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News Archive for Oct 2024
Ranil exposes presidential advisor’s background, offers to teach PMFormer President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Pannala on Tuesday showing documents carrying the name and signature of incumbent President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s advisor Duminda Hulangamuwa as a member of the Udaya Seneviratne Committee, which recommended a salary hike for the public servants during the previous regime. Pic by Nishan S Priyantha Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday said an advisor to current President Anura Kumara Dissanayake had been a member of the Udaya... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/10/24)
Ranil speaks out against revoking privileges of former Presidents
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe stresses that the privileges granted to former Presidents of the country should remain intact. Speaking at a rally in Matale, Wickremesinghe emphasized that he does not require any privileges for himself and that the government must prioritize the safety of other former presidents. Addressing the rally, he remarked, “Presidential residences are being removed. I don’t have a problem. I don’t live in a residence. It’s not a problem for me. Why are they chasing behind Chandrika? Just let her be in that house. I have nothing special, but... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/10/24)
PM vows to summon ex-President Ranil to provide evidence on ‘bond scam’
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya assures that former President Ranil Wickremesinghe will be summoned to provide evidence regarding the Central Bank bond scam in 2015. Addressing a public meeting of the National People’s Power (NPP), the Premier went on to say that the NPP-led government would initiate legal action against every person who misappropriated public funds. Commenting further, Dr. Amarasuriya added: “Ranil Wickremesinghe has claimed that I am not well versed in the Constitution and offered to teach me about it. Should I attend his lessons? He was rejected by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/10/24)
අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරිය ඉල්ලා අස්විය යුතු බවට හිටපු ජනපති රනිල්ගෙන් ප්රකාශයක් (වීඩියෝ)
රාජ්‍ය සේවක වැටුප් පිළිබදව ඉදිරිපත් වූ උදය සෙනෙවිරත්න වාර්තාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් අසත්‍ය තොරතුරු ඉදිරිපත් කළ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය ධුරයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්විය යුතු බව හිටපු ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ පවසනවා. ඔහු මේ බව ප්රකාශ කළේ මහනුවර අද පැවැති ජන හමුවකට එක්වෙමින්. ව්‍යවස්ථාව හරිහැටි නොදැන අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරිය ප්රකාශ සිදුකරන බවයි එහිදී ඔහු කියා සිටියේ. ජනාධිපතිවරයා මාධ්‍යට චෝදනා කිරීමෙන් පලක් නොවන බවද හිටපු ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ එහිදී ප්රකාශ කළා. https://youtu.be/kvuymmVZEjo... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/10/24)
RELENTLESS PROMOTION OF THE NOTION OF A ‘MAHA MOLAKARU’
It is evident that certain parties are relentlessly engaged in the promotion of the notion of a ‘maha molakaru’ in the suicide bombings that took place in 2019, commonly referred to as ‘Easter Sunday Bombings’. However, the individuals responsible for these bombings, per news reports, have already been identified and seemed to have been driven to these attacks through obsessive attachment to their (religious) views. Additionally, reports indicate that these individuals had made a video, making a prior announcement of the intended attacks, also giving reasons for them. In spite of all... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 31/10/24)
We need dollars
We need dollars; pretty desperately. The government does not seem to have any idea of earning new dollars. We are US$100 billion in debt (one of the highest per capita debt ratios in the world). And, we are bankrupt. The economy is stagnated. The cost of living is sky rocketing. The youth and the middle aged are leaving the country in doves. They are our workforce. The country’s citizens have not seen a new car for 5 years. Even poor African countries import vehicles. The government continues to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/10/24)
‘’GLOBAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WTM IN LONDON ON NOVEMBER WITH 184 NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL SECTOR’’
World Travel Mart WTM World Travel mart is the largest event on tourism on the Globe taking place in London November this year among main global tourism events . This year London is chosen as the venue at the world business centre in UK a super power state and one of the major world powers and a member of the Security - a best tourist centre when millions are gathering for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/10/24)
Wars must be stopped for ethical ground
600 million women and children of the world have been affected by war, according to the United Nations. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said this at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council. He also said that this number has increased by 50 percent in the last decade. This information is known in the report of the American news agency AP.Global progress made by women over the past few decades has largely been eroded by increasing armed conflict. Guterres was evaluating a Security Council resolution adopted on October 31, 2000. One of the goals... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/10/24)
Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong Hands over Emergency Humanitarian Relief Funds from the Chinese Government to President Anura Dissanayake
On October 22, Ambassador Qi Zhenhong met with President Anura Dissanayake and handed over emergency humanitarian relief funds from the Chinese government to help the people affected by the floods in Sri Lanka overcome difficulties and rebuild their homes. Ambassador Qi stated that Sri Lanka has recently suffered from sustained heavy rains, which had caused serious casualties and property losses. Chinese government and people share the feelings with Sri Lankan people. To express support for Sri Lankan people, the Chinese government has decided to provide emergency humanitarian relief... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/10/24)
ලංකාවේ මැණික් හා ස්වර්ණාභරණ කර්මාන්තය නගාසිටුවීමට රුසියාවේ සහාය ලබාදෙන බව ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ රුසියානු තානාපති පොරොන්දු වෙයි
විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍ය විජිත හේරත් මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ජාතික මැණික් හා ස්වර්ණාභරණ අධිකාරිය විසින් සංවිධානය කරන ලද “Gem Sri Lanka 2025 ප්‍රදර්ශනය” හඳුන්වාදීමේ වැඩසටහනට ඊයේ(29) දින රුසියානු තානාපති ලෙවන් ධගාරියන් මහතා සහභාගී විය. මැණික් කර්මාන්තයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ඇති හැකියාව සහ දේශීය ස්වර්ණාභරණවල රුසියානු සංචාරකයින් අතර ඇති ඉහළ ඉල්ලුම සම්බන්ධයෙන් සිය දේශනයේදී තානාපතිවරයා කරුණු දැක්වීමක් ද සිදුකළේය. රුසියාවේ විවිධ නගරවලින් මත්තල ගුවන් තොටුපළ වෙත "රෙඩ්වින්ග්ස්" ගුවන් ගමන් දියත් කරන බව ද ඒ මහතා එහිදී ප්රකාශ කළේය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/10/24)
මඩකලපුවේ සිංහල මහා විද්‍යාලය විවෘත කර අහිංසක දරුවන්ට තමන්ගේ මව් භාෂාවෙන් ඉගෙන ගන්න පුලුවන් අවකාශයක් අපි නැගෙනහිර ඇති කළා - නැගෙනහිර පළාත් හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර අනුරාධා යහම්පත්
සෑම දිස්ත්‍රික්කයකටම දෙමළ භාෂාවෙන් අධ්‍යාපනය ලැබීමට පාසලක් තිබුන ද, නැගෙනහිර පළාතේ අහිංසක දුප්පත් සිංහල ජනයාගේ දරුවන්ට සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් අධ්‍යාපනය ලැබීමට පාසලක් නොතිබූ බව නැගෙනහිර පළාත් හිටපු ආණ්ඩුකාර අනුරාධා යහම්පත් මහත්මිය පවසයි. මඩකලපුව නගරයේ සිංහල මහා විද්‍යාලය යනුවෙන් විද්‍යාලයක් තිබු බවත්, ඒ වන විට එහි රැඳී සිටි හමුදාවෙන් එම පාසල ලබාගෙන එම සිංහල මහා විද්‍යාලය ආරම්භ කිරීමට ක්‍රියාකළ බවත් ඇය පවසයි.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/10/24)
Sri Lanka: Justice Imam Report Declares Channel 4’s allegations a Hoax but Cardinal Congratulated C4
Now that MP Udaya Gammanpila has made public the Imam Committee Report, it is poignant to return to September 2023, when Channel 4 first broadcasted its program. at 1105p.m. (SL time 0335a.m.). The Cardinal issued a 3page letter dated 6 September (hours after C4 release). Given that he appeared on the program, he would have been aware of its contents. Before we summarize the Imam Report, it is necessary to read the contents of that congratulatory letter by Cardinal to C4 & connect that to the Justice Alwis & Justice Imam reports.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/10/24)
Mahamolakaru behind attack on Israeli’s in Sri Lanka & Israeli Consulate General violating Diplomatic Protocols
Sri Lanka managed to avert a disaster as a result of timely intel surveillance & prevented a likely massacre of Israeli tourists frequenting the Eastern Coast of Arugam Bay for surfing. The sudden targeting of Israeli’s in Sri Lanka had to have a reason beyond the excuses being floated. The actions of Israeli Consulate General have not helped matters & has only aggravated the situation by adding coal to the fire! The Israeli government & intel must locate the masterminds behind the attack as well as take prompt action against its Consulate... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/10/24)
Sri Lankan Educated Professionals Suffer Abroad!
Sri Lankan Educated Professionals Suffer Abroad! During the past 12 months, several thousand Sri Lankans with their families moved to Finland, Sweden, Poland, Estonia, etc Most of them have Sri Lankan University qualifications are Medicare Nurses, some experienced in middle management functions, and emigrated with High Hopes! However, they lacked basic skills, which are demanded, when in Europe. Their English language skills are almost non-existent! In Europe, basic Table Etiquette requires the use of cutlery, not fingers. Many of them are totally lost... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/10/24)
A New Twist to Humpty Dumpty, an Old Nursery Rhyme!
A New Twist to Humpty Dumpty, an Old Nursery Rhyme! With Donald Trump Impending Victory, the USA Mighty Dollar Will Roar Again! China Humpty & Russia Dumpty Sat on a BRICS Wall! Donald Trump being elected the New President of USA, Made China Humpty & Russia Dumpty to have a Great Fall! All Brazil's Horses & All India’s Men Could Not Put The BRICS wall back together Again! However, Russia may not need BRICS, since the the gentle strangling... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/10/24)
Businessmen Do Not Give a Free Lunch! Neither Do American Arab & Muslims Smile at Nothing!
Billionaire Businessmen Backing Donald Trump Smell Blood! And American Arabs & Muslims Sense Victory at Last!! With the Expected Impending Victory of Donald Trump as the Next President of the USA, making Trump the Global King of USA, with the USA Ruling the World, It will be Pay-Back Time. USA may become totally Income Tax-Free! Many benefits for the Working Class! The Billionaires will see some becoming the Global Trillionaires and Palestine becoming a New State in the Middle East! ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/10/24)
STOP THESE UNWANTED ELEMENTS
Many news sources in Sri Lanka have reported several incidents of foreigners holding visit visas arriving as tourists running business ventures mainly in tourism and cyber crimes. The latest we heard was that Israeli citizens/visitors owned tourist villas and prayer centers, With the unstable and threatening world and especially amid the prevailing war between Israel and some Arab countries, such a situation can create many internal security issues to Sri Lanka, All authorities are involved in tourism and immigration. the tax department and internal and external Sri Lankan security organizations should launch an immediate and comprehensive evaluation of this unenviable situation and implement it... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/10/24)
Russia's Red Wings Airlines launches direct flights from Samara to Sri Lanka
SAMARA. Oct 29 (Interfax) - Russia's Red Wings Airlines launched direct flights between Samara and Mattala, Sri Lanka, on October 29, the press service of Samara's Kurumoch Airport said. The flights are scheduled for every 10 days at 8 hours per trip. Boeing-777s will be the mode of transport for passengers according to the online board of Kurumoch Airport. Red Wings is among Russia's largest airlines, based at Moscow's Zhukovsky and Domodedovo airports, Yekaterinburg's Koltsovo Airport, Chelyabinsk's Balandino Airport, and Makhachkala Airport. Red Wings has 20 regional Superjet 100 aircraft,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/10/24)
Fight against paedophilia in the Church: Vatican Report notes Asia's slow pace
The annual document for Pope Francis on initiatives for the prevention of child abuse was presented today. The Commission calls on local Churches to overcome a “culture of silence, a reluctance to report abuse, and a general lack of education and awareness concerning safeguarding practices.” Vatican City (AsiaNews) – The first Annual Report on Church Policies and Procedures for Safeguarding was presented today in the Vatican. The picture dedicated specifically to the Asia-Pacific region still shows how far there is to go in protecting minors. In this region’s Catholic Churches,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/10/24)
IMF review for Sri Lanka delayed
Central Bank Governor says uncertain on the timeline Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe The next review of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be delayed, the Central Bank confirmed on Friday. As reported by Reuters, Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe while acknowledging the delay, did not give a timeline on when it would happen. It is unclear if the review will take place before the end of 2024. The fund said earlier this month after a visit to Colombo that it would continue to engage... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 30/10/24)
No money for public servants’ pay hike announced by previous Government: Vijitha
Colombo, October 29 (Daily Mirror)- The government reiterated today that no financial allocation had been made for any pay hike for public servants in keeping with the recommendations by the committee headed by Udaya R. Senevirathne despite a Cabinet decision taken by the previous rule. Cabinet spokesman Minister Vijitha Herath told the weekly Cabinet briefing that the government is happy to implement a pay hike for public servants but it all depends on the financial viability of the Treasury. He said the previous government led by Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe had not even... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/10/24)
අලුත් යෝජනා නිසා ආදායම රුපියල් බිලියන 3,000 ක් දක්වා පහත වැටෙනවා.. අයවැය හිගය බිලියන 2500 දක්වා වැඩිවෙනවා.. පියවන විදිහ රටට කියන්න - රනිල්ගෙන් ආණ්ඩුවට අභියෝගයක්
අලුත් යෝජනා නිසා රටේ ආදායම රුපියල් බිලියන 3,000 ක් දක්වා පහත වැටීම නිසා අය වැය හිඟය රුපියල් බිලියන 1000 සිට 2,500 ක් දක්වා වැඩිවන බවත්, මෙම පරතරය පියවන්නේ කෙසේදැයි ජනාධිපතිවරයා වහාම රටට පැවැසිය යුතු බව හිටපු ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ පැවැසීය. නව ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පෙරමුණ යටතේ ගෑස් සිලින්ඩරයෙන් තරග කරන අපේක්ෂකයන්ගේ ජය තහවුරු කිරීම සඳහා පැවැති ජන හමුවකදී ඔහු මේ බව කියා සිටියේය. වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ හිටපු ජනාධිපතිවරයා, ”අන්තිම වන විට අපේ ආදායම බිලියන 3700 ක් වී තිබුණා. මේ වසරේ දළ දේශීය නිෂ්පාදනයෙන් සියයට දහතුනක ආදායම් ලබා ලබාගන්න අප ඉලක්ක... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/10/24)
The Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) submits confidential report to court on Arugam Bay investigation
The Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) has informed the Colombo Magistrate’s Court that two suspects, who were arrested in relation to the investigations carried out according to the intelligence received regarding a plan to launch a terrorist attack targeting a tourist attraction in Sri Lanka, will be detained further for interrogations. The investigation officers have also submitted a highly confidential report regarding the progress of investigations to the Colombo Additional Magistrate Pasan Amarasena today (29). The Additional Magistrate, who considered the facts presented, ordered the TID to report further progress of the investigations... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/10/24)
හරීන්ගේ පියාට තොරතුරු දී ඇත්තේ ඊබ්‍රහිම්ලු - දෙවන ප්‍රහාරය වැළකූ ලොරි රථයේ රියැදුරා කියන කතාව (වීඩියෝ)
පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරය ගැන හරීන්ගේ පියාට තොරතුරු දී ඇත්තේ ඊබ්‍රහිම් බව දෙවැනි ප්‍රහාරය වැලැක්වූ ලොරි රථයේ රියැදුරු වූ ශාන්තලාල් පවසනවා. ඔහු මේ පිළිබඳව ප්‍රකාශකර සිටියේ හිරු රතු මිනිත්තුව වැඩසටහන සමඟ එක්වෙමින්. එහිදී අදහස්දක්වමින් ඔහු සඳහන් කළේ මෙවැණි අදහසක්. ''මම ජනාධිපති කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සාක්ෂි දෙන්න ගියානි. 2020 ජනවාරි 20,21 23,29 මම ප්රකාශ ලබා දුන්නා. ඒ ප්රකාශ ලබා දෙද්දි මගෙන් ප්රකාශ ගත්ත පොලිස් පරික්ෂක මහත්තයා තමයි මට කිව්වේ ශාන්තලාල්, මේක කාටවත් කියන්න එපා කියලා - හරීන් ප්‍රනාන්දු එවකට ඩිජිටල් යටතල පහසුකම් ඇමතිතුමා. ඒකේ තඹ, අබලි ද්‍රව්‍ය තියෙනවනි, ඒවා අළෙවි කිරීම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/10/24)
කොහෙන්ද ව්‍යවස්ථා ඉගෙනගත්තේ - රනිල් අගමැතිණිය‌ගෙන් ගේම ඉල්ලයි! අපි ආණ්ඩු බලය අල්ලගමු
https://youtu.be/A5yulcApKuk... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/10/24)
"හරිනි ඔයා ව්‍යස්ථාව දන්නේ නැත්නම් මට කියන්න මම කියලා දෙන්නම්"රනිල්ගෙන් හරිනිට දැඩි ප්‍රතිප්‍රහාරයක්
https://youtu.be/cQLxqfDRm3g... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/10/24)
හරිනි නෝනේ මෙහෙම ආතල්නම් තවත් එපෝ...Harini Amarasuriya |Anura Kumara Dissanayake | Sisira C. Withana
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Debunking the "Gay Gene" Myth: The Lack of Need for Transgenderism in Sri Lanka
The fundamental difference between males and females is that males typically have XY chromosomes. In contrast, females have XX chromosomes, which are biologically different and specifically identifiable. The X and Y chromosomes determine womanliness (femineity) and manhood (masculinity). Atypical chromosomal abnormalities like 47-XXY (Klinefelter Syndrome) or rare 47-XYY (Jacobs syndrome) syndrome result from errors in chromosomal splicing, adding extra sex chromosomes (trisomies). Fundamental differences between males and females: The primary distinction between males and females is their chromosomal composition—Males possess XY chromosomes, while... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/10/24)
Short-Term Actions Needed to Be Taken by the NPP and Eligibility for Election Nominations
Eliminating corruption, re-establishing judicial independence, curtailing wastage and unnecessary imports, and embracing technology are key priorities for the new National People’s Power (NPP) government in Sri Lanka. Now is the time for the NPP leadership to deliver on their promises, ensuring that appointments to government positions, such as chairmanships, are made based on merit rather than favors. Furthermore, public corporations and departments are overstaffed and top-heavy. Instead of mindlessly filling these positions, it is in the country’s best interest for the President to carefully assess and eliminate unnecessary roles first. Prioritizing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/10/24)
Is USA or UNCLE SAM in Global Control? Will the Power Play of Donald Trump land Trump in the Driver’s Seat?
Whether it is NATO or EU, or the World Bank, USA Drives the World! Where does Russia Stands with BRICS? Two Questions - Right Now facing USA Elections! Donald Trump with His Billionaire Boys 1: Will They Support USA or Butter Their Own Bread? 2: Whether it is Israel or Ukraine - UNCLE SAM decides. USA leading NATO, supported by EU, against Russia with BRICS and Iran & North Korea NATO Members-; CountryJoinedCountryJoinedAlbania2009Lithuania2004Belgium1949*Luxembourg1949*Bulgaria2004Montenegro2017Canada1949*Netherlands1949*Croatia2009North Macedonia2020Czech Republic1999Norway1949*Denmark1949*Poland1999Estonia2004Portugal1949*Finland2023Romania2004France1949*Slovakia2004Germany1955Slovenia2004Greece1952Spain1982Hungary1999Sweden2024Iceland1949*Turkey1952Italy1949*United... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/10/24)
Arugam Bay is a Worry
It is a great relief that the Arugam Bay attack/incident did not materialize. We have many 9/11s of our own (the 2019 Easter Sunday attack is just one). Would Arugam Bay have become our Bali 2005? (on 1 October 2005, 20 Australians holidaying in Bali were killed by Indonesian terrorists, over 100 were injured). Kudos to all those who worked to avoid this, including the NPP government. The local media reported that the Indian intelligence has given us the tip. But, the government now denies this. What is the real... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/10/24)
Defence Secretary marks his maiden visit to Army HQ
Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) visited the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Headquarters located at the Defence Headquarters Complex, Sri Jayawardenepura, Kotte today (Oct 28). This is the first official visit undertaken by the Defence Secretary to the Army Headquarters since assuming office as the Secretary to the Ministry Defence. The Defence Secretary was respectfully received by the Adjutant General of the Army, Major General Chamila Munasinghe set with a Guard of Honour upon his arrival. The Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Vikum... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/10/24)
UNESCO SL NAT COM RECEIVES GROUND BREAKING REPORT AS DESTRUCTION ESCALATES
Sri Lanka’s rich archaeological heritage is under serious threat, according to a recent research report titled “Analytical Report on the Protection and Conservation of the Archaeological Heritage of National Importance of Sri Lanka – Volume I.”Sponsored by the Bauddhaloka Foundation (Guarantee) Ltd., this extensive report that covers eight districts of the island, was compiled by a team of leading archaeologists and heritage management experts. It was officially handed over to Professor Sirimalee Fernando, Secretary General of the UNESCO Sri Lanka National Commission by Jagath Sumathipala, Chairman of the Bauddhaloka Foundation (Guarantee)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/10/24)
Need for advanced vocational training in Sri Lanka, particularly in the field of welding and related engineering disciplines
Your Excellency,I would like to share my observations regarding the pressing need for advanced vocational training in Sri Lanka, particularly in the field of welding and related engineering disciplines.As the founder of an advanced welding school, I have recognized a significant demand for skilled workers, especially among our youth seeking employment opportunities abroad. In the process of establishing this institution, I have been developing comprehensive course content that integrates both theoretical knowledge and practical skills, ensuring that our students are well-equipped to meet international standards.Key Points of Focus:1. Comprehensive Curriculum:The curriculum at our welding school... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/10/24)
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ, විශේෂයෙන් වෙල්ඩින් ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ සහ ඒ ආශ්‍රිත ඉංජිනේරු විෂය ක්ෂේත්‍රවල උසස් වෘත්තීය පුහුණුවක අවශ්‍යතාවය පිළිබඳ මගේ නිරීක්ෂණ බෙදා ගැනීමට මම කැමැත්තෙමි.
අතිගරු ජනාදිපති තුමනි,ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ, විශේෂයෙන් වෙල්ඩින් ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ සහ ඒ ආශ්‍රිත ඉංජිනේරු විෂය ක්ෂේත්‍රවල උසස් වෘත්තීය පුහුණුවක අවශ්‍යතාවය පිළිබඳ මගේ නිරීක්ෂණ බෙදා ගැනීමට මම කැමැත්තෙමි.උසස් වෙල්ඩින් පාසලක නිර්මාතෘවරයා වශයෙන්, පුහුණු ශ්‍රමිකයින් සඳහා සැලකිය යුතු ඉල්ලුමක් ඇති බව මම හඳුනාගෙන ඇත්තෙමි, විශේෂයෙන් විදේශ රැකියා අවස්ථා සොයන අපගේ තරුණයින් අතර. මෙම ආයතනය පිහිටුවීමේ ක්‍රියාවලියේදී, අපගේ සිසුන් ජාත්‍යන්තර ප්‍රමිතීන්ට අනුකූලව හොඳින් සන්නද්ධව සිටින බව සහතික කරමින්, න්‍යායික දැනුම සහ ප්‍රායෝගික කුසලතා යන දෙකම ඒකාබද්ධ කරන පුළුල් පාඨමාලා අන්තර්ගතයක් මම සංවර්ධනය කරමින් සිටිමි.අවධානය යොමු කිරීමේ ප්රධාන කරුණු:1. විස්තීරණ විෂය මාලාව:අපගේ වෙල්ඩින් පාසලේ විෂය මාලාව සැලසුම් කර ඇත්තේ ගැඹුරු දැනුමක් ලබා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/10/24)
IMF සාක්ච්ඡා අසාර්ථකද? මේවා හංගන්න එපා අනුර කියන්න - රනිල් යළි ජනපතිගෙන් ගේම ඉල්ලයි!
IMF සාක්ච්ඡා අසාර්ථකද? මේවා හංගන්න එපා අනුර කියන්න - රනිල් යළි ජනපතිගෙන් ගේම ඉල්ලයි! https://youtu.be/BdW4vxdTqQw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/10/24)
පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරය පිලිබඳ එස් අයි ඉමාම් වාර්තාව ජනගත කිරීම
පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරය පිලිබඳ එස් අයි ඉමාම් වාර්තාව ජනගත කිරීම - 2024.10.28 https://youtu.be/0cZA7xsk3TE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/10/24)
Gammanpila questions President's decision to withhold Imam report on Easter Sunday attack
Udaya Gammanpila, leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya, has publicly questioned why President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has yet to release the Imam's report on the Easter Sunday attack. Speaking today (28) in Colombo at a press conference for the release of the report by retired Supreme Court judge S.I. Alwis, Gammanpila criticized the President, claiming that his actions are prioritizing party interests over national accountability. Gammanpila stated that an individual referenced in the report currently holds a significant government position, and he urged the President to remove this person. He speculated that the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/10/24)
Passport queues continue
The Jana Aragala Alliance has alleged that the government will incur an additional cost of one million dollars due to a new tender awarded for printing foreign passports. Pubudu Jayagoda, a member of the alliance’s executive committee, made the statement during a press conference yesterday, urging the government to clarify its stance on the matter. Meanwhile, large crowds have reappeared in front of the Immigration Department's main office in Battaramulla, as people line up to obtain their passports. Many complain they are once again required to wait in token queues.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/10/24)
President stresses need to strengthen the National Procurement Commission
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasized the importance of implementing a procurement plan and strengthening the National Procurement Commission (NPC). The President shared these views in a meeting held at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (28), where he engaged in an in-depth discussion with NPC officials on the current procurement laws and procedures. Officials from the National Procurement Commission informed the President that although around 60% of all government expenditures, including capital expenses, should ideally follow a proper procurement process, shortcomings in this process are causing significant losses to the government. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/10/24)
ඇල්පිටිය ඡන්දය - නොපෙනෙන (සැඟවූ) සාධක හා මහා මැතිවරණයේ පූර්ව නිගමනය
මැතිවරණ කොමිසම, මැතිවරණ නිරීක්ෂකයින්, හෝ වෙනත් විචාරකයින් නොකියන නිසා හිතවත් ඔබගේ දැන ගැනීමට ඇල්පිටිය ප්‍රාදේශීය සභා ඡන්දය ගැන ලියා තබන්නෙමි. ඇල්පිටිය ඡන්දය ගැන මා ලියූ සටහන කියවූ අයට නම්, මේ ඡන්ද ප්‍රතිඑලය ගැන කිසිම පුදුමයක් තිබිය නොහැකිය. ජවිපෙ කොට්ඨාශ 17 දිනාගැනීම කළ නොහැකි බව (අභියෝගයක් බව), පුටුව - අමිල කාරියවසම් සාධකය, කුල සාධකය, රූපවාහිනිය සලකුණ යටතේ ඉල්ලන කණ්ඩායම ආසන දිනන බව, මා ලියා ඇත. විදුලි බල්බයට අසුනක් ලැබීම හැර අනෙක් සියල්ල මම සති තුනකට පෙර ඇල්පිටිය ගොස් ඇවිත් ලියා තැබුවෙමි. අවිත්තාව හා පිටුවල (තරුණයා) සජබ අපේක්ෂකයින් දෙදෙනා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/10/24)
Did England offer Sri Lanka to the Jews in 1947? Is the USA now Dangling R&R Bases Too?
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 20-26 October 2024 * ‘During our last talks with the Government in London, when certain proposals were made for a settlement – which, unfortunately, we could not consider – we were offered that Jews should have more rights than others. And certain examples were given us of certain English colonies, in Ceylon & other places. And we declared emphatically to the Government... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/10/24)
අනුර කුමාර ජනාධිපතිවීම (2024) හා අගනුවර රජරටට ගෙනයෑමේ යෝජනාව (1955) Part 1.
Colombo paradigm Vs. Rajarata paradigm ලංකාවේ පරිපාලන අගනුවර කොළඹ නමැති මඩවඟුරෙන් රජරට දෙසට ගෙන යායුතු යයි යෝජනාවක් මුලින්ම අසන්නට ලැබුණේ මහාචාර්ය ගුණපාල මලලසේකර මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් ක්‍රියාකල බෞද්ධ තොරතුරු කොමිෂන් සභාවේ නිර්දේශ මඟින් 1955 දීය. ඒ වෙනුවට ලංකාවේ කළු සුද්දන් (JRJ හා ආනන්ද තිස්ස ද අල්විස්) විසින් කලේ ලෝකයේ වෙන කොහේවත් සිදු නොවූ අන්දමේ මුග්ධ ක්‍රියාවකි. එය නම් පරණ මඩ වගුරේ සිට අහස් සැතපුම් 10 ක් වත් නැතිතරම් වන තවත් මඩ වඟුරක් ගොඩකර දියවන්නා හෝටලය යයි දැනට හැඳින්වෙන ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ නම් කරුමයක් ජනයාගේ කරමත පැටවීමය. මනා පරිසර සැලැස්මකින් තොරව කර, රට නයකන්දකට යටකල... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/10/24)
අනුර කුමාර ජනාධිපතිවීම (2024) හා අගනුවර රජරටට ගෙනයෑමේ යෝජනාව (1955) Part 2
The Indian and Tamil Nadu politicians are responsible for transforming a rebellious "lower caste" Tamil youth who was once a challenge to the Central Committee of the Federal Party (a.k.a:Tamil state party) into a ruthless murderer. Indian plans boomeranged. The Sinhala soldiers' sacrifices to protect the motherland kept LTTE at bay until the rest of the world had time to realize the truth about the LTTE. All this reminds me the answer my friend received from his father when they recently discussed the present predicament of Sri Lanka. "Son, whatever happens Sri Lanka's horoscope... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/10/24)
අලුත් ක්‍රමයක් අත්හදා බලන්න
විශ්වාෂා පරමා ඥාතී යන සංකල්පය පෙරදැරිකරගෙන ඩෙංගු මර්ධනයට අතගසමු.මේ රජය පත්ව ගතව ඇත්තේ මාසයකි.රජය කරගෙන යන්න ඇති තරම් මුදල් භාණ්ඩාගාරය තුල නැත. එවන් තත්වයක් තුල රට තුල ඩෙංගු වසංගතය පැතිරෙමින් පවතී. ඩෙංගු මර්ධන කටයුත්තද අධික මුදල් සම්භාරයක් වැයවෙන කටයුතකි. රජයට මුදල් හිඟ වුවද මේ කටයුත්ත සිදුකරගෙන යා යුතුය. එය මර්ධනය කල යුතුය.එය මර්ධනය කල හැකිය.මෙය නව රජයකි.ඔවුන් කියන ආකාරයට මෙය පරම පවිත්‍ර ජනතා හිතකාමී රජයකි. මෙය විශ්වාස කරන ජනපදනම ලක්ෂ 55කට අධිකය. ලක්ෂ 55ක් වූ ජනතාවගේ විශ්වාසය යනු මහා ධන නිධානයකි. මේ මහා ධනස්කන්ධයට ඩෙංගු මර්ධනයට ගත වන්නේ මාසයක කාලයකි. ඒ සඳහා රජයට සතයකුදූ වය නොවේ..... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/10/24)
Is Capitalism Really the Cause of Global Inequality?
