Archive for February, 2020
Sunday, February 23rd, 2020
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia The six-man task force, headed by Maj.Gen.Jagath Alwis, Chief of National Intelligence, will report on a weekly basis Colombo, February 23: The Sri Lankan Defence Ministry has established a Task Force (TF) to monitor the progress to speed up the on-going investigation by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) into last year’s Easter Sunday […]
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2020
Courtesy The Hindu President Gotabaya Rajapaksa decided to hasten the probe into the April 21 attack which had proved crucial in his decisive electoral victory last November The Sri Lankan government on Sunday appointed a six-member team to help police collect authentic information and expedite an ongoing presidential probe into the devastating Easter Sunday terror attack […]
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2020
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, in a statement, in Sinhala read out at churches, on Sunday, Feb 23, called for a thorough investigation to find out why the political leadership and the security authorities had failed to act in spite of having specific intelligence on the Easter Sunday […]
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2020
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Having highlighted both local and external challenges faced by post-war Sri Lanka, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Kelaniya Prof. Raj Kumar Somadeva, on Saturday (22), warned there could not be a state without a country. Underscoring the importance of exploring ways and means of providing homegrown solutions […]
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2020
Ada Derana The Matara-Hambantota section of the Southern Expressway was vested with the public a short while ago. The newly constructed extension was ceremoniously declared open by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. With the opening of this new section, the total length of the Southern Expressway becomes 222 kilometers and the longest […]
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana Minority parties, as well as civil organizations, have come together to form a broad coalition to collectively deal with anti-democratic actions being carried out against minority parties, states the Leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) MP Rauff Hakeem. The MP made this statement addressing the 29th National Representatives Conference of SLMC. […]
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa stated that the government will start again the mega-development projects abandoned by the previous government. He made these remarks addressing the public rally held near the Barawakumbuka interchange at the opening of the Matara-Hambantota extension added to the Southern Expressway today (23). The Premier said that the national security will […]
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2020
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ සහ දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානය සමඟ එක්ව ඉදිරියේදී සන්ධාගත වී මහමැතිවරණයට ඉදිරිපත් වීමට මේ වන විටත් සාකච්ඡා ආරම්භ කර ඇති බව ශ්රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කොංග්රසයේ නායක, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී රවුෆ් හකීම් ප්රකාශ කළා. ඔහු මේ බව කියා සිටියේ එම පක්ෂයේ 29 වන ජාතික සමුළුවට මහනුවර දී අද එක්වෙමින්. ඉදිරි මහමැතිවරණයට […]
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2020
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් යුද හමුදාපති ලූතිනන් ජෙනරාල් ශවේන්ද්ර සිල්වාට ඇමරිකාව පැනවූ සංචාරක තහනමට හේතුවුයේ පසුගිය ආණ්ඩුව ජිනිවා මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසමේදී එකඟ වූ යෝජනාවලිය බව පූජ්ය ඇල්ලේ ගුණවංශ හිමියන් පවසනවා. කොළඹ අද පැවති මාධ්ය හමුවකට එක්වෙමින් උන්වහන්සේ ප්රකාශ කළේ යහපාලන ආණ්ඩුවේ විදේශ අමාත්යවරයා ජිනිවා මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසමට මෙම යෝජනාවලිය ඉදිරිපත් කරනු ලැබුවේ එවකට සිටි ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ […]
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2020
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් පාස්කු ඉරිදා ප්රහාරයේ ප්රධාන විත්තිකරුවා හිටපු ජනාධිපති මෛත්රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා බව එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී මුජිබර් රහුමාන් මහතා පවසනවා. කොළඹ අද පැවති ප්රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් ඔහු සඳහන් කළේ හිටපු ජනාධිපතිවරයා ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පොදුජන සන්ධානයේ සභාපතීත්වය ලබාගත්තේද එම චෝදනාවෙන් ගැළවීම සඳහා බවයි. මේ අතර, එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂයේ පවතින අර්බුදය සම්බන්ධයෙන්ද […]
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2020
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් වත්මන් දේශපාලන තත්ත්වය සම්බන්ධයෙන් පක්ෂ විපක්ෂ දේශපාලනඥයින් අද විවිධ අදහස් පළ කළා.
