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Will G7 ‘economic coercion’ call-out backfire on Japan?
Courtesy  Global Times
Illustration: Liu Rui/Global TimesThe Group of Seven (G7) countries may want to geo-politicize China's ban on aquatic product imports from Japan and make the so-called anti-economic coercion a tool to exert pressure on China.  The Group of Seven (G7) countries may want to geo-politicize China's ban on aquatic product imports from Japan and make the so-called anti-economic coercion a tool to exert pressure on China. However, such behavior cannot achieve the expected results; on the contrary, it could deliver a further blow to the Japanese fishery industry.China suspended imports of all... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/10/23)

බුදු සිරිපා, සුදු සිරිපා කිරීම  
ප්‍ර සමරසිංහ
අම්මාගේ කවි සේම අප නැලවූ නැළවිලි ගී ද තැනී තිබුනේ උතුම් පැවැත්ම එහෙමත් නැත්නම් සතර බ්‍රහ්ම විහරණ ගුණ තුල පිහිටා උපන් දේශය, ජාතිය, ආගම, බස ලෙන්ගතුව රකින ඇරයුම් පිරි වදන් වලින්ය. තවද ඒ ගී තුල තිබු තුන් රුවනෙ සරණ, සිව් වරම් දෙවි ආසිරි අදටත් අප ජීවිත, අන් ජිවිත ජීවත් කරවමින් ජීවත් වන්නේය. මැදිහත් සිතෙන් ගහ කොල, ඇළ දොළ, සතා විසකුරු සර්පයා දෙස බලන්නට උගත්තේද නැළවිලි කවි ගී බල මහිමයෙන්ය. ඒ මනරම් කවි ගී ඇසී නොඇසෙන හුරතල් ළමා වියෙන් පිටමං වෙන අවදියට එන විට '70 දශකයේ ගුවන් විදුලිය, ඒ හා යම් සමාන මුහුණුවරකින් අප හිත් පෝෂණය කරන... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/10/23)

“දීඝවාපී මහා සෑ ධාතූ වන්දනා” මාතර පුරවරයට.
Ministry of Defence  - Media Centre
දීඝවාපිය මහා සෑ රඳුන්ගේ සර්වඥ ධාතූන් වහන්සේලා සහ චුඩා මාණික්‍ය මාතර පුරවරයට වැඩම කරවයි. දීඝවාපි මහා සෑය ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ අතරතුර හමු වූ සර්වඥ ධාතූන් වහන්සේලා හා දීඝවාපි මහා සෑ රඳුන්ගේ තැන්පත් කෙරෙන චූඩා මාණික්‍ය ලක්වැසි සැදැහැවත් ජනතාවට සියැසින් දැක වන්දනාමාන කිරීමට අවස්ථාව සලසාදීමේ අරමුණින් සිදුකෙරෙන “දීඝවාපී මහා සෑ ධාතූ වන්දනා” අද (ඔක්. 31) ගැටබරු රජමහා විහාරය වෙත වැඩම කරවන ලදි. නොවැම්බර් 01 සහ 02 යන දෙදින තුළ සැදැහැවත් ජනී ජනයාගේ වන්දනාමානය සඳහා ගැටබරු රජමහා විහාරයේ ප්‍රදර්ශනය කෙරෙන මෙම සර්වඥ ධාතූන් වහන්සේලා සහ චූඩා මාණික්‍යය අනතුරුව, මාතර පුරවරය... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/10/23)

Sri Lanka approves VAT hike to 18% in push for IMF targets
Courtesy Nikkei Asia
COLOMBO (Reuters) -- Sri Lanka's cabinet approved a hike in Value Added Tax (VAT) up to 18% from the current 15% with effect from Jan. 1, 2024, said Transport Minister Bandula Gunawardana. State tax revenue of the first nine months of 2023 rose 51% as compared to the same period last year but tax collection targets agreed with the International Monetary Fund have not yet been accomplished, the cabinet said in a statement. The new tax proposals will go into effect from 2024, including the imposition of taxes on all goods and services to... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/10/23)

The Russian Classical Ballet Examination 2023
Courtesy The Island
A student being awarded a certificate The Russian Classical Ballet Examination 2023 was held recently at the BMICH and certificates and medals were awarded to the students on the same day by Buddhapriya Ramanayake – CEO, Dr Oxana Karnovich- Examiner from Moscow, Maria Popova, First Secretary of the Russian Embassy in Colombo and Director Russian House in Colombo along with Chandi Aluvihare-Cultural Officer, awarding a certificate and chocolate to a little ballerina. The Russian School of Ballet was founded two decades back under the patronage of Mikhail Ustinov... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/10/23)

SLPP rebels propose amendments to 2017 Foreign Exchange Act to overcome financial crisis
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island
The economy was in such a precarious situation that the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government couldn’t further delay the restoration of the relevant provisions of the 1953 Foreign Exchange Act to compel the private sector to bring back export proceeds, rebel SLPP MP Prof. G.L. Peiris said yesterday (30). Referring to a spate of declarations made by Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, both in and outside Parliament, Prof. Peiris emphasised the urgent need to amend the 2017 Foreign Exchange Act enacted by the Yahapalana administration to discard the tried and tested law that existed since 1953.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/10/23)

Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama appointed new Chairman of NMRA
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Senior Consultant Physician Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA), the Health Ministry announced. The appointment has been made by newly appointed Health Minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana. Dr. Wijewickrama replaces Prof. S.D. Jayaratne, whose leadership was challenged as the NMRA faced a spate of allegations with regard to the influx of inferior-quality medicines in the recent past. https://youtu.be/erUT2w89OwE Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama once served as a member of the NMRA Board of Directors. Dr.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/10/23)

Travel ban on two govt officials in substandard immunoglobulin importation case
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
The owner of the company, which stands accused of importing 22,500 substandard immunoglobulin vials, and two top government employees who approved the importation have been imposed a foreign travel ban by the Maligakanda Magistrate's Court yesterday. Accordingly, the three persons, who were imposed with foreign travel bans in the case pertaining to the alleged importation of substandard immunoglobulin are Dr. Vijith Gunasekera (Director General / CEO, National Medicines Regulatory Authority), Dr. Kapila Wickramanayake (Director Supply, Ministry of Health, and Aruna Deepthi (Proprietor of the relevant company). Accepting a request made... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/10/23)

Scientists from China, Sri Lanka conduct joint marine scientific research onboard Chinese vessel
Courtesy Adaderana
Scientists from China and Sri Lanka are conducting a joint marine scientific activities on board a Chinese research vessel, a senior official said Tuesday, amid concerns voiced by India and the US. The Chinese ship, ‘Shi Yan 6’ arrived at the Colombo port last week. According to sources, Sri Lanka was delaying granting permission for the arrival of the vessel due to concerns raised by India. However, there is no official confirmation of the same. “Clearance was granted to carry out marine scientific research on 30 and 31 October,”... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/10/23)

Proposed salary revisions to be implemented by Budget 2024
Courtesy Adaderana
The Cabinet of Ministers has discussed the escalation of salaries in the government service and the private sector by the 2024 Budget. https://youtu.be/g7IqO0yQ2FM During the discussion, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has made aware to the Cabinet of Ministers that it is expected to furnish proposals to the Parliament in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies in regard to revision of government service salaries and private sector salaries by the upcoming budget.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/10/23)

Sri Lanka’s developmental partners and private sector express confidence in reform efforts
Courtesy Adaderana
At the second high-level roundtable discussion on ‘Crisis to Recovery’ today (Oct. 31), both developmental partners and the private sector have expressed overwhelming commitment and confidence in the Sri Lankan government’s current reform efforts. https://youtu.be/lZm0QRxNjQI Today’s roundtable has provided an open and candid forum between the government of Sri Lanka, the developmental partners and the private sector to share key updates and recommendations to sustain the momentum of the nation’s reform efforts, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. Marking a significant momentum of the economic recovery and stabilization,... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/10/23)

India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to visit Sri Lanka tomorrow
Courtesy Adaderana
India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will embark on a three-day official visit to Sri Lanka tomorrow (Nov. 01), the Indian government said in a statement. During the visit, Minister Sitharaman will deliver the Keynote Address as the Guest of Honour at the ‘NAAM 200’ organised by the Sri Lankan government to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the arrival of India-origin Tamils (IOTs) to Sri Lanka, on November 02 at Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo. The Indian finance minister will also give the keynote address at the India Sri Lanka... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/10/23)

China set to build new Sri Lanka refinery, says Minister
Courtesy Adaderana
Sri Lanka is set to award a multi-billion dollar oil refinery project to a Chinese state-owned company after a rival bidder pulled out, the energy minister said Tuesday. Kanchana Wijesekera said the government would shortly enter into an investment agreement with Sinopec to build the refinery next to the Chinese-run port at the southern town of Hambantota. “There were only two bidders shortlisted and Vitol pulled out. That leaves only Sinopec and we will finalise an agreement with them in a couple of weeks,” Wijesekera told reporters in Colombo. Sri... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/10/23)

Amarasekera’s latest work – A reflection on the present predicament
Reviewer – N.A.de S. Amaratunga
Review of the novel “Mahagedera”  Author – Gunadasa Amarasekera Publisher – Visiduna Prakashakayo Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera’s allegorical little story “Mahagedera” has within it the story of our present pathetic state, struggling in the grip of neo-liberalism, lacking in genuine patriotic leadership, intellectual guidance, civilisational consciousness, a national economy, unable to extricate from the imperialist web, plagued by self seeking pseudo intellectuals, we have been reduced to a vassal state and forced to sell our national assets for existence. Amarasekera has the nack of seeking the story within... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/10/23)

The Power Game: How we get bluffed.
Garvin Karunaratne Director at Center for Global Poverty Alleviation
In my endless travels in countries in three continents, the only country where wind turbines have been continuously sited in the coastal areas happens to be Sri Lanka. In Lanzorette in the Canaries, firstly the authorities built two turbines on the coast, but later they realized their mistake and built up dozens of turbines inland, on their hills.  In Spain and in the USA where I frequently undertake road travel, I have seen them using the mountain power of the wind to turn their turbines.  There are hundreds ,... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 31/10/23)

IMF ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට මාතෘභූමියේ ඉඩම් අයිතිය පිළිබඳ සියලුම භෞතික වාර්තා සහ ලේඛනාගාර විනාශ කරන ලෙස නියෝග කරයි
පුරවැසි පෙරේරා විසින්
කවුද කියන්නේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව අපේ මාතෘභූමිය, අපේ මුතුන් මිත්තන්ගේ රට, අපි උපන් රට, අපි විවාහ වූ රට, අපේ දරුවන් ඉපදී හැදී වැඩුණු රට, අපේ දෙමාපියන් මිය ගොස් මිහිදන් කළ රට, කාගේ රට? අපි ආදරයෙන් ගෙදර යැයි කියන රට වන පස කවදා හෝ අපට වඩා සුවපහසු ලෙස වැතිර සිටීවිද? අප ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයන් බව ආඩම්බරයෙන් ප්‍රකාශ කිරීමට අපට හැකි වන්නේ, අපගේ ලේඛන සහ ලේඛනාගාර - අපගේ රෙජිස්ට්‍රිවල විධිමත්ව හා වෙහෙස මහන්සි වී නඩත්තු කර ඇති නිසා - අපට එසේ පවසන අතර ලේඛනවල, පොත්පත්වල සහ අත්පිටපත්වල සටහන් කර ඇති අපගේ පොහොසත් ඉතිහාසය අපට පවසන බැවිනි. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 30/10/23)

The Beheaded Babies Corporation (BBC): D’Oyly & Brownrigg’s Bastards
e-Con e-News
‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 22-28 October 2023 * The English ‘Governor’ Brownrigg & his translator, the ‘writer’ D’Oyly, usually star as ghosts at the Brutish Council’s misnamed Galle Literary Festivals. It should be called The D’Oyly Literary Festival, for it is with his sort – forget Robert Knox – that the real English fiction begins in the land of Sinhale. The D’Oylys!      If 2022 was the new 1815, when’s the new 1818? * ‘His blood was attainted and... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 30/10/23)

CEB Tariff Hike- Fanning the Flames
Vichara
The inconsiderate hike of electricity tariff by the CEB with the approval of the government is the unbearable burden on electricity consumers who are already battered by an unremittingly high cost of living. The Minister of Power has already obtained Cabinet approval to revise prices every three months. This means that there will be further tariff hikes in the near future. In this horrible malfeasance by the authorities an explanation of the authorities is due.  . It is recalled that in introducing the Sri Lanka Electricity (amendment) bill in Parliament on 9 June... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 30/10/23)

Thriving local development through development projects
Mehjabin Bhanu
The Bangabandhu Tunnel, the only tunnel in South Asia, was opened by Sheikh Hasina, the visionary behind Bangladesh's transformation, the development wizard and architect of a brighter future for Bengalis. It spans 3.43 km from Patenga in Chittagong to Anwara end of Chittagong. Chittagong residents were celebrating the pleasure of creation because they are ecstatic at the prospect of ushering in a new era. Chittagong was experiencing a festival of joy and a joyous mood. With its earnestness and forward-thinking planning, Chittagong is embarking on a dream period. Millions of people waited on both sides of... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 30/10/23)

Defence Secretary graced 14th Asian Criminology Conference 2023 at KDU
Ministry of Defence  - Media Centre
Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne graced the closing ceremony of the 14th Asian Criminology Conference 2023 held at the Faculty of Graduate Studies of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) in Ratmalana today (Oct 29). The Chief Guest, Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya PC and the Defence Secretary were received by the Vice Chancellor of the KDU Rear Admiral HGU Dammika Kumara.  The three-day conference that commenced on Friday (27) was jointly organized by the Asian Criminological Society (ACS) and the Faculty of Criminal Justice, KDU under the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 30/10/23)

Lycamobile’s French company bosses fined and jailed for money laundering
Courtesy The Sunday Times
Lycamobile’s French companies were on Thursday fined 10mn euros by a Paris court for money laundering and value-added tax (VAT) fraud. The group’s former chief executive officer Christopher Tooley also received a prison sentence and a heavy fine for complicity in the VAT fraud, agency reports said. Lycamobile, owned by Subaskaran Allirajah, has said it disagreed with the decision and had appealed. Four months after the trial ended, the court ruled that the companies had “knowingly participated in a complex and elaborate system of money laundering” between 2014... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 30/10/23)

The course to World War and how to stop it: Ukraine, Palestine, Taiwan.
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos Courtesy http://www.defenddemocracy.press/
If Russia had realised in time the depth and systemic nature of the aggression and intransigence of the Western capitalist-imperialist system, it would have acted more decisively by preventing or helping to suppress the coup d’état organised by the Americans in Kiev in 2014. And if it had chosen to intervene militarily, it would have done so before Ukraine (under the Trump presidency in particular) was armed to its teeth. We would not have had probably the current tragedy in Ukraine, nor would we be running the huge nuclear risks we are running... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/10/23)

Islam is a Religion of Peace?
Open to Debate
https://youtu.be/rh34Xsq7D_A... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/10/23)

The main goal of terrorism is to attack the places most familiar to the public
Palitha Ariyarathna
ISIS thugs take a hammer to civilisation: Priceless 3,000-year-old artworks smashed to pieces in minutes Generally, the main goal of terrorism is to attack the places most familiar to the public. It is working from the graveyard of the nation against it to the temples and monasteries. This is a matter that can be understood even by studying the past history of the world. Destroying the existence of the nation against them by the terrorist works in any way to destroy their sense of security. Not only the temples, Dagabs, and Vehera Viharas in... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/10/23)

ත්‍රස්තවාදයේ ප්‍රධාන ඉලක්කය වන්නේ මහජනතාවට වඩාත් හුරුපුරුදු ස්ථානවල පහර දීමය
පාලිත ආරියරත්න
සාමාන්‍යයෙන් ත්‍රස්තවාදයේ ප්‍රධාන ඉලක්කය වන්නේ මහජනතාවට වඩාත් හුරුපුරුදු ස්ථානවල පහර දීමය. එය තමාට විරුද්ධ ජාතියේ සොහොන් බිමේ සිට පන්සල් ආරාම දක්වා ක්‍රියාත්මක වෙමින් පවතී. මේබව පසුගිය ලෝක ඉතිහාසය අධ්‍යනය කෙරිමෙන් පවා තේරුම් ගත හැකි කාරණයකි.ත්‍රස්තවාදියා විසින් තමන්ට විරුද්ධ ජාතියේ පැවැත්ම විනාශ කිරීම ඔවුන්ට ඇති ආරක්ෂාව පිළිබඳ හැඟීම විනාශ කිරීම කිනම් හෝ ක්‍රමයකින් ක්‍රියා කරයි. අප මාතෘ භුමියේ තිබෙන පන්සල්, දාගැබ් , වෙහෙර විහාර පමණක් නොව ධාතුන් වහන්සේලා තැන්පත් කොට ඇති. ස්ථාන පවා ක්‍රමක් ක්‍රමයෙන් සමහර තැන්වලදී නීතියට මුවාවී හෝ සිදුකරන්නේ, ඉහත කි ත්‍රස්ථ මානසිකත්වය මතයමය. ලෝකයේ ප්‍රබල ත්‍රස්ථ කල්ලි මේවා කොතෙක් දුරකට සිදුකරනවද යතොත් තමා විසින්... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/10/23)

A WONDERFUL READ AND A TRIBUTE TO ANGELO MATHEWS
Top Spin by Suni
(courtesy of cricinfo) Top Spin by Suni With thanks to: Shashank Kishore who is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo Oct. 27th 2023 "The entire Sri Lankan team stood together, their collective gaze fixed on the giant screen. The next moment, as the magic word "out" flashed, euphoria broke out. Sadeera Samarawickrama broke out of the huddle and did his own imitation of the Imran Tahir sprint. Before his team-mates could catch him, Samarawickrama had run some 25 yards, towards the cover boundary, punching the air in... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/10/23)

ආණ්ඩුව විකුණන ආයතන මිලදී ගන්න ජනතා පොදු සමාගමක් බිහිවෙයි
Courtesy LankaLeader
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ රාජ්‍ය ආයතන ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගත කිරීමේදී ඒවා විදේශියන් අතට පත්වීම වැළැක්වීම සඳහා, එම ආයතන මිලදී ගැනීමට ශ්‍රී ලාංකික ‘ජනතා සමාගමක්’ පිහිටුවීමේ සමාරම්භක උත්සවය අද (27 දා) බණ්ඩාරනායක ජාත්‍යන්තර සම්මන්ත්‍රණ ශාලාවේ බී. – ගොඩනැගිල්ලේ ජැස්මින් ශාලාවේ පැවැත්විණි. එය නම්කර තිබුනේ Treasure Treasure Republic Guardians ලෙස ය. උත්සව සභාව අමතමින් මෙහිදී නයෝමා සේනාරත්න මහත්මිය පැවසුවේ  අරගලවල ප්‍රතිඵලයක් ලෙස බලයට පත් වූ රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා ජාතිය අමතා සිදුකළ පළමු කතාවේ දීම අලාභ ලබන ආයතන විකුණන බවට සඳහන් කළ බවත්, ශ්‍රී ලංකන් ගුවන්සේවා සමාගම එහි පළමු ආයතන බව ප්‍රකාශ කළ බවත්ය. එම ප්‍රකාශය බොහෝ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/10/23)

Sri Lanka Arrests 37 Indian Fishermen For Allegedly Straying In Its Waters
India NewsPress Trust of India.
Taking up the issue with the Centre, Chief Minister M K Stalin urged Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to initiate necessary steps to secure the release all the fishermen and their fishing boats. Chennai:  As many as 37 Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested and five of their fishing trawlers were seized by the Sri Lankan navy after they allegedly strayed into Lankan territorial waters, a fisheries official in Chennai said on Sunday. The men were arrested during an operation by the Lankan navy on Saturday night.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/10/23)

New property tax in the offing
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
The Government is set to implement a new property tax starting from 2025, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya disclosed. This decision has come as a result of recommendations put forth by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to the State Minister. "The new tax will primarily target individuals possessing substantial property assets. These individuals will be required to pay a tax based on the value of their properties," the State Minister underscored. "The motive behind this move is to address income inequality and finance development projects across... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/10/23)

Sri Lanka Police plans to eradicate organised crime within next 6 months
Courtesy Adaderana
Sri Lanka Police have reportedly implemented a number of measures in order to systematically control, and eradicate the operation of organised crime syndicates in the country within the next six months. Addressing an event in Colombo this afternoon (29 Oct.), Western Province Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG) Deshabandu Tennakoon noted that most activities related to organised crime are being led by criminal figures living abroad, and thereby vowed that Sri Lanka’s police force is on a mission to eradicate such crimes. https://youtu.be/OGCzWqUmAZo Speaking further in this... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 29/10/23)

Reduced Tamil Racist Politics in Sri Lanka Since 2017 Solely Due to Tamil Nadu Political Moderates
Dilrook Kannangara
From 1969 to 2016 Tamil Nadu was mainly ruled by firebrand politicians including Karunanidhi, MGR and Jayalalitha. They had a tremendous impact not only on Tamil Nadu politics but by extension Tamil politics in Sri Lanka. Over 90% of Tamils in the world live in India; mostly in Tamil Nadu. Only 5% of world Tamils live in Sri Lanka and every aspect of their life is influenced by Tamil Nadu from cultural activities to politics, job preference to even their attire. It is no accident that Tamil racism and terrorism reached unprecedented highs from... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 27/10/23)

MONLAR, a force for food insecurity, now blames 70-years of government! 
By Chandre Dharmawardana Courtesy The Island
Image courtesy CGIAR Research Programme on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) chandre.dharma

yahoo.ca According to newspaper reports (The Island 16 October [1]), an NGO carrying the acronym MONLAR has accused that “the agricultural policies of successive governments have rendered millions of Lankans insecure”. It claims that “as of today, 5.3 million people in Sri Lanka are food insecure. This proves that what the government has been doing for more than 70 years to this date to feed its people has failed”. Doesn’t MONLAR... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 27/10/23)

වඳවී ගොස් ඇතැයි සැලකූ ශාක විශේෂයක් පාලින්දනුවරින් සොයාගැනීමට පර්යේෂණ කණ්ඩායමක් සමත්වෙයි.
පේශල පසන් කරුණාරත්න
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ආවේණික වඳ වී ගොස් ඇතැයි සැලකූ කෙතල (Lagenandra) ශාක විශේෂයක් බස්නාහිර පළාතේ කළුතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයෙහි පාලින්දනුවර ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාස සීමාවේ මෝල්කාව ප්‍රදේශය තුලින් සොයා ගැනීමට පර්යේෂකයන් පිරිසක් සමත්වී තිබේ. වෘත්තීය තාක්ෂණ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ විද්‍යාර්ථයකු සහ ශාක විශේෂ පිළිබඳ අධ්‍යනයෙහි නිරත පරිසර ගවේෂකයෙකු වන පේශල පසන් කරුණාරත්න මහතා විසින් 2022 වසරේ දී පාලින්දනුවර ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාසයට අයත් මෝල්කාව ප්‍රදේශය තුළ සිදු කල ගවේෂණයක දී මෙම ශාක විශේෂය සොයා ගැනීමට සමත්ව ඇත‍. එම සොයා ගැනීමෙන් පසුව ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ Lagenandra ශාක ගණයට අයත් ශාක විශේෂ පිළිබඳ පර්යේෂණ සිදු කරණ (වයඹ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය සහ පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය) කණ්ඩායමේ සාමාජිකයෙකු සහ වයඹ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 27/10/23)

Dambulla development work begins
Ministry of Defence  - Media Centre
Dambulla Primary School development work begins The construction work of Dambulla Primary School proposed to be developed utilizing the financial allocation of the Provincial Education Ministry of the Central Province, began recently (Oct 23) under the auspices of the State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon MP. Venerable Maha Sangha, Hon. Janaka Bandara Tennakoon MP, State officials, students and a large number of residents participated in this event. Dambulla Thiththawelgolla Care Centre declared open Dambulla Thiththawelgolla Junior School developed as a Care Centre... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 27/10/23)

Lanka ties up with Yunnan and Chongqing for multifarious economic development
By Sugeeswara Senadhira/Daily News
Colombo, October 26: The benefits of Sri Lanka’s foreign policy of neutrality was evident during the recent challenges faced on several fronts. Although it was quite evident during the 30 years of conflict as many countries – Pakistan, China, Russia, United States, Israel and India – came to assist at different times, the success of Sri Lanka’s foreign policy became most prominent during the last three years of difficulties due to the pandemic and economic downturn. In addition to government-to-government development assistance as well as investments, Sri Lanka is also... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 27/10/23)

Rs. 01 billion offered to gang for planned operation to free drug dealers from CID HQ
Courtesy The Island
A gang made-up of former and serving army commandos had been hired to facilitate the escape of underworld leaders Harak Kata and Kudu Salindu from the CID custody and they were to be paid one billion rupees, police said. Security has been beefed at the CID headquarters. It has been revealed that four serving commandos, too, were to take part in the attack.The two former army commandos already in custody in connection with the planned rescue operation have revealed details about the plan to the police. Police have already informed the Army Commander of the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 27/10/23)

