Archive for August, 2016
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
වෛද්ය කේ.එම්. වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින පාර්ලිමේන්තුව තුළ මන්ත්රීවරුන්ගේ ප්රශ්න වලට සාධාරණ උත්තරයක් ලබානොදෙන ”යහපාලන රෙජීමය” පාර්ලිමේන්තුවෙන් පරිභාහිරව ව්යවස්ථා සම්පාදක සභාවක් නිර්මාණය කොට මන්ත්රීවරු සියලු දෙනාගේ සහභාගීත්වයෙන් ව්යවස්ථාවක් හැදීමට තරම් ‘ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදී’ වන්නේ කුමක් නිසාද? විපක්ෂයේ විවිධ කණ්ඩායම් එම ප්රශ්නයට තර්කානුකූල උත්තරයක් සොයාගත් බවක් මහජනයාට පෙනෙන්නේ නැත. කෙසේ වෙතත් මෙම නව ක්රමවේදය තේරීමට ආණ්ඩුවට බලකරන්නේ නිල […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
කතුවැකිය උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින කෘෂිකර්ම ඇමැතිවරයා ඉතා විශාල මුදලක් ගෙවා තම අමාත්යාංශය සඳහා ගොඩනැඟිල්ලක් මිලදී ගත් කතාව මාස හතරක් පහක් පරණ කතාවකි. කෘෂිකර්ම ඇමැතිවරයා ගිය මගම අනුගමනය කරමින් තවත් ඇමැතිවරුද ඒ ආකාරයට ගොඩනැඟිලි මිලදී ගත් කතාවද පරණය. එවැනි බොහෝ ඇමැතිවරු සිය අමාත්යාංශ එම ගොඩනැඟිලිවල ආරම්භ කළ කතාවද, එම ගොඩනැඟිලි සඳහා මිල අධික බඩු බාහිරාදිය ගැනීමේ […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
Sugath Samarasinghe I learn that the Sri Lanka Tourist Board under the Minister of Tourism and Christian Affairs(a curious combination!) has signed an MOU with the Government of India to create Ramayana Tourist Trail in Sri Lanka. I recall that such an effort came up when the last UNP government was last in office in […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
Editorial Courtesy The Island August 2, 2016, 8:16 pm Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Nimal Siripala de Silva took pride in telling the world the other day about Ravana, the mythical Lankan king thought to have been capable of super human feats. He told an international conference of aviation high-flyers in Colombo on Monday that […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
Couresy The Daily Start (Lebanon) COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Two Sri Lankan economists told a summit attended by President Maithripala Sirisena and his finance minister Tuesday the government’s economic policies were destabilizing and inconsistent, one calling its price controls “supreme idiocy.” Sri Lanka has been struggling against a balance of payments crisis, partly caused by heavy […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
Courtesy Asia Times China Communication Construction Company (CCCC) has dropped its claim against the Sri Lankan government for $143 million in compensation for delaying the $1.4 billion Colombo Port City development, in return for getting additional land for the project, the government said on Tuesday. The news completes a U-turn on the Port City project […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
by C. A. Chandraprema Courtesy The Island August 2, 2016, 8:19 pm The Joint Opposition’s pada yathra from Kandy to Colombo over five days from the 28th of July to the 1st August undoubtedly made political history. This country has not seen anything like it before. I observed the commencement of the pada yathra in Kandy […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
by C. R. de Silva, Retired World Bank Official Courtesy The Island August 2, 2016, 8:17 pm IMF PROGRAM CONTEXT: In two recent feature stories published in The Island, ( titled Sri Lanka – Case for $ 3-4.5 Billion in IMF Funding in May 2016 and Sri Lanka – Avoiding the Road to Greece? on 13 […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island National Freedom Front (NFF) MP Jayantha Samaraweera yesterday alleged that the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) hadn’t initiated an inquiry into his complaint in respect of the Agriculture Ministry renting a building for a five-year period at a staggering cost of about Rs 1bn. Kalutara District […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
Dayan Jayatilake Courtesy The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka’s former Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Dayan Jayatilake has sent the following statement as a right of reply to the statement made by Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera since Mr. Jayatilake’s name has been mentioned. I write to refute a statement made with direct reference to me, […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
මාධ්යවේදීන් ඉදිරිපත්කල ප්රශ්න https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/OJnGVmMDbt5CmGDtJNfH9Sz-55FyApHjcCI2neNIgDJUOnTNykUC-Vx1mKYzztAGG5oj-XzNxuutowM=w1280-h720-n-k-rw Gnasara thero at Galle .mov 1- පාද යාත්රාව පිලිබදව ඔබ වහන්සේගේ අදහස කුමක්ද? 2- ජන සටන රැලියට ක්රීඩාංගනය නොදීම පිලිබදව ඔබ වහන්සේගේ අදහස කුමක්ද? ( මෙම ප්රශ්න සදහා ඥානසාර හිමි ලබාදුන් පිළිතුරු වීඩියෝව තුල ඇතුලත්ය) මේරටේ පාලකයින් හා වගකිවයුත්තන් සංහිදියාවක් යැයි ජනතාවට නොතේරෙන අටමගලයන් ගැන කතාකරමින් සිටින අතර අන්යආගමික මූලධර්මවාදී කණ්ඩායම් […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
Senaka WEERARATNA UDRS It is time that Cricket lovers of India join hands with the rest of the Cricket loving world to drive home to the rather rigid mind set of the controllers of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that their stance on opposing UDRSwithout good convincing reasons, make them appear ridiculous and silly in the eyes […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
