri Lanka should Mediate in Solving Rohingya Refugee Crisis?
For decades, Myanmar has gone through extreme cruelty to the Rohingya. Never cared about the law. The Rohingya problem is not new to Bangladesh. This problem, which started in 1978, became apparent in August 2017. More than 1 million Rohingyas fled to Bangladesh to save their lives when the Myanmar army launched a brutal operation against the Rohingya ethnic group. Bangladesh is seeking the intervention of the United States, the European Union, and the United Nations as well as the regional alliance ASEAN for a lasting and acceptable solution to the Rohingya problem. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/09/21)
කෙරවලපිටියේ විදුලිබලාගාරයක් සෑදීමට ඇමෙරිකානු ආයෝජනයක් නම් ගන්න එපා.
අමෙරිකාවේ විශාල කර්මාන්තසාල හෝ අමෙරිකානු පලතුරු කොම්පැනි කාරයෝ නොදියුණු රටවලට ඇවිත් කරන ලද ව්‍යාපාරවලින් දියුනුඋන එකරටක් ආණ්ඩුවේ මුදල් ඇමති වරයාට හෝ වෙනත් අමාත්‍යවරයෙකුට නම් කල හැකිද? නමුත් එවැනි ඇමෙරිකානු ආයෝජකයන ඇවිත් දුප්පත්වුන රටවල් නම් බොහොමයක් නම්කරන්න පුළුවන්- පැනමාව ෆිලිපිනය. ඇමෙරිකාවට අවශ්‍ය ඔවුන්ගෙන් උපකාර බලාපොරුත්තුවෙන් ඇමෙරිකාවට යටත්පහත්ව කටයුතු කරන නොදියුණු රටවල් , ඒ නිසා ටිකක්වත් දියුණුවන්න උත්සාහා කරන නොදියුණු රටක් දුටුවොත් අමෙරිකාව උත්සහාකරන්නේ ඒ රටට උපකාර කරන විලාශයෙන් පැමිණ රට දියුණු කරන පිළිවෙල, ප්‍රවේශයන් රටේ දේශපාලන නායකයින්ට පෙන්වාදීලා ඒ රටවල් නයගොඩක හිරකරලා සදහට ඇමෙරිකාවේ “යටත් විජිත” වගේ තියාගන්නවා . ඒවා කරන හැටි ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/09/21)
යුගදනවි බලාගාරයේ පාලන බලය ඇමරිකාවට යන්නේ නැතිනම් එය සලකා බැලිය හැකියි.. අපි LNG සැපයුම ගැන සංවේදීයි..
මෙරටට LNG සැපයුම දීර්ඝ කාලීනව තනි ඇමරිකානු සමාගමක් සතු වෙනවා නම් ඒ ගැන සංවේදී බව අමාත්‍ය විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ජනාධිපතිවරයා සමඟ ඒ ගැන සාකච්ඡා කරන බව ද අමාත්‍යවරයා කියා සිටියේය. https://youtu.be/5qtUNCQj0pg දැනට අත්සන් කර ඇති ගිවිසුමට අනුව යුගදනවි බලාගාරයේ මහා භාණ්ඩාගාරය සතු කොටස් වලින් හතළිහකට ගිවිසුම අත්සන් කර ඇති බවත් ඒ හරහා බලාගාරය පාලන බලය ඇමරිකාවට නතු නොවන බව විදුලිබල මණ්ඩල සභාපතිවරයා පැවසූ බවද ඇමැතිවරයා කීය. කෙසේ වෙතත් ඉදිරි යුගදනවි බලාගාරය පාලන බලය අදාල සමාගමට අතට නොයන්නේ නම් එය සලකා බැලිය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/09/21)
ලෝක සංචාරක දින පණිවුඩය
සංචාරක ව්‍යාපාරයේ වැදගත්කම සහ එහි සමාජ, සංස්කෘතික, දේශපාලන හා ආර්ථික වටිනාකම් පිළිබඳව ජාත්යන්තර ප්‍රජාව දැනුවත් කිරීම සඳහා එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානයේ විශේෂිත ආයතනයක් වන ලෝක සංචාරක සංවිධානය (UNWTO) ප්‍රමුඛත්වය ඇතිව වාර්ෂිකව සමරනු ලබන ලෝක සංචාරක දිනය නිමිත්තෙන් සුබ පැතුම් එක්කරනුයේ ඉමහත් සතුටිනි. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථිකය ශක්තිමත් කර ගැනීමේ දී සංචාරක කර්මාන්තයෙන් ඊට ලැබෙන දායකත්වය සුළුපටු නැත. මිලියන තුනකට ආසන්න මෙරට ජනතාවක් සෘජු හා වක්‍ර ලෙස සංචාරක ව්‍යාපාරය හා සම්බන්ධ වී සිටිති. ඔවුන් ජීවනෝපාය ලෙස මෙන්ම ව්‍යාපාරික අරමුණෙන් ඉටු කරන මෙහෙවර රටට විදේශ විනිමය උපයාදීමේ ප්‍රධාන මාර්ගයක් බව කෘතවේදීව සිහිපත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/09/21)
Risks Of Granting Refugee Status (13.9.21) To Another SriLankan Under Surveiance By Sri Lankan Security Personel On Charges Of " Links To Terrorism"
To:Rt Hon Jacinda Arden,Prime Minister of NZ. Dear Prime Minister, I write to you after much consideration , to record concerns about NZ’s decision to grant refugee status over a week ago, to a Sri Lankan couple, under surveillance of Sri Lankan security authorities, for having possible links to Islamic terrorism. This concern comes on the back of a granting of refugee status under similar circumstances to the one who then went on to commit the heinous crimes in the Auckland... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/09/21)
Why Bangladesh should Use Gwadar Port?
Pakistan’s Gwadar port has brought a new dream for the region. This port is not only for Pakistan but also all regional states. Chinese Investment has accelerated the pace of aspirations in this regard. China’s multi billion dollars’ worth project “CPEC’ is linked with Gwadar port. This port creates some sort of possibilities and potentials for whole South Asia, South East Asia, Central Asia, Western Asia, Eurasia, East Asia and Middle East. Bangladesh is a rising South Asian economic miracle and star. The country under the leadership of its PM Sheikh Hasina Wajed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/09/21)
වැවක් නිසා උණූසුම් වූ මිහින්තලය ප්රාදේශීය සම්බන්ධීකරණ කමිටු රැස්වීම
මිහින්තලය ප්රාදේශීය සම්බන්ධීකරණ කමිටු රැස්වීම ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂ ජාතික සංවිධායක, සූර්ය බල, සුළං හා ජල විදුලි ජනන සංර්ධන රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතාගේ සභාපතීත්වයෙන් මිහින්තලය ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාල ශ්‍රවණාගාරයේදී පැවැත්විණි.එහිදී ප්‍රදේශයේ සිදු කෙරෙන සංවර්ධන කටයුතු සම්බන්ධයෙන් මෙන්ම ප්‍රදේශයේ ජනතාවට පවතින පොදු ප්රශ්න සම්බන්ධයෙන් රාජ්‍යය නිළධාරීන් හා දේශපාලන අධිකාරිය අතර සාකච්ජා සිදු කර විසදුම් ලබා දීම සිදු විය.මෙම කමිටු රැස්වීමේදී කොරෝනා වසංගත පාලනය, කාබනික පොහොර සඳහා ගොවීන් යොමු වීම මෙන්ම වාරී පද්ධති නවීකරණය සම්බන්ධයෙන් දීර්ඝ වශයෙන් සාකච්ජා කෙරිණි. පවතින පොහොර ගැටලුව සම්බන්ධයෙන් අදහස් දැක්වූ රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතා, රසායනික පොහොර ආයේ ලැබෙන්නේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/09/21)
පළිබෝධනාශක රෙජිස්ට්‍රාර්ට අල්ලන්නේ තහනම් කෘෂිරසායන 9 යි. -හොර බෙහෙත් වර්ග 30 කට වැඩිය නිදහසේ විකුණමින් ‘කාබනික කෘෂිකර්මය‘ බෝඩ් ගැසීම විහිළුවක්
ලංකාවේ කරන්නේ ඩොලර් වෙනුවට රත්තරං වලින් ගෙවලා, හොරට ගෙන්නලා, හොරට බෙදන, හොරට විකුණන, හොර කාබනික වගාවක්‘ දිවයින පුරා හොරට විකුණන පළිබෝධක නාශක 30 කට ආසන්න ප්‍රමාණයක් අතුරින් 9 ක් පමණක් අල්ලා නඩු පැවරීමට ක්‍රියාකාර න ලෙස පළිබෝධනාශක රෙජිස්ට්‍රාර් නියෝග කර ඇත. දිගු කලක් ඇස් කන් වසාගෙන සිටි රජය 2021 සැප්. 23 මා විසින් සිදු කළ හෙළිදරව් කිරීමෙන් පසුව සැප්. 24 මෙම නියෝගය කර ඇත. පළිබෝධනාශක පනත යටතේ නීති විරෝධී කෘෂි රසායන අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීම හා නඩු පැවරීම ඇරඹීම සතුටට කරුණක් නමුත් නීති විරෝධී පළිබෝධකනාශක 9 ක් පමණක් අත්අඩංගුවට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/09/21)
ප්‍රාසාංගික නර්තනයේ සන්නාමය
ජාත්යන්තර ප්‍රමිතියෙන් හැඩ වූ, අසමසම, නිර්මාණශීලි, දඟකාර පුංචි නැට්ටුවන් පිරිවරාගත් ප්‍රාසාංගික නර්තනයේ රියැලිටි ටෙලිවිෂන් සන්නාමය වන "හිරු SUPER DANCER" සීසන් 03 අවසන් මහා තරඟය (Grand Finale) Hiru Life Studio මැදිරි සංකීර්ණයේදී අද (25) පැවැත්වුණා. https://youtu.be/S82tK0YTK4w... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/09/21)
පොහොර තොගය ගෙන්වීමට ඇති උනන්දුව සැක සහිතයි – ශ්රී ලංකා කෘෂි ව්‍යවසායකයින්ගේ සංසදය
චීන සමාගමක් වෙතින් ලැබී ඇති කාබනික පොහොර සාම්පල විෂ සහිත බව සනථ වී තිබියදී එම පොහොර තොගය ආනයනය කිරීමට රජයට ඇති උනන්දුව ප්රශ්න සහගත බවට ශ්රී ලංකා කෘෂි ව්‍යවසායකයන්ගේ සංසදය පවසයි.චීනයෙන් ගෙන්වන ලද මෙම පොහොර සාම්පලවල විෂයෙහි අක‍්‍රමිකතා සිදුව ඇති බවට තමන්ට නිරීක්ෂණය වී ඇති බව ද එම සංසදය සඳහන් කරයි.ජාතික පොහොර ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේ නිර්දේශ කිසිවක් මෙම නියැදි ආනයනය විෂයයෙහි අනුගමනය කර නොමැත. කෘෂිකර්මාන්ත අමාත්‍යාංශයේ රීතීන් අනුව ගෙන්වනු ලබන පොහොර සාම්පල රස පරීක්‍ෂා යහපත් වුවද ඒ අනුව දිවයිනට ගෙන්වීමට අනුමැතිය දෙනු ලබන වාණිජ පරිමාණ පොහොරද විටින් විට අහඹු ලෙසින් පරීක්‍ෂාවට ලක් කරනු ලැබේ. එවන් අහඹු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/09/21)
Police launch probe into suspected ISIS Whatsapp group operating in Sri Lanka.
An investigation has been launched after the Western Province Intelligence Division had received an information in connection to a WhatsApp group suspected to be connected to Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), operating in Sri Lanka. Senior DIG in charge of Western Province and all divisions senior officers in the province have been informed to be vigilant over the information. It was reported that a WhatsApp group called 'Interschool' is related to the ISIS and if someone was invited to join, they could not leave the group after joining. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/09/21)
Locally mutated Delta variant assigned a new sub-lineage
The locally mutated Delta variant of COVID-19 is now assigned to a new Delta sub-lineage, called Delta AY.28.COV-lineage. This Delta variant which displayed A701S, A222V and A1078S spike protein mutations is now identified as B.1.617.2.28 and belongs to the Sri Lankan lineage. Dr. Chandima Jeewandara, the Director of Allergy Immunology and Cell Biology Unit at Sri Jayewardenepura University, made this information public via his twitter account today (Sep. 26). As of yesterday, 382 sequences in the AY.28.COV-lineage have been detected since the lineage was identified. From this worldwide... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/09/21)
Sri Lanka records 71 COVID-19 deaths on Saturday
The total number of people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka moved up as 71 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Saturday (September 25). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 12,680. According to the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims include 32 males and 39 females. As many as 56 deaths were reported among elderly people who are aged above 60 years. In addition,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/09/21)
COVID: 1,078 new cases recorded within the day
The daily total of new COVID-19 cases moved to 1,078 today (Se. 26) as 331 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry said. Among the new cases are 04 returnees from foreign countries and 1,074 others who were associated with the New Year Cluster. This brings the tally of coronavirus infections confirmed in the country to 513,609. According to Epidemiology Unit data, 46,397 active cases are currently under medical care at hospitals, treatment centres and homes. Total recoveries from the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/09/21)
Sri Lanka Easter Sunday Mass Murder: People seek Truth & Justice from AG’s Dept & CID
An unforgettable crime took place on Easter Sunday 21stApril 2019. Close to 300 people will killed in a mass murder by 8 Islamic terrorist suicide bombers profaning to be members of ISIS. That they pledged support for ISIS prior to committing their heinous crime, requires Sri Lanka to view this incident as the first but not the last. Sri Lanka suffered 30 years of LTTE terrorism because it ignored the need to wipe out extremist separatist ideology. Sri Lanka cannot commit the same mistake by taking the case lightly simply because the 8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/09/21)
Undermine SL’s Covid and Economic Recovery
Dear Editor, I just viewed a a video received via social media showing seemingly a challenge of a lady in Jaffna by the police and the sudden appearance of a lawyer, clearly positioned in advance to be handy, confronting the police with an allegation of extra judicial action .The camera’s were also handy to make a recording of it , showing enough to make the police appear in poor light . This was my response to it. I have fully anticipated such video’s . This... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/09/21)
LTTE Terrorism-Church Links – Can someone explain these photos?
https://www.sinhalanet.net/ltte-terrorism-church-links-can-someone-explain-these-photos The following photos are alarming and raises more questions than answers. Who can explain the connection? There were many Church-based NGOs operating in the North and East throughout the conflict. Many of them had their offices virtually next door to LTTE offices. Audit the monies sent to these organizations throughout 30 years and evaluate against what they had done against what their websites and reports claimed they did. What were they really upto in the North and East when LTTE was running a defacto state using... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/09/21)
65 countries including Sri Lanka issue joint statement in UNHRC against interference in China’s internal affairs
Colombo, September 25 (newsin.asia): 65 countries, including Sri Lanka and Pakistan made a joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council on Friday against interference in China’s internal affairs under the pretext of advocating human rights, a newsletter issued by the Chinese embassy in Colombo said. The Global Times said that the joint statement by the 65 countries was delivered by Pakistan. The statement stressed that respect for sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of states and non-interference in internal affairs of sovereign states represent basic norms governing international relations. “Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Tibet... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/09/21)
Lanka seeks investment in 7000 small-scale solar projects
Colombo, September 25 (newsin.asia): Sri Lanka is encouraging entrepreneurs, small businesses, and community organizations to invest in 7,000 small scale solar projects throughout the country, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa told the UN High-Level Dialogue on Energy in New York. He also said that the country’s largest wind power farm was recently inaugurated. The High-Level Dialogue on Energy commenced in New York yesterday (24) in parallel to the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly under the theme “Ensuring everyone has access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy. President Gotabaya said that Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/09/21)
පොහොර ගැටළුවේ ඇත්ත නැත්ත.
https://youtu.be/MBUKcJlQ7zM... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/09/21)
තේ පොහොර ගොවින් අසරණයි.. කාබනික පොහොරවලින් අස්වැන්න අඩුයි…
තේ් වගාවට යෙදිම සදහා රසායනික පොහොර නොමැති කම හේතුවෙන් තේ වගාවෙන් නෙලා ගත හැකි අමු තේ දළු අස්වැන්න අඩු විි ඇති බවට බලන්ගොඩ ප්‍රදේශයේ කුඩා තේ වතු හිමියන් දිගින් දිගටම මැසිවිලි නගති. දැනට මාස කිහිපයක සිට තේ වගාව සදහා යෙදිමට අවශ්‍ය රසායනික පොහොර නොමැති බවත් ඒ හේතුවෙන් තේ අක්කරයකින් නෙලා ගත හැකි අමු තේ දළු අස්වැන්න හරි අඩකින් පමණ අඩු වි ඇති බව ඔවුහු කියති. රසායනික පොහොර යොදා තේ අක්කරයකින් මසකට අමු තේ දළු කිලෝ 600- 800 ක් අතර ප්‍රමාණයක් මිට පෙර නෙලා ගත් බවත් රසායනික පොහොර වෙනුවට කාබනික... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/09/21)
Does Sri Lanka Really Have a Food Crisis?
For weeks headlines have hit news platforms around the world that Sri Lanka is experiencing food shortages. Reports of essentials such as food and medicine being in short supply have created a very grim picture of the island nation and its citizens. The Sri Lankan government has been busy denying these reports, calling them blatant falsehoods, citing inaccuracies in such reports. Sights of long queues at the state-owned retailer Sathosa however, paint a different picture, which has since been used by critics and supporters alike to discuss a moot point. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/09/21)
CBI offers support for Iran-Sri Lanka trade ties
Making the remarks in a meeting with Sri Lanka’s energy minister in Tehran on Saturday Akbar Komeijani said: “The expansion of trade and banking relations between Iran and Sri Lanka is possible based on the financing of exports and imports between the two countries and the provision of direct and indirect payment mechanisms.” TEHRAN - The governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has said the bank is ready to provide necessary financial mechanisms for financing trade transactions between Iran and Sri Lanka, the CBI portal reported. Welcoming... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/09/21)
The reason behind Bangladesh’s $250m loan assistance to Sri Lanka
https://youtu.be/sZDznkxWC-c Bangladesh recently decided to lend $250 million dollars to Sri Lanka from its foreign currency reserve. This loan will be provided through a currency swap mechanism. This episode of Star Explains discusses the reason behind this lending and the conditions under which the process will be conducted.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/09/21)
Sri Lanka records 79 new COVID-related fatalities
The total number people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka moved up as 79 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Friday (Sep. 24). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 12,609. According to the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims include 41 males and 38 females. As many as 57 deaths were reported among the elderly people aged above 60 years. In addition, 22 individuals aged between... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/09/21)
Daily COVID cases count moves to 1,146
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 364 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 1,146. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 512,531. As many as 453,689 recoveries and 12,609 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 46,233 active cases are currently under medical care.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/09/21)
LIMITING PARLIAMENT REPRESENTATIVES TO 100 BY NEW CONSTITUTION
Sri Lanka has a critical debate about the number of representatives that should be in the parliament and the debate has focused on various matters concerning many matters of representatives such as minimum education qualifications, the limits of functional authority. The public has disappointed the value of services and the productivity generated by representatives based on experiences published in media, many of these experiences published may not be true as they were/are, after few days people either ignore or forget such information. However, the point that couldn’t ignore is behavior and the real value of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/09/21)
South Asia including Sri Lanka can follow the ‘Economic Rise of Bangladesh Model’
Present day, Bangladesh is one of the developing economies of the world. In 2015, Bangladesh graduated from LDC status and became a low middle-income country. Many Asian and European including American economists hope that soon Bangladesh will become one of the middle-income countries in the world. Today, Bangladesh is moving forward at a relentless pace in various indicators of the economy. Today, Bangladesh is rapidly advancing in the areas of national growth, per capita national income, export income, foreign exchange reserves, electricity, communication, economic and social infrastructure, essential for development, etc. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/09/21)
වරායේ තිබෙන අත්‍යවශ්‍ය ආහාර ද්‍රව්‍ය තොග වහාම නිදහස් කරන්නැයි අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගෙන් නියෝගයක්
වරාය තුළ සිරවී ඇති අත්‍යවශ්‍ය ආහාර ද්‍රව්‍ය තොග වහාම නිදහස් කරන්නැයි අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද (24) දින "සූම්" ඔස්සේ රැස්වූ ජීවන වියදම් පිළිබඳ අමාත්‍ය මණ්ඩල අනුකාරක සභා රැස්වීමේ දී නියෝග කළේය. රටේ මහජනතාවගේ ජීවන වියදම් පිළිබඳව අවධානය යොමු කරමින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා ආනයන අපනයන පාලක ජනරාල්වරියට සහ රේගු අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල්වරයාට අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ සිට මෙම නියෝගය ලබා දුන්නේය. මෙහි දී අදහස් පළ කළ මුදල් අමාත්‍ය බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා, එසේ නිදහස්වන අත්‍යවශ්‍ය ආහාර ද්‍රව්‍ය කඩිනමින් සතොස සහ අත්‍යවශ්‍ය ආහාර ආනයනකරුවන් හරහා ජනතාවට බෙදාහැරීමට කටයුතු කරන්නැයි වෙළඳ අමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය බන්දුල ගුණවර්ධන මහතාට දැනුම් දුන්නේය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/09/21)
විශේෂ අවශ්‍යතා සහිත අවු.12ට වැඩි දරුවන්ට කොවිඩ් එන්නත් දීම අග්රාමාත්ය ආර්යාවගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ඇරඹෙයි
විශේෂ අවශ්‍යතා සහ නිදන්ගත රෝග සහිත දරුවන් වෙනුවෙන් කොවිඩ් ප්‍රතිශක්තීකරණ එන්නත් ලබාදීමේ දීප ව්‍යාප්ත වැඩසටහන කොළඹ රිජ්වේ ආර්යා ළමා රෝහලේ දී අග්රාමාත්ය ආර්යා ශිරන්ති රාජපක්ෂ මහත්මියගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් අද (24) දින පෙරවරුවේ ආරම්භ විය. විශේෂ අවශ්‍යතා සහිත දරුවන් සහ නිදන්ගත රෝග සහිත දරුවන්ට ප්‍රමුඛතාව ලබා දෙමින් කොවිඩ්-19 වැළදීමේ දී ඇතිවන සංකූලතා සහ මරණ අවම කර ගැනීමේ අරමුණ ඇතිව වයස අවුරුදු 12ත් 19ත් අතර ළමයින්ට ෆයිසර් එන්නත ලබාදීම සිදු වේ. කොළඹ, කුරුණෑගල සහ අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කවල විශේෂ අවශ්‍යතා සහිත දරුවන් සහ නිදන්ගත රෝග සහිත දරුවන් හට මෙම අවස්ථාවට සමඟාමීව එන්නත්කරණ වැඩසටහන ආරම්භ විය. මෙය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/09/21)
Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port signs MOU with China's bus manufacturer
COLOMBO, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's Hambantota International Port (HIP) has entered into a memorandum of understanding with bus manufacturer Xiamen King Long United Automotive Industry Co., Ltd. in China's Fujian Province, HIP said in a statement here on Thursday. The MOU was signed at the King Long Motor Group offices in Fujian last week and was attended by representatives from the Hambantota International Ports Group (HIPG) and Ambassador of Sri Lanka to China Palitha Kohona. Ambassador Kohona said "Sri Lanka welcomes Chinese high-end manufacturing facilities setting up in Sri Lanka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/09/21)
‘Imported fertilizer could be a threat to food security’-Soil Science academic warns
Soft-rot in Potato and Onion caused by Erwina The company has produced an independent laboratory testing report obtained from Schutter Global Inspection and Survey Company Ltd. indicating that the samples do not carry Salmonella Senior Lecturer in Soil Science in the Faculty of Agriculture at the Univerity of Peradeniya Dr.(Ms) Warsui Dandeniuya questions as to who is fooling whom in the import of Fertilizer claimed to be from seaweed. The authorities who are importing these fertilizers claim that they are prepared from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/09/21)
Antics of State Minister and Pohottu Mayor; mum on chemical fertiliser mistake; The Ganga – a link
Reams have been written in all local newspapers; much comment has traversed social media and persons have been bold to call for justice on two absolutely unrestrained and yes, evil, SLPP VIPs who have recently been dancing the devil as the saying goes. These evil doers seem to be pathologically unable to control themselves and behave as human beings: heads outsised with hubris and apparently bodies often pickled with liquor. Very succinct comments have been made on Lohan Ratwatte, one being: “a leopard never changes his spots” referring to the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/09/21)
No move to get SL out from red list showing artificial drop in cases: Health DG
There were no moves to create an artificial decline in COVID cases in order to get Sri Lanka removed from the ‘red list', Director General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardane said. Addressing a news briefing, he vehemently dismissed reports, which say that Sri Lanka reduced the number of PCR tests to create an artificial drop in cases so that it could be removed from the red list. "A country is not removed from the red list only considering the number of infections. There are other yardsticks based... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/09/21)
Comprehensive plan on health recommendations and restrictions when reopening country
The Special Committee on COVID-19 Control has decided to devise a comprehensive plan on the health recommendations and restrictions that need to be imposed on reopening the country with the lifting of the curfew. The plan will be prepared by three relevant authorities covering three areas. Under the guidance of the Health Ministry and the health specialists committees, the Ministry of Public Administration will issue recommendations on how to maintain services in the public sector, the Ministry of Transport will issue recommendations with regard to public transport and the Ministry of Labor will issue... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/09/21)
Sri Lanka confirms 82 new deaths from COVID-19
The total number people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka moved up as 82 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Thursday (Sep. 23). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 12,530. As per the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims include 51 males and 31 females. As many as 61 deaths were reported among the elderly people aged above 60 years. In addition, 21 individuals aged between... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/09/21)
Daily Covid-19 cases count climbs to 1,332
The Ministry of Health reported that another 409 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 today, increasing the daily count of new cases to 1,332. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus registered in Sri Lanka to 511,372. Total recoveries have increased to 452,692 while currently 46,150 infected patients are under medical care and home-based care. The death toll meanwhile has risen to 12,530.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/09/21)
A response to Dr Tilak Fernando’s ‘Englishman Ordained as an Upasaka’/September 23, 2021
‘Englishman Ordained as an Upasaka’ by Dr Tilak Fernando (Lankaweb/September 23, 2021) prompted me to write this response. The Englishmen that the writer mentions as having been impressed by Buddhism are no doubt highly knowledgeable about Buddha Dhamma, because, as he claims, they have read books about the subject. Western scholars who have correctly understood the human intelligence based doctrine will not be misled by this sort of rigmarole, but it is different with those who are newly hearing about Buddhism. Hence, the urgency to reply to Dr Fernando’s obviously well meant, but unfortunately... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/09/21)
Bangladesh as a Gateway Between ASEAN and SAARC
Re-establishing the Himalayan-South Asian connectivity can occur if political solutions can be found. Bangladesh’s 271km border with Myanmar can play a strategic role as a potential trade corridor between the two countries. However, at present, the area is militarized due to ongoing internal conflicts in Myanmar. Were this to be resolved, Bangladesh could develop routes via Myanmar to access China to the east, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries to the south, and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to the west. Cambodia is also close to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/09/21)
රජය ‘බෝට්ටු කෘෂි රසායන ජාවාරමට‘ කරන ගමන් කාබනික වගාව සාර්ථකයි කියනවා
ඩොලර් නැති ආණ්ඩුව ගොවියාගේ රත්තරං ඉන්දියාවට පටවලා ‘තහනම් බඩු‘ රට පුරා බෙදනකල් බලාගෙන ඉන්නවා කාබනික වගාව සාර්ථකයි කියා රට-ලෝකය රවට්ටන්න, රජය බෝට්ටු කෘෂි රසායන ජාවාරමකට අනුග්‍රහය ලබා දෙනවා. ලියාපදිංචි කඩවල්වල කෘෂි රසායනය නෑ. හැබැයි, මහ ගස් පවා මරණ, පසට ඇසිඩ් ගැහුවා වගේ පිච්චෙන ‘බෝට්ටු බඩු වල් බෙහෙත්‘ ඕනී තරම් තියෙනවා යැයි හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් පවසයි. කාබනික වගාව සාර්ථක යැයි ඔප්පු කිරීමට කිසිදු ප්‍රමිතියක් නැති නීති විරෝධී කෘෂි රසායනය බෝට්ටු මගින් රට තුලට රැගෙන ඒමට රජය ඉඩ දී ඇත. කාබනික වගාව යැයි රටත්-ජාතියත්-ලෝකයත් අන්දමින් අධි විෂ කෘෂි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/09/21)
අගමැති මධ්‍යස්ථයි.. බැසිල් පක්‍ෂයි.. සෙසු පක්ෂ විරුද්දයි.. යුගදනවු සාකච්චා අසාර්ථකයි.. විස්තර මෙන්න..
යුගදනව් බලාගාරයෙන් කොටසක් ඇමෙරිකානු සමාගමකට පැවරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ආණ්ඩුවේ පක්ෂ නායකයන් සහ අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අතර පැවැති සාකච්ඡාව අසාර්ථක වී තිබේ. සාකච්ඡාව අවසානයේ මාධ්ය වෙත අදහස් දැක්වූ හවුල්කාර පක්ෂවල නායකයන් කියා සිටියේ ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මෙරටට පැමිණි වහාම මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් සාකච්ඡා කරන බවයි. ආණ්ඩුවේ සෙසු පක්ෂ විසින් දිගින් දිගටම පෙන්වා දී ඇත්තේ මෙම බලාගාරය ඇරිකානු සමාගමකට පැවරීම ගැටලුකාරී බවත් බවයි. නමුත් මුදල් අමාත්‍ය බැසිල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඇතුළු පිරිසක් මෙම මෙම ආයෝජනය මගින් ශ්රී ලංකාවට ඩොලර් මිලියන 250 ක පමණ ලැබෙන බවත් එය වාසිදායක ආයෝජනයක් බවත් පෙන්වා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/09/21)
අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන සන්ධානයේ පක්ෂ නායකයෝ හමුවෙති
ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන සන්ධානයේ පක්ෂ නායක රැස්වීම ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් අද (23) පස්වරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවැත්විණි. කොවිඩ්-19 වසංගතය හමුවේ රජයේ කටයුතු අඛණ්ඩව පවත්වාගෙන යාම, 2021 අය-වැය යෝජනාවලිය ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කරනු ලබන පනත් කෙටුම්පත් එලෙස ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට පෙර ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂ මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් දැනුවත් කිරීමේ ක්‍රමවේදයක් සැකසීම පිළිබඳව මෙහි දී මූලික අවධානයට ලක් විය. යුගදනවි බලාගාරය ක්‍රියාත්මක වීමෙන් විදුලි පාරිභෝගිකයන්ට ලැබෙන ප්‍රතිලාභ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ද මෙහි දී අවධානය යොමු විය. පක්ෂ නායකයන්ගේ අදහස් හා යෝජනා සහිතව පැය දෙකකට ආසන්න කාලයක් මෙම හමුව පැවතිණි. ශ්රී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/09/21)
දිවයින පුරා සිදු කෙරෙන සංවර්ධන ක්‍රියාවලියට සමගාමීව රටේ ආර්ථිකය ඉහළ නැංවීමට සුවිශේෂී වැඩපිළිවෙලක් අප සතුයි.