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2020
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් නුගේගොඩ අනුලා විද්යාලය ඉදිරිපිට පැවති විරෝධතාවයට එම විද්යාලයේ ආදි ශිෂ්යා සංගමයේ කිසිඳු සම්බන්ධයක් නැතැයි එම සංගමයේ සාමාජිකාවන් අද ප්රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවක් පවත්වමින් සඳහන් කළා. කෙසේ වෙතත් අදාළ ප්රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාව පැවැත්වූ සාමාජිකාවන් තිදෙනාගෙන් දෙදෙනෙක්ම පාසල ඉදිරිපිට පැවති විරෝධතාවයේදී දක්නට ලැබුණා. විගණනකාධිපතිවරයාට හෝ එම දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට කිසිදු පුද්ගලයෙක් චෝදනා නොකල බව ආදි ශිෂ්යා සංගමයේ ලේකම්වරිය පැවසුව […]
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Saturday, February 22nd, 2020
Sri Lanka is an island nation. The land denotes Sri Lanka’s sovereign territory. Sri Lanka’s constitution is clear that sovereignty is inalienable & in the People. It is the people whose powers are delegated to the Executive, Legislature & Judiciary to exercise on behalf of them. A government, Parliament & judiciary all hold positions for […]
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Saturday, February 22nd, 2020
By: A.A.M.NIZAM- MATATA While the patriotic masses who envisage a revival of a nationalistic non-aligned Sri Lanka as outlined in the 1978 Republican Constitution were glad about the SLPP consolidating its political hold as a combine of Sri Lanka’s 10 political formations dedicated to development of this nation on progressive ideologies they were very much […]
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Saturday, February 22nd, 2020
Event Coordinator Lanka Property Web (Pvt) Ltd Over the past years, Lanka Property Show has cemented its position as Sri Lanka’s largest and foremost Real Estate show and convention. This year Lanka Property Show 2020 is scheduled to bring buyers, sellers, developers, financiers and experts together in grand style for the 4th consecutive time. Lanka Property […]
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Saturday, February 22nd, 2020
by C.A.Chandraprema Courtesy The Island JVP Parliamentarian Nalinda Jayatissa’s speech in Parliament Last Tuesday about the Udayanga Weeratunga affair has captured the imagination of the media. What Parliamentarian Jayatissa said in his speech in the form of a query directed at the State Minister of Defence Chamal Rajapaksa, was the following: “…Today’s newspapers report that […]
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Saturday, February 22nd, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has re-issued a Gazette Extraordinary calling upon the armed forces to maintain public order across the country with effect from today (22). The President issued the gazette notification by virtue of the powers vested in him by Section 12 of the Public Security Ordinance (Chapter 40). Accordingly, the Army, Navy […]
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Saturday, February 22nd, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana The Defence Ministry vehemently denies the accusations by the Human Rights Watch (HRW), which claimed that families of enforced disappearance and activists supporting them are under the microscope of the Sri Lankan Security Forces and intelligence agencies. The HRW releasing its new report has claimed ‘Sri Lankan Security Forces and intelligence agencies have intensified surveillance […]
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Saturday, February 22nd, 2020
Tudor Wijenayake Concerns of pollution worldwide have led to an interest in renewable energy, mostly supplied from wind and solar power, delivering increasing quantities of electricity. The developments started on a small scale prior to 2010 have reached substantial proportions and are expected to meet the entire world’s power demand by 2050 The country is facing […]
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Friday, February 21st, 2020
MEDIA RELEASE 20th February 2020 Global Sri Lankan Forum The Global Sri Lanka Forum –Executive Committee (GSLF-Ex. Com.) condemns decision by the US Government to restrict Lieutenant General Shavindra Silva and his family members’ travel to USA. At the same time, we commend the position taken by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Foreign Minister Hon […]
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Friday, February 21st, 2020
