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News Archive for Nov 2024 ෂෙනාලි වඩුගේ දෙමළ ජනතාව බෙදුම්වාදය ප්රතික්ෂේප කර ඇති බව දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානයට ලැබූ ඡන්ද වලින් හා එම සන්ධානයේ ප්රමුක තැනක්ලැබූ සුමන්තිරන්ව උතුරු ජනතාව ප්රතික්ෂේප කර බව පැහැදිලිව දක්නට ලැබුණි. දෙමල ජනතාවගේ ඡන්දය කොතරම් දුරට බාහිරබලපෑම් වලට භාජනය වූ බව පසුව අපට තේරුම් ගත හැක. 2010 ජනාධිපති ඡන්දයට ඉන්දියාවේ බලපෑම් නිසා සරත් ෆොන්සේකා හිටපුහමුදාපතිටත්, 2015 දී නැවතත් බලපෑම් නිසා මෛත්රීපාල සිරිසේන ජනාධිපති කිරීමටත් දෙමල ජනයා ඡන්ද දුන්හ. කෙසේවතත්, දෙමල ජනතාවගේ බලාපොරොත්තු වෙනම රටක් බිහිකිරීම නොව එදිනෙදා ජීවත්වීමයි. එය සිංහල ජනතාවගේ හා මුස්ලිම්ජනතාවගේත් බලාපොරොත්තුවයි. ශ්රී ලංකාව වෙන් කරනවාට වඩා ජනතාවට ඉදිනේදා ජීවත්වීමේ කරදර විශාල සංක්යාවක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/11/24) Nava Thakuria As India's billion plus populace are watching an initiative under ‘one nation, one election’ policy by the Union government in New Delhi proposing to go for simultaneous elections for Lok Sabha, State legislative assemblies and local government bodies across the country with an aim to reduce the electoral expenditure, the recent by-polls narrated a different story. The special elections, conducted for 48 legislative assembly constituencies in 14 States (along with two Parliamentary constituencies in Kerala and Maharashtra) divulged an important fact that no less than 41 assembly seats needed the by-polls as those were vacated by the respective... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/11/24)
CHAPA නිදහස් https://youtu.be/ejG5PGgi3J4... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/11/24)
La 2de Guerre Mondiale On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m., a bright flash set the sky over Hiroshima ablaze. A gigantic column of smoke rises above the city. The first nuclear bomb in history has just been dropped on the largest metropolis in western Japan. This new documentary shows this tragedy from the inside using photos taken that day. https://youtu.be/QrqjADwzDm0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/11/24)
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, November 29: Based on information received from the Sri Lanka Navy regarding probable narcotics smuggling by Sri Lankan flagged fishing vessels in the Arabian Sea, the Indian Navy responded swiftly through a coordinated operation to localise and intercept the boats. Extensive surveillance was undertaken by Indian Naval Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft and Remotely Piloted Aircraft, based on inputs from the Information Fusion Centre (Indian Ocean Region), Gurugram, and an Indian Naval ship was deployed to augment efforts. Two boats were identified based on continuous inputs from the Sri Lankan Navy... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ඇතැම් ‘පාර්ශව’ ආර්ථික තත්ත්වයෙන් ප්රයෝජන ගැනීමට උත්සාහ කරන අවස්ථාවක ශ්රී ලංකාව බාහිර බලපෑම්වලට හිස නොනැමිය යුතු බවත් ස්වාධීන විදේශ ප්රතිපත්තියක් පවත්වාගෙන යා යුතු බවත් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ චීන තානාපති Qi Zhenhong කොළඹදී මාධ්යවේදීන් අමතමින් පැවසීය. චීනයේ ස්ථාවරය සහ ශ්රී ලංකාව සමඟ ඇති අනාගත සබඳතා පිළිබඳ ඔහු කියා සිටියේ මෙරට ආර්ථික තත්ත්වයෙන් ගොඩ ඒමට වෙනත් රටවල සහාය අවශ්ය බව ඇතැම් රටවල් පෙන්වා දී ඇති බවයි. ශ්රී ලාංකික ජනතාව තමන් ගැන විශ්වාසයෙන් සිටිය යුතු අතර චීනය වැනි මිත්රශීලී හවුල්කරුවන් සමඟ සබඳතා ශක්තිමත් කර ගැනීම දෙස බැලිය යුතු බැවින් මෙම ප්රකාශය වැරදි බවත් Qi පැවසීය.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් උතුරේ හමුදා කඳවුරු ඉවත් කිරීම සහ මහවිරු සැමරුම් හේතුවෙන් උද්ගතවී ඇති ගැටලු සම්බන්ධයෙන් රජය නිහඩ පිළිවෙතක් අනුගමනය කරන බවට රණවිරුවන් චෝදනා කරයි. මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් කරුණු දැක්වීමට ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලයට පැමැණි රණවිරුවකු විසින් සඳහන් කරන්නේ රටේ සාමය ආරක්ෂා කිරීමට ජනාධිපතිවරයා කැපවිය යුතු බවයි. අදාළ වීඩියෝව පහළින්... https://youtu.be/ii31jCTJjqw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් බෙදුම්වාදී කොටි ත්රස්තවාදයට සහාය දෙන පාර්ශ්ව විසින් නැවත බෙදුමිවාදී ත්රස්තවාදය ප්රවර්ධනය කිරීමට කටයුතු කරමින් සිටින බවත්, අන්තවාදී ක්රියා සම්බන්ධයෙන් ආණ්ඩුවේ ලිහිල් ප්රතිපත්තියට විරෝධය දක්වන බවත් සඳහන් කරමින් රණවිරුවකු විසින් ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා වෙත ලිපියක් යොමුකර තිබේ. ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් රාජාසන කතාවේ දී අන්තවාදය, ජාතිවාදය හිස එසවීමට නොදෙන බව පැවසූව ද බෙදුම්වාදීන් සම්බන්ධයෙන් එවැනි ස්ථාවරයක් නොදැරීම පිළිබඳව ත්රස්තවාදයට එරෙහි යුද්ධයේ දී කැපකිරීම් කළ වීරෝධාර රණවිරුවන්ට ගැටලුවක් වී ඇති බවත් එම ලිපියෙන් පෙන්වා දී තිබේ. පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ නවක මන්ත්රීවරයකු විසින් ත්රස්ත නායක ප්රභාකරන් දෙවියකු ලෙස හුවාදක්වන ප්රකාශ සිදුකිරීම ද තරයේ හෙළාදකින බවත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 29 (Daily Mirror)- Floods caused by deep depression that created havoc in many parts of the country started receding today but some areas including the Northern Province are still facing risk, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said. As per the DMC, floods in almost all 24 districts have begun to recede. However, risks still remain in Manampitiya in the Polonnaruwa District, Peradeniya in Kandy, Horowpothana, Thanthirimale and Moragawewa areas. Landslide warnings were still effective in Badulla, Kandy, Colombo, Kegalle, Kurunegala, Matale, Nuwara Eliya and Ratnapura Districts. Water levels... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana The overall rate of inflation, as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) on Year-on-Year basis, has decreased to -2.1% in November 2024, compared to -0.8% in October 2024, according to the latest data released by the Department of Census and Statistics. The CCPI for all items for the month of November 2024 was 189.4 and it records a decrease of 0.5 index points or 0.25 percentage compared to the month of October 2024 for which the index was 189.9. This represents a decrease in expenditure value by Rs 427.75 in the ”Market Basket”. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says Sri Lanka’s economy is now in a much more stable position and that the present political stability is an important factor for long-term, sustainable economic development. “We lost both economic stability as well as political stability during last several years. We think about from that situation now. Obviously we are in a much more stable position in both fronts,” he said, speaking during the 59th Annual General Meeting of The Hotels Association of Sri Lanka (THASL). The central... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana The Department of Meteorology has announced that the impact of the deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal on the country’s weather system is expected to diminish starting today. Over the past few days, adverse weather conditions have claimed the lives of 15 individuals, with a total of 463,569 people reported to be affected. The landslide warnings previously issued remain in effect; however, the ‘Red evacuation’: landslide early warnings that were issued in three phases have been lifted. In a related development, the Department of Meteorology has forecasted that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/11/24)
Courtesy AdaDerana The Secretary-General of Parliament, Kushani Rohanadeera stated that there will be no changes to the privileges granted to the Members of the Parliament. Speaking to the media, she revealed that 94 MPs have already submitted requests to obtain official residences from the Madiwela Housing Complex. The Secretary-General of Parliament explained that 25-30 houses previously returned by the former MPs are currently being renovated to provide official residences to new MPs. https://youtu.be/Azrocadq2vQ Accordingly, those official residences will be later allocated to the new MPs based on the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 29/11/24)
Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake At Annual Meetings in Washington last month International Monetary Fund head, Kristalina Georgieva claimed Sri Lanka as a debt restructuring ‘success’ story.[i] Left unsaid by the IMF’s Managing Director was that Sri Lanka’s debt had apparently ballooned from $26 billion to a purported whopping $100 billion during two years of “reforms’ under the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF)![ii] A month later the island’s newly elected Cabinet led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka signed off on an official “bond exchange” with International Sovereign bondholders under the EFF agreement, having done a U-turn on election pledges... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/11/24)
By Garvin Karunaratne, former G.A. Matara In view of the new leash of life Sri Lanka has just got with the election of a President of Sri Lanka avowed to bring about poverty alleviation, I beg to make some suggestions based on my real experience. On my recent travel to Snowdonia in Wales, I happened to visit the Corris Industrial Unit. What was most interesting was a Mini Distillery using many ingredients, including an array of spices, turning out special alcoholic drinks I kept wondering what I could have done if I had known... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/11/24)
Dilrook Kannangara LTTE commemorations once again highlighted the undeniable fact that all its organizers and essentially all Tamil Eelmists are Sri Lankan born. While Cyclone Fengal disrupted the planned large LTTE commemoration since 2009 the organizers have said they will hold it on another day. Indian born Tamils around the world are not keen in LTTE commemorations or Tamil Eelam. Similarly, Diaspora Tamils born outside Sri Lanka are also not excited by LTTE commemoration and Tamil Eelam though a few of the underaged ones are compelled by their Sri Lankan-born parents to participate in these events. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/11/24)
Chanaka Bandarage In Europe, politicians including Prime Ministers cycle to work. In Japan, pretty much everyone (rich, poor) cycles. In Netherlands, bicycle is the main and most important mode of transport. In Sri Lanka, cyclists are shamed. Here, cycling is considered a symbol of poverty, We still foolishly regard that bicycle is the poor man’s vehicle. Everyone dreams of travelling in a car – even short distances. When we own a Maruti or a Wagon R; we are not satisfied. We strive for a Benz or a BMW. This materialistic mentality is not good,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/11/24)
Chanaka Bandarage For most areas, monkeys are a relatively new problem. In the last 30 years, lots of deforestation happened. Some forests like Suriyawewa, Lunugamwehara are now extinct. Even the Sinharaja forest is under serious threat. The degradation and fragmentation of the animal habitats is very real. Owing to building walking tracks in Bellanwila, Pillawa areas the monkeys who were in those woodlands migrated to thick urban settlements in Boralesgamuwa, Piliyandala etc. Due to bad garbage dumping in these areas, monkeys have easy access to food. They play havoc in these areas. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/11/24)
Courtesy Sputnik Serial production of the Oreshnik system has begun, the Russian president announced. Last week, the Russian leader revealed the successful testing of the new Oreshnik hypersonic missile system. Today, at the request of colleagues, he shared further details. "Serial production of the Oreshnik has started, but ultimately, we will choose the means of destruction depending on the nature of the selected targets and the threats posed to the Russian Federation," Putin said at a session of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Security Council. He also revealed new specs from the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/11/24)
Courtesy BNN Bloomberg (Bloomberg) (Bloomberg) -- Follow Bloomberg India on WhatsApp for exclusive content and analysis on what billionaires, businesses and markets are doing. Sign up here. Moody’s Ratings is reviewing Sri Lanka’s sovereign credit rating for an upgrade, as the nation is set to complete its debt restructuring of its dollar bonds. The rating agency assigned the new dollar notes Sri Lanka is offering to swap for old debt a (P) Caa1 rating, according to a statement. The dollar bond maturing in 2030 rose to the highest since June 2021 on Thursday... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/11/24)
Courtesy NDTV Abu Dhabi's International Holding Company (IHC) is one of the largest sovereign funds and manages assets close to $100 billion. The Tanzanian government has reaffirmed its commitment to its agreements with Adani Ports. New Delhi: Abu Dhabi's International Holding Company (IHC), one of the largest sovereign funds that manages assets close to $100 billion, has reaffirmed its support to the Adani Group, saying its outlook on investments in the group remains unchanged despite the US indictment. "Our partnership with the Adani Group reflects our confidence... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/11/24)
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Sugath Kulatunga Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has made an univocal statement that “Vocational education should be a respected choice, offering a clear pathway from school to higher education while contributing directly to the economy.” It is most encouraging to note that the government is considering ‘’ vocational education to be no longer be viewed as a secondary option but as a prestigious pathway to a bright future and economic growth.” This is an enlightened view taken on vocatinal education after over 75 years since Kannangara Educational Reforms of 1947 which recommended “Practical Education”. Kannangara Report recommended practical... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/11/24)
Speech by Christos Marsellos, Delphi Initiative, Defend Democracy Press, Author, Greece, at the European Conference on 2 November 2024 The dual need: new geopolitical balance, new social pact There can be no doubt: we are experiencing an acceleration of history. This could lead to the catastrophic prospect of a world war, potentially involving nuclear weapons. In times like these, the first question is always: Was all of this inevitable? The answer is a resounding no. The war in Ukraine would not have occurred without NATO’s successive waves of expansion. While some argue that the freedom... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/11/24)
Courtesy Defend Democracy India has rejected the $300 billion global climate finance deal adopted at the COP29 Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, expressing disappointment over the lack of commitment from developed nations. Nov 24, 2024 Indian representative Chandni Raina criticized the agreement, calling it insufficient to address the scale of challenges faced by developing countries. Supported by nations like Nigeria, Malawi, and Bolivia, India argued that the deal falls far short of the $1.3 trillion demanded by the Global South, undermining the principles of equity and shared responsibility. Developing nations remain frustrated by the reluctance... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/11/24)
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Sarath Wijesinghe (President’s Counsel - SL Solicitor in England and Wales, President Ambassador’s Forum in UK/SL) Digitalisation - the world trend today Digitalisation is the world trend today with the next step to Artificial Intelligence world has just begun on the door steps of the age of Artificial Intelligence in action worldwide in many sectors and areas. Digitalisation is the mode of compression of data and images to different productive modes including artificial Intelligence which is the conversation of human brain to machinal way artificially and scientifically by scientists which is still not successful as expected.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/11/24)
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Nov 27 (NewsWire) – The deep depression that has developed in the Bay of Bengal is expected to convert into a cyclone by today but will have only a minimum effect on Sri Lanka, Department of Meteorology said yesterday. The general public was however asked to be vigilant on impeding extreme weather conditions Director General Department of Meteorology Athula Karunanayake told Daily Mirror that the deep depression which is prevailing now will turn into a cyclone but will have only a minimum effect on Sri Lanka.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් සමගි ජන බලවේගය පක්ෂයේ රත්නපුර දිස්ත්රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී හේෂා විතානගේ මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට විශේෂ යෝජනාවක් ගෙන විත් ඇත. එම යෝජනාව ගෙන ආවේ මාලිමාව නියෝජනය කරන මන්ත්රීවරුන් පිළිබඳ සහ ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ ප්රතිපත්ති පිළිබඳ ව පැහැදීමෙන් බවත් හෙතෙම පවසයි. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරුන් සතු වරප්රසාද රැසක් කප්පාදු කරන ලෙස ඔහු ඉන් යෝජනා කර ඇත. මේ වන විටත් එම යෝජනාව පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට භාරදී ඇති බවත් එය දසවෙනි පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ පළමු මන්ත්රී යෝජනාව ලෙස විවාදයට ගනු ඇති බවත් හෙතෙම තව දුරටත් කියයි. අන්තර්ජාල නාලිකාවක සාකච්චාවකදී ඔහු මෙම අදහස් පල කර තිබේ. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් ප්රභූ දේශපාලනය අවසන් කිරීමට මෙවර මහ මැතිවරණයේ දී ජනතාව මතවාදී ලෙස පෙළගැසී ඇති බවත්, 1977 පසු බිහිවූ පාදඩ ප්රභූන් පිරිසක් අත රටේ පාලනය පැවතීම මත රට ඉතා විනාශකාරී තැනකට ගමන් කළ බවත් දේශහිතෛෂී ජාතික ව්යාපාරයේ මහ ලේකම් වෛද්ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා පවසයි. පාදඩ ප්රභූන්ට ඡන්දය ලබාදුන් ජනතාවම මෙවර මැතිවරණයේ දී ඔවුන්ට ඡන්දය ලබාදීමෙන් වැළකී සිටි බවත්, එය එක්තරා විරෝධාකල්පයක් ලෙසද සැලකිය හැකි බවත් ඒ මහතා පවසයි. රූපවාහිනී නාලිකාවක සංවාදයකට එක්වෙමින් වෛද්ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතා පවසන්නේ මැතිවරණයේ දී ප්රකාශිත වූ ජනවරම නිවැරදිව කියවා ගැනීම අත්යවශ්ය බවත්, ආණ්ඩුව විසින් මෙය වැරදියට කියවාගත... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් පුනරුදය යනු යටත් විජිතකරණ නෂ්ඨාවශේෂ වලින් ගැලවීම බවත්, ඓතිහාසික වශයෙන් පැමිණි සංස්කෘතිකාංගවල ගෙල සිඳලීම පුනරුදය නොවන බවත් ජානිපෙ නායක, හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසයි. හිරු රූපවාහිනියේ 'සලකුණ' දේශපාලන සංවාදයට එක්වෙමින් ඒ මහතා පවසන්නේ වාමාංශික දේශපාලනයේ පතාක යෝදයකු බඳු පුද්ගලයකු වූ වෙනිසියුලාවේ හිටපු ජනපති හියුගෝ චාවේස් මහතා මියයාමෙන් පසු ඔහුගේ දේහය තැන්පත් කර තිබූ පෙට්ටියේ පිටුපසින් කුරුසය ගසාතිබුනේ ඔහු වාමාංශික නායකයකු වුවද එරට සංස්කෘතිකාංග ප්රතික්ෂේප කර දැමීමක් සිදුනොකළ නිසා බවයි. https://youtu.be/b2IksSAdBwg ආර්ථික පුනරුදය යනු ජාත්යන්තර මූල්ය අරමුදලේ වැල්පාලම දිගේ දිගටම දරුවා රැගෙන යාමදැයි ප්රශ්න කරන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Politbureau Member and District Organizer of Jaffna, Geethanath Cassilingham has accused newly elected Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Northern Province representing the National People’s Power (NPP) of failing to assist people affected by the devastation caused by Cyclone Fengal. “The newly elected MPs from the North from the NPP have failed to assist the affected people,” Cassilingham said, highlighting that over 250,000 individuals across the country, including thousands in Jaffna, are reeling from severe floods. The disaster has already claimed 10 lives, leaving many families in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 28/11/24)
By Raj Gonsalkorale Whence comes the power of words? Citizens of purportedly civilized nations have come under the sway of the rhetoric of demagogues. Soldiers have killed and been killed following the orders of military superiors. Leaders of some religious sects have put people to death for utterances labelled blasphemous or heretical. Leaders of others have taken their own and their followers’ lives with words of salvation on their lips. Yet were my next words to promise you immortality in good health and prosperity in a world of intellectual challenge, amusement, and good fellowship, asking nothing more in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
Traveling Diary Srilanka 🇱🇰 https://youtu.be/jiuX1J8_WF0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
Prof.Hudson McLean This has nothing to do with Getting a Homeland anywhere. Tamil Homeland is in India - Tamil Nadu! These vultures are only collecting money for themselves! These Overseas Tamils are living & enjoying a good life is Safe Havens. Hopefully Tamils living in Sri Lanka, as Guests, should realize, that if they wish to live amonst the Sinhala, they must respect the Host! Why is it that Tamil Eelam is sought by only Tamils living overseas?Shenali D Waduge Thank you Shenali Waduge for your... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
මාධ්ය අංශය, මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්යාංශය. "එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ සංවිධානය තහනම් සංවිධානයක් වුවත් ඔවුන්ගේ බැනර්,ලාංඡන,ඡායාරූප යොදාගනිමින් මියගිය සාමාජිකයින් සැමරීමට බාධාවක් නොමැති" බවට මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්ය ආනන්ද විජේපාල මහතා ප්රකාශ කළේ යැයි සඳහන් කළ නොමග යවනසුළු පුවත් ඇතැම් ප්රධාන මාධ්ය, සමාජ මාධ්ය, යූ ටියුබ් හා වෙබ් පිටු මගින් ප්රචාරය කෙරෙමින් පවතින බව අප හට නිරීක්ෂණය විය. නමුත් එම වීඩියෝ පට පසුගිය දා ගල්ගමුව ප්රදේශයේ දී පැවති වැඩසටහනකදී මහජන ආරක්ෂක සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තු කටයුතු අමාත්ය ආනන්ද විජේපාල මහතා මාධ්ය වෙත ලබා දුන් ප්රකාශය අර්ථය වෙනස් වන පරිදි සංස්කරණය කළ වීඩියෝ දර්ශන වේ. මහජන ආරක්ෂක සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තු කටයුතු අමාත්ය ආනන්ද විජේපාල... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් දස වැනි පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ නව කතානායක අශෝක රන්වල මහතා පැළඳ සිටි හිස් පළඳනාවේ පහළ කෙළවර දෙක එකට එක් වී තිබුණේ අත් වැරදිමකින් බව පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ඉහළ නිලධාරියෙක් සති අන්ත පුවත්පතකට සඳහන් කර තිබේ. එය හිතා මතා කරන ලද දෙයක් නොවන බවත් අතපසුවීමකින් එලෙස සිදුව තිබූ බවත් පසුව එය වහාම නිවැරදි කිරීමට කටයුතු කරන ලද බවත් හෙතෙම සඳහන් කර ඇත. හිස් පළඳනාවේ පහළ කෙළවරවල් දෙක යා කිරීමට කිසිදු බොත්තමක් එහි නොතිබෙන බවත් එම දෙකළවර විවෘතව පැවති යුතු බවත් හෙතෙම සඳහන් කරයි. නව පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ආරම්භක දිනයේ දී නව කථානායකවරයාගේ හිස් පළඳනාව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Diplomat For the new government, acting upon deals with Adani is more than a legal or economic issue. It is a test of its commitment to fighting corruption. Gautam Adani, the chairperson of Indian conglomerate, Adani Group (right) poses with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa after discussing the development of Colombo Port West Container Terminal and other projects, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 26, 2021.Credit: X/Gautam Adani The indictment of Indian billionaire businessman and chairman of the Adani Group, Gautam Adani, his nephew Sagar Adani, and others in a U.S. court has raised... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
Courtesy TRTWorld It approved a $442 million Adani wind power deal in the island's northwest in February 2023 but the vast project is stalled by a court challenge over environmental issues. AFPThe Adani Group has dismissed all bribery charges as "baseless". / Photo: AFP Sri Lanka has opened an investigation into the local investments of India's Adani Group in the wake of US bribery charges against its tycoon founder, government spokesman Nalinda Jayatissa said Tuesday. Jayatissa, speaking at the first cabinet briefing of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's new government, said both the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
By Jayadeva Uyangoda, Amit Baruah Courtesy Z Network Jayadeva Uyangoda, emeritus professor of political science at the University of Colombo, spoke to Amit Baruah about the groundbreaking November 14 election results and their implications for Sri Lanka’s future. He discusses South Asian politics, democratic movements, and social transformation. What do the results of November 14 mean for Sri Lanka? The November 14 results essentially reconfirm the outcome of the presidential election held on September 21. There are several significant dimensions to the collective impact of these two elections. For the first time in Sri Lanka, political... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
Source: Xinhua COLOMBO, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- A delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC), led by Sun Haiyan, deputy head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, visited Sri Lanka from Nov. 23 to 26. During the visit, the delegation met with Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya, as well as the main leaders of the ruling and opposition parties and representatives of parliamentarians. During the meetings, the delegation introduced the spirit of the third plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, and had... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