In recent years, Western observers have increasingly treated inequality as a domestic issue. But, while there is a strong case to be made for strengthening social safety nets in developed countries, this framing of the issue overlooks the plight of hundreds of millions of people around the world still living in extreme poverty. In 2014, the French economist Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century became an international sensation, reshaping the inequality debate and launching its author into superstardom. Piketty was right to point out that the political case... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/10/24)
BRICS හවුල්කාර සාමාජික රටක් ලෙස ශ්‍රී ලංකාව පිළිගනී – අලුත් බැංකුවටත් බඳවාගනී
කණ්ඩායමේ සාමාජිකත්වය රාජ්‍යයන් නවය ලෙස පවත්වා ගැනීමට ගත් තීරණය සැළකිල්ලට ගනිමින්, බ්‍රික්ස් සංවිධානයට(BRICS) පූර්ණ සාමාජිකයකු ලෙස සම්බන්ධ වීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඉදිරිපත්කළ ඉල්ලුම්පත්‍රය පිළිගෙන නොමැති බවත්, කෙසේවෙතත්, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට හවුල්කාර සාමාජික රටක් ලෙස එක්වීමට අවසර ලබා දී ඇති බවත් විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍ය විජිත හේරත් ‘සන්ඩේ ටයිම්ස්’ වෙත හෙළිකර ඇත. සාමාජික රටවලට මූල්‍ය ආධාර සපයන BRICS හි නව සංවර්ධන බැංකුවට සම්බන්ධ වීමට ද ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට අවසර ලබා දී ඇති බව ඇමැතිවරයා සඳහන්කර ඇත. ඒ අනුව නව සංවර්ධන බැංකුවට සම්බන්ධ වීමේ යෝජනාවක් කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලය විසින් නුදුරේදීම අනුමත කරනු ඇත. BRICS යනු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/10/24)
Elpitiya results show that NPP vote base is declining: SJB
Colombo, Oct 27 (Daily Mirror) - Results of the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha elections show that the National People's Power (NPP) vote base is on the decline, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara said today. Madduma Bandara told a media breifing that the Elpitiya PS election results has indicated that the NPP vote base has declined to less than 42 percent. "The usual case in Sri Lankan politics has been that the party which is victorious at a Presidential election wins any elections held there after. However, this... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/10/24)
Experienced persons should be in Parliàment to take over government if need arises: Ruwan
Negombo, Oct 27 (Daily Mirror) - Experienced and capable persons are needed in Parliament to take over the government if the need arises, UNP Deputy Leader and New Democratic Front (NDF) Gampaha district candidate Ruwan Wijewardene said. Speaking during an election rally in Negombo, Wijewardene said a group of MPs with experience is needed to be in Parliament if the incumbant President gives up power at any given time. "President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has reportedly said he will give up the Presidency after two years if he thinks he cannot... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/10/24)
‘Both current President and I are rulers without majority’: Ranil
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe says that the current President Anura Kumara Dissanayake lacks a parliamentary majority, similar to himself. He made these remarks while attending a public meeting held by the New Democratic Front in Negombo this morning (27). “If you look into his list, I don’t know whether his government can last three months or at least three weeks. We need experienced people for the country to run. We ask to put experienced people forward. He can last at least for three years only if he has a majority,” the former... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/10/24)
How Cardinal can find out the Easter Sunday “Maha molakaru”
269 people were killed on 19 April 2019 by 7 Islamic suicide bombers affiliated to National Thowheed Jamath who blasted 3 churches & 3 hotels. The dead included 37 foreign nationals & injured over 500. 135 people were arrested in connection with the attacks. In April 2021 (2 years after attack) Sri Lanka filed 23,270 charges against 25 people for conspiring to murder, aid & abet, collecting arms & ammunition & attempted murder. In October 2021, Sri Lanka indicted the mastermind & 24 co-conspirators. 3 of these have been named by US... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/10/24)
Washington Post - Jeff Bezos is Right!
Media Must be Independent Keep Out of Politics! https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/26/media/washington-post-jeff-bezos-endorsement-turmoil/index.html
By Hadas Gold, CNN New YorkCNN — One day after The Washington Post announced it would not endorse a presidential candidate in this year’s election or in the future, its billionaire owner remains silent as the newspaper’s staff are in turmoil. Jeff Bezos has so far declined to comment on the situation, even as his own paper’s journalists reported that it was Bezos who ultimately spiked... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/10/24)
CASE FOR A CONSUMER OMBUDSMAN FOR SRI LANKA
Ombudsman Ombudsman system is prevalent world over for convenience, clarity, efficiency in place of complex litigation used in many areas on Administration, Finance Legal Services Insurance Medical and many other areas and sectors, worldover especially in the west when business deals are active and alive. Ombudsman appointed by the State or private is a person accepted and respected by the parties concerned and the world as impartial, learned, clean and reputed for... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/10/24)
Deconstruction of the Movie Crash
Crash is a 2004 American movie that discusses racial relations in America. The movie is about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles and was inspired by real-life events. Crash received several awards and nominations. Self-Fulfilling Prophecy and the Movie “Crash” (a) The self-fulfilling prophecy is a self-made assumption based on future events, and often the person has a belief that it will come true. It is a statement that alters actions based on the person’s hidden wishes and expectations. Our thought processes guide our actions; therefore, self-fulfilling prophecies often come true. There... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/10/24)
Presentation on Literature and Psychology
https://youtu.be/cEpcO4rRsXU?t=146... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/10/24)
ත්‍රිකුණාමලයේ සමුද්‍ර හා අක්වෙරළ කර්මාන්ත සංවර්ධනය සඳහා වූ යෝජනාව
අතිගරු ජනාදිපති තුමනි,මෙම පණිවිඩය ඔබට හොඳ සෞඛ්‍යයකින් සහ උසස් මනෝභාවයකින් සිටිනු ඇතැයි මම බලාපොරොත්තු වෙමි. අපනයන සංවර්ධන මණ්ඩලය (EDB) යටතේ ඇති උපදේශක මණ්ඩලයේ සභාපතිවරයා වශයෙන්, විශේෂයෙන්ම නාවික සංචාරක ව්‍යාපාරය සහ නිල් ආර්ථිකය පිළිබඳ පුළුල් සංකල්ප කෙරෙහි අවධානය යොමු කරමින් සමුද්‍ර හා අක්වෙරළ කර්මාන්තය දියුණු කිරීම අරමුණු කරගත් මුල පිරීම් කිහිපයක් ඔබේ අවධානයට යොමු කිරීමට මම කැමැත්තෙමි.තෙල් කර්මාන්තයේ භාවිතා වන යකඩ අට්ටාල සහ යාත්‍රා අලුත්වැඩියා කිරීම සහ ඉදිකිරීම සඳහා කේන්ද්‍රස්ථානයක් ලෙස ත්‍රිකුණාමලයේ විභවයන් ගවේෂණය කිරීම සඳහා පසුගිය වසර කිහිපය තුළ EDB කර්මාන්ත අමාත්‍යාංශය සහ වරාය අධිකාරිය සමඟ ක්‍රියාකාරීව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/10/24)
Letter to President
Your Excellency,I hope this message finds you well. I would like to bring to your attention several key initiatives that could significantly propel Sri Lanka's development, particularly in the Trincomalee region.1. Renewable Energy Development: The potential for wind power, offshore wave power, and solar power in Trincomalee is immense. Establishing a Centre of Excellence for Offshore Energy in the port city would facilitate the design and project management of these initiatives, positioning Sri Lanka as a leader in renewable energy in the region.2. Skilled Workforce Training: While we are training engineers and software developers... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/10/24)
Jeffrey Sachs Interviews - Modern Geopolitics
Jeffrey Sachs is a well-known American economist, academic, and public policy analyst who has made significant contributions to the fields of sustainable development and economic development. He has held various prestigious positions throughout his career, including serving as the director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University and as a special advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals. Sachs has authored numerous books and articles on topics related to economics, poverty reduction, and sustainable development. Website: jeffsachs.org https://youtu.be/FmTMCaCL-Fw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/10/24)
U.S. economist: BRICS to form true multilateral world
The first BRICS summit since the group expanded from five to 10 members is underway in Russia's Kazan, with the entire world watching how these nations embrace diversity while reaching consensus in the newly-expanded bloc. In an exclusive interview with World Insight's Tian Wei, Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs noted that BRICS is not only committed to deepening internal relations, but also to building strong ties with emerging economies, leading the way to the formation of a truly multipolar and multilateral world, though many challenges still remain. https://youtu.be/ZOL22qpYd7w... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/10/24)
"Israel is DESTROYING itself and millions will die" Col. Douglas Macgregor | Redacted News
Col. Douglas Macgregor says Israel will attack Iran before election day and it will seal their fate. Israel is destroying itself and the U.S. is helping. https://youtu.be/sK6r7-X4yqM... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/10/24)
අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක (2024) හා ඒබ්‍රහම් ලින්කන් (1861-65) – part 1
හැඳින්වීම 1971 දෙසැම්බර් මාසයේදී JVP කැරළි කරුවන්ගේ ශාක්ෂි (confessions?) සටහන් කරගැනීම සඳහා එවකට පැවති රජයෙන් පත්කල සිවිල් නිලධාරීන් 200 දෙනාගෙන් තවමත් ජීවත්ව සිටිනා අයෙක් වශයෙන්, අනුර කුමාර ජනාධිපති වශයෙන් තේරීපත්වීම මා සළකන්නේ ඓතිහාසික සිදුවීමක් ලෙසය. මීට සමාන කලහැකි සිදුවීමක් වූයේ 1978 දී JRJ විසින් R. ප්‍රේමදාසව අගමැති ලෙස පත්කිරීමය. ඒ ඔහුගේ කුල පසුබිම නිසාය. එහෙත්, 1956, 1970 හෝ 1978 දී වත් 1931 දී සිට මතුවෙමින් තිබී 1948 දි බලයට ආ බමුණු කුලය නොහොත්, කළු සුද්දන්ගේ පාලන ක්‍රමයට, R. ප්‍රේමදාස විසින් කලේ, සිය අධික හීනමානය හරහා තල්ලුවක් දීම පමණය. හෘදය ශාක්ෂිය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/10/24)
What happened in Sri Lanka?
At the outset let me ask how Indian secret agents and Israeli secret agents are so active in Sri Lanka, when there was no intelligent service, who were able to save the life of General Densil Kobbakaduva and 35 young men, at a time when terrorists were nearly under full control? Also in 1981 who was the Cardinal when the Jaffna public library and two Hindu temples were burnt down. I was in the UK when that happened and I was told by Indian and English people that it was done by Sinhalese Buddhists. Buddhists will never set... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/10/24)
ටියුෂන් අර්බූදය
1960 -70 දශකවල ළමෝ පාසැල් අවසන් වූ පසු ටියුෂන් නොගියාම නොවේ. නමුත්, එකළ එය අද මෙන් පිස්සුවෙන් කල දෙයක් නොවීය. එකළ, ටියුෂන් නගරබද පාසැල්වලට පමණක් පාහේ සීමාවී තිබුණි. වැඩිමණක් දරුවන් ගියේ ඉංග්‍රීසි, එලකියුෂන්, සංගීත භාණ්ඩ වාදනය වැනි පන්තිවලටය. ගණිතය දුර්වල ළමුන් සඳහා දෙමව්පියන් ළමුන්ව දක්ෂ ගණිත ගුරුවරුන් සොයා යැවිය. එකළ, බොහෝ විට එක් තනි ගුරුවරයෙක් එක් ළමයෙකුට හෝ සීමිත ළමුන් ගණනකට ඔහු/ඇය ගේ නිවසේදී ටියුෂන් පන්තිය පවත්වනු ලැබිය. මුදල් ගෙවනු ලැබුවේ ටියුෂන් මාසය අවසානයේදීය. බොහෝ විට අය කලේ සාධාරණ මුදලකි. ටියුෂන් ඇති හැකි අයට පමණක් සීමාවී තිබුණි. ගම්වල... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/10/24)
Good Government Decision
Congratulations to the NPP government for its decision not to privatize the Sri Lankan Airlines. Only a bold government could make bold decisions! Gota and Ranil were all out to sell it. Of course, they would have sold it for pittance – just like how they sold the Galleface Army Headquarters and the Hambanthota Port respectively. We know there were buyers. They would have made profits, otherwise, they would not bid. Then, why cannot the government run it profitably given that the Airline is well established, has good... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/10/24)
උගන්ඩා, ශීෂෙල්ස් සැගවූ ඩොලර් කදු ගෙනැත් ණයත් ගෙවා ජනතාවට සහන දෙන්න යෝජනාවක්..
පසුගිය සහ පාලන සමයන්හි සොරකම් කර උගන්නාවේ හා ශීෂෙල්ස් දූපත්වල සඟවා ඇති බව පැවසූ ඩොලර් ප්‍රමාණය ඉක්මනින්ම මෙරටට ගෙන විත් ණය ගෙවා දමා ජනතාවට සහන සලස්වා ඔවුන්ගේ ජීවන බර ලිහිල් කරනු ඇතැයි බලාපොරොත්තු වන බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදු ජන පෙරමුණ සඳහන් කරයි. එම පක්ෂයේ ප්රධාන ලේකම් සාගර කාරියවසම් මහතා ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ මූලස්ථානයේදී පැවැති මාධ්‍ය හමුවකදී මේ බව කියා සිටියේය. “අපි දන්නවා මේ රටේ ජනතාව ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණට ජනාධිපතිවරයෙක් බිහි කරන්නේ හැටනව ලක්ෂයක ජනවරමකුත් ඒ වගේම පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට තුනෙන් දෙකක බලයකුත් දීලා. ලොකු බලාපොරොත්තු ඇතිව මේ රටේ වෙනසක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/10/24)
Sri Lanka met with bondholders, aims to exit default as soon as possible, central bank governor says
FILE PHOTO: Nandalal Weerasinghe, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka speaks during a LSEG FX community gathering in Colombo, Sri Lanka August 7, 2023. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File Photo WASHINGTON :Sri Lanka met this week with its bondholders in Washington to discuss a debt exchange as the South Asian country aims to emerge from default as soon as possible, central bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said on Friday. He said the talks, which happened on the sidelines of the IMF/World Bank meetings in Washington, aim to quickly get Sri Lanka "out of this... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/10/24)
“SETTLER COLONIALISM” AND TAMIL EELAM Part 4A
The Ceylon Tamils aggressively pursued Settler Colonization after the island gained Independence. The British rulers left without allocating territory to the Tamil settlers, and the Tamil settlers found themselves face to face with the indigenous group they had hoped to displace. That group was now in power. But the Tamil Settlers had no intention of giving up their Settler ambitions. They were going to challenge the locals and get what they want. The Tamil Separatist Movement was able to push forward two Agreements and two Acts of Parliament all intended to ensure that the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/10/24)
“SETTLER COLONIALISM” AND TAMIL EELAM Part 4B
The Tamil Separatist Movement was able to push forward two Agreements and two Acts of Parliament all intended to ensure that the North and East remained exclusively Tamil with the possibility of partition later on. IN between the BC Pact and the Dudley Chelva Pact, the Tamil Separatist Movement submitted a set of Minimum demands to the UNP and SLFP. ITAK “MINIMUM DEMANDS” 1960 Chelvanayakam submitted a set of 'minimum demands' to the UNP and SLFP when they both failed to get an absolute majority at the General Election of March 1960.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/10/24)
INSS conducts lecture on "Military Innovations and Its Contributions to National Security"
The Institute of National Security Studies (INSS), conducted a public lecture titled "Military Innovations and Its Contributions to National Security" today (Oct 24, 2024) at the “Nandimithra Auditorium” of the Ministry of Defence at the Defence Headquarters Complex in Sri Jayawardenepura, Kotte. Senior Professor Ajith De Alwis, Professor of Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Moratuwa and Chief Innovation Officer of the National Innovation Agency was the guest speaker at the event. Representing Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), Chief of National... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/10/24)
GLOBAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM EVENT TO BE HELD IN LONDON
WTM World Travel mart is the only largest event taking place taking place in main global destinations and this year London is chosen as a world boniness center and a superpower state and one of the major powers and member of the security council and the best tourist center and millions gathering for multiple reasons. Tourism Sri Lanka has done wonderful work with massive homework and preparations and it is time for Sri Lanka and Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/10/24)
Digital Transformation: Avoid Paving the Cow Path!
The importance of digitalization of the economy and particularly the government services is a subject that has been under discussion for a few years now. The National Peoples Power(NPP) too has emphasized the vital importance of the same before and after the election, and actions are currently being undertaken for establishment of a Ministry and other relevant government institutions, and appointment of suitable professionals to lead them. In the NPP’s Digital Policy Document published in August 2024, “Implementing rapid digitization programs for all government institutions to increase their efficiency, transparency, and make... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/10/24)
ලෝකෙ රටවල් හැදුවෙ සීයලා තමයි | තාත්තගෙ නම කියාගෙන එන පුතාල කරපු දෙයක් නෑ | Dr.Rajitha Senaratne
https://youtu.be/QQf-zwtOv3o... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/10/24)
කාදිනල් හිමිට හිටපු ජනපති රනිල් දුන් පිළිතුර.. "ඒක කළේ පළිගන්න නොවෙයි..දේශපාලනය කරන්න එපා"
https://youtu.be/RrQ2hAW8Nek... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/10/24)
Probe on corruption and asset concealment: Revisiting failures of past anti-corruption probes
The Government’s recent move to revisit allegations of corruption and asset concealment involving politically exposed persons has reignited discussions on Sri Lanka’s anti-corruption efforts, including the failures of the now-defunct Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID). Established in early 2015 to investigate large-scale financial crimes and corruption associated with the previous regime, the FCID was disbanded, leaving a void in the country’s institutional framework for tackling such crimes. Now, with a fresh wave of investigations on the horizon, many are asking what went wrong with the FCID and whether... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/10/24)
Easter attacks probes: SJB wants action per all findings & recomms.
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) urged the Government led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to take immediate action with regard to the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks based on the findings and recommendations of various investigations into the bombings. Noting that various parties have expressed various opinions about the investigations and investigation reports concerning the Easter Sunday attacks, SJB National Organiser Tissa Attanayake told The Daily Morning that what the SJB demands is that the President and the Government take concrete legal action based on the law enforcement authorities’ investigations and investigation... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/10/24)
SL-IMF hold talks on stolen asset recovery
IMF emphasises need for a legal framework to facilitate recovery Sri Lanka’s delegation meeting with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the US saw successful talks on retrieving stolen assets, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said. At an event with the Civil Societies ahead of the IMF-World Bank annual meetings, she said that one of the topics that the IMF discussed with the delegation from Sri Lanka is how to be successful in anti-money laundering. She said it was looking into... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/10/24)
‘Don’t politicise Easter reports’: Ranil
Claims De Alwis comm. report found ‘severe collapse of Nat’l Intel. Service’ which the CoI report made no mention of Claims De Alwis comm. report recommended legal action against Ravi Seneviratne, Pujitha Jayasundara, Nilantha Jayawardena, Nandana Munasinghe, Lalith Pathinayake & Abdul Latheef, & disciplinary action against Deshabandu Thennakoon Says Col. Archbishop’s claims against him are baseless Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe requested all parties to refrain from politicising the reports related to the Easter Sunday terror attacks. Issuing a special statement regarding the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/10/24)
The Govt. must study Jack Ma and the ecosystem - EDITORIAL
Sri Lanka has long been a country where ambitious individuals have toppled existing regimes and created new ones. This has been done repeatedly and entirely for personal gains. This is a greedy practice that must be buried. The caretaker regime operating under the country’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) runs the risk of being toppled; even though it seems that there is no immediate risk of such a move taking place in the foreseeable future. Political analysts would speak about such an eventuality because there is an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/10/24)
Security alert: More to it than meets the eye
The tourism sector has taken a hit due to security alerts issued by foreign embassies. Pic Ishara Kodikara, AFP There is more to the Israeli presence in Sri Lanka than meets the eye. Also, there is more to Wednesday’s security alert than what the authorities and embassies claimed. Given the questions on the 2019 Easter Sunday massacres and successive governments’ hesitancy in answering them honestly, the present security alert about an imminent attack on tourist sites may smack of a conspiracy. It... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/10/24)
Sri Lanka deploys troops to Jewish community centre after US warning
Sri Lanka deployed troops around a Jewish community centre in a popular surfing town after the US embassy warned a possible attack - Copyright AFP Arun SANKAR Sri Lanka deployed troops and increased police patrols around a Jewish community centre in a popular surfing town on Wednesday after the US embassy warned its citizens of a possible attack there. The stepped-up security and warning came after social media posts called for a boycott of Israeli-owned businesses in eastern Arugam Bay. “The information was that a place... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/10/24)
Gammanpila invokes RTI to get records of evidence by Ravi Seneviratne
Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader former MP Udaya Gammanpila yesterday requested the information officer - Presidential Secretariat in writing to provide him with records of evidence given by Public Security Ministry Secretary Ravi Seneviratne before the committee headed by A.N.J. De Alwis in probing the Easter Sunday attack. He said he learnt reliably that Mr. Seneviratne admitted before the committee that he made a mistake by keeping the letter regarding the intelligence warning on the attack for 12 days without taking any action as the DIG in charge of the Criminal Investigation... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/10/24)
Govt’s inexperience, knowledge exposed by Arugam Bay attack warning: Kanchana
Colombo, October 24 (Daily Mirror) - With the government's announcement yesterday regarding a potential attack targeting popular tourist locations in the Arugam Bay area, it is clear that the current government lacks experience and knowledge to handle situations of such nature, former Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said. Addressing the media, he said that the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Public Security Minister have neglected their responsibilities. "We do not want to ask for the resignation of the individuals holding these positions, but we are urging them to correct... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/10/24)
පාස්කු වාර්තාව ගැන රනිල්ගෙන් ලියුමක්
පාස්කු වාර්තා ගෙන හැර දක්වමින් දේශපාලනය නොකරන ලෙස සෑම පාර්ශ්වයකින්ම තමන් ඉල්ලා සිටින බව හිටපු ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා පවසයි. ඔහු පවසන්නේ මේ වනවිට ඉමහත් ආන්දෝලනයකට තුඩු දී තිබෙන මෙම වාර්තාව පසුගිය ජනාධිපතිවරණ සමයේදී තමා අතට ලැබුණු නමුත් පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරය දේශපාලනයට ඈඳා ගැනිමට ඇති අකමැත්ත හේතුවෙන් තමන් එම වාර්තා ප්‍රසිද්ධියට පත් කිරීමෙන් වැළකී සිටි බවය. හිටපු ජනපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා නිකුත් කළ සම්පූර්ණ නිවේදනය පහතින්, "ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අටවැනි විධායක ජනාධිපති ධූරයට මම පත් වූ පසුව කතෝලික රදගුරු සම්මේලනයේ සභාපති ගරු හැරල්ඩ් ඇන්තනි ප්‍රනාන්දු රදගුරුතුමන්ගේ ඉල්ලීම පරිදි පාස්කු කොමිෂන් සභා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/10/24)
Why did the govt wait till embassy alert to act, if intel was received two weeks ago- Former Minister
Former Minister Kanchana Wijesekera questioned why the Sri Lankan government, which reportedly received information about a possible attack on October 7, did not inform the public or tighten security measures before the U.S. Embassy's announcement. He expressed concerns that officials failed to share details regarding actions taken in response to the information received from diplomatic missions, emphasizing that national security threats should never be taken lightly, especially given that tourism is a crucial source of income for the country. The former minister suggested that if the government had acted on the earlier intelligence... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/10/24)
Sri Lanka Police introduce emergency telephone number for Israeli nationals
Israeli nationals visiting Sri Lanka, whether for tourism or other purposes, can now directly request assistance to ensure personal protection, according to Sri Lankan Police. Visitors in need of assistance can contact the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in charge of the Tourist Range and Maritime Division, Mr. Damayantha Vijaya Sri, by calling +94718592651, the Police Media Division announced. If an Israelite, who has visited Sri Lanka as a tourist or for other purpose, feels the need to ensure his/her personal security, he/she may directly contact the above telephone number and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/10/24)
Travel advisories for Sri Lanka can be withdrawn within 2-3 days – Minister
Public Security Minister Vijitha Herath says that the travel advisories issued by several foreign countries for Sri Lanka could be lifted within the next two to three days. Minister Herath stated this during a special press conference held in Colombo today (24), to brief on the steps taken following information received on possible attacks targeting foreign tourists in Sri Lanka. He reassured to public and the tourists that there is no cause for concern, as necessary security measures have been taken to ensure the security of the foreign tourists. “They... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/10/24)
Three suspects arrested over threats to Israeli nationals, being investigated
Public Security Minister Vijitha Herath announced that three individuals have been arrested in connection with intelligence reports regarding security threats to Israeli nationals in Sri Lanka. The minister revealed this information during a press conference focused on the ongoing investigations. Minister Herath stated that the arrested suspects are currently undergoing interrogation. He emphasized the government's responsibility to ensure the safety of tourists, especially given the conflict situation in the Middle East, which has raised concerns about potential threats to visitors in Sri Lanka. He mentioned that intelligence agencies had received relevant... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/10/24)
Don’t use Easter Sunday to destroy Sri Lanka’s Nation Security apparatus – Remember Millennium City!
What is taking place under the guise of Easter Sunday is nothing but a repeat of the 2002 raid on the Millennium City Safe House in Athurugiriya goes down in history as one of the greatest betrayals. Just as Commission reports on the 2019 Easter Sunday massacre are being repeatedly rejected in 2002, a discharged former Colonel (P. Dissanayake who has now joined up with S Deshapriya the LTTE sympathizer in Geneva) filed application with the Court of Appeal against the Commission of Inquiry report on the 2002 Millennium City... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/10/24)
Sri Lanka needs a Marshall Plan and SJB has better Economic policies/team
After the WW II the Western Europe was in utter shambles. Most of the countries were bankrupt. US President Truman introduced the Marshall Plan to develop Western Europe. The US gave them aid in the tune of $ $13.3 billion (equivalent to $173.8 billion in 2024). The biggest beneficiary was the UK (26% of the total aid). The Western Europe took the chance and developed themselves. Today they are all advanced economies. What is important is that they were direct aid not loans. For Sri Lanka to come out of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/10/24)
Sri Lanka's Passport Language Controversy: A Call for Cultural Inclusivity
The recent changes by Sri Lanka's Department of Immigration and Emigration regarding the language used in the new passport series have sparked important discussions among citizens and officials. While the decision to print passports primarily in English—with Sinhala and Tamil as secondary languages—aims to facilitate international travel, it has also raised concerns about cultural identity and linguistic rights. Advocates for the use of English highlight its role as a link language, which can enhance recognition and ease of use for travelers. However, it is crucial to recognize that prioritizing Sinhala... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/10/24)
Elon Musk - How Should the Richest Person on Earth Behave?
Is this How the Rickest Person on the Planet Should Behave in Public or even in Private? Please Read His Comments and You Decide! For context, Musk was responding to a post about a Der Spiegel article that compared him to a media mogul who helped Hitler climb to power. It was hardly Musk’s first, and certainly not his most offensive, statement involving the Third Reich or their White supremacist progeny. Just last month, Musk promoted Tucker Carlson’s widely condemned interview with a Nazi apologist who said the murder of Jews in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/10/24)
High Commissioner of Maldives calls on Defence Secretary
High Commissioner of the Republic of Maldives to Sri Lanka, His Excellency Masood Imad, paid a courtesy call on the Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), at the Defence Headquarters Complex in Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte, today (Oct 23). The Defence Secretary warmly received the Maldivian envoy and engaged in a cordial discussion. Discussions were focused on strengthening bilateral ties and cooperation between the two countries. Mementoes were also exchanged to mark the occasion. Military Liaison Officer of the Ministry of Defence Air Vice Marshal... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/10/24)
INTERVIEW: More BRICS in the wall
Countries are queuing up to get into BRICS, says former Pentagon official Michael Maloof. There is no strategic vision coming out of the US. You can’t spend a dollar when you’re dead https://youtu.be/xPRhRaUWNLI... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/10/24)
රවි සෙනෙවිරත්නට එරෙහිව අධිකරණයට මෝසමක් ගොනු කෙරේ…
මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ලේකම් වන රවී සෙනෙවිරත්න මහතා යටතේ පාස්කු බෝම්බ ප්රහාරයට අදාළ විමර්ශන සිදුකිරීම පිළිගත නොහැකි යයි අගතියට පත් පාර්ශව වෙනුවෙන් අධිකරණයට මෝසමක් ගොනු කර ඇත. ලේකම්වරයා පාස්කු ඉරිදා ප්‍රහාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් පත් කළ විමර්ශණ වාර්තාවක සැකකරුවෙකු ලෙස නම් කර ඇති නිසා මෙම මෝසම ගොනු කර ඇත. නීතිඥ සජිත ගමගේ මහතා විසින් කොටුව මහේස්ත්‍රාත් තනූජා ලක්මාලි මහත්මිය හමුවේ මේ් බව දැනුම් දී ඇ. පාස්කු ප‍්‍රමාරය සම්බන්ධ කොමිෂන් වාර්තා තුන අධිකරණය හමුවට කැඳවන ලෙසත් සිදු කරන විමර්ශන සම්බන්ධයෙන් මැදිහත් වන ලෙසත් නීතීඥවරය අධිකරණයෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටියේය. සිදුවීමට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/10/24)
Eastern Container Terminal Project given ‘special project’ status
The government announced efforts to accelerate the development of the Eastern Container Terminal (ECT) at the Port of Colombo, a highly anticipated initiative managed by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA). This week, Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation Minister Vijitha Herath received the Cabinet approval to designate the terminal’s construction as a ‘special project’. This designation aims to streamline the development process by minimising the bureaucratic delays and expediting the necessary permits and approvals required by the SLPA. The authority previously indicated plans... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/10/24)
Troops deployed to Jewish community center in Sri Lanka surfing town after U.S. warns of possible attack in area
Sri Lanka deployed troops and increased police patrols around a Jewish community center in a popular surfing town on Wednesday after the U.S. embassy warned American citizens of a possible attack on popular tourist sites in the area. The stepped-up security and warning came after social media posts called for a boycott of Israeli-owned businesses in eastern Arugam Bay. "The information was that a place called 'Chabad House' run by Israelis could be a target and we have taken measures to strengthen security," said police spokesman Nihal Thalduwa. He said... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/10/24)
අග විනිසුරුවරියගේ කමිටු වාර්තාව ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරන්නේ නම් ඇය ලබා දුන් නඩු තීන්දුත් ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරනවාද? අගරදගුරු තුමා තමන්ට අවශ්‍ය අයගේ නම් කියවෙන පාස්කු කොමිසම් වාර්තාවක් බලාපොරොත්තු වෙනවාදැයි සැකයි!-ගමන්පිල අසයි.
පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය අද කොළඹ පැවැත්වූ මාධ්‍ය හමුවකට එක් වෙමින් හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පරශන කළේ පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරය සම්බන්ධ විමර්ශන කමිටුවේ වාර්තාව තමන් පිළි නොගන්නා බවට ඇමති විජිත හේරත් මහතා පවසන්නේ එහි සභාපති විනිසුරු වරියට විශමාචාර චෝදනා එල්ල වූ බව පවසමින් නම් ඇය විනිසුරුවරියක ලෙස ලබාදුන් නඩු තීන්දු ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරන්නේදැයි කියායි. එහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් කරුණු දැක් වූ ඒ මහතා තමනට පක්ෂපාති පුද්ගලයන්ට චෝදනා එල්ල වලට එවන් වාර්තා ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරන බව නොකියා එහි වරදක් ඇත්නම් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය හමුවට යාමට හැකි බව නීතිමය ක්‍රමවේදය බවත් පෙන්වා දුන්නේය. අගරදගුරුතුමන්ද මෙම වාර්තා ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/10/24)
Ranil demands immediate implementation of salary raise for public workers
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the legal Cabinet decision taken by him as Finance Minister to increase the salaries of public servants should be implemented immediately. The former President said that if he had won the Presidential election, he had planned to give the salary increase from next January, and that if the salary increase is not given, then the government should immediately reveal where the money allocated for it is. https://youtu.be/0_QlI9qa2tU Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe mentioned this in a special discussion held today (23)... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/10/24)
Government should reappoint a National Security Advisor: Sagala
Colombo, October 23 (Daily Mirror) - A National Security Advisor should be reappointed to the country to prevent potential threats from terrorist groups, former Presidential advisor Sagala Rathnayaka said. Addressing the media today, he said that as the country's tourism industry is growing, news of such threats could severely harm the nation. The current government must ensure these situations do not arise, he said. "Our government had established an intelligence-sharing network with other countries. Through this network, we ensured the safety of the country while exchanging critical information. As a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/10/24)
Udaya Gammanpila claims inaction could link to Easter attack mastermind
Udaya Gammanpila, leader of Pivithuru Hela Urumaya and former Member of Parliament, asserted that identifying who motivated former Senior DIG Ravi Seneviratne to remain inactive for 12 days on a critical letter could lead to uncovering the mastermind behind the Easter Sunday attacks. He made these comments during a special news conference in Colombo on the 23rd. On the 14th, Gammanpila urged the President to release two presidential investigation reports regarding the Easter Sunday terror attack. He warned that if the reports are not disclosed, he would make them public within a week.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/10/24)
'The hero of the'Easter performance' would be the Cardinal' - Udaya Gammanpila
https://youtu.be/-WjBgXIXcIQ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/10/24)
Dilith says ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ is the only viable opposition
Leader of the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance and Gampaha District candidate, entrepreneur Dilith Jayaweera says that the only opposition remaining in the country’s politics is the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance. He made this statement when a group of representatives of the United Republic Front from the Matara District joined the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance today (23). “Today, we have become the only opposition remaining country. That is why we say we are a brave opposition,” Dilith Jayaweera said. He also stated that he aims to clarify the existing political reality to the public... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/10/24)
Security forces fully aware of Arugam Bay threat; Security tightened days ago
Sri Lanka’s security forces were reportedly fully aware of the information warning of a possible attack targeting popular tourist locations in the Arugam Bay area, as mentioned in the U.S. Embassy’s security alert for American citizens in Sri Lanka today (23). Is it stated that consequently, steps were taken several days ago to bolster security in the region. Around 500 police officers and Special Task Force (STF) personnel had already been deployed to enhance security in the Arugam Bay tourist zone. https://youtu.be/Tk9Cf1DpbXo Police Media Spokesman DIG... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/10/24)
Acting IGP assures security of foreigners in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasooriya stated that the security of all foreigners in the country has been assured and that diplomatic missions have been informed. He made these comments while addressing a special press conference today (23) at the Polonnaruwa SSP’s Office, regarding the security measures taken following the information received warning of a possible attack targeting popular tourist locations in the Arugam Bay area. https://youtu.be/_VDySUivdHA “As there was a suspicion that there could also be a threat to Sri Lanka, the intelligence... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/10/24)
Russians Embassy alerts citizens in Sri Lanka over threat of attacks in Arugam Bay
In connection with the official statement by Sri Lanka Police regarding the possible threat of attacks against foreign tourists in Arugam Bay, the Russian Embassy in Colombo has requested Russian citizens in Sri Lanka to remain vigilant and to avoid large gatherings. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom (UK) had also updated its travel advice for Sri Lanka based on the latest travel alert issued by the U.S. Embassy regarding potential threats in the Arugam Bay area. The U.S. Embassy in Colombo also today issued a security alert for American citizens in Sri Lanka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/10/24)
UK updates travel advice for Sri Lanka
The United Kingdom (UK) has updated its travel advice for Sri Lanka based on the latest travel alert issued by the U.S. Embassy regarding potential threats in the Arugam Bay area. The U.S. Embassy in Colombo today issued a security alert for American citizens in Sri Lanka strongly advising them to avoid the Arugam Bay area until further notice, citing credible information warning of an attack targeting popular tourist locations in the Arugam Bay area. The Embassy says it has received credible information warning of an attack targeting popular tourist locations in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/10/24)
Strategic Solutions Needed for Resolving Human-Elephant Conflicts, Not Reactive Measures
The recent tragedy involving a train collision that killed three elephants and derailed carriages along the Batticaloa-bound night train has sparked an intense outcry on social media. In response, the railway authority’s decision to run trains on that line only during the day appears to be more reactive than strategic. While it may appease online critics, it overlooks the deeper issue at hand and sets a worrisome precedent for decision-making based on social media pressures rather than thoughtful, long-term solutions. Limiting train operations to daylight hours may seem... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/10/24)
STOP Corruption from the Top Downwards!
STOP Corruption from the Top Downwards! If Anura Kumar Dissanayaka President of Sri Lanka wants to Keep to his Word, he may follow the examples of Singapore & Peru, to start with. Former Singapore minister sentenced to a year in prison in rare corruption case Former Singapore minister sentenced to a year in prison in rare corruption case Peru's ex-president Toledo was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for corruption https://yle.fi/a/74-20119319 ----ENDs After Justice------ Express Your Opinion - Read What... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/10/24)
“SETTLER COLONIALISM” AND TAMIL EELAM Part 2B
In the 20th century too, the British rulers continued to colonize the island with Tamils from India. At a Durbar with Tamil chieftains of Jaffna peninsula in 1911 British Governor Henry McCallum told them that he had reserved the Tank Country and the East for the people of Jaffna. He would bring immigrants from South India, if the Tamils in Jaffna did not comply.[1] Ponnambalam Ramanathan told the Governor at this same meeting in 1911 that Jaffna people had colonized the land up to Anuradhapura and wanted the government to open up the railways... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/10/24)
"SETTLER COLONIALISM” AND TAMIL EELAM Part 3
This essay looks at Settler Colonialism in action using the writings of Jayatissa Bandaragoda, a SLAS officer who came in contact with aggressive Settler Colonialism many times in the course of his ofifical work. He is mentioned fleetingly in the writings of the Tamil Separatist Movement, as a person who keeps on obstructing Tamil Separatist activity. Jayatissa Bandaragoda’s biography titled “Path of destiny: autobiography of a farmer’s son’ was published in 2011 by Godage international. “One reason I wrote this autobiography was to refer to some events relating to the ethnic issue in Trincomalee... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/10/24)
Jeffrey Sachs Interviews - A Must-Listen Analysis
Jeffrey Sachs is a well-known American economist, academic, and public policy analyst who has made significant contributions to the fields of sustainable development and economic development. He has held various prestigious positions throughout his career, including serving as the director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University and as a special advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals. Sachs has authored numerous books and articles on topics related to economics, poverty reduction, and sustainable development. Website: jeffsachs.org https://youtu.be/U_EURrYdusY... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/10/24)
“Absolute power has failed all leaders”
Even though the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) faced a major defeat at the last Presidential Elections, many of its members have entered the race to contest for the upcoming Parliamentary Elections. Milinda Rajapaksha is among some of the main SLPP candidates contesting from Colombo. As a former member of the Colombo Municipal Council and a founding member of the SLPP and its Youth Wing, Rajapaksha is determined to make a change in the political system if elected. In a candid interview with the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/10/24)
Sri Lanka’s long road to recovery
The economic and political upheavals Sri Lanka has faced in recent years, including its 2022 debt default and the mass protests that ousted former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, serve as a stark reminder of the dangers posed by poor governance and rampant inequality. A 2023 report by the International Monetary Fund attributes the country’s ongoing crisis to widespread corruption and fiscal mismanagement, underscoring the urgent need for the new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, to implement bold structural reforms aimed at restoring public trust and promoting social justice. At the heart of Sri Lanka’s ongoing crisis... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/10/24)
Is Sri Lanka a cybercrime hub? Foreign Minister warns of impact on fragile economy
Sri Lanka's foreign minister Vijitha Herath acknowledged the growing problem of the island becoming a hub for international cybercrimes, warning that its shaky economic recovery might be impacted. “We have to see if Sri Lanka is a cyber crimes hub," Herath told reporters,"and whether our financial system is being affected by this. His remarks came as police raids in recent weeks have led to the arrests of over 200 foreign nationals, predominantly Chinese, along with Indian and Thai nationals, who were operating sophisticated cyber fraud networks across multiple locations, including... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/10/24)
Government not ready to accept Presidential Committee’s report in its entirety
Colombo, October 22 (Daily Mirror) - The government will not accept the report of the Committee headed by retired Judge A.N.J. De Alwis that probed the Easter Sunday bomb attacks in its entirety as it is politically motivated, Minister Vijitha Herath said today. https://youtu.be/1hLurm1i9ts He told the weekly media briefing to announce Cabinet decisions that the committee only targeted former Senior Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ravi Seneviratne and former CID Director Shani Abeysekara after they joined the National People’s Power’s (NPP's) Retired Police Forum. He said... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/10/24)
Ravi Senaviratne or Shani Abeysekera will not be removed for any reason: Minister
Colombo, Oct 22 (Daily Mirror) - Secretary to the Public Security Ministry former Senior Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ravi Senaviratne and Director of Crimes of Sri Lanka Police, former Director CID, SSP Shani Abeysekera will not be removed from their positions for any reasons, Minister Vijitha Herath said today. He told the weekly media briefing to announce Cabinet decisions that those who had forced to remove the two officials were doing this with vested interests and that the government will not succumb to such attempts. Responding to a question whether... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/10/24)
Ranil to make special statement on committees he appointed to probe Easter Sunday attacks
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe is to make a special statement tomorrow on the two committees he had appointed to probe the Easter Sunday bomb attacks. Sources close to Wickremesinghe said he has decided to come up with a statement following the revelations made by former Minister Udaya Gammanpila on Monday. Gammanpila said two officers, Shani Abeysekera and Ravi Seneviratne, whom incumbent President Anura Kumra Dissanayake has appointed to start a fresh probe on the Easter Sunday attacks have been held responsible for ignoring prior warnings on the Easter Sunday... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/10/24)
Cardinal questions credibility of Ranil’s committee to probe SIS, CNI
Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith questioned the motive behind former President Ranil Wickremesinghe appointing a committee headed by Retired Judge A. N. J. Alwis earlier this year, to look into actions taken by the certain intelligence authorities in the lead up to the 2019 Easter Sunday bombing. The committee was appointed to investigate the actions of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), Chief of National Intelligence (CNI) and other related authorities, concerning prior intelligence received on the attack, which took place on April 21, 2019. Cardinal Ranjith told a media... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/10/24)
Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church also rejects Gammanpila’s Easter attacks report
Rev. Fr. Cyril Gamini Fernando, Director of Communications for the Archdiocese of Colombo, says that they reject the report of the Committee of Inquiry, chaired by retired High Court Judge A.N.J. De Alwis. He made this statement in response to comments made by Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader and former MP Udaya Gammanpila during a press conference held in Colombo yesterday (21) where he disclosed the contents of a previously unreleased report regarding the Easter Sunday terror attacks. Speaking at a press conference held today (22) at the Archbishop’s House in Borella,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/10/24)
Govt rejects Easter attacks report released by Gammanpila, assures fresh probe
The government does not accept the investigative committee report on the Easter Sunday bomb attacks, which was released by former MP Udaya Gammanpila yesterday (21), Cabinet Spokesman Minister Vijitha Herath said. However, he stated that the government will conduct a new investigation into the incidents. He revealed this stance while speaking during the Cabinet press briefing in Colombo today (22). Divulging the contents of a previously unreleased investigative committee report on the Easter Sunday attacks during a press conference yesterday (21), Gammanpila had claimed that former Senior DIG Ravi Seneviratne... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/10/24)
Easter Sunday Attack – Country must move on
Channel 4 and some influential people with vested interests want to stir the pot. They do not like a calm, settled, prosperous Sri Lanka. Now they try to link politicians, top law enforcement officials with the Easter Sunday attack. For eg. attempt to link the ex-President, Gota with the crime. True, few days after the attack Gota returned to Sri Lanka where he condemned the attack and indicated that he will contest the soon to be held Presidential election. He stressed that he will solve the country’s law and order problem. It... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/10/24)
Gammanpila makes shocking claims regarding ungreased Easter attack reports
Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader and former MP Udaya Gammanpila says that former Senior DIG Ravi Seneviratne, who has been named as a main accused in an investigative committee reports on the Easter Sunday attacks, should be immediately removed from the post of Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security. He made these comments at a press conference held in Colombo this morning (21), for the alleged publicizing of two previously unreleased reports regarding the Easter Sunday terror attacks. Gammanpila had yesterday stated that he would give President Anura... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/10/24)
An Example of Entrepreneurship & Monkeys!
Listen to Jack Ma, the Richest Man in China! LIFE Inspiration · Jack Ma the richest man in China said, "If you put the Banana and Money in front of a monkey. The monkey will choose Banana because the monkey don't know that money can buy alot of Bananas." In fact, if you offer WORK and BUSINESS to people, they will choose to WORK because most people don't know that a BUSINESS can make more money than salary. One of the reason the poor are poor is because... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/10/24)
BEWARE: Scam Factories in Asia - After You!
Scam Factories in Asia - Hope Sri Laka Does Not Go Down this Road https://news.sky.com/story/they-fall-in-love-with-me-inside-the-fraud-factories-driving-the-online-scam-boom-13234505 Express Your Opinion - Read What Others Say!The Independent Interactive Voice of Sri Lanka on the Internet.Please visit -: http://www.lankaweb.com/... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/10/24)
‘’NUTRALIATY OR NON - ALINGMENT’’
Statehood and behaviours of states 2/3rd of the world family are non align or neutral - that is to say is they do not belong to any power block or take any sides in world affairs, which is a difficult task to maintain in this economically and politically volatile and complex world with ongoing disputes on political and economic fronts that are ongoing and rarely settled to the end. United... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/10/24)
Addressing Historical Injustices and the Importance of Restoring the Central Hill Country
10th October 2024 To:His Excellency Anura Kumar DissanayakaPresident of Sri LankaPresidential SecretariatColombo, Sri Lanka. CC: Presidential SecretariatGalle Face, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka prsec
presidentsoffice.lk CC: Dr. Harini Amarasuriya Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka info
pmoffice.gov.lk Subject: Addressing Historical Injustices and the Importance of Restoring the Central Hill Country Dear President, I hope this letter finds you in good health and high spirits. I am writing to bring to your esteemed attention the critical issue... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/10/24)
Addressing Historical Injustices and the Importance of Restoring the Central Hill Country
Date: 21st October 2024 To: Ven Madagama Dammanada TheroAsgiriya Maha Viharaya Subject: Seeking Guidance on National Issues Dear Venerable Thero, May this letter find you in good health and peace of mind. With great respect, I write to share an important letter I have sent to His Excellency Anura Kumar Dissanayaka, President of our beloved Sri Lanka, and to Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. This letter addresses the historical injustices faced by our Sinhala Buddhist community and the urgent... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/10/24)
Watch Putin’s Full Speech at BRICS Business Forum:Eurobond debt trapped Sri Lanka prepares to join the Global South Organization and regain Non-Alignment
Oct 18, 2024 During his speech at the BRICS Business Forum, President Vladimir Putin, in particular, praised bilateral cooperation between BRICS members and the group’s growing global clout. Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed participants of the BRICS Business Forum ahead of the 2024 BRICS Summit in Kazan, due to open early next week. Here are Putin’s main statements at the forum: Companies from BRICS countries are successfully developing mutual cooperation, implementing key projects in various sectors, such as industry, energy, transport, infrastructure, agriculture, and digital economy. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/10/24)
Alfred McCoy, The New Cold War Comes to Asia
Yes, it’s hard even to remember (if you aren’t of a certain advanced age), but I grew up in a world where the two superpowers, the United States and Russia, both increasingly armed to the teeth with nuclear weapons and so unable to fight each other directly without the possibility of the planet going up in flames, engaged in what came to be known as a Cold War. Meanwhile, we kids found ourselves in our own school-time version of the possibility that the Cold War might turn all too hot — with regular “duck and cover”... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/10/24)
පාස්කු වාර්තාවේ මේ ආණ්ඩුවේ ඉහල දෙදෙනෙකුගේ නම් තියෙනවා.. ඒක පිලිගන්නෙ නෑ…- අගරදගුරු
පාස්කු ප්රහාරයට අදාළව පරීක්ෂණ කිරිමට පසුගිය රජය විසින් පත් කල කමිටු වාර්තා දෙකක් තමන් වෙතද ලබාදී ඇති බව අගරදගුරු මැල්කම රංජිත් කාදිනල්තුමන් පවසති. නමුත් එම වාර්තා වන්හිද තිබුණේ ඊට පෙර ජනාධිපති කොමිෂන් සභාවේ නිර්දේශම බවද පැවසූ අගරද ගුරුතුමන් ඊට අමතර නිර්දේශ දෙකක් කමිටුව වාර්තාවට එකතු කර තිබූ බවද සඳහන් කළේය. https://youtu.be/E9pk9uOarKw වර්තමාන රජයේ ඉහළ තනතුරු දරන නිලධාරීන් දෙදෙනෙකුට දඬුවම් කළ යුතු බවටම එම නිර්දේශවල දැක්වුනු බවද පැවසූ අගරදගුරුතුමන් පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරය එක් එක් ආණ්ඩුවට වුවමනා ලෙස දේශපාලන වාසි තකා වාර්තා සකස් කර තිබූ බවත් පැවසූහ. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/10/24)
ගැසට්ටුව වැරදියි.. ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට පෙත්සමක් ගොනු කෙරේ.. මැතිවරණය කොටඋඩ..
නොවැම්බර් මස 14 වනදා පාර්ලිමේන්තු ඡන්ද විමසීම පැවැත්වීමට නිකුත් කර ඇති ගැසට් නිවේදනය ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවට පටහැනි යයි තීන්දුවක් ලබාදෙන ඉල්ලා ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය හමුවේ පෙත්සමක් ගොනුකර ඇත. මෙම පෙත්සම ගොනු කර ඇත්තේ ‘අපි ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික සංවිධාන’යේ, කැඳවුම්කරු එච්. එම්. ප්‍රියන්ත හේරත් මහතා විසිනි. වගඋත්තරකරුවන් ලෙස ජනාධිපතිවරයා වෙනුවෙන් නීතිපතිවරයා, ජනාධිපති ලේකම්වරයා, මැතිවරණ කොමිසමේ සභාපතිවරයා ඇතුළු සාමාජිකයින් හා නීතිපතිවරයා නම් කර ඇත. පාර්ලිමේන්තු ඡන්ද විමසීම පනත අනුව නාමයෝජනා භාරගැනීම අවසන් වූ දින සිට සති පහකට නොඅඩු කාලයක් සහ සති හතකට නොවැඩි කාලයක් තුළ ඡන්ද විමසීම සඳහා දින නියම කළ යුතු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/10/24)
Sri Lanka’s inflation drops to -0.2% in September
The overall rate of inflation, as measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI), has decreased to -0.2% in September 2024 from 1.1% in August 2024, according to the latest data released by the Department of Census and Statistics. Meanwhile, food inflation also decreased to 0.5% in September, down from 2.3% in August. The NCPI for all items for the month of September 2024 is 203.1 and it records a decrease of 1.0 in index points compared to August 2024. The NCPI for all items for the months of September... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/10/24)
Udaya Gammanpila releases Easter attack first report, second report to be released soon (Video)
Former Member of Parliament Udaya Gammanpila stated that the second report concerning the Easter Sunday attack will be released on October 28. He made this announcement during a special press conference held today (21) to address the findings related to the attack. https://youtu.be/bkE9DmBlaz4 At the event, Gammanpila unveiled the first committee report, which investigated the validity of 25 allegations made in a Channel 4 video regarding the Easter Sunday attack. He also revealed the findings of an investigation into possible omissions or mistakes by the police or intelligence department... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/10/24)
India arm-twisting President Anura Kumara – Special treatment ONLY to Upcountry Tamils, violating Sri Lanka’s Constitution
The Upcountry Charter Several questions emerge as a result of the Extraordinary Gazette 2403/28 published on 25 September 2024 – just days after the appointment of a new President. Why an “Extraordinary Gazette” Why an “Upcountry CHARTER” How constitutional is this gazette? Does it pose a threat to the unitary structure of the State? Violation of “EQUALITY” as clearly laid out in the Constitution of Sri Lanka. Why does this Charter recognize ONLY Plantation Community... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/10/24)
Obituary for the Oxford-Cambridge-Sorbonne-Harvard-Trained?
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 13-19 October 2024 ‘Ha! A new Prez with 3 ministers into just 3 weeks… & critics wanting to undo/reset what has been done over three-quarters of a century! Grow up!’ The above is a sample retort from fans of the present ‘Government of 3’. Indeed, what the NPP can accomplish in the next few weeks prior to parliamentary elections is fraught. Nominally ‘independent’ governments may be ‘in’ power but... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/10/24)
“SETTLER COLONIALISM” AND TAMIL EELAM Part 2A
There were Tamil occupants in north Sri Lanka before Settler Colonialism started. The Pandya dynasty ruled in Tamilnadu in two bouts, 6th to 10th and again from 13th to 14th century .In the second bout, they entered Sri Lanka. When they departed, in 1323, they left a military outpost in Jaffna, with an officer known as Ariyachakravarti in charge. Ariyachakravarti managed to annex some of the adjoining lands. Ariyachakravarti made periodic incursions downwards. He once got as far as Panadura. He was always defeated and pushed back to Jaffna. In the 14... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/10/24)
ජනතාවගෙන් බලය ලබාගෙන රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරින්, පසුපස යන අපේ රාජ්‍ය නායකයෝ
බලය ඇත්තේ ජනතාව තුලය.. බලය ඉල්ලමින් ජනතාව අමතන දේශපාලකයින්, බලය ලැබුන පසු හැරෙන්නේ රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරින් දෙසටය. තමන්ට ලැබුන බලයට වඩා බලයක් මේ රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරින් තුල ඇත. ඒ බව නොදත් දුර්වල දේශපාලඥයා, ජනබලයෙන් උදම්ව සර්බලධාරියෙකු සේ වැඩ ආරම්භකර පසුව, රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරියාගේ බලය, ඉදිරියේ, නිවටයෙකු සේ කටයුතු කිරීම ආරම්භ කරයි. රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරියා දෙවියකු බවට පත්ව, ඔහු ඉදිරියේ, ජනාධිපති, අගමැති හා මැති ඇමතිවරු භක්තිමත් බැතිමතුන් බවට පත්වේ. මේ සිදුවීම එදා මෙන්ම අදටද වලංගුය. එදා දුෂිත නිලධාරින් යයි හැදින්වූ ඒ නිලධාරීන්ව, බලධාරී ලෙස පත් කිරීමට මේ දේශපාලඥයින්ටද සිදුව තිබේ, එය මේ දේශපාලන ක්‍රියාවලිය තුල සියල්ලන්ටම උරුම පොදු ධර්මතාවයකි.ව්‍යාවස්ථාව, නීතිරීති වලින්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/10/24)
The IMF is a difficult customer
It is sad that the IMF, one of the two premier organizations created by the United Nations to enable financial stability did attend to the ignominious task of implementing the Structural Adjustment Programme from the Seventies, which did really cause all countries that sought financial assistance to become overly indebted. It is important to note that none of these countries were in debt earlier. Sri Lanka did not have a foreign debt when Prime Minister Sirimavo handed over to the new Government of President Jayawardena in mid 1977. The IMF... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/10/24)
Admiral Raoul Castex and small Navies - Some strategic lessons for Sri Lanka
A Navy contingent is indispensable for islands, being the pinnacle of its security. Navies often resonate with the pride of a country on the one side and simultaneously enable modern states to be much more dominant in global governance. It is by no means an exaggeration that Alfred Thayer Mahan, the prominent naval strategist advocated for complete supremacy at sea as a vital tool for any country that seeks hegemony over its rivals. The examples Mahan portrayed in his classic... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/10/24)
How to recognize true prophets through an Islamic paradigm (Part 3.)
A prophet is successful! An essential characteristic of a true prophet is success. Consider the example of Prophet Muhammad(PBUH). In his early life, he was a humble merchant, widely respected for his honesty and trustworthiness. Although involved in his community, the Prophet (PBUH) would often spend time in solitude and deep reflection. He led an extremely modest life, with little wealth, no power, or authority. Yet, from this humble state, Allah granted him both spiritual and worldly success. Allah said about The Prophet of Islam (PBUH): ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/10/24)
Douglas Macgregor: Iran WARNS Israel Could Be DESTROYED At Any Time! Ukraine Is Being CHOKED
https://youtu.be/uSs1KmC66JI... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/10/24)
ගම්මන්පිල පෙරලන පාස්කු බාල්දියට ජනපතිගෙන් දැඩි ප්රහාරයක්..
පාස්කු බෝම්බ ප්‍රහාරය සඳහා විශේෂ අවධානයක් යොමු කර ඇති බව ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. අදාළ පරීක්ෂණය සිදුකිරීම සඳහා පොලිස් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව මේ වන විට සුදුසු දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවක් බවට පත්කර ඇති බවද හෙතෙම කියා සිටියේය. 2019 පාස්කු බෝම්බ ප්‍රහාරය බලය ගැනීම සඳහා කුමන්ත්‍රණකාරීව භාවිතා කළ අය අද නැවතත් නින්දෙන් අවදි වී විවිධ ප්‍රකාශයන් සිදු කරමින් සිටින බවත් ඔහු චෝදනා කළේය. එම ප්‍රහාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් පැවති වාර්තා දෙකම රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ පාලනයේ වාර්තා මිස විමර්ශන වාර්තා නොවන බවද පැවසූ ඔහු එම වාර්තා නීතිපති දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවටත්, ආරක්ෂක ලේකම්වරයාටත්, මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යංශ ලේකම්වරයාටත්,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/10/24)
400 files related to corruption, fraud to be opened for action: AKD
Colombo, Oct 19 (Daily MIrror) - President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said there are 400 files related to corruption and fraud lying with the Attorney General and all of them will be opened for the institution of legal action. He made these remarks while addressing an election rally in support of his party in Tangalle. He said the government will not relent when taking these steps in a legal and systematic manner. https://youtu.be/x_2JpuOORNM... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/10/24)
Gammanpila sets deadline for President to release Easter attack reports
Former Member of Parliament Udaya Gammanpila says the deadline given for the President to release the two unpublished reports regarding the Easter Sunday attacks will expire at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow (21). Speaking to the media today (20), Gammanpila stated, “The time I have given the President to release the two reports, which he is hesitant to make public regarding the Easter attack, ends at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow.” https://youtu.be/4lma9TQqqZU He emphasized that the President has until tomorrow morning to release the reports and fulfill the constitutional responsibility. Failure to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/10/24)
Dilith says ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance aims to build a brave and strong opposition
Leader of the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance and Gampaha District candidate, entrepreneur Dilith Jayaweera, stated that a brave and strong opposition can only be established by the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance. He made these remarks at a public meeting held in Kurunegala. “The ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance was formed with a vision. We wanted to safeguard our patriotism which is escaping from us. We are embarking on a strategic political journey. We approach this political journey with bravery and courage,” he said. He further noted that in this election, they are not contesting... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/10/24)
Mahinda Rajapaksa will return ambulance and security vehicles on Monday
The press unit of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has announced that an ambulance and three security vehicles provided to him will be returned on Monday, October 21. In a letter addressed to the Director General of Government Information, the media unit clarified that the number of vehicles currently in the possession of Rajapaksa, as stated by the Government Information Department, is inaccurate. According to the media unit's announcement, there are six official vehicles utilized for security purposes, which includes those assigned to former President Rajapaksa. The announcement also noted that the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/10/24)
Former President's debt plan a ticking time bomb, says Nagamuwa
Duminda Nagamuwa, an executive member of the Jana Aragalaya Alliance, has warned that former President Ranil Wickramasinghe's debt restructuring plan is a ticking time bomb. Speaking at a news conference in Kalutara, Nagamuwa asserted that the current government should refrain from implementing this plan, calling it not only a trap but also a potential disaster set to explode in 2028. Nagamuwa cautioned that Wickramasinghe has ensnared the country in a debt trap that could last until 2043. He highlighted concerns regarding the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which he described as the country’s supposed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/10/24)
Prof Sunil J. Wimalawansa Excellent Article. May I Highlight Some Points?
