Archive for July, 2020
Friday, July 24th, 2020
By Larissa Romensky and Jo Printz Courtesy ABC News Dilhani Dissanayake wants everyone to know a cinnamon peeler is actually a person and not a tool. Key points: Cinnamon comes from the inner bark of a tree and is a spice native to Sri Lanka The spice was discovered by the Portuguese in the 16th century […]
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Friday, July 24th, 2020
By Anuradha Herath Courtesy Ceylon Today Are you still the National Organiser of the SLPP? A: I have never held the position of National Organiser. But, you are referred to as such? A: No, I have only conducted the creative work of the party. Mahinda Rajapaksa has functioned as the leader of our party. Haven’t […]
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Friday, July 24th, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana Another person has tested positive for COVID-19 this evening (24), taking the confirmed positive cases tally to 2,764, the Ministry of Health said. According to the Department of Government Information, this latest coronavirus case is an arrival from the United Kingdom. As per the Epidemiology Unit’s statistics, a total of 659 patients infected […]
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Friday, July 24th, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has paid his attention to amend the Antiquities Ordinance in order to strengthen the preservation of antiquities and historical national heritage. President accordinglyl decided to appoint a committee comprising Maha Sangha and experts in the field to study how the amendments should take place. The proposed amendment seeks to stop […]
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Friday, July 24th, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana UPDATE (11:23AM): The COVID-19 patient, who was apprehended after making his escape this morning, has been brought back to the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH). In the meantime, the driver of the three-wheeler in which the escapee travelled in, has been directed to the quarantine centre in Kandakadu. The COVID-19 patient, who escaped from […]
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Friday, July 24th, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News Retired Defense Secretary Major General Kamal Gunaratne says that the reason for the creation of underworld activities is the lack of proper implementation of the law. Commenting to the media after a ceremony held at Rajarata University today, he noted that if the country continued as it has in the past few years, […]
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Friday, July 24th, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News One (01) more person confirmed for Covid -19: SL Country total increases to 2,764 Friday, 24 July 2020 – 18:33
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Friday, July 24th, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa says that Colombo will be converted into a city without shanty dwellings. The Prime Minister said this while he was addressing a function at the Colombo Foundation Institute today.
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Friday, July 24th, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News IDH The police and the health sector are conducting further investigations to find out how the coronavirus infected person who escaped while receiving treatment at the hospital arrived in Pettah this morning. This is due to the contradictory statements he has made so far. The suspect first jumped out of a window […]
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Friday, July 24th, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News Rumor being spread that Central Bank is pledging USD 4.5 billion worth of US Treasury Securities to obtain credit facility of USD 1 billion is completely false. CBSL has issued the following notice in this regard The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has recently entered into an agreement with the Federal […]
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Friday, July 24th, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News President to appoint an experts committee to study how to amend the Archaeological Act. The decision was taken by the President during the fourth session of the Presidential Buddhist Advisory Council held at the Presidential Secretariat this afternoon (24). The President has stated that no one will be allowed to damage the […]
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Friday, July 24th, 2020
There is much controversy over East Terminal of Colombo Port with India & Japan claiming that a Memorandum of Cooperation signed in May 2019 with the previous Government, binds the present government from giving both joint venture stakes in the terminal. In this course of debate there is reference to honoring commitments made and also […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
By Charles.S.Perera Nearly 7 million people have elected Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the President of Sri Lanka on the 16 November,2019 approving his Presidential election manifesto Saubhaagye Dakma or the Ten Principles of Inclusive Governance. According to democracy we claim to practice in Sri Lanka, all the people of Sri Lanka belonging to different political parties […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
Sunil Yatalamatta Gamage We want to establish a people centered government, which fulfills people safety,security, diversity, equality, inclusion, experience , and happy.–President H.E. Gotabhaya Rajapakse. Death penalty needed to be introduced ASAP for drug traffickers, vandalizes of ancient historical heritage sites, deforesting of rain forests preserves. I have been inviting for individuals to use their […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