Suhasini Haidar,Meera Srinivasan Courtesy The Hindu Delay over $533 mn loan announced in November 2023 comes as Sri Lankan government says reports reviewing projects will come “very soon” A general view of the Colombo main port is seen beyond the main wholesale market. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A year after it announced it would loan the Adani-controlled project for Colombo Port more than half a billion dollars, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) said that it is “continuing to assess the situation” and had not so far disbursed any of the funding... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
IMF Communications Department Washington, DC: Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement about Sri Lanka to Members of the Financial Community today: “The Sri Lankan authorities have been implementing an ambitious economic reform program supported by the IMF, which aims to restore debt sustainability and external viability, underpin broad macroeconomic reforms, and strengthen economic governance and transparency. Sri Lanka’s economic reform program is supported by an SDR 2.286 billion (about US$3 billion), 48-month Extended Fund Facility arrangement, approved by the IMF's Executive Board on March 20, 2023. The program has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
Courtesy Livemint Sri Lanka’s central bank said it will start using a single benchmark interest rate to manage monetary policy, starting from its next update on Wednesday, replacing its current system of two rates. (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s central bank said it will start using a single benchmark interest rate to manage monetary policy, starting from its next update on Wednesday, replacing its current system of two rates. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka said in a statement Tuesday that its introducing the Overnight Policy Rate as its primary tool to “signal and operationalize... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 26 (Daily Mirror) - The Examinations Department has decided to suspend the 2024 GCE Advanced Level (A/L) examinations on November 27, 28 and 29 due to the prevailing adverse weather conditions. Examinations Commissioner General Amith Jayasundara stated that the examination papers scheduled for the suspended days will now be held on December 21, 22 and 23. Accordingly, the examinations will resume on Saturday (30) according to the given time table. https://youtu.be/QCmGtz9psO8... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana The Department of Meteorology has issued a ‘Red’ alert warning for the land and the deep and shallow sea areas around the island due to the deep depression over Southwest Bay of Bengal. As per the warning, the depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal has intensified into a deep depression. The system was located to southeast about 170 km of Batticaloa and 240 km of Trincomalee at around 11:00 a.m. of November 26, 2024. It is likely to move closer to the east coast of the island and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s new government has responded to allegations over the lack of Muslim representation in its Cabinet of Ministers. “We didn’t form the Cabinet according to the race, religion or the cast. We have selected the persons who are very much capable to hold those ministerial portfolios,” Cabinet Spokesman, Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said. Responding to a question during today’s Cabinet press briefing, he noted that the NPP government has in fact appointed a Muslim businessman as the Governor of the Western Province, and that the Deputy Speaker, one of the Deputy... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
Hiru News https://youtu.be/8mKkKDC3r3A... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
Wimal Weerawansa "ඒ තීරණ නොගත්තානම් අනුරට ජනාධිපති වෙන්න රටක් අද නැහැ" ජවිපෙ හිටියානම් අද ජනාධිපතිනේ? රටේම මාතෘකාවට විමල් දුන්න පිළිතුර!! https://youtu.be/Er7J21td6qE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
Shenali D Waduge Isn’t it puzzling to see scores of Tamils living in Canada, UK, Europe & mostly Western nations holding colorful placards, braving winter weather, screaming “Eelam” with heavy foreign accents and if we didn’t know any better, we may think they were demanding something from where they were located. But, all this anguish they are going through often several times a year is for an Eelam back in Sri Lanka, where many of them have not even visited for decades while others do not even wish to go. The isolated campaigns that are... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 17-23 November 2024 * ‘It is the responsibility of AKD to see that that elite class will not raise its head again & there will be a society in which wealth & prosperity are shared more equitably by all. If he fails, he will also face the same fate as his predecessors.’ – WA Wijewardena (see ee Economists, Economic Challenges of New Government: Road ahead not smooth, but treacherous... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
C. Wijeyawickrema හැඳින්වීම අල්ලාගත් හා භාරවූ jvp සටන්කරුවන්ගේ ශාක්ෂි සටහන් කර ගැනීම සඳහා 1971 දෙසැම්බර් මාසයේදී රජයෙන් තෝරාගත් නිලධාරීන් 200 දෙනාගෙන් තවමත් ජීවත්ව සිටිනා අයෙක් වශයෙන්, 1935 සිට මාක්ස්වාදීන් විසින් වැපුරූ වෛරය (බංගවේවා දේශපාලනය) වෙනුවට මෛත්රීය (බෞද්ධ මධ්යම ප්රතිපදාව?) තෝරාගෙන 2024 දී රාජ්ය බලය ලබාගැනීමට අනුර කුමාරට හැකිවීම මා අගය කරන්නේ එවකට පැවැති සිස්ටම් එක වෙනස් කල යුතු බව පේරාදෙණියේ ඉගෙනගන්නා සිටි කාලයේ සිටම මාද විශ්වාස කල නිසාය. එහෙත් ඒ සඳහා ගත් උපාය මාර්ග නුසුදුසු, ලදරු හා නිකරුණේ අවංක හා එඩිතර තරුණ ජීවිත දහස් ගණනක් විනාශකල ජරමරයක් වුන බව 1971 දී මෙන්ම අදටත් මගේ මතයය. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
Dheshamaanya Dr. Sudath Gunasekara Ex-Secretary to Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranayaka and President Mahanuwara Sinhala Baudhdha Jesta Purawesiyange Sanvidhanaya. FIRST Posted on November 7th, 2023 ( AcRevized vesion) 11.25.2024 EELAM concept is a vicious colonial invention of the West to entice the Tamils in Sri Lanka to destroy the only Sinhala Buddhist nation on this planet, to realize their long term strategic and geopolitical goals in the Indo Pacific region. The idea of EELAM in this country is a Western colonial invention, although that word was never mentioned in their earlier correspondence. Destroying the Sinhala... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් විධායක අධ්යක්ෂ/ ශ්රීී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කේන්ද්රය කොරියානු E 8 වීසා ප්රශ්නය විදේශ සේවා නියුක්ති කාර්යංශය විසින් තම බල අධිකාරිය පෙන්වීම සඳහා අටවා ගන්නා ප්රශ්නයකි. එයින් මෙරට තරුණයින් 107 කට ආසන්න පිරිසකට කොරියානු රැකියා සිහිනය බොදවන්නේය. කොරියානු ඊ 8 වීසා යනු කොරියානු ප්රාන්ත රාජ්යයන් හි කෙටි කාලීන රැකියා සඳහා ලබා සුදුසුකම් පරීක්ෂා කර, සෘජුව ලංකාවේ තරුණයින් වෙත ලැබෙන මාස 7 -8 ක රැකියාවකි. එමගින් රු. ලක්ෂ 40 කට වැඩි මුදල් ඉතිරි කර ගෙන නැවත ලංකාවට පැමිණීමට තරුණයින්ට හැකිය. මේ ගැන ලංකාවේ රජයට කළ යුතු දෙයක් නැත. මෙහි වංචාවක් හෝ අකටයුත්තක් ද... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
by A. Abdul Aziz The Second Khalifa of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at (Community) in Islam Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad, may Allah be pleased with him, formed Auxiliary Organizations in the J ama’at to serve the needs of both genders according to different age groups: In 1922: Majlis Lajna Ima’illah for women. In 1928: Majlis Nasirat-ul-Ahmadiyya for girls ages 7 – 15. In 1938: Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya for men ages 15 – 40. In 1940: Majlis Ansarullah for men age 40 and above. On Sunday the 24th November 2024, at... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
බ්රිතාන්ය ඉංජිනේරු ගාල්ලේ දෙව් සිරි පී. හේවාවිදාන ලන්ඩන් සිට ලියයි. Devsiri hotmail.com අවිස්සාවේල්ල කොස්ගම තුන් මෝදර ඇල හරහා ධාවනය කළ ඩබල් කැප් රථයක් සැඩ පහරට අසුවී එහි සිටි ව්යා පා රිකවරයකු හා රියැදුරු අවා සනා වන්ත ලෙස මියගිය පුවත පසුගිය බදා දා ලංකා වේ පුවත්පත්වලින් මා දුටුවෙමි. නිකරුණේ වැ ස්සේ ඇලවල් තරණය කරන්නට ගො ස් අපරා දේ නා ස්ති වුන ජීවිත දෙකක් කියා මම ලිපිය කියවමින් දුක් වුනෙමි. නමුත් මගේ ශෝ කය දහගුණයකින් වැඩි වූයේ ලිපියේ අන්තිමට සඳහන් වූ ව්යාපාරික මහතාගේ නම දුටු විටය. චන්න කබ් රල් ලොකු ලියන මා සමග කො ළඹ ආනන්දයේ එකට ඉගෙන ගත් අති ජා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel SL, Solicitor in England and Wales, President Ambassador’s Forum in UK /SL What is the big issue? Is it has become a a big issue for the social media Harini, Vijitha, and ‘’Tilvin’’ attending the ABBA show at Mt Hotel in promoting tourism in Sri Lanka as a promotional event. Mount Lavinia in Sri Lanka being one of the historical and traditional hotels have organized an event for music fans in Sri Lanka inviting a pop band based in Switzerland following the ABBA pop band with expensive entrance tickets the music fans... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $200 million loan to upgrade Sri Lanka’s power sector infrastructure, enhancing the reliability of transmission and distribution networks and facilitating greater integration of renewable energy. “Driving power sector reforms, combined with targeted infrastructure interventions, is essential to facilitate competitive renewable energy development and reduce power generation costs,” said ADB Country Director for Sri Lanka Takafumi Kadono. “By expanding and modernizing infrastructure and incorporating digitalization solutions, this project will support the government’s goal of increased integration of renewable energy in the electricity mix, reduce power interruptions, and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 26/11/24)
Garvin Karunaratne, PhD Michigan State University formerly of the SLAS, G.A.Matara It is reported that the IMF has approved the third review of Sri Lanka’s Economic Reform Programme. (AdaDerana:23/11/24) It is hoped that what is approved will enable the development of the country in terms of increasing production in agriculture and also bringing about employment opportunities and incomes for the people. Before Sri Lanka came under the aegis of the IMF in 1977 Sri Lanka had programmes that enabled the development of the country worked by the Government. Such development was vetoed by the ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-QF5Ew3Iio All We Are Saying is Give Peace a Chance! Director of National intelligence pick Tulsi Gabbard blamed the invasion of Ukraine on NATO. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/22/politics/donald-trump-presidency-what-matters/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc The USA Voter decided to Throw DNC Out! Biden! Do Not Start what You Could Not Finish! ----ENDS---- 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 - 25/11/24)
Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel Sri Lanka, Solicitor in England and Wales, President Ambassador’s forum and former Ambassador to UAE and Israel Martin Luther King Jr said ‘’ darkness can not drive out darkness. Only light can do it. Hate can not drive away hate. Only love can do it said in 1963 in his book strength of love is repeatedly quoted since then so offer speaking on love and kindness to extend to others especially at the time of anger and fear.’’ This has been echoed by Buddha on Dhammapada which over thousands of years ago... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් දේශපාලන භූමියේදී සිදුකරන අපහාසාත්මක අසත්ය චෝදනාවලට නීතිමය පියවර ගත හැකි ශක්තිමත් නව පනතක් පෞද්ගලික මන්ත්රී යෝජනාවක් ලෙස නව පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ගෙන ඒමට කටයුතු කරන බව පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ ජාතික සංවිධායක නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පැවසීය. ලැම්බෝගිනි 18ක් ඇති බවටත්, උගන්ඩාවට මුදල් ගෙනගිය බවටත් චෝදනා කළ පුද්ගලයන් පසුව තමන් බොරු ප්රකාශ කළ බව ප්රකාශ කළත් එම චෝදනාවන්ට ලක්වූ පුද්ගලයන්ට ඒ වනවිට සිදුවී ඇති හානිය නිවැරදි කළ නොහැකි බව පැවසූ නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මන්ත්රීවරයා තවදුරටත් ප්රකාශ කර සිටියේ දේශපාලන භූමියේදී බොරු චෝදනා එල්ල කරන පුද්ගලයන්ට එරෙහිව කටයුතු කළ හැකි ආකාරයට නීතිය ශක්තිමත් කිරීමට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පසුගිය මැතිවරණයට ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ ජාතික ලැයිස්තුව යටතේ ඉදිරිපත් කර සිටි ආචාර්යවරියක් මැතිවරණයෙන් පසුව පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ඒමට අකැමැත්ත පල කර තිබේ. ඒ ආණ්ඩුව පාර්ශවයෙන් ඇයට කරන ලද ආරාධනාව ප්රතික්ෂේප කරමිනි. ඇය එහිදී හේතුව ලෙස දන්වා ඇත්තේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ගොස් ලැබෙන වැටුප තමනට ප්රමාණවත් නොවන බවයි. ඒ හරහා පවුලේ ආර්ථික ගැටලු ඇතිවිය හැකි බව බවත් එනිසා තමන් එම යෝජනාව කාරුණිකව ප්රතික්ෂේප කරන බවත් ඇය සඳහන් කර ඇත.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/11/24)
Courtesy Business Standard Last November, the agency said it would provide $553 million in financing for the port terminal project in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. The project is partly owned by India's Adani Group A U.S. agency that agreed to lend more than $500 million to a Sri Lanka port development backed by the Adani Group said it is still conducting due diligence on the project in the wake of bribery allegations against the group's billionaire founder Gautam Adani and other top executives, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday. The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/11/24)
Written by Shubhajit Roy Courtesy The Indian Express In value terms, India’s power exports to Bangladesh had crossed $1 billion, almost 10 per cent of India’s total exports to its neighbour. The corporate office of the Adani group.(Reuters Photo) With US prosecutors indicting Adani Group chairman Gautam S Adani and seven others for allegedly offering bribes to Indian government officials, Bangladesh has decided to hire a “reputed legal and investigative firm” to assist its “review” of major power generation contracts including the Adani power trading pact. This may lead to “potential renegotiation or cancellation of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/11/24)
Courtesy The Island Buddhist monks, dignitaries, and representatives from Buddhist societies and temples across the world at the event A grand welcome as well as a blessing ceremony was recently held in honour of Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Highways and Transport, Government of India, recognising his leadership in advancing development projects that link sacred Buddhist sites and historical religious cities across India, said a release from the Jambudvipa Sri Lanka Buddhist Temple in Sarnath. The event, organised by the Maha Bodhi Charitable Trust under the guidance of Bhante Harshabodhi Maha... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/11/24)
DARSHANA SANJEEWA BALASURIYA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Gampaha, Nov 24 (Daily Mirror) - The excavation in search of alleged buried treasure near the Central Expressway construction site in the Wanduramba area of Veyangoda ended yesterday evening without any discovery of treasure or items of archaeological value. The excavation, which began on November 21, was initiated under a court order from the Attanagalle Magistrate’s Court following the arrest of nine individuals, including a man dressed in robes, who were suspected of digging for treasure at the site. The operation involved personnel from the police, Special... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/11/24)
Courtesy TAPROBANE TV https://youtu.be/1xgajlnswIU... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror WION- Aiming to cash on growing outbound Indian tourists, Sri Lanka and Australia have launched new initiatives to cash in on this. Sri Lankan Airlines has launched a unique package for Indian tourists- the "Ramayana Trail" that includes 50 significant locations in the country which is associated with the Hindu epic. These include Seeta Amman Temple, where Mata Sita is said to have prayed during her captivity, to Rumassala hill, where a piece of the Himalayas is believed to have landed, dropped by Hanuman. Launching the trail officially over the weekend in Delhi, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/11/24)
Courtesy AdaDerana The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a summons to Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, indicted on U.S. bribery allegations related to a bombshell federal indictment against him, a court filing showed. The SEC is suing the head of the Adani Group and his nephew Sagar Adani, alleging they engaged in hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes to help an Adani company while “falsely touting the company’s compliance with antibribery principles and laws in connection with a $750 million bond offering.” The summons requires an answer within 21 days, according to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 25/11/24)
L. Michael Hager FacebookTwitterReddit When a political party loses its legitimacy, its traditional priorities and moral compass, its candidates lose elections. Opting not to hold an open convention, which would have tested political viability, the DNC (acting on the President’s recommendation) invited Kamala Harris to replace Biden on the ticket. For many Democrats, the lack of a competitive primary undermined the legitimacy of process. In a misguided effort to attract anti-Trump Republicans, Harris enlisted conservative Republican Liz Cheney to join her on the campaign trail. This strategy failed. The Republicans stuck with Trump or voted third... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/11/24)
Dave Lindorff Courtesy Counterpunch There is no justifiable explanation for lame duck President Joe Biden’s sudden turnabout decision to okay Ukraine’s use of longer-range US ATACMS ballistic missiles t which can hit targets as much as 200 miles inside Russia. Biden and his ironically-dubbed national security “brain trust” of Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan have for most of this year been nixing Kiev’s request for such missiles as well as permission for Ukraine use Britain’s Storm Shadow stand-off air-launched long-range cruise missiles to hit Russian targets. They did this arguing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/11/24)
Dilrook Kannangara Provincial council and local government elections are overdue. They must be held as soon as possible. Most government powers that matter to the people including healthcare, education, agriculture, etc. are provincial powers. Central government cannot deliver on any promise without these powers vested in provincial councils. Local government bodies are the grassroots level governance units. They matter to daily needs of constituents. For that reason, there is no merit in delaying these elections any further. Holding them now ensures the ruling party gets compliant provincial councils and local government bodies. While provincial councilors number... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean Is this a Fact Now? Director of National intelligence pick Tulsi Gabbard blamed the invasion on NATO. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/22/politics/donald-trump-presidency-what-matters/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc His early Cabinet appointments are contradictory given some – such as (secretary of state pick Marco) Rubio and (incoming national security adviser Mike) Waltz – have in the past expressed support for Ukraine, while (director of national intelligence pick Tulsi) Gabbard blamed the invasion on NATO. Destrction of Lives & Property by NATO? Express Your Opinion - Read What Others Say!The Independent Interactive Voice of Sri Lanka on the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean Ukraine is Redundant! Let Us Not Start a Destructive WW111! NATO Does Not Need Ukraine Anymore. NATO has now Finland & Sweden as Members. Old Joe(ker) Biden on his way out, is only trying to create trouble for King Donald Trump. Ukraine is hoping and trying to get NATO involved by getting Russia to attack Poland. Hope Russia stays out of this! Russia-Ukraine must be given the opportunity to sort their own problem, started by NATO-USA. Any Mediator involved must be... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/11/24)
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, November 23: Among the many historic ‘firsts’ that the November 2024 parliamentary elections witnessed, two achievements by the National People’s Power (NPP) have evinced the most attention. The NPP’s landslide victory marks the first time since the introduction of the proportional representation electoral system in Sri Lanka that a single party or alliance has won a two-thirds majority in parliament. The NPP has won all but one of the 22 districts in the country. What is particularly noteworthy about this victory is that the NPP has won more... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/11/24)
Courtesy Xinhua COLOMBO, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- A supplementary agreement for the China-aided housing project for low-income families in Sri Lanka was signed here on Friday, with officials from Sri Lanka's Ministry of Urban Development, Construction and Housing and Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong attending the event. Anura Karunathilake, minister of urban development, construction and housing, said that over the past decades, whenever Sri Lanka faced difficulties, the Chinese government and people have always extended a helping hand without hesitation. He expressed gratitude for the selfless assistance from the Chinese government and people, emphasizing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/11/24)
Courtesy CNN COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's new leftist government has agreed to press ahead with a controversial IMF bailout programme that involves tough austerity and economic reforms, the international lender announced on Saturday (Nov 23). The International Monetary Fund said it reached an agreement with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's administration to continue with the four-year loan negotiated by his predecessor last year. "The authorities have committed to stay within the guardrails of the programme," IMF team leader Peter Breuer told reporters at the end of talks with the new government. He said the new... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් https://youtu.be/EXeDGGNMjK0 2024 මාස් කන්නය අරඹා මාසයක කාලයක් ගතවී තිබුන ද ගොවීන්ට සහනාධාර ලෙස රු. 15000ක මුදලක් පසුගිය රජය විසින් ලබාදෙන බව ප්රකාශ කර තිබුනද, එම මුදල රු. 25000 දක්වා වර්තමාන රජය ඉහළ දමා ලබාදෙන බව පැවසුවද, මේ වන තෙක් එම 25000ක මුදල කෙසේවුවද 15000ක මුදල පවා ගොවීන්ට නොලැබී ඇති බව ගොවීහු චෝදනා කරති. වේදිකාවේ කුමන කතා කීවද බලයට ආ පසු ඒ කිසිවක් ක්රියාත්මක නොවන බවත් පවසන ඔවුන්, මාසයක් වයසැති ගොයම් පැලවලට අවශ්ය මූලික පොහොර ටික පවා යෙදීමට නොහැකි වීමෙන් අනුරාධපුර ප්රදේශයේ ගොවීහු දැඩි අපහසුතාවට පත්ව ඇති බවත් පෙන්වා... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana https://youtu.be/ABzSgolTOOw Sri Lanka’s new government has agreed to press ahead with a IMF bailout programme that involves tough austerity and economic reforms, the international lender announced on Saturday (Nov 23). The International Monetary Fund said it reached an agreement with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s administration to continue with the four-year loan negotiated by his predecessor last year. “The authorities have committed to stay within the guardrails of the programme,” IMF team leader Peter Breuer told reporters at the end of talks with the new government. He... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana IMF staff and the Sri Lankan authorities have reached staff-level agreement on economic policies to conclude the third review of Sri Lanka’s economic reform program supported by the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF). Once the review is approved by IMF Management and completed by the IMF Executive Board, Sri Lanka will have access to about US$333 million in financing, a statement said. https://youtu.be/jL8zFD5qqu4 The new government’s commitment to the program objectives has enhanced confidence and ensures policy continuity, it said, adding that sustaining the reform momentum is critical... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/11/24)
Ada Derana කැබිනට් අමාත්යංශයක් ඉල්ලූ මුස්ලිම් ජනතාවට විජිත දුන් පිළිතුර - ''2004 කැබිනට් පත්රිකාව දැම්මේ සිංහල මමනේ'' https://youtu.be/s2IiwzfrHg0... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 24/11/24)
Courtesy Hiru News https://youtu.be/su8bWBz6-LM... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/11/24)
Neth News පක්ෂ නායක පුටුවේ වාඩිවෙන්න කලින් දොස්තරයි සජිතුයි ගහපු ප්ලෑන් එකේ හඬ පටයක් එළියට ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Neth News - Your Trusted Source for News Updates! Subscribe to Neth News for the latest in-depth news coverage: https://bit.ly/3OWCArU Stay informed with the most recent updates on Neth News. We are committed to delivering accurate and timely news for you. 📰 About This Video: This video has been uploaded exclusively for news reporting purposes, ensuring you receive credible and informative content. https://youtu.be/aGNIwbHoqXQ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/11/24)
