Courtesy Hiru News lts-The 4thsession of the 8th parliament was inaugurated under the patronage of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa this morning. The significance of the inauguration of the 8thparliament is that the traditional pomp and pageantry including a guard of honor and motorcades displayed in the past were conspicuously absent this time. According to the parliament […]

Sri Lanka suffered 30 years of terrorism by LTTE banned 32 countries even 10 years after Sri Lanka eliminated LTTE militarily. Sri Lanka saw nothing beyond diplomatic statements condemning ‘alleged LTTE attacks’ by the so-called international community for every suicide, bombing, assassination and mayhem caused by LTTE. However, it was only post-LTTE defeat that the […]

ජනාධිපති මාධ්‍ය ඒකකය ගරු කථානායකතුමනිගරු අගමැතිතුමනිගරු විපක්ෂනායකතුමනිගරු ඇමතිවරුනි, ගරු රාජ්‍ය ඇමතිවරුනිගරු මන්ත‍්‍රීවරුනි ශ‍්‍රී ලංකා ප‍්‍රජාතාන්ත‍්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ රාජ්‍ය නායකයා ලෙස ඔබ ඇමතීමේ අවස්ථාව මට ලැබී තිබෙන්නේ නොවැම්බර් 16 දා මේ රටේ ජනතාව ලබා දුන් ඵෙතිහාසික ජයග‍්‍රහණය නිසයි. සාමකාමී හා සාධාරණ මැතිවරණයක් වෙනුවෙන් කැපවූ සියලූම පුරවැසියන්ටත්, ආයතනවලටත්, සියලූම දේශපාලන පක්ෂවලටත් මා මේ අවස්ථාවේ මගේ කෘතවේදීත්වය ප‍්‍රකාශ […]

Ada Derana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that it is essential that changes be made to the existing constitution in order to safeguard the security, sovereignty, stability and integrity of the country. He made this observation while delivering his Policy Statement following the ceremonial inauguration of the fourth session of the eighth Parliament on Friday (03). […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Sri Lanka’s armed forces were praised and admired long before the Eelam victory of 2009. The US Pacific Command team which evaluated the Sri Lanka army in 2002 said the soldiers were well motivated and were confident as a team.  They were well trained, knew their weapons, and were proficient in the skills […]

By Noor Nizam, Peace and Political Activist, Political Communication Researcher, SLFP/SLPP Stalwart and Convener – The Muslim Voice”. Posted on January 2nd., 2020. POLITICAL PARTIES BASED ON COMMUNITY, RELIGION AND COMMUNAL BASIS HAS TO BE BANNED IN SRI LANKA BY THE MAJORITY SINHALESE COMMUNITY AND NATIONALIST SINHALA FORCES IMMEDIATELY UNDER ANY NEW CONSTITUTION TO BE PRESENTED IN PARLIAMENT. […]

by Senaka Weeraratna The primordial national identities of the overwhelming majority of people (75%) in Sri Lanka are Sinhala and Buddhism. These two historical identities are rooted in the national identity of the people whose ancestors, being Sinhala Buddhists, built the unique Buddhist civilization over a period in excess of 2000 years in the country […]

This is not to question whether Israel is right or wrong or whether Sri Lanka is right or wrong but to question whether UN is treating all Members EQUALLY as the UN Charter is mandated to do. The principles of equality and non-discrimination are part of the foundations of rule of law. Every country that […]

ප්‍රවෘත්ති නිවේදනය තාක්ෂණ හා නවෝත්පාදන රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය. දැනුම ඒකරාශී  කිරීමට ඉදිරියේ දී විද්‍යාත්මක සමුළුවක් පවත්වා එම තොරතුරු රජයට යොමු කරන බව තාක්ෂණ හා නවෝත්පාදන  රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය තිලංග සුමතිපාල පැවසීය. අද දින (02)  මහා සංඝරත්නයේ සෙත් පිරිත් සජ්ඣායනය මධ්‍යයේ 2020 නව වසරේ රාජකාරි ආරම්භ කරමින් ඔහු මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කළේ ය. මෙහි දී අමාත්‍යවරයා මෙසේ ද […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  මව්බිම රාජ්‍ය ඔෟෂධ නීතිගත සංස්ථාව විසින් ඉකුත් ඔක්තෝබර් මාසයේදී පිළිකා නාශක එක් බෙහෙත් කුප්පියකට රුපියල් 6,500ක් බැගින් වැඩිපුර මුදල් ගෙවා මිලදී ගැනීමේ ක්‍රියාවලියක් පිළිබඳව වූ පෙත්සමක් විමසුමට ලක්කළ අභියාචනාධිකරණය වහාම එකී මිලදී ගැනීමේ ක්‍රියාවලිය අත්හිටුවන ලෙසටච රාජ්‍ය ඔෟෂධ නීතිගත සංස්ථාවට නියෝග කළේය. අතුරු තහනම් ආඥාවක් මඟින් ඉහත කී නියෝගය නිකුත් කරන ලද්දේ ඉහත […]

A Patabendige Colombo Courtesy The Island January 2, 2020, 7:17 pm They are not selling Swiss Rolls down Gregory’s Road anymore. Not after having to eat two of them, one ‘original’ and the other that makes the Swiss look like donkeys or ‘proper nanas’ in Colombo. The Swiss, like their cheese and chocolates, haven’t looked […]

By Captain Chandra Godakanda Arachchi, Gladstone LNG, Australia (Member of the Company of Master Mariners) Courtesy The Island January 2, 2020, 6:13 pm It’s just over two years since China Merchant’s Port Holding Company (CMPHC) leased Port of Hambantota for 99 years. China Merchant Port Holding owning eighty five per cent of the company whilst […]