By Garvin Karunaratne, former G.A. Matara A few weeks ago our President – true to his military form, dared to haul the Central Bank over the coals. The Mandarins in the Central Bank have now hit back: Sri Lanka’s Central Bank had complied with government directions as permitted by available monetary law”, Central Bank officials […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
World News On Nov. 29, 2017, Indigenous socialist president Evo Morales won a legal challenge to modify the Bolivian constitution, to allow Morales to run for a fourth term as the Bolivian president. Two years later, on Oct. 25, 2019, the winner of Bolivia’s presidential election was announced. Evo Morales won 47 per cent of the vote, while […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
JUSTICE FOR ANIMALS & NATURE Sri Lanka has now become the killing fields of rare and exotic animals. It is heartrending to see the pride of Sri Lanka’s fauna, namely, wild elephants and leopards being trapped and killed. Last year (2019) alone 384 elephants died mostly at the hands of humans and sometimes under cruel circumstances by […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
සංවර්ධන නිලධාරී සේවා සංගමය. ජනමාධ්ය නිවේදනයයි. ලේකම්, රාජ්ය පරිපාලන හා ස්වදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්යාංශය, නිදහස් චතුරස්රය, කොළඹ 07. ලේකම් තුමනි, 2019 අගෝස්තු 01 අභ්යාසලාභී පුහුණුවට බඳවාගත් සංවර්ධන නිලධාරීන් 2020 අගෝස්තු 01 දිනට ප්රමාදයකින් තොරව ස්ථීර කිරීමට පියවර ගැනීම සම්බන්ධවයි. 2019 අගෝස්තු 01 අභ්යාසලාභී පුහුණුව සඳහා ඇතුළත් කරගෙන ඇති සංවර්ධන නිලධාරීන්ගේ වසරක පුහුණු කාලය 2020 අගෝස්තු 01 […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. Combatants Affected by the Prolonged War The 30 year armed conflict in Sri Lanka has produced a new generation of veterans at risk for the chronic mental health problems that resulted following prolonged exposure to the war. Over 200,000 members of the Sri Lanka armed forces and police had been […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia He was speaking at the webinar on ‘Deepening Economic Collaboration between India and Sri Lanka’, organised by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies on 21 July 2020. Colombo, July 23 (newsin.asia): Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha said that […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
By Dharshan Weerasekera, Attorney-at-Law Courtesy Island The report of the special Presidential Commission headed by Dr. Laksiri Gunaruwan to assess the proposed Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact was released to the public on 23rd June 2020. It paints a grim picture of what would happen if the Compact is signed and recommends that the Government […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
Courtesy The Island SK E&S Co. Ltd., or SK Group, South Korea’s third largest conglomerate (Chaebol) is currently in talks with the Sri Lankan authorities on the establishment of a number of investment ventures in Sri Lanka, including a $600 million LNG project. The proposed project would be able to supply LNG to 930 MW […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Those who traditionally voted for the UNP should decide whether they are going to destroy the party or not at this election, UNP Leader and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday. Speaking during an election rally, Mr. Wickremesinghe said Tuesday’s Appeal Court decision to reject the petition filed by Samagi Jana […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has told a Sri Lankan family fighting deportation from Australia to give up and go home. The minister said the family-of-four, who are detained on Christmas Island, has cost the taxpayer $10million which could have been spent on Australians. Priya and Nades Murugappan came to […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
PMD President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today participated in another campaign tour in support of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) candidates in Galle. The President commenced his campaign tour from Hiniduma and participated in a public gathering at Neluwa Public Playground organized by the SLPP candidate Sampath Athukorala. President Rajapaksa visited the Neluwa National College and […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News Another arrival from Saudi Arabia, tested positive for Covid-19, increasing total in Sri Lanka to 2,753
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News It has now been revealed that the extremists had a plan to launch a second attack targeting the Sri Dalada Perahera in Kandy after the Easter Sunday attack. A State Intelligence official working in the Eastern Province testified for the second day yesterday in connection with the Inquiry of the Presidential Commission […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa states that steps will be taken to develop villages and cities with a plan. The Prime Minister said this while participating in a public meeting held in Thalawathugoda yesterday.
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News Acting IGP informs all police stations that Toddy tapping from Kithul trees, will no longer be an offence to file a court case.
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News It was revealed today that if the property owned by ETI had been sold through a public auction, it would have been able to pay the depositors. This was during the hearing of the Special Presidential Commission to Investigate Alleged irregularities in ETI. The first to testify today was a person who […]
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