Dr Sudath Gunasekara Colombo, November 21 (Daily Mirror) - The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation has established a special unit to address the issue of harmful animal populations causing significant damage to crops. This initiative aims to implement multiple strategies for sustainable control. A special discussion on the matter was held under the chairmanship of Minister K. D. Lalkantha. The discussion focused on identifying sustainable measures to control toque monkeys and other animals that cause extensive damage to key crops, such as coconuts and fruits. The Ministry outlined plans to implement an... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/11/24)
KAMALIKA PIERIS Gal Oya starts in the hill country east of Badulla and flows through the south east of Sri Lanka passing Inginiyagala and flows into the sea 16 km south of Kalmunai. The idea of using Gal Oya for development was first suggested in the late 1930s. A technical survey on harnessing the development potential of the Gal Oya catchment was conducted in 1936. A more detailed ‘Gal Oya Development Plan’ was formulated in 1946. The Gal Oya Development Board was appointed in 1949. It was modeled on the Tennessee Valley Authority... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/11/24)
KAMALIKA PIERIS Tamils were initially very keen on the Gal Oya Project. They thought it would help strengthen their position in the Eastern Province. They thought it would strengthen Settler Colonization. Gal Oya scheme was in Ampara and Ampara was part of Batticaloa the time. G.H. PeIris observed that the records of the State Council proceedings indicate very clearly that Tamil representatives, especially those from Batticaloa District which, at that time covered the present Ampara District as well, were at the forefront of the agitation for implementing the Gal Oya project in the 1940s. [1] ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 23/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean UK Cannot & Must Not Risk the Citizens of UK for a Corrupt Regime in Ukraine! Biden Made a Huge Mistake to Allow Ukraine Long Range Missiles. Let Us Stop the War! 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 - 23/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean Let Elon Musk Lead Trump & USA! The IQ, Experience, Background, Success of Elon Musk is Much Superior than the rest of Trump Team collectively! Ukraine to Allow Long Range by USA & UK is an unnecessary escalation, more killing just before Christmas and when Trump will VETO as he starts in January! Biden runs from Afghanistan leaving Billions of Dollars of Americam military assets and now getting Russia to destroy Ukraine, as well as threatening UK, Finland & Poland. Express Your Opinion - Read What Others... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/11/24)
By Dr. Gamini Padmaperuma Initiatives on Digital Transformation are given very high priority by the new government. While the opportunities and benefits that are associated with Digital Transformation are widely highlighted, the challenges that face such major initiative are not so well identified. The purpose of this article is to highlight Opportunities, Challenges and Strategies relating to the Digital Transformation with a view to providing a holistic view of the subject. The benefits of the Digital Transformation are widely published in the literature. These publications relate to case studies and other experiences worldwide relating to digitalization... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/11/24)
Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel, former Ambassador to UAE and Israel Solicitor in England and Wales, President Ambassador’s Forum UK/SL Best tourist destination ? It is a known fact that Sri Lanka is one of the best tourist destinations - if not for the best- which is a beautiful compact Island in the Indian ocean with varied climatic conditions within hours in an excellent network of roads and other modes of communications with facilities for other modes of transport available with the excellent infrastructure and communication network. It is a historic island with a great history to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/11/24)
Padma Rao Sundarji Courtesy The Asian Age Sri Lanka's NPP sweeps elections, ending political dynasties. Challenges await in corruption, IMF demands, and ethnic relations Fed up of nepotism, corruption and a staggering economic crisis and for the first time in their history, Sri Lankan citizens last week voted a largely unknown political party, the National People’s Power (NPP), with a landslide two-thirds majority in their Parliament. The snap poll came barely two months after the leader of the NPP, Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Marxist-Leninist-Communist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), was elected as the country’s new President. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/11/24)
Courtesy The Business Recorder The CSE All-Share index settled 1% lower at 12,982.10. Sri Lanka’s consumer price inflation reached minus 0.7% year-on-year in October after easing to minus 0.2% in September, official data showed on Thursday, as the island nation continued its economic rebound. The change was largely driven by a slowing in non-food price inflation that dipped to minus 2.3% in October from minus 0.7% in September, the Department of Census and Statistics said. Sri Lankan shares rise as president reappoints prime minister, keeps finance minister role Bukit Darah... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/11/24)
Courtesy Kuwait Times COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s new leader on Thursday backed a controversial IMF bailout, marking a U-turn from his election pledge to renegotiate the deal secured by his predecessor. Leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who tightened his grip on power last week after winning a huge majority in the legislature following his own victory in September, vowed to maintain the IMF program. Sri Lanka went to the IMF for a rescue package after the country defaulted on its $46 billion external debt in April 2022 during an unprecedented economic meltdown. The shortage of foreign exchange that... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/11/24)
Bharti Mishra Nath Courtesy NDTV Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's leftist coalition, the National People's Power (NPP), made history by securing an unprecedented mandate in the country's snap parliamentary elections held on 14 November. The NPP coalition won 159 out of 225 seats in Sri Lanka's Parliament. This victory is a more significant achievement than Dissanayake's key presidential win in September, further consolidating his alliance's position from a fringe political force to the main player in Sri Lankan politics. Previously, the NPP held only three seats in the outgoing Parliament, which led Dissanayake to dissolve... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/11/24)
Meera Srinivasan Courtesy The Hindu President Dissanayake’s government had earlier said it would revisit the deal after the Parliamentary election Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Gautam Adani during a meeting in New Delhi in July 2023. Photo: Special Arrangement Sri Lanka should be vigilant about the Adani power project in the island, experts said on Thursday,after Federal prosecutors in New York indicted Group Chairman Gautam Adani and seven others on multiple counts of fraud. Sri Lanka has often seen cases of significant corruption in the country being exposed in other jurisdictions, according... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/11/24)
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Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Controversial Jaffna District MP Dr. Archchuna Ramanathan made headlines on the first day of the new Parliament after taking the seat traditionally allocated for the Leader of the Opposition. Dr. Archchuna Ramanathan made headlines earlier this year after raising concerns at the Chavakachcheri Hospital and was later elected to Parliament after contesting independently in the 2024 General Election. At the inaugural session of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka today, the first-time MP assumed the seat of the Leader of the Opposition, refusing to move when requested by a Parliament Staff. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/11/24)
Ada Derana https://youtu.be/T0YeC7PguPU... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/11/24)
Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake “The list of recent IMF program successes is long. Barbados and Benin, Cabo Verde and Costa Rica, Moldova and Morocco, Suriname and Sri Lanka, to name but a few’, triumphantly declared the International Monetary Fund head, Kristalina Georgieva at Annual Meetings in Washington last month.[i] Heedless of repeated calls for reform to give voice to the Global South perspectives, the IMF Managing Director claimed Sri Lanka as a debt restructuring ‘success’ story: Left unsaid was that the geostrategic Indian Ocean island’s debt had apparently ballooned from $ 26 billion to a purported whopping $100... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 22/11/24)
Vichara Now that the NPP has won an absolute majority in the Parliament, there will be reams written on their achievement, particularly on the unique contribution and wise leadership of AKD the President. While endorsing the sentiments expressed so liberally, what is not understood is why this radical change did not come earlier in a country with a literacy rate of 92 % for adults aged 15 and above and a high income inequality where more than half the total household income of the country is enjoyed by the richest 20% while the bottom decile (poorest 20%) gets... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
Dr Sudath Gunasekara. Mahanuwara 20th Nov 2024. Dear Sir, Please accept my hearty and warm congratulations! firstly, on your unprecedented and historic victory as the President of this Island nation, the pearl of the Indian ocean and the most important geopolitical, economics and strategic hub of the present-day world. Secondly, on your landslide victory at the general election where you were able to unify this country after 574 years, since it was done last by King Parakramabahu the sixth of Kotte, by capturing the Jaffna Kingdom in 1450 under... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
Chanaka Bandarage The fact that we now have a fine government (at least uncorrupt), many have the unrealistic expectation that we will soon become a developed nation. Sri Lanka is a 3rd world country; a chronic one. Before becoming a 1st world country (eg. Singapore), we have to pass the 2nd world stage (eg. Malaysia). Surely AKD and his Ministers/MPs will do their best to make Sri Lanka a clean, prosperous country. They are a highly disciplined, hardworking and corruption free lot. This is a real blessing for Sri Lanka. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 21/11/24)
Chandra Arya Member of Parliament/Député – Nepean www.X.com/AryaCanada www.Facebook.com/ChandraAryaCanada Mr. Speaker, On behalf of Canada’s Sri Lankan diaspora, including both Sinhalese-Canadians and Tamil-Canadians, I extend heartfelt congratulations to Sri Lanka's President, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, and his progressive party, National People's Power, on their historic majority in the parliamentary elections. This victory represents a mandate to implement the promised economic and constitutional reforms, including addressing longstanding demands such as returning state-acquired lands in the North to their rightful owners. The Sinhalese in the South, the Tamils in the Jaffna... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel - Sri Lanka - Solicitor England and Wales former Ambassador to UAE and Israel, President Ambassador’s forum UK/SL A loud and clear mandate President AKD is in power only for a few weeks (just over 50 days) elected by the citizen with and unprecedented majority of the Parliament surprising the world and - not the citizens- who he was elected with a clear and loud mandate for his vision, program, and the conduct so far having observed carefully and as one taking collective decisions with full of aspirations and hopes for a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Dr. Punsara Amarasinghe Basis of Historical Movies Historical movies resonate with stories from the past for an audience watching them with a sense of awe after many years. The effect is gob-smacking when you see what you have fancied in your imagination on the silver screen as the events in history unveil how our world is shaped. Besides the benign charm that the historical movies generate there is a triviality involved in distorting the history through false narratives. Historical movie directors and scriptwriters often get lambasted for culling the stories by adding their whims and fancies... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Ibrahim Khalil Ahasan, Dhaka, Bangladesh The Palestinian issue is a long-standing humanitarian crisis that has been going on for almost seven decades. The Palestinian people have been living under constant Israeli occupation, oppression, and illegal settlements. This crisis is not limited to Palestine and Israel; rather, it has become a global conscience call for international human rights, freedom, and justice. In the current situation, the question has become even more important: has the United Nations actually been able to play a proper role in resolving the Palestinian crisis, or has it only played the role of a silent... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Ibrahim Khalil Ahasan, Dhaka, Bangladesh The advancement of technology around the world and the widespread spread of social media have made our lives easier, and there has been a mobility in obtaining and spreading information. However, along with this convenience, a big challenge has also arisen - propaganda. Once the only source of information was newspapers, radio, or television, where information was provided through verification and selection. But now anyone can post any news or information on social media, which quickly reaches a large number of people. As a result, even if any information is not correct, it... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), නීතීඥ. සමායෝජක, වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන 1. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරයෙකු ලෙස ප්රතිඥා/ දිව්රුම් නොදී මන්ත්රීවරු ලෙස තෝර පත්කර ගත් අයට කළ හැක්කේ කථානායකවරයා තෝරා ගැනීම පමණක් බව ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 63වන ව්යවස්ථාවේ දක්වා ඇත.2. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරු අතරින් අගමැති සහ අමාත්යවරු පත් කළ යුතු බව ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 43.4 සහ 44.2 අනුව්යවස්ථා දක්වා ඇත.3. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරුන් ලෙස කථානායකවරයා ඉදිරියේ ප්රතිඥා/ දිව්රුම් නොදී සිටියද ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා ධූර වන අගමැති සහ අමාත්ය ධූර ලබා ගැනීම නිවැරදි බව අනුර දිසානායක ජනාධිපතිවරයා තීරණය කර ඇති හෙයින් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරුන් ලෙස කථානායකවරයා ඉදිරියේ ප්රතිඥා/ දිව්රුම් නොදුන් තෝරාපත් වූ පාර්ලිමේන්තු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island * One-time LTTE mouthpiece TNA is no more * N & E Tamil speaking representation enhanced * Fresh look at Sarath Fonseka’s performance at 2010 Prez poll in North required The new government’s main challenge is ensuring the full implementation of the IMF-led post-Aragalaya economic recovery in line with the Economic Transformation Bill approved by the previous government without a vote. Whatever the side-shows, the focus not only of the government but the Parliament should be on preparing the country to resume debt repayment... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Lt Col.Anil Amarasekera.(Rtd) Let me take this opportunity to explain to you why the letter that was sent by me on behalf of the NJC is important. The letter only summarised the dangers of devolution as opposed to decentralization. What is written below will convince you that the President should not devolve power to the provinces as suggested in the NPP manifesto. Taking into consideration the difficulty or virtual impossibility for a central government to recall devolved power to a region, a province or a district let us consider the possible repercussions of such an eventuality in this country with several simple... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Sunil Vijaya I just read the article - https://www.caorc.org/post/2019/06/10/ravanas-mechanical-flying-peacock and thought of clarifying some issues the article has raised. 1. All these GODs in Hindu mythology were humans like you and me. but since they had superhuman, attributes, they became gods after their demise. 2. Ravana was never born in Lanka or Heladeepa - he was pure Indian and related to Rama. Rama cut the nose of a beautiful lady cousin of his and Ravana thought of one day taking revenge. 3. Ravana moved to Sri Lanka and showed some extraordinary skills in medicine, warfare, technology, etc.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
by A. Abdul Aziz, Sri Lankan Correspondent, Al Hakam – London. Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Fifth Khalifa) Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (,ay Allah be his Helper) in one of Friday Sermon , delivered at Masjid Mubarak, Islamabad, Tilford, UK, said that the Fazl Mosque in London, is significant because it was the first mosque of the Ahmadiyya Community built in a predominantly Christian nation. The opponents of Ahmadiyyat say that Ahmadiyyat was established by the British; however, it is strange because, in that case, this Community which was supposedly established by them, came to their country and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
CMISL President Kaushal Rajapaksa The Chamber of Marine Industries of Sri Lanka (CMISL) has congratulated President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the National People’s Power (NPP) on their success at the Parliamentary Election last week.“This achievement reflects the collective aspirations of Sri Lankans for transformative leadership and a renewed focus on sustainable economic growth,” CMISL President Kaushal Rajapaksa said in a letter to President Dissanayake.The letter also said the following.“The CMISL is encouraged by your administration’s commitment to fostering economic resilience, streamlining governance, and attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). We believe that expediting the implementation of the regulatory framework... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
By Alfred McCoy Courtesy TomDispatch Some 15 years ago, on December 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove prescient. Rejecting the consensus of that moment that U.S. global hegemony would persist to 2040 or 2050, he argued that “the demise of the United States as the global superpower could come… in 2025, just 15 years from now.” To make that forecast, the historian conducted what he called “a more realistic assessment of domestic and global trends.” Starting with the global context, he argued that, “faced with a fading superpower,”... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 20 (Daily Mirror) - Even though 70 percent of Sri Lankan Muslims voted for the National People's Power (NPP) government, no Muslim representatives were included in the recent Cabinet appointments, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Kandy District candidate Rishad Mahroof said. Addressing the media at the SLPP office in Colombo, he said that the Sri Lankan Muslim community has expressed their displeasure over the matter. "During the election period, the NPP claimed that several representatives from the Muslim and Tamil communities would be appointed. This... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Aruni Samarakoon- University of Hull Courtesy Political Studies Association 20 November 2024 This blog article explores the transition from militant to non-militant revolutionary politics in Sri Lanka, within the context of the Global South. It will examine the emergence of revolutionary consciousness, the political developments and declines, and the subsequent re-emergence of that consciousness in the form of democratic movements. Sri Lanka, located in South Asia, has been grappling with an ongoing economic crisis since 2022. This crisis emerged in the wake of political turmoil when widespread public protests forced the elected former President,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, also known as Pilleyan, left the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) a short while ago after giving a 5-hour long statement about the controversial Channel 4 documentary on the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka. He arrived at the CID this morning (20) to provide the statement on the controversial documentary 'Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings' which was broadcast on September 6, 2023 into which the CID has been investigating for some.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana The stunning electoral sweep of the National People’s Power (NPP) led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is “an earthquake in Sri Lankan politics”, says Erik Solheim, the former Norwegian peace facilitator in the island nation. The former diplomat also feels that the strong showing by the NPP in areas populated by Tamils, particularly in the north, marked “a very strong call for a new start in ethnic relations in Sri Lanka”. Solheim, who has interacted closely with many Sri Lankan leaders, however, warned that while the NPP’s inner core... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana https://youtu.be/GAZizhrRAeM The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval for the import of 70,000 metric tonnes of rice as a short-term solution to address the existing shortage of rice in the market.The rice will be imported through the Lanka Sathosa and Sri Lanka State Trading (General) Corporation, according to Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development Wasantha Samarasinghe.Speaking at a press briefing at the Government Information Department today (20), he stated that a stock of ‘Swarna’ Nadu Rice will be imported and that the Cabinet approval has been granted for this. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 20/11/24)
Shenali D Waduge With Tamil populace rejected separatism & the politicians that advocated separatism while LTTE overseas fronts are sending letters continuing the same separatist/racist demands, it is interesting to see the action that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake would take given that LTTE remains banned not only in Sri Lanka but across the world as well. The focus of attention to President Anura Kumara is to see if he will continue the usual “politically correct” line or he will choose to side with the majority of people who are against terrorism & the commemoration of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
Vijay Prashad Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Indigenous leader Lidia Thorpe confronts King Charles III during his visit to Australia. (Screengrab from X.) If you go to the bluff at Kings Park in Perth, Australia, you can overlook the Swan River and enjoy a remarkable view. Across the bay, there is a phalanx of steel and glass buildings that rise to the skies. Each of these buildings carries a sign that glistens in the sharp sun: BHP, Rio Tinto, Chevron, Deloitte, and others. Kings Park no longer survives merely with the patronage... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
Lt Co. A.S.Amarasekera.(Rtd.) Co-President, National Joint Committee. 18th November 2024. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake,The Presidential Secretariat,Colombo 1. Dear Mr. President, The National Joint Committee (NJC) wishes to congratulate you for winning the Presidential Election and leading the National People’s Power (NPP) to a landslide victory at the general election conducted on 14th of November 2024. The governing party (NPP) with a 2/3 majority in the National State Assembly has the mandate to implement the manifesto you have presented to the public through the NPP. In the NPP manifesto (page 109) it... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 19 November 2024 - Global business leaders, policymakers and innovators have dropped anchor in Asia's world city for Hong Kong Maritime Week 2024 (HKMW) (November 17 – 23), an annual flagship event comprising conferences, exhibitions and networking activities under the broad theme of "Navigating to a Greener Future". The theme of Hong Kong Maritime Week 2024 is "Navigating to a Greener Future".With over 50 industry and public events hosted by more than 80 marine organisations, this year's HKMW has attracted about 14,500 local, Mainland and international maritime professionals.HKMW... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