The task of becoming self sufficient in paddy. Why go to Malaysia: Look at the past- to the Seventies when were became Self Sufficient
By Garvin Karunaratne
It is reported that our President Ranil Wickremasinghe is seking th advise from foreign countries like Thailand to resurrect agricultural development in Sri Lanka. We need not go far. Lets go back to the Seventies when we did have a marvellous extension service that enabled us to become self sufficient in paddy, our staple crop. I enclose one of my earlier writings that tell it all. How our excellent agricultural extension system of the Sixties was sacrificed.
Posted on September 10th, 2020 By Garvin Karunaratne  former... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/10/23)

Israel, US need to wake up to the new world order: Afghanistan exit, Ukraine war, BRICS:
Saeed Naqvi Courtesy Telegraph India
Instead of being cheerleaders for globalisation being steered by one hegemonic power, the media became the drumbeaters and myth makers for America’s endless wars, particularly the ones after 9/11 which, by sheer repetition, were to impair and, over time, demolish the media’s credibility The singular lack of hospitality experienced by Joe Biden in West Asia is all a part what the US, and Israel, must expect in the altered global order. A look at trends from the beginning. The global media which brought Operation Desert Storm live... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/10/23)

YLE NEWS Official Finnish News - Reproduction
Prof. Hudson McLean
Finland ranks among the European Union's most racially discriminatory countries, according to the findings of a survey conducted by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). Finland takes third spot in the report, which investigates the challenges faced by people of African descent in Europe, encompassing issues of race-based discrimination, harassment, and violence. Austria and Germany were the only two countries to rank ahead of Finland. Reporting on the Being Black in the EU survey, newspaper Helsingin Sanomat writes that the survey shows how discrimination has become more rampant in recent years, both in... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/10/23)

බටලන්ද වධකාගාරය බවට පත් වූ සපුගස්කන්දේ යූරියා කම්හල
Kaarige Channel Eka | Dharmasri Kariyawasam
https://youtu.be/4y_VVYFWAlQ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/10/23)

Sri Lanka leans on IMF and China as crucial budget test looms
MUNZA MUSHTAQ, Courtesy Nikkei Asia
President Wickremesinghe faces growing public frustration ahead of elections A market in Colombo on Oct. 20. Sri Lanka's government is due to present next year's budget in mid-November.   © Reuters COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka's cash-strapped government is breathing slightly easier after a week that brought an agreement on more support from the International Monetary Fund and a promise of "no strings" help from China. But the country still must climb out of bankruptcy, and President Ranil Wickremesinghe's administration must prepare a budget presentation for Nov. 13... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/10/23)

Who Created Hamas And For What?
By Prof. Rasheen Bappu Courtesy Ceylon Today
US Congressman Dr. Ron Paul of R-Texas, 14th District Vitoria, Freeport in his speech said Israel helped create Hamas to destabilise Arafat who was very powerful at the time. Ron Paul explained the hypocritical approach of the US and Israel regarding the support of Hamas, much like they did for ISIS. “But there is something bitterly ironic in Israel’s support for Fatah against Hamas and it should be a lesson to  everywhere that meddles in other States’ affairs. In the past, Israel supported Hamas against Fatah. Indeed, in the 1970s... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/10/23)

ඉන්දියාවේ විරෝධය මැද කොළඹට ආ චීන නැවට අද දෙරණ යයි "අපේ අවධානය විද්‍යාත්මක පරීක්ෂණ"
උපුටාගැණීම අද දෙරණ
https://youtu.be/n1LknQscK9g... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/10/23)

Port City Comm. approved operation of two cryptocurrency exchanges – COPF informed
Courtesy Adaderana
The Committee of Public Finance (COPF) has approved the orders made under the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Act No. 11 of 2021. The decision was made following a lengthy discussion held on 24 October regarding the 10 business companies active in the Colombo Port City and attention was paid to the problematic situations regarding the signing of contracts by these companies.  It was disclosed that these companies had entered into contracts prior to, during and after the preparation of the Port City, following which the COPF highlighted that the relevant agreements had not been made... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 26/10/23)

The sting is more in the title than in the tale!
by Rohana R. Wasala
I was saddened by the unexpectedly rude sarcasm of the apparently perfunctory memorial feature “The Jackson of all trades: A tribute to Jackson Anthony” (The Island/October 20, 2023) penned by Uditha Devapriya about the recently deceased celebrity. In my opinion, the article is hardly worthy of the dead icon, or of the tribute payer, for that matter. The ill chosen satirical tone rings discordant with the reasonably authentic contents of what fair minded readers would have expected to be an engaging eulogy of a generous human being with his trademark eternal smile on his... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 25/10/23)

RE-VISITING SWITZERLAND
By Dr Tilak S. Fernando
Unlike Sri Lanka, Switzerland is an excellent and clean country with no muddy patches or heaps of rubbish dumps in various parts of the country. Residents usually do not come in cars like in Sri Lanka and dump their domestic rubbish in bags in multiple places. Switzerland has been named the best country in the world by Indiantimes.com. It says, "One of the most beautiful nations on the planet dotted with lakes, valleys, and the Alps." In Switzerland, outside the town area, the scenery will be a lot of mountains and rocks. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 25/10/23)

නව ව්‍යවස්ථා කෙටුම්පත ගැන වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාරගේ විග්‍රහයට ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ මනෝහර ද සිල්වාගෙන් ප්‍රතිචාර
BY KUBIYA2 ON OCTOBER 25, 2023
‘නව ව්‍යවස්ථාකෙටුම්පත මගින් 13 ඉක්මවා යන බලයක් පළාත් සභාවලට ලැබෙනවාද?’ යනුවෙන් දේශහිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයේ මහ ලේකම් වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා ඉකුත් දා ලිපියක් මගින් දීර්ඝ විග්‍රහයක් සිදුකරන ලදී. එම ලිපිය මගින් ඒ මහතා පෙන්වා දී තිබුනේ නව කෙටුම්පත වර්තමාන ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් පිළිගතහොත් සහ එය ක්‍රියාත්මක කළහොත් බෙදුම්වාදීන්ට වඩා වාසි සහගත තත්ත්වයක් නිර්මාණය වන බවය. වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා  එම කරුණු සඳහන් කර තිබුනේ මෙසේය. “නව ව්‍යවස්ථා කෙටුම්පත මගින් සමගාමී ලැයිස්තුව අහෝසි කර මධ්‍යම රජයේ බලතල ලැයිස්තුව ඉවත් කර පළාත් බලතල ලැයිස්තුව විෂයන් 67ක්... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 25/10/23)

බහුකාර්ය සංවර්ධන සහායකයින්ට වහාම අදාල ආයතනවලට පත්වීම් ලබාදෙන්න.-අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා
අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය
තවමත් පත්වීම් නොලද බහුකාර්ය සංවර්ධන සහායකයින්ට ලබන නොවැම්බර් 15 වෙනිදාට ප්‍රථම අදාල ආයතනවලට පත්වීම් ලබාදෙන්නැයි අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා රජයේ නිළධාරීන්ට උපදෙස් දුන්නේය. බහුකාර්ය සංවර්ධන  කාර්ය සාධක බලකා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ කාර්ය සාධනය සහ පත්වීම් ලබාදීම කඩිනම් කිරීම පිළිබඳ සාකච්ඡාවක් අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් අද (2023.10.25) අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය කාර්යාලයේදී පැවැත්විණි. රජයේ බඳවාගැනීම් ක්‍රියාවලිය සමාලෝචනය කිරීම සඳහා අමාත්‍ය මණ්ඩලය පත්කළ නිළ කමිටුව මෙතෙක් ගනු  ලැබූ පියවරයන් සම්බන්ධයෙන් මෙම සාකච්ඡාවේදී වැඩි අවධානයක් යොමුකරනු ලැබීය. දැනට රාජ්‍ය සේවයේ ප්‍රාථමික සේවා පුරප්පාඩු සඳහා බහු කාර්ය සංවර්ධන සහායකයින් අනුයුක්ත කර පත්වීම් ලබාදීමට උපදෙස් දී ඇතත් තවමත්... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 25/10/23)

China’s success in eradication of poverty exemplary – Prime Minister
Prime Minister's Media Division
China Foundation for Rural Development to assist Sri Lanka Vice President of China Foundation for Rural Development Liu Wenkui said his Foundation would assist Sri Lanka’s poverty alleviation programme. He gave this assurance when he called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Prime Minister’s Office in Colombo today (October 25). The Prime Minister said China’s success in eradication of poverty, rural upliftment and ensuring food security has been exemplary. “I thank China for magnanimous contributions to the efforts of my country as well as other developing nations towards achieving... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 25/10/23)

British HC calls on SL State Minister of Defence
Ministry of Defence  - Media Centre
The British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka H.E. Andrew Patrick made a call on the State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon at his office in Colombo on Tuesday (Oct. 24). Minister Tennakoon held a cordial discussion with the British High Commissioner after extending a warm reception when he arrived at his office in Colombo in the evening. Matters of bilateral importance and mutual relevance were discussed during the friendly meeting. Defence Attaché at the British High Commission in Colombo Colonel Darren Woods was also... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 25/10/23)

රනිල්-විමල් එකම ප්ලේන් එකක චීන සංචාරයේ ගියාද..
අනුරුද්ධ බණ්ඩාර රණවාරණ මාධ්‍ය ලේකම්, ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ
“අසල්වැසි ලොකු අයියාගේ” සහ “ඈත සිටින බටහිර ලොකු අයියාගේ” බලපෑමට, ද්විපාර්ශ්වික ගිවිසුම් පවා කඩ කරන, වැරදිසහගත විදේශ ප්‍රතිපත්තියක සිටින පාලනයකට චීනයෙන් අවශ්‍ය සහයෝගය ලබා ගැනීමට හැකිවේ යැයි තමන් විශ්වාස නොකරන බවත් නමුත් සෘජු විදේශ ප්‍රතිපත්තියක සිට කටයුතු කරන ඉතියෝපියාව, රුවන්ඩාව වැනි අප්‍රිකානු රටවල් පවා චීනයේ “එක් තීරයක් සහ එක් මාවතක්” ව්‍යාපෘතිය(BRI) හා බැඳෙමින් විශාල ආර්ථිකමය සහ සමාජමය සංවර්ධනයක් අත්පත් කරගෙන ඇති බවත් උත්තර ලංකා සභාගයේ සභාපති, ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පෙන්වා දෙයි. චීනයේ බීජිං නගරයේ පැවති “ජාත්‍යන්තර සහයෝගිතාව සඳහා වන 3 වැනි එක්... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 25/10/23)

Amid socioeconomic slump, new sugar cane varieties offer hope in Sri Lanka
by Manasee Weerathunga Courtesy MONGABAY
After 20 years of research, the Sugarcane Research Institute (SRI) of Sri Lanka has introduced four new varieties with improved sugar recovery percentages, cane yield and disease resistance. An interactive mobile app called Uksaviya has been introduced to assist sugar cane farmers in disease identification, cultivation advice and access to the latest knowledge. An institutional business framework too has been developed linking researchers and industry to improve collaboration, precision, and commercialization of cutting-edge research. With Sri Lanka’s agriculture hit by multiple issues, SRI’s efforts... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 25/10/23)

President unveils ambitious plans for agricultural and technological transformation
Courtesy Adaderana
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, addressing the 117th Anniversary of the Institution of Engineers, has outlined plans for modernizing the Agriculture Ministry. The Head of State expressed his intention to seek external assistance to design a new Agricultural Ministry by studying how similar ministries function in countries like Thailand and Malaysia, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. He has emphasized the need for a well-defined ministerial structure for progress. Wickremesinghe also discussed the next stage of modernizing agriculture, including the utilization of previously unused land, particularly in the Mahaweli area and plantations, covering approximately... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 25/10/23)

13 Milco employees arrested after holding chairman hostage
Courtesy Adaderana
At least 13 employees of Milco (Pvt) Ltd. have been arrested for holding the company’s chairman Renuka Perera hostage. The arrests were made by the officers of Kollupitiya Police amidst the chaos at the Milco head office in Colombo this afternoon (Oct. 25). https://youtu.be/6Isf-Eep5xI Perera was released following the intervention of the police, reports revealed.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 25/10/23)

KANDYAN CHIEFTAINS UNDER THE BRITISH –PART VIII
By Sena Thoradeniya
(Contd. From 07 October 2023) 1. Empire Day, Accession Day, Coronation, King’s Birthday, Victory Day, Armistice, Celebrated in Ceylon Empire Day (date of Queen Victoria’s birthday), Accession Day (anniversary of the date the Monarch took office), Jubilees, King’s Coronation, King’s Birthday, Victory Day and other public occasions were celebrated throughout the Island, Native Chiefs taking the lead in ceremonies organized in the regions. Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee and Diamond Jubilee were celebrated in June 1887 and June 1897 respectively. In Kandyan areas celebrations were held in every town with the participation... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 24/10/23)

සත්‍ය ධර්මය 5 - සත්‍ය ධර්මය විවර විය - නිවන හා ස්වභාවධර්ම ක්‍රියාවලිය.
තිස්ස ගුණතිලක
මෙතෙක් ලිපිවලින් ඔබට ස්වභාවයේ පවතින ධර්මතාවයත් එය තුල සත්වයා විශේෂයෙන් මනු සත්වයා හැසිරෙන ආකාරයත් පැහැදිලි කිරීමට උත්සාහ කලෙමි. ස්වභාවධර්මය තුල පවතින ධර්මතාවයන් හා ඒවා හසුරුවන නැතහොත් පාලනයවන ආකාරය පලමුවෙන්ම දත යුතුය. අනාත්මීයව පවතින ස්වභාවධර්මය නැතහොත් අනාත්මීය භාහිරය යතාර්ථයයි (reality). එය නියාම පහකින් හසුරුවයි: බීජ, සෘතු, කම්ම (ක්‍රියා), චිත්ත හා ධම්ම නියාම වලට යටත්ව හැසිරෙයි. ස්වභාවධර්මයෙන් නැතහොත් අනාත්මීය භාහිරයෙන් නිකුත්වන අංශු කම්පන, තරංග ඔස්සේ පැමින විපරිනාම වේගයක පවතින පංචේන්ද්‍රිය හා ස්පර්ශවෙයි.  Note: මජ්ඣෙසුත්‍රයේ දැක්වෙන ඵස්ස (ස්පර්ශ) සංසිද්ධිය මෙයයි. ඵස්ස නිසා ඇතිවන භවය සකස් කරන සමුදය (උදය) හා භව නිරෝධය (වය) එහි එන අන්ත... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 24/10/23)

Hidden Science of Ancient Ceylon
By M. Udita Sandaruwan Courtesy Ceylon Today
It is the State with the lowest gravity in the world. There is a special area in that country that belongs to the rotation speed of the earth and the mysterious constant of the universe. Is it just a coincidence that the historic Sri Dalada Maligawa is located in that special area?  This Research Report reveals to the world for the first time about such wonders that exist only in Sri Lanka. Most of the unique monuments around the world that belong to past ages of... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 24/10/23)

Medical degrees awarded by int’l universities recognized in Sri Lanka
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
The government has decided to accept the medical degrees awarded by internationally recognized universities as recognized medical degrees in Sri Lanka. Approval was granted at the Cabinet meeting held on May 2, 2023. Accordingly, approval was granted to appoint a committee headed by the Secretary to the Prime Minister to prepare a national policy that includes the standards and criteria based on the recognition of medical degree courses offered by internationally recognized universities. It was also requested to make appropriate recommendations to amend the provisions of the Medical... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 24/10/23)

Sri Lanka approves visa-free entry for visitors from 7 countries
Courtesy Adaderana
Sri Lanka’s Cabinet has approved visa-free entry for visitors from seven countries including India, China and Russia as a pilot project until 31 March 2024, Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said. In a tweet, he said the Cabinet has approved visa-free entry to visitors from India, China, Russia, Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia and Thailand with immediate effect. https://youtu.be/XO5T-DaWuRo Last week, the Ministry of Tourism announced that a cabinet paper had been presented in the previous Cabinet meeting to issue free tourist visas for foreigners from five countries who come to... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 24/10/23)

සුඛෝපභෝගී රථයෙන් පළාගිය මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය ජාවාරම්කරු... "ප්‍රධානියා කව්දැයි හෙළිවුණා" සියල්ල CCTV කැමරාවේ
Ada Derana
https://youtu.be/ke2cC5GZP8o... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 24/10/23)

An Indian journalist’s attempt to salvage an Eelam tiger!(reply sent to PKB via the editor, Daily Mirror)
C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D.
Eelam deal? After reading Mr. P. K. Balachandran’s (PKB) essay, “Roots of ethnic contestation in Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province,” (Daily Mirror on October 10th, 2023), I tried to understand why he wrote it and what was his purpose. Did he find any new roots of his own helping people to understand it better?  Against a vast body of research on the topic of a mythical Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka, PKB takes the readers along his confused and delusional Eelam path. After his essay, the outbursts of the TNA boy Rasamanikkam in... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/10/23)

Confrontation or Compromise? And Credible Communication!
Prof. Hudson McLean
The Pen Not the Gun! Right at this moment the World has Reached a Critical Crunch, mainly due to Human Greed & Fear! The Russian Invasion of Ukraine is a Case-in-Point! The Fear of Crimea falling into NATO hands drove Russia to move into forward gear to attack Ukraine. It is said that USSR and now Russia, always Negotiated with Military Tanks! The current recent events have shown that Ukraine for its size, is a serious challenge to Russian might and even prove... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/10/23)

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා  IMF විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂවරයා සමඟ ණය ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගත කිරීමේ ප්‍රගතිය සාකච්ඡා කරයි...
අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය
අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා සහ ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලේ (IMF) විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ ආචාර්ය ක්‍රිෂ්ණමූර්ති සුබ්‍රමනියන් මහතා අතර හමුවක් අද (2023.10.23)  අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී පැවැත්විණි. එකඟ වූ වැඩසටහනේ ප්‍රගතිය විස්තර කළ ආචාර්ය ක්‍රිෂ්ණමූර්ති සුබ්‍රමනියන් මහතා     ආර්ථික ප්‍රගතිය සඳහා රජයේ මධ්‍ය කාලීන මෙන්ම දිගු කාලීන සැලසුම් සඳහා අවශ්‍ය සහය පිළිබඳව අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයාගෙන් උපදෙස් ඉල්ලා සිටියේය.  දැනට ගෙන ඇති ක්‍රියාමාර්ග පිළිබඳව අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලේ විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂවරයා දැනුවත් කළ අතර, සමාජයේ අඩු ආදායම්ලාභී ජන කොටස් සඳහා වන මූල්‍ය ආධාර සෘජුවම බැංකු ගිණුම් වෙත තැන්පත් කර ඇති සුබසාධන යෝජනා ක්‍රමයේ ප්‍රගතිය පැහැදිලි කළේය. අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ලේකම් අනුර... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/10/23)

‘India Out’
Courtesy The Nation
In the recently held elections in Maldives, a pro-China candidate Mohamed Muizzu won the elections on the slogan “India Out” of Maldives. The Indian Ocean islands have been a battleground between China and India. The area is 9000 square kilometres out of which 298 square kilometres is dry land. No island is larger than 8 Kilometres and only 200 Islands are inhabited.Malé is the capital and a third of the population lives here. The President elect Muhammad Muizzu of the People Nation Congress got 54 percent of votes against the sitting president Ibrahim Solih. Muizzu... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/10/23)

Sri Lanka inflation rate eases to 0.8% in Sept vs 2.1% in Aug
Reuters
COLOMBO, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's consumer price inflation rate eased to 0.8% year-on-year in September from 2.1% in August, the statistics department said on Monday. The National Consumer Price Index (LKNCPI=ECI) captures broader retail price inflation and is released with a lag of 21 days every month. Food prices fell 5.2% in September after declining 5.4% in August, from a year earlier, the Department of Census and Statistics said in a statement. Prices for non-food items, however, climbed 5.9% in September after rising 9% year-on-year in August. Sri Lanka... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/10/23)

The Maldives’ new leader wants Indian troops to leave
CNN
Oct 23 (CNN) – “We don’t want any foreign military boots on Maldivian soil… I promised this to the people of the Maldives and I will live up to my promise from day one.” Dr Mohamed Muizzu, who won the Maldives presidential election last month, is wasting no time in asking India to get its troops out of the country. The president-elect, who is due to be sworn in later in November, told the BBC in an exclusive interview that he met the Indian ambassador a few days after his victory and “told... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/10/23)

US Jews rally behind Palestinians 
By P.K.Balachandran/Counterpoint
American Jews protest in Washington DC against Israel Colombo, October 23: It comes as no surprise that liberals, leftists and Muslims in America have been demonstrating against Israel’s bid to de-populate Gaza under the guise of hunting down Hamas. But what has come as a  surprise is that a large section of the US Jewish community is coming out against Israel’s brutal response. American Jewish protesters demand that President Joe Biden play the peace-maker rather than arm Israel to the teeth to help it carry out... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/10/23)

Cabinet reshuffle: New health and environment ministers appointed
Courtesy Adaderana
A Cabinet reshuffle took place this morning (23 Oct.), during which the ministerial portfolios of several ministers including Mahinda Amaraweera and Keheliya Rambukwella were changed. Accordingly, Minister Amaraweera, was sworn in as the Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industries, while former Health Minister Rambukwella was sworn in as the new Minister of Environment. https://youtu.be/MQON4cM2uO8 Meanwhile, Dr. Ramesh Pathirana has been appointed as the Minister of Health, in addition to his current portfolio as Minister of Industries, while State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya was appointed as the Non-Cabinet... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/10/23)

IMF Order Sri Lanka to Destroy All Physical Records and Archives of Ownership to Land in the Motherland
By Citizen Perera
Who says Sri Lanka is our Motherland, the country of our forefathers, the country of our birth, the country where we married, the country where our children were born and grew up, the country where our parents died and are buried, the country whose soil would one day lie comfortably over us, the country we lovingly call home? We are proudly able to declare that we are Sri Lankans, because our records and archives - dutifully and painstakingly maintained in our Registries - tell us so and our rich history recorded in documents,... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/10/23)

Civil Society’s Funders & Fundamentalists
e-Con e-News
‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 15-21 October 2023 * Sri Lanka, Palestine & South Africa feature among the world’s foremost struggles for majority rule in a unitary state… * The USA is telling us to watch them engulf West Asia in blood in ‘real-time’. Again. They wish to tell the world: you can do nothing about it. Try if you must. (And if you fail, and you live, you can get a post-colonial PhD in Indiana!)... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/10/23)

Indian Cheap Commercial Slog Pitches Unsuitable to Host International Tournaments
Dilrook Kannangara
Indian pitches are designed for cheap commercial ventures like IPL. These are unsuitable for international tournaments. CWC 2023 has broken batting records for the sole reason that cricket pitches are for slog-cricket and not for professional cricket. Bowlers can’t get any real support from these slog pitches. Good cricketing pitches balance between support for both bowlers and batsmen. Changing the team to suit slog pitches is unwise. Instead, Sri Lanka must stick to its long-term plan to develop a strong cricket team. More importantly, Sri Lankan cricket pitches must not be converted to slog-cricket... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/10/23)

එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය හැර ගොස් සිටින සියලු දෙනාට යළි මහ ගෙදරට එන්නැයි රවීගෙන් ඇරයුමක්.
එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය
UNP  කියන්නේ පවුලේ පක්ෂයක් නෙමෙයි. අපි නියමිත වෙලාවට මැතිවරණ පවත්වනවා. 2024 ජනාධිපතිවරණයේ නිර්පාක්ෂික අපේක්ෂකයා රනිල්.  නිහැඬියාව බිඳිමින් රවී විශේෂ සම්මේලනය අමතමිනි කියයි. එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය හැර ගොස් සිටින සියලුම දෙනාට යළි මහ ගෙදරට පැමිණෙන ලෙසත් UNP කියන්නේ පවුලේ පක්ෂයක් නොවන බවත් කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික් නායක හිටපු මුදල් අමාත්‍ය රවි කරුණානායක මහතා පවසනවා. ඒ මහතා මෙම අදහස් පළ කළේ එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය සංවිධානය කර තිබූ හැත්තෑ හත් වෙනි විශේෂ සම්මේලනය අමතමිනි. සුගතදාස ගෘහස්ථ ක්‍රීඩාංගනය පැවති මෙම සම්මේලනයේ පිළිගැනීමේ කතාව සිදු කරමින් හිටපු අමාත්‍යවරයා මෙලෙස... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/10/23)