Embassy of Sri Lanka Washington, DC The 72nd Anniversary of Sri Lanka’s Independence was celebrated at a special event organized by the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington DC on 08 February 2020 at the University of the District of Columbia, with the participation of approximately 1000 members of the Sri Lankan expatriate community and other […]
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Friday, February 21st, 2020
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Out of US$ 3.5 billion in Indian development assistance, US$ 560 million are a grant. Colombo, February 21 (newsin.asia): A Memorandum of Understanding for upgrading infrastructure in the plantation schools in Sri Lanka was signed by Acting High Commissioner of India Vinod. K. Jacob and, Secretary, Ministry of Education of Sri Lanka Mr. […]
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Friday, February 21st, 2020
By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Express Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Pragmatic nationalism marks President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s foreign policy in his first 100 days Colombo, February 21: The core of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s foreign policy is standing up for Sri Lanka’s sovereign rights. But his cast-iron nationalism is not mindlessly jingoistic or confrontational, disregarding geo-political and economic realities. Gotabaya’s first international […]
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Friday, February 21st, 2020
By Ambassador M K BHADRAKUMAR Courtesy Rediff.com February 21, 2020 19:23 IST ‘Clearly, Washington has all but given up hope following US Acting Assistant Secretary of State Alice Wells’s stormy visit to Colombo last month where she read the riot act to Sri Lankan leaders to sign the pending status of forces agreement allowing American troops […]
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Friday, February 21st, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana It was revealed before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry Probing the Easter Sunday Attacks that back in 2016, a letter from Turkey had notified the Ministry of Foreign Relations of the presence of ‘FETO’ terrorists in Sri Lanka. Acting Deputy Directress of the Counter Terrorism Unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mahesha […]
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Friday, February 21st, 2020
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසිරුවාහැරීම තුළ රජයේ සියලු මුදල් පිළිබඳ මූල්ය බලතල ජනාධිපතිවරයාට හිමි වන බව හිටපු ජනාධිපති මෛත්රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා පවසනවා. හිටපු ජනාධිපතිවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ හිඟුරක්ගොඩ කිඹුලාවල ප්රදේශයේ දී මාධ්ය වෙත අදහස් දක්වමින්.
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Friday, February 21st, 2020
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ සහ නිදහස් පක්ෂය එක්ව නිර්මාණය කෙරුණු ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පොදුජන සන්ධානය පිළිබඳ විවිධ ස්ථානවලදී දේශපාලනඥයින් අදහස් පළ කළා.
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Friday, February 21st, 2020
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් දුරකථන හඬපට සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී රන්ජන් රාමනායකට නීතිය ක්රියාත්මක වුවද, අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ හිටපු අධ්යක්ෂක ශානි අබේසේකරට නීතිය ක්රියාත්මක නොවන්නේ මන්දැයි සිංහලේ සංවිධානයේ ජාතික සංවිධායක ප්රදීප් සංජීව ප්රශ්න කරනවා. අද පොලිස් මූලස්ථානයට පැමිණි අවස්ථාවේදී ඔහු මේ අදහස් පළකළා. සිංහලේ සංවිධානයේ ජාතික සංවිධායක ප්රදීප් සංජීව අද පොලිස් මූලස්ථානයට පැමිණියේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී […]
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Friday, February 21st, 2020
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් තුර්කියේ ක්රියාත්මක ‘ෆෙටෝ” නැමැති ත්රස්ත සංවිධානයක් ශ්රී ලංකාව තුළ ක්රියාත්මකවීම පිළිබඳ තොරතුරු ඇතුලත් රහසිගත ලිපි ගොණුවක් 2016 වසරේදී එරට රජය විසින් යොමුකර තිබියදීත් ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් නිසි ක්රියාමාර්ග ගෙන නොමැති බවට පාස්කු ප්රහාරය පිළිබඳ සොයන ජනපති කොමසම හමුවේ අද අණාවරණ වුණා. කොමිසම හමුවේ අද සාක්ෂි ලබා දුන්නේ ආරක්ෂක අමාත්යාංශයේ වැඩ බලන අතිරේක […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2020
Embassy of Sri Lanka Washington D.C. Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States of America Rodney Perera on Tuesday, 18 February 2020 said articulating a position on the appointment of the Army Commander of Sri Lanka, which is a sovereign decision by the Head of State, based on allegations, is regrettable and contrary to the […]
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