By Professor Raj Somadeva and Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge TimeNov 21, 2024 10:30 AM ColomboMeeting ID725 2642 0413Securitychecked Passcode********Invite LinkInvite Link https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72526420413?pwd=VrhALeRPERtZdmyvYXDyyTmwoS4lsz.1https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72526420413?pwd=VrhALeRPERtZdmyvYXDyyTmwoS4lsz.1... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), නීතීඥ. සමායෝජක, වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන 83වන ව්යවස්ථාවේ දෝෂ / අතපසුවීම් නිවැරදි කිරීමට ගැසට් කළ 22, ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ සමාව ගැනීම සහ ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ තීරණ ඇසුරෙන් 2015 දී ගෙනා 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයේදී සිදුකර ඇති දෝෂ/ අතපසුවීම් නිවැරදි කිරීමටමාළිමා 159 ආණ්ඩුවට සහ අනුර දිසානායක ජනාධිපතිවරයාට හැකි වෙයිද?1. 2002 දී සහ 2015 දී 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත නමින් පනත් කෙටුම්පත් 2ක් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් විය.2. 2002 දී පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කළ 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත මගින් ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 70වන ව්යවස්ථාව සංශෝධනය කිරීමට අපේක්ෂා කළ අතර එය නීතියක් කිරීමට ජනමතවිචාරණයකින් ජනතාවගේ අනුමැතිය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ඉන්ධන අලෙවිය සඳහා මිල සූත්රයක් පැවතීම හොඳ දෙයක් බව බලශක්ති අමාත්ය කුමාර ජයකොඩි මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. එය සංශෝධනය විය යුතුද නැද්ද යන්න ඉදිරියේදී සලකා බලන බවත් හෙතෙම කියා සිටියේ සිය අමාත්යංශයේ වැඩ බාර ගැනීමේ අවස්ථාවේදී මාධ්ය අමතමිනි. මිල සූත්රය සම්බන්ධයෙන් බිය විය යුතු නැති බවද පැවසූ ඔහු සැම විටම මිල අඩු කිරීමට රජය උත්සාහ කරන බවද හෙතෙම එහිදී කියා සිටියේය. “ඉන්ධන මිල සූත්රය අහෝසි කිරීමේ අවශ්යතාවක් පැන නැගලා නෑ. අපි බලනවා මොකක්ද වෙන්න ඕන කියලා. ඉන්ධන මිල සූත්රයක් තිබෙන එක හොඳයි. ඒක සංශෝධනය කරන්න ඕනද කියලා බලනවා.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
Courtesy India Today The Sri Lankan Army ordered the closure of its Paruthithurai camp in the Northern Tamil region returning the land to its original owners. This follows President Anura Kumar Dissanayake's promise to return government-occupied lands to Tamils during his first public address in Jaffna. Sri Lankan Army begins Tamil land restoration with closure of Paruthithurai camp. Pramod Madhav Chennai,UPDATED: Nov 19, 2024 18:51 IST Written By: Deepthi Rao In Short Sri Lankan Army orders closure of Paruthithurai camp in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
Maria Tavernini Courtesy Reset Dialogues The sweeping majority secured by Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s leftist coalition in the snap parliamentary election on November 14 marks a major shift in the country’s electoral landscape. Cutting across ethnic and religious differences, Sri Lankans swept the National People’s Power (NPP) front to a landslide victory, granting Dissanayake’s alliance a total of 141 seats out of 225. “This result is surprising to some extent – no political party has secured a two-thirds majority in parliament in the last two decades,” explains Ashok Swain, professor of peace and conflict studies at Uppsala University... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
By Anjana Pasricha Courtesy VOA New Delhi — Sri Lanka’s Marxist leaning president has won a sweeping mandate to fulfill his pledges to combat corruption and implement pro-poor reforms, but he faces huge challenges in a country whose economy is still fragile, analysts say. Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s coalition, the National People’s Power, or NPP, party, secured an unprecedented two-thirds majority in the 225-member Parliament in snap elections held a year ahead of schedule. SEE ALSO: Party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president wins majority in parliament ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
by Ayampillai Dharmakulasingham, Retired Sri Lankan career diplomat Courtesy The Island The writer made a correct prediction: ‘The President’s party, the National People’s Power (NPP), is expected to win significantly in the upcoming general election’ ( The Island, Nov. 7). Similarly, the writer anticipated that the NPP would secure more than 135 seats in the parliamentary election (Veerakesari, Nov. 9). Naturally, many are eager to understand the dynamics that enabled the President’s party to make history in a proportional representation election, specifically defeating the major Tamil parties in Jaffna. The NPP is the first political party to achieve... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
Courtesy The Island … alleges constituents of alliance undermined Row over National List positions: UNP Leader and former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has taken exception to the sumbission of Ravi Karunanayake’s name to the Election Commission (EC) as one of the two National List (NL) MPs of the New Democratic Front (NDF). He has said the NDF General Secretary submitted Karunanayake’s name without the concurrence of the constitutes of the alliance. Wickremesinghe said so at a meeting of NDF representatives in Colombo. He said the leaders of the NDF... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
Courtesy The Island The government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake reaffirmed its readiness to collaborate with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to advance Sri Lanka’s economic recovery within the context of the mandate. Senior Mission Chief Peter Breuer and the IMF delegation met with President Dissanayake and key ministers of the newly-formed government at the Presidential Secretariat on Monday (18), to discuss the next steps in the IMF program. The IMF team congratulated... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Manila, Philiphines (19 November 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a USD 200 million policy-based loan to further help the Government of Sri Lanka strengthen its financial sector, the Asian Development Bank (ADB)said. This second subprogram of ADB’s Financial Sector Stability and Reforms Program builds on the stabilization and crisis management measures put in place under the first subprogram approved in 2023. “Sri Lanka has made good progress in stabilizing macroeconomic conditions and improving the fiscal situation. ADB is helping the country establish long-term growth by introducing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
DARSHANA SANJEEWA BALASURIYA Courtesy The Daily Mirror olombo, Nov 19 (Daily Mirror) - While assuring the public that tackling bribery and corruption will remain a priority, the new Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Ananda Wijayapala said today that he is committed to restoring the independence of the Sri Lanka Police, which he noted had been politicised under previous governments. Ananda Wijayapala officially assumed duties as the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs today at the Ministry of Public Security in Battaramulla. In his address, Minister Wijayapala acknowledged the steps already taken... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana The appointment of the new Secretary to the Prime Minister, the Cabinet Secretary and Secretaries for 16 Ministries was held at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo today (19). The ceremony was officiated by the Secretary to the President, Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. The list of appointees is as follows: 01. Mr. G.P Saputhanthri - Secretary to the Prime Minister02. Mr. W.D.M. J Fernando - Secretary to the Cabinet03. Senior Prof. Kapila C.K. Perera - Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation04. Mr. K.M.M.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana The Secretary General of Parliament, Mrs. Kushani Rohanadheera, clarified that a Member of Parliament (MP) is not paid a salary but is entitled to an allowance. Joining the Ada Derana’s current affairs programme ‘BIG FOCUS’, she explained that currently an MP is entitled to an allowance of almost Rs. 54,000. Apart from this, they are also entitled to an attendance allowance of Rs 2,500 for the days when parliamentary sessions are held and an allowance of Rs 2,500 for attending committee meetings held on days when the parliamentary sessions are not held.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 19/11/24)
KAMALIKA PIERIS REVISED 18.11.24 The second Yahapalana government which started with Gotabhaya Rajapaksa in 2019, followed by Ranil Wickremesinghe In 2022 came to an end in September 2024, with the election of a new President, JVP’s Anura Kumara Dissanayake. For the first time in our political history, a rural lad was voted into the highest position in the land. We had ‘Tanamalvila kollek ‘on television. Now we have a ‘Tambuttegama kollek’ as our President. Anura Kumara Dissanayake is holding a position which snobs think should be filled only by a “kalu sudda”. Therefore, those... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
The Coalition for a Pro-Animal Protection Act - Sri Lanka 1) Draft Animal Welfare Bill 2) National Dog Spay and Rabies Eradication Programme 1) Draft Animal Welfare Bill By 2023 when the Draft Animal Welfare Bill was taken up for its first reading in Parliament, it has been made into a legal mess, denying legal protection to animals from cruelties. In June 2023 our Coalition intervened and by March 2024 we got Parliamentary Sectoral Oversight Committee (SOC) to approve amendments that would make this bill exemplary, offering legal protection to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
Dilrook Kannangara Though the 2024 election outcome in the north, east and other areas of high minority population density seems promising of a united Sri Lanka, it has happened before. Yes; we have been through it before and the end was a disaster. When basic needs of minorities are challenged, they turn towards Sinhala political parties. Once they are satisfied, they turn back towards Tamil and Muslim tribal politics. NPP became darlings of minorities only because of the continuing economic hardships minorities and the entire nation go through. If or when minorities no longer have these economic hardships,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. December 2nd, 2023 God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference.” Serenity Prayer – Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971). [(A) දෙවියනි, වෙනස් (චේන්ජ්) කල නොහැකි දේවල් එලෙස භාර ගැනීමට අවශ්ය උපශාන්ත භාවයත්,(B) වෙනස්කල හැකිදේ වෙනස් කිරීමට අවශ්ය ධෛර්යයත්, ඒ දෙක අතර වෙනස (ඩිෆරන්ස්) දැනගැනීමට අවශ්ය ප්රඥාවත් මට ලබාදෙනු මැනව] මිනිසා හා පරිසරය පිළිඹද ජීවන ක්රමයක් වන බුදුදහම හා අනිකුත් දේවවාදී (දෙවියන් මිනිසාගේ ප්රයෝජනය සඳහා ලෝකය මැව්වේය යන ඇදහීම, විශ්වාසය) අතර වෙනස ඉහතින් ඇති උදෘතපාඨයේ A කොටසින් පිළිඹිඹුවේ.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
By Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D PhD YouTube PresentationOrganized by Dr. Vipula Wanigasekara and TeamLink ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJipXqSE8gc https://youtu.be/eJipXqSE8gc... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean Ukraine is History! Ukraine, like an Orphan, with Democrats down the drain and Elon Musk leading Trump!The Biggest Winner is President Vladimir Putin! The World is Now Under Elon Musk! 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 - 18/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean Who Leads Trump today? If Twitter Lost a few billion in one year, Musk makes USD 64 billion in one day!Billionaires see record wealth surge following Trump victoryElon Musk leads the charge as world’s wealthiest earn USD 64 billion in a single day!Billionaires see record wealth surge following Trump victory 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 - 18/11/24)
Courtesy The Island The new Cabinet of Ministers was sworn in before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (18). President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will retain the ministerial portfolios of Defence, Finance, Economic Development and Digital Economy Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya – Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education Vijitha Herath – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Prof. Chandana Abeyrathna – Minister of State Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government Harshana Nanayakkara – Minister of Justice and National... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ජනතාව බලාපොරොත්තු වූ සියලු දේහල් ඉටු කිරීමට සූදානම් බව වෙළද වාණිජ සමුපකාර හා ආහාර සුරක්ෂිතතා අමාත්ය වසන්ත සමරසිංහ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. රටේ ජනතාවගේ බොටුව මිරිකමින් සිටින මාෆියාකාරයන් ඉදිරියට එම කටයුතු කිරීමට සිදු නොවනු ඇති බවද හෙතෙම පැවසීය. ඉදිරියේදී ජනතාවට අඩු මිලට බඩු ගැනීමටත් හිගයකින් තොරව බඩු ගැනීමට හැකි වන වෙළඳපොලක් නිර්මාණය වනු ඇති බවත් ඇතිම කියා සිටියි. රටේ ජනතාවගෙන් සොරකම් කරන ලද සියලු ධනය ගෙන ඒමටද ආණ්ඩුව කටයුතු කරන බවත් හෙෙතම තවදුරටත් පැවසුවේය. නව අමාත්ය ධූරයේ දිවුරුම් දීමෙන් පසු මාධ්යය වෙත අදහස් පළ කරමින් ඔහු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 18 (Daily Mirror) - National Freedom Front (NFF) leader and former Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa today claimed that organizations like the Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) have come forward to demand racist, religious and separatist demands. While addressing the media, he said that he believes that the extraordinary votes received in the North is not only a vote against racism but also a vote against separatism. "By electing the National People's Power (NPP), which includes the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), instead of the pro-separatist Tamil National Alliance... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana The delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Senior Mission Chief Peter Breuer, who are currently on a visit to Sri Lanka, have reportedly met with former President Ranil Wickremesinghe today (18) at his office in Flower Road, Colombo. In a post on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), former State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe, who also participated in the meeting, stated that they commended the remarkable efforts of the former government in recovering Sri Lanka’s economy from its worst crisis and setting it on a path toward sustainable growth. “During the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has issued a Gazette notification declaring that former minister Ravi Karunanayake has been elected as a Member of Parliament through the National List of the New Democratic Front (NDF), which contested the General Election under the ‘Gas Cylinder’ symbol. Earlier today, it was reported that the New Democratic Front (NDF) has nominated Karunanayake for one of the two National List seats won by the party in Parliament. However, it was later reported that the leader of the New Democratic Front (NDF), former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana The government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has reaffirmed its readiness to collaborate with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to advance Sri Lanka’s economic recovery within the context of the mandate. Senior Mission Chief Peter Breuer and the IMF delegation met with President Dissanayake and key ministers of the newly-formed government at the Presidential Secretariat today (18), to discuss the next steps in the IMF program, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported. The IMF team congratulated the President and his government on their decisive electoral victory, expressing optimism about the collaboration. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake International Monetary Fund head, Kristalina Georgieva, claimed Sri Lanka as a debt restructuring ‘success’ story at the Annual Meetings in Washington last month.[i] Left unsaid was the fact that the geostrategic county’s debt had ballooned from $ 26 billion to a purported whopping $100 billion during two years of debt restructuring under the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF), reforms![ii] Nor did Georgieva dwell on the BRICS summit held earlier that week in Kazan, Russia, where there were renewed calls for reform of the Bretton Wood Twins (IMF and World Bank), amid talks on... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
Shenali D Waduge In an unprecedented & unexpected vote, Northern Tamils not only have voted for a predominantly Sinhala party but have rejected the Tamil politicians who have claimed to represent them over the years. This is not only a slap to Tamil political separatist quest but ushers a new beginning & opportunity for goodwill that could not be forged as a result of opportunistic political maneuverings. If the Southern voters decided to reject most of the old faces & bring in fresh faces, the Northern voters have decided to do the same. This certainly... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
Courtesy The National Post Food banks in Toronto reported a record-breaking 3.48 million visitors between April 1, 2023, and March 31, 2024. https://youtu.be/1QQvJEng498 As it has annually since the pandemic, the number of people visiting Toronto food banks for the first time soared again over the last year, and newcomers to Canada are among the largest cohort of new users. “This is an astonishing 222 per cent increase in new food bank clients compared to just two years ago,” the report reads, noting that the figures are... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 18/11/24)
Shenali D Waduge Parliamentary elections in recent years had never seen what resulted in nothing short of a tsunami on 14 November 2024. The silver lining was that virtually all of the old brigade who had entered parliament from different parties were voted out. A single party for the first time gained a majority in Parliament sans any alliance king-makers. Even JR Jayawardena would have been amused at the outcome. His nephew can be credited with paving the way for this landslide victory though we cannot ignore the 6million who did not vote echoing a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/11/24)
e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 10-16 November 2024 • US and Indian warships – the Indian submarine INS Vela and the USS destroyer Michael Murphy – sail into Colombo, one after the Presidential election, and one after the Parliamentary election, a week apart. Our innumerable political and economic crystal-ball gazers (drunk on dollar stipends) fail to tell us what this belligerence truly portends… Leaders and media have to deploy ‘strategic ambiguity’, in their pronouncements, which are then amplified during elections. Some hedge their analysis with the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/11/24)
KAMALIKA PIERIS The second Yahapalana government which started with Gotabhaya Rajapaksa in 2019, followed by Ranil Wickremesinghe In 2022 came to an end in September 2024, with the election of a new President, JVP’s Anura Kumara Dissanayake. For the first time in our political history, a rural lad was voted into the highest position in the land. We had ‘Tanamalvila kollek ‘on television. Now we have a ‘Tambuttegama kollek’ as our President. Anura Kumara Dissanayake is holding a position which snobs think should be filled only by a “kalu sudda”. Therefore, those who are not snobs... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/11/24)
Chanaka Bandarage The essence of democracy is that representatives are elected by the people. If those who are rejected by the public in the election are later allowed to sit as MPs in the parliament through the National List, that will be directly in conflict with the concept of democracy. Effectively, it is making a mockery of our democracy. People did not vote for them because they did not like them. Sometimes, people wanted to punish them. Once people have stated ‘No’, that should be the end of it. Then,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/11/24)
අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), නීතීඥ. සමායෝජක, වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන. ආසන 159ක් ලැබූ පමණින් ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්යවස්ථාවේ පවතින දෝෂය / අතපසුවීම නිවැරදි නොකර අලුත් ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන ගෙන ඒමට මාළිමා ආණ්ඩුවට හැකිද?ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්යවස්ථාවේ ඇති දෝෂය / අතපසුවීම නිවැරදි කිරීමට ගෙනා 22වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය සම්මත නොකර, ආසන 159ක් ලැබූ මාළිමා ආණ්ඩුවට අලුත් ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන ගෙනා හැකිද යන්න මෙම කෙටි ලිපියෙන් විමසා බැලීමට අදහස් කරයි.මාළිමාවට පාර්ලිමේන්තු ආසන 159ක් 2024 පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයෙන් ලැබී ඇත.එනම් 2/3 ටත් වැඩියෙන් ලැබී ඇත. මෙය 1977 ජේ ආර්. ජයවර්ධන ආණ්ඩුවට තිබූ 2/3 ට වැඩි ආසන... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/11/24)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera Dubai and Singapore are remarkable examples of how strategic vision, innovation, and determination can transform regions with limited natural resources into global hubs of trade, finance, and tourism. Here’s why we should learn from their success stories 1. Visionary Leadership • Dubai: In the 1960s and 70s, Dubai’s rulers, such as Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, foresaw the limitations of oil reserves and planned for economic diversification. Investments were directed toward infrastructure, tourism, and trade. • Singapore: Under Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore transformed from... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/11/24)
VFM RADIO 107 එලවනවා, ෂර්ට් එකෙන් අල්ලනවා, පොලේ ගහනවා අගමැති ආරක්ෂකයින්ගේ චණ්ඩි පාට් කැබිනට් මාධ්ය හමුව රත් කරයි ඇවිල්ලා මාසයක් නෑ - මොනකක්ද මේ මර්දනය ආ.. https://youtu.be/-zH46t9qsqs... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by its Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Peter Breuer, has arrived in Sri Lanka this evening (17). The team will remain in in the country until November 23 and during their stay will conduct the third review of Sri Lanka’s economic reform program supported by the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF). The team, led by IMF Senior Mission Chief Peter Breuer, will assess Sri Lanka’s economic policies, progress on ongoing reforms, and the implementation of previous agreements with the IMF. Upon successful completion... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 17/11/24)
Senaka Weeraratna Justice for Animals and Nature Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. We remember with appreciativeness your active participation at a meeting held at the Open University premises in January 2020, convened & presided by Dr. Dileepa Witharana - an academic with compassion for the voiceless living beings, with the intention of mapping out a strategy to enact the long-awaited Animal Welfare Bill. Now that you are on the saddle being the no.2 most powerful person in the Government, we trust that you will do the needful. A New Animal Welfare Act... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily News United National Party (UNP) Chairman Vajira Abeywardena stated yesterday that, for the first time, the people in the North have shown unprecedented trust in a party from the South, which he views as a positive development. “This is a very special occasion in the election history of the country. The people in the north have placed trust in a political party in the South even though different political parties with various forces are operating in the North and East, he said. He said that the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/11/24)