මගෙන් පටන් ගමු ඇරඹේ - මනුෂගෙන් ජනාධිපතිට “මගෙන් පටන් ගමු” බැජ් එකකුත්
Manusha Media
ස්මාර්ට් රටක් වෙනුවෙන් “සිස්ටම් චේන්ජ්” කරමින් 2048 වන විට ආර්ථික නිදහස් රටක් හදන වැඩපිළිවෙල “මගෙන් පටන් ගමු” වැඩසටහන සුගතදාස ගෘහස්ත ක්‍රීඩාංගනයේදී පැවති එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂ විශේෂ සම්මේලනයේදී ආරම්භ විය.ස්මාර්ට් රටක් නිර්මාණය කිරීමේ වැඩසටහන “මගේ පටන් ගමු” යැයි ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා විශේෂ සමුළුවේදී සදහන් කළ අතර කම්කරු හා විදේශ රැකියා අමාත්‍ය මනුෂ නානායක්කාර මහතා “මගෙන් පටන් ගමු” බැජ් එකක් ජනාධිපතිවරයාට පළදවනු ලැබුවේය.ඩිජිට්කරණයට ලක්වූ වැඩසටහන් සමගින් මගෙන් පටන් ගමු වැඩසටහන ඉදිරියට ක්‍රියාත්මක වන අතර පක්ෂ සම්මේලනයට පැමිණි සාමාජිකයින් එම වැඩසටහනට ඇතුළත් කරගැනීමද මෙහිදී සිදුවිය. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/10/23)

THE NEED FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDIA REPORTING
By Sanjeewa Jayaweera Courtesy The Island
The English cricketer Moeen Ali, who incidentally is also the vice-captain of the team, posted on his Instagram page a thought-provoking quote: “If you are not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing”. The quote is attributed to the American Muslim human rights activist Malcolm X. The post obviously refers to media (TV and newspapers) reporting the ongoing conflagration between Israel and Hamas. Moeen initially posted the quote along with a Palestinian... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/10/23)

BIDEN’S COURAGEOUS VISIT TO ISRAEL ENDS IN ALMOST COMPLETE FAILURE
by Vijaya Chandrasoma Courtesy The Island
War does not determine who is right. Only who is left. Bertrand Russel Saturday, October 7, 2023 was yet another Day that will live in Infamy, like December 7, 1941, when US President Roosevelt coined the phrase after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, which paved the way for America’s involvement in World War II. Prime Minister of Israel, Bibi Netanyahu, in a telephone call with President Biden before his proposed visit, said that the Hamas attack represented “savagery I can say we have not seen... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/10/23)

Lanka should aim for revenues of 12-pct of GDP, avoid shortfalls: IMF
Courtesy The Island
Peter Breuer Sri Lanka should aim to get state revenues more than 12 percent of gross domestic product and avoid revenue shortfalls next year, International Monetary Fund Senior Mission Chief Peter Breuer said. Sri Lanka projected revenues (including non-tax) of 3,408 billion rupee (11.3 -pct of GDP) and the IMF 3,286 billion rupees (about 10.9-pct).Up to July revenues were up 39 percent and tax revenues were up 43 percent, but IMF expects year end revenues to be 15 percent below target. “Clearly the objective is not... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/10/23)

Elections will be held in accordance with the Constitution, Presidential poll in 2024 – President
Courtesy The Island
President Ranil Wickremesinghe addresing the Special General Convention of the United National Party on Saturday (21) Addressing the Special General Convention of the United National Party (UNP) held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo on Saturday (21)., President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized his commitment to bolstering the country’s economy by positioning Sri Lanka as a smart nation. The President outlined the timeline for upcoming elections in line with the constitutional provisions, detailing that the presidential election is slated for the following year, followed by parliamentary elections. Furthermore, local... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/10/23)

New legislation to ensure standards of MPs: President
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
A new legislation will be introduced soon to ensure the proper standards of MPs, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced today. “Many are questioning the standard of Parliament following the two incidents that took place during this week. Therefore, I would like to state that former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya is drafting legislation to ensure high standards of MPs,” the President said during the UNP convention. He hinted that an authority will be appointed to monitor the behaviour of MPs as done in many countries.(Yohan Perera)... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 23/10/23)

10 heart attack deaths in 24 hours at garba events in Gujarat
Courtesy India Today
In the past 24 hours, ten people have died of a heart attack in different areas of Gujarat while they were performing Garba at Navratri celebrations. Garba organisers in Gujarat have taken steps to ensure the safety of people by stationing doctors and ambulances at the venues. (Illustration by Vani Gupta/India Today) At least 10 people have died while performing Garba during Navratri celebrations in Gujarat in the past 24 hours. The victims ranged from teenagers to middle-aged people, with the youngest being a 13-year-old boy from Dabhoi,... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 22/10/23)

Sri Lanka commits itself to China’s BRI despite India’s warnings
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia
Colombo, October 21 (Counterpoint): Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickemesinghe’s visit to China from October 16 to 20, has resulted in Sri Lanka’s reiterating its commitment to participate in China’s global development project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). That is despite India’s warning on October 11 about the dangers inherent in accepting China’s developmental loans under the BRI. The joint statement issued by China and Sri Lanka at the end of Wickremesinghe’s visit said: “Sri Lanka reiterates that it will continue to actively participate in the Belt and Road Initiative proposed by China. The... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/10/23)

සත්‍ය ධර්මය 4 - සත්‍ය ධර්මය විවර විය - නිවන් දකින ප්‍රතිපදාව (දෙවන කොටස) - විපස්සනාව ප්‍රායෝගිකව
තිස්ස ගුණතිලක
තරමක් දීර්ඝ ලිපියක් බැවින් ඉවසීමෙන් කියවීමට කරුනාවෙන් ආරාධණා කරමි. ඔබට නිවන් දැකීමට අවශ්‍ය සියළුම ප්‍රතිපදාව මෙම ලිපියේ අන්තර්ගතව ඇතැයි සිතමි. බුද්ධ දර්ශණය හා නිවන් මග යනු අතහැරීමයි නැතහොත් අතහැරීමෙන් ප්‍රකටවන අල්පේච්ඡතාවයයි. ඔබ සියල්ලම අතහැරීමට සූදානම්නම් නිවන් දැකිය හැකිය. අතහැරීමට නොහැකිනම් නිවන ඔබවෙත ලඟා නොවෙයි. නිවන් දකින මඟ යනු අතහැරීම සම්පූර්ණ කරන ප්‍රතිපදාවයි. අතහැරීම පියවර දෙකකින් කල යුතුවන අතර එම පියවර දෙකෙහි අනුපිලිවෙලක් නැත. එනම් පලමුව චෛතසිකවද හා දෙවනුව භෞතිකවද, පලමුව භෞතිකවද දෙවනුව චෛතසිකවද අතහැරහැරීම සිඳුකල හැකිය. සසුන්ගතවන්නන් පලමුව භෞතික අතහැරීම නිවන් මාර්ගය ලෙස තෝරාගත් අයයි. ඹවුන් චෛතසික අතහැරීම සම්පූර්ණ කරන්නේ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/10/23)

Israel turning Gaza City into Hiroshima ‘with no nuclear weapons used’
TASS
According to the interlocutor of the American journalist, Israeli forces can use American guided bombs during a ground operation, which can penetrate to a depth of 30-50 m before exploding, which will make it possible to destroy the underground weapons production facilities of the radical Hamas movement NEW YORK, October 18. /TASS/. Israel is determined to turn Gaza City into Hiroshima, but without using nuclear weapons, US Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh wrote in his Substack blog, citing sources. “[Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s attitude, as assessed by the intelligence analysts, I... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/10/23)

Biden the President of WWIII (the final) and Human Rights Hypocrisy
by Dave DeCamp Courtesy Antiwar.com
Biden Pitches Americans on Funding Wars in Gaza and Ukraine The president is expected to ask Congress for $100 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and border funding Tags President Biden on Thursday night delivered a speech from the Oval Office making his case for the US continuing to fund the proxy war in Ukraine and Israel’s onslaught on Gaza. Biden said he will ask Congress on Friday to authorize more spending for the Ukraine war and “unprecedented” military aid for Israel. Media reports say the request will... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/10/23)

Bones Of The Buddha - Documentary
wudu1982
Do the jewels, bones and ashes found in an Indian tomb in 1898 mark the final resting place of the Buddha himself, or was it all an elaborate hoax? When Colonial estate manager, William Peppe, set his workers digging at a mysterious hill in Northern India in 1898, he had no idea what they'd find. Over twenty feet down, they made an amazing discovery: a huge stone coffer, containing some reliquary urns, over 1000 separate jewels and some ash and bone. One of the jars had an inscription that seemed to say that these were the remains... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/10/23)

Is the new draft constitution giving powers to the Provincial Councils beyond 13th amendment asks Dr. Wasantha Bandara?
Shenali D Waduge
Some points highlighting the dangers to Sri Lanka’s national sovereignty is highlighted by Dr. Wasantha Bandara. The sinhala version of his article is attached.   Dr. Wasantha claims 26 countries have been divided to fulfil strategic objectives of Western imperialists with the intervention of UN making the necessary demarcations in territory that have even divided rivers & mountains.  How sovereign are sovereign countries especially the weaker ones like Sri Lanka? https://www.shenaliwaduge.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/නව-ව්_යවස්ථා-කෙටුම්පත-මගින්-පවතින-13-ඉක්මවා-යන-බලය-පළාත්-සභාවලට-ලැබෙනවාද.pdf His warning is that Sri Lanka cannot underestimate or overestimate the international geopolitical influence & interventions... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/10/23)

Conflict in the Holy Land: Ahmadiyya Supreme Head Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad calls on world powers for restraint and encourages unity among Muslim Nations
by A. Abdul Aziz Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Sri Lanka.
During his Friday sermon in earlier today’s (20th October 2023) delivered at ‘Masjid Mubarak’, Islamabad, Tilford, United Kingdom, Supreme Head (Khalifa) of the world wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad drew attention to the seriousness of the ongoing conflict in the Holy Land and said:   “At this juncture, I wish to speak again about the current global situation and reiterate the importance of prayer.  “Nowadays, writers from the West, even some from the United States, have written in their newspapers that... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/10/23)

Stop the Killing by Giving Just Home to Palestine!
Prof. Hudson McLean
For over 2000 years Jews have been suffering for the Death Curse of Jesus Christ, cast by the Jews themselves. The Roman Pontius Pilate washed his hands, demonstrated daily by the Catholic priest, daily at each Holy Mass. Why did the Western World stand by Israel when Palestinians were left out in the cold, without a home? Today the Israelis are kept looking over the shoulder, whilst the West & USA are being hampered by Arab terror. The only solution is not an Iron Dome over Israel... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/10/23)

Israel Offers 1,000 Jobs to Sri Lankan Workers in Agriculture Sector
Manusha Media
Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara has revealed that around a thousand new job opportunities have opened up in Israel's agricultural sector and emphasized that the government will carefully assess the current security situation in the country before taking necessary steps to employ Sri Lankans in these job opportunities.Minister Nanayakkara shared these insights today (20) while speaking in Parliament during an adjournment debate on the Israel-Palestine conflict.During his address, the Minister underscored that the government has already taken all the required measures to facilitate the employment of migrant workers in Israel and noted that arrangements... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/10/23)

The Israel-Palestine Conflict, False Flags and Cold War: Connecting the Dots.. to the Washington Consensus (IMF and WB).
By Peter Koenig Global Research, October 11, 2023
Most people, including journalists on both sides of the aisle – mainstream and non-mainstream — seem to believe that this a one-off war, a surprise attack by Hamas, the “defenders” of Palestine. It is not. Connecting a few dots over the past 70 years may help better understand what is going on in the Middle East, Israel-Palestine – and around the world. How the bloody Israel-Palestine conflict fits into the Big Picture. What if Hamas has been created either by Israel directly, or rather by the US-UK-Israel... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/10/23)

වර්තමාන අවශ්‍යතාවය සම්ප්‍රදායෙන් බැහැර නව්‍යකරණයෙන් යුතු තාක්ෂණික විසඳුම්...- අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා  
අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය 
අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ  අද (2023.10.20) BMICH හිදී පැවති Techno 2023, කාර්මික හා තාක්ෂණ ප්‍රදර්ශනය විවෘත කිරීමේ අවස්ථාවට එක්වෙමිනි. එහිදී අදහස් දැක් වූ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා - ආර්ථික අර්බුදයෙන් මිදීමේ අරමුණ සාක්ෂාත් කර ගැනීම සඳහා 'ආර්ථිකය ප්‍රකෘතිමත් කිරීමට ඉංජිනේරුකරණය' යන තේමාව යටතේ techno2023 සංවිධානය කිරීම පිළිබඳව ශ්‍රී ලංකා ඉංජිනේරු ආයතනය (IESL) වෙත ප්‍රශංසාව හිමිවෙනවා. ව්‍යවසායකත්වය ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීම, නව ව්‍යාපාර  දිරිගැන්වීම, රැකියා අවස්ථා නිර්මාණය කිරීම සහ ආර්ථික වර්ධනය ඉහළ නැංවීම ප්‍රශංසනීයයි.  ඉංජිනේරුවන් සහ තාක්ෂණවේදීන් තම අධ්‍යයන විෂය මාලාවේ න්‍යායන්ට පමණක් සීමා නොවී රට මුහුණ දෙන ආර්ථික අභියෝග රාශියකට නිර්මාණාත්මක විසඳුම් ඉදිරිපත් කළ යුතුයි.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/10/23)

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආහාර සුරක්‍ෂිතතාවයට එල්ල වන අභියෝගවලට මුහුණදීමට ජාත්‍යන්තර වාණිජ මණ්ඩලයේ සහාය...
අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය
ජාත්‍යන්තර වාණිජ මණ්ඩලයේ (ICC) ප්‍රථම කාන්තා සභාපති වන මාරියා ෆනෑන්ඩර් ග්ර්සා (Maria Fernanda Garza) මහත්මිය සහ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා අතර හමුවක් 2023.10.19 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී සිදුවිය. වෙළඳ හා ආයෝජන, බැංකු, රක්ෂණ, පුහුණුව සහ අධ්‍යාපනය, මූල්‍ය, සංචාරක, කෘෂිකර්මය, කුඩා හා මධ්‍ය පරිමාණ ව්‍යවසායකත්ව සහය සහ ව්‍යවසායකත්ව සංවර්ධනය සහ එම ක්ෂේත්‍රවල ගැටලු බේරුම්කරණය ඇතුළත් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ICC හි කාර්යභාරය පිළිබඳව මෙම සාකච්ඡාවේදී අවධානය යොමුකරනු ලැබීය. නවීන තාක්ෂණය සමග ආර්ථිකය ඉදිරියට යාම සඳහා ඩිජිටල්කරණය අත්‍යාවශ්‍ය බව අවධාරණය කළ    මාරියා ෆනෑන්ඩර් ග්ර්සා මහත්මිය එයින් කුඩා හා මධ්‍ය පරිමාණ ව්‍යවසායකයින්ට මෙන්ම කෘෂි ක්ෂේත්‍ර වල නියැලී සිටින ග්‍රාමීය ජනතාවටද විශාල අවස්ථා... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/10/23)

Panel Discussion in Canberra, Australia on “Pathways to Economic Recovery in Sri Lanka”
Sri Lanka High Commission Canberra, Australia 
Given the importance and interest on current developments in Sri Lanka and at the request by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) with the Institute of Global Development located in the University, the Sri Lanka High Commission collaborated with the UNSW to organize a RoundTable discussion on “Pathways to Economic Recovery in Sri Lanka” which was held on Tuesday 17th October 2023 at the UNSW Campus in Canberra.  The discussion was held in hybrid mode with Sri Lankan experts and professionals who joined the panel discussion virtually.  The Panellists... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/10/23)

IMF wants strong budget, narrower deficit from Sri Lanka
Courtesy CNA
NEW DELHI :The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is looking for a strong budget and narrower deficit from Sri Lanka as it seeks funding to bridge the gap between government revenue and expenditure, the IMF mission chief for the country said on Friday. Sri Lanka plunged into its worst financial crisis in seven decades last year after its foreign exchange reserves dwindled to record lows, but since locking down a $2.9 billion IMF programme in March it has managed to partly stabilise its economy, reducing runway inflation and rebuilding reserves. However, the country... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/10/23)

Sri Lanka’s urban population increases to 44.57 percent in a decade: survey
Khabarhub
COLOMBO, SRILANKA: The urban population in Sri Lanka has increased to 44.57 percent, state media reported on Thursday, quoting a survey from the National Physical Planning Department. The state-owned Daily News reported that the last survey on urbanization in Sri Lanka was conducted in 2012 and urbanization at that point was 18.2 percent. According to the latest survey, Colombo is the district with the highest urban population percentage of 96.74 percent. The survey also shows that the percentage of urbanization in Gampaha district is 76.76 percent, followed by Jaffna district at... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/10/23)

Sri Lanka approves 18% electricity tariff hike for households
Courtesy Business Recorder
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s power regulator has approved an 18% electricity tariff hike for households in the country, which will be effective from Friday, the government said in a statement. Sri Lanka shares end higher on financials boost The overall hike approved on the day ranged from 18% to 24%, the statement said.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/10/23)

Rohan Gunaratna on the Roots of Sri Lanka’s Deadly Easter Sunday Attacks
By Shannon Tiezzi Courtesy The Diplomat
The counterterrorism expert and author of “Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday Massacre: Lessons for the International Community” explains how religious extremism manifested in Sri Lanka’s deadliest terror attack. On April 21, 2019 – Easter Sunday – a coordinated series of bombings ripped through Sri Lanka, targeting churches and luxury hotels. Over 260 people were killed, making it the deadliest terrorist attack ever suffered by Sri Lanka. The attack has continued to resonate in Sri Lankan society and politics, as the public demands to untangle questions of responsibility: Why was the attack... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/10/23)

China and Sri Lanka issue joint statement on expanding win-win cooperation
Courtesy CGTN
The People's Republic of China and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka issued a joint statement on Friday deepening bilateral traditional friendship and expanding mutually beneficial cooperation. The China-Sri Lanka strategic cooperative partnership based on sincere mutual assistance and everlasting friendship has become a fine example of friendly interactions and mutually beneficial cooperation between countries of different sizes, and carries special and important significance for both countries, said the joint statement. Noting China and Sri Lanka have achieved fruitful outcomes on Belt and Road cooperation, Sri Lanka reiterated it will continue... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/10/23)

Full text: Joint Statement between the People's Republic of China and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Source: Xinhua
BEIJING, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The People's Republic of China and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on Friday issued a joint statement.   The following is the full text of the statement.   Joint Statement between the People's Republic of China and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka   Beijing, October 20, 2023   1. At the invitation of H.E. Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China, H.E. Ranil Wickremesinghe, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, attended the third Belt and Road Forum for... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/10/23)

Xi Jinping Meets with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe
Courtesy China News
On the morning of October 20, 2023, President Xi Jinping met at the Great Hall of the People with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe who is in China to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF). Xi Jinping pointed out that the Chinese and Sri Lankan people have enjoyed a time-honored friendship marked by mutual learning and mutual help, and have been partners for self-reliant development. Sri Lanka was one of the first countries that welcomed and joined the Belt and Road Initiative. China values its relations with Sri Lanka, and is ready to work with Sri... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/10/23)

Committee appointed to probe alleged assault on Diana Gamage inside p’ment premises
Courtesy Adaderana
Speaker of the Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena announced the parliament that a committee was appointed to look into the allegations made by State Minister Diana Gamage that Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Sujith Sanjaya Perera assaulted her outside the Chambers today (20). The committee, headed by Deputy Speaker Ajith Rajapakse, comprises MP Chamal Rajapaksa, Dr. Ramesh Pathirana, MP Gayantha Karunatilleka and MP Imthiaz Bakeer Markar. Accordingly, the Speaker has directed the committee to investigate the alleged incident in consideration of the facts and complaints presented by both parties and expeditiously submit a... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/10/23)

Diana Gamage gets hospitalized over alleged assault by SJB MP
Courtesy Adaderana
State Minister Diana Gamage has been admitted to the Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital following her claims about being assaulted by a male parliamentarian representing the main opposition. She also filed a complaint with Welikada Police prior to getting hospitalized. Earlier today, during the parliamentary session, Damage accused Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Sujith Sanjaya Perera of assaulting her outside the Chamber and called for a comprehensive investigation into the matter. This prompted the temporary adjournment of the session by Deputy Speaker Ajith Rajapakse, at the request of PM Dinesh Gunawardena. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 21/10/23)

Pathikada: IMF's Taxes explained by Vijitha Herath
Dilrook Kannangara
Sri Lankan people are also parasites to an extent.  Sri Lankans pay Ethiopian level of very low taxes (9% of the economy) but expect a Swedish level of welfare (they pay 32% of the economy as taxes)!... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 19/10/23)

Indian IIT
Sugath Kulatunga
It is good news that the President is keen on establishing a branch of an Indian IIT in Kandy. It appears that Prime Minister Modi has agreed to support the Chennai IIT to launch the project. It is never too late, but the President should not consider that one IIT is the panacea for all the IT backwardness of the country and a magic wand to provide productive employment to all our school leavers. While a workforce with IT skills can act as a magnet for foreign investment the need is for a comprehensive transformation of... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 19/10/23)

ව්‍යවස්ථාවත් සමග සෙල්ලම් කළහොත් ලෙල්ලම් වෙයි
මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්
          උසාවියක විනිශ්චය ආසනය ඉදිරියට පමුණුවන චූදිතයෙකුට චෝදනාවන් ඉදිරිපත් කල විට ඔහු එය නොදැන සිටීම නිදහසට කරුණක් නොවේ යන්න සාමාන්‍ය පිළිගැනුමයි.වරදක් කල පසු දැන හෝ නොදැනීම යන්න උසාවියට වැදගත් නොවේ. ඒ නිසාම වින්දිතයන් විසින් තමන් වෙනුවෙන් කතා කිරීමට නීතිඥයන් ඉදිරිපත් කරති. අදාල චෝදනාවෙන් නිදහස් කර ගැනීමට අවශ්‍ය නීතිය ගැන ඔවුහු විනිශ්චය කාරවරයා ඉදිරියේ තර්ක කරනු ලබයි. සැබවින්ම සාමාන්‍ය ජනතාව අතරින් බහුතරයක් නීතිය දන්නේ නැත. නීතිය පිළිබඳව සාමාන්‍ය දැනීමක්වත් ලබා දෙන පාසලක් රටේ නැත. ඒ අනුව නීතිය නොදැනීම යන්න පැහැදිලි සත්‍යයකි. එසේ නම් ඒ පුදගලයන්ට දඩුවම් පැමිණවීම කෙතරම් සාධාරණද යන්න කල්පනා කල යුතුය. පනත් මගින් හෝ දණ්ඩ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 19/10/23)

Passenger Files Rs 10 Cr Lawsuit Against Vistara for 'Pain, Humiliation, Endangerment' Faced by Mother, Sister
Courtesy News18
A passenger filed a Rs 10 crore lawsuit against Vistara for the “pain, humiliation and endangerment” faced by his ailing mother and sister. The man, identified as Mudhit Gupta, alleged that he had requested wheelchairs for his ailing mother and sister, but the airline did not provide this assistance and later, in a “cruel blow”, offered vouchers worth Rs 1,000 as “compensation”. In his lawsuit, Gupta has also highlighted the need for improved medical aid and passenger care in the airline industry. He said, as per rules, the airline must provide wheelchair assistance when... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 19/10/23)

A cry for Gaza, and for our loss of humanity
by Amal de Chickera Courtesy The Island
War in Gaza At the very centre of the catastrophe, are the people of Gaza themselves, caged in, bombed out, starved, parched, killed. Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the Palestinian diaspora, Israeli allies who are anti-occupation, anti-authoritarianism and pro-peace, citizens of the world with a conscience – all of us are shaken to our core. Helpless, we watch genocide play out on our tv screens, cheered on by warmongers, as those calling for peace, freedom, proportionality and respect of international law are attacked,... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 19/10/23)

Defusing Mid-East blood-letting calls for impartial stance
Courtesy The Island
Suffering Palestinians in the present Gaza violence The current, harrowing blood-letting in the Middle-East could be regarded as an acid test of the fair-mindedness and impartiality of not only the immediate parties and stakeholders to the conflict but also those of the entirety of the international community. In fact, the perpetuation of the conflict testifies to the inability of the key adversaries to the dispute to overcome some lingering misperceptions and prejudices that they have had about each other over the decades. These negative attitudes have, in... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 19/10/23)

Sri Lanka reaches IMF staff-level agreement on first review
Courtesy Adaderana
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) team Sri Lankan authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on economic policies to conclude the first review of the 48-month EFF-supported program. Accordingly, Sri Lanka will have access to SDR 254 million (about US$330 million) in financing once the review is approved by IMF Management and IMF Executive Board. “Macroeconomic policy reforms are starting to bear fruit and the economy is showing tentative signs of stabilization,” the IMF team said in the end-of-mission statement.  “Sustaining the reform momentum and addressing governance weaknesses and corruption vulnerabilities... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 19/10/23)