We Are on the Same Page! A Beautifully Crafted Observation! Prof Sunil J. Wimalawansa Excellent Article. May I Highlight Some Points? However I Hasten to Correct Only One Point - Sri Lanka is Not Bankrupt BUT Drowning in Debt! Sir, Prof Sunil J. Wimalawansa, Hopefully, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Takes Note of Your Brilliant Commentary!
Posted on October 14th, 2024... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/10/24)
Goodbye, dollar dominance: BRICS plans 'multi-currency system' to transform global financial order
BRICS plans to challenge US dollar dominance and transform the international monetary and financial system by developing infrastructure for cross-border payments using local currencies. Russia made a detailed proposal for the October Kazan summit. Ben Norton analyzes the report, explaining how the US-dominated financial system benefits rich Western countries at the expense of the Global South -- which is why BRICS is pushing to change it. https://youtu.be/3pHr5yzLEHA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/10/24)
How to recognize true prophets through an Islamic paradigm (Part 2.)
The Torah prophecy is as follows: “See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.” (Malachi, 4: 5) Now, due to this prophecy, one reason the Jews at the time of Hazrat Isarejected the claim of Jesus as their messiah, was because Elijah was required to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/10/24)
Empowering Sinhala Voices: Breaking Barriers for Inclusion in Google AdSense
The Sinhala language holds a captivating history and is deeply rooted in the cultural heritage of Sri Lanka. From its ancient origins as a Prakrit language to significant influences from Sanskrit and Pali, Sinhala is one of the oldest languages in the world. It has evolved significantly over the centuries, playing a crucial role in preserving Sri Lankan culture and heritage. Historical Context of Sinhala The earliest known inscriptions in Sinhala date back to the 3rd century BCE, with significant works like the *Mahavamsa* chronicling Sri Lankan history in Sinhala. This language has been a vital... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/10/24)
Policy Address by Hong Kong SAR’s Chief Executive John Lee: New Initiatives to Support High-Quality Development
HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 18 October 2024 - Promoting high-quality development and expanding Hong Kong's capacity for economic growth are core elements of the 2024 Policy Address, announced (October 16) by John Lee, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. "Hong Kong is striving to become an international innovation and technology (I&T) centre by promoting the upgrading and transformation of traditional industries while actively nurturing emerging ones," Mr Lee said. "We will spare no effort in developing new quality productive forces tailored... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/10/24)
මා ජනාධිපති වී ආර්ථිකය ස්ථාවර කලා..- ජනපති
ඉදිරි පෙබරවාරි මාර්තු මාසය වන විට ඉදිරිපත් කරන නව අයවැය ලේඛනය මගින් රාජ්‍ය සේවකයන්ගේ වැටුප් වැඩි කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් අවධානය යොමු කරන බව ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතා පවසයි. තංගල්ල මහජන ක්‍රීඩාංගනයේ පැවති පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයේ ප්‍රචාරක රැළියක් අමතමින් හෙතෙම මේ බව කියා සිටියේය. තමන් ජනාධිපති ධුරයට පත් වූ පසු ප්‍රබලම අභියෝගය බවට පත්වී තිබූවේ මෙරට ආර්ථිකය ස්ථාවර කිරීම බවත් එය ඉටු කිරීමට හැකි වූ බවත් හෙතෙම කියා සිටියේය. ගොවීන් සඳහා පොහොර සහනාධාරයක්ද, ධීයරයන් සඳහා ඉන්ධන සහනාධායක්ද මේ වන විටත් ලබාදෙමින් සිටින බවද පැවසූ ඔහු ඉදිරියේදී දිළිඳු ජනතාවටත් දුබලතාවන් ඇති... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/10/24)
Tamil Faces Too Will Change in ‘New Look’ Parliament
Similar to the South, several Tamil MPs also decided not to seek re-election at the next month’s General Elections. The general view is that, as in the South, most former MPs in the contest in the North and East too are likely to be defeated at the polls. This will pave the way for many newcomers to enter the next Parliament when it meets on 21 November. Almost all the Tamil parties faced splits in the last few months and former MPs in the North, C.V. Wigneswaran, Mavai Senathirajah, Charles... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/10/24)
Special notice for voters with disabilities
Colombo, October 18 (Daily Mirror) - The Election Commission has announced that voters with disabilities will receive special assistance to cast their ballots at the upcoming Parliamentary Election on November 14, 2024. According to the Commission, voters who are totally or partially blind or have physical disabilities, will be allowed to bring someone to help them mark their ballot paper. This assistant must be at least 18 years old, not be a candidate, and not have any disabilities themselves. The assistant also cannot be an authorised agent of a political... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/10/24)
Fresh twist in Easter attack probe
Colombo, October 18 (Daily Mirror) - The debate over the alleged concealment of the reports on the series of deadly blasts that rocked Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, 2019 took a new turn yesterday with Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader Udaya Gammanpila seeking an appointment in writing with Public Security Minister Vijitha Herath to hand over what he said ‘all defence sensitive materials’ to him. Earlier, Mr. Gammanpila challenged the government to publish these reports, sparking a debate why people are kept in the dark. Later, the government gave Mr. Gammanpila a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/10/24)
400 files related to corruption, fraud to be opened for action: AKD
Colombo, Oct 19 (Daily MIrror) - President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said there are 400 files related to corruption and fraud lying with the Attorney General and all of them will be opened for the institution of legal action. He made these remarks while addressing an election rally in support of his party in Tangalle. He said the government will not relent when taking these steps in a legal and systematic manner.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/10/24)
Dr. Harsha de Silva questions government's borrowing strategy
Former Member of Parliament Dr. Harsha de Silva expressed concerns over the National People's Power (NPP) government's recent borrowing practices, revealing that over 400 billion rupees have been borrowed in just a few weeks. Speaking at a press conference held at the Samagi Jana Sandhana headquarters yesterday (18), he criticized the centralization of financial power with the President, rather than Parliament. He stressed that while implementing the President's recommendations, Parliament has a duty to provide positive criticism and ensure proper management of the country's economy. Dr. de Silva pointed out that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/10/24)
Dayasiri Jayasekara questions unfulfilled promises of President Dissanayake
Former Member of Parliament Dayasiri Jayasekara has expressed disappointment over President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's unfulfilled promises, particularly regarding the privileges of former presidents. Speaking at a rally in Kurunegala yesterday (18), Jayasekara noted that despite promises to revoke benefits such as pensions and official quarters for former presidents, these privileges remain intact, with some former presidents even sending requests for continued perks He also criticized the government's financial policies, stating that despite taking loans and promising tax concessions, no significant relief has been provided to the people. Jayasekara further claimed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/10/24)
Anura Kumara Dissanayake cannot do it alone, needs a strong team - PM
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that although National People's Power (NPP) presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake is talented, he cannot rebuild the country on his own. Speaking at a rally held in Maharagama today (19), the Prime Minister emphasized that NPP is not just a political party but a people's movement. She acknowledged that despite 75 years of power being held by others, the people have now entrusted their faith in NPP. She further stressed that it is the responsibility of the people to send a capable... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/10/24)
How Turning the Educated Applicants into Skills to Attract Foreign Employment to Contribute towards External Debt!
How Turning the Educated Applicants into Skills to Attract Foreign Employment to Contribute towards External Debt! Monthly Wage Target - Euro 2000-;+++ PS: Improve English Language Skills! - COMPULSORY Teach Etiquette & Modern Manners! - Very Important Better Personal Presentation Skills! - Critical at First Impression! Note to: DP Education! Contribution Target towards Recovering External Debt. Target 10,000 Graduates and Special Skills for Overseas Jobs/Year Sri Lanka External Debt 1970-2024 Sri Lanka External Debt 1970-2024 ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/24)
Russian Ambassador calls on Defence Secretary
Ambassador for the Russian Federation in Colombo His Excellency Levan S. Dzhagaryan paid a courtesy call on the Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), at the Defence Headquarters Complex in Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte today (Oct 18). The Defence Secretary warmly received the Russian envoy on his arrival and engaged in a cordial discussion. The discussion focused on further strengthening bilateral ties between the two countries. Mementoes were also exchanged to mark the occasion. Russian Military, Air and Naval Attaché Col. Sergey Belyankin and the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/24)
පාස්කු වාර්තාවෙන් මාලිමා ප‍්‍රබලයන්ට චෝදනා.. සගවන්නේ ඒ නිසා.. සදුදා මහා හෙලිදරවුවට මං සූදානම්..
ආන්දෝලනාත්මක පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරය පිළිබඳ කමිටු වාර්තා දෙක තමන්ට අතට පත් වූයේ තැපැල් මගින් බව හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. අදාළ වාර්තා දෙක ප්‍රසිද්ධ කිරීමට වත්මන් ජනාධිපතිවරයා කටයුතු නොකරන්නේ වාර්තාවල ඇතුළත් ඇතැම් කරුණු වලට අනුව ජාතික ජන බලවේගයට සම්බන්ධ පුද්ගලයින් කිහිප දෙනෙකුට ද චෝදනා එල්ල වීම හේතුවෙන් බවත් ඔහු කියා සිටී. ජාතික ආරක්ෂාවට තර්ජනයක් විය හැකි බවද සඳහන් කරමින් වාර්තාවල ඇති ඇමුණුම් පවා තමන්ට තැපැල් මගින් ලැබී ඇති බවත් ඒවා හැර අනෙක් සියළු වාර්තා එළඹෙන සඳුදා මාධ්‍යයට ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට තමන් පියවර ගන්නා බවද ඔහු යලි අවධාරණය කරයි.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/24)
මහාචාර්ය අනිල් ජයන්ත මැතිතුමනි; ජනතාව අන්දන විදිහට ජනපතිව අන්දන්න එපා - ජාතික සංවිධානවලින් ඉල්ලීමක්
ජනාධිපති ආර්ථික සහ මූල්‍ය උපදේශක මහාචාර්ය අනිල් ජයන්ත මහතා ආණ්ඩුව දේශීය බැංකුවලින් ණය ගන්න කතාව බොරුවක් බව සහ ආණ්ඩුව කරන්නේ අරමුදල් රැස්කිරීමක් පමණක් බව සඳහන් කිරීම පිළිබඳව ගැන අපගේ පාඨකයන් විවිධ අදහස් පළ කරති. අප ඒ පිළිබඳව ජාතික සංවිධානවල මතය විමසන ලදී. මේ වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතාගේ අදහස ඔහුගේ වචනයෙන්, "ආණ්ඩුවට අරමුදල් රැස්කරන්න ක්‍රම කිහිපයක් තිබෙනවා. පළමුවැන්න භාණ්ඩාගාර බිල්පත් සහ බැඳුම්කර මගින් දේශීයව ණය ගැනීම, විශේෂයෙන්ම රජයේ බැංකුවලින්. දෙවැන්න විදේශීය බහු පාර්ශ්වික සහ ද්වී පාර්ශ්වික ණය ලබා ගැනීම. ලෝක බැංකුවෙන් ලැබුණු ණය එවැන්නක්. තුන්වැන්න විදේශීය ප්‍රධානයන්. හතරවැන්න විදේශීය වාණිජ ණය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/24)
“Never thought Sajith Premadasa would be a weak leader”– Ajith Mannapperuma
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) candidate and former Member of Parliament Ajith Mannapperuma (Pix: by Pradeep Pathirana) I trusted Sajith Premadasa and I knew he wouldn’t make stupid decisionsI cannot represent Parliament under a leader who ‘backstabs’ his own Party membersDespite my political affiliation I will support Anura Kumara Dissanayake to develop this countryEven if I get elected to Parliament or not, Anura Kumara Dissanayake is the President for the next five yearsI feel Sajith Premadasa wouldn’t even be able to secure 2 million votes at the next election... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/24)
CBK, Ranil in argument over hidden money in Dubai; Ranil says couldn’t find any
Colombo, October 18 (Daily Mirror)- Former presidents Ranil Wickremesinghe and Chandrika Kumaratunga engulfed in an argument over an incident of a certain political leader’s young son hiding USD 1000 million in a Dubai bank, where Mr. Wickremesinghe rebuffed the allegation claiming that his 2015 government could not find any even though teams were sent to Dubai. Ms Kumaratunga said it was found out in 2015 that a young son of a certain political leader had hidden USD 1000 million in a Dubai bank but the government could not bring it back. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/24)
Jeffrey Sachs Interviews - Who’s Really Stirring Up Trouble?
Jeffrey Sachs is a well-known American economist, academic, and public policy analyst who has made significant contributions to the fields of sustainable development and economic development. He has held various prestigious positions throughout his career, including serving as the director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University and as a special advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals. Sachs has authored numerous books and articles on topics related to economics, poverty reduction, and sustainable development. Website: jeffsachs.org https://youtu.be/sxI7CQ3ICsc... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/10/24)
Education - What is the Final Objective or Skill?
Should Vocational Guidance with Market Orientation Play a Vital Role? Target the Education to Satisfy the Demands of Foreign Country Needs. -IT, Nurses, Health workers, Hair dressers, Cooks, Childcare etc…. President urges education reform to align with global demands for future growth. Posted on October 16th, 2024 https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2024/10/16/president-urges-education-reform-to-align-with-global-demands-for-future-growth/ The Ministry of Education and Culture Finland announced the PISA 2022 survey. “Foreign students arriving in Finland Lack Skills!” Sri Lankans with University Degrees are Working as Office &... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/24)
WAR ON CRIME AND DRUGS
War on drugs and organized crime with the underworld War on drugs has commenced again at a rapid rate in Sri Lanka and world over due to the escalation of drug and crime rates as a result of fast communication skills, adopting new modes of transport, capacity to generate large income with risk-taking, and various other methods and channels. The most dangerous aspect of this unfortunate scenario is the rapid rate of addiction and the impact on the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/24)
On Foreign Interference in Canada's internal affairs
October 17, 2024 The Editor (Letters) THE OTTAWA CITIZEN Pierre Poilievre, it is time that you tell Liberal Prime Minister Justine Trudeau, to stop painting themselves lillywhite about foreign interference, when we were interfering in Sri Lanka's internal ethnic Eelam war,'letting Canadian-Tamil separatists collect two million dollars a month for13 Liberal years to stuff their Eelam war chest to buy sophisticated armouries. .And then let a Tamil Tiger separatist cut a cheque in 1994 from a bank in Vancouver to pay... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/24)
A RARE HAPPENING AT FITS AIR MAA. CHENNAI AIRPORT.
Part of being grateful is remembering to express gratitude towards other people. The Prophet of Islam Muhammad (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “He who does not thank people, does not thank God” (Ahmad, Tirmidhi). I travelled with my wife from Chennai to Colombo on 10th September 2024, via FITS AIR – An Aircraft between Colombo / Chennai / Colombo and my Gas Stove (an important kitchen need) was returned back to my daughter’s house, based on the baggage policy of the airline. I contacted FITS AIR... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/24)
How to recognize true prophets through an Islamic paradigm (Part 1.)
Islam believes 124,000 prophets have come before and preached submission to the Creator. These prophets came to different peoples and languages. The Quran only mentions 25 prophets, yet there are many of whom we do not know of. The Quran declares: “And We did send Messengers before thee; of them are some whom We have mentioned to thee, and of them there are some whom We have not mentioned to thee; and it is not possible for any Messenger to bring a Sign except by the leave of Allah. But... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/24)
Has the new Sri Lankan Govt taken over Rs 400 billion in loans in 13 days?
Oct 16 (NewsWire) – The government has received Rs. 419 Billion in treasury bills and bond loans, in the 13 days from 02-15 October 2024, former Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Matale District MP Rohini Kavirathna said. Issuing a statement, former MP Kavirathna said the government is continuing to take unlimited loans, but the country is not receiving any tangible relief. The former SJB MP gave the following breakdown of the government’s loans between 02-15 October; October 02 – Rs. 142.2 Billion October 09 – Rs. 85 Billion... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/24)
Sri Lanka's dangerous debt restructuring
COLOMBO — More than a year after the mass protest movement known as the Aragalaya ousted Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lankans have once again taken to the streets. The impetus for the resurgence of public discontent is the recent bailout agreement between the International Monetary Fund and President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s government. The deal, which aims to address the country’s ongoing balance-of-payments crisis, offers Sri Lanka less than $3 billion over four years, a tiny fraction of what... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/24)
අනුර අනුගමනය කරන්නේ රනිල්ගේ ආර්ථික ප්‍රතිපත්තියමයි... මැතිවරණ පොරොන්දු දැනටමත් කඩ කර අවසන් - ආචාර්ය ප්‍රියංග දුණුසිංහ කියයි
ජනාධිපතිවරණයට පෙර ජාතික ජන බලවේගය ජනතාවට මොනතරම් පොරොන්දු දුන්නත් බලයට පත් වූ පසුව ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක අනුගමනය කරන්නේත් රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහගේ ආර්ථික ප්‍රතිපත්තියම බව කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ ආර්ථික විද්‍යා අධ්‍යයන අංශයේ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ කථිකාචාර්යල ආචාර්ය ප්‍රියංග දුණුසිංහ මහතා පවසයි. ඒ අනුව මැතිවරණ පොරොන්දු දැනටමත් කඩ කර අවසන් නමුත් එය රට පැත්තෙන් ඉතා යහපත් බවත් හෙතෙම කියා සිටී. "ජනාධිපතිවරණයට පෙර මැතිවරණ වේදිකාවල සිට ජාතික ජන බලවේගය ජනතාවට විවිධ පොරොන්දු දුන්නා. විශේෂයෙන්ම ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලට අදාළව ණය තිරසරභාවය පිළිබඳව විකල්ප විශ්ලේෂණයකට යනවා කියලා ඔවුන් කිව්වා. නමුත් මේ වනතුරු ඔවුන් එවැනි විකල්ප විශ්ලේෂණයකට යොමුවෙලා නැහැ.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/24)
Ministers cannot steal without their secretaries, chief accountants being aware: Maithri
Colombo, October 17 (Daily Mirror) - While pointing out how Ministers rob government assets, former President Maithripala Sirisena noted that Ministers cannot steal without the knowledge of their secretaries and chief accountants. Addressing the 45th National Conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka), he stated that later, the secretaries and chief accountants begin to follow the Minister's example, and this practice trickles down to lower levels as well. https://youtu.be/wTSfhYSlxVY Meanwhile, former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that, except for unsolicited procurement,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/24)
Ex-President Ranil urges voters to support ‘experienced candidates’ in 2024 General Election
The leader of the United National Party (UNP), former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has called on voters to elect to the Parliament candidates with proven experience in managing economic crises as the country faces ongoing challenges. Making a special statement ahead of the upcoming parliamentary election, Wickremesinghe emphasized that those who have worked with him over the past two years are best suited to guide the nation forward. “In these difficult times, it is vital that we have leaders in Parliament who know how to handle an economic crisis. Whether you are in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/24)
Govt. increases tax on several key imported food items
The government has announced an increase in taxes on certain imported goods, effective from October 14 to December 31, 2024. This move comes under the directive of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who also serves as the Minister of Finance. Under the new regulations, a special merchandise tax will apply to several key imports. Whole and flaked Mysore lentils, as well as yellow lentils, will now incur a tax of 25 cents per kilogram. Additionally, a special commodity levy of Rs. 302 per kilogram has been imposed on maldive fish and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/24)
Sri Lanka to receive USD 1.69 billion in loans within next 3-5 years: Report
The government has spent only 53% of the welfare budget allocated for the year within the first 8 months up to August, according to a report. A latest report from the Ministry of Finance indicates that the welfare budget has primarily been used to fund the ‘Aswesuma’ welfare program. Meanwhile, the report also states that Sri Lanka is expected to receive 1.69 billion US dollars in loans from multilateral agencies within the next 3 to 5 years. In the Pre-election budgetary report by the Finance ministry, it is reported that,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/24)
Election Commission issues campaign spending limits for 2024 General Election
The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has released a circular outlining the maximum campaign spending limits for candidates, parties, independent groups, and national list candidates for the 2024 General Election. These limits are based on district allocations. The upcoming national elections, including the 2024 General Election, will be conducted under new campaign finance laws, restricting the funding that candidates and political entities can spend. This follows the implementation of similar limits during the 2024 Presidential Election held in September. The Election Commission had consulted with various stakeholders to establish these limits... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/10/24)
Easter Sunday Truth vs Conspiracy – Who are spreading conspiracy theories & why?
One mass murder managed to send 3 President’s home & brought one President to power based on assurance given to deliver justice to the victims. While LTTE committed over 300 gruesome terror attacks over 30 years, these victims were never lucky to have 4 Presidential Commission reports & 1 Parliamentary Report. All victims must be treated equally & justice can have no favoritism. Why is it that the 2 final reports are not been released for the public to make their own deductions given that the current JVP-NPP Government sought public mandate... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/24)
“SETTLER COLONIALISM” AND TAMIL EELAM Part 1.
The Ceylon Tamil, despite the label, is not ‘Ceylon’ at all. The Ceylon Tamil originated in Tamilnadu. The British got down Tamils to carry out “Settler Colonization” in Ceylon. “Settler Colonization”is the introduction of a foreign settler group, to crush the existing indigenous group and take over the country. “Settler Colonialism” is a strategy where the colonial power deliberately brings in outsiders to a new country, to occupy its land and push out those who were living there earlier. The original residents are displaced and later eliminated. The settlers then dig in and create... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/24)
Great Development Programmes that show us the way out of the economic meltdown:
The Small Industries Textile Manufacturing Programme This began with handloom training provided in village areas. Textile Handloom Programmes were commenced all over the island from the early Fifties and the Small Industries Department imported yarn and sold them to the entrepreneurs at cost. The Department of Small Industries employed Textile Demonstrators who trained the handloomers. What was very special was that sarees and other textiles could be done bespoke – according to the colour and style ordered. No one ever went to Bangkok to find an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/24)
‘’SRI LANKA FRIENDLY FOREIGN POLICY FOR NEW SRI LANKA’’
Foreign Policy Foreign Policy of a state in the family of Nations is how it acts and reacts in matters of policy economics, and behaviour , with the rest of the world and international organizations led by the United Nations. Nations give special attention and priority to foreign policy due to the importance of the subject for the successful existence in the family of nations they live in. USA gives top priority to the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/24)
No to a 2015 – 2019 type Government, and the Nomination Lists that ignore/disregard normal people
The 2015 – 2019 Maithree/Ranil Government is perhaps the most disastrous and dysfunctional government Sri Lanka has ever had. We must try everything to avoid a similar situation arising in November 2024. Maithree, Leader of the SLFP went on one road; Ranil leader of the UNP went on another. They never went on the same road together. Two of them constantly fought with each other – like cat and dog. None of them cared about the people. The country suffered tremendously. Maithree/Ranil in a race like manner appointed their... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/24)
TOURISM AND HOSPITALIATY
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 - 16/10/24)
Has Sri Lanka Gone Communist? - Global News!
Has Sri Lanka Gone Communist? Journalistic Reaction to Landslide Electoral Victory of Janatha Vimukti Peramuna (JVP). This is typical journalistic BS! Time will Tell! What is Communism Political ideology The Definition; Communism is a Sociopolitical, Philosophical, and Economic Ideology within the Socialist Movement, whose goal is the Creation of a Communist Society, a Socioeconomic order Centred around Common Ownership ... …. Wikipedia When a country and the population is brought-down to its knees and beyond, by a bourgeois bunch of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/24)
Aragalaya
Many political pundits claim that Aragalaya was the genesis of the present radical political transformation. This assertion denies credit to the NPP for their crusade at the grassroots level over a long period, educating the masses about the misdemeanors and inefficiency of the past governments. NPP also established dedicated cadres with the masses to impart their political fundamentals. The Galle Face Aragalaya was mainly an urban episode undertaken by, as a cynic said, jean-clad young men and women, which was actively supported by the Bar Association and the Catholic Church who had their own... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/24)
QUESTIONS NOT ASKED OR discussed
Strange things happened after the end of the war. Ranil Wickremesinghe spent 3 months at Massachusetts Institute in Boston(Where there is strong support for tigers). Marshal Sarath Fonseka was nominated for the TO contest for the presidency as a UNP candidate. In 2015 SLFP leader Sirisena gave his nomination to contest against Mahinda after Hopper's dinner with Mahinda.Strange enough he could have stayed as president until 2020, but the Presidential election was held in 2019 followed by the general election. These incidents all, I see as alternate plans discussed with the students of the Institute of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/24)
Former Sri Lankan INSS Director General Asanga Abeyagoonasekera Stresses Pragmatic Synergy Between Sri Lanka and China at Xi’an Forum
Abeyagoonasekera outlined how Sri Lanka's evolving political landscape under the NPP offers an opportunity to strengthen its role within the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). He emphasized the importance of fostering pragmatic, synergetic cooperation between Sri Lanka and China, particularly through the BRI, as a pathway to support national development and modernization in a rapidly changing global environment. Xi’an, China (14th October 2024) - At the 2nd Belt and Road International Think Tank Cooperation and Silk Road International Communication Forum in Xi’an, China, renowned Sri Lankan geopolitical analyst and former... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/24)
Recognising Asomiya as a classical language
Now it’s official-Assamese (Asomiya) as a classical language. The Union Cabinet on 3 October 2024 approved to confer Classical Language status to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Bengali (Bangla) and Assamese languages. The classical languages serve as a custodian of Bharat’s profound and ancient cultural heritage, embodying the essence of each community’s historical and cultural milestone. Assamese, which is spoken by over 20 million people, gets entry to the prestigious category already comprising Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia languages.The Union government in New Delhi decided to create a new category of languages as Classical in October... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/24)
Secretary of Defence Reaffirms National Security as the Top Priority at KDU Convocation
In the realm of national security, our defence apparatus is entrusted with protecting the safety and wellbeing of our people - Defence Secretary “We have seen the impact of conflict and have also experienced the healing power of peace. As you step into the next phase of your journey, I urge you to take with you the lessons of our nation's past. Let us never forget the value of peace, stability and cooperation”, said Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) addressing the Convocation of General Sir John Kotelawala... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/24)
Has the new Sri Lankan Govt taken over Rs 400 billion in loans in 13 days?
Oct 16 (NewsWire) – The government has received Rs. 419 Billion in treasury bills and bond loans, in the 13 days from 02-15 October 2024, former Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Matale District MP Rohini Kavirathna said. Issuing a statement, former MP Kavirathna said the government is continuing to take unlimited loans, but the country is not receiving any tangible relief. The former SJB MP gave the following breakdown of the government’s loans between 02-15 October; ADVERTISEMENT October 02 – Rs. 142.2 Billion October 09 –... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/24)
Retirement is temporary, not ready to quit politics: MR
Colombo, October 16 (Daily Mirror) - Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that he is not ready to retire from politics and that his retirement is temporary. "I thought about not contesting the general elections, but politicians never truly retire," he said. Commenting on the upcoming general elections, the former President said that everything is ready and that the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) will easily secure victory. https://youtu.be/PigEWq0jBAE "I did not listen to the statement made by President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka claiming that politicians... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/24)
Injunction issued preventing any hindrance to Sri Lanka’s first cable car project
The Court of Appeal has issued an interim order against the Gampola Divisional Secretary preventing her from interfering with the activities of the first cable car project in Sri Lanka, which is being built in the Ambuluwawa area. This order was issued by the Appeals Court after considering a petition filed by a private company alleging that their project is being unduly hindered by the said official. The application was taken up for consideration today (16) before an Appellate Court bench comprising Judges Mohammad Lafar Tahir and P. Kumaran Ratnam. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/24)
President urges education reform to align with global demands for future growth
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasized the need to rebuild Sri Lanka’s education system in alignment with global demands to achieve the country’s educational goals. He pointed out that children must be equipped with knowledge to improve the nation’s human capital for Sri Lanka’s future progress. The President further highlighted that the responsibility of creating the workforce needed by the world over the next decade falls on education officials, stressing the importance of aligning educational projects with this vision, the President’s Media Division (PMD) stated. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake made these remarks today... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/24)
President emphasizes road development efficiency for rural economic growth
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasized that enhancing the efficiency of road development projects is crucial for achieving rural economic development goals.<br /><br />He highlighted the need to streamline the procurement process for these projects, ensuring that local communities benefit rather than allowing contracts to concentrate in the hands of a few.<br /><br />The President made these remarks during a progress review meeting for the Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports, and Civil Aviation held today (16) at the Presidential Secretariat. The meeting extensively covered various projects under the ministry, with a particular focus on the construction... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/24)
තවත් වෙට්ටු දැම්මොත් පාස්කු වාර්තා ප්‍රසිද්ධ කර රෙදි ගලවනවා…! – ගම්මන්පිලගෙන් ජනපතිට අභියෝගයක්…
පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන දැනට ප්‍රසිද්ධ නොකල එස් අයි ඉමාම් වාර්තාව සහ ඒ එන් ජේ ද අල්විස් වාර්තාව ප්‍රසිද්ධියට පත්කිරීමට තමන් ආණ්ඩුවට දින 7ක කාලයක් ලබාදෙ බව පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. එසේ නොමැති නම් තමන් විසින් එම වාර්තා ප්‍රසිද්ධියට පත්කරන බවත් එම වාර්තා ප්‍රසිද්ධ කල පසු අනුර පානයෙන් මත්ව සිටින ජනතාවකට සිහි එළවා ගත හැකි වෙනු ඇතයි තමන් විශ්වාස කරන බවත් ඒ මහතා වැඩිදුරටත් ප්රකාශ කර සිටියේය. අද දින (14) පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුවකට එක් වෙමින් පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමයේ නායකයා මෙම අදහස් දැක්වීය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/24)
Sri Lanka Is Not Bankrupt! - Countries Don't Go Bankrupt
Countries Don't Go Bankrupt Countries Do Not & Cannot Go Bankrupt! Sri Lanka Is Not Bankrupt! "Countries don't go out of business....The infrastructure doesn't go away, the productivity of the people doesn't go away, the natural resources don’t go away. And so their assets always exceed their liabilities, which is the technical reason for bankruptcy. And that's very different from a company." Walter Wriston Citicorp Chairman "The time bomb was the debt burden and grotesquely high interest rates being carried by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/24)
Sri Lanka to apply for BRICS membership and New Development Bank, says Foreign Minister
Colombo seeks support from BRICS leaders for membership, citing multilateralism goals Sri Lanka's newly-appointed Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath on Monday said that Colombo will apply for membership of the BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) and the New Development Bank. During an interaction with the Colombo-based Diplomatic Corps, Herath said Sri Lanka considers BRICS to be an effective partnership to realise aspiration for mutually beneficial cooperation, peace and development, through strengthened and inclusive multilateralism within the framework of the UN Charter, News 1st Lanka portal reported. Herath said that he and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/10/24)
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake To Visit India After November
Voting for the parliamentary election is to take place on November 14, almost 10 months ahead of the schedule. Sri Lanka elections result 2024: Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake | Photo: AP/Rajesh Kumar Singh President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's visit to Delhi at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will happen only after November this year, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said on Tuesday. “We will discuss dates for the visit only after we form the new government,” Herath told reporters here. Voting for the parliamentary... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/10/24)
President vows to protect trust placed in him to stop corruption in public sector
Addressing the progress review meeting of the Ministry of Energy this morning (15), President Anura Kumara Dissanayake advised that the projects aimed at achieving the energy sector’s goals over the next three years must be structured and expedited. The President pointed out that, similar to other countries where the energy sector holds a prominent position, Sri Lanka too has given the energy sector a leading role, and he also mentioned that the Ministry of Energy is one that generates revenue, and with higher earnings, there are societal discussions about possible irregularities. Dissanayake... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/10/24)
Bring in the Spirit of Albert Einstein to Sri Lankans. President Anura Kumar Dissanayake must set an example!