ත්‍රිකුණාමලය දිස්ත්රික්කය තුළ ක්‍රියාත්මක වන සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘතිවල වත්මන් ප්‍රගතිය අධීක්ෂණය සඳහා එක්වෙමින් ඊයේ (22) දින අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මේ බව පැවසීය. අතිගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමන්ගේ සෞභාග්‍යයේ දැක්ම ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශනය මගින් ඉදිරිපත් කළ ආර්ථික හා සංවර්ධන සැලැස්ම අනුව ජනතාවට ලබාදුන් සංවර්ධනීය බලපොරොත්තු යථාර්ථයක් බවට පත් කිරීම වෙනුවෙන් දිවයිනපුරා මහා පරිමාණයේ හා කුඩා පරිමාණයේ සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘති රැසක් ක්‍රියාත්මක වේ. එම සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘති නිවැරදිව ක්‍රියාත්මකවීමේ දී ප්‍රායෝගික ගැටලු ඇත්නම් ඒවා හඳුනාගෙන නිවැරදි සම්බන්ධීකරණය මගින් ඒ සඳහා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/09/21)
Manike Mage Hithe: Dubai grooves to Sri Lankan singer’s viral track
Yohani de Silva, 28, has become an overnight sensation with her lilting Sinhalese song that has broken the internet Manike Mage Hithe, the Sinhalese viral track that has taken the Internet by storm, is transcending musical, cultural and language boundaries. Sung by 28-year-old Sri Lankan singer Yohani de Silva, the song which translates to ‘Baby In My Heart’, has been downloaded million times on Instagram, TikTok and has crossed 100 million views on YouTube. From Bollywood celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Tiger Shroff, Madhuri Dixit Nene, Priyanka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/09/21)
Watch: "Manike Mage Hithe" Remix For Mamata Banerjee's Bypoll Campaign
A father-daughter duo have remixed "Manike Mage Hithe" into a tribute to Mamata Banerjee, who has to win the Bhabanipore bypolls to keep her job Manike Mage Hithe (in my heart), a Sinhala song from Sri Lanka, recently became an Internet sensation in India, despite most people not understanding its lyrics. From covers to background music, everyone, including Bollywood celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan and Tiger Shroff, hopped on to it. Now the song has been repurposed for Mamata Banerjee's campaign to win a crucial byelection in Bengal. A father-daughter duo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/09/21)
Grave crisis faced by Agriculture Sector
The importation of inorganic fertilisers, synthetic pesticides and herbicides (agrochemicals) was banned from the end of April 2021, to promote the use of organic fertilisers (OF) and natural pesticides. As a result, inorganic fertilisers such as Urea, Triple Superphosphate, Muriate of Potash and other agrochemicals (insecticides, fungicides, etc.) became scarce. Since then, as Gamini Peiris has mentioned in his article titled ” Fertiliser: getting curiouser and curiouser” in the Sunday Island of 19 Sept. dark clouds have started to descend on Sri Lankan agriculture. Professional bodies such as the Soil Science Society of Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/09/21)
Contamination Issues Raised in US$ 400 M Organic Fertilizer Import.
The State-owned National Plant Quarantine Service (NPQS) has confirmed that samples of imported organic fertilizer from China have tested positive for gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, as well as a specific harmful pathogen, the Sri Lanka Agripreneurs’ Forum (SLAF) alleged on Wednesday. Gram bacteria are known as pathological causes of disease in humans as well as plants. Such pathogens increase the likelihood of hazards during handling and there is a risk of water sources being contaminated by such harmful bacteria, it said. As the current foreign exchange reserves of Sri Lanka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/09/21)
යුගදනවි ගිවිසුමට ආණ්ඩුවේ හවුල්කාර පක්ෂවල විරෝධය..Allied parties of govt objects to LNG terminal contract
https://youtu.be/ykYWe-6KcqI... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/09/21)
PM briefs govt’s allied parties of Yugadanavi Power Plant deal
The party leadership meeting of the Sri Lanka People’s Freedom Alliance was held under the patronage of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees this afternoon (September 23). The main focus of the meeting fell on the role of the party in supporting the government in the face of the COVID-19 epidemic and the proposals to be presented in the 2021 Budget including a mechanism to educate government parliamentarians about such important bills beforehand. In this nearly-two-hour meeting, attention was also drawn to the potential consumer benefits from the operation of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/09/21)
Former HC judge appointed to conduct independent inquiry into recent prison incidents
The Minister of Justice has appointed former High Court Judge Kusala Sarojani Weerawardane to conduct an independent inquiry into the recent incidents at the Welikada & Anuradhapura prisons. Former State Minister of Prisons Management and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation Affairs Lohan Ratwatte made headlines last week following his riotous behaviour at the Welikada and Anuradhapura Prisons while under the influence of alcohol. In the wake of the accusation, Ratwatte resigned from his position as the Prisons State Minister on Sep. 16, but he continues to serve as the State Minister of Gem and Jewellery-related... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/09/21)
Sri Lanka records 72 new COVID-related deaths
The total number people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka moved up as 72 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Wednesday (Sep. 22). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 12,448. As per the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims include 42 males and 30 females. As many as 60 deaths were reported among the elderly people aged above 60 years. In addition, 12 individuals aged between... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/09/21)
COVID: 1,368 positive cases confirmed within the day
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reported that 450 more people were tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka today (Sep. 23), moving the daily total of new cases to 1,368. All new cases have been associated with the New Year Cluster. This brings the tally of coronavirus infections confirmed in the country to 510,040. According to Epidemiology Unit data, 45,850 active cases are currently under medical care at hospitals, treatment centres and homes. Total recoveries from the virus infection reached 451,741 earlier today as 16,720 more... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/09/21)
UNHRC/BASL – What about the Human Rights of CJ Mohan Pieris?
Whether anyone likes or dislikes Mohan Pieris is irrelevant. If due process was alleged to be denied to CJ43 Shirani Bandaranaike, was due process applied to CJ44 Mohan Pieris. This is the question and the response must be based on principled facts. If entities like UNHRC and BASL took up the case of CJ Shirani Bandaranaike, why did they not do the same for Mohan Pieris? CJ Mohan Pieris was unceremoniously removed as 44thChief Justice of Sri Lanka on 28 January 2015 by the Ranil-Sirisena led yahapalana government. His position as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
Englishman Ordained as an Upasaka
Lord Buddha said on his deathbed: “Do not believe what others say just because others say so! Do not believe it because you heard it from a wise being, but only believe something when you know it in your Heart.” The Heart is supposed to be the seat of sentiment, which changes in a fraction of a moment concerning emotions. Simultaneously it is designed for spiritual experience and wisdom! When someone is not spiritually inclined or has no wisdom, one may blindly follow life's path. Nature consists of both right and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
THE JAFFNA PUBLIC LIBRARY Part 4
The Jaffna public library was rebuilt twice. The library was fully renovated in 1984, with donations from well-wishers around the world. But the LTTE took up residence inside it and it was bombed. At the start of the project, the Municipal Council of Jaffna decided not to repair the burnt building, but to let it remain as a memorial. The second reconstruction began in 1998 and the library opened in 2004. I went to see it and found the design ridiculous. Among other things, it has two identical entrances, back and front, with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
THE JAFFNA PUBLIC LIBRARY Pt 3
LTTE was also a suspect in the burning of the Jaffna library. “What was the LTTE doing while the Jaffna library was burning” someone asked on social media. Came the reply, “In 1981, LTTE was not as strong as it became in later stages. They were just using hit and run tactics. So I don’t think that LTTE could have done anything to prevent the burning,” . Others also vehemently opposed the charge that the LTTE did the burning. This is the first time such a report has been put forward, commented Tassie Seneviratne.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
අන්තර්ජාතික සංඥා භාෂා දින පණිවුඩය
ශ්‍රවණය අහිමි පුද්ගලයන් සහ සංඥා භාෂා භාවිතා කරන්නන්ගේ භාෂාමය අනන්‍යතාව ලෝක මට්ටමෙන් පිළිගැනීමට ලක් කළ අන්තර්ජාතික සංඥා භාෂා දිනය නිමිත්තෙන් සුබ පැතුම් නිකුත් කරනුයේ ඉතාමත් සතුටිනි. මිනිසාගේ සියලු කාර්යයන් ඉටුකර ගැනීමට ශ්‍රවණය සහ භාෂා අවබෝධය අවශ්‍ය වේ. එහෙත් අප සමාජයේ සිටින උපතින්ම ශබ්ද නෑසෙන ශ්‍රවණ ආබාධිත සියලු දෙනාට අනෙකුත් ජනතාව මෙන්ම ලෝකය ග්‍රහණය කර ගැනීමට අප ඉඩ සලසා දිය යුතුය. අදාළ අවශ්‍යතාව වෙනුවෙන් බිහිවුණු සංඥා භාෂාව මේ වනවිට ස්වභාවික සංඥා භාෂාව දක්වා දියුණු මට්ටමට පැමිණ තිබේ. මෙරට සියලුම ජනවර්ග වෙනුවෙන් නිර්මාණය වූ “ශ්රී ලංකා සංඥා භාෂාව”... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
බර්ටි දිසානායකයානන්ගේ 08 වැනි ගුණ සමරු පිංකම
උතුරු මැද පළාත් හිටපු ප්‍රධාන අමත්‍යය බර්ටි ප්‍රේමලාල් දිසානායක මහතා අභාවප්‍රාප්ත වී සයවසරක් ගත වීම නිමිත්තෙන් අභාවප්‍රාප්ත බර්ටි ප්‍රේමලාල් දිසානායක මහතාට පිං අනුමෝදන් කරමින් මේ මස 26 හා 27 දෙදින සෞඛ්‍ය මාර්ග උපදේශ අනුව අවම ජන සහභාගීත්වයකින් බර්ටි දිසානායක 08 වැනි ගුණානුස්මරණ පිංකම් මාලාව සංවිධානය කර ඇත. සැප්තැම්බර් 27 වැනි දිනට බර්ටි දිසානායක මහතා අභාවප්‍රාප්ත වී අට වසරක් ගත වීම නිමිති කර ගනිමින් බර්ටි දිසානායක මහතාට පිං පෙත් අනුමෝදන් කරමින් 08 වැනි ගුණ අනුස්මරණ පිංකම් මාලාවක් සංවිධානය කර ඇත.ඒ නිමිත්තෙන් 26 වැනි දින රාත්‍රියේ අනුරාධපුර මිරිසවැටිය විහාරස්ථානයේදී මිරිසවැටිය චෛත්‍යරාමාධිපති රජරට විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ කුලපති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
බර්ටි දිසානායක හිටපු ප්‍රධාන අමාත්‍යයතුමන් අප අතරින් වෙන්ව ගොස් අදට (27) වසර 08 ක් ගෙවී ගොස්ය - මේ එතුමන්ගේ මතකාවර්ජනයයි
රජරට ඉරි තැලී වියළි ගිය පොලව තෙත් කරමින් වැටෙන මහා වැස්ස රජරට ගොවි ජනතාවගේ එකම බලාපොරොත්තුවයි.ඒ වැස්සෙන් වැව් අමුණු පිරී ගිය පසු රජරට ජනතාව වගා කටයුතු සිදු කර ආර්ථිකය ශක්තිමත් කර ගනිති. එදා රජරටට සංවර්ධනය ගෙන එමින් රජරට ජනතාවගේ දුක හදුනාගනිමින් රජරට පෝෂණය කළ බර්ටි දිසානායකයන්ද කලට වහින වැස්ස වගේ රජරට ගොවිජනතාවගේ එකම බලාපොරොත්තුව විය. බයියන් ලෙස හංවඩු ගැසුණු රජරටට සංවර්ධනයේ අරුණලු ගෙන එමින් උතුරු මැද සංවර්ධනයේ නියමුවා වූ බර්ටි දිසානායක හිටපු ප්‍රධාන අමාත්‍යයතුමන් අප අතරින් වෙන්ව ගොස් අදට (27) වසර 08 ක් ගෙවී ගොස්ය... මේ එතුමන්ගේ මතකාවර්ජනයයි බර්ටි දිසානායක... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
Bangladesh completes $200m bailout fund disbursement to Sri Lanka
The Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday completed disbursement of the $200-million bailout fund to cash crisis-hit Sri Lanka amid a deepening foreign reserve crisis in the country. The disbursement was fully executed to the island nation at a time when the country announced a state of emergency over food shortage, instigating Sri Lankan central bank governor Weligamage Don Lakshman to step down over his failure to resolve the forex reserve crisis. ‘The central bank on Monday released the last tranche of the $200-million loan and it was supposed to be released... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
2030 වර්ෂය වන විට 75% ක් පුනර්ජනනීය බලශක්තියෙන් විදුලිය ජනනය කිරීම සඳහා මෙගා වොට් 50 ට වැඩි පුනර්ජනනීය බලශක්තියෙන් විදුලිය නිෂ්පාදනය
සෞභාග්‍යයේ දැක්ම ප්‍රථිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශනයට අනුව 2030 වර්ෂය වන විට 75% ක් පුනර්ජනනීය බලශක්තියෙන් විදුලිය ජනනය කිරීම සඳහා නව ගමනක් ලෙස මෙගා වොට් 50 ට වැඩි පුනර්ජනනීය බලශක්තියෙන් විදුලිය නිෂ්පාදනය කරන්නට හැකි යෝජනා කැඳවා එම ව්‍යාපෘති කඩිනමින් ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන්න බලාපොරොත්තු වනවා යැයි සූර්ය බල සුලං හා ජල විදුලි ජනන සංවර්ධන රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කර සිටියේ පුත්තලම ප්‍රදේශයේ වින්ඩ් ෆෝර්ස් (WIND FORCE PLC) බලශක්ති සමාගම විසින් ක්‍රියාත්මක කරනු ලබන සෙගුවන්තිව් සහ විදාතමුනායි සුළං බලාගාර ගොවිපල නිරීක්ෂණය කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුවය. සෙගුවන්තිව් සහ විදාතමුනායි සුළං ගොවිපළ පුත්තලම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
නාවලකන්ද දොළ රක්ෂිතයේ රුක් රෝපණ වැඩසටහන
කළුතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ වලල්ලාවිට ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාශයට අයත් මීගහතැන්න ප්‍රදේශයේ නාවලකන්ද ග්‍රාමය යනු ශ්රී ලකාව පුරා පවතින වනාන්තර පද්ධතියේ ඉහලම ජෛව විවිධත්වයක් හිමි සදාහරිත වැසි වනාන්තරවලට මැදි වූ සුන්දර ගම්මානයක් සහිත කඳුකර වනාන්තර පද්ධතියකි. මෙම ගම්මානය සහිත වනාන්තර පද්ධතිය ආවරණය වන පරිදි වනසංරක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට අයත් රක්ෂිත කලාප කීපයක්ම ඇති අතර එම රක්ෂිත ප්‍රදේශ පෝශණය කරමින් ප්‍රදේශ වාසීන්ගේ එදිනෙදා ජල අවශ්‍යතා සපුරාලමින් ප්‍රදේශයේ ජීවය රකිමින් අළුකැටිය, නාවලකන්ද, වැදිවත්ත හරහා බෙන්තර ගඟ දක්වා ගලා බසින දොළ මාර්ගය ප්‍රදේශයේ හදවත බඳු ප්‍රධානතම ජල ප්‍රබවයයි. ඉතා පිරිසිඳු ජල දහරාවක් වූ මෙම දොළ මාර්ගය දිනෙන් දින විශාල තර්ජනයට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
Data manipulation by World Bank is symptomatic of big power hegemony
UN expert, Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, explains how Big Powers manipulate Third World economies Since 2014, the OLOBC has been saying that the DBR and the EDB scale have had a disastrous impact on poor countries The World Bank announced last Thursday that it has “paused” or temporarily suspended its Doing Business Report (DBR) after internal audits of the 2018 and 2020 reports revealed data manipulation. The suspension of the DBR is a welcome development from the point of view of poor and developing countries, says the US-based think... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
Sri Lanka’s organic farming crisis: Learning from failures
‘Lankan food crisis shows perils of organic farming’. This was the headline of a column by Indian economist Swaminathan Anklesaria Aiyar column published in a national daily recently. Aiyar’s article analysed the Sri Lankan food crisis, which has been triggered by the President’s recent decision to shift from chemical to organic farming. While the media pinned the blame on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, which obviously underestimated the drop in farm yields, Aiyar attributed the crisis to organic farming. He warned Indian states against it and expressed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
කප්පම් ගන්න ඇමතිවරයෙක් ගැන ප‍්‍රකට සමාගම් හිමිකරුවෙක් හෙලි කරයි.. රජයේ ඉඩම් අක්කරයක් ශත 75යි..
ඉඩම් ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ කොමිෂන් සභාවට අයත් ඉඩම් අක්කර රුපියල බැගින් වූ බදු මුදලකට ලබා දී ඇතැයි මල්දෙණිය වතු සමාගමේ සභාපති ධම්මික එළියපුර මහතා සදහන් කරයි. ඇතැම් ඉඩම් ලබා දී ඇත්තේ අක්කර 75 ක් පමණ වන බදු මුදලකට බව ද ඔහු චෝදනා කරයි. https://youtu.be/qmoGb4sK55Y මේ සඳහා දකුණේ ඇමතිවරයකුට කප්පම් දෙමින් ඇති බවත් ඒ සඳහා සමාගම් විසින් අත දිග හැර වියදම් කරන බව ද ඔහු හෙළිදරව් කළේය. මිලියන හත්දහසක් පමණ වටිනා කර්මාන්ත ශාලා සියල්ල ගලවා යකඩ වලට විකුණා ඇති බවත් මේ ගැන කාට කිව්වත් පලක් නැති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
Pakistan Isolated After Bid To Get Taliban Included In SAARC Meet
SAARC Foreign Ministers Meet: Sources said SAARC members could not reach a consensus on Pakistan's request or give the Taliban a guarantee it could attend. New Delhi: Pakistan found itself isolated on the global stage this week after an attempt to generate support for the Taliban - which seized power in Afghanistan last month - and allow the group a seat at Saturday's meeting of Foreign Ministers from SAARC nations was rejected. Also rejected was Pakistan's demand Nepal - the SAARC chair - provide written assurances Ghulam Isaczai, who represents... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
Sri Lanka seeks $100 million assistance from IMF for COVID-19 vaccination
Health inspectors said those below the age of 30 had shown vaccine reluctance Sri Lanka has decided to ask for a $100 million loan from the IMF to procure 14 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and finance other vaccination programme related costs, it was announced here on Wednesday. "Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella had proposed that Sri Lanka obtain the additional loan grant of $100 million under the programme of strategic preparation and response to COVID19," the government said in a statement. The International Monetary... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
US firm wins Sri Lanka LNG deal
New Fortress Energy has finalised a contract with the government of Sri Lanka that gives it the rights to develop a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal off the coast of Colombo that is expected to start up in 2023. On the move: An LNG tanker sets sail Register here for the Energy Voice daily newsletter, bringing you key news and insight from across the global energy landscape.Sign Up New Fortress Energy has finalised a contract with the government of Sri Lanka that gives it the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
UK Covid travel rules for Egypt, Sri Lanka and Maldives ease but Foreign Office still advise against holidays
Top destinations Sri Lanka, Egypt and the Maldives are now off the red list for British travellers. But the Foreign Office still suggests against non-essential travel for holidaymakers according to their official website. Eight countries were taken off the red list in the early hours of Wednesday morning including Turkey, the Maldives, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Egypt, Oman, Kenya and Sri Lanka. In most previous cases, when a country is removed the FO travel advice allows for non-essential travel. But current FO advice does not approve holidays to Sri Lanka and the Maldives... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
Tokyo court rules deportation by immigration authorities was unconstitutional
The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday ruled that Japanese immigration authorities' actions toward two Sri Lankan men were unconstitutional. The two me claim that they were deported without getting enough time to take legal action after being denied refugee status. The two had filed a lawsuit against the government seeking a total of ¥10 million in compensation. Wednesday's ruling reversed a lower court decision that dismissed the claims. Presiding Judge Yutaka Hirata said that immigration authorities "violated the right to a trial, as guaranteed under... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
Sri Lanka urges protection of Afghan Buddhist heritage
People in March 2021 watch a three-dimensional projection of the Salsal Buddha at the site where the Buddhas of Bamiyan statues stood before being destroyed by the Taliban in March 2001 Sri Lanka called Wednesday on the world to safeguard the Buddhist heritage of Afghanistan under the Taliban, who provoked outrage by destroying giant Buddha statues when they were last in power. "I request the United Nations and the international community to ensure the protection of the Buddhist heritage of Afghanistan," President Gotabaya Rajapaksa told the global body's annual... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
Sri Lanka confirms another 92 Covid-19 deaths
The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another 92 coronavirus related deaths for September 21, pushing the country’s death toll due to the virus pandemic to 12,376. According to the figures released by the Govt. Information Department, the deaths reported today includes 51 males and 41 females. Two of the victims, one male and one female, are below the age of 30 years while nineteen of them are aged between 30-59. Meanwhile seventy-one of the deceased are aged 60 years and above. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
New Fortress Energy finalises Sri Lanka LNG terminal contract
US-based New Fortress Energy has finalised a contract with the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) to build an offshore liquified natural gas (LNG) receiving, storage and regasification terminal. To be located off the coast of Colombo, the new terminal is expected to be commissioned in 2023. https://youtu.be/z0yex30qt0c The agreement will provide the US-based firm with the rights to supply gas to the Kerawalapitya Power Complex, where a 310MW power plant is operational and an additional 700MW of power plants are scheduled to be built. It will... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
Daily COVID cases count climbs to 1,342
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 464 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 1,342. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 508,672. As many as 435,022 recoveries and 12,376 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 61,274 active cases are currently under medical care.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
Eliyantha White passes away
Sri Lankan faith healer Eliyantha White has passed away earlier today (September 22), sources told Ada Derana. He had been receiving treatment for COVID-19 at a private hospital in Colombo when he had passed away. White also served as a personal physician to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
Trade Minister makes special statement at Parliament (Video)
Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardena made a special statement during the debate on the amendments to the Consumer Affairs Authority Act today (22). Citing a statement made by Thushan Gunawardena, former Executive Director of the Consumer Affairs Authority, the Minister further stated that if any party proves that he or any of his family members or staff members are involved in fraud and corruption while performing their duties in the Ministry, He will resign not only from the ministry but also from politics. https://youtu.be/2yqQxGdn3vE He also denied... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
කිරිපිටි බොන එක නවත්වන්න ? - මිල්කෝ සභාපති ම ඉල්ලයි
https://youtu.be/YGPtwpbpFsU වැඩේ හරියට කරොත් ගොඩ. ඉස්සර වගේ රටේ හැම තැනම කිරිමන්ඩල දාන්න. එතකොට හැමෝටම දියර කිරි බෙදා හරින්න පුළුවන්. මතක අය දන්නවා ඇතිනේ ඉස්සර උදේ පාන්දරින්ම කිරි මාම එනව...... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
Retired High Court Judge appointed to probe the Anuradhapura Prison incident (Video)
https://youtu.be/U5yn4IcHN4s Justice Minister Ali Sabry informs Parliament that the Cabinet has decided to appoint a retired High Court Judge to inquire into the recent Prison incident involving a Minister. He stated the above while responding to an oral question. The Justice Minister further condemned the incident, call that 'it should have never happened' and that it is a 'disgrace'. He further extended his apologies for the victims in the incidents as well as their families members who had to undergo the difficult incident. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
Contours for a new Constitution with a difference, for the future, not for the past
But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist- Lysander Spooner Lysander Spooner is the well-known author of the book “No Treason” thought by some to be the most subversive thing ever written in the United States. However, as a reader had commented “the premise of “No Treason” is that the United State is not a legally constituted government because... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
Property Prices in Sri Lanka Remain Positive and Stable in Q2 Despite COVID Waves: LankaPropertyWeb
A recent study on the House Price Index developed by LankaPropertyWeb which is based on the asking prices of its listings revealed that overall residential land prices (per perch) had soared by 44.19% from Q2 2020 to Q2 2021. 4 bedroom house sales prices had increased by 15.68% from Q2 of 2020 while average 3 bedroom apartment prices had risen by 2.64%. However, in Colombo when compared to Q1 of 2021, average apartment selling prices had increased by 3.1% in Q2 with the average selling prices of apartments being Rs.49.93Mn for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/09/21)
How CPEC matters for Afghanistan?
Afghanistan is a land-locked country. But there are many potentials in the sectors of international trade of Afghanistan. But those weren’t utilized properly for the Afghan people. The war-torn country saw many wars such as civil wars, Soviet invasion, US invasion. But little knows that Afghanistan was a transport hub traditionally in case of ancient Silk Road connectivity. But after a long time, Afghanistan lost the position. Previous US backed regimes could not utilize the resources and potentials of Afghanistan properly. Now time is changing. Taliban is going to form government in Afghanistan. Taliban... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 19 B5
( Continued from B4) TNA has had continuous contact with the USA. Rajiva Wijesinghe recalled that, during Eelam war IV, he met Sampanthan in close conclave with the US Ambassador and the European Union representative, at the resident of the Political affairs Officer of the US embassy. In 2011, a delegation of TNA parliamentarians held two days of talks with US state Dept officials and US congressmen. In 2014Ambassador Butenis had met Sampanthan before she left for UK to attend a conference on the future of the Tamil community. They had discussed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 19 B4
(Continued from B3) TNA has always had links with the UK government. In 2016, TNA met Baroness Anelay when she visited Sri Lanka, to seek her intervention to get rid of the army, have an international probe on war crimes and other such issues. Baroness Anelay was UK’s Minister for the Commonwealth and UN. In 2017, Sampanthan metUK Minister of State for Asia and Pacific, Mark Field at Westminster House, Colombo. Sampanthan repeated his call for the re-merger of the Eastern and Northern Provinces. Highlighting the role played by Great Britain... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/21)
එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානයේ ලෝක සාම මායාවට නොරවටෙමු.
එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මහා මණ්ඩලය පිහිටවන ලද්දේ ලෝක සාමය ස්ථාපිත කිරීම උදෙසාය. ඒ වර්ෂ 1945දීය. මේ වනවිට ඇයගේ වයස අවුරුදු 76 කි. ඇය විසින් ස්ථාපිත නොකල වැදගත්ම දේ වන්නේද සාමයයි. මේ අපි දකිණ, අපිට පෙනෙන සත්‍ය තත්වයයි. ඇයට අපේක්ෂිත සාමය ලබා දීමට නොහැකි වූයේ ඇයි‍ද යන්න සොයා බැලිය යුතු වැදගත් කරුණකි. මිනිස් සමාජය තුල යුද්ධය යනු ගංඟාවක් සේ ගලා යන ජල පහරකි. පලමුවන ලෝක යුද්ධය හා දෙවන ලෝක යුද්ධය විසින් මානව සංහතියට සිදුකල මහා විනාශය නවතාලීමට එම ගඟ හරස් කර ඉදිකල මහා බැම්ම එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මහා සංවිධානයයි. ගඟක් හරස්කර මහා බැම්මක් ඉදි කල පමණින් ගඟ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/21)
ධර්මපාලතුමා ලොවට දුන් දායාදය
(Source: The Sinhala Bauddhaya, September 20, 2021, Anagarika Dharmapala 157 birth commemoration issue) ආදී සිංහලුන් පිට දීප දේශ ජයගත්තා //පිටරට සිරිතට දිව දික් කරණා- අප සිංහල කළු සුද්දා...ලක්ෂ්මී බායි මිනිස් පංචස්කන්ධ හා ලෝක ඉතිහාසය අනාගාරික ධර්මපාලතුමාට ලංකා ඉතිහාසයේ හිමිවන අද්විතීය ස්ථානය අපි දනිමු. එසේ නමුත් ලංකා කොලනියේ අභිවෘධිය සඳහා නොයෙක් හිරිහැර භාධක මැද තනියම එතුමා ඉටුකල භූමිකාව ලෝක ඉතිහාසයේ සිදුවූ සුවිශේෂ සංසිද්ධියක් නොවේද යන කාරණය ඇමෙරිකන් මහාචාර්යවරුන් දෙන්නෙක් විසින් 2012 දී ලියන ලද, 'වයි නේෂන්ස් ෆේල්' යන පොත, (Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu & James Robinson) කියවන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/21)
Data manipulation by the World Bank is symptomatic of Big Power hegemony
Colombo, September 21 (Daily Mirror): The World Bank announced last Thursday that it has “paused” or temporarily suspended its Doing Business Report (DBR) after internal audits of the 2018 and 2020 reports revealed data manipulation. The suspension of the DBR is a welcome development from the point of view of poor and developing countries, says the US-based think tank, The Oakland Institute. The World Bank has been using its DBRs to drive policy and regulatory changes favorable to Western businesses and corporations, the think tank said. “Ranking countries on the Ease of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/21)
Sri Lanka orders 14 million Pfizer vaccines as booster dose
Sept 21 (NewsWire) – The State Pharmaceuticals Corporation of Sri Lanka (SPC) has secured the booster dose of the coronavirus vaccine for the Sri Lankan population. Chairman of the SPC Dr. Prasanna Gunasena said 14 million doses of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine have been procured to be administered as the third dose. According to News First, Dr. Gunasena said the inoculation of the third dose will commence from mid-October or early November and will cover the entire population of Sri Lanka. “The SPC has so far secured a total of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/21)
Australia seeks intelligence cooperation with Sri Lanka
Colombo, September 21 (newsin.asia): The Foreign Ministers of Sri Lanka and Australia met on the eve of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. At the meeting the Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne sought from her Sri Lankan counterpart, Prof.G.L.Peiris, intelligence cooperation with Sri Lanka. Though the details of this request were not given in the Sri Lankan government’s communique issued on Tuesday, cooperation is likely to be on the long-standing human trafficking problem as well as the more recent terrorist problem, sources said. Recently,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/21)
What it’s like being a woman tuk-tuk driver in Sri Lanka
Nangahami Premawathi is a 61-year-old single mother of three school-age children. She has been driving a tuk-tuk for PickMe, a Sri Lankan ride-hailing app, and for Uber, for four years. She also delivers food and packages. In 2019, the latest year for which data is available, only 17,368 Sri Lankan women worked in the transportation and storage sector, compared to 497,102 men. Driving a vehicle, especially a tuk-tuk, is considered a “man’s job.” In a 2019 study, 28% of the respondents said that families don’t allow women to drive; 21%... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/21)
The government reached a firm agreement for the regasification terminal with US-based New Fortress Energy.