President Ranil meets China’s Vice PM; highlights Sri Lanka’s aspiration for FTA
Courtesy Adaderana
Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang expressed profound gratitude for Sri Lanka’s enduring support through the historic Rubber-Rice Agreement with the People’s Republic of China. He emphasized that the Chinese people will always remember this gesture of goodwill and assured that China remains committed to extending its supportive hand to Sri Lanka. The bilateral discussions between President Ranil Wickremesinghe and the Chinese Vice Prime Minister Ding Xuexiang took place in Beijing this afternoon (19). During this meeting, the Chinese Vice Prime Minister reaffirmed China’s unwavering support for the development of the Colombo Port City and... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 19/10/23)

Sri Lanka’s biggest lesson from economic crisis was fiscal discipline – Ali Sabry
Courtesy Adaderana
Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry has emphasised the need for Sri Lanka to make the ‘right calls’ concerning important investment decisions, one year after Sri Lanka saw its worst, most unprecedented crisis. On the lessons learned during the economic crisis and political turmoil the nation faced over an year ago, the Minister noted that the ‘biggest lesson’ learned was that on fiscal discipline, and monetary policies that are not only consistent but also pragmatic. “You can’t continue to maintan a welfare state without having a steady revenue stream. That... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 19/10/23)

Framework agreement signed for $1.56 bn Phase 2 development of Colombo Port City
Courtesy Adaderana
Key players in the development of Colombo Port City have finalized a groundbreaking USD 1.565 billion deal in Beijing, advancing phase two development of the Colombo Port City, encompassing the Marina Project, Marina Hotel, and Colombo International Financial Centre (CIFC) Project. https://youtu.be/0_CocfTpCTY Accordingly, the corporation framework agreement was signed by Port City Economic Commission, China Harbour Engineering Company, Browns Investments and Hunan Construction Investment Group for the phase 2 development of the Colombo Port City project in Beijing on Tuesday (17). The total investment value would be around... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 19/10/23)

Chinese Finance Minister assures extensive commitment to enhance Sri Lanka’s credit optimization
Courtesy Adaderana
The Chinese Finance Minister, Mr. Liu Kun, has reaffirmed China’s commitment to extend comprehensive support for the implementation of a medium-term and long-term program that is mutually beneficial to both parties and aimed at optimizing Sri Lanka’s debt. https://youtu.be/0_CocfTpCTY The Chinese Finance Minister conveyed this commitment during bilateral discussions held this morning (19) in Beijing with President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is currently on a four-day official visit to China, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. Minister Liu Kun emphasized that China has a profound understanding of the economic... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 19/10/23)

Is Sri Lanka YOUR MOTHERLAND or simply the LAND OF YOUR BIRTH?
Shenali D Waduge  ශාසනාභිමානි-දිරියවනිතා-දේශශක්ති 
It is a simple question but holding a wealth of meaning & essentially answers and distinguishes those that naturally come forward to defend the nation & those who chose not to. Some leaders are born, some are made by circumstance & rise to the occasion but inherently they do so because somewhere embedded inside their being, they regard the nation as their motherland. Just as a mother lovingly raises her child, turning blood to milk, nurturing the child in the formative years and together with the father instilling values, culture... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 18/10/23)

Doctor, my feet and ankles are getting swollen. What can I do?
Harold Gunatillake 
https://youtu.be/9ofc6yBFlos Doctor, my feet and ankles are getting swollen. What can I do?What is the most common cause of legswelling?In older adults is what we call venousinsufficiency." The second most commoncause of leg swelling is a reaction to certainmedications.When you remove your socks and shoes at the end of the day and detect swelling around your ankles and feet, you need to worry about it. Travelling by plane for long hours and not moving your legs is an acute problem. In some situations, this can be due to DVT, meaning that the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 18/10/23)

සත්‍ය ධර්මය 3 - සත්‍ය ධර්මය විවර විය - නිවන් දකින ප්‍රතිපදාව
තිස්ස ගුණතිලක
දුක ඇතිවීමට හේතුව 'තන්හාව සහ අවිද්‍යාව' ලෙස සද්ධර්මයේ සඳහන් වෙයි.  මෙය බුද්ධ වචනයයි. තන්හාව යනු 'ඇලීමයි' නැතහොත් දුක ඇතිවන්නේ 'අල්ලාගැනීම' නිසයි. එසේනම් දුක නැතිකිරීමට 'අතහැරිය' යුතුය. මුළු සද්ධර්මය තුලම ප්‍රකට වන්නේ මෙම 'අතහැරීමයි'. සත්වයා උපන්දා සිට මේ මොහොත දක්වා පැමිනි 'සංසාර ගමනේදී' මුළු භාහිර ලෝකයම චෛතසිකව හා භෞතිකව අල්ලාගෙන සිටියි. භෞතිකව අල්ලාගත හැකි දේ භෞතිකවත් අනිකුත් සියළුම දේ චෛතසිකවත් අල්ලාගත් ඔබ ඒ සියල්ලම අතහැරීමට සූදානම් නම් ඔබට නිවන් දැකිය හැකිය. අතහැරීමට සූදානම් නැතිනම් ඔබට නිවන් දැකිය නොහැකිය. සරලම දේ මෙයයි (simple as that). නිවන යනු අතහැරීම පමනමයි. සද්ධර්මය තුල ප්‍රතිපදාව (තිපරිවට්ටයේ දෙවන... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 18/10/23)

භුමි පුත්‍රයන් පාවාදෙන ඔය ව්‍යවස්ථාවෙන් වැඩක් නැහැ | අළුත් ව්‍යවස්ථාව හදනකොටම කිවා
Ceylon Diary - SBPC Official Channel
දේශමාන්‍ය ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර (ශ්‍රී.ලo.පසේ) මහනුවර සිංහල බෞද්ධ ජෙස්ඨ පුරවැසියන්ගේ සංවිධානයේ සභාපති හා සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක අගමැතිනියගේ හිටපු ස්ථිර ලේකම් මහතාසමග සාකච්චාව මෙහයවිම දේශබන්දු ,දෙශාභිමානී සුර්ය වංශ රත්න විභූෂණ පාලිත ආරියරත්න විසින් https://youtu.be/K9TRUj9uEdA... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 18/10/23)

Xi says China will remove all restrictions on foreign investment in the manufacturing sector
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia
Beijing, October. 18 (Xinhua): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday announced eight major steps China will take to support high-quality Belt and Road cooperation. First, China will build a multidimensional Belt and Road connectivity network, Xi said in a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF). https://youtu.be/X_INvDE6KqM The country will speed up high-quality development of the China-Europe Railway Express, participate in the trans-Caspian international transportation corridor, and host the China-Europe Railway Express Cooperation Forum, the president said. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 18/10/23)

China and Sri Lanka's debt restructuring
by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME Asia News
A series of preliminary agreements have been signed with the China Exim Bank. An intervention with a double value: to recover as much as possible, given that China is Sri Lanka's main creditor, and to increase ties with the country in an anti-India perspective Colombo (AsiaNews) - China is trying to take a leading role in the debt restructuring process of Sri Lanka: the China Exim Bank has in fact entered into a series of preliminary agreements to support Colombo in repaying its debt. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 18/10/23)

The smiling face of Chinese interests in the Indo-Pacific: David Cameron
Courtesy Politico
Former British PM promotes controversial Colombo Port City project at investment conference in the Middle East. LONDON — It is a multi-billion-dollar plan to build a metropolis in the Indo-Pacific which critics fear may one day act as a Chinese military outpost. Now the vast Colombo Port City project has a new champion — former British Prime Minister David Cameron. Cameron has been enlisted to drum up foreign investment in the controversial Sri Lankan project, which is a major part of Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative — China's global... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 18/10/23)

Former UK Prime Minister David Cameron highlights Colombo Port City's crucial role
Courtesy Hiru News
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron emphasized the pivotal role of Colombo Port City in Sri Lanka's economic prosperity during his participation in a promotional event in Dubai. The event's theme underscored the investment opportunities in the "Now is the time to invest in the port city of Colombo, Sri Lanka." It is a multi-billion-dollar plan to build a metropolis in the Indo-Pacific which critics fear may one day act as a Chinese military outpost. Now the vast Colombo Port City project has a new champion — former British Prime Minister... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 18/10/23)

Sri Lanka must declare itself a Buddhist State with Buddhism as State Religion
Shenali D Waduge
Before anyone takes out all the denigrative words & phrases in the dictionary, it would be wiser for them to check out where a God is officially referred in the Constitutions of other states that have a shorter history than Sri Lanka. “In the name of God the Father, the Son & the Holy Spirit” has been used in legal documents in the Western world & continue to do so. All Treaties began with an invocation of God. The Federal Constitutions of the US all use “year of our Lord” & reference... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/10/23)

දවසේ ප්‍රවුර්තිය 17.10.2023.
දේශමාන්‍ය ආචාර්‍ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර.මහනුවර
“අපි පාර්ලිමේන්තුව කියලා නඩත්තු කරන්නේ මීහරක් ගාලක්.රටේ හැම හොරකම් ල මුල එතන -  thukvitharak mehemath Lankaawak ! Inbox DAMITHA SENEVIRATNE “මහජන බැංකුව ඔවුන්ගේ රුපියල් මිලියන 54,000 (බිලියන 54) ණය බොල් ණය ලෙස කපා හැර තිබේ. පසුගියදා මහජන බැංකුවේ සභාපති සුජීව රාජපක්ෂ කෝප් කමිටුව හමුවේ මේ බව හෙළි කළේය. ඔබ මුදු, මාල, කරාබු උකස් කර ගත් ණය හෝ ඔබ ගත් කුඩා ව්‍යාපාර ණය, නිවාස ණය හෝ වෙනත් එවැනි ණය කපා හැර තිබේද? ණය කපා හැරීමට වාසනාවන්ත වූ දස දෙනෙකුගේ නම් සහ කපා දැමූ ණය මුදල්... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/10/23)

“Françafrique”, the Dirty Business of Empire and Moscow’s Man on the Spot in Africa
By Alfred McCoy    Courtesy tomdispatch.com
One of modern history’s major empires is falling apart right now, right before our eyes. Yet precious few in the media have reported on this extraordinary event, much less offered any analysis of its implications for the fast-changing shape of global power. Over the past 60 years, France has used every possible diplomatic device, overt and covert, fair and foul, to incorporate some 14 African nations into a neocolonial imperium called “Françafrique” — a vast region covering a quarter of Africa and stretching for nearly 3,000 miles from Senegal on... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/10/23)

Elusive Two State Solution: Greed Breeds Misery
Dilrook Kannangara
There is no way India, Pakistan and Bangladesh could have existed as one independent nation. They did the right thing by partitioning it ultimately into 3 nations. Similarly, there is no way Israelis and Palestinians can coexist as one nation. A two-state solution was proposed for Israel and Palestine. Though parties have agreed to in principle, they sharply differ on borders. Both sides want more. Due to this greed the two-state solution remains elusive. It costs both sides dearly in terms of blood and treasure. The never-ending Israel-Palestine conflict rages on without an end. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/10/23)

In memory of Jackson Anthony
By Rohana R. Wasala
Aba - the mega Sinhala movie  Aba, the mega Sinhala movie directed by the versatile filmmaker Jackson Anthony, constitutes an impressive cinematic adventure for both its creators and its audiences. The film is a historical epic based on an independent and informed reconstruction of the Pandukabhaya story found in  The Great Chronicle (the Mahavansa) of the Sinhalese. While providing a valuable opportunity for a delightful engagement of the aesthetic sense of  the many local and foreign cinema-goers  that it is sure to attract, it will boost the morale of the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/10/23)

2023 පොලිස්පති කුසලාන පොලිස් ශිෂ්‍ය භට කදවුරේ ත්‍යාග ප්‍රධානෝත්සවය
මාධ්‍ය අංශය, මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශය
2023 පොලිස්පති කුසලාන පොලිස් ශිෂ්‍යභට කදවුරේ ත්‍යාග ප්‍රධානෝත්සවය මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ලේකම් වියානි ගුණතිලක මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් කලුතර පොලිස් විද්‍යාලයේ දී 2023.10.16 වන දින පැවැත්විණි.2023 පොලිස්පති කුසලාන, ජාතික ශිෂ්‍යභට කදවුර දින 07 ක් පුරා කළුතර පොලිස් විද්‍යාලයේ පැවති අතර ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පලාත් 09 නියෝජනය කරමින් පාසැල් 49 ක පොලිස් ශිෂ්‍යභට බාලක බාලිකාවන් 1,225 ක් සහභාගී විය.මෙම කදවුරේ සමාප්ති උළෙල 2023.10.16 දින පැය 0830 ට මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යංශයේ ගරු ලේකම් වියානි ගුනතිලක මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් උත්කර්ෂවත් අන්දමින් පැවැත්වින. මෙම අවස්ථාවට පොලිස්පති චන්දන වික්‍රමරත්න මැතිතුමන් ඇතුළු ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ පොලිස් නිලධාරීන්, ශිෂ්‍යභට බලකායේ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ නිලධාරීන් ඇතුලු සම්භාවනීය අමුත්තන් රාශියක් සහභාගී... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/10/23)

Here are the key leaders joining the Belt and Road forum and their wish lists to Beijing
By SIMINA MISTREANU Courtesy abc news
China is hosting its third international forum centered around President Xi Jinping’s signature policy, the Belt and Road Initiative, which over the past 10 years has built infrastructure across continents, burdening some smaller countries with debt. FILE - Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport to attend the third Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. Putin landed in Beijing on Tuesday, on his first trip outside th...Show moreThe Associated Press BEIJING -- China is hosting its third international forum centered around President... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/10/23)

China to work with international organizations, other creditors to help resolve Sri Lanka’s debt problems: Foreign Ministry
By Global Times
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin Photo: mfa.gov.cChina will continue to support its financial institutions in actively negotiating with relevant parties, and is willing to work together with relevant countries and international organizations to assist Sri Lanka in addressing its difficulties, easing its debt burden and achieving sustainable development, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday. Responding to media questions regarding the help China has provided for Sri Lanka's debt restructuring and the progress of the debt resolution work, Wang said: "As a friendly neighbor and sincere friend,... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/10/23)

Indonesia Accepts Sri Lanka's Proposal for Preferential Trade Agreement
Courtesy Temco
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian President Joko Widodo or Jokowi welcomed Sri Lanka's desire to establish a preferential trade agreement or PTA with Indonesia. Jokowi made the statement during bilateral talks with President Ranil Wickremesinghe on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, on Tuesday, Oct. 17. According to the Palace’s Press Bureau, the trade volume between Indonesia and Sri Lanka declined by 27.5 percent in 2022. “Therefore, joint efforts are needed to increase the value of trade between the two countries,” as read in the press statement released by the Presidential... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/10/23)

Relevance of the Indian Ocean Rim Association
By P.k. Balachandran Courtesy Ceylon Today
The 23rd Council of Ministers (COM) Meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) was held in Colombo on 11 October. Sri Lanka took over the Chair of the IORA from Bangladesh and will be in charge till 2025. India will be the Vice-Chair during this period.   The theme of the Meeting was: “Strengthening Regional Architecture: Reinforcing Indian Ocean Identity.”  This is significant because the Indian Ocean has to see itself as a distinct geo-political, geo-economic and geo-strategic entity. For that, it has to have an identity and... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/10/23)

Current Status of the Bilateral Relationship with China and its Impact on Investments – Part I
By Dr. Palitha Kohona Courtesy Ceylon Today
China has been a major investor in Sri Lanka. In fact, after the brutal conflict with the terrorist LTTE was successfully ended in 2009, China became the main source of foreign direct investments (FDIs) in the country at a time when more traditional sources of investments could not or did not wish to invest in Sri Lanka. Our infrastructure, highways, ports, airports and water supply projects, which required restoration or construction, all benefited from Chinese funding. China stepped onto the plate like a true friend when others hesitated. Today... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/10/23)

GL alleges Wijeyadasa’s move ruse to put off national polls
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island
… dares SLPP to move court against rebel group
Top Opposition spokesperson Prof. G.L. Peiris yesterday (16) dismissed Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe’s attempt to introduce a new system for electing MPs as a politically motivated project to sabotage national elections. Such an exercise couldn’t be justified under any circumstances at a time the Provincial Council and Local Government polls, too, had been put off indefinitely, he said Prof. Peiris stressed that the government continued to disregard the specific Supreme Court directive given in early March to conduct Local... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/10/23)

President visits Huawei’s R&D center in Beijing; agreement inked for digitization of Sri Lanka’s schools
Courtesy Adaderana
Chinese tech giant ‘Huawei’ has expressed its willingness to support an annual study programme aimed at nurturing software and hardware engineers in Sri Lanka. Speaking in this regard, Simon Lin, Senior Vice President of Huawei Technologies and President of Huawei Asia Pacific, revealed that Huawei has already initiated collaborations with several Sri Lankan universities, not only pertaining to providing academic assistance but also in providing technology and infrastructure. https://youtu.be/WX5dtFw6Jfc President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is on an official four-day trip to China, led the delegation to Huawei’s research and... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/10/23)

‘Will have to ground SriLankan Airlines, if no buyer for joint venture’ – Aviation Minister
Courtesy Adaderana
Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation Nimal Siripala de Silva says that the government will have to ground state-owned national carrier SriLankan Airlines, if there is no buyer to enter into a joint venture with the government. Responding to the allegations of staff shortages, salary and debt issues within the airline, during Ada Derana’s “State of the Nation” programme, the Aviation Minister refuted the allegations of staff shortages and declared that SriLankan Airlines has the necessary number of staff for running an airline, according to the international norms. “Allegations that we don’t... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 17/10/23)

Alleged mastermind of Easter attacks, five others remanded
Courtesy Daily News
Colombo Additional Magistrate Pasan Amarasinghe yesterday (16) ordered the remand of six suspects, including the alleged mastermind of the Easter Sunday attacks, who had relations with Sri Lankan millionaire businessman Ahmed Lukman Thalib, who is said to have provided finances to the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda, until instructions are received from the Attorney General. The Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) informed the Court that this investigation is being conducted in accordance with a notification made by the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) that the suspects of the Easter Sunday terror attacks were in contact with... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/10/23)

මේ වන විටත් වැසී ගොස් ඇති පාසල් සංඛ්‍යාව අටසීයක්...-අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා
අග්‍රමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය
මේ වන විටත් වැසී ගොස් ඇති පාසල් සංඛ්‍යාව අටසීයක්...සල් රැක ගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් අධ්‍යාපන  නිලධාරින් ගැඹුරු ලෙස අවධානය යොමු කළ යුතුයි...-අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පාසල් වැසීයාම වෙනුවට පාසල් රැක ගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් අධ්‍යාපනයේ නිලධාරින් ගැඹුරු ලෙස අවධානය යොමු කළ යුතු බව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පවසයි. අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ අදහස් පළ කළේ අද (2023.10.16) කොළඹ, ලින්ඩ්සේ බාලිකා විද්‍යාලයට අනුබද්ධ කළ වැල්ලවත්ත වෛශාක විද්‍යාලයේ මාතික මාතා උපහාර නව ගොඩනැගිල්ල විවෘත කිරීමේ අවස්ථාවේදීය. ඊ.එස්. ප්‍රනාන්දු මහතාගේ ධන පරිත්‍යාගයෙන් 1935 වසරේ ආරම්භ වූ මෙම වෛශාක විද්‍යාලය 2016 වසර වන විට වැසීයන පාසැලක් ලෙස නම්කොට තිබූ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/10/23)

Test Match Cricket
 Dr. Muralidaran Ramesh Somasunderam.
Test Match cricket is the pinnacle of the game of cricket. Cricket was introduced by Great Britain who embody the great game with its history, culture and heritage in regard to Test Match cricket in particular.     Unfortunately, money speaks in the world today and based on this factor, India dominates the revenue regarding international cricket both in Test Match cricket and One Day cricket, including the International Cricket Council, which is based on the revenue India generates both through TV, and the viewing public who come to watch a... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/10/23)

Expectations from Wickremesinghe’s visit to China
By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia
Colombo, October 16 (Counterpoint): The Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is currently on his first-ever visit to China since he assumed office as President Sri Lanka in July 2022. Expectations are high in Sri Lanka as China has promised debt relief measures though without revealing any details. ADVERTISEMENT Geopolitically interested external forces India and the US are watching the proceedings with anxiety as Sri Lanka and China appear to be bridging the gulf created by Colombo’s decision to default on loan repayment and approach India and the IMF for... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/10/23)

Laws needed to prevent misuse of social media – MP
Courtesy Daily News
United National Party Chairman, former Minister, and Member of Parliament Vajira Abeywardena emphasized that the present Government is dedicated to elevating Sri Lanka’s global standing by ensuring the public’s access to accurate information, drawing inspiration from the significance of the Media Development Authority Act of Singapore  in their developmental journey. The Member of Parliament further highlighted that while everyone enjoys the freedom of social media, regulations will be introduced to deter its misuse for personal attacks or vengeful actions. MP Abeywardena expressed the following insights during a press conference held... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/10/23)

Doctors perform ‘awake brain surgery’ at A’pura Hospital; patient draws picture during operation
Courtesy Adaderana
The Neurosurgery Unit of Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital has successfully carried out an awake brain surgery, for the resection of a brain tumor, while the patient was not only awake and fully conscious, but had also drawn a picture during the operation. https://youtu.be/IQn1t6aRp4k The awake brain surgery, also known as ‘awake craniotomy’ is a type of procedure performed on the brain while the patient is awake, and able to talk to the operative team and make movements. It is reported that this is the third such successful surgery performed... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 16/10/23)

US Financial Terrorism: IMF & CBSL Loot Worker Pensions
e-Con e-News
‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 08-14 October 2023 ‘War is robbery, commerce is generally cheating’ – Benjamin Franklin (who described people as ‘tool-making animals’) The IMF & World Bank’s ‘tough love’ and sweet hemlock about eliminating ‘corruption’ & ‘transparency’ mainly aims to sabotage a national movement focused on economic self-reliance & self-determination. The IMF’s critics meanwhile fail to place the IMF & World Bank plans in a history of interference in & deindustrialization of Sri Lanka’s economy from 1948 itself,... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 15/10/23)

How a Kerala ruler helped Sitawaka fight the Portuguese
By P.K.Balachandran/Sunday Observer
A Portuguese envoy in the court of a Sri Lankan king Colombo, October 15: Speaking at the Sitawaka-Sisu Arunalu programme held at the Rajasingha Central College, Hanwella, on September 25, President Ranil Wickremesinghe called for a fresh analysis of the achievements of Rajasingha the First, a “courageous and patriotic” King of Sitawaka, a 16th.century principality in South Central Sri Lanka. Rajasingha the First or Rajasingha I, ruled Sitawaka from 1581 to 1593. But even before inheriting the throne, when he was Prince Tikiri Bandara, he had become famous... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 15/10/23)

27 Indian Fishermen Held For Alleged Poaching In Sri Lanka's Territorial Waters
Courtesy NDTV
The fishermen were arrested off the coast of Mannar in the northeast and Delft and Kachchativu islets in the north on Saturday. Colombo:  Twenty-seven Indian fishermen were arrested for allegedly poaching in Sri Lanka's territorial waters, the island nation's Navy said on Sunday. The fishermen were arrested off the coast of Mannar in the northeast and Delft and Kachchativu islets in the north on Saturday, it said. The Sri Lankan Navy held two Indian trawlers that continued to remain in island waters off Mannar, with 15 Indian fishermen aboard while... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 15/10/23)

Ferry service from Tamil Nadu to Sri Lanka rescheduled 
N. SAI CHARAN Courtesy The Hindu
As per the revised schedule, the high-speed craft Cheriyapani will ply between the two places only on October 16, 18, 20, and 23, say sources. A day after its launch, the operation of the high-speed passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu and Kankesanthurai in the northern province of Sri Lanka was cancelled on Sunday. The frequency of operation has been rescheduled to thrice a week before its scheduled suspension after October 23. After a gap of nearly four decades, the ferry service between India... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 15/10/23)

Free trade is beneficial for both Sri Lanka and Asia – President Ranil
Courtesy Adaderana
President Ranil Wickremesinghe says that Sri Lanka is benefiting from the fact that free trade has made it easier for the international movement of goods and the flow of capital.  https://youtu.be/YyMLecDlW5E In an exclusive interview with Chinese state-run TV news channel CGTN, the Head of the State mentioned that it is beneficial for both Sri Lanka and Asia as it offers development opportunities. “Indeed, if we could join the RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership), we would have access to the world’s largest market. We once hoped to establish... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 15/10/23)

Eyes Wide Shut: French State sued over environmental destruction of Indian Ocean
Courtesy The Fishing Daily
BLOOM sues the French State, supportive of environmental destruction in the Indian Ocean Sri Lanka needs to follow the example of Maldives and focus on its Fishery and Tourism industry to generate foreign exchange while preventing poaching by so-called ‘aid donors’-- EU, Japan, South Korea and other distant water States. While the world is praising the laborious completion of the UN treaty on the High Seas, a concrete and urgent EU-Africa example shows that all the treaties in the world will not put an end to the violence of the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/10/23)