Excerpt from Hiru News In the 2024 Parliamentary Election, the National People's Power (NPP) launched its campaign under the theme "Clean the Parliament," securing 159 out of the total parliamentary seats. Among these, 157 MPs who were not in the previous parliament have been newly elected, with a significant majority of them being fresh faces. Additionally, 9 out of the 40 MPs elected from the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) are new members. From the 8 MPs elected from the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), 4 are also fresh faces. The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් 2024 පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයේදී පාර්ලිමේන්තුව “සුද්ද කරමු” යන තේමාව මූලික කරගනිමින් ජාතික ජන බලවේගය සිය මැතිවරණ කටයුතු ආරම්භ කළ අතර ඒ අනුව සමස්ත පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ මන්ත්රී ආසන 159ක් හිමි කරගැනීමට සමත් වුණා. එම ආසන 159 අතුරින් ගියවර පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ නොසිටි මන්ත්රීවරුන් 157 දෙනෙකු මෙවර පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට තේරි පත් වී ඇති අතර එම පිරිස අතරින් අතිශය බහුතරයක් නව මුහුණු වීම කැපී පෙනෙනවා. එමෙන්ම මෙවර පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයෙන් සමගි ජන බලවේගයෙන් තේරීපත් වූ මන්ත්රීවරුන් 40 දෙනාගෙන් 09 දෙනෙකු නව මුහුණු වන අතර ඉලංගෙයි තමිල් අරසු පක්ෂයෙන් තේරීපත් වූ මන්ත්රීවරු 8 දෙනාගෙන් 4 දෙනෙකුද නව මුහුණු වීම විශේෂත්වයක්. ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණෙන් තේරීපත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Nineteen candidates from the National People's Power (NPP) and two from the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) have been elected to Parliament this time. The elected NPP Members of Parliament are:• Muthumenike Rathwatte (Digamadulla)• Ambiga Samuel (Badulla)• Nilanti Kottahachchi (Kalutara)• Oshani Umanga (Kalutara)• Dr. Kaushalya Ariyarathne (Colombo)• Samanmalee Gunasinghe (Colombo)• Dr. Harini Amarasuriya (Colombo)• Saroja Paulraj (Matara)• Nilusha Gamage (Ratnapura)• Sagarika Athawuda (Kegalle)• Geetha Rathnakumari (Kurunegala)• Hiruni Wijesinghe (Puttalam)• Chathuri Gangani (Moneragala)• Thushari Jayasinghe (Kandy)• Hasara Premathilaka (Galle)• Deepti Wasalage (Matale)• Anushka Thilakarathna (Nuwara Eliya)• Krishnan Kalaichelvi (Nuwara Eliya)• Hemali Weerasekara (Gampaha) ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/11/24)
KELUM BANDARA Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) has sent an official letter to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the National People’s Power (NPP), congratulating them on their resounding and historic victory in the recent parliamentary elections. In the letter, the CTC extended heartfelt congratulations on behalf of Tamil Canadians, acknowledging this landmark mandate as a reflection of the Sri Lankan people's trust in the NPP’s vision for transformative governance. The CTC commended the NPP’s pledge to establish a transparent, accountable, and inclusive government, as outlined in its manifesto, and expressed optimism that this administration would... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana The leader of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), former President Mahinda Rajapaksa claims that the party received the exact number of votes they had expected. Speaking to the media today (16), he expressed that the victory of the National People’s Power (NPP) is a positive development, noting that freshers should be given the opportunity to see if they can succeed. Commenting on the significant rise of the NPP from 3% of total votes in the previous general election to 61%, the former President said: “It is the people of this country... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo District has seen a profound shift in voter dynamics in the 2024 General Election, with the leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Sajith Premadasa suffering a significant decline in support. Premadasa, who garnered an impressive 305,744 votes in the 2020 parliamentary election, managed only 145,611 votes this time—marking a loss of 160,133 votes. Meanwhile, the rise of the National People’s Power (NPP) has made significant inroads into areas traditionally dominated by the United National Party (UNP) and subsequently the SJB as well. Historically, constituencies... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana The Commissioner General of Elections Saman Sri Rathnayake states that there has been a significant reduction by 10% of the voter turnout in 2024 General Election, in comparison with Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election which was held in September 21. The Elections Commissioner General also confirmed that 5% of the ballots casted have been rejected, which is 667,240 votes in total. The total number of votes polled is 11,815,246 which amounts to a 68.93% of total registered votes out of which 11,148,006 were considered valid, according to the Election Commission. Furthermore,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana Ambika Samuel, the newly elected female representative to Parliament, has expressed confidence in the potential of the youth in plantation community and beyond to take an active role in politics. Speaking about her journey into politics, Samuel, the first female Tamil MP to have been elected through a major political party from the plantation community, emphasized that her entry into the political sphere is not just a personal achievement but a stepping stone for others, especially young people from the plantation sector, who she believes have been confined to outdated frameworks.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/11/24)
By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, November 16: In the November 14 Sri Lankan parliamentary elections, the National Peoples’ Power (NPP) swept the Sinhala-dominated areas of the island, as predicted by many. The Sinhalas are the majority community in Sri Lanka and the NPP had the reputation of being a Sinhala nationalist party. What came as a surprise was the NPP’s sterling performance in the Tamil and Muslim-dominated areas of North and East Sri Lanka. Breaking with a seven-decade tradition, Sri Lankan Tamils flocked to the all-island National Peoples’ Power (NPP) party in preference to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror What happened was after the war we had a bloated military, and no government had the guts to start a national discussion about the need to slowly demilitarise after the war If they can have that forthright vision and try to work out these issues about militarisation, the release of land, about ensuring that the state structures work in each region for the benefit of those communities, that would go a long way In terms of where Sri Lanka stands now, I would say it’s at a historic conjuncture. Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/11/24)
Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel, Solicitor in England and Wales, former Ambassador to UAE and Israel and President Ambassador’s forum UK/SL War is bitter dangerous and distractive. There is no dispute or argument that President Trump is the most powerful world leader who can create wars or settle with his good office, strategy, of bad intentions backed by power struggle greedy for power. He is one of the richest in USA and the most powerful person on the Globe with the nuclear button in hand that could destroy the world in minutes. Obviously he could be a... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean The President-elect Donald Trump has laid down the Rules to Stop the Russian-Ukraine War in One Day! Neither the Russians Nor the Ukrainians Or Europeans Or the Members of EU are Expected to Accept the Proposal. Furthermore Trump Expects the Europeans & the Members of the EU to Finance and Operate a Peace Keeping Force of European troops, with 800-mile Buffer Zone. The Reaction from All Parties has been Negative! The Russian - Ukraine War can only be Brought... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/11/24)
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Dilrook Kannangara The 2024 General Election is a watershed moment in Lankan history. Interestingly the total number of votes won by NPP still falls short of the number of votes Gotabaya won in 2019. It is not the quantity but the quality. NPP won around the country from all communities and creeds. No party has ever won the north and the south both, let alone the east, west and the hill country too. This unity across the island was last seen during the rein of King Parakramabu the Sixth. Since his demise 557 years ago Sri Lankans across... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/11/24)
Courtesy Daily Mirror Leading member of Ilankai Tamil Arachcu Katchchi (ITAK) M.A. Sumanthiran has not been elected to Parliament from the Jaffna district. The sole seat for the ITAK in the district has been won by Mr. S.Sritharan. The National People's Power received three seats, having received 24.85% of the total valid votes. Harin Fernando and Ruwan Wijewardene, who both contested under the New Democratic Front (NDF) in the Badulla and Gampaha District respectively have been defeated. Meanwhile Rehan Jayawickrama who contested for the Galle District from Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) was... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/11/24)
Sri Lanka news The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has released the all-island final results in the 2024 General Election with the National People’s Power (NPP) securing a resounding victory in the Parliamentary Poll. NPP has won 159 seats including 18 bonus seats after polling a total of over 6.8 million votes, which is 61.56% of the total votes counted. Meanwhile, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) becomes the main opposition party of the tenth Parliament after polling over 1.9 million votes (17.66%) and thereby obtaining 40 seats including 5 bonus seats. Ilankai Thamil... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/11/24)
Dilrook Kannangara All ruling parties since 1947 have been coalitions. While there were instances where a single party could form the ruling party, they still opted for coalitions (e.g. 1977). This was to gain as much support from the grassroots levels which helps in Local Government and later Provincial Council elections. 2024 has been a turning point in Sri Lanka’s elections for more than one reason. This year will see for the first time, Sri Lanka having a single ruling party without coalitions within it and with others separately elected to parliament. Though it is unfamiliar... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/11/24)
Sri Lanka News According to the results released so far, the National People's Power secured a resounding victory, with 80-70% of the votes Hambantota District: NPP takes 5 out of 7 seats in Rajapakse stronghold. The National People’s Power (NPP) has emerged victorious in the Hambantota District in the 2024 General Election, receiving 234,083 votes, which represents over 66% of the total votes. National People’s Power (NPP) 234,083 (5 seatsSamagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) 52,170 (14.79%, 1 seat)Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) 26,268 (1 seat With this substantial lead, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/11/24)
Hiru News The National People's Power (NPP) has won the Polonnaruwa District in the 2024 General Election, polling 159,010 votes, which accounts for over 68% of the total votes. National People’s Power (NPP) 159,010 (4 seats) Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) 43,822 (1 seat} With this overwhelming support, the NPP has secured 4 seats in the district, while the SJB earned 1 seat.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/11/24)
By Palitha Ariyarathna Image by history: The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand On the eve of the assassination’s centennial, discover how a teenage Serbian nationalist ignited the flames of World War I. Sri Lanka recently hosted the Pathfinder Foundation’s fifth Dialogue with Diplomats at Cinnamon Grand Colombo, focusing on “The Great Power Competition in the Indo-Pacific and its Impact on Small States in South Asia, with Special Reference to Sri Lanka.” This event brought together diplomats, experts, and local participants to discuss the complex geopolitical dynamics of the Indo-Pacific region and their implications for smaller states... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/11/24)
Chanaka Bandarage Sri Lankan Airlines in a 5-minute advertisement is currently promoting ‘Ramayana Trail’ in India. This video has gone viral on India’s social media. In the advertisement, a grandmother is seen narrating the Hindu epic to her grandson where she states that the Ramayana is real. Even the Archaeological Survey of India through an affidavit in the Indian Supreme Court stated that there is no historical and scientific evidence to establish the existence of Lord Ram or the other characters of the Ramayana. It denied that the Ram Sethu or Adams... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/11/24)
C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference.” Serenity Prayer – Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971). [දෙවියනි, වෙනස් (චේන්ජ්) කල නොහැකි දේවල් එලෙස භාර ගැනීමට අවශ්ය උපශාන්ත භාවයත්, වෙනස්කල හැකිදේ වෙනස් කිරීමට අවශ්ය ධෛර්යයත්, ඒ දෙක අතර වෙනස (ඩිෆරන්ස්) දැනගැනීමට අවශ්ය ප්රඥාවත් මට ලබාදෙනු මැනව] හැඳින්වීම ලංකාව: කළුසුද්දන්ගේපාලනසමය, 1948-2024 (නොහොත්මන්ත්රීප්රජාතන්ත්ර [නාස්ලණු] වාදය- part 2, (රුසියාව ප්රකාශකයෝ, 2024) යන කෘතියේ රචනා අංක 26 හා 27 වල ඇතුලත්වූයේ JVP-NPP මාලිමාව පක්ෂයට මා විසින් සද්භාවයෙන් ඉදිරිපත්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/11/24)
By Mohamed Nader Al-Omari Courtesy defend Democracy Protracted and unprecedented Arab resistance has depleted Israeli troop and reservist forces and forced Tel Aviv to seek out unconventional methods – including the recruitment of foreign mercenaries – to sustain Israel’s weary military and escalatory war goals. Editorial Comment: (Israeli bombing has injured Sri Lankan UN Peace Keepers in Lebanon while other Sri Lankans are also sent as migrant agriculture and farm workers to that Middle East War zone. Israeli Soldiers of the IDF meanwhile dressed as tourists seek reset and relaxation in Zionist Chabad Community Houses set... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/11/24)
Michael Kwet Courtesy Aljazeera It’s time to talk about Silicon Valley as an imperial force and what has to be done to resist its power. Silicon Valley corporations are taking over the digital economy in the Global South, and nobody is paying attention. In South Africa, Google and Facebook dominate the online advertising industry, and are considered an existential threat to local media. Uber has captured so much of the traditional taxi industry that drivers have been petrol bombed in the “South African taxi wars”. Similar battles have broken out in Kenya. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/11/24)
Courtesy VOA New Delhi — Millions of Sri Lankans voted Thursday to choose a new parliament in a key election that will decide if the country’s new leftist president gets the mandate to push ahead with his agenda of improving lives for millions of people struggling with an economic downturn and stamping out corruption. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake swept to power in September on his promise of systemic change in a country where public anger with mainstream political parties has been running high since the country’s crushing economic collapse two years ago. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/11/24)
Dr Sudath Gunasekara.13th Novem 2024. Mahanuwara In the light of the prevailing utterly confused and divided and completely lost electorate, I opine it is a foregone conclusion that no party will get a clear majority to form a stable government at this election. The nation is stranded and dying in the midst of a vast sandy desert where there is no hope of a drop of water to drink. Thanks to Ranil and Sajith on the one hand and thanks to Chandrika, Mahinda and Sirisena on the other, the UNP and the SLFP are already dead... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/11/24)
Sarath Wijesinge - President's Counsel, Solicitor in England and Wales, President Ambassador’s Forum (UK/Sri Lanka), former Chairman Consumer Affairs Authority, and former Ambassador to UAE and Israel Rice and coconut are not directly and traditionally price controlled items Rice and coconut are not price controlled items in Sri Lanka as the traditional price control act is abolished under act no 9 of 2003 by (at) the establishment of the Consumer affairs authority act thereby the power to control of certain consumer affairs were taken to S /19 onwards to the CAA act where only certain consumer... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean The Wizard of WOZington! - Donald Trump! The reaction from the Kremlin to the Offer of President-elect Donald Trump is, “The message is, if you want a deal, you’re going to crawl on your knees for it,” says Nina Khrushcheva, an authority on Russian politics and foreign affairs at the New School. “Putin feels he is starting out with Trump from a position of strength.” https://time.com/7173792/putin-plays-tough-in-his-opening-message- to-trump/ EU Will Continue to Support Ukraine! The European Union’s foreign... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/11/24)
Advocata Institute https://youtu.be/38CLhxY_C0o... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/11/24)
KAMALIKA PIERIS The Tamil Separatist Movement continued the Settler Colonialism project after the British left. Illegal Tamil settlements were established in the north and east, after Sri Lanka got its independence. These Tamil settlements were set up silently and secretly, without the knowledge of the public. A small number knew about these illegal settlements, but when they reported it, the matter was treated very lightly. Bandu de Silva observed that the process of settling Tamils in Vanni has been going on since 1950. Illicit immigrants were encouraged to come in by the rich Jaffna Tamils who... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/11/24)
By Gitanjali Marcelline Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, November 10 (newsin.asia): It all started on Friday, September 6, 1946 at 5.00 p.m in ‘Palm Court’, Albert Crescent, Colombo. A Tamil member of the State Council, S. Natesan, proposed that a new political party be formed and that it be named United National Party (UNP). A Muslim member of the State Council, T. B. Jayah, seconded the proposal, thus laying the foundation of a party which manifestly stood for national integration. “United” – that’s what the UNP used to be in its heyday, when it was the ruling party... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/11/24)
Maroosha Muzaffar https://www.independent.co.uk/ Chanu Nimesha, 49, is determined to make politics more inclusive Chanu Nimesha campaigns in Warakapola, Sri Lanka, on 8 November 2024 (REUTERS) For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sri Lanka’s first openly transgender parliamentary candidate aims to foster a more inclusive political culture. Chanu Nimesha, 49, a member of the Socialist Party of Sri Lanka,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/11/24)
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Courtesy AdaDerana The government has announced a new initiative to issue copies of birth, marriage, and death certificates to Sri Lankans living abroad through Sri Lankan embassies, aimed at providing greater convenience to the expatriate community. The program will be launched as a pilot project across seven selected foreign missions, including the embassies in Kuwait, Japan, and Qatar, and the consulates in Melbourne (Australia), Toronto (Canada), Milan (Italy), and Dubai (UAE), according to the President’s Media Division (PMD). In Sri Lanka, efforts are underway to enhance the e-BMD (electronic Birth, Marriage, and Death) database... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/11/24)
by Garvin Karunaratne E-Con-E-News 3-9 th November in Lanka Web writes: "• ‘Garvin Karunaratne writes again today. I have read his Dahanayaka & red-onion affair several times in the Island. His telephone handling at the Marketing Department’s Tripoli HQ resembles Mountbatten's war operations room.’" We did use phones in a remarkable way to move veg and fruit from far away to Colombo. It was always a hive of activity from the time I parked my Hillman Minx at eight or nine and walked in. The attempt was to see that all the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/11/24)
රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් 482/4 රාජගිරිය පාර, රාජගිරිය. 2024 නොවැම්බර් 12 ජාතික මැතිවරණ පැමිණිලි අංශය, මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාව, රාජගිරිය. මහත්මාණෙනි, ජංගම දුරකතන වෙත අපේක්ෂක ප්රවර්ධන කෙටි පණිවුඩ යොමු කිරීම නිහඩ කාල සීමාව තුල ලංකාව පුර සෑම දිස්ත්රික්කයම ඡන්දදාකයින් වෙත ඡන්දය ආයාචනා කරමින් ජංගම දුරකත වෙත කෙටි පණිවුඩ ලැබෙමින් පවතී. මෙම කෙටි පණිවුඩ මැතිවරණ ප්රචාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන මැතිවරණ කොමිසමේ උපදෙස්, නියෝග උල්ලංඝනය කිරීමකි. ශ්රී ලංකා ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ ප්රතිපාදන අනුව රාජ්ය නිලධාරීන් (විදුලි සංදේශ නියාමන කොමිෂන් සභාව) මැතිවරණ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/11/24)
Dilrook Kannangara The electorate is fractionalized as never before. SJB shares a disproportionately large chunk of the Muslim vote. It is so large comparatively that a large portion of SJB’s elected MPs will be Muslims. It is also supported by strong Muslim support for the SJB at the presidential election where Sajith won all Muslim majority electorates in both 2019 and 2024. SJB voters may be disappointed as their choice may not be elected to parliament due to this reality. Their votes will only boost the total SJB vote helping those who vote as a bloc... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean “Actions Speaks Louder than Words” MAGA To Make America Great Again! The Current Budget Deficit is- USD 1.83 Trillion! Trump says he can end the Russia-Ukraine war in one day. Russia’s UN ambassador says he can’t. What is the current budget deficit in the US? In FY 2024 total government spending was $6.75 trillion and total revenue was $4.92 trillion, resulting in a deficit of $1.83 trillion, an increase of $138 billion from the previous fiscal year.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/11/24)
රජිත් කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් මහා මැතිවරණ පනත සම්මත වන අවදියේ සමාජ මාධ්ය තිබුණේ නැත. මෙරට ක්රියාත්මක මැතිවරණ නීති එනම් ඡන්ද වැරදි (පනතේ 66 සිට 76දක්වා), දුෂණ ක්රියා (පනතේ 77 සිට 82 දක්වා) සහ නීති විරෝධී ක්රියා (පනතේ 83 සිට 90දක්වා) යටතට ද සමාජ මාධ්ය ගැනෙන්නේ නැත. සමාජ මාධ්ය නිදහස් ය. මෙටා අද දින දැන්වීම් සඳහා මුදල් බාර ගන්නේ නැත. නමුත්, කලින් මුදල් ගෙවා ගිවිසුම් ගත කිසිදු දැන්වීමක් ඉවත් කිරීමේ බලයක් ද මෙටා - පාරිභෝගික ගිවිසුම නිසා නැත. කලින් මුදල් ගෙවූ දැන්වීම් මේ වන විට ක්රියාත්මක ය. 2019 මැතිවරණ කොමිසම ‘ඒ්ෂියන් ඉන්ටටෙන් කෝලිෂන්’... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/11/24)
Pathfinder Foundation Pathfinder Foundation hosted its fifth Dialogue with Diplomats, focused on "The Great Power Competition in the Indo-Pacific and its impact on Small States in South Asia, with a special reference to Sri Lanka” held Cinnamon Grand Colombo recently. The Dialogue provided a platform for Colombo-based diplomats and subject experts to explore the complex geopolitical dynamics of the Indo-Pacific region and their implications for small states such as Sri Lanka. The event attracted diverse participation from the diplomatic community and local experts and generated a rich debate, exchanging constructive ideas and perspectives. The panel of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/11/24)
Courtesy Hiru News Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa has called on the government to retract the gazette notification on the Thriposha Company if it does not intend to liquidate it, instead of issuing conflicting statements. Premadasa made these remarks while addressing the Ratnapura District People's Rally organized by the SJB in Balangoda, ahead of the upcoming general election. The rally was held under his patronage, drawing attention to his stance on safeguarding the future of the Thriposha Company amidst concerns over its potential liquidation.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/11/24)
Courtesy Hiru News Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has called on the current government, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, to put forward its economic policy, emphasizing the need for a solution to the ongoing economic crisis. Wickremesinghe made these remarks at a public meeting organized by the New Democratic Front in Maradana for the upcoming general election. Addressing the crowd, Wickremesinghe criticized the government’s lack of experience, holding up an “L-board” and describing the administration as an "L-board government," implying it is akin to a novice driver's designation. He remarked that inexperience at all levels of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/11/24)
Courtesy Hiru News Pivithuru Hela Urumaya leader Udaya Gammanpila has accused the current government of attempting to politicize the school system similarly to its alleged politicization of university education. Gammanpila made these comments during a press conference held in Colombo today (11). He cited an example from a recent Advanced Level Second Semester Examination at a school in the Kalutara district, where he claimed the first five questions in the general public test paper were related to the National People's Power, suggesting a political bias in the education system.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/11/24)
