Courtesy Hiru News The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, has decided to reduce the Statutory Reserve Ratio (SRR) applicable on all rupee deposit liabilities of licensed commercial banks (LCBs) by 200 basis points to 2.00 per cent, with effect from 16 June 2020. <br /><br />This reduction in the SRR injects […]

Courtesy Hiru News – Growth of the Sri Lankan economy has fallen to dismal levels over the past few years, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic may result in severe stress on economic and financial system stability in the period ahead unless immediate remedial actions are taken. In this context, in support of the […]

Courtesy Hiru News General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena, Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera says that the good governance regime that came into power in 2015, did not pay attention to what he said about Islamic extremism. The Thero made these revelations when he gave evidence before the Presidential Commission appointed to probe into […]

Courtesy Hiru News With the intention of further strengthening the process of ensuring law and order of Sri Lanka, the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers has been received on 19.02.2020 to reinstate officers of Sri Lanka Police (including Special Task Force], who have currently received orders of vacation of post, considering the appeals that […]

This open letter to the Board of Trustees of Sigrid Rausing Trust is based on the SRT website & to seek clarifications regarding funding in particular as a large sum of funding is going to an entity that is on a smear campaign against Sri Lanka.  Your Trust, as per your websitecovers the Balkans, Central […]

මතුගම සෙනෙවිරුවන්            එක් දහස් නවසිය හතලිස් අටේ අප බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය අධීරාජ්‍යා ගෙන් ලද දේශපාලන නිදහස මත ලංකාව ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී රටක් ලෙසට නැගී සිට දැන් වසර හැත්තෑ දෙකක් ගතවී තිබේ.1815 මාර්තු 02 අත්සන් කරන ලද මහනුවර ගිවිසුමට අනුව නම් මෙම පිවිසීම  වැරදි සහගත වුවද ලබන ලද නිදහස තුළ රටක් වශයෙන් අත්පත් කරගත් වාසි සහ අවාසිද අද අප […]

SPUR Media Release – 13 June 2020SPUR (Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka Inc) Reg: A 003 0777 M PO Box 4066, Mulgrave, VIC 3170, Australia Tel: (03) 97957143 Fax: (03) 97957142 Email: ranjiths@spur.asn.au Website: www.spur.asn.au Australian Labor Party must reject Hugh McDermott’s mischievous claim of Genocide in Sri Lanka The […]

ලංකා ගුරු සේවා සංගමය ජනමාධ්‍ය නිවේදනයයි. පොලිස්පතිතුමා, පොලිස් මූලස්ථානය, කොළඹ. පොලිස්පතිතුමනි, හාරිස්පත්තුව ප‍්‍රාදේශීය සභාවේ සභාපති වරයා විදුහල්පතිවරයෙකුට පහරදීම සම්බන්ධවයි හාරිස්පත්තුව ප‍්‍රාදේශීය සභාවේ සභාපති ආනන්ද ජයවිලාල් විසින් මහනුවර ලූම්බිණි විද්‍යාලයේ විදුහල්පති ජයන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතාට ජුනි 11 වැනි දින අදාළ ප‍්‍රාදේශීය සභාව තුළ දී පහරදීම හේතුවෙන් රෝහල් ගත කිරීමට සිදුවීම සම්බන්ධව ඔබගේ දැඩි අවධානය යොමුකරන අතර මෙම […]

Sri Lanka News @bhcolombo UK SRI LANKAN EVENTS & NEWS The British High Commission says it is an inclusive & diversity-friendly employer”. The British High Commission says it encourages applications from people of ALL BACKGROUNDS. The British High Commission says We do not DISCRIMINATE on the basis of RACE, COLOUR, ETHNICITY” but it places a […]

හර්ෂ කුමාර් සුරියආරච්චි 15.06.2020 ගරු නීතීපති තුමනි, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුල, ව්‍යවස්ථානුකුලව සම්මත කර නැති, නීතියක් වී නැති 19 වන ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධන කෙටුම්පත, නීතියක් ලෙස සලකා විධායකයත්, විධායකයේ ආයතනත්, පාර්ලිමේන්තුවත් කටයුතු කරමින් සිටි. විධායකයේ ආයතනයක් වන නීතිපති දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවද ජනතාවගේ නිත්‍යානුකුලව ජීවත්වීමේ පරම අයිතිය නොසලකා නීතියක් වී නැති 19 වන ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධන කෙටුම්පත නිතිය ලෙස සලකා කටයුතු […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Prof. Malik Peiris says that public health systems were found wanting when COVID-19 hit because early warnings were not heeded By Meera Srinivasan/The Hindu Colombo, Jun 15: For decades, renowned virologist Malik Peiris has been researching emerging viruses at the animal-human interface, including influenza, coronaviruses (SARS, MERS), and is widely credited for his […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, June 15 – Fifty thousand more Sri Lankan citizens stranded overseas are waiting to be repatriated while 8000 have been brought back into the country since the COVID-19 virus spread in many countries including Sri Lanka March, a senior official at the President’s Office told the local Daily Mirror. The repatriation plan […]

By Dr. Harold Gunatillake- FRCS, MBBS, FIACS, FICS, AM (Sing) Courtesy Asian Tribune Fidgeting like shaking your legs can help you to lose weight- burn 350 cal. A day Sitting for more than six hours greatly increases your risk of a clot forming in your calf veins. No matter how much you exercise, eat well, […]

By Feizal Samath Courtesy TTG Asia Sri Lanka’s decision to impose stringent Covid-19 testing protocols when it reopens its doors to foreign tourists on August 1 has divided local tourism industry stakeholders. Some industry players, who declined to be named, are up in arms over the stringent Covid-19 testing protocols. The chairman of a local hotel […]