Rising sea levels threaten Sri Lanka: 6,110 hectares to vanish by 2025
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia
Oct 10 (DailyMirror) – The sea level rise, triggered by climate change, will deprive Sri Lanka of 6,110 of land by 2025, and 25,000 hectares by 2100, an expert said yesterday. Addressing a workshop under the theme ‘Climate Changes Impact on Health’ in Wadduwa, Kalutara, Dr. P.G. Hemantha Kumara who is the Vice President of Association of SAARC Food said Sri Lanka is ranked world’s second in the global climate risk index due to the high count of extreme weather events within a year. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/10/23)

Israeli intelligentsia completely ignore Palestinians’ political rights  
By P.K.Balachandran  Courtesy NewsIn.Asia
Colombo, October 14 (Counterpoint): In the context of the unprecedented ferocity of the Hamas-Israeli war, many Israelis are disillusioned about their country’s claim to be a safe haven for persecuted Jews from across the globe. Many wonder if their dream of living happily in a State of their own after millennia of persecution in exile, has turned into a nightmare. ADVERTISEMENT But the blame for this is put entirely at the doorstep of the incumbent and longest-serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/10/23)

PM Modi launches ferry services between Nagapattinam and Kankesanthurai in Sri Lanka
Courtesy OdisavTV
"India and Sri Lanka are embarking on a new chapter in diplomatic and economic relations. The Ferry service brings alive all historical and cultural connections," he said in his virtual video address on the occasion. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched ferry services between Nagapattinam in India and Kankesanthurai in Sri Lanka. "India and Sri Lanka are embarking on a new chapter in diplomatic and economic relations. The Ferry service brings alive all historical and cultural connections," he said in his virtual video address on the occasion. "Partnership for... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/10/23)

CNN anchor apologizes over claim of ’’Hamas beheading babies’’
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
A renowned CNN Correspondent Sara Sidner, has issued an apology following a controversial statement she made during a live broadcast stating that the Israeli Prime Minister's office had confirmed that the Hamas had beheaded babies in Israel.In her apology, Sidner acknowledged the need for caution and precision when reporting such sensitive and disturbing information. She admitted that her previous statement, suggesting that the Israeli Prime Minister's office must have proof if they were confirming these acts of the Hamas beheading babies, was not an appropriate choice of words.“Yesterday the Israeli Prime Minister's office said... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/10/23)

Court orders arrest of officials complicit in importing antibodies using fake documents
Courtesy Adaderana
Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court has ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to arrest the officials who were responsible for importing and distributing substandard antibodies using forged documents and distributing them to state hospitals. Magistrate Lochana Abeywickrama had further directed the CID officers to produce the suspects before the court before November 16. The order was delivered when a complaint filed by ‘Purwesi Balaya’ and other civil organizations before the CID was taken up before the court on Friday (Oct. 13). Earlier this month, the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) had said... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/10/23)

Plans afoot to establish Japan-Sri Lanka Free Trade Zone to boost economy
Courtesy Adaderana
State Minister of Investment Promotion Dilum Amunugama on Friday (Oct. 13) announced plans to establish a Japan-Sri Lanka Free Trade Zone here. The lawmaker mentioned that Bingiriya and Iranavila areas have been selected for this purpose. His remarks came during a news conference at the Presidential Media Centre, held under the theme ‘Collective Path to a Stable Country’, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. Amunugama further elaborated on the progress related to the port city, which has been temporarily opened to the public. He said the Port City... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/10/23)

SL’s progress with IMF ‘speedier’ than most countries under G20 framework: Indian Finance Minister
Courtesy Adaderana
Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has commended the progress Sri Lanka has made thus far with regard to the resolutions under their agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Speaking at the IMF – World Bank meet on India’s Group of 20 (G20) presidency, particularly in response to a question raised regarding the concerns pertaining to the G20 common framework for debt restructuring and claims that progress made under this framework is ‘too slow’, Sitharaman explained that albeit Sri Lanka having been categorised as a middle-income country, it was later on the verge of... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 14/10/23)

Sri Lanka at the Pinnacle of the World in its Water Supplies
Sudath Gunasekara, in The Island, 16 December 2018,
 “ Vision and mission on water management in Sri Lanka!” A recent study on Sri Lanka has identified it as one of the six countries that share one half of the 0.3% drinkable water this planet has. What is even more important and surprising is that ours has been identified as the only country in the world that will have drinking water even if there is going to be a shortage of drinking water in the whole world. This news has made water the biggest asset and the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 13/10/23)

Ahmadiyya khalifa speaks out on Palestine crisis in Friday Sermon
by A. Abdul Aziz Press Secretary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Sri Lanka.
In today’s (13th October 2023) Friday Sermon, delivered at ‘Masjid Mubarak’, Islamabad, Tilford, United Kingdom, Supreme Head of the world wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad asked Ahmadis to pray for the situation in Palestine and Israel and spoke about the injustices being carried out. His Holiness said: “I wanted to ask for prayers in relation to the current situation of the world. In the past days, a war has started between Hamas and Israel due to which civilians on both... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 13/10/23)

Can Sri Lanka pull itself out of economic crisis?
Krithiga Narayanan courtesy DW Asia
Sri Lanka's economic reforms are slowly taking hold, but as hunger and poverty continue to rise, observers say the country still has a long way to go before people see improvements to their lives. For several years, Sri Lanka has been facing challenges on multiple fronts, exacerbated by an economic crisis that unleashed food, electricity and fuel shortages. In 2022, Sri Lanka defaulted on its debt obligations, which ushered in a $3 billion (€2.8 billion) bailout deal from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Although shortages of essential commodities... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 13/10/23)

Sri Lanka private creditors propose haircut, GDP-linked bonds.
Courtesy CNA
NEW YORK : A group of private holders of Sri Lanka's eurobonds proposed in a debt overhaul plan to the government the issuance of 10 bonds linked with the country's macroeconomic health that will mature between 2027 and 2036. Holders choosing the macro-linked bonds would take a haircut of 20 per cent on the principal, according to the proposal. Reuters reported on Thursday Sri Lanka's private creditors had sent a new proposal on how to restructure $12 billion of overseas debt. The proposal suggests coupons as a mix of cash... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 13/10/23)

Hambantota Port surpasses half a million transshipment units, outpacing previous RORO records
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
The HIP RORO team Vehicles awaiting transhipment at the RORO yard Construction of new yard for transshipment vehicles nearing completion and is expected to become operational by 2024 The Hambantota International Port (HIP) has achieved a milestone by handling over half a million transshipment units by September, exceeding the port’s previous year’s roll-on/roll-off (RORO) figures. “As the global economy recovers gradually, we continue to aggressively market our location and services.  As a result, RORO transshipment is steadily increasing... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 13/10/23)

RW cautions destroying Gaza can send shockwaves from Turkey to Philippines
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Quips it would be easier for President Biden to talk to Hamas than the Congress Leadership President Ranil Wickremesinghe cautioned if Gaza was destroyed it would have a rippling effect from Turkey to the Philippines and governments could lose control. “Destroying Hamas is one thing. They can take military action against it. But what is the reaction, if you go and destroy Gaza, the whole situation will change in 24 hours. There is nothing, the governments here can control. From here all the way to Indonesia and elsewhere, governments will... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 13/10/23)

IORA may count on Russia to resolve global food and energy problems
Courtesy Ceylon Today
First of all, I would like to thank our Sri Lankan friends for the excellent arrangement of today’s meeting. We are confident that the tendency to consolidate cooperation between the practice-oriented multipolar platforms like IORA should become the dominant trend. We consider the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the Eurasian Economic Union as natural associates of the IORA. And in the South East Asia – ASEAN. The idea to establish contacts with IORA was successfully implemented at the events of the East Asia Summit in Jakarta this September with IORA Bangladesh Chairman... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 13/10/23)

When Injustice Becomes Law: Resistance Becomes Duty for Palestinians
By Prof. Rasheen Bappu Courtesy Ceylon Today
The State of Palestine rejects in the strongest terms the provocative and hateful Speech delivered by the Israeli Prime Minister at the United Nations General Assembly General Debate. From the podium of the United Nations, Israel’s Prime Minister confirmed, yet again, the colonial designs of his government and the objectives of Israel’s illegal occupation: the forcible and violent annexation of the Palestinian homeland and negation of the presence and rights of the Palestinian people, including their rights to self-determination and return. The International Community must firmly reject and condemn Israel’s racist... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 13/10/23)

Rather than fight, resolve differences behind the scenes – Prof. Rohan Gunaratna
By Ceylon Today
Indo-Canadian relations were disrupted after Canada alleged that Indian intelligence assassinated a Sikh terrorist in Canada. Prof. Rohan Gunaratna wrote the foreword to Stewart Bell’s ‘Cold Terror: How Canada Nurtures and Exports Terrorism Around the World.’ India’s largest-selling English news magazine Weekly interviewed Prof. Gunaratna on Canada offering sanctuary for terrorists. Contrary to what the Indian media expected, Prof. Gunaratna said Canada and India should start to work together to deny sanctuary to terrorists and their supporters. As a specialist in global security affairs, Prof. Rohan Gunaratna believes that international security... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 13/10/23)

President Ranil to leave for China tomorrow
Courtesy Adaderana
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is scheduled to leave for China tomorrow (Oct. 14) on an official visit. During his stay, Wickremesinghe will attend a conference in Beijing, taking place on October 17 and 18, to mark the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). He is also slated to call on Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for bilateral discussions, Ada Derana learns. https://youtu.be/_8ACshAaqQs... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 13/10/23)

Rathana Thero’s expulsion from OPPP legally invalid, SC determines
Courtesy Adaderana
he Supreme Court has determined that the decision of ‘Ape Jana Bala Pakshaya’ (Our Power of People Party or OPPP) to expel Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thero from the party is not legally valid. The verdict was delivered when the petition filed by Rathana Thero was taken up before Supreme Court Justices Buwaneka Aluvihare, Janak de Silva and Murdu Fernando today. Disciplinary committee of the political party had announced the decision to revoke Rathana Thero’s party membership, by way of a letter dated October 15, 2021. The petitioner’s legal counsel told... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 13/10/23)

A timely piece of writing by Senaka Weeraratna. Ref the forecast made by Senaka Weeraratna on new India emerging as Bharatha, after the next election in 2024.
Dr. Sudath Gunasekara. Mahanuwara
The Log standing friendship between Bharath and Sri Lanka We, as Sri Lankans whole hardheartedly, welcome the rise of Bharath Dhesh in 2014 without any reservation. Because Bharath is the fountain of our present unique Sinhala Buddhist civilization. Vijaya the founder father of the Sinhala race came from North Bharatha in 543 BC and the living core of our extant civilization that is Buddhism also was introduced in 307 BC to this country by the North Bharatha.  We also join hands with her in her battle against the colonial repression and oppression. But... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

OPEN LETTER TO THE KEY DECISION-MAKERS
RANJITH SOYSA
Your Excellency the President Ranil Wickramasinghe.Hon Dinesh Gunawardane- Prime Minister,Hon Mahinda Rajapaksa – the Former President, IMF RECIPE AND SRI LANKA'S FUNDS PARKED ABROAD. All of you are shouldering the unenviable task of attending to the stabilization of the economy and we constantly hear of structural readjustment of the of the debt and the need  to increase the tax receipts etc, We, hear that more revenue is needed to meet the deficit. The Treasury Secretary said that " the Government revenue has dipped from 22% to 8%  against the GDP while State... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

Dhammika Perera Horse without a Cart & Foreign Supporters!
Prof. Hudson McLean
Dhammika Perera DP Education is a Noble Patriotic Project to Help Move the Sri Lankan to a Better Tomorrow.  One man cannot move mountains and needs help! The education of youth to the IT World is Excellent. Europe, USA, and Australia need over 100,000 Nurses, with a pay of over USD 2000/month.  Part of the wage could be repatriated to Sri Lanka. Better than sending Domestic Helpers to the Middle East for a pittance and daily sex attacks! The Diplomats in Embassies do... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

State Minister Tennakoon visits landslide site at Imaduwa
Ministry of Defence  - Media Centre
State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon made a visit to Imaduwa to inspect the landslide site today morning (Oct 12). He was accompanied by Army Commander Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage and several senior army officers. An earth slip had occurred last night on a section of the Southern Expressway between Pinnaduwa and Imaduwa causing obstruction to vehicular movement along the Southern Expressway. State Minister Tennakoon while inspecting the damages caused by the earth slip gave necessary instructions to Army personnel to obtain expert opinion of National... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

වෙළෙඳ සහ ආයෝජන සහයෝගීතාව ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීමට එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යය සමඟ ඒකාබද්ධ ආර්ථික කවුන්සිලයක්...
අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය 
 වෙළෙඳ සහ ආයෝජන සහයෝගීතාව ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීම සඳහා එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යය සමඟ ඒකාබද්ධ ආර්ථික කවුන්සිලයක් පිහිටුවීමට අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා යෝජනා කරයි.එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යයේ විදේශ අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ආර්ථික හා වෙළෙඳ කටයුතු පිළිබඳ රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය අහමඩ් බින් අලි සයේග්( Ahmed bin Ali Sayegh) මහතා 2023.10.11 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී හමුවූ අවස්ථාවේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මෙම යෝජනාව ඉදිරිපත් කරනු ලැබීය.වෙළෙඳ, බලශක්ති, සත්කාරක සහ සංචාරක ක්ෂේත්‍රවල මෙන්ම ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පුනර්ජනනීය බලශක්ති ව්‍යාපෘතිවල ආයෝජන ඉහළ නැංවීම, ආර්ථික සබඳතා වර්ධනය කිරීම,  ආර්ථික හවුල්කාරිත්ව ගිවිසුම අවසන් කිරීම සඳහා නිල සාකච්ඡා ඉක්මනින් ආරම්භ කිරීමට එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යයේ රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරයා එකඟ විය.අපනයනය සඳහා ආහාර... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

මුලතිවු විනිසුරු බිරිදටත් හොරෙන් රටින් පනී…
Dinamina
මුලතිව් හිටපු දිසා විනිසුරු සහ මහේස්ත්‍රාත් ටී. සරවනරාජා මහතාට කිසිදු ජීවිත තර්ජනයක් හෝ වෙනත් තර්ජනයක් නොතිබූ බවත් අවම තරමින් සිය බිරියටත් නොදන්වා ඔහු විදේශගත වී ඇත්තේ පූර්ව සැලසුමකට බවත් මේ වන විට සිදු කර ඇති විමර්ශනවලින් තහවුරු වී ඇතැයි අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ ඩිජිටල් වෝහාරික අංශය රජයට ඉදිරිපත් කළ වාර්තාවේ සඳහන් වේ. විනිසුරුවරයා සැප්තැම්බර් 25 දින ඉන්දියාවට යාමට විදේශ නිවාඩු ඉල්ලුම් කර එය අනුමතව තිබියදී මෙසේ පූර්ව සැලසුමකට අනුව සැප්තැම්බර් 24 වැනි දින විදේශ ගත වීම කිසියම් සංවිධානාත්මක පිරිසකගේ සැලසුමක්ද යන්න පිළිබඳව විමර්ශන සිදු කරමින් පවතින බවත් එම වාර්තාව සඳහන් කරයි. මුලතිව් මහේස්ත්‍රාත් ටී. සරවනරාජා මහතා... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

Landmark US$ 4.2 bn debt restructuring China Exim Bank assures help
Courtesy The Daily News
Key milestone for PROMPT economic recovery The government yesterday said that it has reached an agreement on the key principles and indicative terms of a debt treatment with the Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank). The Finance Ministry said that the agreement in principle covers around US$ 4.2 Bn of outstanding debt. The Ministry said that it constitutes a key step towards restoring Sri Lanka’s long-term debt sustainability and will pave the way to a prompt economic recovery. In a press release, the Ministry said that the indicative... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

Sri Lanka bondholders sent $12 billion debt rework proposal to government -sources
Courtesy CNA
LONDON : Sri Lanka's private creditors have sent a proposal on how to restructure $12 billion of overseas debt, including a new type of bond designed to ease repayments in case of future economic pressure, said two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. The country of 22 million people tipped into its first foreign debt default in May 2022, after a severe shortage of dollars triggered its worst financial crisis since independence from Britain in 1948. The proposal sent on Oct. 2 provides a write-down, or haircut, on both capital and... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

Part terrorism, part resistance: Palestinian freedom struggle at crossroads
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
As Israel continues to pound the Gaza Strip and terrorise some 2.3 million besieged Palestinian people since Saturday in response to what it calls a terror attack by Hamas resistance fighters, what comes to mind is a quote attributed to Mahatma Gandhi: “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind”. The great non-violence advocate believed that revenge and retaliation could lead to a never-ending cycle of violence and destruction. After the Hamas attack on Israeli civilian and military targets last Saturday, countries in the West and... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

President proposes Sri Lanka should adopt ASEAN outlook of Indo-Pacific
Courtesy Adaderana
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has proposed that Sri Lanka should adopt the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) outlook of the Indo-Pacific as two distinct oceans and prioritize freedom of navigation and undersea cables in the Indian Ocean. https://youtu.be/aycKYp3G4cU Delivering the keynote address at the 11th edition of the Galle Dialogue; International Maritime Conference, which aims to strengthen regional maritime cooperation and formulate a global strategy to face common challenges in the maritime domain.  The conference commenced at the Jetwing Lighthouse Hotel today (12 Oct.) under the theme ‘Emerging... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

Special report about Sri Lanka’s conflict to be submitted to President - Sarath Weerasekara
Courtesy Adaderana
A special report on the real state of the affairs in Sri Lanka’s conflict is set to be presented before the President, MP Sarath Weerasekara, Chairman of the Sectoral Monitoring Committee on National Security revealed. https://youtu.be/bzk5AlQKgXk Speaking at a press conference held at the Presidential Media Centre (PMC) on Thursday (12 Oct.), Weerasekara emphasised that the report was compiled in a bid to address the constant accusations of war crimes levelled against Sri Lanka during every United Nations Human Rights Council held in Geneva. He further noted that... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

Vietnam and the Russian Federation plan to develop cooperation in the field of oil, gas and geological exploration
Courtesy Pravda
Russia and Vietnam intend to deepen their cooperation in the field of energy, including the supply and joint production of oil and gas resources, the development of the coal industry and cooperation in the electric power industry. There are also plans to modernize and build new energy facilities in Vietnam. This information was provided by the Russian Ministry of Energy, TASS reports.Photo: Openverse As part of the Russian Energy Week, Russian Energy Minister Nikolay Shulginov met with Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and signed protocols to existing intergovernmental agreements. These agreements are aimed at developing geological exploration... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

Sri Lanka and the IORA
Prof. Sudharshan Seneviratne, Executive Director General, IORA Sri Lanka Secretariat
Sri Lanka is the designated Chair of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) from 2023 to 2025. The 23rd meeting of the IORA Council of Ministers will be held today (11). The Committee of Senior Officials was held from October 9-10, 2023. In 2023 October Sri Lanka will assume the IORA Chair and present its theme as ‘Strengthening Regional Architecture: Reinforcing Indian Ocean Identity’. This presents Sri Lanka’s vision and mission for IORA and its partner countries. Based on the above agenda, the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

ජාතියේ මහා ඇදුරාණන්ට මෙය උපහාරයක් වේවා!
චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි
ජැක්සන් ඇන්තනි ජාතියට පහලවූ මහා යුග පුරුෂයකි.ඔහුගේ රංගන කුසලතාවයන් සම්බන්ධව එකිනෙක කතාකලොත් අපිට මහා ග්‍රන්ථයක් නිර්මාණය කල හැකියි. ඔහු නළුවෙක් පමණක්ද නොවෙයි. ගායෙකයෙකු පමණද නොවෙයි.ඔහු චිත්‍රපට අධ්‍යක්ෂක වරයෙක් පමණද නොවෙයි.ඔහු පරිසර ගවේෂකයෙකුද පමණක් නොවෙයි, පරිසරය හා පරිසර වේදනය සම්බන්ධව උගන්වන ගුරුවරයෙකුද පමණක්ද නොවෙයි, ඔහු දේශ ගවේශකයෙකු පමණක්ද නොවෙයි ඒ ඒ සමාජයන්ගේ සංස්කෘතික අගයන් හැදිනගෙන ඒවා රටපුරා සිටින මිනිසුන්ට බෙදා දුන් දිසාපාමොක් අදුරෙක් පමණක්ද නොවෙයි, ඉතිහාස ගවේශකයෙකු පමණක්ද නොවෙයි, ඉතිහාසයේ සිදුවීම් තර්කානුකුලව මිනිස් මනස තුල ආරෝපනය කල මනොචිකිත්සකයෙකු පමණක්ද නොවෙයි, කතෝලික ආගම මනාව හදාරා බයිබලය ඉතා හොදින් කියවා, ඒ ඒ යුගයන්හි සිටි බයිබලය නිර්මාණය කල ප්‍රාඥයින්... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

ADB favourably consider new projects in Sri Lanka in next 5 years
Prime Minister's Media Division
The members of Board of Governors of Asian Development Bank held detailed discussion with Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on Sri Lanka’s financial requirements for projects for the next 5 years at the Temple Trees in Colombo on October 10. Expressing satisfaction over Sri Lanka’s quick stabilization of the economy after the last year’s crisis, they said the ADB would favourably respond to proposed new projects on digitalization and IT, public transport, human resource development and education, water and small and medium enterprises development. They also praised the efforts of the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

Japan has a multifaceted and impactful role in Disaster Risk Management (DRM) within the IORA - State Minister of Defence
Ministry of Defence  - Media Centre
Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) serves as a platform for implementing Disaster Risk Management Sri Lanka is highly vulnerable to maritime disasters due to oil spills as Sri Lanka is situated in the busiest Shipping Lane in the IOR and cooperation between Navies and Coast Guards is vital to the management of our risks, said the State Minister Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon while making the opening remarks at a seminar  on Disaster Risk Management and Japan’s Role in the IORA, yesterday evening (Oct 10)  at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

State Minister Tennakoon chairs discussion on removal of dangerous trees
Ministry of Defence  - Media Centre
State Minister of Defence Hon.  Premitha Bandara Tennakoon chaired a discussion on preventive action on dangerous trees falling and precautionary measures to mitigate possible hazards in suburban areas at the Disaster Management Center (DMC) in Colombo today (Oct. 11) A range of important issues including protecting human lives and property, and maintaining uninterrupted day to day lives of people during emergency situations were taken up for discussion.   The State Minister gave instructions to the relevant officials to prepare a proper system which would ensure trees that are most... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

Statement of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on Recent Escalations in the Israeli and Palestinian Conflict
OCTOBER 10, 2023  PRESS RELEASES Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Note: The following statement is published according to the guidance of the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad. Statement on behalf of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: “Over the past few days, hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians, including women, children and the elderly, have been killed or injured as a result of senseless violence and bloodshed. The killing or harming of innocent civilians is a direct violation of the teachings of the Holy Prophet of Islam (peace and blessings... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

“Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday massacre: Lessons for the international community” reviewed
By Dr.Farah Mihlar Courtesy NewsIn.Asia
October 10 (DailyFT):  A comprehensive analytical review of the horrific tragedy that took place on Easter Sunday 2019, when a group of Muslim suicide bombers targeted foreign tourists and Christian places of worship killing over 200 people, has been much awaited and necessary. Apart from a few media articles and the very comprehensive report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), little was known about the motivations, the individual and institutional identity and history of the attackers and the systematic and strategic planning of these atrocities. ADVERTISEMENT Through... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

China likely to help Sri Lanka with investments, not a haircut  
By, P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia
Colombo, October 11: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wikremesinghe’s  visit to China, which is to begin on October 15, is expected to bring in Chinese investments to the Colombo Port City, which has been awaiting both domestic and foreign investment for long. According to Dr.Palitha Kohona, who returned to Sri Lanka upon completion of his term as Ambassador to China, two major Chinese companies, the China Harbour Engineering Company, which built the Colombo Port City, and the Hunan Construction Engineering Group Co., Ltd.,  are likely to invest more than US$ 1 billion in... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

A unique opportunity to acquire a prestigious Sri Lankan asset
by Gulf News
Looking to enter Sri Lanka’s resurgent tourism sector? Hilton Colombo is a perfect choice Image Credit: Supplied On the back of falling inflation rate and rising tourism revenue, the World Bank has revised its forecast for the Sri Lankan economy. It is now expected to expand by 1.7 per cent in 2024, up from an earlier forecast of 1 per cent. Bolstered by an appreciation in its currency, improvement in foreign exchange reserves, and increase in remittances, the country is also poised for a better economic performance this year than earlier... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