US-based New Fortress Energy said September 21 it had finalised an agreement with the government of Sri Lanka to build an offshore regasification facility for LNG imports. For undisclosed terms, New Fortress is to acquire a 40% stake in utility West Coast Power, which owns a 310 MW power plant in Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital. The US company also secured the rights to develop an LNG receiving, storage and regasification terminal off the coast of the capital. The terminal could be in service as early as 2023. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/21)
New Fortress Energy and the Government of Sri Lanka finalise agreement
New Fortress Energy Inc. and The Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (GOSL) jointly announced that they have executed a definitive agreement for New Fortress’ investment in West Coast Power Limited (WCP), the owner of the 310 MW Yugadanavi Power Plant based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, along with the rights to develop a new LNG terminal off the coast of Colombo. As part of the transaction, New Fortress will have gas supply rights to the Kerawalapitya Power Complex, where 310 MW of power is operational today and an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/21)
Probe continues on ex-DIG Nalaka Silva based on Namal Kumara’s complaint: Minister
Further investigations were being carried out into former Terrorism Investigation Division Director Nalaka Silva upon a compliant lodged by Anti-Corruption Force Director Namal Kumara in 2018 on an alleged plot to assassinate the then President Maithripala Sirisena and former Defence Secretary and incumbent President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara revealed today. The Minister told Parliament that preliminary investigations are being conducted by the Police Special Investigation Unit on the orders of the IGP after taking charge of the investigation files which were in the custody... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/21)
State Minister makes revelation in Parliament about deleted NMRA data (English)
https://youtu.be/4YSf3pE1MnU... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/21)
State Minister accuses former govt. of purchasing medical drugs for exorbitant prices
There will be no shortage of medicinal drugs nor will substandard medicines be imported to the country as a result of the recent data loss at the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA), State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals assured today. https://youtu.be/OA9G4TuKtGo Responding to a question raised by the Leader of Opposition, Sajith Premadasa during the parliamentary session this morning, Prof. Channa Jayasumana said the general public should not have any undue fears in this regard. According to the state minister, only the documents related to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/21)
Daily COVID-19 cases count hits 1,321 today
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reported that 403 more people were tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka today (Sep. 21), moving the daily total of new cases to 1,321. According to the Government Information Department, all new cases were associated with the New Year Cluster. This brings the tally of coronavirus infections confirmed in the country to 507,330. Official data showed that more than 60,900 active cases are currently under medical care at hospitals, treatment centres and homes. Total recoveries from the virus infection reached... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/21)
Sri Lanka records 66 COVID-19 deaths on Monday
The total number of people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka moved up as 66 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Monday (September 21). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 12,284. According to the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims include 30 males and 36 females. As many as 53 deaths were reported among elderly people who are aged above 60 years. In addition,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/21)
CHANGING THE OPERATION POLICY OF THE IMF MAY NEED TO CONSIDER
The purpose of establishing the International Monetary Fund was a good policy design because there had been conflicts in the international financial management relating to exchange rate determination and gaining trade advantages. Economically, powerful countries attempted to take power by determining the exchange rate for their currency units. This situation was encountered during the 1930s. Currently, the IMF operating system makes disadvantages. Many developing countries haven’t had trading power in the international trading system and the IMF's focus is on patching foreign exchange reserves and foreign value of currency units. The best policy action of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 19 B3
(Continued from B2) Western delegations have made it a point to meet and speak with the TNA, when they visit Sri Lanka. These are not secret discussions. They are proudly reported in the newspapers. Sampanthan’s discussion with these foreigners covered the full spectrum of Tamil Separatist Movement concerns, such as the National question, Acceptable political resolution Power sharing the possibility of recurrence of violence, merger of North and East provinces, new constitution, ‘state sponsored colonization’ plus the fiction that Tamils have been living in the north and east from ancient times,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/09/21)
‘Russia and Sri Lanka’s role in Regional Security’ at the Moscow Conference on International Security
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera speaks on ‘Russia and Sri Lanka’s role in Regional Security’ at the Moscow Conference on International Security Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, Author and foreign policy analyst was invited from Sri Lanka for the IX Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS) 2021. The conference was inaugurated by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Gutierrez, Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu and Director of Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov. Mr. Abeyagoonasekera’s presented a paper on ‘Russia and Sri Lanka’s role in Regional Security: Perspective from Sri Lanka’. Among... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/21)
බෞද්ධ ජනරජ ප්‍රවාදය - 36 වැනි කොටස- අල්පේච්ඡ ප්‍රවේශය
බුදුදහම අල්පේච්ඡතාව අගය කරයි. ඒ තුළින් ලද හැකි සතුට සහ සැහැල්ලුව පෙන්වාදෙයි. එහෙයින් ම, බහුභාණ්ඩික බවෙහි වරද ද බුදුදහම තුළින් අවධාරණය කෙරෙයි. මෙය ලෝකෝත්තර අරමුණු සඳහා පමණක් අදාළ කරුණක් නොවේ. අපි අපේ ලෞකික ජීවිත තුළින් ද මෙම ඉගැන්වීමෙහි ප්‍රායෝගිකත්වය අත්දැක ඇත්තෙමු. අල්පේච්ඡතාව යනු සියල්ල අත්හැරීම නොවේ. ධම්මපද අට්ඨකතාවේ එන බහුභාණ්ඩික තෙරුන්ගේ කථා පුවතින් අවධාරණය කරන්නේ එම කරුණයි. සමාජ - ආර්ථික ප්‍රගමනය සඳහා ද අල්පේච්ඡතාව අදාළ වෙයි. බහුභාණ්ඩික පුරුදු විසින් ආදායම ඉක්ම වූ වියදම් රටාවකට මිනිසුන් යොමු කෙරෙයි. මෙම වරද නිසා පරිභෝජන අවශ්‍යතා වෙනුවෙන් ණය වෙන මිනිසකු නිර්මාණය වෙයි. ආයෝජන කාර්යයක් වෙනුවෙන් ණයවීමත් පරිභෝජනය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/21)
"අමාදම් සිසිලස" 214 වැන්න අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවැත්වෙයි
සෑම පුන් පොහෝ දිනකම ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ සංකල්පයකට අනුව පවත්වන “අමාදම් සිසිලස” ධර්ම දේශනා මාලාවේ 214 වැන්න බිනර පුන් පොහොය යෙදෙන අද (20) දින පෙරවරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවැත්විණි. බුදුරාජාණන්වහන්සේට මල් පහන් සුවඳ දුම් පූජා කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුව අග්රාමාත්ය ආර්යා ශිරන්ති රාජපක්ෂ මහත්මිය විසින් මිනුවන්ගොඩ පත්තඩුවන භික්ෂු පුහුණු මධ්‍යස්ථානාධිපති, රාමඤ්ඤ මහා නිකායේ අනුනායක මැදගමුවේ විජය මෛත්‍රී නාහිමියන්ට දැහැත් වට්ටියක් පූජා කරමින් මෙවර ධර්ම දේශනාව සඳහා ආරාධනා කළාය. ප්‍රඥාවන්ත දැහැමි ජන සමාජයක් උදෙසා බුදු දහමේ සිසිලස බෙදාදීමේ අරමුණ පෙරදැරිව සෑම පුන් පොහෝ දිනකම “අමාදම් සිසිලස” ධර්ම දේශනා මාලාව පැවැත්වේ. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/21)
A response to Bishop of the Diocese of Galle, Rev. Dr. Raymond Wickremasinghe
"Bishop of the Diocese of Galle, Rev. Dr. Raymond Wickremasinghe told a virtual congregation that the conscience of those responsible for the Easter Sunday carnage would never be at peace and it would haunt them eternally." Dear Dr. Wickremasinghe, You have confounded and mystified many clear-thinking persons. Those responsible are already enjoying the favours Allah has promised. They are also “enjoying” the 74 virgins given to each of them (the maths has to be done!). Allah will look after these characters and your God can’t do anything about this.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/21)
Three more lands in Colombo to be leased for 99 years
Colombo, Sept 20 (News 1st) – Newspaper advertisements published in newspapers to lease three more valuable plots of land in the city of Colombo for investment projects on a 99-year lease basis. The advertisement was published by the Urban Development Authority. Tenders have been called for three plots of land on DR Wijewardena Mawatha in Colombo for mixed development projects. The following three sites are to be leased, as per the advertisement : – Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Center – People’s Bank Queens Branch ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/21)
දේශපාලන තීන්දුවක් ගන්න සූදානම්.. ආණ්ඩුවේ සෙසු පක්ෂ 11ක් එක්ව කියති.. කෙරවලපිටිය දුන්නාට විරෝධය..
නැගෙනහිර ජැටිය රැකගත් ආකාරයෙන්ම කෙරවලපිටිය යුගදනවි තාප බලාගාරය රැක ගැනීමට කටයුතු කරන බව ආණ්ඩුවේ හවුල්කාර සුළු පක්ෂ කියා සිටී. ආණ්ඩුවේ හවුල්කාර පක්ෂ 11 ක නියෝජිතයන් ලංකා කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවැති සාකච්ඡාවකින් අනතුරුව බව කියා සිටියහ. https://youtu.be/jauYAbGYatk ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය, ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ ඇතුළු ආණ්ඩුවේ සුළු පක්ෂ 11ක නායකයන් බොරැල්ලේ පිහිටි ශ්රී ලංකා කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂ කාර්යාලයේ දී සාකච්ඡාව සිදු කරන ලදී. කෙලවරපිටය බලාගාරය ඇමරිකාවට ලබාදීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජනාධිපතිතුමන් පැමිණි විගසම සාකච්ඡා කිරීමට බලාපොරොත්තු වන බවත් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා සමඟ ඇතුළු තවත් නායකයන් සමග අදහස් හුවමාරු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/21)
කබනික පොහොර ආනයනයෙන් ඩොලර් මිලියන 05ක් කොමිස්..? පොහොරට ගැලපෙන්න ප්රමිතිය වෙනස් කරන්නැයි ප්රමිති ආයතනයට බලපෑම්…
ආනයනික කාබනික පොහොර වලින් මෙරට පරිසරයට හානි වන්නේ නම් ඊට එරෙහිව අධිකරණයට යන බව ජාතික ගොවිජන එකමුතුව පවසයි. චීනයෙන් ගෙන්වන ලද කාබනික පොහොර වර්ග තුනක අහිතකර බැක්ටීරියාවන් ඇති බවට පර්යේෂණවලින් දැනටමත් තහවුරු වී ඇතැයි ද එම සංවිධානය කියා සිටියි. මෙයාකාරයෙන් කාබනික පොහොර ගෙන්වීමෙන් ඩොලර් මිලියන 5 ක කොමිස් මුදලක් ලැබෙන බවට ආරංචියක් ඇතැයිද එම සංගමයේ සභාපති අනුරාධ තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා පැවසීය. කාබනික පෝර වලට ගැලපෙන ලෙස ප්රමිති වෙනස් කරන්නයි ඒවා ගෙන්වන පිරිස් විසින් ප්රමිති ආයතනයට බලපෑම් කරමින් ඇති බවත් ඔහු හෙළිදරව් කළේය. කොළඹ පැවති මාධ්ය හමුවකදී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/21)
ඇමති සරත් වීරසේකර ''හිට්ලර් වෙන්න හදනවා'': ජගත් කුමාර තොරතුරු රැසක් හෙළි කරයි
අමාත්‍ය සරත් වීරසේකර මහතා "හිට්ලර් කෙනෙකු වීමට" උත්සහ දරන බවට ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී ජගත් කුමාර මහතා චෝදනා කරයි. අද කොළඹදී පැවති මාධ්ය හමුවකදී ඔහු ප්‍රකාශ කළේ, ගුරු උද්ඝෝෂණ මෙතරම් දුරදිග ගියේ සරත් වීරසේකර අමාත්‍යවරයාගේ ක්‍රියාකලාපය හේතුවෙන් බවය. "සරත් වීරසේකර ඇමතිතුමා නොහිටින්න ගුරු උද්ඝෝෂණ මෙතරම් දුරට යන්නෙ නෑ. ගුරු උද්ඝෝෂණය මෙච්චර දුරට ගියේ එදා ඒ නිරෝධායනය කරන්න කියල ගුරුවරු හතර ගාතෙ දාගෙන ඇදගෙන ගිහිල්ල හාමුදුරුවොත් අතයි කකුලයි හතර ගාතෙන් ඇදගෙන ගිහිල්ල කරපු වැඩේ නිසා තමයි සමාජයේ ඒ පිළිබඳ අනුකම්පාවක් ඇති වුණේ. එතුමා මට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/21)
Chemical fertiliser ban could incur US $ 1bn cost on trade: study
Estimated crop losses range between 25% to 50% across top five crops Industry veteran urges to bring down ban to 50% before going fully organic in next 3-5 years In what could be the most comprehensive study carried out to date on the cost of chemical fertiliser ban and its implications on the country’s already ailing merchandise trade deficit, the Sri Lanka Agricultural Economics Association has estimated over a billion dollar cost to the country’s trade, caused by the estimated crop losses of up to 50 percent. According... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/21)
Sri Lanka’s Organic Farming Mandate Leads To Food Shortage, Economic Emergency – OpEd
In April, the Sri Lankan government banned the import and use of fertilizers and agrochemicals, including insecticides and herbicides, marking a significant step in their goal to become the world’s first country to produce 100% organic agriculture. According to President Gotabhaya Rajapakse, the move was necessary to reverse the country’s overuse of harmful chemicals, which he says has led to “environmental degradation, water pollution, and has caused increased greenhouse gas emissions.” Now, just months after the decision, the country’s food supply is already in crisis. Rajapakse has declared an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/21)
Economic crisis in Sri Lanka shows organic farming doesn’t happen overnight
In pursuit of becoming the world’s first 100% organic food producer, Sri Lanka now finds itself in an economic crisis exacerbated by the pandemic, inflation, and hoarding of essential food items. In April, the country enacted a sweeping, immediate ban of chemical fertilizers imports along with other imports like palm oil. The fertilizer ban, part of the government’s efforts to address its foreign exchange crisis, was imposed on farmers with no knowledge of how to transition to organic farming. Switching to organic farming is not an overnight process, but takes at least two years to complete in order... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/21)
The ‘food emergency' in Sri Lanka explained
A video explainer on the economic crisis in Sri Lanka leading to speculations of a food shortage in the country. https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/food-emergency-in-sri-lanka-explained/article36562488.ece Sri Lanka’s government declared an economic emergency on August 30, 2021 amid rising food prices, a depreciating currency, and rapidly depleting forex reserves. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed Major General N.D.S.P. Niwunhella as the Commissioner General of Essential Services to coordinate and ensure that people have access to essential supplies.
A number of factors have led to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/21)
12 of the best things to do in Sri Lanka
Climb a sacred mountain. Lounge on a deserted beach. And enjoy a cuppa on a picture-perfect plantation. All this and more awaits in Sri Lanka, the most serendipitous of islands...
Lion Rock Fortress, Sigiriya (Shutterstock) One of Sri Lanka's seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites, this rock-top fortress dates back to the fifth century AD. The atmosphere is more spiritual than militant: in its time, it has acted as a royal palace and a Buddhist monastery. Sigiriya is also regarded as one... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/21)
Govt. issues deadline for unvaccinated people to get jabbed
The people who are above 30 years of age and not vaccinated so far, should get their vaccines within this week, the Government said today. State Minister Channa Jayasumana said the Government is compelled to issue a deadline because it would not be possible to continue to operate the vaccination centres for so long, as they need to give priority to provide vaccines for youth and adolescents. “A vast number of people above 30 has received their vaccines, but still there are several people who have forgone their... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/21)
SLPP requested to revoke party membership of Lohan Ratwatte
The March 12 Movement calls on the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) to suspend State Minister Lohan Ratwatte’s party membership and review his anti-disciplinary activities. Convener of the March 12 movement Rohana Hettiarachchi points out that there is no public confidence in the investigation being conducted by a Commissioner of the Prisons Department who is a party to the case. He says that the incredible silence of the leaders of political parties was a powerful factor in creating such an ugly and dirty political culture. If there is a person... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/21)
Circular issued on Rs 5,000 allowance to teachers and principals
The circular on the payment of a Rs 5,000 allowance to teachers and principals has been issued today (September 20). Accordingly, principals and teachers on duty can obtain the relevant allowance from the Zonal Director of Education. https://youtu.be/4fgyQkAxHJ4 The Cabinet recently decided to pay Rs. 5,000 to teachers and principals who are on duty in September and October until the issue of teacher-principal salary anomalies is resolved in the forthcoming budget. Accordingly, the Minister of Education has issued a circular regarding the payment of an allowance... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/21)
Sri Lanka records 93 COVID-19 fatalities on Sunday
The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed another 93 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday (September 19), increasing the official death toll in the country to 12,218. According to the figures reported by the Department of Government Information today (20), the victims include 45 males and 48 females while one of the deceased is below the age of 30. Twenty-four of the Covid-19 deaths are individuals between the ages of 30-59 and the remaining 68 are persons aged 60 and above.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/21)
Daily COVID-19 cases in Sri Lanka moves to 1,509
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 673 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 1,509. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 506,009. As many as 433,093 recoveries and 12,218 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 60,698 active cases are currently under medical care... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/09/21)
An open letter to President Gothabhaya Rajapaksa on the proposed new Constitution. -Part 11
I apologize to my readers for deviating from the above Headline in this article as I wish to discuss few important issues where President Mahinda Rajapaksa erred between 2010 and 2015 as they have a direct bearing on the post-2015 political ramifications in this country including those faced by the Present President which will be discussed in the essays that will follow. In the wake of the 2009 war victory, people expected President MR to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/21)
SRI LANKA SHOULD CLOSE DOWN MOST OF OUR OVERSEAS MISSIONS AS A STEP TOWARDS REDUCING PUBLIC EXPENDITURE – The Island 9/18/2021 -Response
The content is also in the attachment. SRI LANKA SHOULD CLOSE DOWN MOST OF OUR OVERSEAS MISSIONS AS A STEP TOWARDS REDUCING PUBLIC EXPENDITURE – The Island 9/18/2021 The critical countries that are supporting and defending Sri Lanka can utilize the expatriate help that is currently developed far ahead of the official knowledge and capabilities. With guidance from former senior and articulate diplomats, the service to defend Sri Lanka's interests can do with some trimming. However, in such an exercise trimming should not remove officers who are important and efficient. Today... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/21)
Americans Attempt to Force Their way into Sri Lanka Through the Backdoor
A moot point was made by the Sri Lanka Study Circle on 15 Sep 21, in its piece about Mahinda ‘Walking the Plank’, suggesting that America is attempting to force its way into Sri Lanka through the backdoor. The point made is alarming, considering that neither the Government nor the Opposition seems too concerned about this imminent threat, with nary a voice in Parliament making any noise about it. The threat to National security in this context becomes even more ominous when inexplicably the mainstream media deliberately mislead the people... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/21)
රත කල්කය නොදී කෘතිම ප‍්‍රතිශක්තිය සඳහා එන්නත සෙවීම
සී.ඩබ්.ඩබ්.කන්නන්ගර අධ්‍යාපන ක්රම ආරම්භ වූයේ 1942 දී පමණය.1945 වසරේ නිදහස් අධ්‍යාපන පනත සම්මත වූවායින් පසු ස්වභාෂා සහ ද්වි භාෂා පාසල් සියල්ලේම රජය මූලික කරගත් අධ්‍යාපන ක‍්‍රමයක් ආරම්භ විය 1962 දී පාසල් රජයට පවරා ගැනීමෙන් පසු එවකට තිබූ බෞද්ධ පාසල්ද පරම විඥානාර්ථ පාසල්ද පල්ලි පාසල්ද රජයට ගෙන පොදු අධ්‍යාපන ක‍්‍රමයක් ස්ථාපිත කරන ලදී. බි‍්‍රතාන්‍ය යුගයේ දී පාසල් පෙළ පොත් වල වූයේ එවකට යුරෝපයේ අනුදත් සෞඛ්‍ය පාඩමකි.පාසලේ දී විසබීජ හා ප‍්‍රතිශක්තිය ගැන උගෙනීමට දරුවාට සිදු විය.ක්ෂුද්‍රජීවින් ගැන උගෙනීමට සිදු විය.පිරිසිඳු කම ගැන උගෙනීමට සිදු විය.එහෙත් පාසලෙන් නිවසට ගිය දරුවා ගේ පරිසරය වෙනස් විය. හේනේ කුඹුරේ කමතේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/21)
ස්පුට්නික් එන්නතේදෙවෙනි මාත්‍රාව අද (20) දිනයේ සිට
ස්පුට්නික් එන්නතේ පළමු මාත්‍රාව ලබා ගත් මහනුවර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ සියලු දෙනාට එහි දෙවෙනි මාත්‍රාව අද (20) දිනයේ සිට ලබා දීම ආරම්භ කරන බවත්, අවශයය එන්නත් ඊයේ (19) උදෑසන මෙරටට ලැබී ඇති බැවින්, ස්පුට්නික් එන්නතේ ඒ තියන ප්‍රශ්නය අපිට නිමා කරන්න පුලුවන් යැයි ඖෂධ සැපයුම් නියාමන රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය චන්න ජයසුමන මහතා ප්‍රකාශ කරයි. අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කළේ අද එප්පාවල ප්රාදේශීය රෝහලේ නිරීක්ෂණ චාරිකාවකින් අනතුරුව මාධ්‍යවේදීන් නැගූ ප්රශ්න වලට පිළිතුරු ලබා දෙමින්ය. එහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් මාධ්ය වෙත අදහස් දැක්වූ අමාත්‍යයවරයා, පාසල් ළමුන්ට එන්නත් ලබා දිය යුතුයි කියන තීරණයේ දැන් අපි ඉන්නවා.අවුරුදු 15 සිට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/21)
පාරිභෝගික අයිතින් වෙනුවෙන් කටයුතු කරල මට ලැබුනේ මරණ තර්ජන. රැකියාවෙන් ඉවත් වෙන්න බලපෑම්. C N B
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Chinese and Sri Lankan workers to celebrate their moon festivals together
Colombo, September 19 (Xinhua): These days in Sri Lanka, both locals and the Chinese living here are busy preparing for festivals related to the full moon. The day of Sept. 20 is the monthly Poya Day in Sri Lanka and the following day is the annual Mid-Autumn Festival in China. Unable to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival back home with his family, Wu Jinghui and his Sri Lankan colleagues will celebrate their moon festival together at the construction site of the China-funded outpatient building of Sri Lanka’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/21)
Fifteen Countries Ask UN Human Rights Chief To Leave Sri Lanka Alone – OpEd
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet delivered her oral update on Sri Lanka on September 13 at the 46 Session of the UNHRC in Geneva, which went beyond the council’s mandate in commenting on a member country that has not gone unnoticed by at least 15 member countries that have come out in support of Sri Lanka. The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) chief commented on many internal governance issues and made a vain attempt to link them to the so-called human rights violations. She made... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/21)
Traffic Police in Sri Lanka
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අලි මදිවට පිස්තෝල ගත්තු හරක්
මෙරට රාජාවලියේ කීර්තිමත් රජුන් අතර විමලධර්මසූරිය රජුට (1562-1604) හිමිවන්නේ සුවිශේෂී ස්ථානයකි. කොනප්පු බණ්ඩාර නමින් පෘතුගාලයේ ලිස්බන් නුවර සෙමනේරියක අධ්‍යාපනය ලද හෙතෙම භාෂා කීපයක හසළ දැනුම ඇත්තකු ලෙසද සැලකේ. විමලධර්මසූරිය රජ කරන සමයේ ප්‍රථම ලන්දේසි නියෝජිත පිරිස මෙරටට පැමිණ තිබේ. එම නාවික කණ්ඩායම පැමිණියේ සෝබෝල්ඩ් ද වයිට්ගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙනි. විමලධර්මසූරිය රජු නැඟෙනහිර පළාතේ සංචාරයක නිරතව සිටි බැවින් ආගන්තුක විදේශිකයන් හමුවීම මඩකළපුවේදී සිදුකිරීමට තීරණය කර තිබේ. රාජකීය හමුව සිදුවන තුරු ලන්දේසි නැව් මඩකළපු මුහුදේ නැංගුරම්ලා තිබී ඇත. නියමිත පරිදි මඩකළපුවේ ස්ථානයක විමලධර්මසූරිය රජු සහ සෝබෝල්ඩ් ද වයිට් හමුව සිදුවී ඇත. ලන්දේසි නියෝජිතයා රජු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/21)
ලොහාන් රත්වත්තේගේ කතා වස්තුව
ලොහාන් රත්වත්තේ ආයෙත් වරක් පිස්සු කෙළියේය. පිස්සු කෙළිය කියා කීවේ මෙහෙම වැඩ කරන්නට පුළුවන් වන්නේ සිහිබුද්ධියෙන් නම් නොවන බැවිනි. මත්පැනින් සූර්වී සිටියාම සිහිබුද්ධිය සම්පූර්ණයෙන් අඩුවන්නේ නැතත් ටිකක් හෝ එහි අඩු ලුහුඬුවක් පෙනෙන්නට පටන් ගනී. මෑතදී වාර්තා වුණු ලොහාන්ගේ පිස්සු නැටිලි දෙක තුනේදීම ඔහු හිටියේ බීමතින් බවට ඕනෑ තරම් සාක්ෂි ඇත්තේය. ලොහාන් නම් කියන්නේ මාධ්ය මඟින් හා තවත් විවිධාකාරයෙන් ඔහු වෙත එල්ල කරන සියලු චෝදනා ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරන බවය. බැලුවම අමාත්‍ය ධුරයකින් අස්වී තිබෙන්නේ රටට ජාතියට සමාජයට ආදරය කරන යහපත්ම පුද්ගලයෙකි. ඔහු අත කිසිදු වරදක් නැත. මේ යහපත් පුද්ගලයාගේ පරණ තෝම්බුව ඔහුගේ එකී යහපත් චර්යාව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/21)
HARDTALK: Did the Consumer Affairs Authority ED resign due to undue pressure? (Video)
Thushan Gunawardena, the executive director of the Consumer Affairs Authority, has decided to resign.Today's hard talk is regarding this incident; https://youtu.be/aUJURrQFpkc... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/21)
It is not appropriate to build a walking lane around the Parakrama Samudraya" - Former President
Former President Maithripala Sirisena says that it is not appropriate to build a walking lane around the Parakrama Samudraya. Meanwhile, it is reported that several places in the Parakrama Samudraya have been eroded due to the removal of stones for the construction of the walkway. Our correspondent in the area stated that there is a severe erosion near the main sluice of the Parakrama Samudraya. The Department of Irrigation has taken steps to remove several large stones foriming the Ralapanawa in the Parakrama Samudraya to construct a walking... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/21)
Sri Lanka surpassed WHO vaccination goals, with 50% of population fully vaccinated
Sri Lanka reached an important milestone yesterday (September 18) with 50% of the population fully vaccinated, surpassing vaccination goals set by the World Health Organization (WHO). Vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate has been the chant for the pandemic response. This is based on the science of vaccines and global evidence that COVID-19 vaccines can protect against severe disease as well as limit the transmission of the virus, the WHO says. WHO has called for all countries to vaccinate 10% of their population by the end of September and 40% by the end of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/21)
Consumer Affairs Authority’s executive director decides to resign
Executive Director of the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) Thushan Gunawardena has decided to step down from his position, Ada Derana learns. According to reports, Mr. Gunawardena is expected to hand over his resignation to State Minister of Consumer Protection, Lasantha Alagiyawanna next Tuesday (Sep. 21). He has taken the decision citing the mounting pressure that followed after taking a stand against irregularities that were taking place and opposing to sign certain agreements.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/21)
OHCHR’s ad-hoc mechanism not in line with UN charter, Sri Lanka tells Commonwealth
Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris has reaffirmed Sri Lanka’s active commitment to dialogue and engagement with the Commonwealth of Nations, at a virtual meeting with the organization’s Secretary-General Patricia Scotland in New York. Sri Lanka as a founding member of the Commonwealth remains proactive and committed to the values, principles and objectives of the Organization, the Foreign Minister has recalled. Sri Lanka looks forward to further collaboration with the Commonwealth in a number of areas including commerce, education, vocational training and climate change, he said further, adding that the island nation has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/21)
COVID: 103 new victims move death toll to 12,125
The total number people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka moved up as 103 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Saturday (Sep. 18). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 12,125. As per the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims include 56 males and 47 females. As many as 77 deaths were reported among the elderly people aged above 60 years. In addition, 24 individuals... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/21)
Daily COVID cases count climbs to 1,733
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 436 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 1,733. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 504,491. As many as 432,038 recoveries and 12,125 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 60,328 active cases are currently under medical care.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/09/21)
Anagarika Dharmapala’s interactions with Mahatma Gandhi during his struggle to restore India’s Buddhist heritage
It seems I was born to restore the Sasana in India. When I started Buddhist work in India, a lot of lay Buddhists as well as Bhikkhus in Ceylon started working against me. They did not accept my advice……… I left Ceylon and went to India to do the work for the Sasana because there was no one to do that work….. In February 1906, my father passed away. Mrs Mary Foster came to my rescue. Mrs Foster is the modern Vishaka. She is helping the Sasana through me……..The well-to-do Sinhalese have no patriotic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/09/21)
India delivers 20 ‘State of the Art’ rail passenger coaches to Lanka
Colombo, September 18 (newsin.asia): In line with India’s continuing commitment to assisting Sri Lanka in the development of its railway infrastructure, a consignment of 20 railway passenger coaches supplied by Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES) Ltd, reached Colombo Port on Friday, September 1. This consignment is a part of the contract to supply 160 passenger coaches to Sri Lanka Railways, funded under an Indian Line of Credit of USD 318 million. The value of this contract is USD 82.6 million. With this consignment, a total of 60... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/09/21)
ඇමති ලොහාන් බීමතින් ආවා.. ලෝඩ් කල පිස්තෝලයෙන් වෙඩි තියන්න හැදුවත් පත්තු වුනේ නෑ..- සිරකරුවෝ කියති..
රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ලොහාන් රත්වත්තේ මහතා අනුරාධපුර බන්ධනාගාරයට ඇතුළු වී සිදු කර ඇතැයි කියන කලබැගෑනිය සත්‍ය එකක් බව විපක්ෂයේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් පිරිසක් තියා සිටිති. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=655544888758289&t=28 අදාළ සිදුවීම ගැන සොයා බැලීම සඳහා එම බන්ධනාගාරයට ගිය මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් වන මනෝ ගනේෂන්, කාවින්ද ජයවර්ධන, රෝහන බණ්ඩාර යන මන්ත‍්‍රීවරන් කියා සිටියේ බීමතින් බන්ධනාගාරයට ඇතුළු වි ඇති අමාත්‍යවරයා පිස්තෝලය සිරකරුවන්ගේ හිසට තබා තර්ජනය කර ඇති බවයි. උණ්ඩ ලෝඩ් කරන ලද පිස්තෝලය ඒ මොහොතේ ක්‍රියාත්මක නොවූ බවත් බන්ධනාගාර නිලධාරින් විසින් තමන් බේරා ගත් සිරකරුවන් පැවසූ බවද ඔවුන් කියා සිටියහ.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/09/21)
India's first indigenous luxury cruise liner to be launched by IRCTC today.