BY DR D. CHANDRARATNA Courtesy The Island Just like RRW’s appreciative comment on Rajeewa Jayaweera, yesterday, I, too, never met Rajeewa except through his essays to this newspaper and other news sites. He was a regular contributor to these pages, for many years, and it was a pleasure to read and I enjoyed them every […]

Courtesy Hiru News President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has decided to halt importing handloom and batik textiles. The President has taken this decision with the intention of strengthening the existing local producers and  attracting more producers to the industry. This decision was taken at a meeting held at the Presidential Secretariat this afternoon regarding the problems faced […]

Courtesy Hiru News Two (02) more persons have tested positive for Covid-19 (new coronavirus) infection. The country total has increased to 1,905 according to the latest information by the Epidemiology unit of the Ministry of Health. Covid-19 Situation Report as at 2020-June-15 | compiled according to the Health promotion Bureau and the Epidemiology Unit data […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Director of the State Intelligence Services of Sri Lanka (SIS) Major General Suresh Sallay has sent a Letter of Demand to Executive Director of the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) Ms. Yasmin Sooka and the ITJP for making various allegations against Maj.gen. Sallay, his Lawyer said. The said Letter of […]

Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said yesterday that he had never requested any bank to grant loans to his kith and kin, acquaintances or supporters. The President made this remark during a progress review meeting of the Bank of Ceylon held at the Presidential Secretariat. At the meeting, he said the State […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Egyptian Embassy in Sri Lanka says that Egypt has been wrongly associated with the name of the Qatari citizen, fundamentalist theologian and hate preacher Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, during the proceedings of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing the Easter Sunday attacks. Issuing a statement, the embassy further stated that Al-Qaradawi has been residing […]

Courtesy Adaderana Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) investigating the incident of political victimization has issued summons to 17 individuals over a complaint lodged by Chairman of Avant-Garde. Chairman of Avant-Garde Nissanka Senadhipathi had lodged on the alleged loss incurred by his company due to arbitrary takeover. Seventeen parties have been asked to appear before the […]

ජානක පෙරේරා විසිනි දිනය මින් වසර 200 කට පෙර 1820 ජුනි 13 දාය. එදින මිල කල නොහැකි තරම් අගයකින් යුත් රනින් නිම කල මැණික් ඇල්ලු ස්වර්ණාභරණ තොගයක් එංගලන්තයේ ලන්ඩන් නුවර කොවන්ට් ගාඩ්න්හි රජ වීදියේ අංක 38 දරණ ස්ථානයේ ප්‍රසිද්ධ වෙන්දේසියේ විකුණන ලදී.  ඒවා හඳුන්වන ලද්දේ “රජතුමා විසින්  තමා අත්අඩංගුවට ගත්තවුන්ට ලබා දෙන ලද” වස්තුව ලෙසය. […]

Pathfinder foundation Now that Sri Lanka has achieved notable success in containing the danger posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to the health of the nation, the time has come for a concerted and decisive focus on reviving the economy.  This is particularly timely now that the economy has been removed from its induced coma” with […]

Rohan Abeygunawardena Nugegoda Over the last couple of decades we have seen with great pride the emergence of a highly distinctive brand of Sri Lankan cricket that has exploded on the world scene winning the admiration of the cricket world. Consequently, Sri Lanka is no longer treated as a minnow or a mighty atom but […]

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වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග  විලියම් ෂේක්ස්පියර් ලොව ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨතම  නාට්‍යකරුවා ලෙස සැලකේ. ඔහු බ්‍රිතාන්‍යය නාට්‍ය කලාවේ එලිසබෙතන් සහ ජේකොබ් යුගයන් නියෝජනය කලේය. ෂේක්ස්පියර්ගේ සෑම නාට්‍යයකම තේමාවන් විශ්වීය වන අතර කාලයත් සමඟ අර්ථය නැති නොවේ.  නව විවෘතභාවය සහ මානවවාදය ෂේක්ස්පියර්ගේ නාට්‍යවලින් පිළිබිඹු වේ.  ඔහුගේ නාට්‍ය අද ඉතා ජනප්‍රිය වී ඇති අතර ලොව පුරා විවිධ සංස්කෘතික හා දේශපාලන […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් පසුගිය ආණ්ඩුව විසින් තමන් ත්‍රස්තවාදියෙකු ලෙස ෆේස්බුක් ආයතනය වෙත දැනුම් දී ඇති බව බොදුබල සේනා සංවිධානයේ මහලේකම් පූජ්‍ය ගලගොඩඅත්තේ ඥානසාර හිමියෝ සඳහන් කරති. ඒ හේතුවෙන් ෆේස්බුක් ආයතනය විසින් ෆේස්බුක් ජාලයේ තම පිංතූර හා නම වාරණය කර ඇතැයිද උන් වහන්සේ පැවසූහ. උන්වහන්සේ මේ බව කියා සිටියේ පාස්කු ඉරිදා බෝම්බ ප්‍රහාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Donations included 308,600 face masks, 1,600 face shields, 2,400 goggles and 400 protective gowns Colombo, June 14 (Xinhua): When the Sri Lankan government announced an island-wide curfew on March 20 to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, Jinith De Silva, Acting President of the Sri Lanka-China Society (SLCS), was eager to use his connections with […]

By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today Last week, three notable incidents took place back to back. Though not related, these three incidents in its own way hold relevance to each other. The first incident was the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) taking to streets to protest over the death of a man half way across the […]

Kelum Bandara Courtesy The Daily Mirror The government will introduce new legislation to curb ‘the leasing mafia’ or the unlawful activities of the disorganised financial market, a minister said. Cabinet Spokesman Minister Bandula Gunawardane told Daily Mirror that around 800 – 1,000 such financial institutions were in operation in the country. The government has given […]