Govt. finally allows Chinese ship visit
By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Island
Chinese research vessel Shi Yan 6 would arrive in Sri Lanka in late November, Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Sabry said on Monday (09). The Foreign Ministry had granted approval for the arrival of the ship, he added. “The ship is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka on 25 November. Initially, they wanted to come in October. We asked them to come in November. They again asked if they could come in late October. We have maintained our position that they must come in late November. This is the situation, now.”... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

’We only want local probe with foreign observers’: Catholic Church tells President
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka, in a fresh letter addressed to President Ranil Wickremesinghe has called for a local probe to clear certain shortcomings that are visible in the previous probes into the Easter Sunday bomb attacks. The letter signed by several Bishops including Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith who are members of the National Catholic Committee for Justice to Easter Sunday Attack Victims appointed by the Catholic Bishops' Conference has said previous investigations have neglected important issues. Investigations have not been carried out into the person whose IP address had been handed... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

Indian company ONGC Videsh interested in oil and gas exploration in Sri Lanka
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) is keen to participate in oil and gas exploration opportunities in Sri Lanka and is waiting for the island nation to unveil its roadmap and policy on developing the upstream petroleum industry, the company said Wednesday. OVL is the overseas investment arm of India’s state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. According to OVL managing director Rajarshi Gupta, a presence in oil and gas assets in Sri Lanka would gain from the synergies of the larger ONGC group, as the parent company has significant upstream assets and infrastructure in... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

Ceylon Electricity Board’s cash flow falls short despite tariff boost, says Fitch Ratings
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Cites reduced contribution from low-cost hydro power generation which has led to higher-cost emergency power purchases as the main reason upgrades CEB’s National Long-Term Rating and senior unsecured debenture rating to ‘BB+(lka)’ Upgrade follows the Sri Lankan sovereign’s recent Long-Term Local-Currency Issuer Default Rating upgrade As of June 2023, CEB had Rs. 288bn in debt, with a negative free cash flow outlook in the medium term CEB owes Rs.212bn as of August 2023, with govt. planning to take over significant portion of dues ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 12/10/23)

China assures continued support to ease Sri Lanka’s debt burden
Courtesy Adaderana
China has assured that it remains ready to work together with all relevant international financial institutions to jointly play a positive role in helping Sri Lanka ease its debt burden and achieve sustainable development. Speaking during his regular press briefing on Tuesday (10), China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin explained that as Sri Lanka’s friend and neighbor, China closely follows the difficulties and challenges faced by the island nation, adding that, “We have been doing what we can to assist in its economic and social development”. He said China’s relevant financial institutions... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 11/10/23)

Sri Lanka’s talks with creditors ongoing, unaware of specific deals – IMF
Courtesy Adaderana
Discussions between Sri Lanka and all its creditors are ongoing, though the International Monetary Fund has not been informed about any specific agreements, its mission chief for the country said on Wednesday. “We will need to assess the entire package of agreements in its totality to assess consistency with IMF debt targets,” Peter Breuer told Reuters on the sidelines of the World Bank IMF annual meetings in Marrakech. Sri Lanka, mired in its worst economic crisis in 70 years, is in debt restructuring talks with a range of creditors, including China, its... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 11/10/23)

මව්පියන් අනිවාර්යයෙන් දැනුවත්වන්න... "මේ ලක්ෂණ තියෙනවා නම් දරුවන් පාසල් යවන්න එපා"Health officials warn of rapidly spreading eye infection; public urged to follow health measures
Courtesy AdaDerana
The rapid spread of an eye infection called ‘Conjunctivitis’ has been reported from several parts of the country, according to health officials. The Ministry of Health, which informs the general public not to have undue fears of the matter, however, has outlined some necessary safety measures in a bid to minimize the infection. It was further confirmed however, that the eye infection poses no health threat and is most likely to improve within a span of 3 to 4 days. Conjunctivitis or the pink eye is a common eye disease... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 11/10/23)

Supreme Court issues order for report on ragging incidents in the past three years
Courtesy Hiru News
The Supreme Court issued an order today, mandating that all state universities in the country must provide a comprehensive report by November 10, 2023. This report is expected to include details on any reported incidents of ragging that have occurred at these universities over the past three years. Furthermore, the universities are required to outline the measures and actions they have taken to prevent and address ragging within their respective institutions. This directive comes as part of ongoing efforts to eradicate the harmful practice of ragging from... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 11/10/23)

Scourge of global religious fundamentalism: An expression of ‘amazement - and perhaps a little hope'
By Rohana R. Wasala
To fill a world with religion, or religions of the Abrahamic kind, is like littering the streets with loaded guns. Do not be surprised if they are used. Richard Dawkins, ‘Science in the Soul’, Penguin, Random House, UK, 2017.  This is an expanded and updated version of an article that I wrote in 2020 under the above title, which nevertheless has remained unpublished to date for some reason, which has slipped my memory. My decision to publish it now was prompted, not by this grim reminder of Richard Dawkins’... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 10/10/23)

Vatican Repudiates ‘Doctrine of Discovery,’ Used as Justification for Colonization
NY Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/world/europe/vatican-repudiates-doctrine-of-discovery-colonization.html Joint Statement of the Dicasteries for Culture and Education and for Promoting Integral Human Development on the “Doctrine of Discovery”, 30.03.2023 https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/03/30/230330b.html 1. In fidelity to the mandate received from Christ, the Catholic Church strives to promote universal fraternity and respect for the dignity of every human being. 2. For this reason, in the course of history the Popes have condemned acts of violence, oppression, social injustice, and slavery, including those committed against indigenous peoples. There have also been numerous examples of bishops, priests, women,... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 10/10/23)

ඉන්දියානු සාගර වටද්දර රටවල සංගමයේ ධුර කාලය සහ ආර්ථිකය ප්‍රකෘතිමත් කිරීම සඳහා ජපානය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පූර්ණ සහයෝගීතාව ලබාදෙයි...
අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථිකය ප්‍රකෘතිමත් කිරීමේ ක්‍රියාවලියට තම රට අඛණ්ඩව සහාය දෙන බව පැවසූ ජපාන පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ විදේශ කටයුතු පිළිබඳ නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය කොමුරා මසහිරෝ( Komura Masahiro)  මහතා කෙටි කාලයක් තුළ ආර්ථිකය ස්ථාවර කර තවදුරටත් ප්‍රගතිය අත්කර ගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් රජයට ප්‍රශංසාව පළ කළේ ය. රජය විසින් සිදු කරන ලද ව්‍යුහාත්මක ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ විදේශ ආයෝජන සඳහා හිතකර වාතාවරණය වැඩිදියුණු කරනු ඇති බවට ඔහු විශ්වාසය පළ කළේය. අද (2023.10.10)  අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා සමඟ පැවති සාකච්ඡාවේදී ජපාන විදේශ අමාත්‍යවරයා කියා සිටියේ ඉන්දියානු සාගර වටද්දර රටවල සංගමයට සහභාගී වීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණි සංචාරය අතරතුර ද්විපාර්ශ්වික සහයෝගීතාව සම්බන්ධයෙන්... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 10/10/23)

SL Red Cross Society donates drinking water to flood affected communities
Ministry of Defence  - Media Centre
The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) handed over a consignment of fifteen thousand (15,000) bottles of drinking water to State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon today (Oct 10) at the Ministry of Disaster Management intended to be distributed among flood affected communities in the Galle and Matara districts. The SLRCS had made the donation as flood affected communities in these areas were facing drinking water shortage due to floods contaminating wells and water drawing sources of the Water Supply Board. SLRCS Senior Vice President Jagath... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 10/10/23)

Hiru TV Salakuna Live | Uvindu Wijeweera | 
Hiru News
  https://youtu.be/4tnbSR7O4rI... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 10/10/23)

2023 වසරේ ලොව ඉහලම විද්‍යාඥ ලැයිස්තුවේ ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයන් 35 දෙනෙක්
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ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදයේ ස්ටැන්ෆර්ඩ් විශ්ව විද්‍යාලය සහ එල්සිවයර් ප්‍රකාශකයන් එක්ව කරන ලද නවතම ශ්‍රේණිගත කිරීම්වලට අනුව ශ්‍රී ලාංකික විද්‍යාඥයෝ 35 දෙනෙක් ලොව ප්‍රමුඛ පෙළේ විද්‍යාඥයන් 2% අතරට ඇතුලත්ව ඇත. වාර්ෂිකව මෙම ශ්‍රේණිගත කිරීම ඉදිරිපත් කරයි. මෙම වර්ෂය සඳහා එම ශ්‍රේණිගත කිරීම පසුගිය සතියේ එළිදැක්විණි. මෙලෙස ඇගයීමට ලක් වූ ශ්‍රී ලාංකික විද්‍යාඥයන් අතර මෙත්තිකා විතානගේ, රනිල් ජයවර්ධන, ජනක ඒකනායක, සේනක රාජපක්ෂ, සරෝජ් ජයසිංහ, මොහාන් මුණසිංහ, එස්.ඒ.එම් කුලරත්න යන ශ්‍රී ලාංකික මහාචාර්ය මහාචාර්යවරියෝ ද වෙති. රජරට විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ ඖෂධ විද්‍යාව පිලිබඳ මහාචාර්යවරයා ලෙස කටයුතු කල අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී චන්න ජයසුමන මහතා අඛණ්ඩව තුන් වෙනි වරටත් මෙම... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 10/10/23)

Roots of ethnic contestation in Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province
By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Mirror
Buddhist monks protest on land issue Colombo, October 10: Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province is again becoming a contested region between ethnic groups. This time round it is more between the Tamils and Sinhalese, with the Muslims in the periphery. This is because of the change in the balance of power between the three communities after the end of the war in May 2009. When the war was raging, the LTTE had dominance and the contestation was between the Tamils and the Muslims over land. After... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 10/10/23)

Japan pledges fullest cooperation for Sri Lanka’s economic recovery and IORA tenure
Courtesy Adaderana
Japanese Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Komura Masahiro stated that his country would continue to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery process and congratulated the government for stabilizing the economy during a short span of time and making further progress.  He has also expressed confidence that structural reforms undertaken by the government would improve the conducive atmosphere for foreign investments. During his discussion with Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees this morning (Oct 10), the Japanese Vice-Minister said that his visit to Sri Lanka to attend the Indian Ocean Rim Association... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 10/10/23)

China says Exim Bank and Sri Lanka reached preliminary debt deal
Courtesy Adaderana
(Bloomberg) - China said one of its financial institutions has reached a preliminary agreement with Sri Lanka on resolving China-related debt, a potentially major step toward resolving the South Asian nation’s fiscal woes. The deal involving Export-Import Bank of China was reached late last month, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said Tuesday at a regular press briefing in Beijing. Wang didn’t give details on how the debt was resolved, and officials in Sri Lanka didn’t immediately respond to request for comment. “Chinese financial institutions have fully participated in creditors’ meetings as observers,... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 10/10/23)

බුදු සමය හා මාක්ස්වාදය - part-V
චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම, LL.B., Ph.D
(ඥානසාර හිමියන්ගේ මස් රාත්තල හා ලාල් කාන්තගේ පිරිත් නූල නිසා භීතියට පත්වූ සේපාල්) JVP බිමල් රත්නායක  බොරුකාරයෙක්! මෙම ලිපි මාලාවේ හතරවෙනි කොටස ලිවීමට පසු, බොදු බල සේනා සංවිධානයේ ඥානසාර හිමියන් විසින් පැවැත්වූ මාධ්‍ය සාකච්චාව දැකීමෙන් පසු, මෙම පස්වෙනි කොටසේ ලියන්නට සිතා සිටි දේ වෙනස් කිරීමට සිදුවිය. ඊට හේතුව බිමල් රත්නායක නම් JVP නායකයා බයිබල් බෙල්ට් එකේ වෙන්නප්පුවේදී කල අසත්‍ය (දුෂ්ඨ?) කතාවක් ඥානසාර හිමියන් විසින් එලිකල නිසාය.  වල් බූරු  නිදහස අනුර කුමාරට හා සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාසට හෘදය ශාක්ෂියක් නැතැයි යනුවෙන් උදාහරණ දෙමින් නාගානන්ද කොඩිතුවක්කු විසින් කරණ නිගමනය JVP... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 09/10/23)

Malaysia to support Sri Lanka’s entry into RCEP
Prime Minister's Media Division
Malaysia will support Sri Lanka’s application to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. This was stated by Malaysian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dato Seri Diraja Dr Zambry Abd Kadir who held discussions with Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Temple Trees in Colombo today (October 9). The Prime Minister stated that Sri Lanka’s entry into RCEP would bolster its economic connectivity within the broader South East Asian region and the Malaysian Minister assured fullest support to Sri Lanka and said, “Sri Lanka belongs to our region.” The Prime Minister affirmed the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 09/10/23)

State Minister of Defence looks into disaster-affected areas
Ministry of Defence  - Media Centre
State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon made an observation tour to the disaster-affected areas following the prevailing adverse weather conditions yesterday (Oct 8) in Matara district. Necessary measures have already been taken by the government to assist the disaster-affected community and relief teams including military forces have been dispatched to respective areas for disaster relief duties. Minister Tennakoon visited the Army food processing centres established to supply food for disaster-affected people in Malimbada and Matara areas and he assessed existing challenges. He also motivated troops who... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 09/10/23)

කඳු බෝඩ වෙනුවට කඳු උඩ භාවනා මර්+ මස්+ තාන + රකුස් භාවනා
පාලිත ආරියරත්න
මෙම මධ්‍යස්ථානය සකස් වන්නේ බොහෝ දුරට දැනට අවරුදු ගනනාවකට පෙරය එනම් යුද්ධයේදී එල් ටි ටි ය පරාජයවී යාමත් සමගමය. එසේ සිතීමට ආසන්නම හේතුව යුද්ධය පරාජය වූ පසු හමුදාවේ මානුෂිය මෙහෙයුම් ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කල කණ්ඩායම් මහනුවර ප්‍රදේශයෙන් පන්සලක් තැනීමට ඉඩමක් මිලදී ගැනීමට උත්සහා කරන බව නුවර මාධ්‍ය කරුවන්ගේ සවනට ඇසුණු බැවිනි.රකුස් භාවනා මධ්‍යස්ථානය ප්‍රධාන ඉලක්කය වන්නේ බුද්ධ ශාසනය විනාශ කිරීමය එය කොතෙක් දුරට සිදුවෙනවාද කිවහොත් ඔවුන් ඔවුන්ගේ භාවනා කණ්ඩායම වෙත පවසන්නේ තමන් බුදුවී ඇති බවත් ඔවුන්ගේ මධ්‍යස්ථානවලට පිටින් ඇති පන්සල් වෙහෙර විහාර ආදියේ තිබෙන්නේ වැරදි බුද්ධාගම බවත්ය. බුදුරජුන්ට කමටහන් දීම වැරදි රහතන් වහන්සේලා පවා පිහියකින් ගෙල සිදලගෙන... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 09/10/23)

Sri Lanka to take over as chair of Indian Ocean Rim Association
BY MEERA SRINIVASAN Courtesy The Hindu business line
16 foreign dignitaries, including External Affairs Minister Jaishankar, expected to attend Council of Ministers meeting on October 11 Several Foreign Ministers, including those of India, Bangladesh, Mauritius, Iran, Malaysia and South Africa, will participate in the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Council of Minister’s meeting in Colombo on October 11, 2023, according to the Sri Lankan government, which is preparing to take over as Chair of the regional grouping this week. The Council of Ministers meeting in Colombo will see the participation of 16 ministers, including the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 09/10/23)

Our Forests & Banks on the IMF Slave Block: Outa Colombo On to Marrakesh
e-Con e-News
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(LankaWeb - 08/10/23)

Skyscraper Madness, Bo trees and Fourier Transform
Aloysius Hettiarachchi
  It appears that my previous article questioning the useful lifespan and the stability of Victoria Dam (designed by a company named Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners that has been sold or responsibility transferred to a US consultancy), has received world-wide attention. According to an article by one Maddie Burakoff titled ‘How are ancient Roman and Mayan Buildings still standing? Scientists are unlocking their secrets’ (AP) in Yahoo (on 3rd October, 2023), it would appear to be so. I have mentioned the problems associated with the use of concrete in my LinkedIn account also when some Indian... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 07/10/23)

South African activists urge French Parliament to stop TotalEnergies' 'ocean grab': Neocolonialism in the Indian Ocean
Courtesy News24
The Green Connection is lobbying members of the French and European Parliaments about TotalEnergies' offshore oil and gas projects in South African oceans. French NGO Bloom supported their visit to Paris and Brussels this month. Bloom has urged 78 financial institutions to stop investing in TotalEnergies' oil and gas projects in Africa. For climate change news and analysis, go to News24 Climate Future.  Environmental group Green Connection is lobbying French MPs and members of the European Parliament to hold French corporation TotalEnergies to account for its "ocean grab"... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 07/10/23)

Ocean Grabbing must be on Colombo’s IORA agenda: Blue Economy Extraction
Press conference Indonesia Focal Point for Corporate Accountability
As the Indonesian Civil Society Coalition Criticizes UN Ocean Conference 2022, the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), meeting in Colombo October 12-14 must take note of the need to protect Indian Ocean Fisheries from Distant Water States plundering Indian Ocean resources and ban trawlers from non-Indian Ocean littoral States-- to alleviate poverty and enable conservation, as well as, recovery of fish stock. The Indonesia Focal Point for Corporate Accountability (IFP Coalition) reminds us that the Global Blue Economy Governance agenda, discussed at the UN Global... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 07/10/23)

Gampaha Bandaranaike and Ratnavali Colleges win the All Ceylon Eastern Cadet Team Championship Band Championship -2023.
Ministry of Defence  - Media Centre
The camp for the National Cadet Corps, Cadet Eastern Band Championship - 2023 concluded at the National Cadet Corps Training Center in Rantembe recently (Oct 05). Forty male cadet bands and eighteen female cadet bands from all over the island participated in this camp for the national championships. For the year 2023, the Boys Oriental Band Championship was won by Bandaranaike College, Gampaha, and the runner-up was won by St. Sylvester College, Kandy. The girls' championship was won by Gampaha Ratnavali Balika Vidyalaya, while the runner-up... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 07/10/23)

We need to enact new rules instead of relying on old regulations to get out of the prevailing  crisis- Prime Minister
Prime Minister's Media
·        Cotton industry can get access to the world of fashion …         - Ms. Azusa Kubota, UNDP Resident Representative The Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said that we need to enact new rules instead of relying on old regulations to get out of the prevailing  crisis. He expressed  this  view  while addressing the Sankathana Mandapaya held at Temple Trees  on 2023.10.07 to mark the World Cotton Day. Speaking on this occasion The Prime Minister stated that; “World Cotton Day is a special day declared by the United Nations. It is... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 07/10/23)

Regular disaster relief missions are underway by the military forces
Ministry of Defence  - Media Centre
There was a risk of breaking the stone embankment which was built under the project ‘Nilwala’ in the Matara Atthudawa area to prevent floods in the city of Matara, due to the bad weather conditions affecting the island. Therefore a constant operation was launched with the participation of more than 100 soldiers from the 61st Brigade of the Sri Lanka Army yesterday (Oct 06) from last night until this morning, to fortify the embankment. More than 2500 families are currently displaced in the Matara district in the areas of Malimbada,... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 07/10/23)

India’s spies infiltrated West long before Canada’s murder claim
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia
New Delhi, October 4 (Reuters): India’s external intelligence service is a feared foe in its neighbourhood: Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal have all accused it of political meddling and involvement with outlawed groups that have perpetrated acts of violence. Now, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegation last month that Indian government agents were involved in the June killing of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in a Vancouver suburb has thrust Delhi’s secretive Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) into the global spotlight. India angrily denied the allegations and demanded that Canada —... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 07/10/23)

Sri Lanka, taxed by austerity measures, walks a ‘tightrope’ between IMF demands and rebuilding society
Dimuthu Attanayake  Courtesy The South China Morning Post
Austerity measures such as tax reforms have taken a toll on Sri Lankans struggling with inflation and rising living costs As Sri Lankan professionals consider emigration, analysts warn further tough measures could hasten outflow of talent and hurt short-term stability Rajitha Wickramasinghe, 33, was living a comfortable life as a product development and innovation engineer, but as Sri Lanka reels from bankruptcy, he is among a growing number of professionals looking to emigrate. Disposable incomes of professionals like Wickramasinghe shrivelled as Sri... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 07/10/23)

India-Sri Lanka ferry service set to begin Tuesday, over a decade since plan first mooted
Written by Arun Janardhanan  Courtesy The Indian Express
The ferry will operate between Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu and Kankesanthurai in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. The transit time is expected to be three hours.
The vessel to be used as the ferry is called Cheriyapani and it can accommodate 150 passengers. (Twitter/

KRD_forum) The much-awaited passenger ferry service between India and Sri Lanka is scheduled to commence operations on Tuesday (October 10), around 12 years after the plan was first mooted and a memorandum of understanding was signed between the two countries. The ferry will... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/10/23)

Officials from multiple countries applaud infrastructure projects built by China Communications Construction Company
Courtesy AsiaOne
BEIJING, Oct 7, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - Major infrastructure projects undertaken by China Communications Construction Company Limited(CCCC) have received widespread praise from global officials in charge of transportation at two side events of the recently concluded 2023 Global Sustainable Transport Forum (GSTF). The 2023 GSTF and the 15th International Exhibition on Transport Technology and Equipment, hosted by China's Ministry of Transport, were held from Sept. 25 to 26 in Beijing. CCCC has actively participated in the forum and organized the forum's two side events themed "effectively  advancing high-quality international infrastructure connectivity... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 07/10/23)

Cannot endorse int’l investigations into Sri Lanka’s internal matters - PMD
Courtesy Adaderana
The President’s Media Division (PMD) says Sri Lanka cannot endorse the idea of international investigations into the island’s internal matters. The Constitution of Sri Lanka and all other existing laws do not provide for conducting international investigations, the PMD said further, explaining that carrying out such investigations would be in violation of the law. https://youtu.be/g1YEW34TA6Q These remarks were made in a statement on Friday (Oct. 06) in which the PMD raised concerns about the editorial published in the local Catholic newspaper ‘Gnanartha Pradeepaya’ dated October 08 (Sunday), as... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 07/10/23)

KANDYAN CHIEFTAINS UNDER THE BRITISH – PART VII
By Sena Thoradeniya
(Contd. From 26 September 2023) Government Agent’s and Assistant Agent’s Circuits in the Provinces/Districts 1.Official Diaries: The activities of Government Agents and Assistant Agents were not limited to office work in kachcheris. They travelled throughout the Provinces and Districts respectively under their authority every month, sometimes several weeks continuously reviewing the work carried out in the districts by government institutions and checking whether the Headmen were implementing the work allotted to them. Official Diaries maintained by Government Agents, Assistant Government Agents and Office Assistants (OAs, third in the hierarchy... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 06/10/23)

Enter IMF-EXIT Democracy
Sugath Kulatunga
Lessons from History Let us revisit that historic conjuncture of the early 1980s. The military dictatorships were collapsing not only because of internal resistance but also because key external actors such as the United States, European Union, the World Bank, and International Monetary Fund (IMF) withdrew their support from them. Now, one of the major reasons for this about face was that the dictatorships had lost the credibility, legitimacy, and minimum support to impose the economic reform programs, better known as "structural adjustment," that these influential forces demanded. Promoted as necessary for economic efficiency,... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 06/10/23)

France’s strategy in the Indo-Pacific
Charles Millon
France has long been aware of the geopolitical importance of the Indo-Pacific, but in recent years Paris has taken new steps to play a key role in the region.  France’s territories and exclusive economic zone in the Indo-Pacific Thanks to its neocolonial overseas territories, France has an exclusive economic zone of nearly 11.7 million square kilometers, 93 percent of which is in the Indo-Pacific. © GIS by macpixxel  The tiny 1 square kilometer Tromelin Island is administered as part of France’s Southern and Antarctic Lands, but Mauritius claims sovereignty over its... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 06/10/23)

EU accused of ‘neocolonial’ plundering of tuna in Indian Ocean
Asian News
Indian Ocean states say EU is pushing weakest conservation efforts for yellowfin tuna while EU ‘distant fleet’ hoovers up the most fish. The EU has been accused of “hypocrisy and neocolonialism” for proposing insufficient measures to tackle overfishing of yellowfin tuna, while being the largest fisher of the prized species in the Indian Ocean. Smaller than its Atlantic and Pacific bluefin cousins, the yellowfin tuna is one of the ocean’s fastest and strongest predators. Also called ahi tuna, this species is massively overfished in the Indian Ocean – so much so that... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 06/10/23)