The IRCTC, in a statement issued earlier this month, said that it has joined hands and signed the agreement with Cordelia Cruises being operated by Waterways Leisure Tourism for marketing and promotion of the first indigenous luxury cruise in India. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) will launch the country’s first indigenous cruise liner from Saturday, in partnership with Cordelia Cruises – a private company. The bookings can be done from the IRCTC web portal soon as the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) normalises and international cruises... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/09/21)
Foundation for Buddhist Brotherhood commends India's work for maintaining ties with neighbours
Foundation for Buddhist Brotherhood commends India's work for maintaining ties with neighbours Read more At: https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/foundation-for-buddhist-brotherhood-commends-indias-work-for-maintaining-ties-with-neighbours20210918230831/... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/09/21)
Sri Lanka’s Valorous Battle Against A Separatist Insurgency – OpEd
The month of August 2006, fifteen years ago was a very eventful month for Sri Lanka Navy. I was the Commandant of Naval and Maritime Academy (NMA) and Flag Officer Naval Fleet (FOCNF) based in Trincomalee; both were busy appointments. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a Tamil separatist group, was very active in Eastern area in 2006. They had their Grand Strategy very well laid, with plans to capture Trincomalee harbour and thereby cutting off the lifeline to North, Sea Lines of Communication (SLOC). As no land route to North, (Vanni... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/09/21)
A Tropical Paradise Is Brewing a Storm in a Tea Cup
The Maldives and Sri Lanka, both highly tourism-dependent tropical islands, have seen the pandemic devastate their economies and finances. Government debt this year is expected to linger above 100% of gross domestic product in the two small Indian Ocean nations. Unsurprisingly, both have similar — and similarly poor — credit standings. A default by CCC-rated borrowers is a “real possibility” on Fitch Ratings’ scale. And yet, the Maldives seems to be turning the corner on visitor arrivals, with numbers last month exceeding the figure for August 2019. Sri Lanka, where a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/09/21)
පාරිභෝගික අධිකාරියේ විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂගෙන් ආන්දෝලනාත්මක හෙළිදරව්වක්: ඇමතිලාගේ වැඩත් හෙළි කරයි
https://youtu.be/hjvP523fjAQ පාරිභෝගික සේවා අධිකාරියේ විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ තුෂාන් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා රාජකාරී කටයුතු කිරීමේදී තමන්ට එල්ල වූ තර්ජන සහ විවිධ බලපෑම් මෙන් ම සතොස ආයතනයේ සිදුවන විවිධ අකටයුතුකම් සම්බන්ධයෙන් ආන්දෝලනාත්මක හෙළිදරව්වක් කර තිබේ. ඒ, ජනප්‍රිය යූටියුබ් නාලිකාවක වැඩසටහනකට එක්වෙමිනි. එහිදී ඔහු ප්‍රකාශ කළේ, තමන්ට විෂය භාර අමාත්‍යවරුන් දෙදෙනකුගෙන් බලපෑම් එල්ල වූ බවය. එමෙන් ම, තමන් සෘජු තීරණ ගෙන නිවැරදිව කටයුතු කිරීම හේතුවෙන් මරණීය තර්ජන පවා එල්ල වූ බව හෙතෙම එහිදී අනාවරණය කළේය. තනතුරු ලද පසු ජනාධිපති පළමුවෙන් ම කියූ දේ... ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/09/21)
අනුරාධපුර බන්ධනාගාරයට ගිය විපක්ෂයේ මන්ත්රීවරුන්ට බාධා
රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ලොහාන් රත්වත්තේ මහතා බීමත්ව පැමිණ අනුරාධපුර බන්ධනාගාරයේ සිරකරුවන්ට ගිනි අවියක් පෙන්වා තර්ජනය කළේ යැයි සිරකරුවන් තමන්ට සනාථ කළ බව විපක්ෂයේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරු පවසති. https://youtu.be/x2aZztPq4xM විපක්ෂයේ මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් තිදෙනෙකු අනුරාධපුර බන්ධනාගාරයේ අද (18) සිදුකළ නිරීක්ෂණ චාරිකාවකින් පසු මාධ්‍යවෙත අදහස් දක්වමින් ඔවුන් මේ බව සඳහන් කළෝය. රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ලොහාන් රත්වත්තේ මහතා අනුරාධපුර බන්ධනාගාරයේ එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ සැකකරුවන් රඳවා ඇති වාට්ටුව වෙත ගොස් ඉන් දෙදෙනෙකු දණගස්වා ඔවුන්ගේ හිසට ගිනි අවියක් තබා තර්ජනය කළේ යැයි පැවසෙන ආන්දෝලනාත්මක සිදුවීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් සොයා බැලීමට සමගි ජන බලවේගයේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් තිදෙනෙක් අද එම බන්ධනාගාරය වෙත පැමිණියේය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/09/21)
Presidents instructs to inoculate children above age 15 with Pfizer
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed authorities to inoculate children between age 15 to 19 with Pfizer vaccines, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said. He said that the President has also instructed to vaccinate the children above 12 years with special needs with the Pfizer vaccines. The Commander said around 50,000 children with special needs will be inoculated accordingly at their clinic. General Silva said Sri Lanka will receive Pfizer vaccine in the coming weeks in addition to more Chinese Sinopharm vaccines. During the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/09/21)
50% total population fully vaccinated by yesterday: State Minister
Around 50% of the country's total population were fully vaccinated by yesterday, State Minister of Manufacturing, Supply and Regulations Channa Jayasumana said. He said accordingly, a total number comprising of 10,968,195 people have received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine by yesterday. The Minister said 8,973,670 people were given Sinopharm vaccine, 949,105 people were administered with AstraZeneca vaccine and 758,282 have received the Moderna vaccine. He said the Pfizer vaccine was administered to some 243,685 people by yesterday while Sputnik V was received by 43,453 people.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/09/21)
Priyanka Chopra sharing 'Manike Mage Hithe' was "crazy" - Yohani tells NDTV
https://youtu.be/opjbX6tcyv0 The song 'Manike Mage Hithe' sung by Yohani de Silva has been viewed more than 110 million times on YouTube. With the song becoming a sensational hit in India, the Indian NDTV channel held an interview with her today (18) Yohani, in the interview with NDTV, said that Priyanka Chopra sharing her song was "crazy." Yohani spoke to Arun Singh about making it big. She also said that she wished to collaborate with Indian composers and singers. Yohani Diloka De... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/09/21)
CBSL's new Governor to announce country's economic plan on 1 October
The new Governor of the Central Bank Ajith Nivard Cabraal stated that the country's future economic plan will be announced on October 1. He stated in a Twitter message that the economic plan was targeted for the next six months.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/09/21)
තවත් කොරෝනා මරණ 84ක්
ශ්රී ලංකාවෙන් තවත් කොරෝනා මරණ 84ක් වාර්තාවී තිබෙනවා. කොරෝනා වෛරසය ආසාදිත මරණ සියයට අඩුවෙන් වාර්තා වූයේ දිගු කාලයකට පසුව වීම විශේෂත්වයක්.සෞඛ්‍ය සේවා අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල්වරයා ඊයේ (16) තහවුරු කළ මෙම මරණ 84ත් සමග මෙරට සමස්ත මරණ සංඛ්‍යාව දැක්වෙන්නේ 12,022ක් ලෙසටයි.මෙම මරණ 84 අතර වයස අවුරුදු 30ට අඩු වයස් කාණ්ඩයේ පිරිමි මරණ 2 ක් සහ එක් කාන්තා මරණයක් වාර්තා වනවාඅවුරුදු 30ත් 59ත් අතර වයස් කාණ්ඩයේ මරණ 23ක් තහවුරු වී ඇති අතර පිරිමි 15ක් සහ කාන්තාවන් 08ක් ඊට අයත්.අවුරුදු 60 සහ ඊට වැඩි වයස් කාණ්ඩයේ මරණ 58ක් ඊයේ තහවුරු කළ මරණ 84 අතර වනවා.ඒ කාන්තාවන් 34ක් සහ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/09/21)
අද දිනයේ හමු වූ මුළු ආසාදිතයන් ගණන 1983ක්
අද දිනයේ මේ දක්වා තවත් කොරෝනා ආසාදිතයන් 453 ක් වාර්තාවී තිබෙනවා. ඒ අනුව දැනට ශ්රී ලංකාවෙන් වාර්තාවී ඇති මුලු කොරෝනා ආසාදිතයන් සංඛ්‍යාව 502,755 ක්. අද දිනයේ හමු වූ මුළු ආසාදිතයන් ගණන 1983ක් වනවා.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/09/21)
Youth population highly reluctant to get jabs in Colombo
Colombo, Sept 17 (DailyMirror) – People who haven’t received their vaccines as yet, are not only putting themselves in danger but the others as well. The younger population aged from 20 to 29 years show great reluctance in receiving the COVID jab in the Colombo City, CMC Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Ruwan Wijemuni said. He said that only 20% of the estimated youth population had so far received the vaccine. “There is a 97,000 youth population in the Colombo City limits eligible to be vaccinated. However, only 20%... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/09/21)
World Bank’s “Ease of Doing Business” reports manipulated data
Colombo, September 17 (newsin.asia): The World Bank announced on Thursday that it has “paused” or temporarily discontinued, its “Doing Business Report” (DBR), following publication of internal audits and reviews into the report that revealed serious ethical concerns of data manipulation, shattering trust in the rankings. The DBR had been “paused” after data irregularities were found in the 2018 and 2020 reports. The DBR was used to drive policy and regulatory changes favorable to businesses and corporations. Ranking countries on the “ease of doing business,” orchestrated a race to the bottom pushing governments to dismantle... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/09/21)
Red list booking surge: Holiday sites see increase in demand for trips to Maldives, Mexico and Sri Lanka with government set to halve number of no-go destinations in travel shake-up
Travel experts anticipate 'large increase in bookings this weekend' for foreign trips if changes take placeGovernment is expected to tear up testing rules for the fully vaccinated in time for the half-term holidaysExpedia says Mexico is most popular red list country when comparing this month with September 2020Skyscanner says it has seen a 92% increase in last full week for return searches by travellers from Britain Demand for travel to 'red list' countries such as the Maldives, Mexico and Sri Lanka is surging amid hopes they... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/09/21)
Thailand Covid: Idle taxis used to grow food for out-of-work drivers
In a car park in the Thai capital Bangkok, green shoots sprout from the roofs of colourful taxis. Thailand's tough Covid-19 restrictions have left the city's hectic streets quiet, putting taxi drivers out of work. As fares dried up, many drivers left the city for their home villages, leaving so-called taxi graveyards behind. Now, one company has decided to use the roofs of the idle vehicles as small vegetable plots, which they hope can help to feed out-of-work drivers and other employees. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/09/21)
Anagarika Dharmapala - 157th Birth Anniversary ( Date of Birth - September 17, 1864) The Life and Legacy of Anagarika Dharmapala
In the modern history of Sri Lanka no one stands taller than Anagarika Dharmapala. In a country that had witnessed the overthrow of its last king in 1815, seen successive waves of Portuguese, Dutch and British invasions sweeping away much of the traditional Buddhist culture of the country, the unsolicited entry of missionaries of every conceivable denomination from both Europe and USA descending on local children like a cloud of locusts with unconcealed plans to wean them away from their longstanding religious beliefs, and make them ashamed of everything that they stood for and lived... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/09/21)
ජගත් කුමාර ඉල්ලා අස්වෙයි.. ජනපතිට ලිපිය යවයි.. ගාමිණි ලොකුගේ-සරත් වීරසේකර කුපාඩි වැඩ කරන බව කියයි..
ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී ජගත් කුමාර මහතා පාදුක්ක ප්රාදේශීය සංවර්ධන කමිටුවේ සභාපති ධූරයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්වී තිබේ. ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා වෙත ලිපියක් යවමින් ඔහු සඳහන් කරන්නේ තමන් එම ධුරයට පත් කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ස්තූතිවන්ත වන බවයි. මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් කොළඹ පැවති මාධ්ය හමුවකදී ඔහු කියා සිටියේ ගාමිණී ලොකුගේ සහ සරත් වීරසේකර යන අමාත්‍වරුන් එක්ව සැලසුම් සහගතව තමනට පහර දෙන බවයි. පාදුක්ක පොලිස් ස්ථානාධිපති ධුරයට ඇමති ලොකුගේට හිතවත් අයෙක් පත් කර තමනට කෙණෙහිලිකම් කල බවත් ඔහු චෝදනා කරයි. කුපාඩි වැඩ කරන්න එපා යයි තමන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/09/21)
Revelation of Ven. Gnanasara Thera - Several parties express views (Video)
Several parties expressed their views today (17) regarding the revelation of Ven. Gnanasara Thera and the response of the Archbishop of Colombo. The National Organizer of the 'Sinhale' National Organization Pradeep Sanjeewa presented to the media an audio recording of a conversation that took place between former Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka and Rev. Father Cyril Gamini https://youtu.be/PpA0KOK3mlg https://youtu.be/yqP6lZZp33Q... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/09/21)
NEWS‘Ratwatte’s boorish actions unbecoming of a Minister’
DEW alleges cover-up, warns of dire consequences One-time Prisons Minister Dew Gunasekera yesterday (16) called for an immediate police investigation into SLPP lawmaker Lohan Ratwatte’s recent wild behaviour inside the Anuradhapura prison, where he issued death threats to two LTTEers incarcerated there. Gunasekera pointed out that the minister had forcibly entered the Anuradhapura prison on 12 Sept. around 5.30 pm in the wake of the government turning a blind eye to his earlier drunken raid on Welikada prison on 06 Sept. Gunasekera served as the Prisons Minister after... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/09/21)
Cabraal on relaxing Sri Lanka’s import restrictions
Sri Lanka’s central bank chief says that the government does not want to keep the import restrictions which are currently in place for too long and that he would like to see them being eased out after a certain period as the restrictions do have an impact on investor confidence. During a live interview with "Bloomberg Markets: Asia," the newly re-appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Mr. Ajith Nivard Cabraal was asked about the capital controls, import restrictions and much longer he believes they need to be in place. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/09/21)
UK removes Sri Lanka from travel ‘red list’
Sri Lanka has been removed from the United Kingdom’s “Red List” – which requires hotel quarantine for all arrivals - effective from next Wednesday, according to the Sri Lankan High Commission in London. Sri Lanka has been removed from the UK’s Red List which will take effect from 4.00 a.m. of 22 September 2021, the High Commission said in a tweet. This has also been confirmed in the UK government’s website for foreign travel advice, which says: “Sri Lanka is on the red list for entering England. From 4am on Wednesday 22... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/09/21)
Sri Lanka reports another 121 coronavirus deaths
The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another 121 coronavirus related deaths for September 16, increasing the country’s death toll due to the virus to 11,938. According to the figures released by the Govt. Information Department, the victims reported today includes 62 males and 59 females. One of the deceased is below the age of 30 while twenty-eight are aged between 30-59 years. Ninety-two victims are aged 60 years and above. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/09/21)
Sri Lanka exceeds 500,000 total COVID-19 cases with 2,078 new coronavirus cases on Friday
Sri Lanka has registered 2,078 new coronavirus cases on Friday, taking the total above 500,000 cases since the start of the pandemic. According to the Govt. Information Department, another 800 persons have tested positive for the virus, increasing the daily total to 2,078. This includes 792 new cases associated with the ‘New Year Covid cluster’ and 08 returnees from abroad. The country’s tally of confirmed cases of Covid-19 has climbed to 500,772 with this. Total recoveries have risen to 429,776 with over 59,000 infected patients currently under medical... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/09/21)
IGP instructed to investigate complaint against Lohan Ratwatte
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has received a complaint against State Minister Lohan Ratwatte in connection with the incidents at the Welikada and Anuradhapura prisons. https://youtu.be/icSm6mbilxU Minister of Public Security Sarath Weerasekara has instructed IGP Chandana Wickramaratne immediately launch an investigation into that complaint. The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) yesterday said that such acts should be investigated fully and impartially and if proved be visited with penal consequences. “It is imperative that independent and impartial investigations into these alleged criminal acts are conducted expeditiously,”... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/09/21)
Quarantine curfew extended until Oct. 01
The quarantine curfew currently in effect across the island has been extended until 4.00 a.m. on October 01 (Friday), the President’s Spokesman said. https://youtu.be/kdITTi6AFtU In a twitter message, he said that the decision was taken during the meeting of the Special Committee on COVID-19 Control chaired by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa this morning (17). This was also confirmed by Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, who tweeted that ‘conditional lockdown’ will continue until October 01. However, government essential services impacting the economy will be allowed to function, the minister... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/09/21)
No need to panic over ‘fake email’ received by airport authorities – Defence Secretary
Sri Lanka’s Secretary of Defence says there is NO need for the public to panic over the ‘fake email’ received by country’s airport authorities regarding a security threat. “Defence Secretary Gen. (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne Referring to the standard security measures adopted at the Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport, affirmed that there is no requirement for general public to panic due to the information disseminating over a fake email of hostile nature received by the airport authorities.” “Country’s defence and law enforcing agencies are continuing their duties in the same vein without letting anyone... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/09/21)
‘HATRED CEASES NOT BY HATRED BUT BY LOVE,’-STORY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA GENERAL HOSPITAL
Incidentally, our memory flows exactly Seventy [70] years back to the ' San Francisco Peace Treaty Conference ' in September 1951. D.S. Senanayake, the first Prime Minister of Ceylon (as Sri Lanka was then known) selected his young and able Finance Minister J. R. Jayewardene to lead the delegation from Ceylon to the conference. The latter made his historical speech on 6th September 1951, 11 days before his 45th birthday (he was born on 17th September 1906 and his 115th birth anniversary falls this month). This great... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/09/21)
Sumanthiran and his Surrogate Mother at the UNHRC
16 September 2021 OPEN LETTER to M.A. Sumanthiran MPParliament of Sri Lanka(Sumanthiran_m
Parliament .lk) Dear Mr. Sumanthiran: This is my third OPEN letter to you. I wanted to know more about you other than just a Tamil MP who has adopted a surrogate Mother in Madam Michelle Bachelet , the UN Human Rights Commissioner, to whom he goes running saying..".Mommy..Mommy... Sri Lanka is not being nice to me..She is discriminating and persecuting me and my Tamil people, especially in the North and East of Sri Lanka." And what I gathered was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/09/21)
70th Anniversary San Francisco Peace Conference (1951 - 2021)
If Japan did not enter the second world war in 1941 the whole of Asia would have have come under Western colonial domination. There was not an iota of thought in any western country in 1939 to give freedom to people in European colonies. The possibility of what happened to the native Americans, Australian Aboriginies, people of Hawaii, Maoris of New Zealand, Kandyan Sinhalese peasantry of Sri Lanka whose lands were grabbed under enclosure policies and converted into coffee and tea plantations by British settlers killing over 10, 000 wild elephants in the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/21)
Your Excellency President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, please let this be a turning point!
When I pen these words, average Sri Lankans are still sleeping. I am ahead of them and awake. That is because of the time zone difference between where I live and Sri Lanka, my country of birth. As usual, as the first thing I do in the morning, particularly these days, I glanced at the headlines in The Island epaper, and was depressed to read the banner headline “Ratwatte remains a state minister despite resignation over running amok in prisons”, with the following underneath it: “State Minister of Prison Reform and Rehabilitation... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/21)
Anagarika Dharmapala: Admirer of ‘Queen Mab’
It may look unfashionable or even indecent to write about Anagarika Dharmapala (1864-1933) in these days of ‘reconciliation’ politics. But that is due to the deliberate distortion of facts by vested interests. So I beg my readers’ indulgence. The Anagarika has been consistently misrepresented by antinationalists as a Sinhala supremacist, a Buddhist fanatic, and a propagator of violent nationalism. But the truth was otherwise; he was none of these. As anthropologist Gananath Obesekera, professor emeritus, Princeton University, mentions in his ‘The Doomed King’ (2017), “Dharmapala was the most passionate defender of Sri Vikrama in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/21)
ගුරුවරු සහා ගුරු හොරු
ගුරුවරුන් වශයෙන් අපි හඳුන්වනු ලබන්නේ දෙමවුපියන්ගෙන් පසු ළමයින්ට හා විශේෂයෙන් ළමා මනසට වැටහෙන පරිදි අවවාද අනුශාසනා දෙමින් තමා ලද අධ්‍යාපන සුදුසු කම් අනුව දැනුම,බුද්ධිය වර්ධනය කර දරුවන්ට නිසි මගට යොමුකොට සමාජයේ ගරුබුහුමන් ලබන පිරිසකි. දුසිරිත් වලින් තොර සහජ හැකියාවක් ඇති මානවයා සැකසීම කරන්නන්ද ගුරුවරුන් ලෙස හැඳින්වියහැක. පෙර රජදරුවන් කාලයේ පවා රජ දරුවන්ටද, ඔවුන්ගේ දරුවනටද රාජ්ජ්‍ය තන්ත්‍රය ගැන හා නොයෙකුත් ශිල්ප ශ්‍රාස්ත්‍ර ගුරුවරුන් විසින් උගන්වා ඇති බව පෙනී යයි. ඒ සඳහා වෙනම වෙනම තක්ශිලාවක් නොහොත් පාසැල්ද පවත්වා ඇත. අතීතයේදී අප දේශයේ මුල්ම යුගයේ පිරිවෙන් අධ්‍යාපනයද ළමුන්ට ලබා දී ඇති බව පෙනේ . ඒ ඒ යුගවල තොරතුරු පරිශීලනය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/21)
මහජන සෞඛ්‍ය පරීක්ෂකට පහරදුන් බව කියන පල්ලබැද්දේ නන්දරතන හිමි අග්රාමාත්ය උපදේශක තනතුරක් නොදරයි
කැකිරාව සෞඛ්‍ය වෛද්‍ය නිලධාරී කාර්යාලයේ පරිපාලන මහජන සෞඛ්‍ය පරීක්ෂකවරයාට පහරදෙමින් කලහකාරී ලෙස හැසිරුණු බව කියන පල්ලබැද්දේ නන්දරතන හිමි අග්රාමාත්ය උපදේශක තනතුරක් දරණ බවට පළවන මාධ්ය වාර්තා සත්‍යයෙන් තොර වේ. උන්වහන්සේ වර්තමානයේ අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ උපදේශක හෝ වෙනත් කිසිදු තනතුරක් දරන්නේ නැත. කැකිරාව පොලිසිය අදාළ සිදුවීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් මේ වනවිට පරීක්ෂණ පවත්වයි.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/21)
“දැයක් නගන - සියක් නගර” ව්‍යාපෘතිය
“දැයක් නගන - සියක් නගර” ව්‍යාපෘතිය යටතේ තිරප්පනය අනුරාධපුර තිරප්පනය නගරයේ යෝජිත භූදර්ශන හා රථවාහන නැවතුම හා තිරප්පනය “තුරු සෙවන” විවේක සහ විනෝද කටයුතු උද්‍යානය ඉදි කිරීම් කටයුතු රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් සමාරම්භ කෙරිණි. රට නගන සෞභාග්‍යයේ දැක්ම වත්මන් රජයේ ප්‍රථිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශනය අනුව නගර සීයක් සංවර්ධනය කිරීමේ “දැයක් නගන - සියක් නගර” ව්‍යාපෘතිය යටතේ අනුරාධපුර තිරප්පනය නගරයේ යෝජිත භූදර්ශන හා රථවාහන නැවතුම වෙනුවෙන් රුපියල් මිලියන 16.8 ක් හා තිරප්පනය “තුරු සෙවන” විවේක සහ විනෝද කටයුතු උද්‍යානය සඳහා රුපියල් මිලියන 33 ක මුදලක් නාගරික සංවර්ධන, අපද්‍රව්‍ය බැහැරලීම හා ජල පවිත්‍රතා කටයුතු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/21)
අභ්‍යාසලාභීන්/ සංවර්ධන නිලධාරීන් ගුරු සේවයේ පුරප්පාඩු සඳහා බඳවා ගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් සාකච්ඡාවක් ලබා ගැනීම.
ගරු අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍ය, දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මැතිතුමා, අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යාංශය, ඉසුරුපාය, බත්තරමුල්ල. ගරු අමාත්‍යතුමනි, අභ්‍යාසලාභීන්/ සංවර්ධන නිලධාරීන් ගුරු සේවයේ පුරප්පාඩු සඳහා බඳවා ගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් සාකච්ඡාවක් ලබා ගැනීම. ජාතික පාසල්, පළාත් පාසල්, අධ්‍යාපන ආයතන ඇතුළු ආයතනයන් වෙත අනුයුක්ත කර ඇති අභ්‍යාසලාභී උපාධිධාරීන්, සංවර්ධන නිලධාරීන් ගුරු සේවයේ පවතින පුරප්පාඩු සඳහා අන්තර්ග්‍රහණය කරගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් අප සංගමය පසුගිය මාර්තු 02 වන දින අමාත්‍යාංශ ලේකම්තුමා ඇතුළු නිලධාරීන් සමඟ සාකච්ඡා කරන ලදි. එම සාකච්ඡාවේ දී ඉහත කරුණු පිළිබඳව යම් තීරණ ප්‍රමාණයකට එළඹි අතර නව අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යවරයා වශයෙන් වගකීම් භාරගත් ඔබතුමාට අධ්‍යාපන විෂයට අයත් කාර්යයන් සාර්ථක කරගැනීම වෙනුවෙන් සුභපතන අතර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/21)
NMRA දත්ත මැකූ යහපාලන ප‍්‍රබලයා හෙලිවෙමින්.. ආණ්ඩුවට පිම්මකටත් සැරසී ඉදලා..
වසංගත තත්වය හමුවේ ඖෂධ වලට හිමිවන්නේ සුවිශේෂී ස්ථානයකි. මෙරටට ගෙන්වන ඖෂධ සම්බන්ධයෙන් වගකීමෙන් කටයුතු කරන ඖෂධ නියාමන අධිකාරිය ගැන මෑතකාලයේදී දැඩි කතාබහක් ඇතිවුණේ එහි දත්ත මැකීයාම සම්බන්ධ පුවතත් සමගිනි. අති සංවේදී තොරතුරු සමගින් ගනුදෙනු කරන මෙම අධිකාරියේ දත්ත මකා දැමීම පිටුපස සිටින මහමොළකරු දේශපාලනයට සම්බන්ධ බවත් ඔහු විපක්ෂයේ අයෙකු බවත් අනාවරණය වෙමින් පවතියි. මේ බව තවදුරටත් සනාථ වන්නේ පසුගිය යහපාලන ආණ්ඩු සමයේ ගත් තීරණයකට අනුව ජාතික ඖෂධ නියාමන අධිකාරිය 2017 වසරේ දී තොරතුරු ඩිජිටල්කරණයට පියවර ගැනීමේ දී දත්තවල ආරක්ෂාව ගැන ප්‍රමාණවත් සැලකිල්ලක් දක්වා නැති බව මෙන්ම අතිරේක තොරතුරු ගොනුවක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/21)
The magic of ‘Manike Mage Hithe’
A Sri Lankan song that is viral on Instagram has spawned covers in several regional languages in India. A look at what has made the Sinhala song so popular Since its release, this version of ‘Manike Mage Hithe’ has not only become one of the most popular tunes for Instagram Reels in India but has also become a hit on streaming platforms such as Apple Music, Amazon Music and Spotify. From Amitabh Bachchan and Madhuri Dixit and social media influencers to usual Instagrammers, all have hopped on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/21)
New CB Governor assures clear and firm guidance to all economic stakeholders
The Central Bank will soon announce a policy package in the form of a short-term Roadmap to provide clarity with regard to the movement of Sri Lanka’s macro-economic fundamentals, Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said after taking office yesterday. “The Central Bank’s first and urgent priority under my watch, will be to provide clarity with regard to the movement of Sri Lanka’s macro-economic fundamentals in the desired path and thereby ensure stability in the financial sector. Towards that goal, the Central Bank will need to take the required steps that will reflect... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/21)
Colombo light rail MoU signed in South Korea
KCI Metro Link Korea Co and the GBK Consortium of more than 15 South Korean companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to undertake a feasibility study for a light rail line running north from Colombo to Bandaranaike International Airport and Negombo, along with an associated mixed use development. The project is being backed by a US$500m loan from Export-Import Bank of Korea to Sri Lanka, with more than US$1bn of further funding expected to be raised from international investors, the Railway Gazette reported. Speaking at the signing ceremony in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/21)
Sri Lankans returning from abroad to be sent home with expedited PCR tests
Sri Lankans returning to the country from abroad will be sent home without delay following expedited PCR tests, the government has decided. The decision has been taken at a meeting held at the Ministry of Health today (September 16). With the new laboratory facilities at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), it is possible to release PCR test results within just hours. Accordingly, it is expected to send arriving Sri Lankans to their homes without a hotel quarantine period, if their test results come out negative.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/21)
Sri Lanka records 118 new COVID-related deaths
The total number of people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka moved up as 118 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Wednesday (Sep. 15). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 11,817. According to the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims include 61 males and 57 females. As many as 95 deaths were reported among elderly people aged above 60 years. In addition, 23 individuals... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/21)
Daily COVID cases count climbs to 2,271
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 889 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,271. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 498,694. As many as 428,590 recoveries and 11,817 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 58,287 active cases are currently under medical care.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/21)
Importation of organic fertilizer for tea, coconut, rubber permitted
Approval has been granted to two state-owned companies to import organic fertilizer for crops including tea, coconut, and rubber, Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage said. Previously, fertilizer was allowed to be imported only for paddy cultivation. The two state-owned companies will be permitted to import organic fertilizer for other crops as well. Meanwhile, steps have been taken to allow the private sector to import fertilizer so that all crops can obtain fertilizer from the market without any shortage by October. For the first time in Sri Lanka, organic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/09/21)
Covid: People are vaccinated - so why are there so many cases?
More than four out of five UK adults have now had two jabs, but reported daily Covid cases remain high. Meanwhile, it's been confirmed that millions of people will get booster vaccines - while children aged 12-15 will be offered single doses.
The vaccines are designed to protect people against becoming seriously ill or dying from Covid-19. They're less effective at stopping people becoming infected by the virus, developing mild symptoms or... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 19C
REVISED 18.9.21 The Tamil Separatist Movement was not crushed by the Eelam defeat. They knew it was going to happen and were ready for it. The Movement created two new organizations after the war ended, ‘Transitional government of Tamil Eelam’(TGTE) and the ‘Global TamilForum’ (GTF). TNA is the local representative in these two groups. Transitional government of Tamil Eelam A Transitional government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) was set up May 2010 in the US. It is a government in exile set up by the Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/21)
Regression & Reincarnation
Reincarnation means a 'soul' moving from one and taking birth in another human body after death. Hypnosis uses to identify memories of past life. Buddhists and Hindus have a shared belief over incarnations. In Western countries 'past-life practitioners' use hypnosis, which has become more or less a business. A session with a hypnotist can last up to forty minutes and it is expensive. Clinical psychiatrists and psychologists widely reject Regression. A 2006 survey found that most of the samples studied by mental health professionals rated ‘Past Lives therapy’... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/21)
Are the Americans and their Acolytes Attempting to Frogmarch Mahinda to Walk the Plank?
23Mar 21 is a red-letter day for Sri Lanka. On this day, the little island nation once again bloodied the nose of America when she defeated its plan to drive home a deep nail of American colonialism into her. America, unleashed its running-dogs at the UNHRC, hoping to establish a second Attorney General’s department in Sri Lanka under the direct control of the UNHRC, thereby setting the stage to fry our heroic soldiers in the American Electric chairs. America was hoping to establish this mechanism by illegally vesting... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/21)
New Study proves UK Channel 4 TV’s ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ documentary is full of lies; UNHRC Commissioner Geneva and 47 Member States must take note
Through its 2011 documentary (film/video) titled ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’, UK’s Channel 4 TV misled the UK people and the World asserting that Sri Lanka’s military during the last stages of the war against the LTTE committed gruesome war crimes and crimes against humanity. The writer can state with absolute certainty and responsibility that the Channel 4 film is full of lies. This is his Study. The deceptions are so clever even some Sinhalese who are knowledgeable of the war have murmured to the other “did our Army really commit such... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/21)
ළමා සංවර්ධන මධ්‍යස්ථානවල නේවාසික දරුවන්ට රුපියල් මිලියන 21ක් වටිනා පරිගණක 700ක් සහ අන්තර්ජාල සබඳතා ලබාදෙයි.