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For Knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while Imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”― Albert Einstein Competitions & Incentives to Increase Domestic Production of Food for local consumption. Offer Government Loans, Incentives, Technology, to Start Aqua-culture for Domestic & Export. See how Thailand has increased its export of Coconut, Mango, Papaya, with Imagination & Spices to USA & EU. Thais have re-innovated the packaging of Coconut without... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/10/24)
Human rights of children with disabilities in Sri Lanka - A challenge for the new President and an incoming government
The current administrative arrangements do not seem to have brought the required equality and equity to children with disabilities and addressed the challenges faced by them although some headway has been made over time. A high-level State agency is needed for policy formulation, to coordinate implementation of policies and for monitoring progress Who are children with disabilities? UNICEF states that “The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) recognizes the human rights of all children, including those with disabilities. Along with the CRC, the Convention on the Rights of Persons... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/10/24)
Short-Term Actions Needed to Be Taken by the NPP and Eligibility for Election Nominations
Eliminating corruption, re-establishing judicial independence, curtailing wastage and unnecessary imports, and embracing technology are key priorities for the new National People’s Power (NPP) government in Sri Lanka. Now is the time for the NPP leadership to deliver on their promises, ensuring that appointments to government positions, such as chairmanships, are made based on merit rather than favors. Furthermore, public corporations and departments are overstaffed and top-heavy. Instead of mindlessly filling these positions, it is in the country’s best interest for the President to carefully assess and eliminate unnecessary roles first. Prioritizing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/10/24)
ජනතා පරමාධිකාරීබලය පෙන්වීමට අවුරුදු පහක් බලා සිටිය යුතුද?
මහ මැති වරණයක් පැවැත්වෙන පරිසරයක බුද්ධි ගෝචර කරුණු සාකච්ඡා කිරීමට බොහෝ අය අකමැත්තක් දැක්විය හැකිය. බලය බලය සඳහා පමණක් ය යන අදහස මත කටයුතු කරන ගතානුගතික පුද්ගලයන්ට නම් මෙවැනි බුද්ධි ගෝචර අදහස් ඉදිරිපත් වීම නයාට අඳුකොළ මෙන් විය හැකිය. එහෙත් මේ අවස්ථාවේදී සංවේදී ජනතාවගේ උත්සාහය වන්නේ පවතින ක්‍රමය උඩුයටිකුරු කිරීමට තම බලය පාවිච්චි කිරීමයි. කීප වතාවක්ම එලෙස කරන්නට ගොස් අසාර්ථක වීම නිසා හටගත් සන්තාපයෙන් බොහෝ අය සිටිති.ඒ නිසා පක්ෂා පාට නොබලා අතීත ක්‍රියාකාරකම් කුමක්දැයි නොවිමසා පවතින ක්‍රමය ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කිරීම සඳහා පෙළ ගැසී සිටිති. මේ පියවර එක් අතකින් සමාජ ප්‍රගමනයට සුභදායකය. අනෙක් අතින් සමාජය වල්මත් කරවීම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/10/24)
A Master Plan to restore the lost physical stability of the central hill country
A Master Plan to restore the lost physical stability of the central hill country and protect it from the ongoing environmental devastation and reinstall its historical role given in appendixes 1 to 1V below played in ancient times in nation building and defending the motherland from all Indian and colonial invasions and to open up a new chapter in the saga of socio-economic and political landscape in central Sri Lanka, (HADABIMA) sans ethnic strife and pollical gambling. Dr Sudath Guanasekara: Former Permanent Secretary to Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranayaka and the founder of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/10/24)
FOLLOW OR RATHER DEVELOP The Divisional Development Councils Programme of the Sirimavo days
I enclose a comment from ee.com on the Divisional Development Councils Programme If done- it can be implemented in days- it will train the young unemployed to become productive and also produce what the country needs. • B2. The Divisional Development Councils Program of PM Sirimavo (2009, excerpts) – Garvin Karunaratne The experience of Sri Lanka’s Divisional Development Councils Program (DDCP, 1970-77) is of great importance in today’s situation of unemployment, and also of the inability to import [capital?] goods due to the lack of foreign exchange. DDCP is a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/10/24)
Derana 360: Anuradha Yahampath from Sarvajana Balaya
https://youtu.be/ynj2YQ7rFQ0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/10/24)
මාලිමා මන්ත‍්‍රීලා වැටුප් ගන්නෑ.. පක්ෂ අරමුදලටයි..
ඉදිරි පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයේදී තේරී පත් වන ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ සියලු මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් ඔවුන්ගේ වැටුප පක්ෂ අරමුදලට පරිත්‍යාග කරන බව එම පක්ෂය ජාතික විධායක සභික හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී සුනිල් හඳුන්නෙත්ති මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. තම පක්ෂය වරදාන වරප්‍රසාද වලට දේශපාලනය කරන ව්‍යාපාරයක් නොවන බවද හෙතෙම කියා සිටි. එම ප්‍රතිපත්තිය ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂයේ සිටියත් විපක්ෂයේ සිටියත් වෙනස් නොකරන බවද හෙතෙම තවදුරටත් පැවසුවේය. කොළඹදී මාධ්‍යවේදියෙකු විමසූ පැනයකට පිළිතුරු සපයමින් ඔහු මෙම අදහස් පළ කළේය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/10/24)
උගන්ඩාවට ගුවනින් ගෙන ගියේ සොරකම් කල සල්ලි නොවෙයි.. තෝමස් ඩිලාරූ සමාගමේ නෝට්ටුයි..- කොට්ටහච්චි
ජාතික ජන බලවේග රජයක් යටතේ ලොව දියුණු රටවල පවතින ආකාරයේ වත්කම් ප්‍රතිෂ්ඨාපන ආයතනයක් පිහිටුවීමට අරමුණු කරන බව එම පක්ෂ කළුතර දිස්ත්‍රික් අපේක්ෂිකා නිලන්ති කොට්ටහච්චි මහත්මිය පවසයි. රටේ පාලන තන්ත්‍රය ජනතා මුදල් අයථා ලෙස සිය රටේ හෝ වෙනත් රටවල ආයෝජනය කර ඇත්නම් භාවිත කරමින් ඇත්නම් එමගින් ඒවා නැවත ලබා ගත හැකි බවත් ඇය පෙන්වා දෙයි. පසුගිය ජනාධිපතිවරණ වේදිතාවේදී උගන්ඩාවේ ඇති මුදල් නැවත ගෙන ඒමට අවශ්‍ය නැද්දයි විමසන විටත් තෝමස් ඩිලාරෝ සමාගම නිත්‍යානුකූල ලෙස මුද්‍රණය කළ මුදල් උගන්ඩාවට ගෙන යෑම ගැන තමන් පූර්ණ අවබෝධයක සිටි බව ද ඇය පවසන්නීය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/10/24)
රාජ්‍ය දේපල ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගතකරණය අත්හිටුවයි..
රාජ්‍ය සතු ව්‍යවසායන් ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගත කිරීම ම්බන්ධයෙන් පැවති රජයේ ප්‍රතිපත්තිමය තීරණය මහ මැතිවරණය අවසන් වන තෙක් නව රජය විසින් අත්හිටුවා තිබේ. පසුගිය රජය විසින් රාජ්‍ය ව්‍යවසාය ප්‍රතිවේග ගත කිරීමේ ඒකකයක් පිහිටුවා ඇති අතර ඒ යටතේ ජ්‍ය ව්‍යාපාර 130ක් ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගත කිරීමට ලැයිස්තුගත කර තිබින. කෙසේ වෙතත් ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතා එම ධුරයට පත් වීමෙන් පසු අදාළ ඒකකයේ කටයුතු සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඉදිරි ක්‍රියා මාර්ග මහ මැතිවරණය අවසන් වූ පසු ගැනීමට නියමිතව ඇත.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/10/24)
Sri Lanka seeks BRICS membership amid economic challenges
Foreign minister says Colombo will request membership at upcoming BRICS summit in Russia ANKARA Sri Lanka has formally decided to apply for BRICS membership, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath announced Monday. Speaking to the diplomatic corps in the capital Colombo, Herath said the country will submit its membership request at the upcoming BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, scheduled for Oct. 23-24. Sri Lanka's secretary of foreign affairs will represent the nation at the summit, where Colombo hopes to gain support from existing BRICS... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/10/24)
Sri Lanka carrier grounds captain after mid-air argument
Colombo: Sri Lanka's national airline grounded a captain after he locked out his female copilot when she took a toilet break during a flight from Sydney to Colombo, officials said.Sri Lanka's aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), had initiated an investigation. "The airline is fully cooperating with the relevant authorities, and the captain has been grounded pending the outcome of the investigation," SriLankan Airlines said in a statement. The captain clashed with the female copilot over her stepping out without arranging another crew member to accompany him in the cockpit,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/10/24)
Dissanayake’s difficult path to take Sri Lanka back to non-alignment
The new president of Sri Lanka, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, will have to walk a fine line to return the country to its traditional foreign policy of non-alignment. The country remains caught in a situation dangerously close to a zero-sum game of relationships with China and India, both of which are essential for its economic recovery. To help him stay out of that situation, Western countries should go beyond economic help and engage Sri Lanka in a larger and more comprehensive agenda. Left-leaning Dissanayake has emphasized... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/10/24)
Harsha’s Options -Join NPP or Take Over Leadership of SJB Who wants Dr. Harsha de Silva out?
Targeting Dr. Harsha de Silva by senior SJB members began a couple of years ago when he started gaining recognition as a potential future leader. The brilliant economist faced criticism a few months ago after securing state funding for development work in Kotte. During a TV chat show explaining the process, Harsha made the remark, “Mama Ambalangoda kollekk” (I am a man from Ambalangoda), which some within the party used to undermine him. Party members close to the leadership reportedly conspired to push him out of the Colombo district, seeking to move him to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/10/24)
The New government and foreign debt - EDITORIAL
The new government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake seems to be under pressure to implement the promises given to the people by his party, National People’s Power (NPP) before the September 21 Presidential election. In fact, it is more than the ordinary people, the adversaries of the NPP who are pressurising the government to implement what it promised to the people during the recent election campaign. Their pressure on the government to keep all its pledges straightaway points to what they are up to. Yet, a pressure campaign within the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/10/24)
මාලිමාවේ ප්‍රචාරණ වැඩවලට සහාය දුන්න ශානිට අධ්‍යක්ෂ ධුරයක් ලබාදී පැරණි දේශපාලන සංස්කෘතියම මාලිමා රජය යළිත් පණගන්වලා - නුවන් බෝපගේ ගෙන් චෝදනා (වීඩියෝ)
තමුන්ගේ හිතවතුන්ට තනතුරු, තාන්නමාන්න දීම වැළැක්වීම පසුගිය කාලයේ ජනතාව ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කළ දේශපාලන සංස්කෘතිය බවත්, වර්තමාන ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ රජය විසින් තමන්ගේ දේශපාලන ප්‍රචාරන වැඩකටයුතු වෙනුවෙන් දායක කරගත් ශානි අබේසේකර මහතා බුද්ධි විශ්ලේෂන සහ නිවාරණ කොට්ඨාශයේ අධ්‍යක්ෂකවරයා ලෙස තම හිතවත්කම මත පත්කර ඇති බවත් ජන අරගල සන්ධානයේ නුවන් බෝපගේ මහතා පවසයි. ශානි අබේසේකර පසුගිය කාලයේ ජාතික ජනබලවේගයේ පොලිස් සහ හමුදා බලමුළුවල සිටි පුද්ගලයකු බවද, ජාතික ජන බලවේගය පැරණි දේශපාලන සංස්කෘතියම දැන් නැවත පණගන්වා ඇති බවද ඒ මහතා චෝදනා නගයි. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/10/24)
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථිකය ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගත නොකළොත් අණතුරේ වැටෙනවා- ලෝක බැංකුව වාර්තාවකින් පවසයි
ආර්ථිකයේ කරණු ලබන ව්‍යුහාත්මක ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ මත ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථික ස්ථායිතාව රඳාපවතින බව ලෝක බැංකුව අවධාරණය කරයි. ලෝක බැංකුව නිකුත් කළ ‘ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංවර්ධන ඇගයුම’ නම් නවතම වාර්තාවේ මේ බව සඳහන් වේ. එම වාර්තාවට අනුව ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සමස්ථ ආර්ථිකය අවදානමට ලක්විය හැකි සීමාවක ස්ථායිව පවතී. වාර්තාව වැඩිදුරටත් පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ සාර්ථක ණය ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගත කිරීම, මධ්‍යකාලීන ආර්ථික වර්ධනය වැඩිකිරීම සහ දුප්පත්කම අඩුකිරීම සඳහා ක්රියාත්මක කරන අඛණ්ඩ ව්‍යුහාත්මක ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ මත ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථික ස්ථායිතාව රඳාපවතින බවයි. ආර්ථිකයේ ප්රධාන අභියෝගවලට විසඳුම් සෙවීම ඉලක්ක කරගත් ප්රධාන ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ වඩා පැතිරුණු සහ තිරසාර වර්ධනයක් සඳහා වැදගත් වන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/10/24)
ජනපති අනුර මානව හිමිකම් උගුලට හිර කිරීම සඳහා නීතිඥ සංගමයේ සභාපතිගෙන් තල්ලුවක් - ජාතික සංවිධාන චෝදනා නගයි
ජාත්‍යන්තර මානව හිමිකම් කවුන්සිලයේ 51/1 යෝජනාව තවදුරටත් තහවුරු කිරීම සඳහා ඉදිරිපත් කළ 57/1 යෝජනාව ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ රජය විසින් ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කිරීම කිරීම පිළිබඳව ලංකා ලීඩර් ජාතික සංවිධානවල මතය විමසන ලදී. මේ වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා ගේ අදහස් ඔහුගේ වචනයෙන්, "මතුපිටින් බලන විට එය ඉතා හොඳ දෙයක්. මීට පෙර ගෝඨාභය රජයත් 46/1 සහ 51/1 යෝජනා ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කළා. නමුත් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ නියෝජිතයාගේ කතාව තුළ වෙනත් භයානක යෝජනාවක් හෙවත් පොරොන්දුවක් අන්තර්ගත වෙනවා. ඒ තමයි වගවීම සඳහා දේශීය යාන්ත්‍රණයක් හඳුන්වා දෙන බව සහ වැරැදිකරුවන්ට දේශීය අධිකරණය මගින් දඩුවම් කරන බවට පොරොන්දු වීම. එතන තමයි රහස... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/10/24)
China responds to recent arrests of Chinese nationals in Sri Lanka for ‘online scams’
The Chinese Embassy in Colombo says that China is closely following the recent arrests of Chinese nationals in Sri Lanka for suspected online fraud and is supporting Sri Lankan law enforcement agencies in cracking down on them, while ensuring their rights and interests are protected in accordance with the law. Issuing a statement in this regard, the Chinese Embassy highlighted that these cases not only pose a threat to the property of the two peoples, but also seriously damage China’s image and affect the traditional friendship between the two countries. Furthermore, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/10/24)
India withdraws Canada envoy named in probe, expels diplomats
India ordered the expulsion of six Canadian diplomats on Monday and withdrew its own envoy from Canada, in response to what it said was Ottawa’s decision to name him and others as “persons of interest” in an investigation. India did not go into detail on the investigation, but relations have been fraught since 2023, when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he had evidence linking Indian agents to the assassination of a Sikh separatist leader on his territory. India has long denied Trudeau’s accusation. On Monday it dismissed Canada’s move on the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/10/24)
The Fate of Sri Lanka’s First & Last Woman Prime Minister
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 06-12 October 2024 * Opposition forces are involved in an imperialist conspiracy to make President Anura Dissanayake the “2nd Gotabaya” – former Minister Wimal Weerawansa * ‘Si vis pacem para bellum – If you want peace, prepare for war’ Some like their sutra in punchy praetorian Latin. The Washington-based IMF (Import Mafia Front) is making us an offer we apparently can’t refuse. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/10/24)
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake: This is Your Turn to Bring the Smile Back!!
Promises & Promises! Are Political Promises Meant to be Broken? Set an Example that Corruption Does Not Pay! President Anura Kumara Dissanayake: This is Your Turn! Politicians are famous to promise the Moon and soon after winning the vote, the promises vanish into thin air! The Sri Lankan election victory in 2024 is Unique. Whilst the Parliamentary Elections in other major Democratic countries, such as USA, UK, India, Singapore retained the old guard and the legendary historical old two party system, Sri Lankan... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/10/24)
Not being proactive but reactive
Rather than becoming ready to face/control situations, most of the time we respond/react to them after the event. Owing to this shortcoming, we suffer tremendously. This is why the perception - Sri Lankans are reactive, not proactive. Let us look at some examples: In 1976, Prabhakaran killed Alfred Duraippah. From 1981 – 1983, he did many heinous crimes. During this period he was arrested few times. But, our rulers always set him free. Until 2009, Prabhakaran went on major rampage. The damage/carnage he did to this this country; needless... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/10/24)
The 1956 election landslide and SWRD Bandaranaike’s tenure (1956 — 1959)
(Excerpted from Rendering Unto Caesar, memoirs of Bradman Weerakoon) My acquaintance with S W R D Bandaranaike was only through the press reports of his election campaign. That was before he came to the prime minister’s office in the Fort (now housing the foreign ministry at Republic Square), on an April morning, after the swearing in of his Cabinet at Queen’s House. His eloquence as a speaker, especially his Independence Day speech in 1948, was deeply imprinted in my mind. Throughout a gruelling campaign he had shown extraordinary skills of perseverance... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/10/24)
AAEA urges govt for promoting rain water harvesting
Guwahati: All Assam Engineers’ Association (AAEA), a forum of graduate engineers in northeast India, appreciates Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat for making an fervent appeal for caring the nature and protect Mother Earth. The RSS chief, while delivering his annual address on the occasion of Vijayadashami, urged everyone to conserve water, avoid single-use plastic, plant tree-saplings and finally save the planet for all living beings.Sarsanghchalak Bhagwat, who leads the 99 years old largest socio-cultural organisation in the world, observed in his address from Nagpur on 12 October 2024 that the ongoing material developmental... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/10/24)
බිලියන 97ක් සොයන්න හෙට භාණ්ඩාගාර බිල්පත් විකුණයි..
රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව විසින් හෙට දිනයේ 15 භාණ්ඩාගාර බිල්පත් වෙන්දේසියක් සිදු කරයි. එහිදී රුපියල් මිලියන 97,000ක භාණ්ඩාගාර බිල්පත් වෙන්දේසි කිරීමට ලංසු කැදයි. දින 91කින් කල්පිරෙන රුපියල් මිලියන 37,000ක, දින 182කින් කල්පිරෙන රුපියල් මිලියන 40,000ක සහ දින 364කින් කල්පිරෙන රුපියල් මිලියන 20,000ක භාණ්ඩාගාර බිල්පත් එහිදී වෙන්දේසි කෙරේ.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/10/24)
සහනාධාර වැඩි කරනවා.. IMF විරුද්ද වුනේ නෑ..- ජනාධිපති ආර්ථික උපදේශක
ජනතාවට සහන ලබාදීම ඉහළ නැංවීමට ජාත්‍යන්තර මුල්‍ය අරමුදලේ එකඟතාවය ලැබුණු බව ජනාධිපති ආර්ථික හා මුල්‍ය කටයුතු පිළිබඳ උපදේශක මහාචාර්ය අනිල් ජයන්ත මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ජාත්‍යන්තර මුල්‍ය අරමුදල වෙත ඊට අදාළ යෝජනා ඉදිරියේදී ලබාදීමට කටයුතු කරන බවද ඔහු පැවසුවේය. ජනතාවට ලබාදෙන සහන ඉහල නැංවීමට රජයේ මූලික අරමුණ බවත් හෙතෙම කියා සිටී. “ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලත් එක්ක සාකච්ඡා කරද්දි පැහැදිලි කරමින් සිටියා අපේ රටේ ආර්ථිකය නැවත පුනර්ජීවනයට හරවන්න නම් රටේ මිනිස්සුන්ට කන්න බොන්න ලැබෙන දේ අරන් දෙන්න ඕනේ. ගොවියාට පොහොර ටික ලැබෙන්න ඕනේ. ධීවරයාට ඒ වැඩ ටික පහසුවෙන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/10/24)
An Electoral May-2009 Moment Has Arrived for Most Politicians
The year 2024 is shaping up to be the most important year in Sri Lanka’s history. It already had unprecedented political changes and more are on the way. Over 100 once powerful politicians have been reduced to zero; most of them have given up politics and elections. This is indeed the May-2009 moment for them. They know what side of that moment they are in. One may argue that the UNP was defeated pretty badly in 1956 but it bounced back. Similarly, the SLFP was defeated in 1977 and after languishing in the opposition... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/10/24)
Conserve rain water, plant trees, save the planet:
Guwahati: On the occasion of Vijayadashami festival, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat made a fervent appeal to everyone to care for nature and protect the planet for the human race. In his annual address from the headquarter of RSS at Nagpur in Maharashtra on 12 October 2024, Sarasanghachalak Bhagwat observed that the ongoing material developmental journey, inspired by an incomplete ideological basis of consumerism, has emerged as a journey of destruction for the entire creation on Earth The summer season scorches, the rain takes away everything and the winter freezes life like... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/10/24)
Bali Process Meeting held in Colombo
The Bali Process meeting focused on return and reintegration services for stranded migrants was conducted on October 10 and 11 at the Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo. This collaborative effort involves the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the National Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (NAHTTF), coordinated under the Bali Process Return and Reintegration Services (BP AVRR) and supported by the Australian Department of Home Affairs. The Chief of National Intelligence and the Head of the Officials Committee of the NAHTTF, representing the Ministry of Defence as the Chair of the NAHTTF, delivered... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/10/24)
‘A noble opposition can do more work than a govt’ – Dilith Jayaweera
Leader of the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance, entrepreneur Dilith Jayaweera says that if a noble opposition is created, it can do more work than a government. He further points out that a courageous opposition will not have to remain in the opposition forever. He made these comments during a special meeting held today (12) in Waskaduwa with the candidates contesting this year’s parliamentary elections from the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ under the symbol of the ‘medal’. Speaking during the event, Mr. Dilith Jayaweera said: “We are talking about... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/10/24)
Acting IGP instructed to expedite investigations into seven high-profile cases
The Ministry of Public Security has instructed the Acting IGP to expedite the police investigations into seven high-profile cases including the Easter Sunday bombings and the controversial Treasury Bond auction in 2015. Instructions have also been given to expedite investigations into the death of businessman Dinesh Schaffter death and the death of a police officer during the shooting incident near the “W15” Hotel in Weligama in 2023, according to the Police Spokesman. Police Spokesman DIG Nihal Thalduwa said the Ministry of Public Security has instructed the Acting IGP to direct special attention... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/10/24)
Sri Lanka Has a New Broom! Will it Sweep Better than the Old Brooms?
Knowing Language or Knowing Communication Skills. There is a subtle difference. In most cases, from what I have seen of Sri Lankan Officials and Businessmen, Lack Both. The failure of getting IMF support is a Case-in-Point! Keeping Sinhala as the Official Language is important, BUT English should be taught like it was done in the 1950s, 1960s. Learn a lesson from Singapore. Whilst most Chinese speak Mandarin, the majority of Singaporeans speak excellent English! In business negotiations, the First Impression is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/10/24)
English the Global Language of Communication & Negotiation
Languages Main & Official in EU! Courtesy of Google. How Many Speak English in EU? You won't have to go far to find an English speaking country in Europe as there are over 370 million English speakers out of about 450 million EU residents! How Many Speak English Globally? Out of the world's approximately 7.8 billion inhabitants, 1.35 billion speak English. What are the 5 European languages? Five languages have more than 50 million native speakers in Europe: Russian, German, French, Italian, and English. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/10/24)
In Sri Lanka, History Stakes Its Claim Over The Raavan Myth
In Sri Lanka, there is no mythological version of the Ramayana. Raavan’s world was more than that https://www.outlookindia.com/national/in-sri-lanka-history-stakes-its-claim-over-the-raavan-myth This story was published as part of Outlook's 21 October 2024 magazine issue titled 'Raavan Leela'. To read more stories from the issue, click here The question arises: how did Indian mythology merge to turn an actual Sinhala hero-king into a villain? You don’t have to go far to find the answer. It was the Tamil Nadu settlers who projected Raavan as a treacherous villain, but have suddenly changed their tune to now claim... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/10/24)
Meritocracy in Leadership Appointments.
The recent appointment of a former Sri Lanka Air Force chief as the Chairman of Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited, the state-run airport management company, has been the subject of much debate. While it may seem like a newsworthy event, in reality, it follows a long-established pattern of selecting top military personnel for civilian roles. This practice, however, raises several questions. First, the company is registered as a "Private" entity, yet government influence over decision-making appears as strong as ever. How private can... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/10/24)
ලංකාවේ දිරිය තරුණයෙකුගේ අරුම පුදුම යන්ත්‍ර නිශ්පාදන කර්මාන්තශාලාව
https://youtu.be/fcx30c13jbY Umandawa Maha Vihara Monastery Madahapola, Melsiripura, Kurunegala, Sri Lanka.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/10/24)
Election Commission/Commissioner must ensure no DUAL CITIZENS / FOREIGN CITIZENS give nominations
If there is a constitutional provision claiming no dual citizens / foreign citizens can sit in Parliament, how is this provision to be honored or checked? The best & only way is for the Election Commission/Commissioner to ensure that they do not accept any nominations of those who are dual citizens. Such nominations must be rejected by the Election Commission & the Election Commission is dutybound to the People to ensure they have not accepted nominations of dual citizens/foreign citizens. This was a major lapse in the 2020 elections. The Election Commission... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/10/24)
Demarcating the Role of Voters and the Role of Parliament
In every functioning democracy, Parliament plays a central role in shaping the nation’s future. It is the institution that represents the will of the people, legislates on their behalf, and holds the government accountable for its actions. In countries like Sri Lanka, Parliament is the heartbeat of the democratic process, where laws are debated, decisions are made, and national priorities are set. However, as much as the institution itself is critical, the quality of its members is equally significant in ensuring that Parliament fulfills its role effectively. The Role of Parliament in a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/10/24)
Urumaya Land Grants.
Sunday Times of October 06, 2024 reports that the Govt. will carry on with Ranil’s Urumaya project. The report adds that the Land Commissioner has said President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has instructed that land distribution should continue. I only hope that this report is not correct. In November last year, I wrote on Lanka Web that the Urumaya program was the Return of the Millennium Corporation Compact (MMC) which was outright rejected by the then Govt. despite a promise of a financial package associated with it. This political scheme of Ranil appears on the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/10/24)
රටේ ආර්ථිකය පවත්වාගෙන යාමට බදු ආදායම මදි
පසුගිය ජනවාරි සිට අගෝස්තු දක්වා කාලය තුළ භාණ්ඩාගාර බිල්පත් වලින් සහ බැදුම්කර වලින් මාසිකව රුපියල් බිලියන 800 ඉක්මවූ ණය ලබා ගෙන ඇතිබව පේරාදෙණිය විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ ආර්ථික විද්‍යා හා සංඛ්‍යාන අධ්‍යයන අංශයේ මහාචාර්ය වසන්ත අතුකෝරල මහතා පැවසීය. ඇතැම් මාස වල එලෙස බිලියන 1200ක ණය ලබා ගෙන තිබේ. මේ හේතුවෙන් දේශීය ණය බර විශාල වශයෙන් වැඩි වී ඇතිබව පැවසීය. මේ අතර වත්මන් රජය විසින් පසුගිය දින 10 තුළ දේශීය මූලාශ්‍ර වලින් රුපියල් බිලියන 240කට ආසන්න ණය ලබා ගැනීමක් සිදුකර තිබේ. රටේ ණය බර ක්‍රමක්ක්‍රමයෙන් අඩුකර ගත යුතුය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/10/24)
Shani appointed as Director Crimes of SL police
Colombo, Oct 11 (Daily Mirror) -Former Director CID, SSP Shani Abeysekera has been appointed Director of Crimes of Sri Lanka Police. On the recommendation of the Acting IGP, the National Police Commission and the Election Commission have approved SSP Abeysekera's appointment. According to police sources, with the change of government, it is the responsibility of the new Director Crimes to look into all previous criminal matters in the country and to bring the culprits to book sooner than later. SSP Abeysekara when contacted confirmed his new... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/10/24)
General Election: 690 nominations accepted, 74 rejected
The Commissioner General of Elections, Saman Sri Ratnayake, announced that a total of 764 nomination papers were submitted by political parties and independent groups for the 2024 General Election, from the 22 electoral districts across the island. However, he stated that only 690 nomination papers were accepted from political parties and independent groups for the election and that 74 nomination papers were rejected. Speaking to reporters this evening (11) after the nomination period ended, he stated that the highest number of nominations were received for the Digamadulla electoral district with 72. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/10/24)
Monthly allowance of Rs. 3,000 to pensioners from next week
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed officials of the Ministry of Finance to take necessary action to provide a monthly interim allowance of Rs. 3000 to all pensioners, from next week. After reviewing the delay in adding the Rs. 3000 allowance to the October pension, the President directed that this amount be credited to the pensioners’ accounts within the next week. These instructions were given during a meeting held yesterday (10) afternoon at the Presidential Secretariat with senior officials of the Ministry of Finance, chaired by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/10/24)
විමල් රට වෙනුවෙන් සිදුකළ විශිෂ්ට භූමිකාවේ බරපතලම මැදිහත්වීම මහාචාර්ය ඉඳුරාගාරේ ධම්මරතන හිමිගේ ඇසින් !Whither Sri Lanka but for Wimal ?