පාර දෙපස කඩා වැටීමේ අවදානමක් ඇති ගස් සම්බන්ධයෙන් කඩිනම් පියවර ගන්නා ලෙස ආරක්‍ෂක රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය වරයා අදාළ බලධාරීන්ට උපදෙස් දෙයි
Ministry of Defence  - Media Centre
පවතින වැසිබර කාලගුණය හේතුවෙන් මාර්ග දෙපස කඩා වැටීමේ අවදානමක් පවතින විශාල ගස් පිළිබඳව වහාම අධ්‍යයනයක් කර මහජනතාවට තර්ජනයක් විය හැකි සෑම දෙයක්ම ඉවත් කරන ලෙස ආරක්‍ෂක රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ප්‍රමිත බණ්ඩාර තෙන්නකෝන් මැතිතුමා විසින් පරිසර අධිකාරියේ, මාර්ග සංවර්ධන අධිකාරියේ සහ අදාළ පළාත් පාලන ආයතනයන්හි නිලධාරීන් සමඟ සම්බන්ධීකරණයවී අවශ්‍ය පියවර ගන්නා ලෙස ආපදා කළමනාකරණ මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ සහ ජාතික ගොඩනැගිලි පර්යේෂණ සංවිධානයේ නිලධාරීන් හට උපදෙස් ලබාදෙන ලදි. අද (06) පෙරවරුවේ කොල්ලුපිටියේදී බස් රථයක් මතට ගසක් කඩා වැටීමේ සිද්ධියක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරයා ප්‍රතිචාර දක්වමින් කඩිනම් අපදා වැළැක්වීමේ පියවර ගන්නා ලෙසත්, කඩා වැටීමේ අවදානමක් ඇති මාර්ග දෙපස... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 06/10/23)

මාතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ තැන්නපිටහේන කන්ද නාය යයි. ජීවිත හානි නොමැත
Ministry of Defence  - Media Centre
මාතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ අකුරැස්ස දියලපේ ගම්මානයේ පිහිටි තැන්නපිටහේන කන්ද ඊයේ (ඔක්. 05) පස්වරු 5 ට පමණ නාය යෑමට ලක්විය. මෙම සිදුවීමට ප්‍රථමයෙන් ජාතික ගොඩනැගිලි පර්යේෂණ ආයතනයේ නිලධාරීන් විසින් ඊයේ පෙරවරුවේ මෙම ස්ථානය නිරික්‍ෂණය කර ඇති අතර, නායයෑම් සුන්බුන් ගලා යන මාර්ගයේ සහ තැන්පත් වීමේ අවදානම් කලාපයේ පිහිටි නිවාස 6ක පදිංචිකරුවන් ස්ථිර වශයෙන් සහ තවත් නිවාස 3ක පදිංචිකරුවන් දැනුවත් කර ඔවුන් තාවකාලිකව එම ප්‍රදේශයෙන් ඉවත් කිරීමට කටයුතු කල බව ජාතික ගොඩනැගිලි පර්යේෂණ ආයතනයේ මාතර දිස්ත්‍රික් නිලධාරී සී.එස්. මැණික්පුර මහතා පැවසීය. ආරක්‍ෂක රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ගරු ප්‍රමිත බණ්ඩාර තෙන්නකෝන් මැතිතුමාගේ උපදෙස් අනුව, ජාතික... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 06/10/23)

INTERVIEW: From day one the US under Obama violated the deal
George Galloway
INTERVIEW: Will the US-Iran nuclear talks restart? Difficult to say, but the good and hopeful news is that the US put aside preconditions on the recent prisoner swap, says Professor Muhammad Marandi https://youtu.be/M2nn8-Yz2J4... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 06/10/23)

'No Chance of Survival': Putin Warns West of Nuclear Destruction, Threatens Use of Russia's Most Powerful Missiles in Retaliation
Courtesy Radar Online
In an alarming and ominous doomsday warning, Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened the West with total nuclear destruction if they were to strike Russia, RadarOnline.com has learned. In a recent anti-US speech, Putin boasted about his country's powerful missiles, namely the "Satan-2" and "Flying Chernobyl," which he claimed are ready for deployment. These statements come amid growing tension between Russia and the West, particularly in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Putin has survived six assassination attempts since February 2022.MEGA© Radar Online (UK) In an anti-U.S. speech, Putin said his most powerful missiles, "Satan-2" and... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 06/10/23)

“No interest in further territorial conquest”: Putin talks about Ukraine conflict
Courtesy Z-LIVE NEWS UK
Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again spoken out about his intentions in Ukraine. He stated that the attack on the neighboring country is about “principles.” According to n-tv.de, Putin said at the Waldai Forum in Sochi that the Russian offensive in Ukraine is “not a territorial conflict.” He emphasized, “Russia is the largest country in the world in terms of territory, and we have no interest in acquiring additional territory.” Putin firmly stated that Russia is not attempting to “establish a regional geopolitical balance” in Ukraine but rather, it is about “principles... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 06/10/23)

700–800 women die of breast cancer annually in Sri Lanka
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Around 700–800 fatalities are reported annually due to breast cancer in Sri Lanka, a medical expert said. Consultant Community Physician of the National Cancer Control Programme Dr. Suraj Perera told the media that there were 5,189 patients identified in Sri Lanka by 2020. “It means there are 14 cases reported on a daily basis,” he said. Asserting that early diagnosis can lead to a cure for the disease, he said around 10,000 women who fell sick with it had been treated fully. He said monthly breast cancer screening... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 06/10/23)

Mega World: Colombo Port City
Courtesy CGTN
Faced with internal conflicts and economic crises, Sri Lanka has been seeking development opportunities. Colombo Port City represents an expansion of the commercial capital. A key project under China's Belt and Road Initiative, the development is intended to become a global tourism and investment hub. Situated at the crossroads of the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, what hopes does the Port City hold, and what are the expectations of the Sri Lankan people? Join us to uncover the narratives behind this potential economic engine in Sri Lanka. https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-10-06/Mega-World-Colombo-Port-City-1nG65W0Paik/index.html... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 06/10/23)

Debt Colonization by IMF/WB: Sri Lanka take lessons from Argentina
Shenali D Waduge
US-India Regime change in Sri Lanka in 2015 & multinational corporations promoting Mauricio Macri as President of Argentina also in 2015 have similarities. IMF/WB began playing key roles after the regime change. IMF & World Bank have a history of turning poor Global South nations into LOAN ADDICTS & then saddling them into DEBT. Loans & Debt are the new form of colonization. More loans are given to repay loans as well as to survive which only adds to the spiraling debt. Spirally debt means the need to secure more loans &... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 06/10/23)

Full implementation of 13A: Final solution to ‘national problem’ or end of unitary state?
By Kalyananda Tiranagama Executive Director Lawyers for Human Rights and DevelopmentCourtesy The Island
It appears that President Ranil Wickremasinghe, all along his political career, has acted in the belief that he can bring about national unity, true national reconciliation among different communities and find a lasting solution to the ethnic problem only by granting more and more concessions to the racist political parties with separatist agendas in the North and the East and complying with their demands. In 2002, as the Prime Minister, Wickremesinghe signed, without the approval of President Chandrika Kumaratunga, an Oslo-brokered ceasefire agreement... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 06/10/23)

සත්‍ය ධර්මය 2 - සත්‍ය ධර්මය විවර විය - තවදුරටත් (පාඨක ප්‍රතිචාර)
තිස්ස ගුණතිලක
සත්‍ය ඤාණය පිලිබදව ඉදිරි ලිපිය තුලින් පැහැදිලි කිරීමට බලාපොරොත්තු වුවත් පසුගිය ලිපියේ (සත්‍ය ධර්මය 1) පලවූ ඇතැම් කරුණු පිලිබඳව ප්‍රශ්ණ ඇතිවූබවක් විද්යුත් තැපෑල් (eMail) මගින් පාඨකයින්/හිතවතුන් දන්වා සිටි නිසා එම කරුනු පැහැදිලි කරනුවස්‍ මෙම ලිපිය වෙන් කරමි. බුදුන්වහන්සේ නිවනට මාර්ගය ලෙස බොජ්ජංගය හරහා කලයුතු 'සම්පූර්ණ අතහැරීම' (total detachment) තුල ඇතිවන ප්‍රීතිය (ultimate happiness) හා පස්සද්ධිය (නිත්‍යව ආතතියක් නැති ස්වාභාවය - clamness) එකම මාර්ගය බව බොහෝ දෙනෙක් අවිවාදයෙන් පිලිගෙන ඇති බව පෙනෙයි. නමුත් නිවනේ ස්වභාවය පැහැදිලි කිරීමේදි තරමක් ගැටළුකාරි තත්වයක් හටගෙන ඇතිබව සමහර ප්‍රතිචාර වලින් පෙනෙයි. මෙහිදී ස්වභාවධර්මය නැතහොත් අනාත්මීය භාහිරය... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 05/10/23)

Outgoing Sri Lankan High Commissioner pays a farewell call on National Security Advisor of India
Sri Lanka High Commission in India
Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda who is to complete his tenure in Delhi, paid a farewell call on the National Security Advisor of India Shri Ajit Doval today at the latter’s office before leaving New Delhi. During the call, the High Commissioner expressed his appreciation to the National Security Advisor for the counsel and guidance he provided during his tenure. During the discussion, the Sri Lankan High Commissioner and the National Security Advisor of India had a comprehensive review of the status of the bilateral relationship. They... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 05/10/23)

Korean Ambassador meets Defence Secretary
Ministry of Defence  - Media Centre
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, H.E. Miyon Lee called on Defence Secretary  General Kamal Gunaratne at the Defence Ministry at Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte today (Oct. 5). The Ambassador was accompanied by the Defence Attaché of the Korean Embassy in New Delhi, Captain (Navy) Choi Yongseok. Gen. Gunaratne warmly received the Korean Ambassador on his arrival at the Defence Ministry. During the ensuing cordial discussion on matters relating to further strengthening the existing ties between the two nations and reaffirming their commitment to mutual cooperation and partnership were... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 05/10/23)

ආරක්‍ෂක රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරයා ආපදා කළමනාකරණ මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ නිරීක්‍ෂණ චාරිකාවක
Ministry of Defence  - Media Centre
ආරක්‍ෂක රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ගරු ප්‍රමිත බණ්ඩාර තෙන්නකෝන් මැතිතුමා අද (ඔක්. 05) කොළඹ ආපදා කළමනාකරණ මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ මෙහෙයුම් මැදිරියේ නිරීක්‍ෂණ චාරිකාවක නිරත විය. පවතින අයහපත් කාලගුණ තත්ත්වය මත ඇති විය හැකි ආපදා තත්වයන්ට ගත හැකි ක්‍රියාමාර්ග හා ඇතිවිය හැකි අනතුරු අවම කරගැනීමට ගත හැකි පියවරයන් පිළිබඳව එම මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ නිලධාරීන් සමඟ අමාත්‍යවරයා සාකච්ඡා කරන ලදි. තවද, ආපදාවන්ට ලක්වන මහජනතාවට කඩිනමින් සහන සැලසීමට අවශ්‍ය කරන ක්‍රියාමාර්ග ගන්නා ලෙස අදාල පාර්ශවයන් වෙත උපදෙස් ලබාදෙන ලද අමාත්‍ය තෙන්නකෝන්, ආපදා සහන කටයුතු හමුවේ මුහුණ දෙන ගැටළු හා ඒවා නිරාකරණය කර ගනිමින් සහන සැලසීමට අවශ්‍ය පහසුකම්... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 05/10/23)

නව ක්‍රම වෙනස
ප්‍ර සමරසිංහ
රටේ අපනයන කරුවන් රටට ගෙන ආ යුතු අපනයන ඩොලර පිටරට සඟවා රටේ බැංකුවලට පොලු තියා ඒ පාඩුව විශ්‍රාමිකයන්ගේ ඊ ටී එප් එකෙන් සහ නිලධාරීන්ගේ හිඟන පඩියේ ආදායම් බදු වලින් හිලව් කරන තක්කඩි ජමුලේ උපදෙස් සේම, හැම උලව්වකටම හොට පොවන බුං හාමිනේ මෙතෙක් ඇස් කන් වසා සිටි අසාධාරණ කම් කොතෙකුත් තිබියදී, රටේ කස්ටම් එකෙයි ඉන්ලන්ඩ් රෙවනියු එකෙයි සිද්ද වෙන මිලියන් ගණන් ගැහිලි නැවැත්තුවේ නැත්නම් ඩොලර් ණය තවත් නොලැබෙනු ඇත යන ජමුලේ රෙකමදාරුව දුටු බුං හාමිනේගේ පශ්චාත්බාගයෙන් දුං පිට විය. එතුමිය සිරිලංකා මහතාට (මෙතැන් සිට සිල මහතා) පිටරට සංචාරය අවසන් කල වහාම තමන් හමුවට එන ලෙස... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 05/10/23)

උඩරට ද්‍රවිඩ ප්‍රජාවට පහසුකම් ලබාදීමේ ප්‍රමාදයන් වළක්වන්න.- අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා
අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය
උඩරට ද්‍රවිඩ  ජනතාවට නිවාස, අධ්‍යාපන, සෞඛ්‍ය සහ යටිතල පහසුකම් ලබාදීම කඩිනම් කළ යුතු බව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පවසයි.  එම ජනතාව ඉන්දියාවේ සිට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ උඩරටට පැමිණ වසර 200ක් පිරීම නිමිත්තෙන් නව ප්‍රජාවගේ ලාංඡනයක් එළිදැක්වීම සඳහා ජල සම්පාදන හා වතු යටිතල පහසුකම් සංවර්ධන අමාත්‍යාංශයේ අද (2023.10.05)  පැවැති උත්සවයේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. දශක ගණනාවකට පෙර වතු කම්කරුවන්ගේ අයිතීන් සුරැකීමට වෘත්තීය සමිතියක් පිහිටුවීමට උත්සාහ කළ විට වාමාංශික නායකයින් වන ආචාර්ය එන්. එම්. පෙරේරා, පිලිප් ගුණවර්ධන, කොල්වින් ආර්. ද සිල්වා සහ එඩ්මන්ඩ් සමරක්කොඩි යන වාමාංශීක නායකයින්ව යුරෝපීය වතු හිමියන් විසින් එළවා දැමූ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 05/10/23)

Sri Lanka resumes rate cuts to boost growth as inflation ebbs
Courtesy CNA
COLOMBO :Sri Lanka's central bank resumed interest rate cuts on Thursday to boost growth as the government seeks to lift revenue and repair its balance sheets in a bid to sustain financial support from the International Monetary Fund. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) lowered the standing deposit facility rate and the standing lending facility rate by 100 basis points each to 10 per cent and 11 per cent, respectively, it said in a statement. The cuts followed a decision at the last policy meeting in August to keep rates unchanged. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 05/10/23)

Sri Lanka cuts interest rates as IMF delays loan
Courtesy www.bssnews.net
COLOMBO, Oct 5, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Crisis-hit Sri Lanka cut interest rates by100 basis points Thursday as the second instalment of an IMF bailout was heldup after the government missed several loan conditions. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) said it reduced the benchmark lendingrate to 11 percent as year-on-year inflation fell sharply last month to 1.3percent, compared to a peak of nearly 70 percent a year earlier. The latest policy rate reduction came as the government failed to secure thesecond tranche of $330 million out of the $2.9 billion four-year... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 05/10/23)

Wayward journey of middle class: Some Reflections
by Gunadasa Amarasekera
(A talk given by Gunadasa Amarasekera at the Royal Asiatic Society) When Dr. Punsara Amarasinghe requested me to speak on my long novel in nine volumes I was rather reluctant, not because of anything else but my physical condition. Nearing my 96th year, I have lost almost all my faculties. I am almost deaf and unable to join in a conversation, leave aside a discussion. My eyesight is extremely poor. I suffer from memory loss. I cannot speak off the cuff and have to put it down on paper. Despite these... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 05/10/23)

BLISTERING SIXER  BY  THE EX -MAGISTRATE OF MULLATIV
RANJITH SOYSA 
“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the  truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.” ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov Ex Judge of Mul;ativ 's  statement, now in public giving reasons for his resignation which  includes a compalaint that the Attorney General summoned  him to review some of his judgements delivered by him, .... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 04/10/23)

Let the IMF Tranche of $ 3 billion be used for economic development
By Garvin Karunaratne
 Sri Lanka, a country in grave foreign debt- as much as $ 56 billion in 2023, a country that did not owe a dollar to anyone in the early Seventies, had better organize devices to use the Recently won $3 billion tranche from the IMF for economic development to bring about production and incomes to the people before the $ 3 billion IMF tranche dissipates into the thin air due to luxury imports.  Our President and Prime Minister may please consider new ideas. My Youth Self Employment Programme of Bangladesh, designed and initiated... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 04/10/23)

Met Dept celebrates 75th Anniversary
Ministry of Defence  - Media Centre
The 75th anniversary celebration of the Department of Meteorology, a leading government institution with a strong impact on many economic sectors, was held today (Oct 04) under the auspices of the State Minister of Defence Hon. Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon at the Met Department premises. Director General – Meteorology Mr. A. K. Karunanayake received the State Minister who graced the anniversary day programme. Addressing the gathering, the State Minister emphasized that the income received through the services provided by the Met Department will be able to provide a more... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 04/10/23)

Letter to PM Rajiv Gandhi from TULF on 13th Amendment
Sri Lanka News
28th Oct 1987 Shri Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, New Delhi. Dear Prime Minister, We thank you once again for all your efforts on behalf of the Tamil people. We repeat our deep anguish at the tragic turn of events in Jaffna. We feel it is our duty to also express our disappointment with the proposals to solve the Tamil problem contained in the two Bills – the 13th Amendment to the Constitution and the Provincial Councils Bill – presented to parliament by the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/10/23)

’WAY FORWARD FOR A TOURIST DESTINATION ‘‘
Sarath Wijesinghe (President’s Counsel, former Ambassador to UAE and Israel Solicitor in England and Wales and president Ambassador’s Forum)
Tourist Destination Sri Lanka is known to be tourist destination among the places known for tourists and tourism in the world of tourism in the competitive  market when the tourists are looking for places of interest for peace , relaxation, holiday, sight seen and various other reasons to travel. They prefer to have compact destinations to enjoy all needs and benefits on one destination rather than going to place to place. In compact Sri Lanka with the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/10/23)

සත්‍ය ධර්මය 1 - වසර 2100 ට පසු සත්‍ය ධර්මය විවර විය.
තිස්ස ගුණතිලක
පසුගිය 2023 ඹක්තෝම්බර් මස 01වනදා lankaweb.com අඩවියේ පලවූ  'බොජ්ජංග තුලින් අත්දකින නිවන හා බොජ්ජංගයෙන් ආදේශවන (replace) වන සමත භාවනාව' යන ලිපිය තුලින් මෙතෙක් වැසී තිබූ නිවන් මාර්ගය සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම විවර විය. https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2023/09/30/බොජ්ජංග-තුලින්-අත්දකින-න/ බුදුන්වහන්සේ අපගේ එකම ශාස්තෘන් වහන්සේය. බුද්ධ වචනය හා බුදුන්වහන්සේ දේශනාකල ධර්මය අප වටහාගත යුතු හා පිලිපැදිය යුතු එකම ප්‍රතිපදාවයි. නිවනට ඇති එකම මාර්ග ලෙස බුදුන්වහන්සේ අපට කියාදෙන්නේ සතර සතිපට්ඨානයයි (ඒකායන මග්ගෝ). බුදුන්වහන්සේගේ ප්‍රතිඥාව සතර සතිපට්ඨානයේ ධම්මානුපස්සනාව තුල එන 'සච්ච පබ්බය' තුල බුදුන්වහන්සේ අපට ප්‍රතිඥාවක් දෙයි. එනම් යමෙක් සතර සතිපට්ඨානය නිවැරදිව වඩයිනම් (follow correct)... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/10/23)

October 4 - World Animal Day-THE IMPORTANCE OF INTRODUCING ANIMAL PROTECTION EDUCATION INTO SCHOOLS IN SRI LANKA
By Senaka Weeraratna
This is an updated and edited version of a Public Talk delivered on World Animal Day (October 4, 2015) at the Dharmavijaya Foundation, Colombo. ………………………………………. New Vision We need a new vision for this country and its civilizational advancement.  It must begin in our schools. The primary purpose of education is to make an individual a better human being, morally speaking. One aspect of that is to develop close contact with nature and appreciate nature. This was how the aim of education was viewed in... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/10/23)

CRICKET  TOURISM CINNAMON AND TEA
Sarath Wijesinghe (President’s Counsel, former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, Solicitor in England and Wales, President Ambassador’s forum)
Tourism and Cricket They say Sri Lanka is famous both for tourism and cricket. Propagation of tourism is a necessity for the country want of tourists for the most needed foreign currency and income for the country from the industry which brings fame, income and many other benefits. Sri Lanka is a taylor made compact nation for tourism with all ingredients to be a leader on tourism  a stated by  Marco Polo  in 13th century , that it... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/10/23)

PM urges ADB to initiate projects on renewable energy, public transport and digitalization
Prime Minister's Media Division
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, while thanking the Asian Development Bank for the assistance provided to agriculture, rural small and medium sectors and other development projects, urged the regional funding agency to initiate new projects on areas such as renewable energy, digitalization, and public transport systems, especially the railways. He said this when ADB Country Director Takafumi Kadono called on him at the Prime Minister’s Office in Colombo today (October 3). The Prime Minister thanked the ADB for extending support to Sri Lanka for economic stabilization after the unprecedented economic crisis. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/10/23)

බුදු සමය හා මාක්ස්වාදය - part-IV-(ඥානසාර හිමියන්ගේ මස් රාත්තල හා ලාල් කාන්තගේ පිරිත් නූල)
චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම, LL.B., Ph.D.
“බල පෙරනිමිති පෙරමඟ නැකතටත් වැඩී.”  සැළලිහිණි සංදේශය මෙම ලිපි මාලාව ලිවීමට මට සිතුනේ ලාල් කාන්ත හා සේපාල් අමරසිංහ යන පංචස්කන්ධ දෙක එකතුව ඥානසාර හිමියන්ට හා පිරිත් නූලට කල අවඥාව නිසාය. ඉන් පසුව සේපාල් ඇමෙරිකාවේ ඔරිගන් ජනපදයේ සිටි රාජනීස් නම් හින්දු පූජකයා (දාර්ශනිකයා?) මෙන් හිස තොප්පියකින් වසාගෙන, JVP එකට සම්බන්ධව සිටි වාරණ ආනන්ද ජයකොඩි සමඟ පරණ් JVP කතා පටිගත කරමින් සිටී. ඔහු සමඟ තරඟයකට මෙන් උපුල් ශාන්ත සන්නස්ගල JVP අතීත කතා එලිදක්වන වැඩ සටහනක් ආරම්භකර ඇතිසේ පෙනේ. කල්යානන්ද පෙරේරා  සම්ඟ ඔහුගේ ප්‍රථම සාකච්චාව සිදුවිය. (636) විජේවීර නටන්න එපා කිව්වට සකබර්ග් නටෝල... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/10/23)

GL: Suspension of IMF bailout highlights failure to meet anticipated revenue targets
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island 
Top Opposition spokesperson Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday (02) said that the government should take full responsibility for the suspension of USD 2.9 bn IMF bailout over Sri Lanka’s failure to achieve the anticipated revenue mobilisation. The former External Affairs Minister found fault with the government for tax concessions granted to investors and the failure on its part to collect taxes, in spite of reaching an agreement with the IMF in that regard. Referring to the declaration made by IMF delegation head Peter Breuer that the second tranche of... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/10/23)

USD 56 bn parked abroad by powerful persons: Wijedasa
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
A total of USD 56 billion has been parked abroad by powerful persons during the past few years, Minister of Justice Wijedasa Rajapaksha informed Parliament today. “A sum of USD 9 billion has been parked this year alone,” the Minister said.  I propose a special motion to order these persons to bring back their money which is parked abroad. There are some secretaries of some MPs who have parked more than USD 150 million each,” the Minister revealed. “It will be possible to settle all debts which Sri... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/10/23)

Govt. informed IMF that tax percentage cannot be further increased: Wijeyadasa
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
The government has informed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that the tax percentages can not be increased further at this juncture as requested and that the government was expecting to initiate discussions to request the IMF to reconsider its request, Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said today. He told Parliament that the IMF informed the government that tax revenue should be increased to some extent by the end of the first quarter of next year. The Minister said if the tax revenue is to be increased, the tax percentage will have to... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/10/23)

Nanu Oya to Nuwara Eliya cable car line halted due to influence of forest official: MP
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
The proposed cable car line from Nanu Oya to Nuwara Eliya has been halted as a certain Forest Department official was refusing to grant permission to release 150 perches on the Kikiliyamana mountain without any reason, a government MP revealed today. Parliamentarian Madura Vithanage told Parliament that the project is unable to be implemented due to this reason even though two Cabinet papers have been presented on the matter in 2018 and 2021. The MP said the particular Forest Department official has continued to refuse permission to release the required... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/10/23)