ළමා සංවර්ධන මධ්‍යස්ථානවල නේවාසික දරුවන්ට රුපියල් මිලියන 21ක් වටිනා පරිගණක 700ක් සහ අන්තර්ජාල සබඳතා ලබාදෙයි. රාජ්‍ය හා පෞද්ගලික දෙඅංශය ම එක්ව දරුවන්ගේ අනාගතය පිළිබදව විශ්වාසයක් ගොඩනැගීමට අවශ්‍ය පරිසරය නිර්මාණය කළ යුතුයි. - තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා, සංවර්ධන සම්බන්ධීකරණ හා අධීක්ෂණ අමාත්‍ය සහ ඩිජිටල් තාක්ෂණ හා ව්‍යවසාය සංවර්ධන රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා - ළමා සංවර්ධන මධ්‍යස්ථානවල නේවාසික දරුවන්ට පරිගණක හා අන්තර්ජාල පහසුකම් ලබාදීමේ සංකේතාත්මක අවස්ථාවට එක්වෙමින් අද (15) දින අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යාංශයේ දී අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/21)
බදුල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික් කොවිඩ් මර්ධන කමිටු රැස්වීම
බදුල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ ජනතාව කොවිඩ් - 19 වෛරසයෙන් ආරක්ෂා කර ගැනීම හා ව්‍යාප්තිය පාලනය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අවශ්‍ය ක්‍රියාමාර්ග ගැනීම සඳහා දිස්ත්‍රික් කොවිඩ් මර්ධන කමිටු රැස්වීම ඌව පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවර ඒ.ජේ.එම්. මුසම්මිල් මැතිතුමාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් දිස්ත්‍රික් ලේකම් කාර්යාලයීය ශ්‍රවණාගාරයේදී පවත්වන ලදී. මෙහිදී දැනට ක්‍රියාත්මක නිරෝධායන ඇඳිරි නීතිය ඉවත් කිරීමෙන් පසු කොවිඩ් වෛරසයෙන් ජනතාව ආරක්ෂා කිරීම පිණිස තීරණ රැසක් ගනු ලැබීය. * දිස්ත්රික්කය තුළ සේවය කරන සියළුම රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරීන්ට කොවිඩ් මර්ධන එන්නතේ මාත්‍රා දෙකම ලබාදීමට මේ වන විට කටයුතු කර ඇති බැවින් ඉදිරියේදී කාර්යාල වෙත සේවයට පැමිණෙන නිලධාරීන් එම එන්නත් ලබාගත් බව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/21)
ඉතාලියේ ශ්රී ලාංකිකයෝ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා හමුවෙති
ඉතාලියේ වෙසෙන ශ්රී ලාංකික ජනතාව සහ ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අතර සුහඳ හමුවක් අද (14) දින බොලොඤ්ඤා හි දී පැවැත්විණි. ඉතාලියේ විවිධ නගර නියෝජනය කරමින් පැමිණි ශ්රී ලාංකික නියෝජිතයන් පිරිසක් මෙලෙස අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා නවාතැන්ගෙන සිටින බොලොඤ්ඤා හෝටලයේ දී සුහඳ කතාබහකට එක් වූහ. කොවිඩ්-19 වසංගතය තත්ත්වය හමුවේ වුවද ඉතාලියේ සංචාරය කරමින් එරට වෙසෙන ශ්රී ලාංකිකයන් පිරිසකට මෙවැනි හමුවක් සඳහා ඉඩ ලබාදීම ගැන ශ්රී ලාංකික නියෝජිත පිරිස පළමුව අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාට සිය ස්තුතිය පුද කළහ. අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා ජනාධිපතිවරයා වශයෙන් සිටි කාලය තුළ ඉතාලිය සහ ශ්රී ලංකාව අතර ඇතිකරගත් ද්වි පාර්ශවීය මිතුදම් හේතුවෙන් මේ දක්වා එරට සිටින... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/21)
Bohra Community continues its ‘Project Rise’ to distribute food in Sri Lanka
Colombo, Sept 15 (DailyMirror) – Members of the Dawoodi Bohra Community in Sri Lanka distributed cooked food to health workers and army personnel who were involved in the vaccination drive in the Western Province today. The initiative is part of a worldwide project launched by the International Dawoodi Bohra Spiritual Leader, His Holiness Dr. Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin under the ‘Project Rise’ program to ensure citizens receive their meals during the pandemic. The program has been ongoing in Sri Lanka for over 10 days where daily hundreds of families are given food in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/21)
Sri Lankan expats in Italy meet with PM Rajapaksa
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday (Sep. 14) engaged in a cordial discussion with Sri Lankan expatriates from various parts of Italy. The audience has recalled the triumphs gained through the diplomatic relations established during the PM Rajapaksa’s tenure as the President, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a media release. The foresighted decision taken to establish a Sri Lankan Consulate General in Milan has drastically increased efficiency in providing consular services, the expatriates have pointed out. After taking into account a request made by the expatriates, the Prime Minister has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/21)
Cabraal assumes duties as Governor of Central Bank
Ajith Nivard Cabraal has officially assumed duties as the 16th Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, a short while ago. “I am extremely privileged to lead the Central Bank once again and deeply humbled by the trust and confidence reposed in me by the President, Prime Minister and Finance Minister to take up this responsibility.” “I will assure all of them that they will not be let down, and the economy will be steered towards continued stability,” he said, in an initial statement upon taking office. Cabraal had... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/21)
Sri Lanka confirms another 132 coronavirus deaths
The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another 132 Covid-19 related deaths for September 14, increasing the death toll in the country due to the virus to 11,699. According to the figures released by the Govt. Information Department, the deaths reported today includes 66 males and 66 females. Three of the victims including two females are below the age of 30 years while twenty-eight are aged between 30 - 59. A hundred and one of the deaths reported are persons aged 60 and above. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/21)
Daily COVID-19 cases tally climbs to 2,314
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reported that 572 more people were tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka today (Sep. 15), moving the daily total of new cases to 2,314. According to the Government Information Department, the new cases were associated with the New Year Cluster. This brings the tally of coronavirus infections confirmed in the country to 496,423. Official data showed that more than 57,400 active cases are currently under medical care at hospitals, treatment centres and homes. Total recoveries from the virus infection reached... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/21)
China opposes external interference in Sri Lanka’s internal affairs
China told the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday (Sep. 14) that it opposes the interference of powerful nations in the internal affairs of Sri Lanka. https://youtu.be/ArAa_XE2ogc Delivering a statement at the 3rd meeting of the UNHRC General Debate of the 48th regular session, the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Ambassador Chen Xu also voiced deep concerns about the human rights issues in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. “These states interfere with the internal affairs of other... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/21)
State Minister Lohan Ratwatte resigns
State Minister of Prison Management & Prisoners’ Rehabilitation Lohan Ratwatte has resigned from his position over the incidents at the Anuradhapura and Welikada prisons. A statement issued by the President’s Media Division said that the parliamentarian has accepted responsibility for the incidents involving him at the Welikada and Anuradhapura prisons premises and decided to resign from his post as State Minister of Prison Management & Prisoners’ Rehabilitation. He has informed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of this decision and the President has accepted his resignation, the PMD said. Ratwatte’s resignation comes in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/21)
Wither the Sri Lankan Economy
Our Central Bank Governor Professor Luckshman is due to leave on 14 th September. Is important to note that when he assumed duties at the end of 2019 he vowed “to follow neoliberal policies, negotiate with the IMF and aim at a stable and sustainable economy"(28/12/2019). He failed and in January 2021 decided that he will “move away from an import oriented market economy towards a production oriented strategy"(FT 5/1/2021). The economy of Sri Lanka went into a tail spin due to the fact that Sri Lanka was in debt to the tune... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/09/21)
The Oath of Kannangara
As Sri Lankans, most of us are blessed with the free education of this country. If you compare this blessing word of “free education” with the globe you would understand more value of this. And we have seen people just consider free education is all about “education for free” and think it is merely like a product or service given free of charge. In this context, Jayawardena (2013) defined free education as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/09/21)
කොවිඩ්-19 වසංගතය මිහිතලයෙන් දුරුවේවා! ප්‍රාර්ථනයෙන් මිරිසවැටියේ පැවති විශේෂ සති පිරිත් දේශනාව
කොවිඩ්-19 වසංගතය මිහිතලයෙන් දුරුවේවා ! ප්‍රාර්ථනයෙන් ලෝකවාසී සියලු ජනතාවටත් ජනපති, අගමැති ඇතුළු රජයටත් සෙත් පතා අනුරාධපුර ඓතිහාසික මිරිසවැටිය චෛත්‍යරාජයාණන් අභියස පැවැති විශේෂ සති පිරිත් දේශනාව ඊයේ (13) නිමාවට පත්විය. අටමස්ථානාධිපති උතුරු මධ්‍යම දිසාවේ ප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක අති පූජ්‍ය ආචාර්ය පල්ලේගම සිරිනිවාස නාහිමි සහ රුවන්වැලි චෛත්‍යාරාමාධිකාරී නුවර කලාවියේ ප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක පල්ලේගම හේමරතන නාහිමියන්ගේ අනුශාසනා පරිදි මිරිසවැටිය රාජමහා විහාරාධිපති හා ශ්රී ලංකා රජරට විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ කුලපති ආචාර්ය ඊතල්වැටුණුවැවේ ඤාණතිලක නාහිමියෝ මෙම සති පිරිත් පිංකම සංවිධානය කර තිබිණි. පසුගිය සැප්තැම්බර් 07 වැනිදා ආරම්භ වූ මෙම සති පිරිත් පිංකම සඳහා තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/09/21)
EASTER BOMBING AND FAKE NEWS
Defence Secretary Gen (retd) Kamal Gunaratne recently made a very sensible statement urging the public not to be misled by false claims made on Easter carnage. Many fake information concerning the state of the investigations are published in some of the main media as well as the social media which are apparently attempting to fish in troubled waters. The social media especially is fuelled by the anti -government motives for a long time beginning with series of fake stories on the destruction of the environment to the cargo ship Xpress Pearl which caught fire, with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/09/21)
‘Self-reform and financial transparency in media’s need of the hour’
Guwahati: Can the proprietors of mainstream newspapers and satellite news channels be compelled to make their annual balance sheets public in India? Or will it be possible to ask the professional journalists to go for self-declarations about their assets so that they can question the financial integrity of individuals in other professions including in politics! As the Union information & broadcasting ministry in New Delhi has taken initiatives to review the guidelines for working journalist’s welfare schemes, a northeast India-based scribes’ body urged the mainstream media houses and seasoned... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/09/21)
Sri Lankan song 'Manake Mage Hithe' goes viral in India; Tiger Shroff, Madhuri Dixit-Nene groove to hit track
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan joined in the fun, sharing a hilarious video that superimposes the Singhala track over a dance scene from the movie KaaliaFP TrendingSeptember 14, 2021 16:42:58 IST Screengrab from Instagram Music has always cut across geographical boundaries, with the latest example being the Sri Lankan hit song Manike Mage Hithe, which has gone viral in India. The song has won hearts of a host of Bollywood celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit-Nene, and Tiger Shroff. The Singhala song has become popular on Instagram Reels,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/09/21)
Sri Lanka rejects proposal for any external initiatives, Foreign Minister tells UNHRC
Sri Lanka rejects the proposal for any external initiatives purportedly established by Resolution 46/1, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. G.L. Peiris told the 48th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) today. https://youtu.be/pTRHLUFtje4 In response to the oral update on Sri Lanka by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, the minister stressed that domestic processes are vigorously addressing the relevant matters. “This will polarize our society, as we experienced with Resolution 30/1. The Council must adhere to its founding principles.” External initiatives embarked... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/09/21)
New Zealand grants refugee status to Sri Lankan allegedly linked to Easter attacks
New Zealand has granted refugee status to a Sri Lankan who may have unknowingly helped funnel money to terrorists behind the Easter bombings, Radio New Zealand reported. The Immigration and Protection Tribunal in New Zealand found the man was not involved in supporting terrorist goals and did not know who the money went to or came from. https://youtu.be/vyMscL1kLn0 It heard he carried out several transactions a month in a money transfer scheme involving his mother-in-law overseas and a foreign broker. His Tamil wife was arrested and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/09/21)
Sri Lanka confirms another 136 coronavirus deaths
The total number of people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka soared yet again as 136 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Monday (September 13). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 11,567. According to the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims include 76 males and 60 females. As many as 106 deaths were reported among elderly people who are aged above 60 years. In... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/09/21)
Coronavirus: 2,475 positive cases recorded within the day
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reported that 847 more people were tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka today (Sep. 14), moving the daily total of new cases to 2,475. According to the Government Information Department, 2,473 of them have been associated with the New Year Cluster and the remaining two were identified as returnees from overseas. This brings the tally of coronavirus infections confirmed in the country to 490,957. Official data showed that more than 63,700 active cases are currently under medical care at hospitals, treatment centres... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/09/21)
නිරෝධායන මගඩියේ අලුත් කතාවක් - සෞඛ්‍ය ඇමැතිත් නොමඟ යවලා
https://youtu.be/E48zKwa-TL8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/09/21)
Hotel quarantine racket brought to the attention of the President (Video)
Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella stated that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has also paid attention to the news report regarding the exorbitant room rates and other charges levied from migrant workers by the hotels that provide quarantine facilities, The minister was commenting on the revelation made by the Hiru News team regarding exorbitant rates charged for overnight stay amounting to nearly 50,000 per night for a single person in some hotels. Hiru CIA invites anyone subjected to such incidents to provide information on 0770 322 821 https://youtu.be/jUtjBvqehVQ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/09/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 19 B1
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) was formed in October 2001. TNA consists of four parties: Illankai Thamil Arasu Kadchi, (ITAK), Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation (TELO), Peoples Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), and Eelam Peoples’ Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF). These are separatist parties and the last three TELO, PLOTE and EPRLF were active terrorist groups. The leaders of the TNA are R. Sampanthan and M. Sumanthiran, one Hindu, other Christian and both graduates of the Ceylon Law College. The TNA won 22 seats in Parliament, in 2004, with the help of the LTTE.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/09/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 19 B2
Revised 18.9.21 TNA became the dominant Tamil separatist party once the LTTE was eliminated at end of Eelam war IV. It is remarkable how quickly the Tamil National Alliance moved into this new phase, said Chandraprema. The war ended in May 2009 and by the end of that year, the TNA had taken the lead. TNA then embarked on an aggressive new strategy in collaboration with Tamil parties abroad. TNA linked with Global Tamil Forum, which had its headquarters in London. Canadian Tamil Congress said it had worked closely with TNA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/09/21)
බෞද්ධ ජනරජ ප්‍රවාදය - 35 වැනි කොටස - චතුර්විධ ප්‍රතිපදා
සසර සරණ සත්ත්වයා පෙළෙන්නා වූ භවදුකින් මිදීමේ ක්‍රමය බුදුදහම තුළ විග්‍රහ කෙරී ඇත්තේ චතුර්විධ ආකෘතියක් තුළ ය. දුක, දුකට හේතුව, දුක නැතිකිරීම සහ දුක නැතිකිරීමේ මාර්ගය ලෙසින් චතුරාර්ය සත්‍යය දේශනාව තුළ මෙය ඉදිරිපත් කෙරෙයි. ලෝකෝත්තර අරමුණු වෙනුවෙන් දේශිත මෙම ආකෘතිය බෞද්ධ ජනරජයේ සමාජ - ආර්ථික ගැටලු විසඳීම සඳහා ද යොදාගත හැකි ය. මෙය කළ හැකිවනුයේ ගැටලුව, ගැටලුවට හේතුව, විසඳුම, එම විසඳුම කරා යන මාර්ගය යන ලෙසින් මෙම ආකෘතිය භාවිතයට එක්කිරීමෙනි. මෙය ඕනෑම ආකාරයේ සමාජ - ආර්ථික ගැටලුවක් විසඳීම සඳහා යොදාගත හැකි ක්‍රමවේදයකි. ඒ ඒ ගැටලුවට අදාළ වන ලෙසින් පියවරින් පියවර මෙම ක්‍රමය භාවිතය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/09/21)
ඉතාලියේ දී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාට ජනතා හරසර
ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා බොලොඤ්ඤා හි නවාතැන්ගත් හෝටලය අසල දී ඉතාලියේ වෙසෙන ශ්රී ලාංකික හා ඉතාලි ජනතාවගේ මහත් හරසරට ලක් වූහ. ජී 20 අන්තර් ආගමික සංසදය (G20 Interfaith Forum) ට එක්වීම සඳහා අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා නවාතැන්ගත් හෝටලයෙන් ඊයේ (12) පස්වරුවේ පිටතට යන අවස්ථාව දැක බලා ගැනීමට මෙසේ විශාල පිරිසක් හෝටල් පරිශ්‍රය අසල රැස්ව සිටියහ. අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාට සහ ආර්යාවට සුබ පැතුම් එක්කරමින් ඔවුන් තම ජංගම දුරකථන ඔස්සේ ඡායාරූප ලබා ගැනීමටත් සුබ පැතුම් එක්කිරීමටත් උත්සුකවන අයුරු දක්නට ලැබිණි. ජී 20 අන්තර් ආගමික සංසදය ඇමතීමට යන තමන්ට සුබ පැතුම් එක්කළ ජනතාවට අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා ද සිය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/09/21)
Obituary - Syed Taalay Ahmed
Ahmadiyya Khalifa His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad in his Friday Sermon delivered on 3rd September said that recently, a very dear life-devotee, Syed Taalay Ahmed (31) was martyred in Ghana, Africa. Ahmadiyya Head expressed his own love and admiration for Syed Taalay Ahmad too in the sermon. He said: “He was a gem that left us. May Allah the Exalted continue to grant the Jama’at such loyal people who have a relationship with Khilafat (system of Caliph) that is based on obedience and sincerity and who give precedence to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/09/21)
කාබනික පොහොර භාවිතය විමසා බැලීම සඳහා දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතා අනුරාධපුර තිරප්පනය ප්‍රදේශයේ
රසායනික පොහොර භාවිතය වෙනුවට කාබනික පොහොර භාවිතය ප්‍රචලිත කිරීමට වත්මන් රජය ගත් තීරණය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ගොවීන්ගේ පවතින මතය සම්බන්ධයෙන් විමසා බැලීම සඳහා සූර්ය බල, සුළං හා ජල විදුලි ජනන රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතා අනුරාධපුර තිරප්පනය ප්‍රදේශයේ බඩඉරඟු ඇතුළු අතිරේක භෝග වගා කරන ගොවීන් හමුවී ඔවුන් සමඟ සාකච්ජා කර ගොවි බිම්ද නිරීක්ෂණය කරනු ලැබීය. අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ අක්කර 75 000 කට ආසන්න භූමි ප්‍රමාණයක දිස්ත්රික්කය පුරා ගොවි ගෙවිලියන් දස දහස් ගණනක් බඩ ඉරඟු වගාව සුළු පරිමාණ, මධ්‍ය පරිමාණ හා මහා පරිමාණ ලෙස වගා කිරීම සිදු කරනු ලබයි. මාස් කන්නයේ වැසි ජලයෙන් බහුලව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/09/21)
Big seizures at sea: Indian agencies suspect drug smugglers-LTTE link
Colombo, September 13: Recent detections of large quantities of heroin from vessels sailing in the Indian Ocean have once again brought home the imperative need for cooperation between the countries of the region. At the end of August, the Sri Lanka Navy had seized a trawler with 5 suspects, carrying over 290 kilograms of heroin. The Navy Spokesman said that the consignment of narcotics, valued at nearly LKR 2,321 million, was secured from foreign smugglers in international waters. The operation was carried out by the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/09/21)
Sri Lanka Central Bank Veteran Cabraal Returns Amid Forex Crunch
(Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka is turning to a veteran central banker as it seeks to bolster depleted foreign exchange reserves and service debt without seeking an international bailout. Ajith Nivard Cabraal, a former junior minister overseeing capital markets who led the Central Bank of Sri Lanka from 2006 until early 2015, will return as governor. Cabraal, who resigned from parliament earlier on Monday, confirmed his appointment in a phone interview. “I will be concentrating on stability first, then growth,” Cabraal said. During his previous governor term, Cabraal steered inflation to low... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/09/21)
Sri Lanka’s Capital Alliance enters Bangladesh
Sri Lanka's Capital Alliance (CAL) has recently made a foray into Bangladesh's brokerage business. CAL is Sri Lanka's leading investment bank, offering integrated investment and capital market solutions, and this becomes its first overseas foray. CAL will hold a majority stake of CAL Securities, the company said in a press release yesterday. The company's local shareholders include Raihan Shamsi, former CEO of Accenture Bangladesh, and Salahuddin Ahmed, managing director of M&J Group. "We are delighted to receive formal trading rights and are thankful to the Bangladesh Securities and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/09/21)
CHARTING A NEW TRAJECTORY IN INDIA-SRI LANKA RELATIONS:
As Sri Lanka moves closer to China in its economic ties, concerns about the Indo-Sri Lanka bilateral relationship grow, writes Vijay Sappani in the ORF. By Vijay Sappani, September 13, 2021 India and Sri Lanka have enjoyed a cordial and relatively stable relationship since their independence. In the post-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) era, the neighbours align over key security and economic objectives, which includes maintaining freedom of navigation in the Indian Ocean region, combating the threat of terrorism, and working together towards a more prosperous South Asian neighbourhood.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/09/21)
Seaweed farming offers a boost for Sri Lanka’s ‘blue economy’ ambitions
Seaweed farming is an increasingly important part of the global food system and provides a range of benefits, including sustainable coastal livelihoods and economic diversification, food production, export revenue, climate change mitigation and adaptation, pollution control, and organic fertilizer.Sri Lanka used to have a prominent seaweed market in the 1930s, but today there’s only limited, small-scale seaweed farming in the country, mostly without processing or value addition.With greater investments of money, technology, and know-how, Sri Lanka could offer the perfect location to cultivate seaweed either on its own or as integrated mariculture, for example... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/09/21)
Cabraal appointed CB Governor
Former State Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal has been appointed as the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka by the President with effect from September 15, Presidential Media Division said.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/09/21)
Sri Lanka records 135 new COVID-related deaths
The total number of people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka soared yet again as 135 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Sunday (September 13). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 11,431. According to the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims include 71 males and 64 females. As many as 109 deaths were reported among elderly people who are aged above 60 years. In... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/09/21)
Daily COVID cases count climbs to 2,560
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 805 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,560. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 488,482. As many as 414,295 recoveries and 11,431 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 62,758 active cases are currently under medical care.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/09/21)
NMRA data loss could be an act by medicine traffickers, AG tells court
The Attorney General has informed the court that there is a suspicion as to whether the deletion of data from the database of the National Medicine Regulatory Authority (NMRA) was an act by medicine traffickers. Deputy Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris, appearing on behalf of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), informed this when the case was taken before Colombo Chief Magistrate Buddhika C. Ragala today (September 13). The Deputy Solicitor General stated that the responsibility for maintaining the database of the NMRA has been taken over by a private company called ‘Epic Lanka’... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/09/21)
Ministry of Education delegates responsibility to principals in a letter (Video)
The Teachers 'and Principals' Trade Unions stated that they are still withdrawing from the process of applying for the GCE Advanced Level Examination and the Scholarship Examination. The Ministry of Education has informed that applications for the two examinations should be submitted before 15 September. Today is the 64th day of the trade union action to withdraw from online teaching based on the issue of teacher-principal salary anomalies. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education recently sent a letter to the principals through all the Zonal Directors of Education stating... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/09/21)
අනාගතය රඳා පවතිනුයේ එක් ජාතියක් වශයෙන් සිදුවන එකමුතුකම හා සහජීවනය මතයි - ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා
ආර්ථික, දේශපාලන හා සමාජීය අරමුණු සාක්‍ෂාත් කරගැනීමේ දී බොහෝ සෙයින් අපගේ අනාගතය රඳා පවතිනුයේ එක් ජාතියක් වශයෙන් සිදුවන එකමුතුකම හා සහජීවනය මත බව ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ජී20 අන්තර් ආගමික සංසදයේ ආරම්භක සැසිය අමතමින් අවධාරණය කරයි. ඉතාලියේ බොලොඤ්ඤා හි පැවැත්වෙන ජී 20 අන්තර් ආගමික සංසදයේ ආරම්භක දිනය වූ අද (12) දින පළමු සැසිවාරය අමතමින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා මේ බව කියා සිටියේය. ජී 20 රාජ්‍ය නායක සමුළුව ලබන ඔක්තෝම්බර් මස 30-31 දෙදින ඉතාලියේ රෝම අගනුවර දී පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත අතර ඊට සමඟාමීව ජී 20 අන්තර් ආගමික සංසදය (G20 Interfaith Forum) පැවැත්වෙයි. බුද්ධශාසන,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/09/21)
Why is there a food emergency in Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka has experienced long queues to buy essential items amid tight lockdown measures to control the spread of Covid-19. Shelves at government-run supermarkets have been running low - some even empty - with very little stock remaining of imported goods like milk powder, cereal and rice. The government denies there are shortages and blames the media for stoking fears. It follows the government declaring a state of emergency and Sri Lanka's Central Bank chief stepping down... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/09/21)
දිවයිනපුරා ක්‍රියාත්මක සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘතිවල සැබෑ ප්‍රතිඵල ගුණාත්මක ව හා කඩිනම් ව ජනතාවට ලබාදීම අපේ වගකීමයි.
පොලොන්නරුව දිස්ත්රික්කය තුළ ක්‍රියාත්මක වන සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘතිවල වත්මන් ප්‍රගතිය අධීක්ෂණය සඳහා එක්වෙමින් ඊයේ (11) දින තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය සහ සංවර්ධන සම්බන්ධීකරණ හා අධීක්ෂණ අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මේ බව පැවසීය. අතිගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමන්ගේ සෞභාග්‍යයේ දැක්ම ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශනය මගින් ඉදිරිපත් කළ ආර්ථික හා සංවර්ධන සැලැස්ම අනුව ජනතාවට ලබාදුන් සංවර්ධනීය බලපොරොත්තු යථාර්ථයක් බවට පත් කිරීම වෙනුවෙන් දිවයිනපුරා මහා පරිමාණයේ හා කුඩා පරිමාණයේ සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘති රැසක් ක්‍රියාත්මක වේ. එම සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘති නිවැරදිව ක්‍රියාත්මකවීමේ දී ප්‍රායෝගික ගැටලු ඇත්නම් ඒවා හඳුනාගෙන නිවැරදි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/09/21)
Why are there food queues in this Indian Ocean island?
Sept 12 (MSN) – Sri Lanka has experienced long queues to buy essential items amid tight lockdown measures to control the spread of Covid-19. Shelves at government-run supermarkets have been running low – some even empty – with very little stock remaining of imported goods like milk powder, cereal and rice. The government denies there are shortages and blames the media for stoking fears. It follows the government declaring a state of emergency and Sri Lanka’s Central Bank chief stepping down amid a foreign exchange crisis. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/09/21)
මහ කන්නයට කෘෂි රසායන නැත්තම් රටම විනාශයි… කෘෂිරසායන ආනයනයේ 87%ක් තනි සමාගමකට දෙමින් කැබිනට් පත‍්‍රිකාවක්..
මාතලේ දිස්ත්‍රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීණි රෝහිණී කවිරත්න මහ කන්නය සඳහා අවශ්‍ය කෘෂි රසායන (කෘමි, දිලීර හා වල් නාශක) ලබාදීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් විමසමින් කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ලේකම් උදිත කේ ජයසිංහ වෙත දැඩි විවේචනාත්මක ලිපියක් යොමු කර ඇත. මහ කන්නය ආරම්භවීමට තවත් ඇත්තේ සති 3 ක් තිබිය දී, වගාව සඳහා අත්‍යවශ්‍ය කෘෂි රසායන ගොවියාට ලබාදීමට කිසිදු වැඩපිළිවෙලක් මේ දක්වා ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කර නැතැයි ලිපිය මගින් පවසන කවිරත්න මන්ත්‍රීවරිය රජයේ කෘෂි රසායන ප්‍රතිපත්තිය ගොවියාට පැහැදිලි කළ යුතුව ඇතැයි පවසයි. එම ලිපියේ තවදුරටත් දැක්වෙන්නේ, ‘මහ කන්නයේ කුඹුරු සහ හේන් ගොවිතැන සඳහා බිම සකස් කිරීමට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/09/21)
Organic farming should not be an article of faith
Running out of foreign exchange amid an economic downturn and with looming debt-servicing obligations, the Sri Lankan government imposed a slew of import controls earlier this year. Policies that respect the farmer’s economic freedom offer the best route to sustainable agriculture Earlier this month, the Rajapaksa government imposed a state of emergency in Sri Lanka after its bungled response to a brewing foreign exchange crisis cascaded into food shortages. An army general has been put in charge of catching both hoarders of food and holders of foreign currency. Like a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/09/21)
Less enthusiasm among Colombo youth for vaccines: CMC
There has been less enthusiasm among the youth in Colombo City to get COVID-19 vaccines during the past few weeks, Chief Medical Officer Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) Dr. Ruwan Wijayamuni said yesterday. “We began giving the vaccines to those between 20 and 30 years old from Monday, September 6. However, the number of vaccines given to them was 30 per cent less than what we expected,” Dr. Wijayamuni said. Dr. Wijayamuni told Daily Mirror that the CMC hoped to provide around 7,500 vaccines a day but managed to give around... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/09/21)
144 more people fall victim to COVID-19
The total number people died of COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka moved up with 144 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Saturday (Sep. 11). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 11,296. According to the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims include 77 males and 67 females. As many as 122 deaths were reported among the elderly people aged above 60 years. In addition, 21 individuals aged between... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/09/21)
Daily COVID cases count climbs to 2,642
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reported that 620 more people were tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka today (Sep. 12), moving the daily total of new cases to 2,642. According to the Government Information Department, 2,641 of them have been associated with the New Year Cluster and the remaining one was identified as returnees from overseas. This brings the tally of coronavirus infections confirmed in the country to 485,922. Official data showed that more than 61,800 active cases are currently under medical care at hospitals, treatment centres... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/09/21)
Some hotels charging 47,000 for a single room per day for quarantine facilities - Ministry to intervene (Video)
The Ministry of Health has stated that it will intervene if certain hotels are charging exorbitant rates from guests who are staying in hotels after conducting covid tests until the results are received. https://youtu.be/uWmRRNLS6SY Tourists have repeatedly accused hotels of charging exorbitant rates for their stay in the country once they return from abroad and are awaiting the results of the Coronavirus test. About 2,000 local and foreign tourists are currently arriving in Sri Lanka daily from the Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport, subject to travel restrictions.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/09/21)
මගෙ ගෙදර තිබුණෙ මුචලින්ද නාරජුගෙ විල ඉස්සරහමයි|අම්මා අඬද්දි පෙර සසරෙ ඇයගෙන් කිරි බිව් හැටි මතක්වුණා|
නේරංජනා නදිය අසබඩ ඉපදුණු රෝෂන් කුමාර් නමැති හින්දු තරුණයා ජීවිතේ සැබෑ සුන්දර බව පතා නිරෝධ සාමණේර නමින් බුදුමගට පිවිසි අයුරු. https://youtu.be/r2VU4nFq4sk... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/09/21)
COULD POVERTY BE ELIMINATED?
After reporting Mr. Susil Siriwardane passed away, the debate on the elimination of poverty re-emerged and it might be for a short period because the condition of poverty in the country has not been eliminated so far. Mr. Susil Siriwardane attempted to reduce poverty through his project JANASAVIYA and Mr.R. Premadasa assisted the project and allocated budget funds, however, poverty in Sri Lanka seems to be vicious nature among many people. It is a significant characteristic of the economy of Sri Lanka. Poverty has been a specific feature of Sri Lanka since economic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/09/21)
More on molehills and mountains
Before going any further, I should thank the editor for his editorial titled ‘Shortages, half-truths and mistruths (07/09)’, which gave me the idea of looking at ‘moles and mountains’ slightly differently, and then with a dash of slight humour too, here and there. Now please allow me to share my own two cents’ worth (pardon me for the cliché) involving mountains and molehills. It is a fairly complex game of downplaying and exaggerating depending on who is talking and the subject and the specific outcomes. Generally, the former is a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/09/21)
විරෝධතා සහ විදේශ අරමුදල්
2021 අගෝස්තු 22 පලවූ ඉරිදා දිවයින පුවත්පතේ ‘ආණ්ඩුවට ගහන්න රුපියල් කෝටි 85ක් එයි’ පුවතින්, දේශපාලන පක්ෂ හා වෘත්තීය සමිති කිහිපයකට, ජනප්‍රිය හිමිනමකට සහ මාධ්ය කණ්ඩායමක් වෙත රජය අපහසුතාවට පත් කිරීමට කටයුතු කිරීම සඳහා විදේශ සංවිධානයක් විසින් රුපියල් කෝටි 85ක පමණ මුදලක් රාජ්‍ය නොවන සංවිධාන හරහා මෙරටට ලබාදී ඇතැයි විශ්වාසදායක ආරංචි මාර්ගයකින් ලැබී ඇති බව වාර්තා විය. එම පුවතේ සඳහන් වූයේ අදාළ විදේශ සංවිධානයේ සිටින ඉහළම නිලධාරියකුගේ මැදිහත්වීමෙන් මෙම මුදල් ලබාදී ඇති බවයි. මෙම මුදල් වලින් රුපියල් කෝටි 50ක් අදාළ මා මාධ්ය කණ්ඩායමටත් ප්‍රසිද්ධ හිමිනමට රුපියල් කෝටි 5ක් සහ වෘත්තීය සමිති හා දේශපාලන පක්ෂ සඳහා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/09/21)
ජී20 අන්තර් ආගමික සමුළුවට එක්වීමට අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා බොලොඤ්ඤා නුවරට ළඟාවෙයි
ජී20 අන්තර් ආගමික සමුළුවට එක්වීම සඳහා ඉතාලිය බලා පිටත්ව ගිය ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඇතුළු ශ්රී ලාංකික දූත පිරිස අද (10) පස්වරුවේ එරට බොලොඤ්ඤා නුවර ගුග්ලියෙල්මෝ මාර්කෝනි ගුවන් තොටුපළට ළඟා වූහ. අනතුරුව අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා ඇතුළු දූත පිරිස ඉතාලියේ රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරින් සහ එරට ශ්රී ලංකා තානාපති කාර්යාලයේ නිලධාරීන් පිරිසක් පැමිණ මහත් හරසරින් පිළිගත්හ. ජී20 අන්තර් ආගමික සමුළුව 2021 (G20 Interfaith Forum Italy) අනිද්දා (12) දිනයේ දී බොලොඤ්ඤාහි දී ආරම්භ වීමට නියමිතය. එහි ආරම්භක සැසියේ ප්‍රධාන දේශනය පවත්වන ලෙස ලැබුණු ආරාධනාව අනුව අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා මෙම සංචාරයට එක්ව සිටියි. මෙවර මෙම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/09/21)
Manike Mage Hithe song hits 100 million views on YouTube
‘Manike Mage Hithe’ sung by young artiste Yohani De Silva has created history in Sri Lanka as her song been viewed by over 100 million users on YouTube. Yohani is also the first female singer in Sri Lanka who has cross two million YouTube subscribers. The song ‘Manike Mage Hithe’ is a song by Satheeshan Rathnayaka. This song was again sung by Yohani as a cover version in May 2021. The lyrics were written by Dulan ARX. The song went viral and within three months the song surpassed 60 million... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/09/21)
Presidential spokesman issues statement clarifying misconceptions on rice supply
President’s Media Spokesman Kingsly Rathnayaka’s has issued a statement today (Sep. 11), dispelling the misconceptions about rice mill owners, rice traders and the rice shortage. He says that large-scale rice mill owners have reduced their daily rice production and distribution by more than 50%, in the last few days. “It is a well acknowledged fact by everyone that this is an unbearable injustice to the consumer, who is suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic.” During the raids carried out by the Commissioner-General of Essential Services on September 08, 2021 alone, a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/09/21)
COVID death toll crosses 11,000 with 157 new fatalities
The total number people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka moved up as 157 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Friday (Sep. 10). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 11,152. According to the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims include 70 males and 87 females. As many as 130 deaths were reported among elderly people aged above 60 years. In addition, 23 individuals aged... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/09/21)
Daily COVID cases count climbs to 2,796
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 914 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,796. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 483,280. As many as 411,233 recoveries and 11,152 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 60,895 active cases are currently under medical care.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/09/21)
Rajapaksa’s experiment with organic farming in Sri Lanka is a warning to developing countries
The Sri Lankan government would do well to listen to the country’s agricultural scientists and not to quacks masquerading as experts. An influential section of Sri Lankan agricultural economists and scientists has deplored the recent course change in the country’s agricultural policy made by the Gotabaya Rajapaksa government. The decision by the government to ban the use and import of chemical fertilisers and pesticides in pursuit of a “100 per cent organic food producer” status for Sri Lanka has already had disastrous consequences for the economy of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/09/21)
Mess in fertiliser sector
The importation of chemical fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides was banned by a Cabinet Memorandum dated April 27, 2021 to promote the use of organic fertilisers and natural pesticides. Accordingly, the Department of Import and Export Control started to regulate the import of chemical fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides. As a result, inorganic fertilisers such as urea, Triple superphosphate, Muriate of Potash and other agrochemicals (insecticides, fungicides etc.) became scarce. The Soil Science Society of Sri Lanka, (SSSSL) the membership of which includes soil scientists representing the university academia, the Department... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/09/21)
An outline of a Proposed Master Development Plan for Meemure
3.11.2003. This proposal covers the whole of original Meemure Vasama that included the Meemure village and few other hamlets of Gandeka Korale of Uda Dumbara in the Kandy district. It comprises the entire area north of Koratuwemunduna (Corbets Gap) surrounded by the Dotalugala-Dumbanagala-Kehelpathdoruwegala-Telambugala ridge in the South and East, Dotalugala-Paskulupav (Knuckles)-Kalupahana on the West and Kalupahana-Katakitula-Lakegala-Demalagala range in the North covering an area of about 35 sq miles. Meemure was a separate Rata during the Kandyan period and Megastenne Adikarama, the last Prime... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/21)
2nd OPEN LETTER to MP M.A. Sumanthiran
9 September 2021. (Sumanthiran_m
parliament.lk)Parliament of Sri Lanka Dear Mr. M.A. Sumanthiran: You must be surprised to receive another OPEN LETTER from me in eight days . Here is the reason. I have come across your name during many, many moons, and have read your Tamil concerns and dismissed them as Tamil separatist humbuggery-tosh and put them aside; Suman, I hope you noticed that I did not throw them into the waste paper basket but kept them aside for future references and to deal with them... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/21)
1815 දී මහනුවරින් අපට අහිමිවූ, සුද්දන් විසින් උදුරාගත් ජාතියේ ශ්රේස්ඨ උරුමයන් යලි ආපසු ලබාගැනීම අපි මහනුවරින්ම අරඹමු
ශ්රීමත් ජනාධිපති තුමනි 1815 දී මහනුවරින් අපට අහිමිවූ, සුද්දන් විසින් උදුරාගත් ජාතියේ ශ්රේස්ඨ උරුමයන් යලි ආපසු ලබාගැනීම අපි මහනුවරින්ම අරඹා මහා ජාතික පුනරුදයකට මුල පුරමු. එසේම යටත් විජිතවාදී මානසික වහල් භාවයෙන් දැන්වත් මිදී ජාතියේ නව යුගයක ආරම්හයට මුල පුරමු. පසුගිය වසරේදීද මේ අරමුණම ඇතිව වර්තමානයේ මහනුවර වාර්ශික දළදා පෙරහැර නිමාවිම්මෙන් පසු දියවඩන නිලමේ අතුලු පිරිස ජනාධිපති මැදුරට ගොස් ඒ බව ජනාධිපතිවරයාට ප්රකාසකිරීම කිසිසේත් නොගැලපෙන බව පෙන්වාදෙමින් මවිසින් ලියනලදුව පළකෙරෙනු පහත සදහන් ලිපිය ඔබතුමා නොදකින්නට ඇතැයි මම සිතමි. එසේම ජනාධිපති මාධ්ය අන්ශය හෝ උපදේසකයින් හෝ එම ලිපිය ඔබතුමාගේ අවධානයට යොමු කර නැතයිද... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/21)
කොවිඩ් වසංගතය පාලනය කරන අතර ම රට තුළ ඉදිරි සංවර්ධන ක්‍රියාවලිය අඛණ්ඩව ක්‍රියාත්මක කරනවා.
අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්රික්කය තුළ ක්‍රියාත්මක වන සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘතිවල වත්මන් ප්‍රගතිය නිරීක්ෂණය සඳහා එක්වෙමින් අද (10) දින තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය සහ සංවර්ධන සම්බන්ධීකරණ හා අධීක්ෂණ අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මේ බව පැවසීය. අතිගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමන්ගේ සෞභාග්‍යයේ දැක්ම ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශනය අනුව ඉදිරිපත් කළ ආර්ථික හා සංවර්ධන සැලැස්ම අනුව ජනතාවට ලබාදුන් සංවර්ධනීය බලපොරොත්තු යථාර්ථයක් බවට පත් කිරීම වෙනුවෙන් රට තුළ සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘති ක්‍රියාත්මක වෙයි. ඒ අනුව, දිවයිනපුරා ක්‍රියාත්මක මහා පරිමාණයේ හා ග්‍රාමීය මට්ටමින් සිදුවන කුඩා පරිමාණයේ සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘතීන්වල ප්‍රගතිය විෂයභාර අමාත්‍යවරයා වශයෙන් අමාත්‍ය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/21)
අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා ඉතාලි සංචාරය සඳහා පිටත්වෙයි
ඉතාලියේ සංචාරයක නිරතවීමට ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඇතුළු දූත පිරිස කටුනායක බණ්ඩාරනායක ජාත්යන්තර ගුවන් තොටුපළෙන් අද (10) අලුයම පිටත්ව ගියහ. ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා මෙම සංචාරයේ දී ජී20 අන්තර් ආගමික හා සංස්කෘතික සමුළුව-2021 (G20 Interfaith Forum Italy-2021) ආරම්භක සැසියේ ප්‍රධාන දේශනය පැවැත්වීම ඇතුළු රාජතාන්ත්‍රික හමුවීම් කිහිපයකට එක්වීමට නියමිතය. විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍ය මහාචාර්ය ජී.එල් පීරිස්, අග්රාමාත්ය ලේකම් ගාමිණී සෙනරත් මහත්වරු ඇතුළු දූත පිරිසක් මෙම සංචාරයට එක්ව සිටිති.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/21)
තිස්ස අත්තනායක කුමන්ත‍්‍රණයක..- අමරසේකර සජිත්ට ලියයි…
පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී තිස්ස අත්තනායක මහතා විසින් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කළ මානව හිමිකම් සංවිධානය සංස්ථාගත කිරීමේ පනත් කෙටුම්පතේ යටි අරමුණ පිළිබඳව පැහැදිලි කිරීමක් ඉල්ලමින් ජාතික සංවිධාන එකමුතුව කැදවුම්කරු ආචාර්ය ගුණදාස අමරසේකර මහතා විසින් විපක්ෂ නායක සජිත් පේ‍්‍රමදාස මහතා වෙත යොමු කරන ලද ලිපියක් මෙහි දැක්වෙයි. ගරු විපක්ෂ නායක,සජිත් පේ‍්‍රමදාස මහතා, ප‍්‍රිය මහත්මයාණෙනි, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී තිස්ස අත්තනායක මහතා විසින් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කළ මානව හිමිකම් සංවිධානය සංස්ථාගත කිරීමේ පනත් කෙටුම්පතේ යටි අරමුණ පිළිබඳව උක්ත පනත් කෙටුම්පත පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ පළමුවර කියවීමෙන් පසුව ඊට එරෙහිව ජාතික සංවිධාන එකමුතුව, ගෝලීය ශ්රී ලාංකික සංසදය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/21)
Delta variant responsible for 95.8% of Covid-19 infections in SL – USJ
After investigating the prevalence of different SARS-CoV-2 variants in different provinces in Sri Lanka, University of Sri Jayewardenepura (USJ) researchers found out the Delta variant was responsible for 95.8% of Covid-19 infections in Sri Lanka. It is important to find out the prevalence of different SARS-CoV-2 variants in different provinces in Sri Lanka, to take relevant policy decisions regarding control of COVID-19. A study carried out by USJ researchers including Prof. Neelika Malavige, Dr. Chandima Jeewandara from the Allergy, Immunology and Cell Biology Unit of the Department of Immunology Molecular and Molecular... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/21)
Sri Lanka confirms 131 new COVID-related deaths
The total number people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka moved up as 131 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Thursday (Sep. 09). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 10,995. According to the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims include 73 males and 58 females. As many as 110 deaths were reported among the elderly people aged above 60 years. In addition, 20 individuals... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/21)
Coronavirus: 2,842 new positive cases recorded within the day
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that 814 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,842. According to the Government Information Department, 2,832 of them have bee associated with the New Year Cluster and the remaining 10 were identified as returnees from overseas. This brings the confirmed tally of coronavirus infections reported in the country to 480,478. Official data showed that more than 59,800 active cases are currently under medical care at hospitals, treatment centres and homes.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/21)
Kin of Sri Lankan who died in Japan immigration custody urge full release of surveillance video
The family of a Sri Lankan woman who died in March following mistreatment at an immigration center visited the immigration agency Friday to seek the full disclosure of two weeks’ worth of security camera footage showing her final days. The family members of Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali, 33, were only able to see about half of a two-hour edited version of the footage in August due to its shocking content. They also demanded that the Immigration Services Agency accept the attendance of their lawyer while they watch it. The agency was prepared... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/21)
Island-wide quarantine curfew in Sri Lanka further extended
The ongoing island-wide quarantine curfew orders will stay in effect for another week, the Cabinet Spokesman, Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella announced today. Accordingly, the restrictions will be effective until 4.00 a.m. on September 21 (Tuesday). The decision to further extend the quarantine curfew was taken during the meeting of the Special Committee on COVID-19 Control convened under the patronage of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa this morning (Sep. 10). “With COVID-19 figures steadily declining, the government is confident that Sri Lanka will once again be able to reopen without risk,” the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/21)
Millions of older Britons may only receive a third jab later this autumn to ensure they have maximum protection over the winter.
Booster jabs 'set for go-ahead next week' - but vaccine creator says not everyone may need them Booster vaccines are reportedly set to be given the go-ahead next week, despite a professor who helped develop the AstraZeneca jab warning that a mass campaign may not be necessary. © Reuters Data reportedly suggests that an additional Pfizer dose, months after a second vaccine is given, significantly boosts the body's immune response to coronavirus According to The Times, data suggests that an additional Pfizer dose,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/09/21)
YOUTH AND DISCIPLINE
Ref. ‘Compulsory training to instil discipline, not jeopardise freedom of choice’ by Rear Admiral (Rtd) Dr Sarath Weerasekera/The Island/September 4, 2021. It is a response to an earlier opinion article of mine under the title ‘Candour without caution dangerous naivety’ (July 29, 2021). Thank you, Dr Weerasekera, for your lavish compliment ‘erudite academic’, which I don’t think I deserve, but I sincerely appreciate your generous sentiments regarding me. I have similar thoughts about you. I am very sincere when I say this. There is absolutely no disagreement between you and me about... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/09/21)
Knife-wielding assailant at Auckland, NZ
Your Excellency the High Commissioner for NZ in SL In the first place, I was shocked by the event and my sympathies go to the injured and their friends and relatives. However, I was disappointed by the publicity following the incident. Immediately after the incident, the PM of NZ went on TV to say that the assailant was a Sri Lanka nationals. It is unfortunate that she did not emphasize that he had been residing in NZ for 10-11 years and that he had come to NZ as a student... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/09/21)
අග්රාමාත්ය පාර්ලිමේන්තු කටයුතු ලේකම් ධුරයට උදිත් ලොකුබණ්ඩාර මහතා පත්වෙයි
අග්රාමාත්ය පාර්ලිමේන්තු කටයුතු ලේකම් ධුරයට හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී උදිත් ලොකුබණ්ඩාර මහතා පත් කර තිබේ. උදිත් ලොකුබණ්ඩාර මහතා ඊට අදාළ පත්වීම් ලිපිය ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ අතින් අද (09) දින පෙරවරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී ලබා ගත්තේය. උදිත් සංජය ලොකුබණ්ඩාර මහතා කෘතහස්ත දේශපාලඥයකු වූ විජමු ලොකුබණ්ඩාර මහතාගේ දෙටු පුත්‍රයාය. බදුල්ල දිස්ත්රික්කය නියෝජනය කරමින් 2009 වර්ෂයේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට තේරී පත්වූ උදිත් ලොකුබණ්ඩාර මහතා 2015 වර්ෂය දක්වා 7වැනි පාර්ලිමේන්තුව නියෝජනය කළේය. අමාත්‍යාංශ උපදේශක කාරක සභා රැසක නියෝජිතයකු ලෙස කටයුතු කළ උදිත් ලොකුබණ්ඩාර මහතා කලක් රාජ්‍ය ආරක්ෂක හා නාගරික සංවර්ධන අමාත්‍යාංශයේ අධීක්ෂණ මන්ත්රීවරයා ලෙස... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/09/21)
රට තුළ මහා පරිමාණයේ සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘති 280ක් හා කුඩා පරිමාණයේ සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘති 25,000ක් ක්‍රියාත්මක වෙනවා. - සංවර්ධන සම්බන්ධීකරණ හා අධීක්ෂණ අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා -
දිවයිනපුරා සිදුවන සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘතිවල වත්මන් ප්‍රගතිය නිරීක්ෂණය කිරීමේ කටයුතු අද (09) දින යාපනය දිස්ත්රික්කයෙන් ආරම්භ කරමින් සංවර්ධන සම්බන්ධීකරණ හා අධීක්ෂණ අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මේ බව පැවසීය. පවතින වසංගත තත්ත්වය සාර්ථකව පාලනය කරන අතර ම අතිගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමාගේ සෞභාග්‍යයේ දැක්ම ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශනයෙන් ඉදිරිපත් කළ මෙරට සංවර්ධන වැඩපිළිවෙල යටතේ දිවයින පුරා සංවර්ධන යෝජනා ක්රම රැසක් ක්‍රියාත්මක වේ. එම සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘතිවල ප්‍රගතිය සොයාබැලීම සංවර්ධන සම්බන්ධීකරණ හා අධීක්ෂණ අමාත්‍යවරයා වශයෙන් අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් සිදුවේ. ඒ අනුව,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/09/21)
The Lessons Taught by the Auckland Terrorist.
It is now clear that the Aukland Supermarket terrorist’ heinous acts had all to do with his being radicalised by ISIS ideology and nothing to do with his Sri Lankan origins. Reference to this only unfairly tarnishes those of Sri Lankan origin and exposes them to their consequence.New information may suggest that he has had brushes with the law in Sri Lanka , before coming to NZ in 2011, possibly from Tamil Tiger radicalisation., These he appears to have distorted to get NZ refugee status in 2013 that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/09/21)
වින්ඩ් ෆෝර්ස් (WIND FORCE PLC) බලශක්ති ආයතනයෙන් ඇඳන් 16 කින් සමන්විත කොවිඩ් ප්‍රථිකාර ඒකකයක්
පුත්තලම මූලික රෝහලට ඇතුළත් කරන කොවිඩ් රෝගීන්ට ඔක්ෂිජන් ප්‍රථිකාර ලබා දීම සඳහා, වින්ඩ් ෆෝර්ස් (WIND FORCE PLC) බලශක්ති ආයතනයේ ප්‍රජා සත්කාර වැඩසහනක් යටතේ ඇඳන් 16 කින් සමන්විත කොවිඩ් ප්‍රථිකාර ඒකකයක් සහ ඒ සඳහා අවශ්‍යය උපකරණ පරිත්‍යාග කිරීම රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් සිදු කෙරිණි. වින්ඩ් ෆෝර්ස් (WIND FORCE PLC) බලශක්ති ආයතනය මගින් පුත්තලම දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ සෙගුවන්තිවු හා විදාතමුනෙයි ගම්මාන කේන්ද්‍ර කර ගනිමින් සුළං බලාගාරයක් ක්‍රියාත්මක කරනු ලබයි.එම ආයතනය මගින් ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන ප්‍රජා සත්කාරයක් ලෙස පුත්තලම මූලික රෝහලේ පැරණි වාට්ටුවක් නවීකරණය කර කොවිඩ් රෝගීන්ට ඔක්සිජන් ප්‍රථිකාර සිදු කිරීම සඳහා ඇඳන් 16 කින් සමන්වි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/09/21)
Recreating Sri Vikrama Rajasinha’s cosmic city
Colombo, September 9: Sri Lanka’s last king, Sri Vikrama Rajasinha of Kandy, was vilified as a cruel despot and was overthrown by the British in 1815, acting in cahoots with disgruntled local chieftains. But Vikrama Rajasinha was a creative builder, town-planner and executor of irrigation projects for the benefit of the common man. In the latter part of his politically troubled reign (1798-1815), Vikrama Rajasinha had turned all his energies towards making his capital city, Kandy, a “cosmic city” fit for God Sakra, the Sinhala version of the Hindu... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/09/21)
Sri Lanka toes China line on COVID origin investigation
Colombo, September 9 (Counterpoint): Supporting China on the COVID-19 origin tracing controversy, the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, that the next phase of the study “should be based on scientific and evidence-based methods and should not be politicized.” The study should reflect the key findings of the previous WHO-led joint study report, the Foreign Ministry said in a press release. “The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe disruptions to the health, safety, and livelihoods of people around the world. Therefore, multilateralism and international cooperation provide the best possible means... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/09/21)
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis poses challenges for India
Our Neighbourhood First policy had led to increased economic cooperation with Sri Lanka but its economy is in deep trouble and India’s relations with it have taken a turn for the worse this year India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy towards Sri Lanka had resonated with Sri Lanka’s ‘India First’ foreign and security policy in 2020. India is Sri Lanka’s third largest export destination, after the US and UK. More than 60% of Sri Lanka’s exports enjoy the benefits of the India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement, which came into effect in March 2000. India... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/09/21)
Sinopharm Group expresses interest in setting up vaccine refilling plant in Sri Lanka
Chairman of Sinopharm Group Liu Jingzhen has expressed his enthusiasm in setting up a vaccine refilling plant in Sri Lanka,the Sri Lankan embassy in Beijing said. According to the embassy, Sri Lankan Ambassador Dr. Palitha Kohona, met with Mr. Liu and the Senior Management Group on September 7, 2021. He also handed over a personal letter from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to the chairman appreciating the ‘uninterrupted supply of Sinopharm vaccines’ to Sri Lanka. The chairman said that Sinopharm will continue to collaborate with Sri Lanka and supply vaccines. He was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/09/21)
Group of people arrested at vaccination center in Galle (Video)
Police have arrested several persons who had come to the vaccination centre of Sangamitta Vidyalaya in Galle and tried to leave by marking on the card that they had been vaccinated without actually administering the vaccine. https://youtu.be/TNtihQWI-ag Hiru Correspondent stated that a group of residents from Athiligoda and Kongaha areas in Galle have been arrested in this manner. The health officials who were present at the vaccination centre at the time of the suspects leaving with only the vaccination card marked and had informed the police... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/09/21)
New price of rice should be Gazetted' (Video) -
The United Rice Growers' Association alleged that there is no systematic approach in the government's rice procurement program. https://youtu.be/3zBaKDBGnaA Speaking at a media briefing held today (09), the President of the Association Mudith Perera stated that in order to control the price of the rice properly, a new price of rice should be Gazetted so that the owners of rice mills can profit Rs. 5 and the shop owners can profit Rs. 5. Meanwhile, Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardena speaking to the media today stated that the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/09/21)
Another 175 COVID fatalities confirmed in Sri Lanka
The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed another 175 coronavirus-related deaths for September 08 (yesterday), increasing the official death toll in the country to 10,864. According to the figures reported by the Department of Government Information today (09)the victims include 96 males and 79 females while only one are below the age of 30. Thirty-five of the Covid-19 deaths are individuals between the ages of 30-59, and the remaining 139 are persons aged 60 and above.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/09/21)
Daily count of new Covid-19 cases climbs to 2,856
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 910 persons have tested positive for coronavirus, increasing the daily count of new Covid-19 cases identified today to 2,856. This brings the tally of Covid-19 cases confirmed in the country thus far to 477,636. The number of infected patients currently under medical care at hospitals and treatment centers and under home-based care is 58,656. Meanwhile total recoveries from the virus has risen to 408,116 and the death toll stands at 10,864.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/09/21)
CBSL imposes 100% cash deposit margin requirements on selected non-essential/non-urgent imports
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has decided to impose a 100 per cent cash margin deposit requirement against the importation of selected goods of non-essential/non-urgent nature made under Letters of Credit and Documents against Acceptance terms with Licensed Commercial Banks and National Savings Bank, with immediate effect. The decision has been made by the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka at its meeting held on 08 September 2021 (Wednesday). “The decision to impose the cash margin deposit requirement is expected to support the ongoing efforts to preserve the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/09/21)
Defence Sec. urges public not to be misled by false claims on Easter attacks
Defence Secretary Gen. (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne urged the public not to be misled by the various false claims being made regarding the Easter Sunday attacks and that police investigations have progressed rapidly. “A certain group is attempting to create a public opinion that this is a conspiracy by the President to come to power. They are attempting to drag the President into this,” he said during a media brief held on Thursday at the Defence Ministry. “As the Secretary of Defence, I can responsibly say that our police, the CID have carried... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/09/21)
New low-cost COVID test kit developed in Sri Lanka
The University of Peradeniya has developed a new low-cost test kit to diagnose SARS-CoV-2 infected patients in a relatively shorter time with a higher accuracy. https://youtu.be/earihE6stWU Developed by a team led by Dr. Ruchika Fernando of the Department of Veterinary Public Health and Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, this COVID-19 test kit has been priced at only Rs. 1,500. The test kit has already received the approval of the technical committee of National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA). As the test kit is based... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/09/21)
WHO urges “moratorium” on covid vaccine booster shots till end of year
The World Health Organization called Wednesday for countries to avoid giving out extra Covid jabs until year-end, pointing to the millions worldwide who have yet to receive a single dose. “I will not stay silent when the companies and countries that control the global supply of vaccines think the world’s poor should be satisfied with leftovers,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists. Speaking from WHO’s headquarters in Geneva, Tedros urged wealthy countries and vaccine makers to prioritise getting the first jabs to health workers and vulnerable populations in poorer nations over... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/09/21)
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අපේ රටේ හොදින් වැවෙන පළතුරක් වන කටු අනෝදා ශාකය මෙන්ම දේශීය පළතුරු සහ හෙළ ඔසු රට තුල වගාකිරීමට අපි සැවොම එක් වෙමු. එම ඖෂධීය බෝග භාවිතයෙන් නිරෝගිමත් රටක් බිහිකරමු. සියලු හෙළයන්ට බුදු සරණයි!!! https://youtu.be/2NqBZYC4Q8E https://youtu.be/7n4-Ow56ymQ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/09/21)
බුලතින් අපි මදුරුවෝ පලවා හරිමු
https://www.facebook.com/neelaratna.geekiyanage.31/videos/871722856609401... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/09/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 23 E
The fourth country that supported Eelam was Canada. Sri Lanka was handled at the UNHRC in the 1980s by Canada, said Pathfinder Foundation. Canada is part of the Core group which put forward resolutions against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC in Geneva in 2021. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, tens of thousands of Tamils arrived in Canada and settled in large metropolitan cities like Toronto and Montreal. The Tamil asylum claims lodged with the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board between 1989 and 1998 had an average acceptance rate of 85 percent, compared to 60-70... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 23 F
In 2019 a Private Member’s Bill (Bill no104) titled An Act to Proclaim Tamil Genocide Education Week was placed before Ontario Legislative Assembly, Canada by Vijay Thanigasalam, MP for Scarborough-Rouge Park. Vijay Thanigasalam is a LTTE supporter. The move had been facilitated by the Committee on Regulations and Private Bills coming under the purview of Logan Kanapathi also of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. The Bill claimed that 146,679 were killed in the final days of the Eelam War that civilians were starved and Tamil children were forcibly taken away from their homes. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 23 G
At the June 2021 session of the UNHRC in Geneva, Canada led an alliance of 44 States (mainly Western and European countries), demanding that China allow meaningful and unfettered access to investigate credible reports of widespread human rights violations against China's Muslim minority Uighur in Xinjiang province. Immediately after this China delivered a joint statement, on behalf of eight countries (Belarus, China, DPRK, Iran, Russia, Sri Lanka, Syria, and Venezuela) expressing ‘[deep concern] about serious human rights violations against the indigenous people Canada,’ and demanding a UN investigation into Canada’s serious... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/21)
මහවැලි අධිකාරියෙන් සෑම ගොවියකුටම කාබනික පොහොර නිෂ්පාදනයට නොමිලේ ජපන් ජබර ට්‍රැක්ටරයක් හා පොස්පේට් පොහොරත්
මහවැලි අධිකාරියෙන් සෑම ගොවියකුටම කාබනික පොහොර නිෂ්පාදනයට නොමිලේ ජපන් ජබර ට්‍රැක්ටරයක් හා පොස්පේට් පොහොරත් ලබා දීම හේතුවෙන් මහඉලුප්පල්ලම ගොවියෝ කාබනික පොහොර ඒකක සකසා මහ කන්නයට සූදානම් වෙති.. මහවැලි එච් කළාපයේ, මහඉලුප්පල්ලම කොට්ඨාශයේ අක්කර 10 200 ක භූමි ප්‍රමාණයක් වෙනුවෙන් පසුගිය කන්නයේ රසායනික පොහොර ලෙස යූරියා කිලෝ 880 000 ක්, ටී.එස්.පී පොහොර කිලෝ 2 04 000 ක්, එමි.ඕ.පී පොහොර කිලෝ 2 24 000 ක් ගොවිබිම් වෙත මෙවර මහ කන්නයේ කාබනික පොහොර ටොන් 4080 ක් නිෂ්පාදනය කිරීමේ ඉල්ලක්කය වෙත ලඟා වෙමින් පවතියි. මේ වන විට එම ඉලක්කයෙන් 70 % ක් සම්පූර්ණ කර ඇතැයි මහවැලි එච්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/21)
පැරාලිම්පික් ජය කෙළි නැංවූ ක්‍රීඩකයෝ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා හමුවෙති
ටෝකියෝ නුවර පැවැති පැරාලිම්පික් 2020 තරගාවලියේ දී හෙල්ල විසි කිරීමේ ඉසව්වෙන් නව ලෝක වාර්තාවක් තබමින් මාතෘ භූමිය රනින් සැරසූ දිනේෂ් ප්‍රියන්ත හේරත් සහ ලෝකඩ පදක්කමක් දිනාගත් සමිත දුලාන් කොඩිතුවක්කු අද (08) දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා හමුවූහ. පැරාලිම්පික් තරගබිමේ නව වාර්තා තබමින් ඔබ ලැබූ ජයග්‍රහණයන් ශ්රී ලංකා අභිමානය ජාත්‍යන්තරය තුළ ගෞරවාදරයට ලක් කිරීමක් බව අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා මෙම සුහඳ හමුවේ දී ක්‍රීඩකයන්ට සුබ පැතුම් එක් කරමින් ප්‍රකාශ කළේය. ඉතිහාසය අලුතින් ලියා තැබූ මෙම ජයග්‍රහණයට මග පෙන්වූ පුහුණුකරුවන් නිලධාරින් ඇතුළු සියලු දෙනාට සිය ප්‍රණාමය පුද කරන බව සඳහන් කළ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/21)
ක්‍රීඩාවෙන් ජාත්‍යන්තරය ජයගත් ඔබේ කතාව අනාගත පරම්පරාවට ආදර්ශයක් විය යුතුයි - තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා -
ශ්රී ලංකා ක්‍රීඩා ඉතිහාසය තුළ රන් සලකුණු තබමින් මළල ක්‍රීඩාවෙන් ලද ඉහළම ජයග්‍රහණය රැගෙන දිවයිනට පැමිණි ජාතික පැරාලිම්පික් කණ්ඩායම අද (08) දින තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා හමු වූ අවස්ථාවේදී අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව පැවසීය. ජපානයේ ටෝකියෝ නුවර පැවති 2020 පැරාලිම්පික් උලෙළේ දී ලෝක වාර්තාවක් සමගින් රන් පදක්කමක් සහ ලෝකඩ පදක්කමක් දිනාගත් ජාතික පැරාලිම්පික් කණ්ඩායම ඊයේ දින සන්ධ්‍යාවේදී UL 455 දරණ ගුවන් යානයෙන් කටුනායක ජාත්යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපොළ විශේෂ ප්‍රභූ පර්යන්තයේ රතුපලස මතින් දිවයිනට පැමිණියහ. පවතින වසංගත තත්ත්වය හමුවේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/21)
අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගේ ඉතාලි සංචාරය තුළ අතිඋතුම් ෆ්‍රැන්සිස් පාප් වහන්සේ බැහැ දකින බවට පළවන මාධ්ය වාර්තා අසත්‍යයයි
ඉතාලියේ සංචාරයකට එක්වන ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා එම සංචාරයේ දී අතිඋතුම් ෆ්‍රැන්සිස් පාප් වහන්සේ වතිකානුවේ දී බැහැ දකින බවට පළවන මාධ්ය වාර්තා මුළුමනින්ම අසත්‍ය වේ. බොලොඤ්ඤා විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ පැවැත්වෙන අන්තර්ජාතික සමුළුවක ආරම්භක සැසියේ ප්‍රධාන දේශනය පැවැත්වීම සහ රාජතාන්ත්‍රික හමුවීම් පදනම් කරගනිමින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගේ ඉතාලි සංචාරය සැළසුම් කර තිබේ.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/21)
THE DONOUGHMORE COMMISSION IN CEYLON
In 1927 the Secretary of State for the Colonies announced a special Commission under the Chairmanship of the Earl of Donoughmore to visit Ceylon and submit an account of the Constitution with any difficulties of administration that needed to be surmounted at that time. The Secretary wanted the Earl of Donoughmore to consider any proposals for revising the Ceylonese Constitution and to report, if any amendments of the Orders in Council were necessary. The Commission’s primary function was to draft a new Constitution for Ceylon that would satisfy the aspirations... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/21)
Observing Ven. Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Mahanayake Thera's 125th Birthday
The writer met with the most Venerable Aggamahapandittha Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Mahanayake Thera in London, when he was 99 years old. The Venerable observed the rainy season (Vassana retreat) in London at that time. The Buddhist Centre organised a religious ceremony on account of his 99th Birthday, on 23 August. Many Buddhist devotees gathered at the Buddhist Centre to participate in a religious ceremony. Addressing a large gathering, the venerable said: "You have organised a pinkama on my Birthday to celebrate. I will be 99... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/21)
Ranil urges Speaker to act against Nagananda
UNP MP Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday urged the Speaker to take action against Lawyer Nagananda whom he claimed had insulted Parliament. Mr.wickremesinghe said the particular Lawyer had made a false allegation that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution which was passed in Parliament way back in 1980s was a false one. “Mr. Nagananda has filed legal action stating that one time Speaker Late E. L Senanayake had put his official signature on a wrong document claiming it to be the 14 th Amendment to the Constitution while the Parliament... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/21)
Large-scale rice mills raided in search of hoarded products
https://youtu.be/-t2PKORZPgE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/21)
Another doctor quits COVID-19 Technical Committee?
Another doctor of the Health Ministry’s COVID-19 Technical Committee has stepped down from his membership from the committee. Reportedly, Specialist Dr. Ashoka Gunaratne has resigned from the committee in this manner. This is the second medical professional to quit the COVID-19 Technical Committee of the Health Ministry. Recently, Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama also stepped down from the Committee. Joining the ‘Big Focus’ program on Ada Derana 24 today (September 08), Dr. Anwar Hamdani commented on the resignation of Dr. Ashoka Gunaratne. “There was such a thing this... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/21)
Daily COVID cases count climbs to 2,917
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 648 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,917. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 474,780. As many as 389,969 recoveries and 10,689 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 74,122 active cases are currently under medical care.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/21)
Sri Lanka records 185 new COVID-related deaths
The total number of people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka soared yet again as 185 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Tuesday (September 07). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 10,689. According to the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims include 102 males and 83 females. As many as 140 deaths were reported among elderly people who are aged above 60 years. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/21)
Govt takes over rice stocks of large-scale rice mill owners in Polonnaruwa (Video)
The government has taken over the stocks of rice owned by large-scale rice mill owners in the Polonnaruwa area today. Accordingly, the acquisition of stocks of Nipuna, Lathpandura, Temple, Hiru, Nivratna, and Suriya rice mills was carried out under the direct supervision of the Commissioner General of Essential Services, Major General Senarath Nivunhella, and the Chairman of the Consumer Affairs Authority. https://youtu.be/E8h25xEMBGU With the acquisition of rice stocks that were not issued to the market owned by all large-scale rice mills in the Polonnaruwa area at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/21)
CEO of Epic Lanka Technology arrested by CID
The CEO of Epic Lanka Technology, Tharindra Kalpage, who had won the tender to maintain the database of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA), has been arrested by the CID a short while ago. The arrest was made in connection to the incident where the data was lost recently from the database of NMRA. The tender was awarded to the company during Rajitha Senaratne's tenure as Health Minister.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/21)
A reset of economic fundamentals in Sri Lanka; Is IMF the only hope?
