Dr. Sudath Gunasekara 19. 7.2017 I am making these few comments as a deeply concerned person on the pitiful plight of the Kandyan Peasants in particular and generally on the ongoing disastrous and treacherous programme of the present government for the serious attention of all citizens who love their country and the Sinhala nation. I […]

ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකරගේ  නිරීක්ෂණ 13-07-2017  යෝජිත මෙම පනත වු කලී 1505 සිට 1948 දක්වා වසර 443 ක් පුරා පෘතුගිසි, ඕලන්ද සහ බි්‍රතාන්‍ය විදේශිය ආක්‍රමනිකයින්ගෙන් තම රට ජාතිය හා සම්බුද්ධ ශාසනය ආරක්ෂාකොට ගැනීම  සඳහා දිවිහිමියෙන් සටන් වැද දසදහස් ගණනින් ජිවිත පරිත්‍යාග කොට තම උරුමයන් සියල්ල අහිමි කොටගෙන තම උපන් බිමේම අනාථයින් බවට පත්ව සිටින මේ රටේ නියම […]

Animal Welfare Advisory Committee Press Release  We make this statement as the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (AWAC) to Minister Faiszer Musthapha to publicly express our dissent at the continuing massacre of dogs in Sri Lanka, despite the No-Kill Policy on Dogs that is effective in Sri Lanka, as well as the Minister’s promise to the […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera I  Was at a pre-alms giving function held at my brother’s place last night .Serman was delivered by a  young monk who has come to Sri Lank from Bangladesh when he  was small ( now  he may be in late twenties) gave an insight of our society .His controversial serman was about […]

BY FAIZER SHAHEID Courtesy Ceylon Today The current regime came to power promising to restore democracy, human rights, and rule of law while eradicating corruption, nepotism, and impunity. Thirty months later, the government appears to be struggling to escape after ensnaring itself. Rule of law was one of its foremost slogans it carried forth, and for […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A letter was handed over to the Speaker of Parliament stating that five members of the National Freedom front (NFF) representing the UPFA will withdraw from the constitutional assembly. The letter signed by MP’s Wimal Weerawansa, Weerakumara Dissnayake, Jayantha Smaraweera, Udayashantha Gunasekara and Niroshan Premarathna cited ten reasons for the decision. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The South-Asian Institute for Technology and Medicine (SAITM) today said that as per the Cabinet Memorandum approved by the Cabinet, the mortgage rights of the Dr. Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital (NFTH) will remain with the Bank of Ceylon (BoC) until such time all loans are repaid by SAITM within the next […]

By Ayshwarya Yapa Courtesy Adaderana Joint Opposition’s Parliamentarian Bandula Gunawardana stated that the third tranche of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) loan was granted to Sri Lanka as a result of the National Inland Revenue Act which was presented to the Parliament. He stated this at a press conference of the Joint Opposition today (19). Gunawardana further […]

TradeArabia News Service DUBAI, Emirates’ iconic A380 aircraft will make a one-off landing at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Colombo on August 14 as the airline joins local authorities in the celebration of the airport’s resurfaced runway. The special flight, operating as EK654 from Dubai, will be the first A380 aircraft to disembark passengers […]

france24.com Sri Lanka’s sports minister gave his support Wednesday for an investigation into the country’s controversial 2011 World Cup loss against India, amid fresh allegations of match fixing. The South Asian nation lost the World Cup decider by six wickets at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai, stunning the cricket-mad island. Then Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara […]

incentivetravel.co.uk ONYX Hospitality Group, one of Asia’s leading hotel management companies, has launched a brand-new Amari property in Sri Lanka’s historic southwest coastal city of Galle. The 172-room Amari Galle, located a short distance from the UNESCO World Heritage Galle Fort, is ONYX Hospitality Group’s third hotel in Sri Lanka. This hotel is also the […]

dezeen.com SOM has won a competition to design a new district for Sri Lankan city Colombo, with a design featuring numerous skyscrapers, a marina, canals and a park, influenced by the country’s tropical climate. The finance and marina district masterplan was designed by SOM for CHEC Port City Colombo, which is looking to transform 269 hectares of reclaimed land beside Colombo’s central business […]

19 July 2017 | By GCR Staff Courtesy  GCR global construction review.com Website of the Chartered Institute of Building Major US architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has won a three-horse race to design the centre of Sri Lanka’s controversial, Chinese backed Port City of Colombo. The competition was held to gather design concepts for the financial district […]

Courtesy mail on line Australia will provide AUS$500,000 (US$400,000) to fund the World Health Organization’s dengue prevention and control measures in Sri Lanka, where the virus has claimed 250 lives and infected nearly 100,000 people this year Australia will join Sri Lanka in its war on dengue fever, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Wednesday, as […]

By SANJA DE SILVA JAYATILLEKA Courtesy The Island July 18, 2017, 12:00 pm “They are commitments that Sri Lanka voluntarily undertook in the light of 70 years of experience of Transitional Justice since the Nuremberg trials…”-Ben Emmerson QC, UN Special Rapporteur One of the two resolutions adopted at the 5th regular session of the UN Human […]

