Courtesy Hiru News The leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya Sajith Premadasa stated that some groups are contesting the general election this time to sell their seats to Pohottuwa after the victory. He was participating in a public meeting held in Kotmale yesterday.

Courtesy Hiru News The DIG in charge of the Anti-Terrorism and Investigation Division Nalaka de Silva who has been interdicted, admitted that it was wrong to not inform the rest of the police regarding the open warrant obtained from the Colombo Magistrate’s Court to arrest Saharan Hashim before the Easter attack. This was when he […]

In May 2009 Sri Lanka sighed with relief as its armed forces defeated the internationally proscribed terrorist-LTTE bringing to an end 30 years of terror. It took the 5thPresident to order his troops to defeat the LTTE while the defense secretary at the time has now become Sri Lanka’s 7thPresident and most of the ground […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS REVISED 16.7.20 The first US intervention in the 1970s, though not recognized as such, was the JVP insurgency of 1971. This was USA’s first attempt at destabilizing the state. It was premature and it failed.  It had jumped the gun .N.M.Perera straightaway said this was a CIA activity. Apart from this, US found […]

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම, LL.B., Ph.D. හැඳින්‌වීම රනිල්ගේ ලිච්චවි කාටූනය ක්‍රිස්තු පූර්‌ව 5 වන ශතවර්‌ෂයේ බෞද්‌ධ ඉන්‌දියාවේ පැවති ලිච්චවි පාලන ක්‍රමයට, දශරාජ ධ‌ර්‌මවලට, සමාන කලහැකි, යහපාලන සංකල්පයක් (ගුඩ් ගවර්‌නන්ස්-බෑඩ් ගවර්‌නන්ස්) ගැන යුරෝපයෙන් ඇසෙන්නේ, 14 වන ශතවර්‌ෂයේදී, ඉතාලියේ එක් බලවත් පුර සමූහාණ්ඩුවක්‌වූ සියෙනා පුරයේ පුර සභා (සිටි කවුන්සිල්) රැස්වීම් ශාලාවේ බිත්ති තුනක, අම්බ්‍රොගියෝ ලොරෙන්සෙටි නම් සිත්තරා ලවා, එයට […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ අපට ඇත්තේ යහපාලනය විසින් බලගැන්වූ මැතිවරණ කොමිසමකි. මේ කොමිසමට කිසිවෙක් නොසිතන ආකාරයේ බලතල රාශියක් පවරා ඇත. එබැවින් මැතිවරණ කොමසාරිස් තුමා බොහෝවිට කටයුතු කරන්නේ විධායක බලතල ඇති මැතිවරණ කොමසාරිස්වරයෙකු ලෙසය. එය සැබෑ ස්වාධින මැතිවරණ කොමසාරිස්වරයෙකුට නම් ඉතා හොඳ තත්වයකි. ඇත්ත වශයෙන්ම ඔහු, ඔහුට අවැසි ආකාරයට සියල්ලම සිදුකරමින් සිටි. එසේ කිරීමට ඔහුට බලතල ඇත. තවද […]

Prof. Chandana Jayalath, University of Vocational Technology Finishing the unfinished effort of Millennium Development Goals is of national significance. Effectively, the MDGs are global benchmarks. Concurrent with that effort, it is important to have a focus on what Sri Lanka’s development agenda should look like beyond 2020. While completing the ‘unfinished business’, I believe, this […]

Courtesy fibre2fashion Katubedda, Sri Lanka laboratory of Bureau Veritas, a leading testing, inspection and certification provider for consumer goods and healthcare industry, has got ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for testing medical/surgical face masks. This will help face mask buyers and suppliers worldwide to test medical masks, including full EU market entry scope, in this lab. With […]

Courtesy WEBWIRE Colombo – WEBWIRE – Wednesday, July 15, 2020 Standard Chartered Sri Lanka announced today that Brandix is the latest company to complete a drawdown from the Bank’s global USD1 billion COVID-19 financing commitment, underscoring its ongoing efforts to support local businesses in the pandemic response. Standard Chartered’s extension of USD12 million funding will assist the production switch […]

Courtesy MailonLine COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – For months he´s been anonymous, but now Prasad Dinesh, linked by Sri Lankan authorities to nearly half of the country’s more than 2,600 coronavirus cases, is trying to clear his name, and shed some of the stigma of a heroin addiction at the root of his ordeal. Under […]

Courtesy The Daily News Director General of Health Services (DGHS) Dr. Anil Jasinghe said there were only 19 Covid-19 cases reported yesterday and that they had no intention of hiding the actual situation in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Dr. Jasinghe said the health authorities were taking measures to reveal the actual number […]

Courtesy The Daily News Health authorities or Intelligence Services had not received any information that a third contact of the COVID-19 infected patients of the Kandakadu cluster had contracted the virus, DIG Ajith Rohana said today. He told a news conference that all the first and second contacts of the patients at the Kandakadu cluster […]

Courtesy The Daily News Whist stating that another prolonged lockdown will kill Sri Lanka’s economy, former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe proposed that political parties, health experts and other bodies discuss the Public Health Emergency Bill proposed by some opposition parties and enact as soon as new Parliament meet. Mr. Wickremesinghe came up with is proposal […]