Sri Lanka is at the precipice of an economic disaster. The country’s foreign debt is suffocating the country, it is its biggest immediate problem, and the problem for the foreseeable future unless urgent and drastic action is taken, now. The crisis arises due to several factors, the primary factor being the high component of market borrowings in the form of International Sovereign Bonds (ISBs) in the country’s foreign debt portfolio. ISBs account for 47% of the debt. The following Central Bank chart shows this ISBs are short term loans attracting... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/21)
An open letter to President Gothabhaya Rajapaksa on the proposed new Constitution.
Part 1 Dr. Sudath Gunasekara Retired Secretary to PM Sirimavo Bandaranayaka, Past President Sri Lanka Administrative Service Association (1991 Nov 1994 nov) and President Mahanuwara Sinhala Baudha Jestha Purawesiyange Sanvidhanaya The Preamble (The task before you is to give a new lease of life, to the ashes of a 2500 year old great civilization that was murdered in 1815 by the British, burned in 1818 and 1848 and buried 10 feet below, by the same British in 1948, by a vicious... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/21)
Damaging the Prakrama Samudraya Relapanawa
I wonder what the Government Agent at Polonnaruwa was doing while the relapanawa was removed or damaged to make a walkaway. Walk ways have to be appreciated but to damage the irrigation heritage that our forefathers have bequeathed to us is unforgivable. The G.A’s residence is on the bund and he must have known what was happening. The G.A. is the highest ranking officer in the District and to my thinking though the Prakrama Samudra belongs to the Irrigation Department, it should have been his concern. The Prakrama Samudraya is a masterpiece... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/21)
Parakrama Samudraya, 1978 flood, and strength of tank bund
Former Irrigation Engineer, Sri Lanka and Hydrologist/Flood Forecaster to the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology, Sydney, Australia In this article, the author wishes to highlight his experience during the November 1978 cyclone, while working as an Irrigation Engineer (IE) attached to the Hydrology branch of the Irrigation Department, Sri Lanka. That particular morning, Tilak Nikapitiya (IE) and I were called in by late Olsen Gunawardane, Senior Deputy Director (Research), to his office and asked us to take a ‘Four-Wheel Drive’ and proceed to Polonnaruwa immediately to meet A.D.S.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/09/21)
Traumatic Brain Injury Among The Sri Lankan Combat Veterans
A significant number of Sri Lankan soldiers sustained head injuries during the Eelam War that lasted from 1983 to 2009. These head injuries mainly occurred due to gunshot wounds, mortar blast injuries, grenade explosions and artillery blasts. Traumatic Brain Injuries increased High morbidity and mortality rates among the Sri Lankan combatants. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) had been one of the signature injuries of the Eelam War. Traumatic brain injury has short and long term consequences. It affects the physical, social, psychological and occupational aspects of a combatant's life. The combatants with severe... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/21)
Why should Myanmar Strengthen its relations with Bangladesh?
Myanmar is one of the closest neighbors of Bangladesh. Which is also known as Burma. Before the Second World War, many people from Bangladesh used to travel to Burma in search of livelihood. Since then, the people of this country have developed an economic and social relationship with Burma. Apart from India, Bangladesh shares a border with Myanmar. The 271 km long Bangladesh-Myanmar border is very important for Bangladesh due to geographical reasons. Bangladesh can use Myanmar by land for communication in Southeast Asian countries including China. Road connectivity is possible through Myanmar. Maybe a new... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/21)
SL lose Rs. 1,600 Bn revenue due to Covid this year: Basil
Sri Lankan government has lost a total revenue of Rs 1,600 billion this year due to COVID-19 pandemic, Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa told Parliament today. https://youtu.be/jC0paT5_vm8 Speaking during the debate on regulations imposed under the Financial Bill and Export Import Control Bill the Minister said 70% of indirect tax revenue has been recorded since the current lockdown was imposed. “The revenue received from the Inland Revenue Department, Customs and Excise Department had gone down drastically because of the lock down,” Mr. Rajapaksa said. “Total revenue has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/21)
Finance Bill passed in Parliament with amendments
The Finance Bill which was debated in Parliament today (07) has been passed with amendments by a majority vote. During the second reading of the Bill, Chief Opposition Whip Lakshman Kiriella called for a division and second reading of the bill was passed with 134 parliamentarians voting in favour and 44 voting against the bill. The Finance Bill enables individuals to voluntarily disclose undisclosed taxable supplies, income and assets which are required to be publicize under some laws. In addition, it allows the imposition of taxes on taxable income and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/21)
Sri Lanka confirms another 184 coronavirus deaths
The Director-General of Health Services has confirmed another 184 coronavirus-related deaths for September 06 (yesterday), increasing the official death toll in the country to 10,504. According to the figures reported by the Department of Government Information today (07), the victims include 97 males and 87 females while four of the deceased, including 1 female, are below the age of 30. Forty-six of the Covid-19 deaths are individuals between the ages of 30-59 and the remaining 134 are persons aged 60 and above.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/21)
Sri Lanka confirms 2,964 COVID cases in total today
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that 1,141 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 2,964. This brings the confirmed tally of coronavirus infections reported in the country to 471,863. A total of 388,278 recoveries have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. As per official data, more than 73,000 active cases are currently under medical care at hospitals, treatment centres and homes. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka registered 184 new... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/21)
Who are the beneficiaries of foreign funds?
As per a main news item appeared in ‘Divaina’ dated August 22, 2021, a foreign organisation has already given Rs 850 millions, via a NGO, to some political parties and trade unions etc to embarrassed the current government. The news item revealed how this money has been distributed among the various recipients, including a media team and popular monk. The money said to have been given with the intervention of a top official in the relevant foreign organisation. Out of this amount, Rs 500 million has been distributed to the relevant media team, Rs 50 million... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/21)
බෞද්ධ ජනරජ ප්‍රවාදය - 34 වැනි කොටස - කතන්දර අධ්‍යාපනය
විවිධ වූ වියුක්ත න්‍යායන්ගේ උපකාරයෙන් අනුමාන දැනුමක් ගොඩ නඟාගැනීම වෙනුවට අත්දැකීම් මත පදනම් වූ ප්‍රත්‍යක්‍ෂය ඇසුරින් ලෝකය තේරුම්ගැනීමේ හැකියාවක් බෞද්ධ අපට හිමි වී තිබේ. එහෙයින් අපගේ සමාජ - ආර්ථික අවශ්‍යතා සාධනය උදෙසා මෙම හැකියාව භාවිතයට ගැනීම වඩාත් ප්‍රතිඵලදායක වේ. මෙයින් කියැවෙන්නේ න්‍යායික කරුණු දැනගැනීමේ අවශ්‍යතාවක් නැති බවක් නොවේ. එම කාර්යයෙහි නිපුණ අයවළුන් විසින් තමන්ට හැකි උපරිමයෙන් න්‍යායික කරුණු අධ්‍යයන කළ යුතු අතර නව න්‍යාය හඳුන්වාදීමට ද කටයුතු කළ යුතු වේ. එසේ වුව ද, බෞද්ධ ජනරජයෙහි වසන සෑම අයකුගේ ම කාලය සහ ශක්තිය ඒ වෙනුවෙන් කැපකිරීම නිරර්ථක කාර්යයකි. දරුවන්ගේ නිපුණතා හඳුනාගෙන ඒ අයගෙන් පිරිසක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/21)
දිගටම ගජරමෙට සිද්වන LRC ඉඩම් මංකොල්ලය - අංක 1.
ඉඩම් ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ කොමිෂන් සභාව සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක විසින් වසර 50 කට ආසන්න කාලයකට පෙර පිහිටුවන ලද්දේ එක්තරා පැහැදිලි කාර්යක් සිදුකිරීම සඳහා පමණි. එනම්, එවක පවුල් 6000කට අයිතිව තිබු, අක්කර ලක්ෂ 15කට ආසන්න ඉඩම් ප්‍රමාණයක් පවරාගෙන රජය යටතට පත්කිරීමටය. කෙසේනමුත් මේ වනවිටත් LRC ආයතනයේ විශාල අකාරයේ ඉඩම් මංකොල්ලයන් ප්‍රමාණයක් අප වෙත වාර්තාවී ඇති අතර, අමාත්‍යවරුන් මුදල් ලබාගැනීම්, නිලධාරීන් අල්ලස් ගැනීම්, සහ තම හිතවතුන්ට ඉඩම් ලබාදීම් විශාල ප්‍රමාණයක් වාර්තා වී ඇත. ඉඩම් පවරාගත් පාර්ශ්වයන්ට ඉඩම් ලබාදීම පවා සම්පුර්ණ කරනොමැති පසුබිමක, (තමන්ගේ ඉඩම් ගත්තායි බොරු ලේඛන ඉදිරිපත් කර දේශපාලුවන් සහ ව්‍යාපාරිකයින් ඉඩම් සොරකම් කර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/21)
General Prayut Chan-o-cha Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of the Kingdom Thailand assures to Sri Lanka Ambassador Chaminda Colonne his fullest support and cooperation for Sri Lanka’s Development
Today, 06th September 2021, Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) C.A. Chaminda I. Colonne paid her very first courtesy call on the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of the Kingdom Thailand General Prayut Chan-o-cha at the Government House in Bangkok. Ambassador Colonne extended warm greetings to the Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha from the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/21)
A VERY WELL-ORGANIZED MISINFORMATION PLOT BY INDIAN AND WESTERN NEWS SOURCES.
It would be clear by now for the readers that a few countries including India and their agents are involved in a misinformation campaign to bring unwanted fear into the minds of the Sri Lankan public by spreading false news about food shortages. The agencies such as Gravitas, DW Germany and Al Jazeera, etc depicted long queues of people at food stores and were discussing the apparent shortfall in the foreign exchange earnings of the country by relating it to food shortage and food emergency! There were screenshots of sugar... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/09/21)
Basil R should change course if we are to come out of this foreign reserve crunch
Since 2015 Export Development Board has been trying to implement National Export Strategy ( NES) with few salient features which can enhance our foreign currency reserves A few of them are Development of Boat Building for Export coupled with Nautical Tourism in addition to Development of Spice Trade,Digital Technology Transformation, development of Wellness Tourism. Nautical tourism coupled with wellness tourism can be a winner for the country during this COVID pandemic where foreign tourists can be enticed or travel to Sri Lanka to spend their time to spend their holiday And also to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/09/21)
'Self-reform and financial transparency in media need of the hour'
Guwahati: Can the mainstream newspapers and satellite news channels be compelled to make their annual balance sheets public in India? Or will it be possible to ask the professional journalists to go for self-declarations about their assets so that they can question the financial integrity of individuals in other professions including in politics! As the Union information & broadcasting ministry in New Delhi has taken initiatives to review the guidelines for working journalist’s welfare schemes, a northeast India based scribes’ body urged the mainstream media houses and seasoned journalists of the country to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/09/21)
Indian government scholarships for studies in indigenous medicine and homoeopathy
Colombo, September 6: The High Commission of India Colombo announces scholarships to Sri Lankan nationals under the Ayush Scholarship Scheme for UG/PG/PhD courses in Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy for the academic year 2021-22. The Government of India selects meritorious Sri Lankan nationals for the award of these scholarships in consultation with the Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of Sri Lanka. These scholarships cover full tuition fees and a monthly sustenance allowance for the entire duration of the course. The scholarship also covers accommodation allowance and an annual... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/09/21)
Sri Lanka Rupee depreciates drastically against Pound, Euro
Colombo, Sept 6 (NewsWire) – The Sri Lanka Rupee has depreciated drastically against several foreign currencies as per the daily currency exchange rate issued for today. The change in the currency has been reported in comparison to last week, the 02nd of September. According to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, the selling rate of the Sterling Pound that was Rs. 298. 69 on Thursday (02) has increased to Rs. 317.47 today. The Euro which was sold at Rs. 258.08 last week has increased to Rs. 273.52 this week. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/09/21)
මාස තුනකින් රටම ආදරය කරන ප්‍රභූවරයකු මිය යනවා.. ප්‍රබල චරිත දෙකක් ලෙඩ ඇඳට… රට හොල්ලපු කටක් ඇති අයෙකුට දරුණු රෝගයක්..- ගෝතමී මෙහෙණිය
තවත් මාස තුනක් ඇතුළත රටම ආදරය කරන ප්‍රභූවරයකු ජීවිතයෙන් සමුගන්නා බව පල්ලේකැලේ ගෝතමී විහාරයේ ප්‍රධාන කම්මට්ඨාචාරිනී ගෝතමී මෙහෙණින් වහන්සේ පවසති. https://youtu.be/NjLSpvcPasc එමෙන්ම හිතාගන්නවත් බැරි ප්‍රබල චරිත දෙකක් ලෙඩ ඇඳට වැටෙන බවද තවත් ප‍්‍රභූවරයෙක් දරුණු රෝගයකින් අසරණ වනු ඇති බවත් රට හොල්ලපු කටක් ඇති අයෙකුටද දරුණු රෝගයක් වැලදෙනු ඇති බවත් මෙහෙණින් වහන්සේ කියා සිටියහ. ජූලි 03 වැනිදා අන්තර්ජාල නාලිකාව සාකච්ඡාවට උන් වහන්සේ අදහස් පල කරන ලදී. තමන් මේ පවසන්නේ අනාවැකි නොව විශ්ව ඥාණයෙක් අවබෝධ කරගත් දේ බවය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/09/21)
Govt decides to suspend another walking lane construction
The government has decided to immediately suspend the construction work of the proposed walkway near the Kantale Lake in Trincomalee. It is reported that the monks, farmers, and political activists in the area have strongly opposed the walking lane project. One of their main allegations was that the government was spending money on unnecessary projects at a time when the country was facing a pandemic and a serious economic abyss. This is the second walking lane that was suspended due to public protests during the ongoing construction. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/09/21)
Emergency regulations for supply of essential food items passed in Parliament
https://youtu.be/3Ap8WuJmA2w The Proclamation on the Emergency Regulations for the Supply of Essential Foods enacted by President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was passed by a majority of 81 votes in Parliament today (06). When the vote on the proclamation of the emergency regulations was taken, a total of 132 parliamentarians voted in favour while 51 members voted against it. Government MPs voted in favor of the emergency regulations, while opposition parties, including the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), voted against. Parliament was convened today to debate on the Proclamation of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/09/21)
Sri Lanka records 180 new COVID-related deaths
The total number of people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka soared yet again as 180 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Sunday (September 05). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 10,320. According to the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims include 97 males and 83 females. As many as 133 deaths were reported among elderly people who are aged above 60 years. In... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/09/21)
Daily COVID cases count hits 3,182 today
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 937 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 3,182. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 465,949. As many as 386,509 recoveries and 10,320 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 69,120 active cases are currently under medical care.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/09/21)
Need mixed electoral system with single, proportional representation - People’s United Front
The People’s United Front today (06) testifying before the Select Committee of Parliament to Identify Appropriate Reforms of the Election Laws and the Electoral System and to Recommend Necessary Amendments pointed out that the country needs a mixed electoral system with single and proportional representation. The number of seats in Parliament should be 225 as at present, out of which 140 should be elected on a divisional basis, 70 on a district basis and the remaining 15 from the national list, said State Minister and the assistant secretary to the party Sisira Jayakody. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/09/21)
Sri Lanka Targets Hoarders, Bad Traders To Tackle Food Shortages
Sri Lanka plans to bring in new laws to deter hoarding and increase penalties on traders to tackle food shortages caused largely by the country's deteriorating forex reserves. Shortages of essential foods including rice, sugar and milk powder in recent months pushed the government to declare a food emergency last week, empowering authorities to seize stocks of staples and sell them at guaranteed prices. Sri Lanka imports a large part of its food supplies and the shortages have in part been triggered by an imports ban due to the country's dwindling foreign exchange reserves and a sharp... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/09/21)
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ දේශපාලනය නිසා ඇතිවන අන්තර්ජාල සුන්බුන්
“පෘථිවියට කඩා වැටෙමින් තිබූ චීනයේ විශාලතම ලෝන් මාච් රොකට්ටුවේ අවශේෂ කොටස් මැයි 9 වන දින ග්‍රිනිච් වේලාවෙන් 0224 ට වායුගෝලයට ඇතුළු වූ අතර දේශාංශ 72.47 ක් සහ අක්ෂාංශ 2.65 ක් උතුරින් පිහිටි ඉන්දියන් සාගරයේ ස්ථානයකට කඩා වැටුණු බව ජාත්යන්තර මාධ්ය වාර්තා කර සිටියි.” 2020 නොවැම්බර් 06 වෙනිදා නිකුත් කරන ලද අංක 2203/33 දරන අති විශේෂ ගැසට් පත්‍රය මගින් ජනාධිපතිවරයා තාක්ෂණ අමාත්‍යාංශය තමා යටතේ තබා ගන්නා බව සඳහන් කරයි. ඒ බව ජනාධිපති කාර්යාල (presidentsoffice.gov.lk) වෙබ් අඩවිය ද තහවුරු කොට ඇත. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ තාක්ෂණ අමාත්‍යාංශය පිළිබඳව අන්තර්ජාලය තුල සොයා බැලීමේදී එය,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/21)
එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය ‘මරණයෙන් මතු දිව්‍ය ලෝකයේ යනවා‘ යැයි කියන මිනිසුන්ගේ පක්ෂය යි.
මැරෙනකල්ම ඉදලා දිව්‍ය ලෝකයේ යනවා මිස, අද ම මැරිලා දිව්‍ය ලෝකයේ යන්නට කාටවත් හිතෙන්නේ නැත. ‘මරණයෙන් මතු දිව්‍ය ලෝකයේ යන මිනිසුන්ගේ‘ පක්ෂයට දැන් වසර 75 කි. 1946 වසරේ නිදහසේ අරුණළු දකිමින් සිටි රටට, සිංහල-දෙමළ-මුස්ලිම් සෑම ජන කොටසකගේම ‘එක්සත් - ජාතික‘ සිහිනය ‘යුනයිටඩ් නැෂනල් පාටි‘ හෙවත් ‘අයික්කීය තේෂීය කච්ච්‘ ඉටු කළේය. මෑතක් වන තුරුම සිංහල-දෙමළ-මුස්ලිම් ජාතිකයින් එම පක්ෂයේ ප්‍රධාන තනතුරු දරණ, සිංහල, දෙමළ, ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා තුනෙන් පක්ෂ ගීතය කියන්නේ එජාප ය යි. අමද්‍යප මහා සභාව, ලංකා ජාතික සංගමය යන නිදහස් සටනේ පා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/21)
20+ age group : Online vaccination appointments open and vaccinaton centres details released for Colombo, Kalutara & Gampaha
Colombo, Sept 5 (NewsWie) – Online vaccination appointments are now open for age 20+ residents of Colombo, Gampaha, and Kalutara districts. “ Sinopharm Dose-1 for age 20+ years for Colombo, Gampaha, and Kalutara districts by MOH. Conducted by the Provincial Director of Health Services, WP.” Hiranya Samarasekara of ICTA tweeted. “Vaccination Centers at MOH areas will be strictly for the residents of that area, whereas the vaccination centers at District Hospitals will cater to residents from that district.” he added. – Colombo: 20-30 years– Gampaha... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/21)
Parakrama Samudra jogging track project halted: Irrigation DG
The Irrigation Department today decided to suspend the project to construct a jogging track on the breakwater of the ancient Parakrama Samudra. Department's Director General K.D.N.Siriwardana told the Daily Mirror that if there is no agreement with the opposed parties, we will repair the damage caused to the breakwater. Several parties across the Polonnaruwa District paid their visit to the construction site on Friday to witness the destruction caused to an ancient water conservation system, he said. However, it was reported that the breakwater of the historic Parakrama... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/21)
Sri Lanka’s COVID death toll hits 10,000
Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 death toll surpassed the grim milestone of 10,000 with 189 more victims confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services for Saturday (September 04). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 10,040. According to the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims confirmed today include 96 males and 93 females. As many as 154 deaths have been reported among elderly people who are aged above 60 years. In addition, 34 people aged between 30-59... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/21)
Daily COVID cases count climbs to 3,308
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 744 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 3,308. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 462,767. As many as 384,557 recoveries and 10,140 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 68,070 active cases are currently under medical care.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/21)
COVID vaccinations for age group 20-29 in four districts from tomorrow
COVID-19 vaccinations for those aged between 20-29 years in the Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara and Galle districts will kick off from tomorrow (Sep. 06), the Head of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) announced. The Army Commander, General Shavendra Silva added that youths who belong to the aforesaid age group can get themselves vaccinated at all hospitals and clinics that are currently rolling out COVID jabs in these four districts. In addition to the existing centres where the inoculation drive is already under way in Colombo District, the youths... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/21)
1977 JR බලයට ආවට පසු
JR බලයට එනකොට ආණ්ඩුවෙ ඉඩම් සංචිතය විතරක් අක්කර මිලියන ගානක් තිබුනා. අත්කර 50 පනත 100 දක්වා වැඩි කරලා හිතවතුන්ට ඉඩම් කොල්ලකන්න දීලා බලං හිටියා, ප්‍රේමදාසගෙ අඹන්පොළ ඉඩමත් එහෙමයි. ලැවරියා විකුණලා අරං නෙමේ. ඒ විතරක් නෙමේ තමන්ගේ කනාටු පොල් ඉඩම් ටික සරුසාර ඉඩම් වලට වංචාවෙන් මාරු කරගත්තා. රටේ නොතිබුණු කොටි, පාතාලේ, කුඩු යනාදී සියලුම අකටයුතුකම් ගෙනල්ලා බෝකරා. රටේ වැඩිම දෙනෙකුට යැපෙන්න තියන ප්‍රධානම රැකියාව දේශපාලනය කරා. ඒ සඳහා පලාත් සබා වැනි අලුත්ම ක්රම සහ මනාප වැනි බලුපොර ගෙනල්ලා ජාතියම අනාතකරා. කවරදාකවත් ලෝකෙ එක එකාට වහල්කම් නොකරපු ජාතියක ප්‍රධානම ආදායම්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/21)
A challenge to Sri Lanka’s sovereignty and self respect
“A small country like Sri Lanka with no economic or military power has only two things to its credit - sovereignty and self respect. If we lose sovereignty and self respect, we lose everything.” The late Lakshman Kadirgamar, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1994-2001), quoted in THE CAKE THAT WAS BAKED AT HOME: SNAPSHOTS OF THE MAN’S LIFE BY HIS DAUGHTER AJITA KADIRGAMAR/August 2015, Colombo, p. 216 The late great Lakshman Kadirgamar was the most efficient, the most professional and above all the most patriotic, and hence the best, foreign affairs... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 23 Db
Once upon a time, said commentators, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was the most trusted broadcaster, to which the world turned for news without distortion or warped opinions. It was the world’s first national broadcaster. BBC World Service kept listeners around the globe informed during the Second World War. Even today BBC is the largest broadcaster, employing over 22,000 around the world. But BBC is not as independent as it says it is. Its contract with the government says that BBC must consult with the Foreign Secretary before it prepares programmes for the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 23 Dc
(Continued from Pt 23 Db) The Hard talk documentary next featured TNA leader Rajavarothiam Sampantham. This was very different to the interview with Gotabaya Rajapaksa .The Sampanthan interview was not Hard Talk at all. It was nice and gentle. There was no interrogation. Sampantham was allowed to speak without interruption. He is shown in heroic mode, filmed in close up, in portrait style, calmly uttering treasonable statements. Sampanthan said with reference to Eelam war, that the government had imposed a military victory. That will never be accepted by the Tamil people.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/21)
OPEN LETTER to TNA MP M.A. Sumanithiran Parliament of Sri Lanka
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parliament.lk) Dear M.A. Sumanithiran: What is this that I read in a The Island Online - news copy of 27 August 2021, that ”Sumanithiran wants US as mediator here” Sweet Mother of Jesus, Oh Great! “Are you Nuts or what, Sumanithiran?”. Shucks...I noticed that the photographer that took your portrait which appeared with that news item had made you take off your ‘Dunce cap’. Pity! Suman, you are not talking of the same US that failed as a “mediator” with guns and bullets in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/09/21)
පර්යේෂණ ප්‍රතිඵල ලොව හමුවේ තබමින් දේශීය වෙදකම සහ ආයුර්වේදයේ ප්රමිතිය හදනවා - ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා
පර්යේෂණ ප්‍රතිඵල ලොව හමුවේ තබමින් දේශීය වෙදකම සහ ආයුර්වේදයේ ප්රමිතිය සකස් කරන්නැයි නිලධාරීන්ට උපදෙස් දුන් බව ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද(04) දින පැවසීය. මොණරාගල, සිරිගල පිහිටි රාජපුර ආයුර්වේද රෝහල විවෘත කිරීමේ අවස්ථාවට අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ සිට වීඩියෝ තාක්ෂණය ඔස්සේ එක්වෙමින් අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මේ බව අවධාරණය කළේය. රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ශෂීන්ද්‍ර රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පීත්ත පටිය කපමින් රාජපුර ආයුර්වේද රෝහල විවෘත කළ අතර අනතුරුව එහි නිරීක්ෂණ චාරිකාවකට ද එක්විය. බෝ නොවන රෝග රැසකට දේශීය ප්‍රතිකාර කරනු ලබන මොණරාගල රාජපුර ආයුර්වේද රෝහල, රෝගීන් හතළිස් දෙනෙකුට එකවර නේවාසිකව ප්‍රතිකාර ගැනීමේ පහසුකම්වලින් සමන්විතය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/21)
ඖෂධ ජාවාරම්කරුවන්ට සුදු හුණු ගාන්න එපා - දත්ත මැකුවේ කවුරුන්දැයි සොයන්න - මනුෂ, ආණ්ඩුවේ මන්ත්රීවරුන්ට කියයි
ජාතික ඖෂධ නියාමන අධිකාරියේ දත්ත පද්ධතිය මැකී යාම සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන සැබෑ තත්වය අනාවරණය කරගැනීම වෙනුවට ආණ්ඩුවේ මන්ත්රීවරු පිරිසක් ඖෂධ ජාවාරම්කරුවන්ට සුදු හුණු ගෑමට උත්සාහ කරමින් සිටින බවත්, සුදු හුණු ගෑම පසෙකින් තබා දත්ත පද්ධතිය මකා දැමුවේ කවුරුන්ද යන්න අනාවරණය කරගැනීමට උත්සාහ ගන්නැයි සමගි ජන බලවේගයේ මාධ්ය ප‍්‍රකාශක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී මනුෂ නානායක්කාර පැවසුවේය මෙම මන්ත්රීවරු කළ යුතුව ඇත්තේ දත්ත පද්ධතිය මැකී යාම සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන සත්‍ය තොරතුරු අනාවරණය කරගැනීම බවද මාධ්ය වෙත ප‍්‍රකාශයක් ලබාදෙමින් ඔහු කීවේය. වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ මන්ත්රීවරයා මෙසේද කීය. ජාතික ඖෂධ නියාමන අධිකාරියේ දත්ත පද්ධතිය මැකී යාම ගැන වෙන කාටවත් ඇගිල්ල... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/21)
වෙළබඩගේ සර් පිළිබඳ මතකය
වෙළබඩගේ සර් යන්නට ගොසිනි. එහෙත් වෙළබඩගේ සර් පිලිබඳ මතකය තවමත් මිළින වී නොමැත. නැුම් ගුරුවරයෙකු ලෙස වෙළබඩගේ සර් නාලන්දාවට එන්නේ 1967 දීය. සුදු ජාතික ඇඳුම ඇඳ ,කැරළි සහිත කළු කොන්ඩයකින් යුත් වෙළබඩගේ සර් සිසු පරම්පරා කීපයකටම උගන්වා තිබේ. ඒ කාලයේ ප්‍රාථමික අංශයේ රැස්වීම තිබුනේ වර්තමානයේ පිහිනුම් තටාකය තිබෙන ස්ථානයට ආසන්නවය. ධර්ම ගුණසිංහ මහතා රැස්වීම අමතන විට වෙළබඩගේ සර් පසෙකින් සිටිමින් රැස්වීමේ සම් පාදන කටයුතු කිරීම එකල සුලබ දසුනකි. ළමයෙකු කලන්තේ දැමූ විට වෙළබඩගේ සර් වහාම ක්‍රියාත්මක වී ළමයාට ප්‍රථමාධාර ලබා දෙයි. නාලන්දාවේ යම් සංදර්ශනයක් තිබුනේද එහි නැටුම්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/21)
හම්බන්තොටින් අවුරුදු තිහට අඩු පිරිස් සදහා එන්ත්කරණය පටන්ගන්නේ ඇයි? - ආර්ථිකයට වැඩිම දායකත්වයක් දෙන දිස්ත්රික්කය බවට දැන් හම්බන්තොට පත්වෙලාද? - මනුෂ ප‍්‍රශ්ණ කරයි
වයස අවුරුදු තිහට අඩු පිරිස් සදහා එන්නත්කරණය කිරීම හම්බන්තොට දිස්ත්රික්කයෙන් ආරම්භ කිරීමට හේතුවු සෞඛ්‍ය සහ විද්‍යාත්මක පදනම කුමක්දැයි සමගි ජන බලවේගයේ මාධ්ය ප‍්‍රකාශක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී මනුෂ නානායක්කාර ප‍්‍රශ්ණ කළේය. රටේ ආර්ථිකයට වැඩිම දායකත්වයක් ලබාදෙන බස්නාහිර පළාතෙන් හෝ කොළඹ දිස්ත්රික්කයෙන් එම වයස් කාණ්ඩයේ එන්නත්කරණය ආරම්භ නොකරන්නේ වැඩිම රෝගීන් සංඛ්‍යාවක් හමබන්තොටින් වාර්තාවන නිසාද, නැතිනම් රටේ ආර්ථිකයට වැඩිම දායත්වයක් ලබාදෙන දිස්ත්රික්කය බවට දැන් හම්බන්තොට පත්ව තිබෙන නිසාදැයි ඔහු ප‍්‍රශ්ණ කළේය. මාධ්ය වෙත ප‍්‍රකාශයක් ලබාදුන් ඔහු වැඩිදුරටත් මෙසේද කීවේය. එන්නත්කරණය පිළිබද බරපතල ගැටලුවක් මේ වන විට නිර්මාණය වෙලා තියෙනවා. අපි කියපු වෙලාවේ එන්නත් ගේන්නේ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/21)
Mainstream media and journalists should display financial transparency: Journalists’ Forum Assam
Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA), while appreciating the Union Information and Broadcasting ministry for its initiative to review the guidelines for scribe’s welfare schemes, urged the mainstream media houses and seasoned journalists to display transparencies in their own financial transactions to qualify themselves for such benefits. The forum of scribes also opined that the media houses should show their balance-sheets every year and working journalists make self-declarations about their assets along with liabilities as they demand transparencies from concerned individuals in other sectors so that they can lessen the erosion of goodwill from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/21)
A life well spent Dr Ibrahim Yusuf London
I have lost a closet friend this week Dr Ibrahim Yusuf Born in Rideegama and studied had primary education I Rideegama Temple and a contemporary of Asgiriya Chief Buddhist prelate . He was very much conversant with Buddhism though he payed everyday and recited Quaran several times a day.Amazingly he could recite Subhasithaya After teaching in Sri Lanka he went to Moscow to study medicine and moved to London to work as a medical doctor He was very helpful to his friends and relatives ,helped them to find employment I London... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/21)
IS influenced Terrorist Attack In Auckland
As a New Zealander , I join the Prime Minister Jacinda Arden, The NZ Police and the rest of New Zealand in unreservedly condemning today’s (3/9/21) , terrorist attack in Auckland that injured several. As a New Zealander of Sri Lankan origin, I condemn this even more ,as our two thousand five hundred year heritage and culture has largely been moulded by Buddhist teachings of non violence, where terror has no place.. On the other hand this man’s terrorism, as you revealed by Prime Minister , has been influenced by ISIS ideology,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/21)
New Zealand attacker 'brainwashed' by radical neighbours, mother says
COLOMBO (AFP) - A Sri Lankan man who went on a knife rampage in a New Zealand mall was "brainwashed" by neighbours from the Middle East, his mother said on Saturday (Sept 4). Ismail Fareeda spoke to a local TV channel about her son as the Sri Lankan government promised to work with New Zealand authorities to investigate Friday's attack. Ahamed Adil Mohamed Samsudeen, who was shot dead by police after stabbing seven people, had been on a terror watchlist and was under surveillance. New Zealand authorities said he had been inspired by the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/21)
Auckland mall terrorist attack: 'Lone wolf' Isis supporter identified as Sri Lankan refugee Ahamed Aathil Mohamed Samsudeen; Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern responds
THE SUPERMARKET TERRORIST* Aathil Samsudeen came to NZ in 2011, escaping a tortuous regime in Sri Lanka* He was granted refugee status in 2013 but within five years had become angry and isolated* He was the perfect candidate to be radicalised in his own living room, through Isis-inspired social media influences* He was caught trying to travel to Syria in 2017 and a raid on his Queen St apartment uncovered a large hunting knife and disturbing, extremist images, videos and songs* The Herald has previously reported police tried to charge Samsudeen for allegedly... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/21)
Ahamed Samsudeen: New Zealand knife attacker named as Sri Lanka refugee jailed over extremist material
The Sri Lankan national, 32, was known to police as an Isis-sympathiser and had been under surveillance for five years Ahmed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen appeared in the High Court in Auckland, New Zealand, on 7 August, 2018, after he was found possessing a series of images which depict extreme violence, cruelty, death and graphic war scenes (Photo: New Zealand Herald/ AP) The terrorist who stabbed seven people in an Auckland supermarket before being shot dead by police has been named as Ahamed Samsudeen. The Sri Lankan man,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/21)
BBS challenges 22 organizations to make public statement rejecting Wahhabism, Salafism
While condemning the recent terrorist attack on innocent civilians in New Zealand, Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera today threw a challenge to the 22 organizations to make a joint public statement that they reject Wahhabism and Salafism'. Ven. Gnanasara said the attack was carried out by a Muslim man who left Sri Lanka about 10 years ago and has been living in New Zealand ever since. The prelate pointed out that a similar attack was launched in Sri Lanka on April 21, 2019 in the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/21)
CID begins questioning close contacts of SL born NZ attacker
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has commenced questioning close contacts of the Sri Lankan who carried out the attack at a supermarket in Auckland, New Zealand, police said. Authorities revealed that the suspect, Ahmed Adil Mohamed Samsudeen, also known as Ahmed Adil Mohamed Samsudeen, a resident of Kaththankudy. It was reported that Mohamed Samsudeen is the youngest in a family of four with two brothers and a sister. His two brothers are reportedly residing in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. According to the intelligence information about the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/21)
Fines charged for arbitrary price hike of essential items increased
The amendments to the Consumer Affairs Authority Act will be tabled in the Parliament on Monday (Sep. 06), says State Minister of Co-operative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection Lasantha Alagiyawanna. These amendments are expected to allow necessary action to be taken against individuals and companies who deliberately increase the prices of essential items and sell the goods above controlled prices. As per the provisions of the CAA Act, the fines are categorized as individual businesses and companies. Accordingly, the maximum fine charged from an individual business for a first-time... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/21)
Total COVID deaths climb over 9,900 with 145 new victims
The total number people who fell victim to COVID-19 infection in Sri Lanka soared yet again as 145 more fatalities were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services on Friday (Sep. 03). The new development has pushed the official death toll from the virus outbreak in Sri Lanka to 9,951. According to the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims include 77 males and 68 females. As many as 117 deaths were reported among the elderly people who are aged above 60 years. In... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/21)
Daily COVID cases count hits 3,333 today
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 693 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 3,333. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 459,459. As many as 382,476 recoveries and 9,951 deaths have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 67,032 active cases are currently under medical care.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/09/21)
BUILDING A DIGITAL ECONOMY IN SRI LANKA
Mr. Namal Rajapaksa recently expressed that he intends to build a digital economy in Sri Lanka. It is an astonishing challenge and the task will attract enormous resources and time. It is not a simple task in the way the Minister assumes because Sri Lanka has no resources to build a digital economy. A digital economy relates to information and data. Each cent of earning and expenditure should be digitally recorded if the economy becomes a digital economy. It might be a recording system like in heaven or hell. Sri Lanka converting to heaven or... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/21)
Bangladesh-Maldives Ties: Sky’s the Limit?
