H. L. D. Mahindapala Mangala Samaraweera’s speech apologising to UNHRC High Commissioner, Michelle Bachelet was rather difficult to read on my PC because my screen was blurred with his crocodile tears shed for human rights. Simultaneously, his tears were interspersed with scorn and anger against the Sri Lankan delegates who dared to challenge the questionable […]

Dr Sudath Gunasekara April 6, 2019   11:53 pm The delegation of the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has visited the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka. The SPT Delegation met with Dr. Deepika Udagama, Chairperson of the Commission and Commissioners Ms. Ramani Muttetuwegama and Ms. Ambika Satkunanathan and discussed issues of mutual […]

Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Geneva An interactive scholarly discussion on the significance of the Tripitaka as a world heritage took place at the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) headquarters in Geneva, continuing the week-long celebrations-‘Tripitakabivandana‘. The event was also intended to raise awareness among States that follow the Buddhist traditions, […]

Dr Sarath obeysekera I wonder what questions were asked during interview  If I was in the interview I would have posed following questions Was he a politician  ever ?( if GCE is required he cannot be a politician!) Is he a Buddhist ( disqualification!) Has he ever killed an animal ( I not he cannot […]

 lanka C news පැරණි කාලයේ රජරට සමාජය සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම ගොඩනැගුනේ වී වලින් බව අගමැති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා පවසයි. එමගින් විශාල වශයෙන් ලාභ ලැබූ බවද පැවසූ අගමැතිවරයා එනිසාම රජවරුන් දෙතුන් වතාවක් බදු අයකල බවද පැවසීය. පරාක්‍රමබාහු රජතුමා ද වැට් බදු පැනවූ බව පැවසූ අගමැතිවරයා වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුවට දොස් පැවරීමට පෙර ඒ බව ද සිහි තබා ගන්නැයිද කියා සිටියේය. […]

Courtesy Sputnik News In a milestone for cosmological research, astronomers have announced that they will reveal on Wednesday the first-ever photographic image of a black hole. CC0Space is Common Heritage of Mankind, Every Nation Responsible For Avoiding Militarisation of Space – IslamabadIn what is being heralded as a key scientific breakthrough, scientists from around the world will […]

Yohan Perera and Athula Bandara in Anuradhapura Courtesy The Daily Mirror People were taxed even during the time of King Parakramabahu, although it was criticized today, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said at the 52nd Aluth Sahal Mangalaya at Jaya Srimaha Bodhi in Anurdhapura this morning. King Parakramabahu used impose tax on people, especially when harvest […]

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කිහිප දෙනෙකුට නොව බහුතර ජනතාවට තේරෙන භාෂාවෙන් උපරිමාධිකරණ නඩු තීන්දු ලබාගැනීමේ උත්සාහයේ තවත් එක් පියවරක් ලෙස සිංහල නීති වාර්තා දැක්විය හැකිය. ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය සහ අභියාචනාධිකරණය විසින් ලබා දෙන නඩු තීන්දු රෙජිස්ට්‍රාර්වරයාගේ නිල මුද්‍රාව සහ අත්සන සහිතව සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් ලබාගෙන ඒවා නීති සංග්‍රහයක් ආකාරයට සිංහල නීති වාර්තා ලෙස ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇත. යටත් විජිත යුගයේ සිට මේ දක්වාම […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Being predominantly a agricultural nation, it is a worthy cause initiated by the government of  to develop agriculture at home garden level  as well as in National Level, due to the fact that Industrial Revolution Initiated by Previous Regimes have miserably failed. I read the budget proposals with a keen interest and […]

PANEETHA AMERESEKERE Courtesy Ceylon Today Government of Sri Lanka’s (GoSL’s) foreign debt payments cost the country’s foreign reserves US$ 813.26 million last month (March) alone, latest official data showed. Additionally, this month (April), at least one foreign debt amounting to $ 500 million which also matures has to be repaid. This is a $ 500 […]

Courtesy The Island The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has last week run a news documentary presented as an “exclusive” with investigative reporting from its South Asia Correspondent about Australian cattle exported to Sri Lanka dying and being malnourished. The report said that about 500 Australian and New Zealand dairy cows, shipped to Sri Lanka, under […]

Courtesy The Island (Colombo, AFP) – A Sri Lankan novelist has been arrested for writing about homosexuality in the Buddhist clergy and charged with violating international human rights law, officials said Tuesday, outraging free speech advocates. Shakthika Sathkumara, 33, was arrested in Polgahawela on Monday and remanded in custody for nine days after monks complained […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS C.A .Chandraprema writing on the Joint Opposition May Day rally of   2017 observed that ‘crowds at meetings have always been a way of judging which way the political winds are blowing. Those above their mid-fifties and above remember the 1977 May Day held in Maradana which at that time had been considered the […]

මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය.නිදහස් වෙළ`ද කලාප සහ පොදු සේවා සේවක සංගමය 2019 අපේ‍්‍රල් මස 05 වන දින ප‍්‍රවෘත්ති අධ්‍යක්‍ෂ/කතෘ, සිය`ඵම විද්්‍යුත් මාධ්‍ය ආයතන හා පුවත් පත් වෙත, ප‍්‍රවෘත්ති අධ්‍යක්‍ෂකතුමනි/ප‍්‍රධාන ප‍්‍රවෘත්ති කතෘතුමනි, ‘වසර 08 ක් ගත වූ 2011 මැයි 30 වන දින කටුනායක පොලිස් ප‍්‍රහාරය මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් කඩ කිරීමක් ’ ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය තීරණය කරයි. වින්දිතයින්ට වන්දි රජයෙන් ගෙවිය යුතුයි. […]