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By Raj Gonsalkorale Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you -- either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly indirect tax of inflation. -John Wayne Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers - Nikita Khrushchev These two quotations, one by a famous US actor John Wayne and the other by former USSR Premier Nikita Khrushchev symbolizes the reality of election promises. There are many more quotes on election... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/11/24)
C. Wijeyawickrema Appended below is a copy of the (email) essay I sent to comrade Austin via, editor of the Island newspaper in December 2020. He or the Christian Marxist Dayan Jayatilleka, now in the doldrum, are not fools to know that the 13-A is only one step below the target called a separate Eelam state in the country known as Sinhale (English man pronounced as Ceylon). With Tamil migrants pouring in via the land bridge that Milinda Moragoda is now busily working on as a (new) Path Finder for peace, the island will be engulfed with border... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/11/24)
Shenali D Waduge How far has India realistically played role of mediator other than acting out of self-interest, making the best for India out of relations with both US & Russia? In ordinary terms this would be referred to as double-dealing. If China & Turkey could come up with peace proposals why hasn’t India? Does India see bigger advantage for itself in this chaos? But India cannot afford to lose Russia as noticeably Russia & China are increasing engagement. Its inevitably a case of self-serving interest –India gaining from purchase of discounted Russian crude oil... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/11/24)
Sugath Kulatunga “Thursday, November 7, 2024, ECONOMYNEXT reports that – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank signed an agreement to obtain and exchange information on investigations and prosecutions of Money Laundering (ML), Terrorist Financing (TF) and related crimes in Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) and of any persons connected with such bodies. The Central Bank’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and the National Secretariat for NGOs entered into the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Monday (04) with this regard, the Central Bank said. “Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) could be misused for Money Laundering/Terrorism Financing and related crimes, and thereby could... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/11/24)
Sugath Kulatunga The former President, RW, placed four-time bombs on the political battlefield before he left. These are the Rs 25,000 salary increase to the public service, the connectivity with India, to commence repayment of foreign debts by 2028, and the full implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. The salary bomb with a short fuse has been defused by President AKD. The Indian connectivity bomb with a long fuse remains but is under close watch. The 13A bomb, which is also associated with Indian connectivity, is ticking slowly but steadily. The IMF will have to agree... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/11/24)
Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. Odysee Video Link alternative to YouTube : https://player.odycdn.com/v6/streams/90eac9df9ddf5fbd9a76399cd6fa420aa1a74cff/98b48a.mp4 https://odysee.com/War-Trauma-in-Sri-Lanka-by-Dr.Ruwan-M-Jayatunge-M.D.-PhD:9... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/11/24)
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Palitha Ariyarathna Synopsis: This article examines how extremist groups exploit demographic shifts, including population growth, migration, and cultural change, to fuel radicalization and violence. It highlights global trends in Europe, the Middle East, and Other County, showing how fears of cultural and identity loss are used to recruit followers and destabilize societies. The article calls for international cooperation and counter-narratives to combat the rising threat of extremist ideologies. The global demographic landscape is undergoing rapid transformation, with the world’s population projected to surpass 8.5 billion by 2030. This monumental shift, driven by factors such... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean Finland - A Great Country with Super Citizens in a Dilemma or a Predicament, but with a Solution! Minister of Labor Satose's surprising opening about the need for foreign workers and students! 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 - 12/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean Donald Trump President-Elect Won the Presidency of USA on6th November 2024. But Did He Actually Win? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-us-election-2024-results-foreign-leaders-react-wars-ukraine-russia-israel/ Starting with his own wife Melania Trump Body Language indicates a different story! 7 Nov 2024 DonaldTrump MelaniaTrump CelebrityRelationships An infamous eye roll, rare instances of PDA, and quiet displays of support. A body language expert breaks down how Donald and Melania Trump really feel about each other. 'He will call Putin ASAP: Donald Trump's plan to end the war in Ukraine 'revealed'... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/11/24) By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Wijeyadasa Former Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, PC, yesterday (11) said Sri Lanka had no political prisoners. The ex-parliamentarian was responding to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s declaration in Vavuniya and Jaffna that Tamil political prisoners would be released in consultation with the Attorney General. This assurance was given during the NPP’s election campaign. Rajapakshe, who resigned from the Justice portfolio to contest the last presidential election, said that the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) and those who couldn’t stomach Sri Lanka’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana Gampaha District parliamentary candidate and leader of the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance, Dilith Jayaweera, stated that he has a practical plan to address Sri Lanka’s ongoing debt crisis and is ready to assist the President in repaying the debt through this plan. Jayaweera made these remarks while addressing a public rally in Maharagama today (11). “We want to bring this country to a positive state. That is why ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ is here. We are the political force of the developing people. Our goal is to inspire the nation to rise up and move... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් ලබන වසරේ අයවැයෙන් ආහාර පාන කිහිපයක වැට් සහ උපයන විට බද්ද සාධාරණ ප්රමාණයකින් අඩු කරන බව, ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක පවසනවා. ඔහු මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ, මෙවර මහ මැතිවරණය වෙනුවෙන් ජාතික ජන බලවේගය ගම්පහදී පැවැත්වූ ප්රචාරක රැලියකට එක්වෙමින්. මෙවර මහ මැතිවරණය වෙනුවෙන් ජාතික ජන බලවේගය සංවිධාන කරන ජන රැලි මාලාවේ අවසන් ජන රැලිය ගම්පහ නගර සභා ක්රීඩාංගණයේදී පැවැත්වුණා. දෙසැම්බර් මාසයේ මාස 04ක කාලයකට පරිපූරක ඇස්තමේන්තුවක් ඉදිරිපත් කරන බවත්, පෙබරවාරි අගවනවිට අලුත් අයවැයක් සම්මත කරගන්නා බවත් ජනාධිපතිවරයා එහිදී සඳහන් කළා. එම අයවැය ලේඛණයෙන් රටේ ආර්ථිකය නව දිශාවකට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/11/24)
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C. Wijeyawickrema, B.A. (Hons.), LL.B., M.A., Ph.D. Sena Thoradeniya’s eye-opening essay (Lankaweb, Nov 9th), regarding how the English press in Colombo, and English-speaking black-white businessmen etc. are kissing the foot of AKD and giving him dead-ropes is of historical importance due to its political implications. From 1956-58 SWRD had a SLFP-LSSP (V) [PhilipG and William S) partnership, and from 1964-1975 Mrs. B had a partnership with LSSP. Both arrangements ended with venom and hatred destroying all. The latest JVP-NPP partnership on July 13th, 2019, enabled JVP to bury its past behavior and rise from 3% to 47% of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/11/24)
By Jonathan Manz Sri Lanka’s polity on 21 Sep 24 refused to surrender to Yankee–IMF rule, by spurning - for the first time in her history –the entire list of Presidential candidates approved by the Election Commissioner; not one of the 38, yankee-backed candidates, was able to secure a ‘majority-vote’; viz more than 50 per cent of the votes cast. This resulted in a second vote- count, constitutionally but controversially executed, giving rise to the integrity of the Election Commissioner and his staff being seriously called into question. AKD became Sri Lanka’s first minoritarian... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 11/11/24)
Asanka Perera The recent article ‘The Valid Reasons Why Adani’s Mannar Project Should be Cancelled’, criticizing the Adani Mannar wind energy project misses key facts and context. As Sri Lanka furthers its renewable energy ambitions, it is important to scrutinise the project, and more so to provide a fairer and balanced perspective. Unfounded claims of procedural irregularities in awarding the Project The claims of procedural irregularities in awarding the Adani Mannar wind energy project are unfounded. The project was considered as part of Sri Lanka's ‘Fast Tracking of Investments’ process, for which... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/11/24)
e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 03-09 November 2024 * ‘Mr Shakeri also told prosecutors that his Iranian contacts asked him to plan a mass shooting to target Israeli tourists in Sri Lanka in October 2024, a year after the Hamas attacks on Israel.’ – BBC * ‘We remain committed to defending our strategic interests & values in Sri Lanka – the fulcrum of the Indo-Pacific region.’ ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/11/24)
Courtesy Global Policy Forum Alaska Conservation FoundationDispatchMining the Ionosphere Spring 1996 At a remote facility ringed with barbed wire, a brand-new array of 36 antennas rises from the black spruce forest that stretches hundreds of miles across central Alaska. Completed December 1994 and now undergoing testing, the antenna field is the visible part of a powerful and sophisticated high-frequency radio transmitter designed to transform areas of the upper atmosphere into the equivalent of huge lenses, mirrors, and antennas. This little-known Pentagon-sponsored radiophysics project, called the High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP),... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/11/24)
By Gitanjali Marcelline Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, November 10 (newsin.asia): It all started on Friday, September 6, 1946 at 5.00 p.m in ‘Palm Court’, Albert Crescent, Colombo. A Tamil member of the State Council, S. Natesan, proposed that a new political party be formed and that it be named United National Party (UNP). A Muslim member of the State Council, T. B. Jayah, seconded the proposal, thus laying the foundation of a party which manifestly stood for national integration. “United” – that’s what the UNP used to be in its heyday, when it was the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුව ත්රිපෝෂ සමාගම ඈවර කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් පසුගිය 07 වනදා පෙරටුගාමී සමාජවාදී පක්ෂයේ ප්රචාරක ලේකම් පුබුදු ජයගොඩ සහෝදරයා කරුණු එලිදරව් කරණු ලැබීය. එයට ප්රතිචාර දක්වමින් පසුගිය 09 වනදා මාධ්ය නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරන මුදල්, ආර්ථික සංවර්ධන, ප්රතිපත්ති සම්පාදන, සැලසුම් සහ සංචාරක අමාත්යාංශ නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් ත්රිපෝෂ සමාගම ඈවර කරන බවට පුබුදු ජයගොඩ කළ හෙළිදරව්ව මුසාවක් බව පවසයි. එයට ප්රතිචාර දක්වමින් සිය මුහුණුපොතෙහි සටහනක් තබන පුබුදු ජයගොඩ සාක්ෂි සහිත ත්රිපෝෂ සමාගම විකුණන බව පෙන්වයි. පහත පලවන්නේ ඔහු සිය මුහුණු පොතේ තැබූ සටහනයි... "ත්රිපෝෂ සමාගම ඈවර කිරීමේ උත්සාහය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අප ඉදිරිපත් කළ තොරතුරු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 09 (Daily Mirror)- The government will take steps to eradicate the drug menace and the underworld while putting an end to the insecure situation in the country, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday. Speaking at an election rally in Kegalle, he said discussions have already been held with the Secretary of the Public Security Ministry and higher officials to formulate a programme for this. He said that in the past the drug business was carried out with the support and blessings of politicians and a few police officers... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 09 (Daily Mirror)- The government will investigate into and bring to book those responsible for the killing of peaceful people like Wasim Thajudeen, Lasantha Wickramatunga and the disappearance of Pradeep Ekneligoda, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today. Speaking at an election rally in Dambulla, he said the government will end the era of innocent people being killed by the political authority and added that everyone's lives were valuable. "We will end the era of all the killings committed using political power. Everyone is worth their lives. There are no... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka’s application to join BRICS will be considered in due course in consultations and consensus with numerous other bids from other countries under the chairmanship of Russia, the Russian Embassy said. The embassy said Russia, as the chair of BRICS, welcomes Sri Lanka’s application and that news reports about its rejection are inaccurate. Sri Lanka placed on record its request to join BRICS at the latest summit in Russia. Foreign Affairs Minister Vijitha Herath also requested the member states to support Sri Lanka. Under Russia's... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs refutes the media reports claiming that Sri Lanka’s application for BRICS membership has been rejected. Issuing a statement in this regard, the ministry stated that as approved by the Cabinet on 07 October 2024, Sri Lanka applied for membership in BRICS and the New Development Bank (NDB). “The Minister of Foreign Affairs Vijitha Herath wrote to his counterparts in BRICS member countries informing of Sri Lanka’s interest to join. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake also wrote to his Russian counterpart in this regard”, it added. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) has urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in writing to launch an immediate investigation into state-sanctioned crimes during the 1988-89 period, and serve justice for the lives of fallen Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) heroes including Rohana Wijeweera. Ahead of the 35th “Il Maha Viru Samaruwa”, the commemoration of fallen JVP heroes on November 13, the FSP’s letter to the President, honoring Comrade Rohana Wijeweera and others who lost their lives in the struggle for socialist transformation, emphasized the need to uncover the truth behind kidnappings, forced disappearances, and extrajudicial killings... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/11/24)
Courtesy Hiru News Samagi Jana Balawegaya leader Sajith Premadasa criticized President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, claiming he has not only broken promises made to the people but also deprived them of their rightful benefits. Sajith Premadasa made these remarks at a public meeting in Kesbewa.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 10/11/24)
උපුටාගැණීම මුහුනුපොත වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුව බලයට පත් වීමේ මූලික තේමාව ලෙස යොදා ගත්තෙ "හොරකමට එරෙහි වීම" කියන තේමා පාඨයයි. ජවිපෙ ඉතිහාසයේ කිසි දිනක එම තේමා පාඨය තම මූලික තේමා පාඨය බවට පත් කර ගත්තේ නැත. ජවිපෙ මේ තේමා පාඨය සිය මූලික තේමා පාඨය කරගත්තේ එහි වත්මන් නායකයා වන අනුර දිසානායක පක්ෂ නායකයා වූ පසුවයි. 1977 න් පසු රට තුළ විශාල වශයෙන් දූෂණ,වංචා, සහ අක්රමිකතා විශාල ලෙස සිදුවන බවත් ඒ බොහෝ ඒවා සමඟ දේශපාලන බලය සම්බන්ධව ඇති බවත් රටේ ජීවත්වන සැමදෙනාම දන්නා දෙයකි. ඒ අනුව මේ දූෂණ,වංචා, සහ අක්රමිකතා වලට විරුද්ධ දේශපාලන කතිකාවතක් ගොඩ නැගීම අවශ්ය කාරණාවක් ව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/11/24)
By Sena Thoradeniya [The writer began compiling this essay immediately after the Presidential election, but could not complete it as he was indisposed. Although its title may sound rather outdated its contents are still valid and new developments what were not originally thought of makes it more current.] With apologies to Marx and Engels we begin: A spectre is haunting Sri Lanka – the spectre of NPP. All political parties in the now dissolved Parliament and others who strive to enter the new Parliament have accepted its dominance and its probable victory at the next... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/11/24)
Sarath Wijesingh President’s Counsel Former Ambassador to UAE and Israel and President Ambassador’s Forum Sri Lanka is in crisis No doubt Sri Lanka is in crisis in all areas may be due to corruption, bribery, nepotism, lack of planning leadership and a vision and proper committed and genuine leadership. Worst out of all may be the inefficiency,corruption,and disorganized form of the government machinery. It is also agreed by all that Sri Lanka is in crisis with econimic downturn, indebtedness to the world and international organizations, lack of progress and developments in any area... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/11/24)
මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන් රජය විසින් සහල් සඳහා පාලන මිළක් නියම කිරීම නිසා සහල් වෙළෙඳ පළ උණුසුම් වි ඇත. නාඩු වශයෙන් නාමකරණය වූ සහල් වර්ගයේ හිඟයක් තිබෙන අතර කීරි සම්බා මිළදී ගැනීමට නොහැකි වන හෝ රුචිකත්වයක් නොදක්වන පාරිභෝගිකයන් අසරණ වී තිබේ. ඒ අතර රටේ නොයෙකුත් තැන්වල තිබෙන ප්රධාන සහල් ගබඩා සහ කුඩා ප්රමාණයේ සහල් ගබඩා පරීක්ෂා කරමින් දත්ත පද්ධතියක් ස්ථාපිත කරලීමට රජය උත්සාහ දරමින් සිටී.ඉදිරි මාස් කන්නයේ අස්වනු නෙලන විට වී අලෙවි මණ්ඩලයේ ගබඩා වී වලින් පුරවන බව ජනාධිපති තුමා පවසයි.මේ අතර ලංකාවේ ප්රධාන සහල් මෝල් හිමියන් පස් දෙනා අතරින් ඩඩ්ලි සිරිසේන මහතා මාධ්ය වලට ප්රධාන මාතෘකාවක් බවට පත්ව... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/11/24)
By Rohana R. Wasala Courtesy The Island A feature article on the Business pages of The Island of February 16, 2023 served as a formal event announcement for the inaugural function of a new NGO called the People’s Convention on Good Governance (PCGG) that was scheduled to be held nine days later (i.e., on February 25). Some 1600 delegates were expected to attend the event. These included the then president Ranil Wickremasinghe (parliament elected following the ouster of Gotabaya Rajapaksa about seven months previously), prime minister Dinesh Gunawardane, cabinet ministers, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, ‘a few noteworthy parliamentarians’,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/11/24)
MTA News https://youtu.be/QcpYu6QNdkE... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/11/24)
Dr. Naresh Bana The Adani Group’s wind power project in Mannar, Sri Lanka, has a planned capacity of 250 megawatts (MW). This project is part of a broader investment in renewable energy by Adani group in Sri Lanka, with expected completion by 2025. This initiative aims to support Sri Lanka’s renewable energy goals and create up to 2,000 local jobs during construction and operation- Located in Mannar District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Estimated investment: $250 million. It is one of the largest under development wind power projects in Sri Lanka. As soon as the new... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/11/24)
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Courtesy Adaderana The U.S. Department of Justice has on Friday charged an “Iranian asset Farhad Shakeri,” who is accused in a plot to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, and claim that he was also tasked with targeting Israeli tourists in Sri Lanka. The Justice Department on Friday announced federal charges in a thwarted Iranian plot to kill Donald Trump before the presidential election. According to court documents, Iranian officials asked Farhad Shakeri, 51, in September to focus on surveilling and ultimately assassinating Trump. Shakeri is still at large in Iran, the Justice Department said.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/11/24)
Courtesy Hiru News Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa stated that, if granted parliamentary authority, he would reject the current government’s duplicitous practices and prioritize the welfare of the people. He made these remarks during a public meeting held in Colombo, where he criticized the government for failing to address the rising cost of living and neglecting its promises. Premadasa highlighted the plight of 2.2 million citizens, who he said had suffered under the former president's leadership and continue to endure hardships under the current administration’s unmet pledges. He emphasized that Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/11/24)
Courtesy Hiru News President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced plans to reduce electricity tariffs by over 30% in the near future. Speaking at a National People’s Power (NPP) public meeting in Dambulla today, he stated that the government is committed to creating a significant transformation in the electricity sector within the next one to one-and-a-half years. "We will bring a massive change to the electricity sector and reduce the electricity bill by more than 30%. Give us some time for this, as well as for reducing fuel prices. We will make these changes," he... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 09/11/24)
Chanaka Bandarage Despite unfair criticism by vested/cynical interest groups, the NPP is poised to record a win on 14 November 2024. The indications are that it will not be a massive victory. If the NPP obtains less than 113 seats, they will be compelled to form a coalition government -most probably with the TNA. This is a dangerous situation - TNA is a racist political party. Thus, the Electorate must ensure that at least 113 NPP MPs are sent to the parliament. Should the NPP be given a 2/3 majority? No. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean Converting a Political- to a Military-Strategic Objective By Milan Vego National Defense University press"Political objectives are usually achieved by using one’s military power. Converting political objectives into achievable military-strategic objectives is the primary responsibility of military-strategic leadership. This process is largely an art rather than a science. There are many potential pitfalls because much depends on the knowledge, understanding, experience, and judgment of military-strategic leaders. Most often, mistakes made are only recognized after setbacks or defeats suffered during the hostilities. Despite its critical importance, there is no consensus on the steps and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/11/24)
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo November 8: Next week’s parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka are taking place in a situation where the political landscape has changed greatly as compared to previous parliamentary elections. None of the traditional mainstream political parties are asking people to vote them to power. Their leaders are asking for votes to function in Parliament as strong opposition. Meanwhile, the National People’s Power ( NPP ) led by first-time President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is asking the people for a strong parliamentary majority to run the government in an orderly manner.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror - Sri Lankan authorities not ready to grant licence for it over legal barriers, states top source - New government to decide on alternative model for development of the Airport only after General Election The move initiated by the previous government to hand over the management of the Mattala International Airport to an India-Russia joint venture is poised to be abandoned since Sri Lankan authorities are not ready to grant the licence for it over legal barriers, a top source said. The last government decided to hand over... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/11/24)
By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Island Pubudu Jayagoda The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) yesterday (07) said the government was planning to shut down the state-owned Thriposha Company, and such a course of action would lead to further deteriorate nutritional standards of Sri Lankan children. FSP education Secretary and Colombo District candidate Pubudu Jayagoda said the government had issued Gazette Notification No. 2403/53 dated 27 September 2024 announcing the abolition of the state-owned Sri Lanka Thriposha Company. “Now, Thriposha Company is not under any ministry,” he said. “Thriposha... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/11/24)