RT If Muslims in France don’t help the country to battle extremists and those who threaten the Republic, it will be “increasingly hard” for Paris to guarantee freedom of Islam, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said. “Through its history and its geography… and through its immigration, France maintains very strong ties with Islam,” Valls wrote […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: Eminent cultural personality and the chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi, Padma Shri Shekhar Sen will attend the next ‘Guest of the Month’ program of Guwahati Press Club (GPC). The interactive session with the distinguished singer, music composer, actor & theatre director is scheduled to start at 1 pm on 7 August […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Cabinet Spokesman and Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne revealed today that the Chinese funded ‘Port City Project’ (PCP) initiated by the Mahinda Rajapaksa government had to be suspended and re-visited under pressure from India. He told the weekly Cabinet news briefing that a new tripartite contract would be signed shortly with all […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
Sarath Obeysekera I am glad that I opened the Pandoras box ( by the way my blog is called pandorasbox 50) to raise the importance of the Ambulance Service in UK and also in Sri Lanka ,which is the subject of many news items today .I never meant to run down or criticize the ambulance […]
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Monday, August 1st, 2016
S. Akurugoda Addressing a meeting in Mawanella , President Maithripala Sirisena has said that if the previous government had governed the country properly its members, currently in the Opposition, would not have had to hoof it until they got blisters on their soles. Speaking further, President has said ” The previous government had boasted of […]
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Monday, August 1st, 2016
Sudath Gunasekara 1.8.2016 Dear patriots, Please see the following news item in the HINDU today. Last year For Estate Tamils, South Indian indentured labour brought by the British to work on their plantations on native lands taken by force 1 A separate Ministry for Hill country Village and Infrastructure Development and a 10 year special […]
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Monday, August 1st, 2016
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former President and Kurunegala District MP Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday vowed to bounce back to power and not to leave again, assuring to bring his followers to the ‘required places’ when they assume office next time. Addressing the final day rally of the Jana Satana Paada Yathra at Lipton Circus in Colombo, […]
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Monday, August 1st, 2016
උපුටාගැණීම නෙත් ජනාධිපති මෛත්රිපාල සිරිසේන මහතා සහ අගමැති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා ඒකාධිපති පාලනයක් පවත්වාගෙන යන බවට හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා චෝදනා කළා. මීළඟ ජනසටන පාද යාත්රාව අවසන් කරන්නේ ආණ්ඩු බලය ලබා ගැනීමෙන් බවයි ජන සටන පාද යාත්රාව අවසන් කරමින් පැවති රැළිය අමතමින් හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා කියා සිටියේ. අපි ඊළඟ පාර එන්නේ යන්න නෙවෙයි. […]
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Monday, August 1st, 2016
Adaderana Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that the next time they arrive in a protest march with the masses, it will be to take everything away” and that today was just a rehearsal” for that. He was addressing a gathering at the Lipton Circus today (Aug. 1), which was a culmination of the 5-day Jana […]
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Monday, August 1st, 2016
lanka C news ඒකාබද්ද විපක්ෂය විසින් සංවිධානය කරන ලද ජනසටන පාද යාත්රාව අවසන් කරමින් ජනරැළිය පැවැත්වීම සඳහා ලිප්ටන් වටරවුම දෙසට ගමන් කරමින් තිබේ. පෙලපාලිය මරදානෙන් හැරී ගමන් කරන අතර හයිඞ් පිටියද ඇත්තේ මෙම මාර්ගයේය. දැනට පැයකට පමණ පෙර ආණ්ඩුව විසින් කැම්බල් පිටිය ලබා දුන්නද සංවිධයකයෝ එය ප්රතික්ෂෙප කර ඇත. රැළියේ සජීව විකාශණය බලාපොරොත්තු වන්න. එතෙක් පාර්ලිමේන්තු […]
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Monday, August 1st, 2016
lanka C news ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්ෂයේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රිවරුන්ට ලබා දී ඇති ප්රභූ ආරක්ෂක නිලධාරීන් පාද යාත්රාවේ අවසන් දින ඉතාමත් සූක්ෂම ලෙස ඉවත්කරවා ඔවුන්ගේ ජීවිත අවදානමට ඇද දැමීමේ මෙහෙයුමක පොලිස්පති පූජිත ජයසුන්දර මහතා නිරතව සිටන බව ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ නායක, ‘ජන සටන පාද යාත්රා ජාතික මෙහෙයුම් කමිටු සාමාජික විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා හෙළිදරව් කරයි. ඊයේ (31) රාත්රී ‘ජන […]
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Monday, August 1st, 2016
By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando As an extension to my ‘Feedback on Uropathy and Gau Mutra’ article which appeared in Ceylon Today newspaper on 13 April, just three months after a diabetic patient from Kalutara was referred to Dr. Mass R. Usuf, President of the National Association of Homoeopaths and Affiliates and Sri Lanka’s former […]
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Monday, August 1st, 2016
SARATH OBEYSEKERA Does anyone remember how India dropped bags of Dahl in North during war times India can surely drop few tons of Dahl and rice on to Gulf desert ? After we sign Etca we may have many Indians who may starve in time to come the way things are going Then India can […]
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Monday, August 1st, 2016
Courtesy Middle East eye At least 10,000 Indian workers in Saudi Arabia have gone without food for several days after being laid off and not being paid their salaries. New Delhi was working on Sunday to feed more than 10,000 Indian labourers stranded in the Gulf with no wages after losing their jobs, in what […]
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