Jayantha Samarakoon Courtesy The Daily Mirror Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi has found that three imported x-ray machines placed at the Apeksha Hospital at Maharagama had not been even opened for the past five years, hospital sources said. The minister who was on an inspection tour to the hospital on January 1 had inquired as to […]

Dayasili Liyanage Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has directed parliament authorities not to hold the guard of honour at today’s ceremonial opening of the Parliament. It is traditional to hold the ceremonial guard of honour for the President at the ceremonial opening of the Parliament session. It is reported that the rehearsals for […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The government will not sign the MCC agreement as it is but will see the possibility of signing it if the four member expert committee recommends amendments to ensure the agreement does not pose any threat to the national security and the economy, State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe said. Minister […]

Courtesy Ada Derana The Sri Lankan government’s aim to kickstart its economy in 2020 will be eased with the fruition of major infrastructure projects, Ajith Nivard Cabraal, senior advisor on economic affairs to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, said on Thursday. In an interview with Xinhua, the former Sri Lankan central bank governor, said that 2020 […]

Courtesy Ada Derana Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayake says a strong United National Party (UNP) that can score a people’s victory in 2020 will be formed soon. Speaking to media joining an event organized to clean schools in Colombo North and Bloemendhal area for the new school term, the former Minister pointed out that there are various […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Leader of Pivituru Hela Urumaya, Udaya Gammanpila testified before the Presidential Commission probing the Easter Sunday attacks this morning. He appeared before the commission for the first time. Earlier, Colombo Arch Bishop, His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith also appeared before the Commission on December 6

Courtesy Hiru News  Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayarathna rejected a motion which was filed by the lawyers of remanded former SPC chairman Rumi Mohamed to make submissions intending to obtain bail today. The Magistrate informed Mohamed’s lawyers to make such submissions when the suspect is produced before Court on January 6th. Rumi Mohamed is in […]

Courtesy Hiru News Project director of the Moragahakanda Multi-Purpose Project DB Wijerathna says that nobody wants to create any fear about the reported leak in the dam. Earlier, the HIRU CIA program revealed a water leak in the upper area of the main dam of the reservoir. The workers and the security guards had informed […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු නිව්ස් මාධ්‍යවේදී ප්‍රගීත් එක්නැලිගොඩ අතුරුදන්වීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක අත්අඩංගුවට ගත යුතු බව මව්බිම වෙනුවෙන් රණවිරුවෝ සංවිධානය පවසනවා. ඒ කොළඹ අපරාධ කොට්ඨාශය හමුවේ ප්‍රකාශයක් ලබාදීමෙන් අනතුරුව අද මාධ්‍ය වෙත අදහස් දක්වමින්. එම සංවිධානයේ කැඳවුම්කරු විශ්‍රාමික මේජර් අජිත් ප්‍රසන්න එහි කැඳවා තිබුණේ ප්‍රගීත් එක්නැලිගොඩ අතුරුදන්වීමේ සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් පොලිස් මූලස්ථානයට කළ පැමිණිල්ලකට […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු නිව්ස් රාජිත සේනාරත්න පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරයා රඟ දක්වන නාඩගම අවසන් කිරීමට රජය කටයුතු කළ යුතු බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ පවසනවා. කොළඹ පැවති ප්‍රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවකදී පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී පියල් නිශාන්ත මහතා මේ බව සඳහන් කළා.

උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු නිව්ස් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී රාජිත සේනාරත්න මහතාට ඇප ලැබීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් අදත් විවිධ පාර්ශ්ව අදහස් පළ කළා.

KAMALIKA PIERIS Several external agencies were supporting the LTTE during the Eelam wars. UNICEF had links with LTTE. UNICEF staffers in Sri Lanka were found to be working with the LTTE.   UNICEF in     2007 had imported 6000 ready to eat meal packs and it was suspected that this was for the LTTE. Head of the […]

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චන්‍ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි. අප සිතන විදිය හා පතන විදිය, බලපාන්නේ අපට පමණක්ම නොවේ. අප මිනිස් සමාජයේ ඒකකයක් බැවින් එය පොදුවේ සමස්ත සමාජයටම විශාල බලපෑමක් සිදු කරන කරුණක් බවට පත්වෙනවා. මේ වනවිට මේ රට, ඉන්දියන් සාගර කලාපය තුල නවතම ආකාරයේ ගමනකට සූදානම් වෙමින් සිටින බැවින්, මේ විෂය සම්බන්ධව පුලුල්ව කථා කරන්න අප සැමට සිදුව තිබෙනවා. මෙම […]

RANJITH SOYSA It is reported that the DMK, Tamil Nadu’s major Opposition Party and it’s BJP alley, THE PMK have expressed their opposition to Sri Lankan government’s opinion that it is not necessary to sing the Sri Lankan national anthem in Tamil at the forthcoming Independence Day celebrations. While we reject the view point of […]

Courtesy Ada Derana The 21st Amendment Draft Bill and the 22nd Amendment Draft Bill have been gazetted by Parliament. The 21st Amendment Draft proposes to change certain provisions of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution while the 22nd Amendment Draft proposes to abolish the 15th Amendment to the Constitution. The two draft Bills have been […]

Courtesy Ada Derana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in his message to remark the dawn of 2020, says New Year dawns at a time when the entire Sri Lankan nation is beaming with hopes for a new era in economic, political, social, cultural and technological spheres of life. The new government welcomes the New Year with determination […]

Courtesy Ada Derana Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa says Sri Lanka enters the new decade in a context where a new President was elected to power by the people with an overwhelming mandate. In his message for the New Year 2020, the Premier said a new Parliamentary government has also been formed and it is in […]