(20+) Video | Facebook https://fb.watch/v9rNHE-XLd/ https://www.facebook.com/WimalWeerawansa.sl/videos/1065181831670691/... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/10/24)
Congratulations Chanaka Bandarage!
Posted on October 10th, 2024 Super Prose! Chanika Bandarage, You Called - "A Spade a Spade!" Like I stated awhile ago, "The Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating" The Skills of the Negotiator or the Negotiating Team --- is in the Result! Like Good Soldiers do not make World Leaders. Getting a PhD or a Professorship Does Not Mean that these educated bods Have Any Empathy! Personally... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/10/24)
Highly Educated But With NO SKILLS! - Proof of the Pudding!
Sri Lanka Education & the Mentality Needs a Radical Upheaval! President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Should Take Note & React! Sooner the Better! Benefits - at least next time? Proof of the Pudding! Chanaka Bandarage --------- Some members of the Sri Lankan team were university dons. Surely they must be highly educated. But, do they have the skill, talent and the ticker to conduct international negotiations?------------ Sri Lankan Education & The Proof of the Pudding!Prof. Hudson McLean (LankaWeb - 02/10/24) ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/10/24)
Decoding the DNA vs RNA, How Rome was built, Government watch dogs ect.
The most recent award for the Nobel Chemistry price was for decoding the structure of proteins and creating new ones, yielding advances in areas such as drug development to US scientists, namely David Baker and John Jumper and Briton Demis Hassabis, last week. But is it really necessary. Will it not only make the Big Pharma a more lucrative business and making our natural ability to withstand the challenges coming from environment, very weak. Perhaps the following video will explain it better: https://youtu.be/y9pTbMoufp4 Isn’t our DNA already programmed to face... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/10/24)
Will the Death of U.S. Hegemony Lead to Peace—Or World War III?
Professor Jeffrey Sachs, currently a Professor at Columbia University, has held positions around the world as an economist, and has become one of the most outspoken peace advocates in the United States. This interview was conducted on May 15 by EIR’s co-editor Mike Billington. Mike Billington: I listened to your interview with Jill Stein, the presidential candidate for the Green Party. I noticed that she ran through your various hats, which took her a long time to do! Rather than running through all of that, I thought I would start with your original profession, which was an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/10/24)
A Pleasant Surprise at the Kottawa Post Office
In a world where negative experiences often dominate social media feeds, it's refreshing to come across a positive encounter. My visit to the Kottawa post office this morning was one such pleasant surprise. The gentleman I encountered there not only provided excellent service but also offered a valuable suggestion that saved me money. Typically, I avoid the Kottawa post office due to previous bad encounters with staff who lacked basic customer care. However, on this occasion, I decided to give it another try. To my delight, I was greeted by a helpful... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/10/24)
මෝහෙන් මුලා වෙලා මානෙන් උදම්වෙලා ....යන්නේ කොහෙද මේ!
ජග්‍රහකයින්ව නොමගට හරවන බලවේගය මෝහයයි. ජයග්‍රහණයත් සමග ඉදිරියට යා යුතු නිසි මග අහුරා හිටගන්නා මෝහය ඒ ජයග්‍රහණය මහා විනාශයක් කරා මෙහෙයවීම ඉතිහාසය පුරාම අප අත්දැක ඇති අපුරු සිදුවීමකි. ඒ කලාව නැවත වරක් කරලියට පැමිණ ඇත.NPPය ලැබුවේ එසේ මෙසේ ජග්‍රහණයක් නොව අති විශිෂ්ඨ ජග්‍රහනයකි. මෙය මා සමාන කරන්නේ සාමාන්‍යයෙන් දක්නට නොලැබෙන හාස්කමකටය. හාස්කම් සිදුවන්නේ ඉතා කලාතුරකින් වන අතර, එකම හාස්කම ඉතා කෙටිකාලයක් තුලදී නැවත නැවත සිදු නොවේ. එබැවින් එහි පලය රැක ගැනීම ඒ සඳහා වෙහෙසුන මිනිසුන්ගේ වගකීමයි.මේ වගකීම ඉටුකළයුතු මිනිසුන්,ජග්‍රහණයෙන් උදම්ව, මෝහයේ තුරුලට වැඩි එහි පහස විදිමින් සිටී.ආදරය, කරුණාව, ඊර්ෂ්‍යාව, මානය, ද්වේශය, ක්‍රෝධය, බුද්ධිය, මුලාව යන දේවල්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/10/24)
Feature: Chinese scientist's 31 trips in quest for Sri Lankans' safe water
A drone photo taken on Sept. 26, 2024 shows the China-Sri Lanka Joint Research and Demonstration Center for Water Technology (JRDC) in the central city of Kandy, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua) COLOMBO, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- In an office drawer of Chinese scientist Wei Yuansong lies a thank-you letter written in Sinhalese and signed off by an entire Sri Lankan village. The letter, having passed through many hands and franked in various locations, tells shared memories of a decade-long fight against a killer kidney disease that had... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/10/24)
Sri Lanka’s New President Is More a Pragmatist Than a Marxist
Anura Kumara Dissanayake is well aware that his handling of Sri Lanka’s vulnerable economy will determine his political future. Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (center) holds talks with a delegation from the International Monetary Fund in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Oct. 4, 2024.Credit: President’s Media Division (PMD), Sri Lanka On September 21, National People’s Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s eighth presidential election. Two days after being sworn in as the president, Dissanayake dissolved the Parliament and declared that a parliamentary election would be... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/10/24)
විමල් මැතිවරණයට තරග නොකරයි.. අනුර දෙවැනි ගෝටාභය කරන්න ඉඩ නොදෙන බවත් කියයි..
ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක හිටපු අමාත්‍ය විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා මෙවර පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයට තරග නොකිරීමට තීරණය කර තිබේ. ඔහුගේ නායකත්වයෙන් යුතු ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ සන්ධානගතව හෝ පක්ෂයක් ලෙස මෙවර පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයට තරග නොකරයි. අවසන් වරට පැවති පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයේදී ඔහුගේ පක්ෂයේ නියෝජිතයන් හත් දෙනකු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් ලෙස පත් වූ අතර පාර්ලිමේන්තු විසුරුවා හරින විට ඉන් හතර දෙනකු එම පක්‍ෂයෙන් ඉවත්ව වෙනත් පාර්ශවයන් වෙත සහාය දෙමින් සිටියහ. පක්ෂයේ තීන්දුව දීර්ඝ ලෙස පහදමින් ඔහු විසින් නිකුත් කර ඇති මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය මෙසේය. මේ වන විට රටේ ජනතාව නිදහස් සහ සාමකාමී... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/10/24)
Semasinghe ‘dissapointed’ by Prez Poll result; decides not to contest Parliamentary Election
Former Minister of State for Finance Shehan Semasinghe has announced that he will not be contesting in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Issuing a statement, Semasinghe reflected on the country’s economic challenges over the past year and his dedication to rebuilding the economy alongside former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, following the economic collapse. Semasinghe expressed his belief that once the country and its economy stabilize, the public would begin to appreciate the efforts and sacrifices made during the recovery process. He stated that the benefits of these efforts would ultimately reach the people, allowing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/10/24)
Champika’s URF pulls out of election campaign, accuse SJB of violating deal
Former Member of Parliament Patali Champika Ranawaka says that his party - the United Republic Front (URF) will not contest the 2024 Parliamentary Election. He communicated this during a media briefing held today (10). “We decided to withdraw from this election campaign.We were hoping to contest the election representing Samagi Jana Sandhanaya from 11 districts. During the nomination process, we realized that there has been a violation of the agreement that we cannot justify, so that we decided to withdraw”, he added.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/10/24)
11,000 acres of land from Kantale Sugar Company allocated to farmers
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has advised relevant Ministry officials to allocate 11,000 acres of land belonging to the Kantale Sugar Company to farmers for the cultivation of short-term crops, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/10/24)
Police Commission approves reappointment of Shani Abeysekera
The National Police Commission has approved the reappointment of former Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shani Abeysekera in the Police Service on a contract basis for one year, with effect from today (10). Speculation has been rife that Abeysekara, who retired from the service 3 years ago, is expected to lead a new assets recovery unit of the police department.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/10/24)
Sri Lanka’s economy stabilized, reforms critical – World Bank
Sri Lanka’s economy has stabilized, with growth expected to reach 4.4 percent in 2024, surpassing earlier forecasts. This positive outlook follows four consecutive quarters of growth driven by the industrial and tourism sectors and supported by critical structural and policy reforms, says the World Bank. Released today, the World Bank’s bi-annual Sri Lanka Development Update, titled Opening Up to the Future, cautions that the recovery remains fragile and hinges on maintaining macroeconomic stability, successfully restructuring debt, and continuing structural reforms to increase medium-term growth and reduce poverty. Key reforms aimed at boosting exports, attracting... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/10/24)
මහ ඡන්දෙට නොඑන ප්‍රබල දේශපාලකයෝ (වීඩියෝ)
මින් පෙර පාර්ලිමේන්තුව නියෝජනය කළ සහ මෙරට දේශපාලනයේ තවත් ප්‍රබල චරිත රැසක් ද මෙවර මහ මැතිවරණයට ඉදිරිපත් නොවීමට තීරණය කර තිබෙනවා. මේ වන විටත් හිටපු ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මෙවර පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයට කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික්කයෙන් හෝ ජාතික ලැයිස්තුවෙන් තරග නොකරන බව සඳහන් කර ඇති අතර එසේවුවහොත් ඔහු 1977න් පසුව මෙරට පාර්ලිමේන්තුව නියෝජනය නොකරන පළමු අවස්ථාව මෙය වනවා. https://youtu.be/ucROj_8mn7U එමෙන්ම හිටපු ජනාධිපතිවරයෙකු වන මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන ද මෙවර පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයට තරග නොකරන අතර මෙරට දේශපාලනයේ ප්‍රබල චරිතයක් වන ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදු පෙරමුණේ නායක හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ ද... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/10/24)
ආණ්ඩුව ඇන ගත්තා! අප්පුහාමිගෙන් අනුරට ප්රහාරයක් මාධ්‍යහමුව උඩුයටිකුරු වෙයි!
ආණ්ඩුව ඇන ගත්තා! අප්පුහාමිගෙන් අනුරට ප්රහාරයක් මාධ්‍යහමුව උඩුයටිකුරු වෙයි! සජබය රට හදන හැටි කියලා දෙන්නම් https://youtu.be/_Og7Cm0EzCA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/10/24)
අනුරත් බැදුම්කර මගඩියක...? | Anura Kumara Dissanayake | Sisira C. Withanage
https://youtu.be/VQafZ09rw_A... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/10/24)
Benefits - at least next time?
This month the IMF came and left. Though much anticipated, we did not receive any benefit from them. Prior to the Presidential election, the NPP boasted that they will renegotiate better terms and conditions for the country with the IMF. Did the government field its best team to negotiate with the IMF? No. Some members of the Sri Lankan team were university dons. Surely they must be highly educated. But, do they have the skill, talent and the ticker to conduct international negotiations? Have they learnt about mediation skills and have practised... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/10/24)
The Pettah Mafia
The country is aware of several Mafiosi like the diesel mafia, rice mill mafia, and the drugs mafia which are a curse on the country. But it is very rare that people mention about the Pettah mafia which is the mother of all mafiosi. They have existed since colonial times and have grown in strength. They have non-national roots but have captured the native bureaucracy and politicians. Today they lead a cabal consisting of Customs, Banks, Import Control and Consumer Affairs. The strength and influence of the Pettah Mafia was demonstrated during the Black of July 1983... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/10/24)
Australian High Commissioner meets Defence Secretary
Australian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, H.E. Paul Stephens, met Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) at the Defence Headquarters Complex in Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte, today (Oct 09). The Australian envoy was accompanied by the Defence Adviser (DA) at the Australian High Commission in Sri Lanka, Colonel Amanda Johnston. AVM Thuyacontha (Retd) warmly received the Australian delegation and had a cordial discussion. Discussions were centred on reinforcing the strategic partnership between the two nations and enhancing bilateral ties and defence cooperation. The meeting also underscored the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/10/24)
Deputy Head of Japanese Embassy meets Defence Secretary
The Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Japan in Colombo, Mr. Naoki Kamoshida, paid a courtesy call on Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd), at the Defence Headquarters Complex in Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte, today (Oct 09). Mr. Kamoshida was accompanied by the Defence Attaché of the Japanese Embassy, Captain Yuki Yokohari. Defence Secretary AVM Thuyacontha (Retrd) warmly received the Japanese delegation and had a cordial discussion. During their discussions, both officials explored avenues to enhance defence cooperation and bilateral relations. The meeting also highlighted... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/10/24)
Government has no intention to curtail entitlements accorded to Tri Forces personnel - Defence Secretary
“I've learned that false rumours are circulating in the media about a government intention to curtail entitlements accorded to Tri Forces personnel. However, I duly proclaim that the current government has no intention of ever curtailing entitlements accorded to Tri Forces personnel at any time.” Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) said so while addressing Air Force personnel during his maiden visit to the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Headquarters at the Defence Headquarters Complex in Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte on Monday (Oct 07). The Defence Secretary... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/10/24)
Why Sri Lanka must ‘borrow’ from China’s golden harvest
There is an old Sinhala saying ‘when the farmer washes off the mud splattered on his body after working on the field, he is fit to be king’ (FILE PHOTO) Both China and the present Sri Lankan lawmakers cannot do away with socialist thinking; but Sri Lanka can learn from ‘socialist’ China the art of transforming both the lives of the citizens and human consciousness Being in power for just over two weeks, this government has given some hope by checking on corruption and waste and driving... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/10/24)
Postal Dept. celebrates World Postal Day with stamps of Harini, Vijitha
Colombo, Oct 09, (Daily) - In a move seen more as hysterical than having any purpose, two new stamps were released as souvenirs by the Sri Lanka Postal Department today with the faces of Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya and Minister Vijitha Herath. These stamps were released by the Department to celebrate the 150th World Postal Day. While Sri Lanka state departments have always idolized politicians, it would have been more suitable if the souvenirs released carried more meaningful messages such as a tribute to the postal workers instead of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/10/24)
Sri Lanka rejects draft resolution adopted at UNHRC, decries external mechanism
Sri Lanka today rejected the draft resolution which was tabled before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) seeking to extend the mandate of Resolution 51/1 on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka. Earlier today (09), the draft resolution A/HRC/57/L.1 on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka was adopted without a vote during the ongoing 57th Regular Session of the UNHRC in Geneva. However, delivering the government’s statement prior to the adoption of the draft proposal, Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN Himalee Arunatilaka said the draft... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/10/24)
Sarath Ganegoda appointed new chairman of SriLankan Airlines
Sarath Ganegoda has been appointed as the new Chairman of SriLankan Airlines effective from today (09). Meanwhile, a new Board of Directors has also been appointed to Sri Lanka’s national carrier, under the chairmanship of Mr. Ganegoda. SriLankan Airlines’ new Board of Directors: 1. Mr Sarath Ganegoda (Chairman) 2. Mr Buddhika Hewawasam3. Mr Sugath Rajapakse4. Mr Eranga Rohan Peiris Goonetilleke5. Mr D. Arandara 6. Mr Ananda Athukorale 7. Mr Lakmal Ratnayake 8. Mr Niranjan Arulpragasam A prominent business leader, Mr Ganegoda currently serves as the Group Executive Director of Sri Lankan multinational... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/10/24)
The Politics of Qualifications: Does Education Define Success?
Sri Lanka’s current Prime Minister, who holds a PhD in Anthropology, has sparked conversations on social media, where many are hailing her as the most academically qualified leader in the nation's history. Indeed, the fact is irrefutable, but it raises a broader, more nuanced question: Is there a direct correlation between academic qualifications and political success? The debate over what makes a politician successful is as old as politics itself, but education is often brought into the discussion. Does possessing a prestigious degree guarantee good governance? Does academic prowess naturally translate into... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/10/24)
ENGLISH FICTION AND EELAM PART 5A
Brotherless Night (2023) by Vasugi.V. Ganeshananthan won UK’s 30,000 pound sterling Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2024. The book was also a New York Times Editors’ Choice. It was shortlisted for the Carol Shields Prize and was a finalist for Minnesota Book Award and the Asian Prize for Fiction. Ganeshananthan is a journalist, essayist and novelist. She has degrees from Harvard and Columbia. She teaches in the MFA program at the University of Minnesota, where she is a McKnight Presidential Fellow and associate professor of English. She has served as visiting faculty at the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/10/24)
ENGLISH FICTION AND EELAM PART 5B
Brotherless Night is well written, with nice turns of phrase. ‘I wanted the four clean walls of my Jaffna childhood, the courtyard with its cup of sunlight, the small and dear lane where I had grown up. A home full of people who considered me precious,’ wished Sashi. For authenticity and context, there is mention of well selected, utterly Tamil elements. What village are you from, Sashi was asked in Medical College. That is the first question asked when a Tamil meets Tamil. It is to find out the caste. The Pillaiyar... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/10/24)
ENGLISH FICTION AND EELAM PART 5C
The book ‘Brotherless Night’ is the ‘inside’ story of the Eelam war, written by an author who did not live through it and extravagantly praised by others who had no firsthand experience of it, either. This book is yet another novel on the Tamil conflict in Sri Lanka, written by second generation immigrant Tamils, born and bred in the west, brainwashed by their elders and totally unaware of any view other than their own. One purpose of this book is to provide the reader with the other side of the story, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/10/24)
මේ සිංහල බෞද්ධ රටේ රජයක් පිහිටුවීමට ජනතා චන්දය අපේක්ෂාකරණ සියලු දෙනාම විසින් ජාතිය ඉදිරියේ අනිවාර්‍යෙන්ම, පිළිගතයුතු ඓතිහාසික යථාර්ථයන්, පිළිතුරු දියයුතු ප්‍රශ්න සහ දියයුතු ප්‍රතිඥා මාලාවක් මෙහි පහතින් දක්වමි.
(දැන් යලිත් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයකට නම්දී ඇති බැවින් මෙම අදහස් කාලෝචිත නිසා මෙය නැවත පළකිරීමකී. ඓතිහාසික යථාර්ථයන් මහාවන්ශයේ සඳන්වන පරිදි සින්හල ජාතිය මෙන්ම සින්හලේ රාජ්‍ය ආරම්භ වන්නේ ක්‍රි. පූ. 543 ය. ඒ උත්‍ර භාරථයෙන් පැමිණි සින්හ වන්ශික විජය නම්වූ කුමාරයෙක් සහ ඔහුගේ 700 ක් පිරිස, ඊට වසර දහස්ගනකට පෙර මේ ලක්බිමේ සිටි යක්ෂ, රාක්ෂ,දේව සහ නාග යන මුල් සිව්හෙළයන් සමඟ එක් වීමෙණැයි පිළි ගැනේ. එතැන් සිට ක්‍රි.ව.1815 මාර් 2 දා ගිවිසුමකින් බ්‍රතාන්‍ය කිරීටයට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/10/24)
"Fiddler on the Roof, Sri Lankan Version
I was amazed by seeing "Fiddler on the Roof," a musical drama at the Lionel Wendt last night. This stunning drama was directed by Jerome L. de Silva. This musical was based on the 1971 film "Fiddler on the Roof, directed by Norman Jewison. The film is based on Tevye, a Jewish milkman who was living in Imperial Russia a few years before the Bolshevik Revolution. Tevye is living with his wife and four daughters in a poor Jewish village that is subjected to social upheavals and pogroms.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/10/24)
After a year of genocide and despite the unbelievable pain, Palestinians emerge stronger
People gather to stage a pro-Palestinian demonstration and condemn the Israeli attacks on Gaza, in Amsterdam, Netherlands on October 7, 2024 [Selman Aksunger/Anadolu via Getty Images] No one expected that one year would be enough to recalibrate the Palestinian cause as the world’s most pressing issue, and that millions of people across the globe would, once again, rally for Palestinian freedom. The past twelve months have witnessed an Israeli genocide in Gaza and unprecedented violence in the West Bank, as well as legendary expressions of Palestinian sumud, steadfastness.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/10/24)
Minorities’ representation could weaken at the next Sri Lankan election, research reveals
Oxford (UK) October 8: Parliamentary representation of minority ethnic and religious groups is in danger of splintering and weakening in the forthcoming elections affecting their capacity to effectively politically engage and promote the rights of minorities, a new European Commission funded research project reveals. Major national parties such as the United National Party (UNP), Samagi Jana Balawagaya (SJB) and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) have successively reduced the space within their parties for minorities to participate and raise their issues; whilst minority ethnic parties are divided and their campaigning is shaped... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/10/24)
Watch: Sri Lanka shines in Ajay Devgn’s ‘Singham Again’ – Iconic landmarks featured
Oct 8 (NewsIn.Asia) – Rohit Shetty’s much-anticipated cop drama Singham Again showcases stunning landmarks from Sri Lanka, weaving them into a modern retelling of the ancient Ramayana. This action-packed thriller, starring Bollywood heavyweights, promises a gripping narrative with scenes set against the backdrop of Sri Lanka’s cultural and historical beauty. Released on Monday, the trailer of Singham Again, the fifth instalment in Shetty’s acclaimed cop universe, offers a tantalizing look at the cast and action sequences. The movie stars a powerhouse ensemble, including Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh, Deepika... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/10/24)
ලගම වංගුවේ ජම්පර ලෑස්තියි.. රාජපක්‍ෂලාට එරෙහි පරීක්ෂණ යලි ඇරඹේ..
රාජපක්ෂ පාලනය සමයේ සිදුව ඇති සියලු දූෂණ වංචා සම්බන්ධයෙන් විමර්ශන යළි ආරම්භ කර ඇති බව ජාතික ජන බලවේග ජාතික විධායක සභික වසන්ත සමරසිංහ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඒ සමගම පසුගිය පාලන කාලවල ආන්දෝලනයට තුඩු දුන් සියලුම චෝදනා පිළිබඳව විමර්ශනය කරමින් සිටින බවද හෙතෙම කියා සිටියේ මාධ්‍ය සාකච්ඡාවක් අමතමිනි. “ආණ්ඩුවට සති දෙකයි දැන් පරික්ෂණ පටන් අරගෙන තියෙන්නේ. සතුරෝ කලබල වෙලා තියෙනවා. අපි කියන්න ඕනේ කලබල වෙන්න එපා බැඳුම්කර වංචාව පිළිබඳව, පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරය පිළිබඳ, ලසන්ත වික්‍රමතුංග ඝාතනය, තාජුඩීන් ඝාතනය, එක්නැලිගොඩ අතුරුදන් කිරීම, දෙමළ තරුණයින් 11දෙනෙකු අතුරුදන් කිරීම, අසූචි පොහොර නැවට ගෙවීම, එයාබස්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/10/24)
පාස්කු කොමිෂන් වාර්තාවේ පිටු අඩුවීම ගැන පරීක්ෂණයක් කරනවා..
පාස්කු ඉරිදා බෝම්බ ප්‍රහාරය පිළිබඳ පරීක්ෂණ කරන ලද ජනාධිපති විශේෂ කොමිසම් වාර්තාවේ පිටු අතුරුදහන් වූ බව කියන සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් රජය පරීක්ෂණයක් ආරම්භ කර ඇති බව අමාත්‍ය විජිත හේරත් මහතා අද ප්රකාශ කළේය. එම පරීක්ෂණවල කරුණු නුදුරේදීම හෙළි කරන බවද අමාත්‍ය මණ්ඩල තීරණ දැනුම් දීමේ මාධ්‍ය හමුවට එක්වෙමින් ඔහු පැවසුවේය. එම පිටු අස්ථානගත වූ ආකාරය සහ ජනාධිපතිවරයා වෙත ඉදිරිපත් කළ වාර්තාවේ එහි පිටු සියල්ල එලෙසම තිබී ඇත්ද යන්න එම විමර්ශනවලින් සොයා ගැනීමට හැකිවනු ඇති බවද ඔහු පැවසීය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/10/24)
Sri Lanka: Home-Grown ‘Color Revolution’ Needs Support Both From India And China
At the height of Sri Lanka’s debt crisis two years ago, India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar gave a talk at Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University on India’s ‘Look East’ policy. I asked him during Q and A session whether India and China could cooperate to get the new BRICS bank to bail out Sri Lanka? He smiled and told me that if India and China can cooperate, they can bail out more countries, not only Sri Lanka. Then he went on to explain the border problems in the Himalayas and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/10/24)
Sri Lanka orders new probe into Easter Sunday bombings
A navy sailor and police officers stand guard outside St Anthony's church on the fifth anniversary of the Easter Sunday suicide attacks, in Colombo on Apr 21, 2024. (Photo: AFP/Ishara S. KODIKARA) Sri Lanka's new government announced a probe on Tuesday (Oct 8) into the 2019 Easter bombings that killed 279 people, saying that previous investigations had failed to identify other culprits responsible for the country's worst-ever attack against civilians. In the aftermath, officials blamed a local jihadist group for the suicide bombings on three churches and three hotels, but a top... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/10/24)
What Can the US Expect From Sri Lanka’s New President?
As Dissanayake takes up the presidency, Sri Lanka stands at a pivotal juncture. Credit: Facebook / President’s Media Division Sri Lanka begins a new political era under the presidency of Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who was elected in September following an economic crisis in 2022 that brought down the previous government and sparked political uncertainty in the country for the last two years. There are several questions about Dissanayake and his National People’s Party (NPP), a leftist party that in the past has had strained relations with India and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/10/24)
Sri Lanka’s new government pledges review of Adani wind project
Colombo, October 08 - (Bloomberg) Sri Lanka’s new government said it will review a wind power deal with the Adani Group, throwing a fresh hurdle for the Indian conglomerate as it seeks to expand abroad. The previous administration’s approval of electricity prices for Adani Green Energy Ltd.’s projects “was a problem,” Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath told reporters after a meeting of the Cabinet ministers on Tuesday. The new government would give the deal a fresh look after parliamentary elections are held Nov. 14, he said. The move to reassess the Adani Green... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/10/24)
Over 40,000 dengue cases reported in Sri Lanka so far in 2024
More than 40,000 dengue cases have been reported so far this year in Sri Lanka, according to the latest statistics released by the National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU) on Tuesday. The NDCU said that 40,109 cases had been reported with 19 fatalities so far, Xinhua news agency reported. The western province recorded the highest number of cases accounting for 42.3 per cent of the total. The northern province had the second highest number of cases accounting for 12 per cent and the central province had the third highest with 10.3... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/10/24)
Amnesty period for unregistered Sri Lankan migrant workers in Lebanon
Sri Lankans who have traveled to Lebanon for employment without registering with the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) have been granted an amnesty until January 8, 2025. Accordingly, this initiative allows unregistered migrant workers to rectify their status by registering at the Sri Lankan Embassy in Lebanon.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/10/24)
Sri Lanka to reject UNHRC draft resolution, uphold local reconciliation efforts
Taking into consideration the matters submitted by Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vijitha Herath relevant to the 57th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which is held from September 09 to October 11, 2024 in Geneva, the consent of the Cabinet of Ministers has been obtained to present the position of Sri Lanka for certain matters. Accordingly, Sri Lanka has strongly rejected the proposed drafted resolution at the present session of the United Nations Human Rights Council and Sri Lanka continues to oppose the 51/1 resolution of the drafted resolution... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/10/24)
President AKD : Investigate WHO KNEW there was going to be an attack on Easter Sunday before the attack!
Religious wars are nothing new. History will recount the Holy Wars & Crusades between Christians & Islam. Abrahamic religions find no fault in killing in the name of religion. Religious texts & verses continue to be used to manipulate youth to kill. Such killers are treated as martyrs. This is why majority of terrorist groups & terrorists belong to the same faith & their terror always quotes their religious texts. Thus, undeniably verses play a key role in molding people to kill & form groups of radicals. This is why Sri Lanka... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/10/24)
ඉතිහාසය නිර්-යටත්විජිතකරණය සහ නව යටත්විජිතය ප්‍රබන්ධගතකරණය
Decolonizing History and Fiction in a Neo Colony මැයෙන් පළවූ ලිපියේ සිංහල පරිවර්තනය ධරිණි රාජසිංහම් සේනානායක “සාධාරණත්වය අපිරිසිදුය-අපිරිසිදුකම සාධාරණය.” විලියම් ෂේක්ස්පියර්ගේ මැක්බෙත් නාට්‍යයෙන් ලංකාව නැතහොත් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ පොදු ආගම්, පොදු භාෂාවන් හෝ එකම ඉතිහාසයක් බෙදා හදාගෙන සාපේක්ෂ ලෙස සමගියෙන් ජීවත්වන අතර පරම්පරා ගණනාවක් තිස්සේ සහ අන්තර්- විවාහ සිදුකර ගත් ලෞකික බහු සංස්කෘතික පවුල් පිළිබඳව බුකර් සාහිත්‍ය සම්මාන හිමිවන නවකථා නොමැත්තේ ඇයි? ජාත්‍යන්තර සාහිත්‍ය සම්මාන හිමි හොඳම අලෙවිය සහිත පොත් බවට පත්වන්නේ කෙලවරක් නැති වියවුල් ප්‍රචණ්ඩත්වයක නිරතව සිටින “අඳුරුවන් ස්වදේශිකයන්” පිළිබඳ කතාන්දරය. ඒවා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/10/24)
Strengthening Sri Lanka: The Vital Role of Ham Radio in Emergency Communication The Global Significance of Ham Radio Stations and Licensing
Synopsis This article examines the global significance of ham radio stations and licensing, with a particular emphasis on Sri Lanka and its community benefits. Ham radio, or amateur radio, is a crucial communication resource that connects individuals worldwide. It plays an essential role in emergencies, offering reliable communication when other systems fail. To operate ham radio equipment legally, operators must obtain a license. This process ensures they possess the technical knowledge necessary to comply with regulations that prevent interference with other communication services. While licensing procedures differ across countries,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/10/24)
Why do Asian kids outperform Western kids in math?