JVP brainwashing youth, like Saharan’s destruction: Ven, Gnanasara Thera
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
While condemning the statement by Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) MP Bimal Ratnayake, Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera said today that the JVP is engaging in actions that are detrimental to the country by brainwashing young people. Addressing the media, he said the ongoing detrimental process by the JVP of brainwashing the young generation is similar to the destruction done by Zaharan. Bimal Ratnayake has claimed that the BBS and the Sri Lanka Thowheed Jama'ath (SLTJ) were formed in 2012 with the support of the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/10/23)

Social media regulation an inevitable scenario: President
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Social media regulation could be an inevitable scenario as the countries in the globe envisage signing an international convention on the same, President Ranil Wickremesinghe stressed. The remark from the President came hours after the Online Safety Bill was presented to Parliament. The Bill was presented to the House this morning. “Many countries in the world are having a dialogue on signing an international convention on regulating social media as of today. Therefore the choice before social media users in Sri Lanka is whether to abide by some international law... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/10/23)

“No international inquiry”: President Ranil lashes out when asked about Easter attack allegations
Courtesy Adaderana
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, during an interview with an international broadcaster based in Germany, slammed the allegations levelled in the documentary aired by British television network Channel 4 with regard to the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings. Wickremesinghe stressed that the Sri Lankan government would not carry out an international inquiry on any issue, including the Easter Sunday terror attacks. https://youtu.be/5jDOyImbUu8 On September 06, Channel 4 aired a controversial documentary containing startling accusations relating to the bombings on Easter Sunday 2019 which targeted several Catholic churches and luxury hotels in... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/10/23)

World Bank boosts Sri Lanka economic forecasts after inflation progress
Courtesy Adaderana
The World Bank revised up its forecasts for Sri Lanka’s economy on Tuesday, noting the crisis-hit nation had made strides in reducing inflation and had benefited from tourism revenue as well as an appreciation in its currency. The bank now expects the economy to expand 1.7% in 2024, up from an earlier forecast of 1%. It also said the economy is likely to shrink 3.8% this year, less than its earlier prediction of a 4.2% contraction. In the last six months, Sri Lanka has seen runaway inflation drop to 1.3% in September,... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 03/10/23)

TULF letter to Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi on 28 Oct 1987 confirms 13th amendment was drafted by Sri Lanka not India & Sri Lanka has every right to repeal it.
Shenali D Waduge
The Indo Lanka Accord proposes an interim-arrangement administrative system by merging North & East provinces & a referendum in the East one year after signing the agreement to continue merger or not (catch was the inclusion of the postponement clause by the President of SL). The Accord does not refer to administrative system for any of the other provinces nor devolution nor the need to amend the constitution. If so, wo proposed 13th amendment, who drafted it & who wanted to get it passed by Sri Lanka’s Parliament? These are questions that should... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

Warning of an unprecedented nemesis to Sri Lanka if the Kotmale Dam breaches by an LTTE attack
Dr Sudath Gunasekara
This is a letter I wrote to Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the present President,  in 2006 from Texas USA, when I was holidaying at my younger daughter Achala when he was the Defense Secretary in President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government requesting him to take immediate safety measures against a possible LTTE attack on the Kotmale dam. (to which I never got a reply as usual). The Kotmale dam The Kotmale dam 87.m high (285 ft) and 600 m long, constructed across the Kotmale Oya a left bank tributary of Mahaweliganga. at 703 m msl... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

What does Lawfare as in warfare mean in Latin America? Lessons for Lanka on “dripping coups” and the criminalization of progressive political leaders
Valeria Vegh Weis
Abstract This article addresses the origins of the term lawfare, as well as different definitions developed in the Global North and the Global South while proposing a conceptualization linked to the particularities of this socio-legal phenomenon in Latin America. Focusing on the cases of Brazil and Argentina the article deploys the notions of psychological, judicial and media warfare to analyze the different dimensions that an analysis of lawfare opens in relation to democracy, the penal system, and mainstream media. The article also explores different dimensions of lawfare and a notion in... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

Western embassies in Sri Lanka – please open a desk for political asylum seekers
Shenali D Waduge
Who else is planning to do a Hamsa? Hamsa wanted asylum, C4 needed to boost revenue, West/UN needed a topic to politicize, foreign funded NGOs needed a topic for survival & funding & a bunch of others needed a reason to cover their guilty conscience regarding knowing but not doing anything to prevent Easter Sunday. These ingredients mashed together produced what was promised to be a sensational documentary that was all about weakening & demoralizing the armed forces & intelligence of Sri Lanka by targeting a key official. That drama became a... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

Professor A.D.T.E. Perera – A Farewell Tribute
by Dr. Harsha Perera
                                             Prof. A.D.T.E. PereraProf. A.D.T.E. Perera, eminent scholar of Buddhist Art and Archeology, passed away on 2023.09.16. at the age of 87 years.   A.D.T.E. Perera was born on 1936.04.29 at the Sarikkamulla village, Panadura in Sri Lanka. His father was D.B. Perera, a planter, and his mother was Perl Danthanarayana. Perera had his primary and secondary school education at St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa, and attended Sunday school... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

The Neglect of Minor Irrigation Tanks in the Dry Zone.
Garvin Karunaratne  former GA Matara 
Despite my repeated writings  highlighting what has happened to the Dry Zone tanks, the life blood of the people, no action has been taken and today- 2023, there is no proper method of distributing water. This is a matter of great urgency that needs the attention of the Ministry of Agriculture. In entire Sri Lanka today the tanks are neglected and before long we will face starvation, as it is the Dry Zone that is our granary. May this plea reach the ears of our leadersMay my publication in 2017 get some attention from the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

Indo-Lanka Accord does not exist & never did
Mahinda Gunasekera
His Excellency, Ranil WickremasinghePresident of Sri Lanka Your Excellency, I would like to draw your attention to the annexed article written by Shenali Waduge pointing out the invalidity of the Indo-Lanka Accord and the implementation of the 13th Amendment creating Provincial Councils is null and void for the same reasons. We too have on numerous occasions brought to the notice of the highest in the land the fact that this statute altering the pattern of governance in the country was taken up and passed in parliament without reference of such... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

Benefits Post 56
Nimal Samarasinghe
This rejoinder sent to Sunday Island to articles appeared there criticizing changes post 56 was not published. The articles on English language in your Sunday issues are intriguing. Today I play a senior professional role in my occupation in the kingdom of the English. I obtained a credit pass at my English O/L and the required level at the ILETS. However my entire education was in Sinhala up until entry to the University. Though I had some initial difficulty that was overcome by the necessary application.... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

Exposition of Deegawapiya Relics continues further in the Southern Province
Ministry of Defence  - Media Centre
Devotees gather at Aluthgama Kande Vihara to pay homage to the Sacred Omniscient Relics of Deegawapiya Stupa and the Crest-Gem The exposition of the Sacred Omniscient Relics of Deegawapiya Stupa and the Crest-Gem takes place at the Kande Vihara today (Oct. 2) for public veneration. Afterwards, the revered articles will move in a religious procession to Waskaduwa Rajaguru Sri Subhuthi Viharaya, tomorrow (Oct. 3). The relics unearthed from the Deegawapiya sacred site during the excavations as well as the Crest Gem embedded with precious stones will... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

Swift relief measures to all people affected by adverse weather   - State Minister of Defence
Ministry of Defence  - Media Centre
All government agencies are geared in all respects to face the prevailing adverse weather condition All government agencies  are geared in all respects to face the prevailing adverse weather condition around the country, the State Minister of Defence Hon. Pramitha Bandara Thennakoon said in a news brief  held at the State Ministry in Colombo today (Oct 02). All amenities have so far been provided at 07 disaster relief centres for 267 victims from 66 disaster-affected households, with the assistance of district secretaries, divisional secretaries and other... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

‘88-89 අමුඩ ගස්සලා හන්දිවල වෙඩි තිවුවේ උඹලා වගේ අයට..’- ජවිපෙ මන්ත‍්‍රීගේ හඬ පටයක් සමාජ ජාලවල
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස්
ලංකා විදුලි බල මණ්ඩලයේ සේවකයෙකුට පුද්ගලයෙකු විසින් මරණ තර්ජනය කරන විඩියෝවක් සමාජ ජාලවල හුවමාරු වෙයි. මෙම ආරවුල ඇතිව තිබෙන්නේ විදුලි බල මණ්ඩලයට අයත් ගොඩනැගිල්ලක තාප්පයේ පෝස්ටර් ගැසීමට විරුද්ධ වීම නිසාය. ‘පෝස්ටර් ගැලෙවුවොත් බලා ගමු. 88-89 කාලයේ අමුඩ ගස්සලා හන්දි ගාණේ වෙඩි තැබුවේ උඹලා වගේ අයට’ යැයි ද එම පුද්ගලයා තර්ජනය කරයි. මෙසේ තර්ජනය කරන්නේ ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ හිටපු මන්ත‍්‍රීවරයෙක් යයිද වාර්තාවන්හි සදහන්ය. වීඩියෝව මෙතනින්…... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

Sri Lanka's Compensation for X-Press Pearl Disaster Rises to $8M
Courtesy THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE
Sri Lanka has confirmed receiving further compensation for pollution from the lost container ship X-Press Pearl, which burned and sunk off Colombo in 2021. Speaking to local media over the weekend, Sri Lankan Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said the interim payment made by the vessel’s insurers would help to cover beach cleanup activities and compensate fishermen affected by the disaster. “Sri Lanka Treasury has received $890,000 and 16 million Sri Lankan rupees (around $49,200 dollars) as interim payment for costs incurred by the Maritime Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) and for the affected fisherfolks,” the... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

Can Sri Lanka Afford to Go Green?
By Michael Iveson Courtesy The Diplomat
Sri Lanka will not fulfill its renewable energy commitments under current economic conditions. But what if the government could simultaneously tackle its climate, energy, and debt crises? October 02, 2023 Sri Lankans wait in a long line to refill liquefied petroleum gas cylinders, May 23, 2022.Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ AntanO Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe recently appointed a Green Finance Committee to pioneer a roadmap for sustainable finance and emphasized the need for resource mobilization from multilateral development banks and the private sector to achieve climate change targets.  As... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

At least one rupee contributed daily to LTTE diaspora: Gemunu
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
Around fifty percent of the population in this country is contributing at least one rupee to the international Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) diaspora daily, Lanka Private Bus Owners' Association (LPBOA) Chairman Gemunu Wijeratne said. He told the Daily Mirror exclusively that the LTTE and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organisations are currently the most funded organisations. He said this fact was revealed following an analysis done by him. He said most of the financial companies are run by funds from the LTTE. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

IMF unveils 16-point plan to address governance challenges in Sri Lanka
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended sixteen priority actions in its recently released Governance Diagnostic Assessment (GDA) on Sri Lanka to address systematic and severe governance weaknesses and deep-rooted corruption vulnerabilities across State functions in order to unlock the country’s growth potential. Sri Lanka became the first country in Asia to undergo an IMF governance diagnostic under the global lender’s rescue package. Accordingly, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission undertook a governance diagnostic assessment from the 9th of March to the 31st of March this year. The technical assistance... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

Sri Lanka’s Lost Middle Class: Debts in the Making
e-Con e-News 24-30 September 2023
“Before you study the economics, study the economists!” ‘I was there at Torrington Square when we received Independence. I watched with contempt our PM arriving there in top hat & tailcoat. I was there at the Town Hall when Bandaranaike formed his party. I was on the streets of Kandy cheering away when the ’56 victory was announced. I was in depths of despair when JR Jayewardene hoodwinked the entire nation with his Dharmista slogan and pushed ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

“Galle Face Protest: Systems Change or Anarchy? - Politics, Religion & Culture in a Time of Terror”
Reviewer -   Prof. N.A.de S. Amaratunga PhD, DSc
There are two major impressions that the discerning reader will not miss while reading “Galle Face Protest: Systems Change or Anarchy? - Politics, Religion & Culture in a Time of Terror”,writtenby Sena Thoradeniya. One is the vast amount of information it carries regarding the machinations that the US imperialists employ when they decide to change the regime of a country of strategic importance, and the other is the dirty face of the two-faced so called “Aragalaya”. It is very unfortunate that this book has not received the attention it deserves... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

13 වැනි ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය සක්‍රීය නොකරම 1992 දී එජාප රජය විසින් උතුරු නැගෙනහිර පළාත්වල ඉඩම් බලතල, රිදී තැටියක තබා ඊළම ලබාදුන් බව ඔබ දන්නවාද? 11 කොටස
දේශමාන්‍ය ආචාර්‍ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. මහනුවර 
1992 ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්‍යාල සහ ප්‍රාදේශීය සභා ඒකාභද්ධ කොට ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම්වරුන් ප්‍රා. සභාපතිවරුන්ගේ ලේකම් වරුන් වශයෙන් පත්කොට ශ්‍රී ළන්කා පරිපාලන සේවය විනාශකිරීමේ කුමන්ත්‍රණයෙන් ගලවාගෙන ශ්‍රී.ලන්කා පරිපාලන සේවය මරනින් බෙරා ගත්තේ මාය.  ශ්‍රීලන්කා පරිපාලන සේවයේ මෙන්ම රටේ වාසනාවකට මෙන්, මා එසමයේ ශ්‍රී ලන්කා පරිපාලන සන්ගමයේ සභාපති විය. 1992 නොවැම්බර් බදුල්ලේ සන්චාරයක ගිය අවාස්ථාවේදී ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාල සහ ප්‍රාදේශීය සභා ඒකාබද්ධකොට ප්‍රාදේශිය ලේකම්වරු ප්‍රාදේශීය සභා සභාපතිවරුන්ගේ ලේකම්වරුන් ලෙස පත් කිරීමට යෝජනාවේ කෙටුම්පතක් ප්‍රධාන ලේකම්තුමාගේ මේසය උඩ තිබෙණු මා දුටුවා. ඉන් පිටපතක් ලබාගෙන මම කොළඹට පැමිණි වහාම බණ්ඩාරනායක අනුස්මරණ ජාත්‍යන්තර සම්මන්ත්‍රණ ශාලාවේ හදිසි රැස්වීමක්... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

මුලතිව් මහේස්ත්‍රාත්වරයාගේ ඉල්ලා අස්වීමේ ලිපියේ ඇත්ත කතාව
Sri Lanka News
ඇත්ත වශයෙන්ම සිදුවූයේ කුමක්දැයි නොදැන විවිධ පුද්ගලයින් නිගමනවලට පැනීමට උත්සාහ කිරීම සහ මෙම ප්‍රශ්නය ගැන අදහස් දැක්වීම ඉතා කණගාටුදායක ය. නීතිපතිවරයා ඔහුව දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට කැඳවා ඔහුගේ නියෝගය වෙනස් කරන ලෙසට කී බවට උගත් මහේස්ත්‍රාත්වරයාගේ චෝදනාව සම්පූර්ණයෙන් වැරදිය. 'මහේස්ත්‍රාත්වරයා ව නිල/පෞද්ගලික තනතුරු දෙකෙන්ම වගඋත්තරකරුවෙකු ලෙස නම් කර ඇති ගරු අභියාචනාධිකරණයෙහි, ගොනු කරන ලද රිට් අයදුම්පත් 7 න් තුනක, කරුණු තහවුරු කිරීම  2023.10.11 දිනට යෙදී ඇත.  මේ අනුව 2023.09.14 දින ඔහු නීතිපතිවරයාගේ සහය ඉල්ලා ඔහු වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටින ලෙස අධිකරණ සේවා කොමිෂන් සභාව වෙත ලිපියක් යවයි. අධිකරණ සේවා කොමිෂන් සභාව... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

සංඝමිත්තා බෝධි මලුව ඇමද  සුවපත් වූ දෙමළ කාන්තාව
මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්
           දේවානම් පියතිස්ස රජ දවස මිහිඳු මහ රහතන් වහන්සේ ප්‍රමුඛ දූත පිරිස ලංකාවට වැඩම කරන ලද්දේ ධර්මාශෝක අධිරාජයා ගේ ධර්ම දූත මෙහෙවර සම්පූර්ණ කිරීමට යි.මිහින්තලා පුදබිමේ දී සම්මුඛ වූ මෙම දූත පිරිස පිළිබඳව රජු සැබවින්ම කල්තියා දැන සිටින්නට ඇතැයි සිතේ .කාලාන්තරයක් තිස්සේ ශාක්‍ය රාජ වංශයත් සමග මෙරට රජවරුන්ට තිබූ අවිච්ඡින්න සම්බන්ධය මීට හේතුවයි.විඩූඩභ විසින් කරන ලද ශාක්‍ය සංහාරයෙන් අනතුරුව රාජ වංශිකයන් සෑහෙන පිරිසක් ලංකාවේ නැගෙනහිර පළාතට පැමිණියහ. ඒ ප්‍රදේශයෙන් හමු වූ ශිලා ලේඛන සහ පූජනීය ස්ථාන වලින් හමුවන සාධක ඊට සාක්ෂි සපයයි. මෙරට සිටි රාජ වංශිකයන් සහ කාලිංග රජ පෙළපත් අතර ඇති වූ විවාහ සබඳතා පිළිබඳවද... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

TOURISM AND HOSPITALIATY
Sarath Wijesinghe (President’s Counsel Solicitor in England and Wales, former Ambassador to UAE and Israel and President Ambassador’s Forum.)
Tourism and hospitality are interconnected and interwoven to each other in many ways linking contributing and interacting with and benefiting each other. Tourism is the visits to other countries for various purposes for a short stay they say less that limited to one year and more than one day. Official definition of WTO tourism is travelling to strange places outside the usual environment more than one consecutive year for leisure, business or any other purpose used often. Presently tourists... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

Tilak Gunawardena Scholarship Fund launched by Sri Lanka – Malaysia Business Council
Senaka Weeraratna
A decent man with childlike innocence, he will be remembered by all those who treasured his company and sagacity. I would like to end this tribute to Tilak with a plea to his family and friends to strongly consider reprinting a facsimile edition of the Buddhist Youth magazine originally published in 1969 for general distribution, to keep Tilak’s memory alive. His idealistic writings and his youthful images in photographs all in one document would be hard to find anywhere else. May Tilak attain the Supreme Bliss of Nirvana. Tilak Gunawardena... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

* දරුවන් වෙනුවෙන් ගතයුතු තීරණ වලට නීති බාධා ඇත්නම් වහා ඉවත් කළ යුතුයි."- අග්‍රමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා..
අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය
* දරුවන් වෙනුවෙන් ගතයුතු තීරණ වලට නීති බාධා ඇත්නම් වහා ඉවත් කළ යුතුයි.". *පාසල් අධ්‍යාපනය හැර යන දරුවන් බොහොමයක් සිටිනවා. ඒත් අපි කතා කරන්න විභාග සමත්වන දරුවන් ගැන විතරයි." - අග්‍රමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා. *18 පිරුණු ගමන් ළමා නිවාස වලින් ළමයි නිකං එළියට දාන්න බෑ" -රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ගීතා කුමාරසිංහ මහත්මිය. කාන්තා හා ළමා කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශය සංවිධානය කළ, ලෝක ළමා දින සැමරුම, කාන්තා හා ළමා කටයුතු රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ගීතා කුමාරසිංහ මහත්මියගේ ආරාධනයෙන්  අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන  මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් අද දින (2023.10.01) අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ දී පැවැත්විණ. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 02/10/23)

Outgoing Sri Lankan High Commissioner bids farewell to the Commerce and Industry Minister of India; dates set for the 12th round of ETCA negotiations
Sri Lankan High Commission Media Release
Outgoing Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda paid a farewell call on the Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal (29/9) at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in New Delhi. During the call, High Commissioner Moragoda recalled the continuous interactions he has had with the Minister and expressed his appreciation to the latter for the support extended during his tenure in Delhi. The High Commissioner particularly thanked the Minister for his contribution towards the resumption of the negotiations on Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/10/23)

A formal investigation into the shooting at Sita elephant with rubber bullets
Ministry of Defence  - Media Centre
Acting Defence Minister Thennakoon ordered a formal internal investigation As elephants from different parts of the country participate in the annual Mahiyangana Perahera, the chief prelate of the Mahiyangana temple has made a request to the Wildlife Department to establish a wildlife team in the temple to drive out wild elephants as there is frequent roaming of these animals in the area. In response to the request, a team of Wildlife Department officers along with one Civil Security Department (CSD) personnel had been entrusted to drive... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/10/23)

Sri Lanka studies Indonesian model in social security reformation
Courtesy The Daily News
A Sri Lankan delegation embarked on a four-day study tour to Indonesia to draw insights from its journey in establishing a holistic social security framework, placing specific emphasis on their acclaimed unemployment insurance mechanism. Headed by Labour and Foreign Employment Ministry Secretary R.P.A.Wimalaweera,this immersive experience granted the delegation the privilege to understand the nuances of Indonesia’s social welfare blueprint. Through in-depth dialogues, collaborative knowledge exchange and observational studies, the team garnered invaluable insights. These lessons promise to profoundly influence and shape the evolution of Sri Lanka’s own social security system. ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/10/23)

Release of EFF second tranche soon
Courtesy The Daily News
The Government is confident that it will be able to reach a staff level agreement this week on the release of the second tranche of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) to be provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe said. An IMF mission team led by Peter Breuer and Katsiaryna Svirydzenka visited Colombo from September 14 to 27, 2023 to discuss economic and financial policies to support the approval of the First Review of the programme under the EFF arrangement. The IMF team had... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/10/23)

Indo-Lanka Accord does not exist & never did
Shenali D Waduge
Sri Lankans are being psychologically trapped into believing the Indo-Lanka Accord is still valid. It is not. It never was. It is not because it violated international norms by being signed under duress thus violating Article 51 & 52 of Vienna Convention. The Accord was never valid because India failed to fulfil the 5 obligations that bound its validity. The Citizens MUST REJECT any claims that Indo-Lanka Accord is valid. How can the nation that trained & armed Sri Lankan Tamil militants since late 1970s draft a peace accord &... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/10/23)

Let us develop Sri Lanka with the IMF Tranche
by Garvin Karunaratne
It is good news that the IMF has agreed to release the second tranche $ 3 billion. I was worried when I read the news of the two specialists that came who voiced that we had not fulfilled all the conditions. However we should be lucky that the IMF decided to release the funds. Now we come to the next problem- how will we disburse the funds. The current model of economic development-that of liberalizing imports, limiting development initiatives to the private sector, confining the public sector that did develop Sri Lanka before... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/10/23)

Sri Lanka, a second sinking of the Titanic?
By Raj Gonsalkorale
The international outlook is uncertain again amid financial sector turmoil, high inflation, ongoing effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and three years of COVID – The IMF Global growth is projected to slow significantly amid high inflation, tight monetary policy, and more restrictive credit conditions. The possibility of more widespread bank turmoil and tighter monetary policy could result in even weaker global growth and lead to financial dislocations in the most vulnerable emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) – The World Bank The IMF and World Bank statements highlights the international... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/10/23)

Theoretical Justification of the Neo Liberal doctrine of the IMF
Sugath Kulatunga
When the Mont Pelerin Society first met, in 1947, its political project did not have a name. But it knew where it was going. The society's founder, Friedrich von Hayek, remarked that the battle for ideas would take at least a generation to win, but he knew that his intellectual army would attract powerful backers. Its philosophy, which later came to be known as neoliberalism, accorded with the interests of the ultra-rich, so the ultra-rich would pay for it. Neoliberalism claims that we are best served by maximum market freedom and minimum intervention by... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/10/23)

13 වැනි ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය සක්‍රීය නොකරම 1992 දී එජාප රජය විසින් උතුරු නැගෙනහිර පළාත්වල ඉඩම් බලතල රිදී තැටියක තබා ඊළම ලබාදුන් බව ඔබ දන්නවාද?
ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර. මහනුවර
1 කොටස2023 සැප්තැම්බර් 30 වැනි දින 1992 ප්‍රේමදාස ආණ්ඩුව විසින් “පරිපාලනය ජනතාව අතරට ගෙනයාම නමැති දේශපාලන උප්පරවැට්ටියේ මුවාවෙන්” සූක්ෂ්ම දේශපාලන උපක්‍රමවලින් 13 වැනි සංශෝධනය සක්‍රීය නොකරම උතුරු නැගෙනහිර පළාත්වල ඉඩම් බලතල රින් තැටියක තබා ලබාදී ඇති බව දන්නේ මේ රටේ කීයෙන් කී දෙනාද. ඒ අනුව, මේ බලතල 1992 අන්ක 58 පනතේ සහ රා. ප. පා. චක්‍රලේඛ 21/92 හි විධිවිධාන ගැසට් කරන ලද නියමිත දින සිට  දීවයින පුරා ක්‍රියාත්මක විය.දැන් සම්පූර්ණ කිරීමට ඉතිරිව ඇත්තේ  ඊළාම් සිතියම බිම සලකුණු කොට වෙනම රාජ්‍යක් වශයෙන් ප්‍රකාශකිරීමෙන් පසු එය පිළිගැනීමම පමණි. නමුත් මෙම පනත සහ... -Full Story-
(LankaWeb - 01/10/23)


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