අද දින (05) පැවැති මාධ්‍ය හමුවට සහභාගි වූ නියෝජිතයින් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී රංජිත් සොයිසා මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී දිලුම් අමුණුගම මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී රංජිත් සොයිසා මහතා මාසයක් පුරා සාකච්ඡාවට ලක්වුනු 2019 සදහා වූ අයවැය ලේඛණයට ඡන්දය විමසීමට නියමිතව තියෙනවා. රටේ ආර්ථික දේශපාලන තත්ත්වයත් සමග මේ අයවැය හුදු ලියවිල්ලක් මිස ඉදිරි දශකය සදහා කළ ආයෝජනයක් ලෙස අපි දකින්නේ […]

A NOTE from Retd Brigadier Hiran N. Halangode (of Gemunu Watch) Michael   [Alan Keenan’s recent press release] is a typical tale of the sort of stories peddled in the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka. The socio-economic conditions prevailing in the neighbouring districts of Uva and the North Central Provinces are very similar.  These INGOs spread […]

Dr. Sarath Obeysekera චුන්නාකම් ප්‍රදේශයේ භූගත ජලයට හානි වි ඇති හෙයින් එම ප්‍රදේශයේ ජනතාව රුපියල් ලක්ෂ 200ක වන්දියක් ගෙවන ලෙස චුන්නාකම් විදුලි බලාගාර පාලනාධිකාරියට ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය නියෝග කළේය. ඒ පාරිසරික ක්‍රියාකාරිකයෙකු වන ආචාර්ය රවින්ද්‍ර කාරියවසම් මහතා ගොනු කළ පෙත්සමක තීන්දුව ප්‍රකාශ කරමිනි.  එම විදුලි බලාගාරය හේතුවෙන් භූගත ජලයට තෙල් හා ග්‍රීස් මිශ්‍රණය වී ඇති හෙයින් ප්‍ර […]

Source: Xinhua| Editor: Shi Yinglun Courtesy Xinhua COLOMBO, April 5 (Xinhua) — Sri Lanka’s national air carrier, Sri Lankan Airlines, on Friday said it had formulated a five-year strategic business plan to transform the island country into a strategic hub for air travel and air cargo in the Asia-Africa-Middle East region. The plan will be […]

By GCR Staff Courtesy  Global Construction Review The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has announced funding for projects worth $280m in Sri Lanka and $40m in Laos. In the case of Sri Lanka, $200m will go towards low-income housing in Colombo. Some 5,500 homes will be given to people living in dilapidated housing with poor […]

Esther Taunton Courtesy Stuff The Australian company behind a live export programme which allegedly left hundreds of cattle dead says it is unlikely to ship any more animals from New Zealand under the scheme. The Australian company behind a live export programme which allegedly left hundreds of cattle dead says it is unlikely to ship any more […]

Dan Satherley Courtesy Newshub Sri Lankan farmers are reportedly suicidal after going broke in a dairy deal with Australia and New Zealand that’s turned sour. Out of 5000 imported cattle so far, hundreds have died and the rest have turned out “overpriced, unhealthy and infertile”, according to report by Australia’s ABC News.  Video shows appalling […]

SUBMITTED BY DEEPIKA ATTYGALLE Courtesy The World Bank Nurses in Sri Lanka. Photo: World Bank Today on World Health Day, we can say with confidence that Sri Lanka’s healthcare system has delivered on many of its promises. This year’s focus on universal health care is a timely reminder that Sri Lanka is still reaping the benefits of […]

Andy Brown Courtesy International Construction Colombo is the largest city in Sri Lanka The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has announced funding of US$280 million for two projects in Sri Lanka. The money is for two projects – US$200 million for improving housing conditions for low-income communities in Colombo by constructing affordable housing and redeveloping […]

Courtesy Morning Star (UK) Nirj Deva (left) at the European Parliament THE owners of a power station in Sri Lanka linked to a Tory MEP have been fined tens of thousands of pounds by the country’s supreme court for polluting local water supplies. Nirj Deva, Conservative MEP for South East England, was a director of Northern Power […]

Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror Public servants who were inconvenienced by the suspension of duty free vehicle imports will be allowed to open Letters of Credits (LCs) after June 1, 2019, Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera said today. He told parliament that the issuance of vehicle permits were suspended as a practical […]

Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Election Commissioner has informed Speaker that it will not be possible to hold the provincial council elections this year as the changes to the Provincial Council Elections Amendment Act has not been made on time, UPFA MP Dallas Alahaperuma told Parliament today. He said the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The third reading of the Budget 2019 was passed in parliament with amendments a short while ago. The Budget proposal was passed with a majority of 45 votes as 119 MPs voted in favor and 74 voted against the Budget. The United National Front (UNF) and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) voted in […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS The yahapalana regime initiated with the 2015 presidential election had undisclosed motives and a deformed face in its operation to the country and the pattern of its operation showed that it was associated with highly dishonest elements. At the outset, Mr. Maithrepala Sirisena didn’t know about the president of the party (Swan […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS According to political analysts and journalists, several candidates have named as potential aspirants for the next presidential election in Sri Lanka, which will be scheduled to hold ending 2019. The major shortcoming of such ad-hoc naming is that not a single journalist names a woman candidate and it seems that although political […]