Maldives President Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh's recent visit to Bangladesh has added multidimensionality to the two countries. Because the country has expressed its determination to work together with Dhaka on bilateral, regional and international issues. Not only that, a total of six Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) has been signed between Dhaka-Male within a month; Of which four have been completed in the presence of the President during his visit to Dhaka to mark the Birth Centenary celebration of Founder of Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib in March. The Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS), a new dimension in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/21)
ජනාධිපතිතුමනි, උද්දච්චකම පැත්තකින් තියලා ජනතාවගේ ප‍්‍රශ්ණවලට විසදුම් දෙන්න - මනුෂ නානායක්කාර
උද්දච්චකම පසෙකින් තබා රටේ ප‍්‍රශ්ණවලට විසදුම් ලබාදෙන්නැයි ජනාධිපතිවරයාගෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටින බව සමගි ජන බලවේගයේ මාධ්ය ප‍්‍රකාශක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී මනුෂ නානායක්කාර පැවසුවේය. ජනාධිපතිවරයා තමන්ගේ උද්දච්කම පසෙකින් තබා රටේ ආහාර සුරක්ෂිතතාවය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ගැටලු ඇති කරන පොහාර ප‍්‍රශ්ණයට විසදුම් ලබාදිය යුතු බවත්, ගුරු වැටුප් ප‍්‍රශ්ණයට විසදුම් ලබාදී දරුව්න්ගේ අධ්‍යාපනය යථා තත්වයට පත් කිරීමට කටයුතු කළ යුතු බවත් ඔහු සදහන් කළේය. ජනතාවගේ ගැටලුවලට විසදුම් ලබාදෙන්නේ නම් ජනාධිපතිවරයා ෆේල් බව නොකියා සිටිය හැකි බවද මන්ත්රීවරයා පැවසුවේය වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ මනුෂ නානායක්කාර මන්ත්රීවරයා මෙසේද කීවේය. සීනි වලට අලුත් ගැසට් එකක් ගහලා තියෙනවා. ගිය අවුරුද්දේ නොවැම්බර්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/21)
Why Sri Lanka is not like Singapore.
Among Sri Lankans, there are two distinct ideologically opposing groups. One group trust in the slogan “Loken Utum Rata Lankawai”. And the other claim “Sudda Hitiyanam wada hondai.” Yet others pray for a Lee Kwan Yew and argue that Sri Lanka is a failed state because we have not adopted the development models followed, for example by Singapore or South Korea. Every country is subject to unique internal and external demands and constraints. The geography and history of a country play a crucial role in its destiny and are inescapable. Some of these... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/21)
මංගල ගේ දේශපාලන භූමිකාව
මංගල සමරවීර මියගිය දා පටන් හැම පැත්තෙන්ම අපට අසන්න ලැබෙන්නේ ඔහුගේ ගුණ වැයුම්ය. පක්ෂ විපක්ෂදෙපිරිසේම අය කියන්නේ ඔහුගෙන් රටට වූවා යයි කියන සේවය ගැනය. නැතිනම් ඔහු කල හොඳ පමණක් වැඩියෙන් ඉස්මතු කිරීමෙන් කිරීමය. දැන් අපට අවශ්‍ය වන්නේ මෙරට භෞමික අනන්‍යතාවය පිළිබඳව ඔහුගේ දේශපාලන භූමිකාවේ නිවැරදි තක්සේරුවකි. මා දන්නා තරමින් කිසිම මාධ්‍යයකින් එය කර නැත. මංගලගේ පුද්ගලික දිවිය හෝ දේශපාලන පිල් මාරු කිරීම් අපට මෙහිදී අදාල නැත. එය බොහෝ දේශපාලකයන් කරන්නකි වසර 1987-1990 භීෂණ සමයේදී මෙරට මානව හිම්කම් උල්ලංඝනය වීමට විරුද්ධව ඔහු ඉතා කැප වී ක්‍රියා කල බව ඇත්තකි. එහෙත් කොටි-විරෝධී යුද සමයේ ඔහු කලේ කුමක්ද? ඒ කාලයේ සිට ඔහු මියයන තෙක්ම පෙනී සිටියේ ෆෙඩරල් 'විසඳුමක්' සඳහාය. ඉන්දියානු රජය මගින් අප රට මත බලෙන් පටවන ලද 13 වැනි ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය පවා ඔවුන් පිළිගත්තේ නැත. කොටි රට සහමුලින්ම දෙකට කැඩීමේ තම අරමුණ ඉටුකරගැනීම හැර වෙන කිසිම විසඳුමකට සූදානම් නැති බව සිහිබුද්ධිය ඇති කාටත් එකල පැහැදිලි විය. එහෙත් මංගල ඇතුළු 'සාම' ක්‍රියාකාරීන්ට මේ කිසිවක් නොපෙනුනි. ඔවුන් සිතා සිටියේ කොටින් ගේ අරමුණු නොතකා කොටි ත්‍රස්තවාදය මර්දනය නොකර ජාතික සමගිය ගොඩ නැගිය හැකි බවය. මේවා දැන දැනම මංගල 'සුදු නෙළුම' වැනි විගඩම් වලට පූර්ණ අනුග්‍රහය දැක්වීය. සිංහල ජාතිවාදය විවේචනයට ලක් කල ඔහු කොටින්ගේ මිනීමරු ත්‍රස්තවාදය හෙලා දකිනු අප අසා කියවා නැත. ඊනියා ජාත්යන්තර මානව හිතවාදීන් ශ්රී ලංකා ආරක්ෂක හමුදා 'සිංහල හමුදාව' යනුවෙන් හඳුන්වමින් ඔවුන් දෙමළ සංහාරයක යෙදුනේ යැයි කෑගසන විට මංගල නිශ්ශබ්දව සිටියේය. එමෙන්ම අපේ රණවිරුවන් කොටි පරාජය කිරීමට සිය ජීවිත පූජා කිරීම මංගලඅගය කරුණු අප අසා කියවා නැත. වසර 2009 කොටි පරාජය කිරීමේ ජයග්‍රහණය සැමරීමට ඔහු හිතා මතාම සහභාගී නොවීය මේ සියලු ක්‍රියා ඔහුගේ පුද්ගලික මතයයි සලකා ඇතැමෙකුට අමතක කල හැකිය. එහෙත් සමාවක් නොදිය හැකි බරපතලම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/21)
වයස අවුරුදු 20ත් අවුරුදු 30ත් අතර තරුණ ප්‍රජාවට එන්නත්කරණය ඇරඹෙයි. – තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා -
හම්බන්තොට දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ වයස අවුරුදු 20ත් 30ත් අතර තරුණ ප්‍රජාව වෙත එන්නත්කරණය සිදු කිරීම අද (02) දින ආරම්භ වූ බව තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පැවසීය. අතිගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමාගේ හා අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමන්ගේ උපදෙස් පරිදි සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යතුමාගේ මගපෙන්වීම අනුව සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශ නිර්දේශ මත වයස අවුරුදු 30ට වැඩි ජනතාව වෙනුවෙන් සිදුකරගෙන යනු ලබන එන්නත්කරණ ක්‍රියාවලිය මේ වනවිට ඉතාමත් ම සාර්ථක අන්දමින් දිවයින පුරා ක්‍රියාත්මක වේ. ඉදිරි කාලයේදී රට විවෘත කළ පසු ජන ජීවිතය සාමාන්‍ය අයුරින් පවත්වාගෙන යාම හා ජාතික ආර්ථිකයට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/21)
ලෝක පොල් දිනයට අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් සමරු මුද්දර 10ක්
ලෝක පොල් දිනයට සමඟාමීව මුල්දින කවරයක් සහ විශේෂ සමරු මුද්දර 10ක් නිකුත් කිරීම ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් අද (02) දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවැත්විණි. 1969 වසරේ ආරම්භ කරන ලද ආසියා පැසිපික් පොල් ප්‍රජාව මඟින් 1998 වසරේ පවත්වන ලද 25 වන රැස්වීමේ දී ප්‍රථම වතාවට සැප්තැම්බර් මස 2 වන දින ලෝක පොල් දිනය වශයෙන් ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කර ඇත. පොල් බෝගය සඳහා පර්යේෂණයන් වෙනුවෙන් 1929 දී ආරම්භ කරන ලද ලොව පිහිටි එකම ආයතනය ශ්රී ලංකා පොල් පර්යේෂණ ආයතනයයි. මෙවර ලෝක පොල් දිනයට සමඟාමීව ශ්රී ලංකා පොල් පර්යේෂණ ආයතනය මඟින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/21)
ඉරානයේ කානට් වාරි ක්‍රමවේදය ලෝක උරුමයක්. ඒත්, අපේ වැව්?
අසෝක ඩයස් ශ්රී ලංකා රජරට විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ සමාජීයවිද්‍යා යා මානවශාස්ත්‍ර පීඨයේ පීඨාධිපති මහාචාර්ය චන්දන රෝහණ විතානාච්චි මහතා සමග පැවැත්වූ පැතිකඩ සංවාදය Asoka Dias interviews, Prof Chandana Rohana Withanachchi, Professor in Archaeology, Dean, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka පරාක්‍රම සමුද්‍රය ඇතුළු අපේ වැව් පද්ධතිය ලෝක උරුමයක් කර සුරැකිය යුතුයි! - වාරි පුරාවිද්‍යාඥ, මහාචාර්ය විතානාච්චි https://youtu.be/5evhl9-cvlM?list=PLwBEINflt3JFzmeTDmw0a3YwYLMXbtRVb... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/21)
The organic farming revolution that may kill Sri Lanka’s tea industry and threatens its rice, pepper and cinnamon crops, according to growers
Aiming to be the world’s first 100 per cent organic food producer, Sri Lanka has banned chemical fertilisers. That could cause a crop disaster, critics sayPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa says the ban will stop people being poisoned and improve nutrition and food security. Experts say the opposite is likely Sri Lanka’s drive to become the world’s first 100 per cent organic food producer threatens its prized tea industry and has triggered fears of a wider crop disaster that could deal a further blow to the beleaguered economy. President Gotabaya... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/21)
Auckland attack and Sri Lanka’s radical Islam
Police in New Zealand killed a Sri Lanka man after he stabbed six people inspired by jihadi ideology. In the South Pacific nation, Muslims are a fraction of the local Sri Lankan community, compared to over 9 per cent of the population in their country of origin. Extremism is growing as evinced by the 2019 Easter Sunday tragedy, also fuelled by tensions with Sri Lanka’s Buddhist majority. Wellington (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Police in New Zealand killed a Sri Lankan-born extremist after he stabbed at least six people in an Auckland supermarket. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/21)
Jailer who supplied a mobile phone to Rishad transferred
A jailer has been transferred to the Vavuniya Prisons after it was revealed that he had provided a mobile phone to MP Rishad Bathiudeen, who is incarcerated at the Magazine Prison. The transfer came into effect following a disciplinary inquiry, the Prisons Spokesman, Commissioner of Prisons (Administration) Chandana Ekanayake said. The mobile phone was found in possession of the parliamentarian yesterday (Sep. 02). When the chief jailor and another jailor of the prison were walking by the former minister’s cell, they had observed him speaking on the phone and he... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/21)
COVID: 202 new deaths confirmed as daily cases climb over 3,600
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that 864 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 3,644. This brings the confirmed tally of coronavirus infections reported in the country to 451,401. A total of 380,166 recoveries have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. As per official data, more than 61,000 active cases are currently under medical care at hospitals, treatment centres and homes. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka registered 202 new... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/21)
Sri Lanka further extends island-wide quarantine curfew
The Sri Lankan government has decided to further extend the quarantine curfew orders, currently enforced across the island, by another week. Accordingly, the restrictions will be in effect until 4.00 a.m. on September 13 (Monday). The decision to further extend the quarantine curfew was taken during the virtual meeting of the Special Committee on COVID-19 Control convened under the patronage of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa this morning (September 03). Recommendations determine that progress will be made through the ongoing national inoculation drive in the interim to curb the recent spike in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/09/21)
Long Covid: What is it and what are the symptoms?
Most people who catch Covid-19 won't become severely ill and get better relatively quickly. But significant numbers have had long-term problems after recovering from the original infection - even if they weren't very ill in the first place. However, new research suggests fewer children are experiencing "long Covid" than previously feared. What are long Covid symptoms? Guidance for UK health workers describes long Covid as symptoms continuing for more than 12 weeks after an infection - severe or mild - which can't be explained by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/21)
Covid-19 continues to kill journalists globally, visible improvement recorded in India
Geneva/Guwahati, 2 September 2021: The list of journalists dead from Covid-19 is still growing, where more than 1,754 media workers have succumbed to the novel corona virus in 80 countries during the last 18 months, said the global media safety and rights body Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) on Thursday in the picturesque Swiss city. Given the new variants, PEC warns that the number of journalists who have died from Covid-19 is likely to reach the 2,000 marks by the end of the year. The average age of victims is now younger. During the months... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/21)
BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Two Sri Lankans named in the list.
Sept 2 (newsin.asia) – From triumphant conservation stories to devastating fishing disasters and everything in between, the new Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition demonstrates the sheer resilience of the natural world. The latest competition received a record-breaking number of entries from professional and amateur photographers from 95 countries around the world. Nature lovers Buddhilini de Soyza and 10-year-old Gagana Mendis Wickramasinghe have been included in the list. The great swim by Buddhilini de Soyza shows male cheetahs paddling across the flood-swollen Talek River in Kenya’s Maasai Mara.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/21)
Why hide the truth about CKDu? An open letter to the new Minister of Health
The chronic kidney disease (CKDu) has been a major non-communicable disease prevalent essentially among the Rajarata’s agricultural communities in the last three decades that had, on average, killed several thousand people annually. The disease aetiology is now known, with a high degree of certainty to be hard water in dug wells on high ground contaminated with fluoride. Because it largely affected the farming families, agro-chemicals were justifiably suspected as the cause although without evidence; and many, especially the ignorant politicians, including several key ministers without knowing the facts... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/21)
UK decides to maintain ban on LTTE
The Government of Sri Lanka says that it has been made aware that the UK Home Secretary has decided to maintain the proscription of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organization under the UK Terrorism Act No. 7 of 2000. The Home Secretary’s decision, which has been taken following the judgement of the Proscribed Organizations Appeals Commission (POAC), rejects the application of a LTTE front organization to de-proscribe the LTTE in the UK, the Sri Lankan foreign ministry said. “The LTTE, therefore, remains a proscribed organization in the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/21)
Maximum retail price of rice and sugar gazetted
Gazette notifications have been issued today declaring maximum retail prices for sugar and rice with effect from today (September 02). The Gazette notifications have been issued by order of the Chairman of the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) Maj. General (Retd.) Shantha Dissanayake, under Section 20(5) of the Consumer Affairs Authority Act, No. 09 of 2003. https://youtu.be/5_lkJ633gl0 The maximum retail price (MRP) of White Sugar is declared as Rs. 122 per kg (Unpacketed) and Rs. 125 per kg (Packeted) while the MRP of Brown or Red Sugar is listed as Rs. 125 per... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/21)
Malwatta and Asgiriya chapters call on the teachers and principals to call off strike
The Malwathe and Asgiriya Chapters request the principals and teachers to suspend the strike, considering the children and to be somewhat flexible to the solutions provided by the government. However, the teachers and principals unions said that in order to suspend the strike, a circular should be issued recommending cabinet approval to eliminate pay anomalies. It has been 53 days since the commencement of the trade union action withdrawing from online teaching due to a salary issue. The ministerial subcommittee to find a solution to this problem recently... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/21)
Govt says mechanism devised to provide organic fertilizer for Maha Season without any shortage
The government says that a mechanism has been formulated to provide the organic fertilizer required for the Maha Season to the farmers without any shortage. Accordingly, the Government Officials of the respective line institutions say the entire process including farmer awareness, technical assistance and financial assistance is being continued uninterrupted. This was revealed at the media briefing held at the Presidential Media Centre today (02) via video conference. The weekly media briefing of the Presidential Media Centre was held via Webex App due to the COVID-19 pandemic and today’s topic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/21)
Daily count of new Covid-19 cases climbs to 3,627
The Ministry of Health reports that another 854 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, increasing today’s tally of new cases confirmed to 3,627. This includes 846 new cases associated with the ‘New Year Covid-19 cluster’ and 08 returnees from abroad. This brings the total number of Covid-19 cases identified in the country thus far to 447,757. Over 60,000 infected patients are currently undergoing treatment at hospitals, treatment centers and home-based care while total recoveries have risen to 378,168. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/21)
Sri Lanka confirms another 204 coronavirus deaths
The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another 204 coronavirus related deaths for September 01 (yesterday), increasing the official death toll in the country to 9,604. According to the figures reported by the Department of Government Information today (01), the victims include 109 males and 95 females while five of the deceased, including two females, are below the age of 30. Fifty of the Covid-19 deaths are individuals between the ages of 30-59 and the remaining 149 are persons aged 60 and above. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/09/21)
Racism, Nationalism and Supranationalism - III
(continued from August 28, 2021) Misrepresentation and distortion of history by colonialists and separatists The independence or dominion status that Sri Lanka (then Ceylon to foreigners) was granted by the departing British colonials was not more than a hangover from the British imperialism of the previous one and a half centuries (1798-1948) until real independence was realised through the constitutional change of 1972. The promulgation of the republican constitution in that year was arguably the first most momentous event in post-independence Sri Lanka, because it definitively reversed the total loss... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/21)
ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 23 Da
Britain was the third country to support the LTTE in the Eelam war. Britain provided a home for the LTTE very early on in the Eelam war. Tamil Refugee Action group had got a British National Lottery grant in 1998. LTTE had continued to openly run its offices from London even after the LTTE became a proscribed organization. LTTE demonstrations were allowed to take place in London. LTTE supporters chanted the name of Prabhakaran, brandished the Tamil Tiger flag and other regalia in public demonstrations. Such activities are prohibited by UK’s Terrorism Act, however... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/21)
අම්පාර, මඩකලපුව, දෙහිඅත්තකණ්ඩිය, මහියංගනය වල් නාශක නැති නිසා වී ගොවියෝ අමාරුවේ -වල් නාශක නැතිව ගොවියටන් ඊලඟ කන්නයට කුඹුර හාන්න බෑ-කෘමිනාශක නැතිව බීජ වී, බීජ ධාන්‍ය හා බීජ අර්තාපල් විනාශ වෙනවා
නැගෙනහිර පලාත, දෙහිඅත්තකණ්ඩිය, මහියංගනය ප්‍රදේශවල වී ගොවීන්, වල් නාශක නොමැති කමින් ඉදිරි කන්නයේ වී වගාව සඳහා බිමි සකස් කිරීමේ දැඩි අර්බුදයකට මුහුණ දී ඇත. ලංකාවේම වල් නාශක මේ වන විටත් ව්‍යාපාරිකයින් සහ මහා පරිමාණ ගොවීන් විසින් නැගෙනහිර පලාතටත්, දෙහිඅත්තකණ්ඩිය - මහියංගනය සීමාවටත් රැගෙන යමින් තිබේ. පසුගිය කන්නයේ කෘමිනාශක හා දිලීර නාශක නොමැතිව වී ඇස්වැන්න අඩුවීමට වඩා වැඩි විනාශයක් වල් නාශක නොමැතිවීම නිසා බිම් සකස් කර ගත නොහැකිවීමෙන් සිදුවන බව හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් පවසයි. නැගෙනහිර පලාතේ සහ ඒ ආසන්න කලාපයේ ගොවීන් ඊලඟ වගාවට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/21)
ජනපති විධායක බලය පෙන්වයි.. සීනි ටොන් 29000ක් පවරා ගනී.. සමාගම් ලයිස්තුව මෙන්න.. පිරමිඩ් විල්මාත් ඒ අතරයි..
ගබඩා තුළ සඟවා තිබියදී සොයාගත් සීනි මෙට්ට්‍රික් ටොන් 29,900ක ප්‍රමාණයක් අද (01) සිදු කෙරුණු විමර්ශන සහ මෙහෙයුම් ක්‍රියාවලියෙන් පසු රජයට පවරා ගත් බව අත්‍යාවශ්‍ය සේවා කොමසාරිස් ජනරාල් මේජර් ජෙනරාල් එන්.ඩී.එස්.පී. නිවුන්හැල්ල මහතා පවසයි. මෙම සීනි තොගය පාලන මිලක් යටතේ රාජ්‍ය සහ පෞද්ගලික වෙළෙඳ ආයතන මගින් පාරිභෝගික ජනතාව වෙත අළෙවි කිරීමට සැලසුම් කර තිබේ. සීනි කිලෝවකට අය කළ රුපියල් 50ක් වූ ආනයනික බද්ද පාරිභෝගිකයාට සහනයක් සැලසීමේ අරමුණින් 2020 ඔක්තෝබර් මස 14 වන දින සිට ශත 25ක් දක්වා අඩු කරනු ලැබීය. එදිනට රට තුළ තිබූ සීනි ප්‍රමාණය මෙට්ට්‍රික් ටොන් 88,878කි. 2020... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/21)
Organic push threatens Sri Lanka's tea growers
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa wants to make the country's tea organic. But his plan comes with huge risks. Tea growers fear that their plants can't make it without the nutrients from fertilizers. https://www.dw.com/en/organic-push-threatens-sri-lankas-tea-growers/av-59050852... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/21)
Brazilian viper venom may become tool in fight against coronavirus, study shows
A jararacussu snake, whose venom is used in a study against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is seen at Butantan Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil August 27, 2021. Picture taken August 27, 2021. REUTERS/Carla Carniel SAO PAULO - Brazilian researchers have found that a molecule in the venom of a type of snake inhibited coronavirus reproduction in monkey cells, a possible first step toward a drug to combat the virus causing COVID-19. A study published in the scientific journal Molecules this month found that the molecule... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/21)
ආන්දෝලනාත්මක බදු සහන ගත් PYRAMID WILMAR සඟවා තැබූ සීනි ටොන් 6100ක් රාජසන්තකයි. – ජනපති පත්කළ මේජර් ජෙනරාල් වැඩට බසියි.
පසුගිය කාලයේ ආන්දෝලනයට තුඩු දුන් රජයට රුපියල් කෝටි ගණනක පාඩුවක් සිදු වූ බව කියන සීනි බදු වංචාවට සම්බන්ද බවට චෝදනා එල්ලවූ PYRAMID WILMAR සමාගම මෙරටට ආනයනය කර සඟවා තැබූ සීනි තොගයක් අද (1) රාජසන්තක කර ඇත. PYRAMID WILMAR සමාගම විසින් නීති විරෝධීව ගබඩා කර තිබූ සීනි මෙට්‍රික් ටොන් 6100ක තොගයක් මුද්‍රා තැබීමට පාරිභෝගික සේවා අධිකාරිය විසින් පසුගිය දා පියවර ගන්නා ලදී. සීනි මෙට්‍රික් ටොන් 4000ක් පවතින බව පවසමින් මෙම සීනි තොගය සම්බන්ධ වැරදි තොරතුරු ලබා දී ඇති බව අනාවරණය වීමත් සමඟ, මුතුරාජවෙල ප්‍රදේශයේ පවත්වාගෙන යනු ලැබූ මෙම සීනි තොග... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/21)
Hands and feet off Parakrama Samudraya
I was shocked when I saw the pictures the other day. How could they come up with such an idea? And it is an act of sacrilege, too, causing harm to an object that should be protected, and even venerated, to my mind. It is a majestic symbol showing our ancient heritage of irrigation engineering and the wisdom of our kings. And its bund is not for breaking and bulldozing to suit the whims and fancies of some, who see concrete and walkways as signs of development, carried out even... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/21)
Treasure hunters broke into Kuda Sithulpawwa, treasures stolen: Archaeology Dept. Head
An ancient dagoba 'Kuda Sithulpawwa' in the historic sacred area of Hambanthota District was broken into by a group of treasure hunters last night (31), Archaeology Department Director General Prof. Anura Manatunga said. He said the items which had archaeological value were stolen by these elements. He said a special investigation was underway into the incident. Meanwhile, the police said one suspect who was involved in the incident was arrested and he is to be produced before the Anuradhapura Magistrate today. The police also launched a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/21)
Will new South African COVID variant affect Sri Lanka? or may already be EXTINCT
http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2021/08/30/most-mutated-covid-variant-so-far-may-already-be-extinct/ https://youtu.be/P_exT8fpYq0 What is C.1.2, the new Covid variant in South Africa, and should we be worried?
The C.1.2 strain has scientists’ attention because it possesses mutations within the genome similar to those seen in variants of interest, like Delta A new Covid variant detected in South Africa has made headlines around the world. On Monday the National Institute for Communicable Diseases in South Africa issued an alert about the “C.1.2 lineage”, saying it had been detected in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/21)
SLFP to form a new alliance?
The Central Committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has decided to form a new alliance, says its Senior Vice-Chairman Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa. Speaking to the media in Kandy, he said that discussions would be held with all progressive political forces. “We have decided what the party’s path would be, how to build the party for an alternative government and how to organize for it. There were alliances under the leadership of the SLFP that form governments. The Central Committee took a decision to form an alliance by uniting... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/21)
China assures utmost help to overcome economic, COVID challenges in Sri Lanka
Chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Li Zhanshu assured Speaker of Sri Lanka Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena that the Chinese government will do its utmost to help overcome the economic challenge as well as the COVID challenge in Sri Lanka. Li Zhanshu stated the above at the first diplomatic meeting held yesterday (August 31) between the high-profile delegation of the Parliament of the People’s Republic of China and the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The meeting which was held through video technology was attended by a number of high profile... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/21)
Daily COVID case count climbs to 3,828 as deaths spike by 215
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry reports that another 944 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, moving the daily total of new cases to 3.828. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 444,130. As many as 376,216 recoveries have been confirmed in Sri Lanka since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Epidemiology Unit’s data showed that 58,729 active cases are currently under medical care. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka has registered 215 more COVID-19 related fatalities on Tuesday... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/21)
විල්පත්තුවේ දකුණු ප්‍රදේශයේ කෝමාරිකා වවන්න අක්කර ලක්ෂයක් දෙන්න කැබිනට් අනුමැතිය. – අමාත්‍යවරුන්ට සමාගම මුදල් දීලා ?
https://youtu.be/4CgcC_HTUVk අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ රාජාංගනය යාය 18 ප්‍රදේශය ඇතුලත් වන පරිදි, විල්පත්තුව වනෝද්‍යානයේ දකුණු ප්‍රදේශය ආවරණය වන පරිදි අක්කර ලක්ෂයක භුමි ප්‍රමාණයක් අවුරා ලංකා හර්බල්ස් සමාගම වෙත ලබා දීමට කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලය තීරණය කර තිබෙන බවත් අදාළ කැබිනට් පත්‍රිකාව මුදල් අමාත්‍යවරයා සහ ඉඩම් අමාත්‍යවරයා ඒකාබද්ධව ඉදිරිපත්කර ඇති බවත් පරිසරවේදී සජීව චාමිකර මහතා අද (31) සඳහන් කර සිටියා. දැනටමත් ක්‍රියාත්මක වෙන ව්‍යාපෘතියක් සඳහා මෙම අනුමැතිය ලබාගෙන ඇති බව සඳහන් කර සිටින ඒ මහතා අවුරා ලංකා හර්බල්ස් සමාගම විසින් අද වන විට විල්පත්තුව දකුණු මායිම ආශ්‍රිතව ඉදිකිරීම් කටයුතු ගණනාවක් සිදුකර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/21)
ගෝටාගේ බළලා මල්ලෙන් එළියට ගනී කාබනික ගොවිතැනේ සැඟවුනු අභිප්‍රාය හෙලිවේ
කාබනික ගොවිතැනේ නාමයෙන් රජරට ගොවිජනතාවට අවශ්‍ය ගොවි රසායනික සහ රසායනික පොහොර නොදීමෙන් බංකොලොත් වෙන ගොවියාගේ ඉඩම් සොච්චමට ගෙන අන්තර් ජාතික ආයෝජකයන් සතුකිරීමේ ව්‍යායාමයේ පලමු අදියර වශයෙන් පුද්ගලික සමාගමකට කෝමාරිකා වගාවක් සඳහා අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්රික්කයෙන් ඉඩම් අක්කර 102,000ක් ලබා දීම සඳහා කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලය අනුමැතිය ලබා දී තිබේ. වසර 30ක දීර්ඝ කාලීන බදු පදනම මත එම සමාගම වෙත එකී ඉඩම් ලබාදීමට වන යෝජනාව මුදල් අමාත්‍යවරයා සහ ඉඩම් අමාත්‍යවරයා විසින් ඒකාබද්ධව ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබේ. රජයේ ප්‍රවෘත්ති දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ නිවේදනයට අනුව අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්රික්කයෙන් ඉඩම් අක්කර 102,000ක් වසර 30ක දීර්ඝ කාලීන බදු පදනම මත ලබා දීම බලාපොරොත්තුවන්නේ රටට ආනයනය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/09/21)
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