Editorial The Daily Mirror Parts of Bangladesh have had their power supply slashed after ‘Adani Power’ set a deadline of Nov 7 to switch off the flow of electricity if there is no clarity on the settlement of the outstanding dues. Adani supplies Bangladesh power from its 1600-megawatt coal-fired plant in eastern India. According to the Times of India, the problems started shortly after the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh. Whether the reason for the cutting of power and the demand for outstanding payment was a reaction... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/11/24)
Madyawediya https://youtu.be/qUfh7P89iBw... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/11/24)
Courtesy Hiru News Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe urged the current government to manage the economy effectively or seek advice from the so called "grandfather" if unable to do so. Addressing a public meeting in Galle yesterday (07), Wickremesinghe highlighted the United National Party's (UNP) role in making President Ranasinghe Premadasa the leader and emphasized the need for common citizens to enter politics, a system he claims the UNP pioneered. Wickremesinghe countered that his administration had planned salary hikes from January and accused the President of not following through with earlier commitments. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean Creating a Global Tsunami! With Apologies to King Kong! The Thunderstorm coupled with an Earthquake Stopped the Clock on the 5th November 2024 at 1800 Florida Local Time, Donald Trump with all his excess baggage took over USA! With his Election Theme MAGA, “Make America Great Again” may change the Global alliances and the Power Structure with a New Dimension. Most likely an immediate change will be the New President’s attitude towards NATO. USA will concentrate on many aspects of immediate improvement American... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/11/24)
Clark Solomon Courtesy azscore.com https://azscore.com/news/cricket/2034220-sri-lanka-s-cricket-journey-from-humble-beginnings-to-global-pioneers The story of cricket in Sri Lanka is a captivating narrative that charts its arduous path since the sport was introduced in the 19th century. This island nation has transformed from a cricketing underdog into a powerhouse, leaving an indelible mark on the global cricketing stage. Sri Lanka is renowned not just for its talent on the field, but also for its creativity and innovation that have redefined the sport both domestically and internationally. Throughout the years, remarkable cricketers of various ethnicities, including Sinhalese, Tamils, Moors, Malays, and Burghers,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 08/11/24)
Garvin Karunaratne The High Commissioner for Sri Lanka from the UK has told us to to look to the UK for emulation re corruption. Perhaps our High C ommissioner is not aware of the fanciful gifts collected by Prime Minister Starmer and his wife recently. https://www.adaderana.lk/news/103220/british-hc-recommends-sri-lankan-mps-learn-from-uk-system-to-curb-corruption- What a shame Garvin Karunaratne Additional information by Lanakweb Keir Starmer's freebies: Everything you need to know - and why they're proving so controversial Jake Levison Courtesy Sky News The prime minister's acceptance of freebies and hospitality has... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/11/24)
(Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel in Sri Lanka, solicitor in England and Wales, former Ambassador to UAE and Israel President Ambassador’s Forum in UK/SL) Consumer and Consumerism The consumer day 2024 will be organized worldover by the network of consumer organizations and the network of world consumer organization formed in 1962 initiated by John Kennedy with the famous statement that the most neglected group in the society are consumer who are not properly protected and organized. Celebrations take place world over addressing the consumer (citizen) on their rights duties and how he faces the mounting cost of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ශ්රී ලංකාව මේ වනවිට පත්ව සිටින තත්ත්වය මත ඉදිරියට යාමට පරාමිතීන් දෙකක් ඇති බව ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ජාත්යන්තර මුල්ය අරමුදල සමග පවතින ගිවිසුම ඒ ආකාරයෙන්ම ඉදිරියට ගෙන යාම හෝ ඉන් ඉවත්ව වෙනම ක්රමවේදයකට රාජ්ය පාලනය කිරීම එම පරාමිතින් දෙක බවද ඔහු පැවසීය. නමුත් දැන් පවතින තත්ත්වය යටතේ ඉන් ඉවත්ව ඉදිරියට යාමට හැකියාවක් නැතැයිද එවන් කස්පනයක් මේ මොහොතේ මෙරට ආර්ථිකයට ඔරොත්තු නොදෙන බවත් හෙතෙම කියා සිටී. ඔහු මේ බව කියා සිටියේ සිරස රූපවාහිනියේ සටන වැඩසටහනට එක්වෙමිනි. එම මාවතේ ඉදිරියට යාමේදී 2025 වසරට අදාළ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ජාතික ජන බලවේගය කිසි විටෙක ජනතාවට බොරු කියා නැතැයි ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ ප්රධාන ලේකම් ටිල්වින් සිල්වා මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණය වෙනුවෙන් වෙන්නපුව ප්රදේශයේ පැවති ජන හමුවකදී ඔහු මෙම අදහස් පළ කළේය. ‘ඒගොල්ලො කියනවනේ දැන් අපි බොරු කියලා බලය ගත්තා කියලා. අපි කිසි බොරුවක් කියලා නෑ. අපි අභියෝග කරනවා අපි ජනතාවට කිව්ව එක බොරුවක් පෙන්නන්න මොකක්ද කියලා’... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/11/24)
by Kadira Pethiyagoda Courtesy The Island Sri Lanka’s application for BRICS membership may be an early indication of President Dissanayake’s long-term vision. It signals shrewdness on the international stage. It has potential to serve the country’s strategic interests through: increased diversity of partners; making Colombo a greater priority for non-BRICS states; and the ability to shape a grouping containing the world’s rising Great Powers. It has potential to serve the country’s economic interests through positioning Colombo to influence and benefit from new funding sources, financial instruments and the new trading currency the grouping... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka has been voted as the "Most Desirable Island in the World" according to the results for the 23rd Annual Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards. According to the travel magazine ‘Wanderlust’, Sri Lanka has risen from last year’s eighth place to take Gold in one of the Awards’ most thrilling turnarounds. Destinations, tour operators and travel brands have been recognised across 22 categories, including the Most Desirable Countries and Cities in Europe and around the world at the 23rd Annual Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards. "Known as the ‘Pearl... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 7 (Daily Mirror) - The Small and Medium Scale Rice Mill Owners' Association claimed today that the growing rice shortage in the market is due to increased use of raw rice for beer production. They explained that Nadu paddy, used to make raw rice for brewing, is being diverted from regular rice production, limiting the available supply. Farmers have also expressed similar concerns and are urging the government to step in and stabilize rice prices. Shopkeepers report difficulty in purchasing rice at government-set prices, adding further... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් වර්තමාන ජාතික ජන බලවේග ආණ්ඩුව රටේ ජනතාව රවටන රාජ්ය පාලනයක් ක්රියාත්මක කරන බව සමගි ජන බලවේගයේ නායක සජිත් ප්රේමදාස පවසනවා. ඔහු ඒ බව සඳහන් කළේ කොළොන්නාවේ පැවැති ජන හමුවකට එක්වෙමින්. ඉදිරි මහ මැතිවරණය ඉලක්ක කරගනිමින් සමගි ජන බලවේගය සංවිධාන කළ ජන හමුවක් කොලොන්නාවේදී පැවැත්වුණේ එම පක්ෂයේ නායක සජිත් ප්රේමදාසගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන්. https://youtu.be/NZCQ0uLDaPI... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් ජනාධිපතිවරයා ප්රමුඛ ජාතික ජන බලවේගය මැතිවරණ සමයේ ජනතාවට ලබාදුන් පොරොන්දු වහා ක්රියාත්මක කළයුතු බව හිටපු ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ ප්රකාශ කළා. දෙල්ගොඩ ප්රදේශයේ ඊයේ පැවති ජන හමුවකට එක්වෙමින් ඔහු කියා සිටියේ රාජ්ය සේවකයින්ගේ වැටුප් වැඩිකිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් වූ උදය සෙනවිරත්න වාර්තාව ආණ්ඩුව කඩිනමින් ක්රියාත්මක කළ යුතු බවයි. පලපුරුදු අය පාර්ලිමේන්තුව වෙත යැවිය යුතු බවද ඔහු එහිසී සදහන් කළා. https://youtu.be/7lGpYZSsP_I... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/11/24)
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Courtesy The Daily Mirror * Used by Aragalaya protestors in 2022, now open only for religious activities, festivals, musical events * No longer for political events Colombo, November 7 (Daily Mirror) - The government has decided to be strict on the reservation of Galle Face Green not only for religious activities but also for all festivals, musical shows, and celebrations subject to the appropriate criteria. The new government has reversed the Cabinet decision taken by the previous government in 2023 to grant permission only for religious activities at the Galle Face Green.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean 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 Brazils Horses & All India’s Men Could Not Put The BRICS wall back together Again! However, Russia may not need BRICS, since the gentle strangling of Ukraine will make Russia Stop the Aggression and Accelerate the Flow of Oil at USD 100/barrel!... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/11/24)
Senaka Weeraratna Many milestones illustrate the difficult journey of Cricket in Sri Lanka from the time of its introduction in the 19th century to where it is today. A fascinating saga of ascend from minnows to prodigy that has captured the imagination and fancy of the cricket world. Sri Lanka occupies a unique spot in cricket for its creativity and innovation both within and beyond the boundary. Great cricketers of Sri Lankan origin i.e., Sinhalese, Tamils, Moors, Malays and Burghers, from time to time have left a legacy of high achievement while fighting against the odds. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් https://youtu.be/YsGCPFDPTUc පාස්කු ප්රහාරයේ සැබෑ මහ මොලකරු සොයා ගැනීමට ඇති හොඳම ක්රමවේදය හිටපු නියෝජ්ය පොලිස්පති රවී සෙනවිරත්න ආණ්ඩුව විසින් ආරක්ෂා කිරීම නොව ඔහුට එරෙහිව නඩු පැවරීම බව පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය නායක සර්වජන බලය කොළඹ දිස්ත්රික් අපේක්ෂක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. පාස්කු ප්රහාරය එල්ල කළ පුද්ගලයන් පිළිබඳ ඉතාම පැහැදිලි හා නිරවද්ය තොරතුරු කලින් ලැබී තිබියදීත් එම තොරතුරු නොසලකා දින දොළහක කාලයක් රවී සෙනෙවිරත්න මහතා කටයුතු කළ බවත් ඔහු එසේ කළේ කාගේ වුවමනාවට දැයි විමර්ශනය කිරීමෙන් මෙම ප්රහාරය පිටුපස මහ මොලකරුවෙකු සිටී නම් ඔහු හඳුනාගත හැකි බවත් පිවිතුරු හෙළ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ප්රකට සහල් ව්යාපාරික ඩඩ්ලි සිරිසේන මහතා පසුගිය ජනාධිපතිවරණයේදී රුපියල් කෝටි දහයක මුදලක් වත්මන් ජනාධිපති අනුර දිසානායක මහතාට ලබා දුන් බව ජන අරගල සන්ධානය පවසයි. එම පක්ෂයේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු අපේක්ෂක ඉන්ද්රානන්ද ද සිල්වා මහතා පවසන්නේ ඊට අදාල දුරකතන චැට් තමා සතු බවය. තමන් පවසන්නේ අසත්ය නම් නම් නඩු දමන ලෙස අභියෝග කරන බවත් ඔහු පැවසීය. ඩඩ්ලි සිරිසේනලා විසින් ජනාධිපතිවරුන් පත් කිරීමට ධනය විසි කරන බවත් පැවසූ ඔහු රත්න සහල් අධිපති විසින් ජනාධිපතිවරණයේදී සජිත් ප්රේමදාස මහතාට කෝටි 50ක් ලබා දුන් බව ද පැවසුවේය. අනුර දිසානායක මහතා ජනාධිපති ධුරයට... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/11/24)
BY Apsara Rodrigo Courtesy The Morning Police assigns personnel to each request for security protection including those from hotels & restaurants Threat assessment done based on observation while no. of cops assigned depends on threat/fear levels; if necessary, cops even accompany tourists during countrywide travel The Police has been receiving daily requests for security protection from Israeli and European tourists, both in the form of in person visits to Police stations and calls to the dedicated hotline, and the Police has been providing physical security for each such request.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/11/24)
BY Apsara Rodrigo and Sahan Tennakoon Courtesy The Morning Muslim customary law reform activists condemned the National People’s Power (NPP) Government’s stance that there is no immediate necessity to amend the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (MMDA) and also that any such amendment would be done only upon prior consultation with the relevant religious leaders. The activists claimed that the NPP is well aware of the harmful effects of the Act. “The NPP’s coalition members are aware of the discrimination and harm under the MMDA,” human rights activist and attorney who was also... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 05 (Daily Mirror) - The Court of Appeal today upheld the four-year rigorous imprisonment sentence imposed by the Colombo High Court on former Deputy Minister Shantha Premaratne for soliciting and accepting a bribe in 2007. While affirming the High Court’s conviction and sentence, the two-judge bench of the Court of Appeal, comprising Justices Sampath Abayakoon and P. Kumararatnam, observed that the prosecution had proven the charges in the indictment against the appellant beyond a reasonable doubt. The Bribery Commission had filed an indictment against Shantha Premaratne for soliciting... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/11/24)
By Uditha Devapriya, Omar Rajarathnam, and Mandana Ismail Courtesy The Diplomat The confusion surrounding the Arugam Bay incident underscores the complexities of Sri Lanka’s tourism industry and the geopolitics that have engulfed the island in recent years. November 05, 2024 Surfers in Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka.Credit: Depositphotos On Wednesday, October 23, barely a month after Sri Lanka elected a new president, the U.S. Embassy in Colombo issued a travel advisory warning U.S. citizens to “avoid” Arugam Bay, a tourist hotspot located in the southeastern coast of the island. The advisory noted a “credible” threat of “an attack targeting... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/11/24)
by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME Asia News Several samples of a free, ready-to-eat, cereal- and legume-based food meant to "eradicate malnutrition" in Sri Lanka have been recalled. The Health Sciences Institute in Kalutara detected the mycotoxins above permitted levels last August. The lack of suitable storage is among the main causes. Colombo (AsiaNews) – Aflatoxins exceeding permitted levels were detected by the Health Sciences Institute in Kalutara, Western Province, in some samples of Thriposha, a highly nutritious food provided for free in Sri Lanka. The cancer-causing mycotoxins, which are produced by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/11/24)
ANI News Asian Buddhist Summit 2024 delves into spread of Dhamma and the lasting importance of PaliRead more At:https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/asian-buddhist-summit-2024-delves-into-spread-of-dhamma-and-the-lasting-importance-of-pali20241106144321/... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 6 (Daily Mirror) - Two individuals were arrested by the Wildlife Conservation Department's Emergency Raid Unit while attempting to sell ten rare Rath-Dothalu flowers in the Moragahayata area of Ratnapura. According to wildlife officials, these flowers are often used as offerings to the Buddha. The suspects, who were apprehended on November 4 for damaging Rath-Dothalu trees, were presented before the Ratnapura Magistrate's Court and have been remanded until November 11. Further investigations are underway by the Ratnapura Police. The Rath-Dothalu plant, scientifically named Loxococcus rupicola, is a species... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana The British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Andrew Patrick has expressed eagerness to further strengthen the strong bilateral ties between Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom. During a meeting with Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake today (6), the British High Commissioner has proposed that steps be taken to educate Sri Lankan parliamentarians about the British parliamentary system to further enhance governance in Sri Lanka, while emphasizing the significance of the British local government system, noting its potential to reduce fraud and corruption. Mr. Patrick has also... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 07/11/24)
By Shiran Illanperuma On the 23rd of October, the United States embassy in Sri Lanka issued a travel advisory warning of a potential attack targeting tourist sites in Arugam Bay, a popular surfing destination in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. The embassies of the United Kingdom and Russia soon followed suit. Given the mysterious circumstances of the 2018 Easter Attacks that occurred following a warning by Indian intelligence services, this has understandably stirred much anxiety and speculation among Sri Lankans. What the recent travel advisories did not mention is the operation of illegal businesses by... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/11/24)
By Garvin Karunaratne , former G.A.Matara This is one of my early papers published four years ago. It is hoped that the new Government may find interesting ideas to follow to enable Sri Lanka's economy to develop. A Story from Coffee. Ideas for our economic revival. Posted on September 14th, 2020. Republished in November 2024 to waken our new giants The other day, locked down in Sri Lanka because of the Corona, I ran out of the Starbucks Coffee I had brought with me. Being a coffee connoisseur, the tastes of Island, Hariischandra... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/11/24)
Viraj Fernando - virajfernando03 gmailcom 1. Procedural Irregularities in Awarding the Project The best argument we have to counter the arbitrary award of this project to Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL), is to ask the question, whether AGEL would have been awarded such a project and at a PPA price of $0.0826 in India under Indian regulations and to insist in consideration of the justification of the project from the perspective of Indian regulations. Under the usual standards applied by India’s own energy regulatory bodies, the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) and Ministry of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/11/24) Senaka Weeraratna DRS is a gift from Sri Lanka to the world of cricket. Its impact is bigger than Sri Lanka winning the world cup in 1996. Why ? Because this innovation of Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna has completely transformed the game. It is the biggest change in the Rules of the Game since its birth. Today Cricket is more transparent, accurate and fair. Thanks to DRS. The colossal mistake that Umpire Steve Bucknor made in the Sydney Test 2008 when he gave out Master Batsman Sachin Tendulkar wrongly and changed the course of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 06/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් තම සැමියා වූ විජය කුමාරතුංග මහතා දේශපාලන හේතූන් නිසා ඝාතනය කරන ලද ආකාරයෙන්ම තමන්වද ඝාතනය කිරීමේ කුමන්ත්රණයක් ඇත්දැයි සැකයක් පහළ වී ඇතැයි හිටපු ජනාධිපතිනි චන්ද්රිකා කුමාරතුංග මහත්මිය සදහන් කරයි. ඇය මේ බව සඳහන් කරන්නේ හිටපු ජනාධිපතිවරුන්ගේ ආරක්ෂක නිලධාරීන් අඩු කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්යංශ ලේකම්වරයාට ලිපියක් යොමු කරමිනි. විශ්රාමික ජනාධිපතිවරුන්ගේ ආරක්ෂාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඇතිව තිබෙන සාකච්චාව ගැන ඇය විසින් මේ බව දැනුම් දී තිබේ. ඇය පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ විශ්රාමික ජනාධිපතිවරුන් අතරින් වැඩිම තර්ජන ඇත්තේ තමාට බවත් ඝාතන උත්සාහයකට ලක්ව තුවාල ලැබූ එකම ජනාධිපතිනිය තමන් බවත් ඇය කියයි. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
Courtesy The Telegraph Online (India) The government reversed the Electricity Act, approved in June this year under then-president Ranil Wickremesinghe's government The new National People's Power (NPP) government in Sri Lanka on Tuesday announced its first reversal of a key element in the ongoing IMF bailout programme concerning the loss-making state-owned enterprises. The government reversed the Electricity Act, approved in June this year under then-president Ranil Wickremesinghe's government, introducing major reforms to the state power entity Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB). The Marxist NPP trade unions had then agitated against the bill. ... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Island Easter Sunday Carnage: Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security, retired SDIG Ravi Seneviratne, had transferred a senior police officer who was conducting a probe into his alleged failure to act on an intelligence warning to prevent the Easter Sunday carnage (2019), former MP Udaya Gammanpila, said yesterday. Addressing a media conference, Pivithuru Hela Urumaya Leader Gammanpila said former DIG Palitha Siriwardena had complained to the then IGP C. D. Wickramaratne that the Easter Sunday attacks had resulted from the dereliction of duty on the part of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් 2022 දී රට අරාජික කිරීම සඳහා ක්රියාත්මක වූ අරගලය වෙනුවෙන් ප්රකට ව්යාපාරිකයකු වන සුභාෂ්කරන් අලිරාජා මුදල් ලබාදුන් ආකාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් තොරතුරු තමන් සතු බවත්, රට නිවැරැදි මාවතට අවතීර්ණ කර ගැනීමේ අවස්ථාව ඔහුගේ මැදිහත්වීම හරහා වැළකී ගිය බවත් සිංහ එෆ්.එම් නාලිකාවේ හිටපු හිමිකරු නිරංග ඉන්ද්රජිත් හෙට්ටිආරච්චි මහතා පවසයි. මාධ්ය හමුවක් පවත්වමින් ඔහු සුභාෂ්කරන් අලිරාජා පිළිබඳව හෙළිදරව් රාශියක්ම සිදුකරයි. මෙරට රූපවාහිනී සහ ගුවන් විදුලි නාලිකා කිහිපයක හිමිකරුවන් බවට පත්වී සිටින සුභාෂ්කරන් අලිරාජා ඇතුළු ඔහුගේ හිතවතුන් කිහිප දෙනෙකු මෙරට තුළ දැවැන්ත මෙහෙයුමක් දියත්කර ඇති බවත්, රන්ජන් රාමනායක නායකත්වයෙන් යුතු පක්ෂයේ ප්රධාන ලේකම් වන්නේ ද... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 05 (Daily Mirror) - A tense situation arose between the security officers of Pastor Jerome Fernando and villagers of Nawalapitiya when Jerome arrived in the area to oversee the construction of a rehabilitation centre for children. Villagers claimed that he was planning to build a religious facility instead. The police had to intervene to bring the situation under control. Amid massive protests, Pastor Jerome left the scene. https://youtu.be/7JLM6rWvulk... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
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උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් https://youtu.be/UoE94C_5vZM... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
KAMALIKA PIERIS Sri Lanka’s development policy included state-sponsored colonization schemes which transferred people from the densely populated wet zone to the sparsely populated areas of the dry zone. The places best suited to such colonization schemes were located in the north and east of the island. These provinces were the least populated, the land was suitable for agriculture and there were rivers than could be dammed. These colonization schemes had a dual purpose. They helped ease the acute land hunger of an expanding population, now well beyond the carriage rate for the island. They also opened... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
C. Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. බුද්ධාගම කියන්නේ බොරුවක්! 1505 දී පෘතුගීසීන් කොලොම් තොටට ගසාගෙන ආවේ එක අතකින් කඩුව හා අනිත් අතින් බයිබලයද රැගෙන යයි කියැවේ. 1096/1204 කාලයේ පෝප් මූලිකව මෙහෙයවු කුරුස යුද්ධ වලින් මුස්ලිම්වරු දිගටම පැරදවිය නොහැකිවිය. මේ නිසා යුරෝපයේ පොහොසත් පන්තියට ඉන්දියාවෙන් (චීනයෙන්?) ගොඩමින් ගෙනා කුළුබඩු යනාදිය ලබාගැනීම සඳහා වෙනත් මුහුදු මඟක් සොයා ගැනීමට අවශ්යය විය. මෙම දුෂ්කර ගමනට නාවික කම්කරුවන් සොයාගත්තේ එය යුරෝපයෙන් පිට වසන වනචාරී මිථ්යාදෘෂ්ටිකයින් ගලවා ගැනීම සඳහා කරණ දේවකාරියක් යයි යයි කියමින් රවටාදය. පෘතුගීසින්ට පසුව ආ ලන්දේසීන් කතෝලිකයින් මරද්දී උඩරට බෞද්ධ රජු ඔවුන්ට රැකවරණය දුන්නේය (ඊට පෙර පෘතුගීසීන් මුස්ලිම්වරු මරද්දීද... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
KAMALIKA PIERIS Tamil Separatist Movement was highly critical of the state colonization schemes of the 1950s. They were not in the least interested in the development aspect of the schemes, only on the impact of Sinhala settlements on their precious Eelam. Tamil Separatist Movement charged that the colonization schemes, from the very beginning, were intended to Sinhalise the north and east, not develop the country. Ever since independence it has been the policy of both the UNP and the SLFP to undertake state aided Sinhala colonization schemes with the sole aim of altering the demographic profile... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
Royal Thai Embassy in Berlin On Sunday, August 4, 2024, H.E. Mr. Nadhavathna Krishnamra, Ambassador of Thailand, along with his spouse, Ms.Viphawan Benniman, Minister and embassy officials, participated in the International Buddhist Conference Academic to make the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Das Buddhistische Haus, the first Buddhist House in Europe, at the Zehlendorf Community Hall, Berlin. The event was organized by the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Germany and the German Dharmaduta Society with the participation of by ambassadors and representatives from embassies of countries practicing Buddhism, including Cambodia, India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand, as... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