RANJITH SOYSA Dr Buddhadasa Hewavithrana was my lecturer at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya and later I looked up to him as my guru and guide in the fields of social and economic development of Sri Lanka. I admired his wealth of knowledge and his sharp ability to stand proud by the ordinary people of […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Quote FEE FOR GARBAGE COLLECTION –It is high time …….. Photograph above shows three garbage bins kept in the car porch in front of a house in London .If the occupants place wet food left overs in blue or green bin other than in the gray bin,collectors will not touch it .People […]

V.Anandasangaree  Secretary General – TULF The great leaders of the Federal Party and the All Ceylon Tamil Congress Hon.S.J.V.Chelvanayagam Q.C and Hon.G.G.Ponnambalam Q.C respectively, merged their parties to form the Tamil United Front, later change its name as Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF). Of those who contested on the TULF ticket and won in 1977, […]

කුසල් පෙරේරා විිසිනි උපුටාගැණීම ලංකාදීප  ‘‘ඔබට වෛද්‍යවරයකුගේ බෙහෙත් තුණ්ඩුව කියවා ගැනීමට තරම් ඔහුගේ අත්අකුරු පැහැදිලි නොවන්නට පුළුවන. එහෙත් ඔහුගේ අය කිරීමේ තුණ්ඩුව ඔබට ඉතා පැහැදිලිව ලියා ලැබෙනු ඇත.’’ – (අර්ල් විල්සන්) සයිටම් ආයතනය වසා දමන තෙක් සටන අත්නොහරින බවට සපථ කළ වෛද්‍ය සංගමයේ ලොක්කෝ සතියකට පමණ ඉහතින් සටන පාවා දුන්හ. ඊට දින කිහිපයකට පෙර ඔවුන් සිතූයේ […]

Thomson Reuters Foundation. Colombo Courtesy Gulf Times  During Sri Lanka’s May floods, rescue crews in Kiriella, a small town in Rathnapura district, spotted a remarkable sight. A middle-aged woman, trudging through waist-deep floodwater, clutched a rooster carefully above the torrent, while a small girl struggled to hold onto the woman’s waist, at times barely able to […]

Courtesy The Straits Times Both Singapore and Sri Lanka are committed to concluding negotiations on a free trade agreement before the end of the year, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said in Colombo yesterday. “It will be a modern, comprehensive, high-quality, ambitious free trade agreement. It will demonstrate to the world that both of us are […]

UkrAgroConsult Sri Lanka has offered to purchase 500,000 tonnes of high-quality rice from Myanmar through a government-to-government contract, said U Aung Soe , director general of Myanmar Trade Promotion Team under the Ministry of Commerce. The offer to buy 200,000 tonnes of parboiled rice and 300,000 tonnes of white rice was made last week. Parboiled […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Maithripala Sirisena is reported to have asked at today’s Cabinet meeting as to who gave permission for UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism Ben Emmerson to meet LTTE suspects in prison. Mr. Emmerson who concluded his mission in Sri Lanka accused it of using torture against people detained […]

Courtesy Reuters COLOMBO, July 18 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Tuesday, marking their fifth session of decline in six, although foreign investors continued to buy stocks. Domestic investors were concerned about a possible increase in interest rate, analysts said, after the International Monetary Fund said further monetary policy tightening in Sri Lanka […]

Xinhua   Sri Lanka’s Tourism Minister John Amaratunga Tuesday said direct air links with China have boosted the country’s tourism market as more Chinese tourists are now choosing Sri Lanka as a holiday destination. Amaratunga said there are direct air links between Colombo and Chinese cities without transit and the country is expecting the tourism market […]

Courtesy reuters.com Further monetary tightening is desirable – IMF IMF completes delayed second review of $1.5 bln loan Sri Lanka awaits $167.2 mln third tranche of loan New Inland Revenue Act will support fiscal consolidation – IMF COLOMBO, July 18 (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that further monetary policy tightening in Sri […]

Courtesy dailywaffle.co.uk Sri Lanka is a jewel of an island off the southeast coast of India, boasting breath-taking beaches and dense jungles. With its sprawling ancient cities, towering temples and thriving wildlife, the landscape, culture and people weave a beautiful and heady tapestry that captivates visitors from all over the world. Despite being just a […]

IMF July 17, 2017 IMF Executive Board completed the second review of Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement, which enables the disbursement of about US$ 167.2 million. The new Inland Revenue Act will support fiscal consolidation, make the tax system more efficient and equitable, and generate resources for social and development programs. Further accumulating […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala There are clear indications in Prof. Laksiri Fernando’s  response to my comment that he suffers from the common disease that affects some academics in the professoriate : they can’t hold two thoughts together and balance both in their pinheads to either think straight or arrive at a rational / logical conclusion. […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Sri Lanka   has a very valuable asset in its harbours and ports, due to its strategic geographic location. Only Colombo however, has been fully developed as a commercial port. The port of Colombo is a sheltered port with breakwaters. It undertakes oil handling, bunkering, cargo handling and container handling. Colombo port in 2016 […]