Malcolm Gladwell in his book "The Outliers" states that the reason Asian kids consistently outperform western kids in international math tests is because of the cultural attitude these kids have towards solving a math problem, or any task that requires patience and effort for a long period of time. In China and other Asian cultures, there is a logical pattern to learning math based on a confidence and expectation that if we apply enough effort the problem is solvable while in the West, kids believe their ability is innate and can't be changed or influenced. Malcolm's theory... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/10/24)
Why the NPP Won the Entire Christian Belt?
NPP scored a stellar election victory bagging the entire Christian Belt – Wattala, Ja-Ela, Katana, Negombo, Wennappuwa, Naththandiya and Chilaw. In addition, electorates with a significant Christian population including Moratuwa, Dehiwala and Colombo West also went the NPP way. Colombo North was once a Christian majority electorate but it is now a Hindu majority electorate while Colombo Central is a Muslim majority electorate. It’s unusual for one party to win them all and even more interesting when the JVP/NPP wins them. The JVP was never popular in the Christian community.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/10/24)
විසිවන සියවසේ මුල මෙහි විසු ශූර වැදී, තිසාහාමි සහ වැද්දන්ගේ සීග්‍ර බහිනකළාව
තමන් කවදා හෝ ගම්මුලාදෑනියාව නිල්ගලට ගෙන්වන බවට තිසාහාමි පාරම් බෑවේය. ඔහු කීදේ කළා පමණක් නොව නිල්ගලට පැමිණී රාලහාමිට ඔහු වෙඩි තබා මැරීය. රාලහාමිගේ මිනිය පොලිසියට රැගෙන යාමට නොහැකි වනසේ තිසාහාමි දින 3ක් එය රැක්කේය. තිසාහාමිට බියේ ඉංග්‍රීසි රජයේ පොලිස් හමුදාව සී සී කඩ දිවුහ. තිසාහාමි සිතා මතා රාලහාමිව මැරුවා නොවේ. තිසාහාමිගේ බෙහෙත් කොටන තුවක්කුව නොසිතු ලෙස පත්තු වීම නිසාය එම මරණය සිදු වුයේ. ඔහුට අවශ්‍ය වුයේ රාලහාමි බය කිරීමටය. තිසාහාමිව අල්ලා ගැනීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ එවක සුදු ජාතික පොලිසිය නොගත් උත්සහයක් නොමැත. සිය ගණනින් පොලිස් භටයන් බින්තැන්නේ සිට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/10/24)
Short-Term Actions Needed to Be Taken by the NPP and Eligibility for Election Nominations
Eliminating corruption, re-establishing judicial independence, curtailing wastage and unnecessary imports, and embracing technology are key priorities for the new National People’s Power (NPP) government in Sri Lanka. Now is the time for the NPP leadership to deliver on their promises, ensuring that appointments to government positions, such as chairmanships, are made based on merit rather than favors. Furthermore, public corporations and departments are overstaffed and top-heavy. Instead of mindlessly filling these positions, it is in the country’s best interest for the President to carefully assess and eliminate unnecessary roles first. Prioritizing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/10/24)
Forecast of the results of the General Elections.
Produced below is an extract of the Official Results of the Presidential Election 2024 . Number of MembersProvince DissanayakePremadasaWickremesinghe Votes%Votes%Votes% Ampara 7Eastern 108,97125.74%200,38447.33%86,58920.45% Anurapura 9North Central 285,94447.37%202,28933.51%82,15213.61% Badulla 9Uva 197,28334.68%219,67438.61%115,13820.34% Battical 7Eastern 38,83212.19%139,11043.66%91,13228.60% Colombo 18Western 629,96347.21%342,10825.64%281,43621.09% Galle 9Southern 366,72151.45%189,55526.59%107,33615.06% Gampaha 19Western 809,41055.50%349,55023.97%216,02814.81% Hambanto 7Southern 221,91351.96%131,50330.79%33,2177.78% Jaffna 6Northern 27,0867.29%121,17732.60%84,55822.75% Kalutara 11Western 387,76447.43%236,30728.91%143,28517.53% Kandy 12Central 394,53442.26%323,99834.71%162,70717.43% Kegalle 9Sabaragamuwa 247,17943.39%185,93032.64%106,51018.70% Kurunegal 15North Western 544,76348.20%368,29032.58%146,52012.96% Matale 5Central 140,54441.37%121,80335.85%53,82915.84% Matara 7Southern 287,66252.46%147,46226.89%79,24914.45% Monaraga 6Uva 140,26941.86%134,23840.06%35,72810.66% N’ Eliya 8Central 105,05722.17%201,81442.58%138,61929.25% Polonnaru 5North Central 130,88046.12%100,73035.49%36,90813.00% Puttalam 8North Western 207,13444.06%173,38236.88%60,71912.92% Ratnapura 9Sabaragamuwa 291,70839.32%257,72134.74%145,03819.55% Trinco 4Eastern 49,88620.83%120,58850.36%40,49616.91% Vanni 6Northern 21,4129.86%95,42243.92%52,57324.20% Total 173 5,634,91542.31%4,363,03532.76%2,299,76717.27% In the raw statistics of the island-wide results of the votes cast at the last Presidential election it is noted that the NPP polled only 42% of the votes and the opposition together polled 50 percent of the votes with a million votes more than the NPP. On... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/10/24)
Political Progress and the New Honest Governance in Sri Lanka
Mother Lanka is blessed with a true honest young dynamic son, Comrade AKD to govern Sri Lanka free of nepotism, bribery, corruption, profligate expenditure, improper car and house allocation and excessive allowances and liquor bar licenses to politicians. The country will be cleansed maybe, in another six months, afterwards, the country will be cleansed and fit to rise on an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/10/24)
Warfare, technology, ethics and collateral damage
In modern warfare, few events expose their ethical complexities as dramatically as the recent Israeli operation against Hezbollah, where explosives were concealed in ordinary pagers, leading to numerous casualties (Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah’s Taiwan-made pagers, say sources, September 20, www.reuters.com). The fusion of cutting-edge technology and conflict has blurred the line between the battlefield and civilian life, demanding urgent moral scrutiny. Currently, these attacks are initiated through programmed triggers; however, in the not-so-distant future, the algorithm itself will be responsible for identifying and initiating attacks. As artificial intelligence (AI) takes a seat... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/10/24)
Honorary Advisors?: A Risky Gamble in Political Strategy
Having competent advisors is vital for the Executive President. Their expertise can guide the development of policies that enhance the nation’s prosperityIn the health sector, having knowledgeable advisors focused on medicinal drugs is crucialAdvisors who are well-versed in international relations can help the President identify emerging threats, such as security risks, trade disputes, or humanitarian crises, and develop proactive strategies to address them President Dissanayake was careful not to rock the boat when appointing new Ministry Secretaries, notably retaining the Finance Secretary—a positive sign of his balanced and pragmatic approach. However, he... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/10/24)
Poultry Farmers’ calls for stabilization of poultry feed prices
Colombo, October 7 (Daily Mirror) - After a decrease in tourist arrivals and an excess supply of eggs resulted in a reduction in market prices, the All Island Poultry Farmers' Association has called for a stabilization of poultry feed prices. “Due to the excess supply of eggs, the market price has reduced to below the cost of production. Therefore we have asked for a stabilization of prices of poultry feed, or we may risk poultry owners no longer supplying eggs,” President of the Association Ajith Gunasekera said. A reduction in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/10/24)
ජනාධිපතිවරණයේ දී ප්රධාන අපේක්ෂකයන් ඉදිරිපත් කළ ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්රකාශ පානය කළ නොහැකි 'සුප්' එකක් වගේ... රටට අත්‍යවශ්‍යම විදේශ ප්‍රතිපත්තිය සඟවලා - වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර
පසුගිය ජනාධිපතිවරණයේ දී ප්රධාන අපේක්ෂකයන් විසින් ඉදිරිපත් කළ ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්රකාශ සියල්ලම සියලු පෝෂක අඩංගු එහෙත් නමක් දැමිය නොහැකි පානය කළ නොහැකි 'සුප්' එකක් බව දේශ හිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරයේ මහ ලේකම් වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා පවසයි. ජාතික පුවත්පතකට ලිපියක් සපයමින් ඒ මහතා පෙන්වා දී ඇත්තේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා රාජ්‍ය සහ සමාජය මේ මොහොතේ මුහුණ දෙන අභියෝග ජය ගැනීම සඳහා නිශ්චිත උපාය මාර්ගික ප්‍රවේශයක් ඒවා තුළ හඳුනාගත නොහැකි බවය. රට මුහුණ දෙන සැබෑ අභියෝගය මෙම ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්රකාශ මගින් නොසලකා හැර හෝ සැඟවීමක් කර ඇති බවත්, යම් පාර්ශව සතුටු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/10/24)
කෘෂිකර්ම දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ යුරියා පොහොර හොරු සහ කොමිස් මගඩි ගැන හෙළිදරව් කරමින් ජනපති අනුරට ලිපියක්
පොහොර සහනාධාරය ලෙස රු. 25,000ක මුදලක් ගොවීන්ගේ බැංකු ගිණුම් වලට බැරකළ ද එමගින් දුෂිත පොහොර වෙළදුන්ට සහ දූෂිත රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරීන් එය වාසියක් කරගන්නා බව පෙන්වා දෙමින් ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා වෙත ලිපියක් යොමුකර තිබේ. අදාළ ලිපිය පහළින්... ගරු. අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක,ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනරජයේ,ජනාධිපති,ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලය,කොළඹ 1. ගරු. ජනාධිපති තුමණි, කෘෂිකර්ම දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ යුරියා පොහොර හොරු සහ කොමිස් මගඩි මේ අවස්ථාවේ, රජයේ ප්‍රදානයක් සහ මැතිවරණ පොරොන්දුවක් හැටියට වී ගොවින් හට ලබා දීමට අනුමැතිය දුන් පොහොර සහනාධාරය සඳහා රු. 25,000 ක මුදල වී ගොවීන්ගේ බැංකු ගිණුම් වලට බැරකිරිම... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/10/24)
ජනතාවට සහන දෙන්න ඕන නම් ජනාධිපති අනුරකුමාර ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ සම්මත කරපු ආර්ථික පරිවර්තන පනත අහෝසි කළ යුතුයි- ජන අරගල සන්ධානයේ පුබුදු ජයගොඩ
ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදල සමග ආණ්ඩුව එළඹ ඇති ගිවිසුමේ අහිතකර බව ගැන දැනුවත් කිරීමේ විශේෂ මාධ්‍ය හමුවක් ජන අරගල සන්ධානය විසින් ඊයේ (06) දින නුගේගොඩ දී පවත්වනු ලැබුවේය. එහිදී අදහස් දක්වමින් ජන පෙරටුගාමී පක්ෂයේ මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශක පුබුදු ජයගොඩ මහතා වත්මන් ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මේවනවිට හිටපු ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ ගේ ප්‍රතිපතියටත් එහාට ගොස් ඇතැයි පැවසුවේය. එහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දක්වමින් පුබුදු ජයගොඩ, " ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලේ නියෝජිත පිරිසක් මේ බ්‍රහස්පතින්දා ලංකාවට ඇවිල්ලා ආණ්ඩුව එක්ක සාකච්ඡා කළා. නමුත් තවම IMF එකත් එක්ක සාකච්ඡා කළ නිශ්චිත එකඟතාවයන් ගැන ආණ්ඩුව ප්රකාශ කරල නෑ. රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/10/24)
Asset and liability declarations mandatory for all General Election candidates –EC
The Election Commission announced that all candidates representing recognized political parties and independent groups contesting the upcoming general elections are required to submit their asset and liability statements along with their nomination papers. As per Sections 80(01)(P), 82(01)(E), 82(02), 89, and 90(04) of the Anti-Corruption Act No. 9 of 2023, the declarations must reflect the candidates’ assets and liabilities as of the date on which the election poll is officially announced, the election regulatory body said. Additionally, in compliance with Article 99A, candidates nominated for National List positions in Parliament must also... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/10/24)
World Bank signs additional $200M to support Sri Lanka’s economic reforms
The World Bank and the Government of Sri Lanka today signed the Second Resilience, Stability, and Economic Turnaround (RESET) Development Policy Operation (DPO) for $200 million. This is the second operation in a two-part series that began in 2022. The first operation, totaling $500 million, was disbursed in June and December 2023. The Second RESET DPO aims to support reforms that improve economic governance, enhance growth and competitiveness, and protect the poor and vulnerable, helping to build Sri Lanka’s resilience and fostering an equitable economy. The operation focuses on improving economic governance... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/10/24)
සුගීෂ්වර රටට හෙළිකරන්න යන අරගලයේ රහස් (වීඩියෝ)
හිටපු ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂගේ හිටපු පුද්ගලික ලේකම් සුගීශ්වර බණ්ඩාර අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට අද (07) කැඳවා තිබුණා. ඒ 2022 වර්ෂයේ මාර්තු මස 31 වෙනිදා ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂගේ මිරිහානේ පිහිටි නිවසට පිරිසක් පහර දීමේ සිද්ධියට අදාළව ප්රකාශයක් ලබා ගැනීම සඳහායි. එහිදී මාධ්‍ය වෙත අදහස් දැක්වූ සුගීශ්වර බණ්ඩාර, https://youtu.be/z6sWJtmju3c "එදා ගෝඨාභය ජනාධිපතිතුමාගේ ගෙදරට පහර දීමේ සිද්ධියේ මහ මොළකරු කවුද? එතුමාව ඝාතනය කරන්න ආවේ කවුද කියන එක සම්බන්ධයෙන් අද වෙනතුරු විධිමත් පරීක්ෂණයක් කරලා නැහැ. ඒ වෙනුවට අද මේ ජන බලවේග ආණ්ඩුව තමන්ගේ දේශපාලන දඩයම ආරම්භ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/10/24)
Wall Street Wagers on Winning Sri Lanka’s Elections
blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 29 September – 05 October 2024 The droning headlines in the capitalist media about a ‘Marxist’, ‘Socialist’, ‘Leftist’ being elected as the President of Sri Lanka are meant to mislead, but serve a purpose. So suggests an anonymous ‘Senior Stockbroker’, quoted by the Sunday Times, long-time mouthpiece of ye olde colonial import-export plantation economy. The accession to head of state by the leader of the JVP is a performance yet again of the hegemony of Sri Lanka’s ruling... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/10/24)
South Asian Centre for Teacher Development Celebrates World Teachers' Day 2024:
Enhancing Professionalism & Esteem, is the Best Respect and Gratitude that Can be Given to Teachers; Says, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Hon. Prime Minister and Minister of Education. There are nearly 250,000 teachers and Principals who play a pivotal role in our endeavours to create ‘A Thriving Nation’, ‘A Beautiful Life’. The Yoemen service they deliver to nurture a future generation who are accomplished with knowledge, skills, and attitudes has not been adequately recognized, stated Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Hon. Prime Minister and Minister of Education, in a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/10/24)
Anura Kumara’s Ascendancy Within the JVP and Sri Lanka
Former JVP Leader Somawansa Amerasinghe in conversation with JVP members Tilvin Silva and Anura Kumara Dissanayake. (File Photo) Anura Kumara Dissanayake who was a short lived cabinet minister in 2004-05 is now the ninth executive president of Sri Lanka When the P-TOMS agreement came into being the JVP demanded that the Kumaratunga Government abandon the project and set the deadline of June 15th 2005 to do so The JVP performed very creditably in the 2004 election. The party fielded three candidates in each district... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/10/24)
In Buddha’s time Hindu society was more or less equalitarian
Colombo, October 6: The traditional Hindu social structure is made up of four “castes” which are hierarchically arranged. The priestly/scholarly Brahmins are placed at the top; the Kshatriyas or warriors and rulers are placed second; the Vaisyas/traders are placed third, and the Sudra/workers are placed at the fourth and bottom rung. In addition, there is a fifth category called the Panchamas who are deemed to be outside the pale of Hindu society. These are now called Dalits, Harijans or Scheduled Castes. These castes were considered untouchable until untouchability was abolished under Art... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/10/24)
සංදර්ශණ එපා.. වැඩේ කරලා පෙන්නන්න..- පුද්ගලයෙකු ජනපතිට මූණටම කියයි..
ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතා පාස්කු ඉරිදා එල්ල වූ බෝම්බ ප්‍රහාරයෙන් තුවාල ලැබූ හා මියගිය අයගේ පවුල්වල සාමාජිකයන් සමග අද මීගමුවල කටුවාපිටිය ශාන්ත සෙබස්තියන් දේවස්ථානයේදී අද සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්විය. එහි සිටි අයෙකු ජනාධිපතිවරයා වෙත වේදනාවෙන් අදහස් පල කරමින් පැවසුවේ දේශපාලන සංදර්ශණ නැතිව ප්‍රහාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් කරුණු කාරණා ඔප්පු කර පෙන්වන ලෙසයි. https://youtu.be/GGDsqU4MCBI ජනාධිපතිවරයා එම ස්ථානයට එන බව දන්නේ නම් තමන් ද එහි නොපැමිණෙන බව පැවසුව ඔහු මෙරට දේශපාලඥයන් ඒ තරමට අප්‍රසන්න බවද කියා සිටියේය. මෙරට තුළ මේ ආකාරයේ දේවල් ඉදිරියට ඇති නොවන ආකාරයේ නීතියක් සකස් කරන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/10/24)
රාජපක්ෂලා සොරා කෑ ධනය පෙන්වන්න සූදානම්..
හොරු ඇල්ලුවේදැයි අද වන විට හොරු තමන්ගෙන් අසමින් සිටින්නේ ඇයි ජාතික ජන බලවේගය ජාතික විධායක සභික වසන්ත සමරසිංහ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. රාජපක්ෂලා ජනතාවගෙන් සොරා ගත් ධනය ලංකාවේද විදේශයන්හිද ඉඩම්වලද කොටස් වෙළඳපොලේ ද යන්න නුදුරේදීම පෙන්වා දීමට සූදානම් බවද හෙතෙම කියා සිටී. නීතිය නිසි ලෙස ක්රියාත්මක කිරීමට ආණ්ඩුවක් පත්ව ඇති නිසා වලං කඩයට පැන්න ගොනෙකු සේ කටයුතු කළ යුතු නැති බවත් හෙතෙම පෙන්වා දුන්නේය. පොහොට්ටුවේ මෙන්ම සමගි ජන බලවේගයත් එජාපයත් හොරුන්ගේ ඔට්ටු සෙල්ලම මෙවර අවසාන කරන බවත් මේ ගතවන්නේ අවසන් පැය කිහිපය විය හැකි බවත් ඔහු කියා සිටී.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/10/24)
බිත්තර මිල අඩුවෙන්න හොද නෑ..- කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්‍යංශ ලේකම්
බිත්තරයක් රුපියල් 36ත් 37ත් අතර මිලක පවත්වා නොගතහොත් කර්මාන්තය කඩාවැටීමේ අවදානමක් ඇතැයි කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්‍යංශය පවසයි. එහි ලේකම් එම්.පී. නිශාන්ත වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ මේ වන විට කර්මාන්තයට අවශ්‍ය කුකුල් කෑම සඳහා යන වියදම අඩුකර ගැනීමට අවශ්‍ය කටයුතු සිදුකරමින් සිටින බවයි. එම වියදම අඩු කරගත් පසු බිත්තරයක් රුපියල් 29ත් 30ත් දක්වා මිලකට වෙළෙඳපොළට නිකුත් කළ හැකි බවත් ඔහු පැවසීය. බිත්තරයක් නිෂ්පාදනයට රුපියල් 32-33 වියදමක් යන බවත් ඉන් වැඩි කොටසක් වැයවන්නේ කුකුල් කෑම සඳහා බවත් පවසන ලේකම්නරයා එම කෑම මිල 80%ක් පමණ රඳා පවතින්නේ බඩ ඉරිගු මිල මත නිසා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/10/24)
Responsibility of uplifting innocent peoples’ lives rests on President’s shoulders: Atamasthanadhipathi
Colombo, October 05 (Daily Mirror)- The responsibility of uplifting the lives of the innocent people of this country and protecting the nation, race and religion now rests on the shoulders of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the Atamasthanadhipathi Most Venerable Pallekumbura Hemarathana Nayake Thera said today. The Thera made this remark when President Dissanayake visited the sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura this afternoon to pay homage and receive blessings. The Thera pointed out that, as a leader emerging from the North Central Province (Raja Rata), the President has a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/10/24)
Sri Lanka’s tourism earnings reach USD 181 million in September
Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange revenue from tourism has reached USD 181 million within the month of September this year. According to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), this revenue represents a significant increase compared to September of last year, which saw USD 152 million in tourism earnings. Data from the Central Bank also revealed that revenue earned during the first nine months of this year has surged by 61.2%, totaling USD 2.35 billion compared to USD 1.46 billion during the same period last year. The Sri Lanka Tourism Development... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/10/24)
IRD collects over 70% of 2024 tax revenue target
The Inland Revenue Department has successfully collected Rs. 1,417 billion in taxes as of September 30, 2024, surpassing 70% of the annual revenue target of Rs. 2,024 billion. In a statement, the Commissioner General of the Department of Inland Revenue Sepalika Chandrasekara noted that while the collection progress is commendable, there are still outstanding taxes owed by certain taxpayers under the self-assessment payment system. She mentioned that beginning today (06), the department will conduct visits to the premises of these taxpayers to ensure prompt collection of dues. “Moving forward, we... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/10/24)
President assures justice for Easter attacks victims
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced that the investigations into the Easter Sunday attacks will be expedited, and steps will be taken to ensure that such a tragedy never occurs again in the country. He assured that justice will be delivered to the victims. The President made these remarks during a discussion held today (06) at St. Sebastian’s Church in Katuwapitiya, Negambo, with the families of those killed and injured in the Easter Sunday attack, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited the church during the morning and laid... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/10/24)
Police security for former President Ranil to remain unchanged
The Police Spokesman DIG Nihal Thalduwa has confirmed that the security detail for former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, which includes 50 Special Task Force (STF) personnel, will remain unchanged. However, he noted that the necessary number of personnel required for the former president’s security will be reviewed and allocated soon.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/10/24)
Let us harness the wind for power and stop spending dollars for oil
I enclose a write up by eesrilanka wordpress.com/2019/04/13/playing with history: on some of my writings. __________________________________________________________ C2. Buying Power from Multinationals Garvin Karunaratne recalls his experience of 18 years working in stations like Hambantota as well as in the hilly Districts of Kandy and Nuwara Eliya. He chides the authorities for erecting wind turbines on the coast. He believes that the authorities seem to be working to prove that wind turbines are not suitable for Sri Lanka. Karunaratne then mentions his vast travel experience and states that the US,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/10/24)
The President’s speech was good - better if the language/tone was more assertive; and the pathetic state of our public service
On Thursday 3 October 2024, the President addressed top officials of the Agriculture and associated ministries. All the relevant top notches were there. The President mentioned to them that the public has a perception that the public servants are not doing a good job. He mentioned the bribery and corruption problem in a sentence or two. It is good that the President stated this; no other President has ever stated anything like this directly to senior public servants. The writer praises the President. He takes this opportunity to state the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/10/24)
Who can't you criticize in America?
If you are living in America, who is it that you cannot criticize? https://youtu.be/5nTF7VVcy-s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/10/24)
Road leading to Rotunda Roundabout along Temple Trees opened for public use
A part of R.A. de Mel Mawatha in Kollupitiya Police area from St. Michael’s Roundabout to the Rotunda Roundabout along Temple Trees was closed for security reasons in 2005. After a lapse of 19 years, this stretch of road was opened to the public yesterday (Oct 04) with the intervention of the Ministry of Defence. Vehicular movement will be allowed in one direction due to road repair works being carried out. Once repair works are over vehicles will be allowed to use both lanes.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/10/24)
The struggle for global dominance, the rise of BRICS & industrialisation in the developing world.
Join us for an enlightening discussion on the shifting geopolitical landscape as we explore the rise of the BRICS nations and the implications for industrialization in the developing world. Featuring insights from: Prof. Radhika Desai - Geopolitical Economist Prof. Howard Nicholas - Professor in Economics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam & International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague Bram Nicholas - COO of ETIS Lanka Delve into the challenges and opportunities facing emerging economies in a rapidly changing global order. Don’t miss this engaging conversation! https://youtu.be/3v8WVBHw-_8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/10/24)
ජනමත විචාරණයක්..- ජනපතිගෙන් ප්රකාශයක්..
ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා (05) වැල්ලවත්ත, අමරපුර මහා නිකායේ සංඝ මූලස්ථානය වෙත පැමිණ ශ්‍රී ලංකා අමරපුර මහා නිකායේ වැඩබලන උත්තරීතර මහානායක දර්ශනපති අතිපූජ්‍ය කරගොඩ උයන්ගොඩ මෛත්‍රිමූර්ති මහා නායක හිමිපාණන් වහන්සේ බැහැ දැක ආශිර්වාද ලබා ගත්තේය. අමරපුර මහා නිකායේ ලේකම් මණ්ඩලයේ නායක ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේලාද එම අවස්ථාවට වැඩම කර සිටී අතර මෙහිදී උන්වහන්සේ සෙත් පිරිත් සජ්ජායනා කර ජනාධිපතිවරයා වෙත ආශිර්වාද පළ කළහ. අනතුරුව ජනාධිපතිවරයා, මහා නායක හිමි ප්‍රමුඛ මහා සංඝරත්නය සමඟ වත්මන් ආර්ථික, සමාජයීය හා දේශපාලන තත්ත්වය පිළිබඳ අවධානය යොමු කරමින් කෙටි පිළිසඳරකට ද එක් විය. එහිදී අමරපුර... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/10/24)
13 පූර්ණව ක්රියාත්මක කරන්නැයි ජයශංකර් ගෙදරටම ඇවිත් ජනපතිට දන්වයි..
රී ලංකා භූමිය කිසිවිටෙකත් ඉන්දියාවේ ආරක්ෂක අවශ්‍යතාවලට අහිතකර ලෙස භාවිත කිරීමට ඉඩනොදෙන බව ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා අවධාරණය කළ බව ඉන්දීය මහකොමසාරිස් කාර්යාලය නිවේදනය කර තිබේ. එම නිවේදනයේ දැක්වුණේ, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණි ඉන්දීය විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍ය එස්. ජයිශංකර් මහතා සමග පැවති හමුවේදී ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා මේ බව සඳහන් කර ඇති බවය. එමෙන්ම ජනවාර්ගික ප්‍රශ්නය සහ ප්‍රතිසන්ධාන ක්‍රියාවලිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අවධානය යොමුකළ ජයිශංකර් මහතා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඒකීයභාවය, භෞමික අඛණ්ඩතාව සහ ස්වෛරීභාවය පවත්වා ගනිමින් සමානාත්මතාවය, යුක්තිය, ගෞරවය, සාමය සඳහා දෙමළ ජනතාව ඇතුළු සියලුම ප්‍රජාවන්ගේ අභිලාෂයන් සඳහා ඉන්දියාවේ සහාය අවධාරණය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/10/24)
IMF acknowledges Sri Lanka’s progress, warns of ongoing vulnerabilities
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Sri Lanka’s Third Review under the USD 2.9 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme, will be announced in due course. Addressing a bi-weekly media briefing held in Washington DC, IMF’s Director for Communications Julie Kozack noted that vulnerabilities and uncertainties remain, meaning sustaining the reform momentum is critical for Sri Lanka. However, Kozack reiterated that Sri Lanka’s performance under the programme is strong, and reform efforts are bearing fruit in terms of reviving economic growth. Meanwhile on Friday (04), the IMF team who visited the island said... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/10/24)
PHIs issue notice over imported coconut oil
The Public Health Inspectors’ Union has reassured the public that there is no need for undue concern regarding imported coconut oil. Commenting regarding the rising suspicions surrounding the safety and quality of coconut oil entering Sri Lanka, the Chairman of the Public Health Inspectors’ Union Upul Rohana said: “When coconut oil is imported to Sri Lanka, a special inspection is conducted by food inspectors from the Food Control Unit at Sri Lanka Customs. Imported RBD (Refined, Bleached, and Deodorized) oil can be sold as regular coconut oil, provided it adheres to the standards set... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/10/24)
The Divisional Development Councils Programme of President Sirimavo
The experience of the Divisional Development Councils Programme(DDCP) of Sri Lanka(1970-1977) is currently of great importance in today’s situation of unemployment and also the inability to import goods due to the lack of foreign exchange. This is because the DDCP is a programme that really creates employment. Further it is important to note that the DDCP was entirely implemented with local Rupees. Foreign funds were only required to import dyes for the Crayon Project and the amount of dollars spent to import dyes saved a vast amount of dollars that would have had... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/10/24)
Constitutional Supremacy versus Parliamentary Supremacy: Which way for Sri Lanka when a new constitution is introduced?
Sri Lanka has a new President, and a fresh general election will be held on the 14th November to elect members to its parliament and for a new government to be formed thereafter. The choice before the voters will be whether the NPP should be given a Parliamentary majority for them to form the next government or those opposed to the NPP should be given a majority for them to form the next government. This article will not analyse and discuss this issue as it is a topic that is already being widely... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/10/24)
Opening up Expressways for new traffic – strong solution to traffic problem + a new revenue source
Clearly, the volume of traffic on our Expressways is insufficient. Thus, the revenue that the government receives from them is less. Only about 20% of the country’s population – those who own a car/vehicle reap the benefit of the Expressways. A few luxury buses (who charge a higher fare) are allowed to carry passengers on Expressways; meaning the poor who does intercity travel on ordinary buses (InterCity buses) are excluded from using the Expressways. Motorcycles (including scooters), three wheelers and InterCity Buses comprise more than 65% of Sri Lanka’s registered motorised vehicles. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/10/24)
බස්නාහිර නව ආණ්ඩුකාරයා පසුගිය කාලයේ ඩොලර් බිලියන 56ක් නීති විරෝධී ලෙස රටින් පිටට ගෙන ගොස් ඇති බව පුබුදු ජයගොඩ හෙළිකරයි... ගුවන් තොටුපොළ හා ගුවන් සේවා සමාගමටත් පොලු තියලලු
“පසුගිය කාලේ ජනතාවගේ විරෝධයට ලක්වෙලා හිටපු නිලධාරීන් සහ ව්‍යාපාරික පැළැන්තිය නැවත වේගයෙන් බලය තහවුරු කරගනිමින් යනවා. පසුගිය කාලේ දූෂිත චෝදනා ලබපු සමහර අමාත්‍යාංශ ලේකම්වරු ඒ විදිහටම තියාගෙන යන්න දැන් ආණ්ඩුව කටයුතු කරමින් ඉන්න එක මේ තත්ත්වයට උදහරණයක්.” යැයි පෙරටුගාමී සමාජවාදී පක්ෂයේ අධ්‍යාපන ලේකම් පුබුදු ජයගොඩ මහතා පවසයි. ඔහු මේ බව ප්රකාශ කළේ ජන අරගල සන්ධානය නුගේගොඩදී සංවිධානය කර තිබූ මාධ්‍ය හමුවකදීය. ඒ අනුව ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශයේ සහ පරිසර අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ලේකම්වරුන්ගේ පත්වීම සමාජයේ දැඩි අප්‍රසාදයට පත්ව ඇති බවද හෙතෙම කිවේය. “දැන් බස්නාහිර පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාර විදිහට පත්කරල තියනවා අනීෆ් යූසූෆ්. මොහු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/10/24)
Are rice consumers and farmers victims of current practices?