Kamil Kerimov https://youtu.be/X2oEuSIZCuU... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean Education Minister Anders Adlercreutz (SPP) told Yle News he wants to take that step. If his legislation is approved by parliament, high schools would be in a position to begin offering a curriculum in English by the autumn of 2026 https://yle.fi/a/74-20121822 Education minister "confident" Finland will introduce English-language matriculation exam by 2028 The upper secondary exam is currently only available in Finnish or Swedish, but there has been growing demand to offer some high school students the option of taking it in English. The matriculation exam, which high school... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 05/11/24)
Firstpost India's central bank - the RBI - has announced that it secretly repatriated around 102 tonnes of gold stored in the Bank of England vaults. The gold, which is part of the RBI's reserves, had been pledged in London during the 1990s financial crisis. Why did the RBI decide to bring it back? Palki Sharma tells you. https://youtu.be/26ProKXH7sk... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ඉල්ලන්නේවත් නැතිව ලෝක බැංකුවෙන් ඩොලර් මිලියන 200ක් ලබාදුන් බව ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ ප්රධාන ලේකම් ටිල්වින් සිල්වා මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. මිරිහාන ප්රදේශයේ පැවැති ජාතික ජන බලවේග මහ මැතිවරණ ජන හමුවක් අමතමින් ඒ මහතා මේ බව පැවසුවේය. අද වන විට මෙරට ආණ්ඩුවකට ලැබුණු වැඩිම ජාත්යන්තර සහයෝගය හිමි ආණ්ඩුව බවට මෙම ආණ්ඩුව පත්ව ඇති බවද හෙතෙම පැවසීය. ‘ලෝක බැංකුව අපි ඉල්ලන්නෙත් නැතුව පහුගිය දවස්වල අපේ ආණ්ඩුවට ඩොලර් මිලියන 200ක් දුන්නා සංවර්ධන වැඩවලට පාවිච්චි කරගන්න කියලා’... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් මැතිවරණ කොමිසමේත් කනෙන් රිංගා රාජකාරි අවශ්යතා මත යනුවෙන් සඳහන් කර සී අයිද්ධියේ ප්රධාන පොලිස් පරීක්ෂක ඉන්දුක ද සිල්වා මහතාව සීඅයිඩියෙන් පොලිස් මුලස්ථානයට මාරු කිරීමට රවි සෙනෙවිරත්න මහතා ක්රියාකළ බවත්, රාජකාරි අවශ්යතා මත යැයි පැවසූවද කිසිම රාජකාරියක් ඔහුට පවරා නැති බවත් සර්වජන බලය කොළඹ දිස්ත්රික් අපේක්ෂක සහ පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව සදහන් කර සිටියේ අද දින (04) පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවති මාධ්ය හමුව හා එක් වෙමිනි. එහිදී තවදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ ඒ මහතා, "රවි සෙනෙවිරත්න මහතාගේ නොසැලකිල්ල නිසා පාස්කු... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Courtesy The Island When I wrote “Will SL govt. do better than the UK Labour administration?” (The Island, 18 October), I never imagined that there would be the need for a follow-up anytime soon but, as it happens, a downward spiral seems to have started already and cracks are appearing in the new administration of Sri Lanka. On top of the fracas about the Easter Sunday bomb attack probes, the pretty mask of the NPP, which won votes from even those sceptical about the JVP, seems to be coming off revealing... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
by Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island The Illankai Thamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) yesterday (03) dismissed Sarvajana Balaya claim that it had reached a post-general election understanding with the NPP government on the setting up of a federal structure in the Northern and Eastern Provinces and the inclusion of ITAK frontliner M. A. Sumanthiran, PC, in President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s cabinet as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. A senior party spokesperson said so when The Island sought the ITAK response to Sarvajana Balaya Colombo District candidate Udaya Gammanpila’s recent accusations regarding a clandestine agreement between the two parties. “We wouldn’t have responded to Gammanpila’s... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 04 (Daily Mirror)- NPP member Tilvin Silva refuted making any allegations of hidden money in Uganda, while saying that such claims were made by the SJBers. He told a news conference that it was the NPP which said the so-called containers of US Dollars were printed here and taken to Uganda. "We did not say any Uganda story. It was the SJBers who said that. We said those days that there could be hidden money in Uganda and other countries. We said the alleged containers full of dollars... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
by Garvin Karunaratne The Department for Development of Agricultural Marketing(Marketing Department) My desk at Tripoli Market had three telephones. Tripoli Market was a very large hanger, perhaps the largest hanger fixed by the British Armed Forces during the Second World War, taken over by the Marketing Department where the headquarters of the vegetable and fruit marketing scheme was housed. This was in 1957 when there were no hand phones and it was even difficult to get a phone connection. It was rare for three telephones to sit on a single table, but so it was and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 27 October – 02 November 2024 History is a joker who slaps us awake while its paid-up historians (anaesthetists, really) try to dope us asleep. Yet history is also recorded in our muscles & memories. More & more Sri Lankans are forced out of the country to seek more dollared work. The state keeps being obstructed from enabling skilled employment. We end up having to contend with the wage slavemasters of the world. And history,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean Today is 3rd November when All Saints (1st Nov) & All Souls (2nd Nov) are Peacefully-in-Slumber in Heaven when the Results of USA Elections Tumbled them from Slumber! The Two Options - Who Wins! 1: Donald Trump Wins! *Democrats Accept Defeat and Walks away with their Tails between their Legs! *Kamala Harris decides to open Mc Harris Potato Fries with Spicy Indian Fish Curry chain! *Elon Musk becomes the Globally First Trillionaire! *Vladimir Putin Announces that he will Unilaterally Declare Cease Fire... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
By Rocco Caldero Courtesy RIO TIMES (for Sri Lanka and Sovereignty amid Digital Hype?) November 1, 2024 (Opinion) The Kenyan government’s recent decision to grant diplomatic immunity to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has sparked significant controversy and raised alarm bells about power, accountability, and the timing of this move. This unprecedented decision shields the foundation and its staff from legal consequences for actions taken in their official capacity, a privilege typically reserved for diplomatic missions and international organizations. The timing of this decision is particularly noteworthy, as Bill... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, November 3 (The Island): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urgently recalled 15 ambassadors and high commissioners appointed based on political affiliations to Sri Lanka. According to sources within the ministry, Secretary Aruni Wijewardena has issued this directive. Among those recalled are Mohan Peiris, a former ambassador who served as the Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York; Rohitha Bogollagama, a former foreign minister appointed as the High Commissioner to the UK; Kshenuka Senewiratne, a former ambassador appointed as the High Commissioner to India; Chitrangani Wagishwara, appointed as the High Commissioner... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් ආණ්ඩුවේ මාධ්ය ප්රකාශක විජිත හේරත් ඇමැතිවරයා ආණ්ඩුව ණය ගෙන නොමැති බව ප්රකාශ කළ ද ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව මගින් තම වෙබ් අඩවියේ ආණ්ඩුව විසින් ණය ගත් බව පැහැදිලිව සඳහන් කර ඇති බව හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. රූපවාහිනී සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් ඒ මහතා පවසන්නේ ඉකුත් 29 වැනි දා ආණ්ඩුව විසින් කෝටි 14,500ක ණය ගෙන ඇති බව හා මහ බැංකුව එය සනාථ කර ඇති බවත්ය. වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුව එක් මසක දී කෝටි 76,875ක් ණය ගෙන ඇති බවත්, මේ වන විට සමස්තයක් ලෙස ආණ්ඩුව කෝටි 95, 875ක් ණය ගෙන ඇති බවත්, එවැනි... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
Courtesy Business Recorder Pakistan ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan has awarded 200 fully and partially funded scholarships to the 6th batch of Sri Lankan students under the Allama Muhammad Iqbal Scholarship Programme. Around 500 Sri Lankan students, apart from these awardees, are already pursuing their undergraduate, MS and PhD studies in leading universities in Pakistan. According to a HEC statement issued on Sunday, HEC in collaboration with the Pakistan High Commission, Colombo held a ceremony for the newly selected students in Colombo. General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defense Staff was the chief guest. High... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The country will crash like the Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) bus which toppled along the Dunhinda-Badulla Road if you don’t elect experienced persons to Parliament, former President Ranil Wickremeisinghe said over the weekend. Wickremesinghe, who was responding in lighter vein to a question during a forum held at the Arcade Independence Square, said the country will crash like the bus which toppled along the Dunhinda-Badulla Road if the people fail to elect experienced persons to Parliament. https://youtu.be/5b0ND7hRDrk... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 04/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 03 (Daily Mirror)- Former Presidents used to enjoy unlimited perks and privileges where they used to get organic vegetables that were grown in Nuwara Eliya every week for their consumption, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake revealed today. Speaking at an election rally in Nuwara Eliya, the President said he instructed the officials at the Presidential Secretariat to use the vegetables received from Nuwara Eliya to prepare food for security officials. "I learnt that organic vegetables had been grown in the land belonging to the President's House in Nuwara Eliya... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/11/24)
By Raj Gonsalkorale Paradox of Power: Militarily it is a unipolar world of U.S. hegemony; economically it is a multipolar world with U.S. leadership; but on many transnational issues – such as international terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the migration of people, epidemic disease, drugs, and environmental degradation – we live in a world only a step or two short of chaos (https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/american-power-the-world) The world awaits the decision of the voters of the USA on the 4th of November as to who will be their next President. Will it be Kamala Harris or... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/11/24)
Manuka Wijesinghe, WHAT IS GENDER IDENTITY. Wikipedia states that ‘gender identity’ is an individual self-conception of perceiving oneself as man or woman, as fluctuating between man and woman or being something outside of man and woman. Gender identity, despite political, social and lexical prominence, given to it, especially it in the last years; is an imagined state of selfhood. It is not science. It is an ideology. Empirically, there exists ONLY two biological sexes. Yet, gender ideology’s Denial of Reality is not only being pressed upon children, but been taught and proselytized through western institutions... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/11/24)
Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D. Michigan State University Posted on February 11th, 2022 One of my earlier papers which is appropriate for the moment- Garvin Karunaratne The Editorial of The Island tells it all: The challenge before us is to retrace our steps, figure out where we took wrong turns, and forge ahead in the right direction as many other nations have already done. Easier said than done, but there seems to be no other way.” The problem is that even to retrace our footsteps there is no consensus in learned opinions. Addressing the Tenth... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/11/24)
by Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island UNHRC in session (file photo) During the 57th Session of the UNHRC, Sri Lanka restated its opposition to HRC Resolution 51/1; a carryover of Resolution 46/1. These Resolutions were “consistently rejected” on grounds that the evidence gathering mechanism within the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) “is an unprecedented and ad hoc expansion of the Council’s mandate and contradicts its founding principles of impartiality, objectivity and non-selectivity”. The OHCHR’s mandate under Resolution HRC 46/1 states: “In March 2021, the United Nations Human Rights... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean At least and at last President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is Getting the Stick Out! The Sri Lankan Ambassadors & High Commissioners have been a Joke ! Most of these "His Excellencies" were enjoying High Life in their "Castles" overseas, pretending to be like jumped-up "Kings" at the expense of the country. One Ambassador, on the 4th February ordered his staff to position all the Sri Lankan guests at the bottom of the stairs, when the Ambassador & wife walked down the stairs, slowly, whilst the National Anthem played, the... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean Linkedin - In the second half of 2023, over 46 million fake accounts that were removed from LinkedIn Facebook-; Estimates that 4-5% of those accounts are fake, meaning there may be as many as 150 million fake accounts.7 Feb 2024 Google-; Prevented over 170 million policy-violating reviews and removed 12 million fake business profiles X - Twitter-; 20 million fake Twitter accounts. With a reported 500 million registered users, that comes out to roughly 4% of all Twitter accounts being fake (bots). Which Dating Site has the most fake profiles? Facebook was mentioned... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/11/24)
Declassified UK It comes as Keir Starmer suspended some arms exports to Israel last week, which the government said was partly due to “credible claims of the mistreatment of detainees”. However Royal Air Force (RAF) surveillance flights continue almost daily over Gaza to help Israel locate hostages held by Hamas. Campaigners fear the flight paths may be informed by intelligence Israel obtained through torture. Declassified has seen testimony from three Palestinian civilians who allege Israeli troops interrogated them about the location of hostages and tunnels while under extreme torture. Sharing such intelligence with Britain would breach rules designed... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Though the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Sri Lanka as a country free of measles, the country has been hit by cases once again since 2023, prompting the health authorities to declare a special vaccination week from November 4 to 9, according to a press release from the Health Promotion Bureau of the Health Ministry. The newly emerged cases are mostly reported in the 20-30 age group. The press release said the disease is then transmitted to children, particular to infants below nine. Those in the age 20-30 will be... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 2 (Daily Mirror)- The government has taken steps to complete the construction of the Central Expressway where discussions were held with the Japanese Ambassador to seek their assistance to complete its constructions, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today. Speaking at an election rally in Kandy, he said the government will take steps to find solutions to the traffic congestion in Kandy. He said a discussion was held recently to review the progress of the projects which have been launched in Kandy and that the government will take steps... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/11/24)
Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s Public Security Minister Vijitha Herath says that six individuals who allegedly acted in a manner that posed a threat to national security and the safety of tourists have been arrested, and that investigations are being carried out. A foreign national is also among the arrestees, the minister revealed. He stated that the suspects have been arrested in connection with the intelligence information received indicating a potential attack in the Arugam Bay area, as well as incidents involving the photographing of major financial sites in Colombo. Minister Herath noted... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 03/11/24)
TAPROBANE TV https://youtu.be/XaBCNJhvCU4... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/11/24)
Prof. Hudson McLean https://www.business-standard.com/finance/personal-finance/finland-needs-immigration-to-grow-here-s-how-indians-can-benefit-124102500666_1.html Immigration is set to keep Finland's population growing until 2070, according to a new population forecast from Statistics Finland. Released on Friday, this is the most optimistic projection in 17 years, predicting that immigration will help balance the Nordic country's declining birth rate. Read more....... 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 - 02/11/24)
By Kenyan Foreign Policy | October 26, 2024 A Kenyan advocate has filed a Freedom of Information, or Right to Information, request challenging the legal grounds for diplomatic immunities and privileges recently granted to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation by the Ruto administration. In a letter dated October 24, 2024, and addressed to Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, Dr. Owiso Owiso, an advocate of the Kenyan High Court, raised concerns over these privileges, which have attracted significant public criticism. “By the Privileges and Immunities (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) Order,... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/11/24)
By Palitha Ariyarathna Killing Fields Ceylon – 1818 The recent approval of the Upcountry Charter has ignited significant debate in Sri Lanka, provoking discussions that resonate far beyond the confines of the plantation estates. Designed to address the historical grievances of the Malaiyaha Thamilar community—descendants of laborers brought to Sri Lanka by British colonial rulers in the 19th century—the charter’s intentions may appear noble. However, its implications raise serious concerns about potential disruptions to the delicate fabric of Sri Lankan unity. In comparison to the African Tamil labor community, the Malaiyaha... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 02/11/24)
Palitha Ariyarathna CEO and Founder of Ceylon Watch Dear Valued Users, We regret to inform you that Ceylon Watch News is currently experiencing downtime due to a ransomware attack that has compromised our systems and infected approximately 11,904 files. Our team is working diligently to resolve the issue and restore services as quickly as possible. Incident Overview Recent investigations have identified multiple coordinated attempts to breach our site from various regions. Below are some key details: Suspicious Activities and Blacklisted IPs United States: IP Address: 204.8.98.45... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/11/24)
Courtesy Interfax CHELYABINSK. Nov 1 (Interfax) - Representatives of the Sintez plant in the Kurgan region, part of the Binnopharm Group pharmaceutical holding owned by AFK Sistema , and members of a delegation from Sri Lanka have discussed options for interaction and international cooperation in the pharmaceutical sector, Binnopharm's press service said. "The Sintez Plant, which produces a wide range of medical products not only for the Russian market but also for foreign markets, is a potentially interesting partner for us," Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia Pakeer Mohideen Amza was quoted as saying. Various... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Nov 01 (Daily Mirror) - The government has decided to recall 16 political appointees serving as ambassadors and high commissioners of Sri Lanka’s overseas missions with immediate effect, a Foreign Ministry source said yesterday. However, the list of the mission chiefs to be recalled was not available immediately. According to the source, the letters have already been sent to these mission heads. The source said the government, upon their return to the country with effect from December 1, will review their performances in the respective countries and decide whether... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 1 (Daily Mirror)- Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe could make a comeback as people may start looking up to him in the event of another economic crisis which looks to be a possibility, former MP and New Democratic Front (NDF) Kalutara District candidate Dr. Rajitha Senaratne said. “Wickremeisnghe could come back through Parliament to play a key role in restoring the nation in an eventual economic crisis, if he wants that way or he could play the role of an advisor if he does not want to come through the national... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/11/24)
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya Sajith Premadasa slammed President Anura Kumara Dissanayake for his recent comments about the media, asking Dissanayake to back off trying to control media narratives. "We would like to tell the President to stop advising and suppressing the media," Premadasa said at a meeting on Thursday. "The President is not speaking about the media the same way he did when he was a Presidential candidate. He used to speak about the freedom, rights and safety of the media, but now President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/11/24)
Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. https://youtu.be/tIoGUnHl_bI... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/11/24)
Supreme විනාශකාරී නින්දිත පාස්කු ප්රහාරය දේශපාලන කුමන්ත්රණයක්ද? අන්තවාදී ප්රහාරයක්ද? ''විශේෂ ජනහඬ'' | SPECIAL JANAHANDA PROGRAM | මහාචාර්ය රොහාන් ගුණරත්න මහතා සමගින්. https://youtu.be/JK8xSm8LeiA... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/11/24)
Dr Sarath Obeysekera Chairman Advisory Board under EDB for development of Offshore and Marine sector Digitisation and Benevolent Dictatorship: Controlling Bureaucracy and Corruption in the State Sector in Sri Lanka Introduction The intersection of digitisation and governance presents an opportunity to minimize bureaucracy and corruption, especially in the context of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) project approvals. In many third-world countries, the concept of a benevolent dictatorship can play a crucial role in streamlining processes and ensuring accountability within the state sector. This framework aims to outline how digitisation, coupled with... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/11/24)
Philosopheasy Former Swiss intelligence officer Jacques Baud claims "The USA understood that Ukraine is lost." Is he right? Are we witnessing the West's silent acceptance of defeat in Ukraine? In this episode, we delve deep into the realities of the Ukraine war, beyond the propaganda and wishful thinking. We examine: The Shifting Sands of Strategy: From dreams of a swift victory to the grim reality of a war of attrition. Beyond the Bravado: Russia's resilience and adaptation, the West's miscalculations, and the limitations of our military aid. Whispers of Doubt: Growing dissent within NATO, the economic strain of... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/11/24)
Ministry of Defence - Media Centre Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) conducted an inspection visit to the Centre for Defence Research and Development (CDRD) located in Pitipana, Homagama, on wednesday (Oct 30). Director General of the CDRD, Maj. Gen. Imal Assalaratchi, warmly welcomed the Defence Secretary. During the visit, the Defence Secretary was briefed on the operations of the CDRD, military-critical high-tech equipment, its ongoing projects and future plans. During the visit, he also engaged in a discussion with the officials. At the conclusion of the visit, the Director General presented... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/11/24)
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් මෙරට මුහුණ දෙන වැඩ වර්ජන අමිහිරි අත්දැකීම් ඉදිරි පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණය පැවැත්වෙන දාහතරවෙනිදායින් පසු අවසන් වන බව ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ කොළඹ දිස්ත්රික් පාර්ලිමේන්තු අපේක්ෂක ලක්ෂ්මන් නිපුනආරච්චි මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. ඒ සඳහා පළමු පියවර තම පාර්ශවයෙන් තබමින් තම පක්ෂය සම්බන්ධ සියලුම වෘත්තීය සමිති විසුරුවාරින බවද ඔහු කියා සිටී. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයේ ජන හමුවක් අමතමින් ඔහු මෙම අදහස් පළ කරන ලදී. “අපේ රටේ බොහොම අමිහිරි අත්දැකීම් තියෙන්නේ. ළමයා ඉස්කෝලෙ යනවා..දවසක් ගුරුවරු ස්ට්රයික්, තව දවසක් විදුහල්පති ස්ට්රයික්, තව දවසක් අනධ්යන කාර්යය මණ්ඩලය ස්ට්රයික්, ඉස්පිරිතාලෙට යනවා බේත් ගන්න..එක දවසක් ඩොක්ටර්ස්ලා ස්ට්රයික්, තව දවසක්... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 01/11/24)
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