Courtesy Adaderana Election Commission on Wednesday (15) said it would be extremely difficult” to hold the parliamentary elections on August 5 as scheduled without the government legalising the health guidelines, including social distancing, amidst a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases in the country. The national poll panel also mentioned the political leaders were not adhering […]

Courtesy Adaderana Another individual at the Kundasale quarantine center is confirmed to have tested positive for COVID-19, stated the Health Ministry. The patient has been identified as a close contact of a coronavirus-positive at the Kandakadu rehabilitation center. This brings the total number of coronavirus cases in Sri Lanka to 2,671 cases. More foreign arrivals […]

Courtesy Adaderana Director-General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe says that there currently is no reason to enforce another lockdown in the country, as the current cluster remains limited in its reach. With the upturn in the number of COVID-19 infections in the country, measures have been taken to place the area in Rajanganaya in […]

The Sunday Times released the full text of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Noteworthy is that the discussions have been with the US Embassy Colombo & the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry with no inputs sought from the Ministry of Defense and completely disregarding the threats to Sri Lanka’s National Sovereignty & Security. Whoever approved […]

RAJA WAIDYASEKERA Tissamaharama special corr.Courtesy The Daily News The Koggala township where reputed writer Martin Wickramasinghe was born, received its name due to an engraved picture of a crane on a rock. Hundreds of books, including the novels Gamperaliya and Madolduwa, written by Wickramasinghe were based on Koggala where his ancestral home is situated. Martin […]

Nadira Gunatilleke and LAHIRU FERNANDO Courtesy The Daily News No danger of Second Wave:Contact tracing successful:Faster control than Navy cluster: Rumours being spread that Covid-19 infected persons of the Kandakadu cluster have been reported from various parts of the island are baseless, Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe said yesterday. He said that […]

Courtesy The Hindustan Times According to a report by the Canadian outlet Global News, a case relating to two Canadian Sikhs being placed on a no-fly list in the country has now been linked to an alleged Pakistan-based plot to use pro-Khalistan elements to conduct terrorist acts in India. The details emerged as two men […]

මාධ්‍ය ඒකකය කැෆේ සංවිධානය දේශපාලනයේ කාන්තා නියෝජනය තහවුරු කිරීම සෑම කාන්තාවකගේම වගකීමක් බව කැෆේ සංවිධානය  කියයි. එහි අධ්‍යක්ෂිකා සුරංගි ආරියවංශ මහත්මිය මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ  මැතිවරණ ක්‍රියාවලියේ දී කාන්තාව සතු වගකීම පිළිබඳ පැවති පුහුණු වැඩමුලුවකදීය. එහිදී වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස්  දැක්වූ ආරියවංශ මහත්මිය පෙන්වා දුන්නේ මෙවර අපේක්ෂක ලැයිස්තු සැකසීමේදී  සියලුම දේශපාලන පක්ෂ කාන්තා නියෝජනය සඳහා සැලකිය යුතු අවස්තාවක් […]

by Tang Lu and Jamila Najmuddin Courtesy NewsIn.Asia The “Wedding Boutique 2020” exhibition held in Colombo last weekend had many eye-catching and dazzling wedding products on display COLOMBO, July 12 (Xinhua) — Early Saturday, young Ranjani Gunatilake, who is planning her wedding in December, traveled to the Waters Edge resort in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Considered one of the four main sacred places associated with Lord Buddha, Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh is believed to be the site where the Buddha attained ‘parinirvana’. Colombo, July 14 (newsin.asia): The Indian cabinet of India, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has granted approval to declare Kushinagar Airport in Uttar Pradesh as […]

Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today assured that the people would be protected from the COVID-19 pandemic by mitigating the risk of the virus spreading in the country, until the pandemic is finally wiped out. He said the government took successful measures in the wake of the virus outbreak long before […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that the heads of both government and private entities are accountable for adhering to health guidelines in their organizations in the wake of the current spike in COVID 19 cases.   The COVID-19 virus is prone to spread among groups until adequate and satisfactory containment. Kandakadu Rehabilitation Center is an […]

Courtesy Adaderana COVID-19 infections patients confirmed thus far in Sri Lanka increased to 2,665 today (14) following the detection of four more positive cases, the Ministry of Health said. The latest cases include 01 contact of a patient detected from the Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre in Kandakadu, 01 arrival from Oman and 02 arrivals from […]

Courtesy Hiru News Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi today answered a question raised by UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe regarding the use of foreign financial assistance received to curb the Covid 19 epidemic. Meanwhile, Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi responded to the allegations made by UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe on several occasions regarding the money received by the Ministry of […]

Courtesy Hiru News Samagi Jana Balawegaya’s candidate Ajith P. Perera has stated that the competition is not with the United National Party but with the Podujana Peramuna. He stated this at a press conference today and said that he would challenge the UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to contest and get results.

Camelia Nathaniel Courtesy The Daily News Sri Lanka managed to control the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country very successfully from the start, in comparison to many countries in the world. Since March 30 there have not been any community cases reported in the country and the cases that were reported were all […]

Lakmal Sooriyagoda Courtesy The Daily News President’s Counsel Romesh de Silva appearing for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa informed Court of Appeal that summons issued by Jaffna Magistrate’s Court requiring President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to appear before Jaffna Magistrate’s Court as a witness in connection with the Habeas Corpus inquiry into the disappearance of two human rights activists […]