One of the subjects President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is responsible for is agriculture. On the other hand, subjects such as food security and health that are related and dependent on agriculture come under the purview of Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya. Consequently, the production and distribution of agricultural products have a bearing on access to food at affordable prices to ensure not only food security but also on poverty and malnutrition. Thus, responsibility for the welfare and wellbeing of the majority of Sri Lankans depend on the joint efforts of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/10/24)
Sri Lanka: Technical Assistance Report-Central Bank Risk Management
Summary Since 2015, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has enhanced its risk management through a comprehensive framework and is aiming for an Enterprise Risk Management system. Initiatives like the establishment of the Banking Risk Oversight Committee (BROC) and the Non-Financial Risk Management Committee (NFRMC) have been key in fostering higher-level risk discussions. To further integrate risk management into its culture and operations, the CBSL is focusing on strengthening leadership's engagement in risk management, adopting a risk appetite statement, ensuring targeted training, empowering the risk management function, implementing the 3 Lines Model... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/10/24)
Won’t allow our territory to be used against India: Lankan President to Jaishnakar
MEA Jaishankar’s conversation with the leadership also covered facilitating Indian investments and job creation in Sri Lanka, as well as expanding the flow of Indian tourists. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya in Colombo on Friday. (PTI Photo) Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Friday told External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Colombo that “Sri Lankan territory would never (be) allowed to be used in a manner inimical to India’s security interests”, an oblique reference to China’s presence in the island nation.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/10/24)
Defence Ministry orders to surrender all firearms issued to civilians
The Ministry of Defence has announced that all firearms and ammunition provided to civilians for self-defence will be acquired by the government and that they must be handed over to the relevant authorities before 07 November. Furthermore, the Defence Ministry stated that they will be returned pending a review and consideration of the need to possess such firearms. A decision has been taken to take over all firearms issued for personal protection to civilians by the Ministry of Defence. This decision was in accordance to the powers vested to the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/10/24)
IMF encouraged by new SL govt’s commitment to continue reform efforts
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) team visiting the island says it will continue its close engagement with Sri Lanka’s economic team to set a date for the third review of the IMF-supported program. “We are encouraged by the authorities’ commitment to continue the reform efforts,” the global lender’s Director for the Asia Pacific Department, said in a statement at the end of the visit to Sri Lanka. He further stated that the IMF remains a steadfast partner in supporting Sri Lanka and its people and stands ready to assist the country achieve... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/10/24)
Dates for third review under EFF to be announced in due course: IMF
Colombo, October 04 (Daily Mirror)- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that the dates for the third review under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) will be announced in due course. Addressing the IMF media briefing, Director of the IMF Communications Department Julie Kozack said a high-level team led by IMF Director of the Asia Pacific Department, Krishna Srinivasan, is currently visiting Colombo to meet with President Dissanayake and his new economic team and that the delegation is discussing with the authorities the latest economic developments and their economic reform objective. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/10/24)
අනුරට වැරදුනාවත් ද?
https://youtu.be/yHlAsSEeNTA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/10/24)
ඇඟ හිරිවට්ටන පත්වීම්...!
https://youtu.be/jV8pZTHnR4M... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/10/24)
Why Foreign Media Dub Sri Lanka’s New President As a “Marxist”?
This is the first article we are contributing to LankaWeb after the recently concluded Presidential Election. Instead of writing a requiem as we thought of before the election, things are in abundance needing analysis in a different perspective. We begin with a quick glance at a few captions selected from some foreign news agencies to show how those news agencies painted Anura Kumara Dissanayake as a “Marxist”. Some may think that this is a very trivial matter that does not need any attention, simply ignored. But we should not forget that the local correspondents of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/10/24)
Talks with the IMF.
The Government is due to have discussions with the IMF team which is now in the Island and later with the IMF management in Washington. This note is to emphasise that Sri Lanka is bound only by the Letter of Intent signed by the President and the Governor of the Central Bank. It sums up all that the GOSL has agreed with the IMF. There is no doubt it was impelled by the IMF Staff. Following are the relevant articles in the Letter of Intent where GOSL has agreed with the IMF but where the last... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/10/24)
Urgent Treatment First Health & Security
Urgent Treatment First Health & Security President Anura Kumara Dissanayake of Sri Lanka May Take Health & Safety First and the Rest in a receding order. Finland Has one of the Best Healthcare Specialists in the World on Cardiac Surgery. One of the Safest Countries with Security, Honesty & Credibility. As a Leader of a Sovereign State Sri Lanka, May I Suggest that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake of Sri Lanka takes One Week to Visit Helsinki Medical Facility! We Hope to see you long!! ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/10/24)
Bangladesh DA calls on Defence Secretary
Defence Advisor (DA) of the Bangladesh High Commission in Colombo, Commodore M Moniruzzaman paid a courtesy call on Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) at the Defence Headquarters Complex in Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte today (Oct 03). Following a warm reception, the Defence Secretary had a cordial discussion with Cmde. Moniruzzaman. While extending his compliments, Defence Secretary also mentioned his intentions to continue working closely with Bangladesh to enhance bilateral relations and defence cooperation. Momentos were also exchanged to mark the occasion.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/10/24)
Pathfinder Foundations launches Sinhala Translation of ‘The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World”
The Sinhala translation of ‘The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World’ by Dr. S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India, will be launched in Colombo today.(04 Oct) The decade from the 2008 Global Financial Crisis to the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic has significantly transformed the world order. In The India Way’, Dr. S. Jaishankar analyses these challenges and proposes possible policy responses. He places this thinking in the context of history and tradition, appropriate for a civilizational power that seeks to reclaim its place on the world stage. The... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/10/24)
"Israel took up the sword, now it'll perish by the sword" US Marine Scott Ritter | Redacted News
https://youtu.be/QtAjLNn1bSg... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/10/24)
Israel on Verge of ALL-OUT REGIONAL WAR: Will America be Sucked In? W/AMB Chas Freeman
https://youtu.be/oRMGaiExSyY... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/10/24)
RW denies seeking Presidential immunity in bond scam case - Spokesman
Colombo, October 03 - A spokesman for former President Ranil Wickremesinghe today refuted claims made by Cabinet Spokesman Vijitha Herath, stating that Wickremesinghe never sought Presidential immunity in connection with the controversial bond scam legal proceedings. “Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe had no reason to seek immunity and, in fact, has never made such a request,” former Presidential Media Director Dhanushka Ramanayake said in a statement. He also said that former President Wickremesinghe is not even a witness in this case. While claiming that legal proceedings have begun on the Central... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/10/24)
Election Commission responds to provision of fertilizer subsidy
Colombo, October 03 (Daily Mirror) - Amid confusion surrounding the government's decision to provide a fertiliser subsidy of Rs. 25,000 to paddy farmers, the Election Commission (EC) stated it has no objections to the move. Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Commissioner of General Elections Saman Sri Ratnayake said, "This decision was initially made by the previous government, which the EC withdrew as it was seen as a move to promote a candidate." "However, the latest move to grant the fertiliser subsidy by the new government is the execution of the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/10/24)
මහජන ආරක්ෂක ලේකම් පොලිස් මූලස්ථානයේ.. පරණ ෆයිල් උඩට ගනී..
ශ්‍රි ලංකාව තුල ආන්දෝලනයට තුඩුදුන් ජාතික තලයේ අපරාධ, වංචාවන් සහ වෙනත් විශේෂ අපරාධ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ශ්‍රි ලංකා පොලිසිය මගින් පවත්වනු ලබන විවිධ විමර්ශනවල ප්‍රගතිය සොයා බැලීමක් මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශ ලේකම් රවි සෙනෙවිරත්න මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් 2024.10.03 දින පොලිස් මූලස්ථානයේදී පවත්වන ලදී. මෙහිදී දැනට සිදු කරගෙන යන විර්මශන මොනවාද, තාවකාලිකව නවත්වා තිබෙන විමර්ශන වේ නම් ඒවා මොනවාද, එසේ නැවතීමට දේශපාලණික හේතු බලපා තිබෙනවාද, තවද අනවශ්‍ය ලෙස ප්‍රමාද වී තිබෙන විර්මශන, අළුතෙන් ආරම්භ කළ යුතු විර්මශන තිබේ නම් ඒවා මොනවාද යන්න පිළිබඳවද විශේෂ අවධානය යොමු කර සාකච්ඡාවට භාජනය කරන ලදී. යම් යම් විමර්ශන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/10/24)
ඇමති විජිත පලමු කැබිනට් මාධ්‍ය හමුවේදීම කට වරද්දාගෙන.. විශේෂ නිවේදනයක්..
නව රජයේ කැබිනට් ප්‍රකාශක අමාත්‍ය විජිත හේරත් මහතා පළමු කැබිනට් මාධ්‍ය හමුවේදී සිදුකළ ප්රකාශයක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් හිටපු ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතාගේ මාධ්‍ය අධ්‍යක්ෂ ලෙස ජනරාල් ලෙස කටයුතු කළ ධනුෂ්ක රාමනායක මහතා ප්‍රතිචාර දක්වයි. ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුවේ බැඳුම්කර වංචාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් විජිත හේරත් මහතා එම මාධ්‍ය හමුවේ සිදු කළ ප්‍රකාශයකට අදාළව ඔහු විසින් නිකුත් කර ඇති නිවේදනය මෙසේය. *** අටවන විධායක ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා ගේ ධුර කාලය තුළ ජනාධිපති මුක්තිය හේතුවෙන් ප්‍රශ්නගත බැඳුම්කර ගනුදෙනුව පිළිබඳ නෛතික කටයුතු ඉදිරියට ගෙන නොගිය බවට නව ආණ්ඩුවේ කැබිනට් ප්‍රකාශක අමාත්‍ය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/10/24)
VAT, Income tax සහන දෙනවා.. ජනපති IMF හමුවේ කියයි.. විකල්ප IMF අසයි..
මෙරටට පැමිණ සිටින ජාත්‍යන්තර මුල්ලේ අරමුදලේ නියෝජිතයන් හා ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතා අතර විශේෂ හමුවක් අද ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලයේදී සිදුව තිබේ ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලේ ආසියා පැසිෆික් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ අධ්‍යක්ෂ ක්‍රිෂ්ණ ශ්‍රීනිවාසන් (Krishna Srinivasan),ජ්‍යේෂ්ඨ දූත මණ්ඩල ප්‍රධානී ආචාර්ය පීටර් බෲවර් (Dr. Peter Breuer) යන මහත්වරු ඇතුළු ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලේ ජ්‍යේෂ්ඨ නියෝජිත පිරිසක් මෙලෙස ජනාධිපතිවරයා සමග සාකච්ඡා සිදුකර තිබේ. මහ බැංකු අධිපති ආචාර්ය නන්දලාල් වීරසිංහ, මහා භාණ්ඩාගාර ලේකම් මහින්ද සිරිවර්ධන, ආචාර්ය හර්ෂණ සූරියප්පෙරුම සහ ජනාධිපති ජ්‍යේෂ්ඨ උපදේශකවරුන් වන මහාචාර්ය අනිල් ජයන්ත හා දුමින්ද හුලංගමුව යන මහත්වරුන් ඇතුළු නිලධාරීන් පිරිසක්ද ඊට එක්විය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/10/24)
High-level IMF delegation meets President Dissanayake
The high-level delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visiting Sri Lanka met with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo today, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. President Dissanayake reaffirmed commitment to IMF objectives and advocated for alternative solutions to ease the burden on people today, the President’s Media Division said. While reaffirming the government’s broad agreement in principle with the objectives of the IMF programme, he emphasized the importance of achieving these objectives through alternative means that relieves the burden off the people, it said. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/10/24)
Sri Lankan Education & The Proof of the Pudding!
The Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating! Over the past two years since 2022 several thousand Sri Lankans arrived in Finland. Some married and came with their families. Many had professional qualifications, such as Diploma in Nursing. Some had University Degrees. The Bottom Line is that, their Education or the Pudding was not geared to Finland Tastes & Demands! Many of the Sri Lankans are out or work and may be deported during the next three to four months. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/10/24)
Richard Wolff on How Russia Destroyed NATO's Economic War, U.S. Dollar COLLAPSES as BRICS Surges
Economist Richard Wolff joined the show to discuss how Russia has obliterated NATO's sanctions and teamed up with China and BRICS to to place the U.S. dollar's dominant status in the world economy in grave danger. This video breaks it all down. Support independent media by making a paid contribution to keep the work alive on Patreon: https://youtu.be/odHwq5lY3bA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/10/24)
Island’s best results of 2023 (2024) O/L exam
The names of the students who have obtained the best results in the island at the 2023 (2024) G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination have been released. Accordingly, Malsha Kumarathunge of Sanghamitta Balika Vidyalaya Galle has placed first in the island. The following students have obtained the best results: 1st Place: Malsha Kumarathunge - Sanghamitta Balika Vidyalaya, Galle 2nd Place: Kuluni Methsala - Musaeus College, Colombo Jayanadee Rathnaweera - Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala 4th place: Seshani Sehansa Jayawardhane- Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/10/24)
CDS, Tri Forces Commanders and Acting IGP pay courtesy calls on Defence Secretary
The Chief of Defence Staff, tri forces commanders and the Acting IGP made courtesy calls on Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) today (Oct 02). Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Shavendra Silva, Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage, Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera, Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Udeni Rajapaksa and Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Senior DIG Priyantha Weerasooriya called on the Defence Secretary at the Defence Headquarters Complex in Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte on separate occasions today. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/10/24)
කෝකද බලවත්? විධායක බලතලද ?බුද්ධ ශාසන නීතියද?
යුධ ස්වෙච්චා හමුදාවේ හිටපු ලුතිනන් කර්නල් විජේසුන්දර මුදලිගේ අශෝක මහතා සමග සාකච්චාව මෙහයවිම දෙශාභිමානී සුර්ය වංශ රත්න විභූෂණ පාලිත ආරියරත්න විසින්. නිවැරදි දේ අගය කරන්නත් වැරදි දේ හෙළිදරවු කර නිර්භයව එයට පහර දෙන්නත් හෘදය සා‍ක්ෂියක් මාධ්‍යවේදියෙකුට තියෙන්න ඕනෑ බව සිංහලේ දිනපොත විශ්වාසයයි ! පර්යේෂණාත්මක පුවත් පත් කලාව ! මෙහයවීම දේශාභිමානී සුර්ය වංශ රත්න විභූෂණ පාලිත ආරියරත්න විසින්… https://youtu.be/q6wtlGLsKfw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/10/24)
ඉන්ධන බදු සත පහක් අඩු කරලා නෑ.. විදුලි බිල අඩු කරන්න හිතලවත් නෑ.. වේදිකාවල කයිය විතරයි..
විදුලිබල මණ්ඩලය මේ වසරේ පළමු මාස අට තුළ රු. බි. 145 ක ලාභයක් උපයා ඇති බවත්, සෑම පාරිභෝගිකයෙකුගෙන් ම රු. 20,000 ක් අමතරව ලබා ගෙන ඇති බවත්, එක්සත් ජනරජ පෙරමුණේ නායක පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක මහතා ප්රකාශ කරයි. ඔහු පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ ඒ හේතුවෙන් විදුලි බිලේ සහනය වත්මන් රජය විසින් වහා ජනතාව වෙත ලබා දිය යුතු බව ය. නමුත් විදුලි බිල අඩු කිරීම සඳහා තවම යෝජනාවක් හෝ ඉදිරිපත් වී නොමැත. වේදිකාවල මොනවා ප්රකාශ කළත් යථාර්ථය මෙය බව ද, හෙතෙම පෙන්වා දෙයි. “මැතිවරණ වේදිකාවේ දී අපිට ඇහුණා බදු ගහලා තියෙනවා. අසීමාන්තික විදිහට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/10/24)
අප උගන්ඩාවේ සැගවූ ඩොලර් තොගය දැන් ගෙනෙනු..- නාමල්ගෙන් ජනපතිට සැර අභියෝගයක්…
රාජපක්ෂ පාලනය විසින් උගන්ඩාව ඇතුළු රටවල ඩොලර් බිලියන ගණනක මුදල් සොරකම් කර සඟවා ඇතැයි එල්ල කරන ලද චෝදනා ඔප්පු කරන්නැයි හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා විසින් ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතාට අභියෝග කරයි. ජනාධිපතිවරණ ප්‍රචාරක ව්‍යාපාරයේදී අනුර දිසානායක මහතා කළ ප්රකාශයක් තම සමාජ ජාලය ගිණුමේ පලකරමින් ඔහු සඳහන් කළේ වසර ගණනාවක් තිස්සේ ජනාධිපතිවරයා ඇතුළු කණ්ඩායම් විසින් තම පවුල මහජන මුදල සොරකම් කළ බවට ප්රකාශ කරන බවයි. දැන් ඔහුට එම චෝදනා ඔප්පු කිරීමට කාලය පැමිණ ඇතැයිද හෙතෙම සඳහන් කළේය. වීඩියෝව මෙතනින්..... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/10/24)
ගොඩබාන මිලට දහයක් එක්කර ඉන්ධන විකුණන බව අනුර කිවුවා.. දැන් පෙට්රල් 170ට දෙන්න…
ඉන්ධන ආනයනය කර මෙරට ගොඩ බාන මිලට තවත් රුපියල් දහයක් එකතුකර අලෙවි කිරීමට හැකියාව තම ආණ්ඩුවකට ඇති බව අනුර දිසානායක මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී ප්රකාශ කර එහ හැන්සාඩ් ගත වී ඇතැයි හිටපු රාජ්‍ය ඇමති ඩී.වී. චානක මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඒ අනුව දැන් එය ඉටුකිරීමට කාලය එළැඹ ඇති බවත් අද වන විට වරායෙන් පෙට්රල් ලීටරයක් ගොඩ බාන්නේ රුපියල් 160ක මුදලකට නිසා දැන් ඔහුගේ ප්‍රකාශය අනුව 170ට පෙට්රල් ලීටරයක් ජනතාවට ලබාදෙන ලෙස ඉල්ලා සිටින බවත් ඔහු පැවසුවේය. කොළඹදී මේ මාධ්‍ය අමතමින් හෙතෙම මෙම අදහස් පළ කළේය. අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා ලබා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/10/24)
IMF සමග සාකච්චා ඇරඹේ.. මාලිමා සුපිරි වැඩ්ඩන් සියල්ල පීටර් බෲවර් ඉදිරියේ…
ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදල සමඟ වන වැඩසටහනට අදාළව ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා ප්‍රමුඛ නව රජයේ ඉදිරි වැඩපිළිවෙළ පිළිබඳ සොයා බැලීමට ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදලේ (IMF) ඉහළ පෙළේ නියෝජිත පිරිසක් අද (02) මෙරටට පැමිණියහ. IMF වැඩසටහනේ ප්‍රගතිය සහ ඩොලර් බිලියන 2.9 ක විස්තීරණ අරමුදල් පහසුකමේ සිව්වන වාරිකය ලබා දීමට අදාළ සාකච්ඡා පැවැත්වීම මෙම සංචාරයේ අරමුණයි. ඒ අනුව මෙම නියෝජිත පිරිස සහ නව රජය විසින් IMF සාකච්ඡා සඳහා පත් කර ඇති ආර්ථික කණ්ඩායම අතර හමුවක් අද (02) පස්වරුවේ ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලයේ දී පැවැත්විණි. ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදල සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව අතර මෙතෙක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/10/24)
අපේක්‍ෂිත බදු ආදායම නොලැබේ.. නව බදු පනවන්න හා බැදුම්කර නිකුත් කරන්න වෙයි… IMF මීලග වාරිකයත් අවදානමේ..
දේශීය ආදායම් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවෙන් බලාපොරොත්තු වූ බදු ආදායම නොලැබීම නිසා රාජ්‍ය ආදායම අර්බුදකාරී තත්ත්වයකට පත්වීමේ අවදානම් තත්ත්වයක් උද්ගතව ඇතැයි මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශයේ අභ්‍යන්තර ආරංචිමාර්ග සඳහන් කරයි. මේ වසර තුළදී දේශීය ආදායම් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, ශ්‍රී ලංකා රේගුව සහ සුරාබදු දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව ඉපැයිය යුතු සමස්ත ආදායම් ඉලක්කය රුපියල් බිලියන 4,127 කි. එම මුදලින් දේශීය ආදායම් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව ඉපැයිය යුතු ආදායම් ඉලක්කය රුපියල් බිලියන 2,024 කි. ඒ අනුව, දේශීය ආදායම් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් මේ වසරේ ජනවාරි මාසයේ සිට සැප්තැම්බර් මාසය දක්වා වූ මාස 09 ක කාලය තුළදී ඉපැයිය යුතු ඉලක්කගත ආදායම රුපියල් බිලියන 1,518 කි. නමුත්,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/10/24)
Cuba agrees to provide expert knowledge for dengue control in Sri Lanka
In a significant diplomatic engagement, the President of Sri Lanka Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has met with the Cuban Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Andres Marcelo Gonzales Gorrido, at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (02). The meeting focused on bolstering the longstanding diplomatic and friendly relations between the two countries, according to the President’s Media Division (PMD). During the cordial discussions, the Cuban Ambassador extended warm congratulations to President Dissanayake on his recent election victory. He praised the President’s leadership and expressed Cuba’s readiness to enhance cooperation with Sri Lanka, the PMD... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/10/24)
HC adjourns hearing of ‘hit-and-run’ case against Patali Champika till Feb. 28
The Colombo High Court has ordered the case against former Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka over the hit-and-run incident which took place in 2016, in which the vehicle the former Minister was travelling in had collided with a motorcycle in Rajagiriya, to be postponed until February 28, 2025. When the case was taken up for consideration today (02), the defendant, former MP Patali Champika Ranawaka, appeared before the Colombo High Court. Appearing for the defendant, Attorney-at-Law Amarasiri Panditharathna stated before the courts that the defendant has filed an appeal before the Supreme Court... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/10/24)
Roshan Ranasinghe appointed Chairman of MJP
Former Minister Roshan Ranasinghe has joined the Mawbima Janatha Party (MJP) led by entrepreneur Dilith Jayaweera. He has been appointed as the Chairman of the party. Meanwhile, former Minister Prof. Channa Jayasumana has been appointed Vice Chairman of MJP. Former MP Milan Jayatilleke has been appointed party’s Gampaha District Organiser. A former member of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), Ranasinghe had previously served as Sports Minister and had also contested the recent presidential election. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/10/24)
China pledges full support for Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring and economic stability
The Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong met with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today (02) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. The Ambassador extended his heartfelt congratulations to the President on his recent election victory and expressed China’s continued commitment to supporting Sri Lanka in its future endeavours, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. Ambassador Qi reaffirmed the Chinese government’s continued commitment to enhancing bilateral relations with Sri Lanka, emphasizing the significance of on-going collaborative projects. He highlighted the active engagement of the China... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/10/24)
Parties that backed Ranil to contest general election under ‘Gas Cylinder’ symbol
ll political parties that supported former President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the recent Presidential Election are to contest the upcoming General Election under the New Democratic Front (NDF), with the ‘Gas Cylinder’ as their symbol. Former President Wickremesinghe had also contested the recent presidential election under the symbol of the ‘Gas Cylinder’, albeit as an independent candidate. Political sources told Ada Derana, earlier today, that former MPs who supported Wickremesinghe are preparing to contest the upcoming General Election under either the ‘elephant’ symbol or another common symbol. It was reported that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/10/24)
High-level IMF delegation meets new govt’s economic team, discuss reforms
A high-level delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrived in Sri Lanka today (2) to engage with the newly formed government led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. The primary objective of the visit was to initiate discussions on the progress of the IMF program and necessary steps towards the release of the fourth tranche of the $ 2.9 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF), the President’s Office said. The meeting, held at the Presidential Secretariat, featured cordial discussions between the IMF delegation and the economic team of the new government. Both parties... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/10/24)
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කළු හා සුදු ප්‍රතිපත්තිධාරි කණ්ඩායම් දෙකක් එකතුව රාජ්‍ය බලය ලබාගැනීමේ පළමු පියවර ජයගෙන ඇත. ඒ අනුව රාජ්‍යයේ එක කණුවක් වන "විධායකය" නම්වූ කුලුන එම කණ්ඩායම ජයගෙන ඇත.ඒ මත නැගී ඒ කණ්ඩායම තමන්ට රාජ්‍ය බලය ලබුනායයි යන සිතුවිල්ල මත එල්බ ගෙන උද්දාමයට පත්ව, කටයුතු සිදුකරගෙන යන ආකාරය අපි දකිමින් එහි පල අත්විදිමින් සිටින්නෙමු.කළු, කළු ගේ මතවාදයන්ද, සුදු සුදුගේ මතවාදයන්ද බලගැන්වීම අරඹා තිබුණද, දැන් ඔවුන් සතුව ඇත්තේ විධායකය පමණක් බැවින්, ඊළඟ කුළුණ වූ ව්‍යාවස්ථාදායකය ජය ගැනීමේ තරඟයට අවතීර්ණව ඒ මාර්ගය විවර කරගෙන ඇත.මහා මැතිවරණය නොවැම්බර් මස 14 වෙනිදා පැවැත්වීමට නියමිතය. රාජ්‍ය බංකොලොත්යයි ප්‍රකාශිතය.දේශපාලකයෝ කුමක් සිදුකලද, මහජනතාව දේශපාලන කොලොප්පන්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/10/24)
“Do the right thing at this particular moment”-Govt’s tax reforms will spur growth and development – Prof Anil Jayantha
Prof. Anil Jayantha We want the people to be a very active and vibrant part of economic activities Interest rates need to be gradually brought down scientifically based on fundamentals Senior Advisor to the President on Economic Affairs and Finance, Prof. Anil Jayantha said the Government has proposed certain tax reforms and its tax policy is based on the basic principle of fairness, simplicity and convenience while promoting economic growth and development. In an interview with the Sunday... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/10/24)
Pakistan High Commissioner calls on the Defence Secretary
The High Commissioner of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Sri Lanka H.E. Major General Faheem-Ul-Aziz (Retd), paid a courtesy call on Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) at the Defence Headquarters Complex in Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte today (Oct 01). Following a warm reception, AVM Thuyacontha had a cordial discussion with the Pakistani envoy this afternoon. While extending his compliments, Defence Secretary also said that he intends to continue working closely with Pakistan to enhance bilateral relations and defence cooperation. Military Liaison Officer of the Ministry... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/10/24)
අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමියගේ 2024 ලෝක ළමා දින සුභාශිංශන පණිවිඩය
සුභාශිංශන අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරිය සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කාන්තා, ළමා හා යෞවන කටයුතු සහ ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යවරිය ලෙස මගේ පළමු පණිවිඩය ලෝක ළමා දිනය සහ වැඩිහිටි දිනය වෙනුවෙන් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට ලැබීම මා හට සුවිශේෂී අවස්ථාවකි. අපේ අනාගතය සහ උරුමය සැලකීමේදී ළමයින් සහ වැඩිහිටියන් විශේෂ භූමිකාවන් සිදු කරන බව අපට සිහිපත් කරවයි. ”අපේ අනාගතය සඳහා කරන ආයෝජනයන් යනු අපේ දරුවන් වෙනුවෙන් ආයෝජනය කිරීමයි” යන මෙවර ජාත්‍යන්තර ළමා දින තේමාව, පාඨයකට සීමා නොකර යථාර්තයක් කිරීම අප රජයේ අරමුණයි. රටේ සෑම දරුවකුට ම උසස් තත්ත්වයෙන් යුතු නිදහස් අධ්‍යාපනයක් ලබා දීමට අපි කැප... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/10/24)
Hezbollah leader Nasrallah defeated ISIS, protected Lebanon's Christians, fought Israeli colonialism
https://youtu.be/sxYAn-Ci4jE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/10/24)
Presidential Marxism: AKD And The Sri Lankan Elections
Anura Kumara Dissanayake, known with convenient laziness as AKD, became Sri Lanka’s latest president after a runoff count focusing on preferential votes. The very fact that it went to a second count with a voter turnout of 77% after a failure of any candidate to secure a majority was itself historic, the first since Sri Lankan independence in 1948. AKD’s presidential victory tickles and excites the election watchers for various reasons. He does not hail from any of the dynastic families that have treated rule and the presidential office as electoral real... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/10/24)
Sri Lanka’s New President Faces Daunting Challenges and High Hopes
KEY TAKEAWAYS Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s election is the culmination of Sri Lanka’s 2022 protests against the status quo. Addressing Sri Lanka’s economic and financial challenges will be Dissanayake’s most difficult task. He will have to carefully balance relations with India and China. Two years after a seismic political and economic crisis rocked Sri Lanka and brought citizens to the streets in mass protests movements that ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka’s citizens went to the polls to cast... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/10/24)
දෙසැම්බර් වෙනකොට අපේ ණය කෝටි 33ක්.. අපිව ගොඩගන්න එක දෙයියෙක් ලක්ෂයක් ගේන්න ඕනේ
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AKD’s protest vote and Sajith Premadasa’s own goal
The presidential election’s outcome has been described in flowery language: A vote for system change, the rejection of the old regime, a clarion call against corruption and cronyism, a vote against the sale of national assets, and so on. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake All that is true to a certain degree, but they still miss the wood for the trees. The risk of these feel-good assessments is that they could also delude the election winner. To explore the danger of misreading an election mandate, look no further than the Yahapalanaya’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/10/24)
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