Archive for August 22nd, 2019
Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
By Rifat Halim Three Idiots is a classic Hindi movie that features a group of morons. Sri Lanka has gone one step further by producing three modayas and a blind woman in real life. Future historians would be hard-pressed to explain Sri Lanka’s civil conflict (1983 – 2009). How could a small section of a microscopic minority […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
වාගිස ප්රනාන්දු විසිනි. පසුගියදා ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් මේවනවිටත් ඒජාපය ප්රමුඛ සංධානයෙන් මීළග ජනාධිපතිවරනය සදහා අපේක්ෂකත්වය බලාපොරොත්තුවෙන් සිටින සජිත් ප්රේමදාසට පොළොන්නරුවේදී චරිත සහතියක් ප්රසිද්ධියේ නිකුත් කෙරිනි. සජිත් ප්රේමදාස අවංක, දූෂණයෙන් තොර කාර්යශූර ඇමතිවරයෙක් ලෙස සහතික කරමින් නිකුත් කල ඒ චරිත සහතිකය සමගම, සජිත් ප්රේමදාස ලංකාවේ මීළග ජනාධිපතිවුවහොත් වත්මන් ජනාධිපති සිරිසේනට මීළග රජයේ අගමැතිධුරය හිමිවේද යන්න සම්බන්ධයෙන් දේශපාලන […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
ALI SUKHANVER I really feel that India should come to the table. The US could play a big part; President Trump certainly can play a big part,” said the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan talking to a news-channel during his recent visit to the US. Later, responding to Imran Khan’s comments, President Trump said […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
ශ්යාම් නුවන් ගනේවත්ත උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින මහ බැංකුව වූ කලී රටේ මුල්ය ප්රතිපත්තිය ක්රියාත්මක කරන මුළු මහත් ආර්ථිකයටම දැවැන්ත බලපෑමක් කළ හැකි ආයතනයකි. එය ශ්රී ලංකාවේ මූල්ය පද්ධතියේ කේන්ද්රීය ස්ථානය උසුලනු ලබන ආයතනයයි. 1950 වර්ෂයේ දී 1949 අංක 58 දරන මුදල් නීති පනත මගින් අර්ධ ස්වාධීන ආයතනයක් ලෙස මහ බැංකුව පිහිටුවා ඇති අතර සාමාජිකයන් පස් […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
By Saman Indrajith Courtesy The Island Ranil Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, yesterday, urged the leaders of the UNF constituents to finalise the draft of the constitution of the proposed Democratic National Front (DNF). The Prime Minister told the party leaders that before the signing of the agreements between allied parties and nominating its candidate for the […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island A civil society grouping that backed common candidate, Maithripala Sirisena, at the last presidential election, in January 2015 will unveil today (23) what a senior spokesman called a ‘citizens’ agenda––future path of yahapalanaya’. SLFP leader President Sirisena is not seeking a second term against the backdrop of powerful breakaway […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
by Melani Manel Perera Courtesy AsiaNews.it According to advocacy groups, Muslim women are treated as second-class citizens. The existing law dates back to 1951. For the past 30 years, attempts have been made to change the law to include a minimum age. Child brides are commonplace. Rape against married teens is not punished. Colombo (AsiaNews) […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
GLOBE NEWSWIRE VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ceylon Graphite Corp. (Ceylon Graphite”) (TSX-V: CYL) (OTC: CYLYF) (FSE: CCY) is pleased to announce that it has received assay results of laboratory testing of graphite samples taken downhole in the shaft at its M1 site in the Malsiripura area in Sri Lanka. This new test result […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
Courtesy The Daily Mirror While registering the protest over the statement on the appointment of the new Army Commander of Sri Lanka posted on the Twitter account of the US Embassy, Rear Admiral (Retd.) Dr. Sarath Weerasekera appealed to US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina Teplitz, in a letter to ensure that the US Embassy […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Sri Lanka Army acted in keeping with international humanitarian laws and rights during past humanitarian operations, Army Commander Shavendra Silva recalled yesterday. Any army in the world is committed to protect the inalienable rights of the country’s citizens and create a conducive atmosphere for a democratic way of life […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
By Sugeeswara Senadhira/Daily News Sushma Swaraj, former Minister of External Affairs of Indian passed away earlier this week and Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, A glorious chapter in Indian politics comes to an end. India grieves the demise of a remarkable leader who devoted her life to public service and bettering lives of the poor. […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
Hiru News Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa says that nobody can stop the separation of the UNP whoever it will field for the forthcoming presidential election. He was speaking at a meeting with local government institution representatives held at the SLPP headquarters in Battaramulla today. Addressing the gathering, the Presidential candidate of the Joint Opposition led […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් මෙරටට ආනයනය කරන ලද සහල් තොගයක් වසරක පමණ කාලයක් තිස්සේ රේගුව තුළ ගබඩා කර තැබීම තුළින් සතොස ආයතනය රුපියල් බිලියන 15 ක පමණ අලාභයක් ලබා ඇති බව අනාවරණ වුණා. ඒ, සතොස ආයතනයේ ඉහළ පෙලේ නිලධාරීන් කෝප් කමිටුව හමුවට ඊයේ කැඳවූ අවස්ථාවේදීයි. කෝප් කමිටුවට කැදවා තිබූ සතොස ආයතනයේ ඉහළ පෙලේ නිලධාරීන් කිහිපදෙනෙකුගේ […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් බදුල්ල දිස්ත්රීක්කයේ පිහිටි ඇල්ල රොක් කඳූ රක්ෂිතයේ ගින්නක් හටගෙන තිබෙනවා. A fire has broken out in the Ella Rock Mountain Reserve in the Badulla District අප වාර්තාකරුවන් සඳහන් කළේ අද පස්වරුවේ සිට මෙම ගින්න පවතින බවයි. Our reporters stated that the fire has been going on since this afternoon. මේවන විට […]
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