By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Dr.Kohona comes to the job armed with a distinguished record in academics, international law and practical diplomacy. He has advanced degrees from three countries and experience as a civil servant with the Australian and Sri Lankan governments and the UN. Colombo, September 5 (newsin.asia): Dr. Palitha T. B. Kohona, a former […]

Courtesy WION News Sufi Scholar in Sri Lanka have raised alarm on radical groups. Sufi scholar is receiving threats from Wahhabi groups. According to reports, 48 radical islamic groups are active in the country. https://www.wionews.com/videos/sri-lanka-sufi-scholar-warns-against-extremist-groups-325404

Yohan Perera  Courtesy The Daily Mirror Government is to go ahead with the construction of the Ruwanpura Expressway (E06), with instructions being given by the Minister of Highways Johnston Fernando, to expedite the commencement of its work. The expressway will begin from the Kahatuduwa exit point of the Southern Expressway to Pelmadulla and will he […]

Courtesy Adaderana Russia’s Sputnik-V” Covid-19 vaccine produced an antibody response in all participants in early-stage trials, according to results published on Thursday (03) by The Lancet medical journal that were hailed by Moscow as an answer to its critics. The results of the two trials, conducted between June and July and involving 76 participants, showed […]

Courtesy Adaderana Three more persons tested positive for COVID-19 today (05), taking total number of positive cases confirmed in the country to 3,121. The Department of Government Information confirmed that the latest cases include 02 arrivals from India and 01 inmate at the Kandakadu Rehabilitation Centre. According to statistics, only 191 active cases are currently […]

Courtesy Adaderana The total number of positive cases confirmed in the country reached 3,118 as three new COVID-19 patients were detected today (05). The Department of Government Information confirmed that the latest cases are arrivals from India, Bahrain and Qatar. As per statistic, only 188 active cases are currently receiving medical care at hospitals. In […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Presidential Commission on Inquiry (PCoI) probing the incidents of political victimization has issued summons on former State Minister Vijayakala Maheswaran and Kumaran Sarvananda, who contested the General Election 2015 from the United National Party (UNP). They are scheduled to appear before the Presidential Commission on the 17th of September. The PCoI decided […]

Courtesy Adaderana One of the important lessons emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic is the importance of maintaining a centralized healthcare system President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said.  Although the administrations of most of Sri Lanka’s state-run hospitals are vested with the Provincial Councils, fortunately there were enough hospitals nationwide under the management of the Health Ministry […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Navy says that the fire that broke out in the New Diamond ship in the eastern seas is now contained. Meanwhile, the Indian Coast Guard also confirmed that the fire that broke out on the ship has been brought under control. They said this by leaving a special note on their […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Before elected to the president position, Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa broadly talked about technical vocational education and training (TVET). After the general election in 2020, the president has appointed two state ministers for education reforms and TVET system development, in addition to the minister of education.  TVET system has spread in many countries […]

Don Wijewardana [This article was first published in the Daily News of 04 June 2013. I have requested republication in Lanka Web as the issues discussed are relevant today as they were then]. QUO VADIS, NORTH? When the Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord was signed in July 1987 it was hailed as New Delhi’s biggest diplomatic […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය MT – New Diamond තෙල් නෞකාවෙන් සමුද්‍රීය පරිසරයට සිදුවිය හැකි හානිය වළක්වා ගැනීමට උපරිම ක‍්‍රියාමාර්ග ගන්න – අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා දැනුම් දෙයි අනතුරට පත්වී ඇති MT- New Diamond තෙල් නෞකාවෙන් සමුද්‍රීය පරිසරයට සිදුවිය හැකි හානි වළක්වා ගැනීමට අවශ්‍ය උපරිම ක‍්‍රියාමාර්ග ගන්නා ලෙස ගරු අග‍්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා අදාළ බලධාරීන්ට උපදෙස් ලබා දී තිබේ. පැය […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා අද 2020.09.04 දින  කතරගම කිරි වෙහෙර  චෛත්‍ය රාජයාණන් වහන්සේ වැද පුදා ගත්තේය. රුහුණු මාගම් පත්තුවේ ප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක, කතරගම ශාසනාරක්ෂක බල මණ්ඩලයේ සභාපති, කිරි වෙහෙර රජමහා විහාරාධිපති කොබවක ධම්මින්ද  නාහිමියන් වහන්සේ බැහැ දුටු අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා උන්වහන්සේගේ සුව දුක් විමසා ආශිර්වාද ලබා ගත්තේය. අනතුරුව කතරගම දේවාල භූමියට පැමිණි අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා අෂ්ඨඵල […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ පසුගිය මැතිවරණයේදී ජනතාව විසින් කුඩ්ඩෙක් සේ සලකා ඉවත දැමු ජවිපාවුන්ගේ නායක අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක යලිත් දේශපාලන පිටියට අවතීර්ණව, 20 වෙනි ව්‍යාවස්ථා සංශෝධනයට එරෙහිව කතා කිරීම අරඹා ඇත. ඒ සමගම 19 වෙනි ව්යාවස්තා සංශෝධනයේ වර්ණනාවද මාධ්‍ය හමු තබමින් ප්‍රකාශ කරමින් සිටි. ඔවුන්ගේ විග්‍රහයට අනුව, 19 වෙනි ව්යාවස්තා සංශෝධනයෙන් 20 වෙනි ව්යාවස්තා සංශෝධනයට සපැමිණීම ශිෂ්ඨාචාරයෙන් […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Currently in discussion with authorities Avant Garde Chairman Nissanka Senadhipathi said he was prepared to operate a floating hospital and surgery to facilitate the repatriation of Sri Lankan migrant workers. Senadhipathi said that he is currently in discussion with Sri Lankan authorities to initiate the proposed programme. “About a month earlier, […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP and Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) leader Mano Ganesan yesterday said there were aspects of the 20th Amendment which he cannot agree with, but would agree with the clause under which those with dual citizenship are allowed to come into Parliament. There are some aspects of the […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The owners of the crude oil tanker MT New Diamond”, which was engulfed by flames on Thursday morning (03) off Sri Lanka, have handed over the vessel to an international salvage company. A team of the company is set to arrive in Sri Lanka on Monday (07), the chairperson of the Marine Environment […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Maha Sangha today expressed their views regarding certain appointments made by the President and the present government Meanwhile Ven. Asgiri Anunayake Thera expressed his views regarding the President’s decision not to participate in private functions.

Courtesy Hiru News The ‘Sinhale’ organization states that an investigation should be carried out into certain verdicts given during the period of good governance and those cases should be heard again. The organization stated this at a press conference convened in Colombo today.

Courtesy Hiru News Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Air Force, Sri Lanka Ports Authority, the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard are currently engaged in a joint effort to control the fire raging in the oil tanker, MT New Diamond caused by an explosion. Nine ships have been deployed to control the fire. Meanwhile, […]

Courtesy Hiru News Two arrivals from India and a seaman from the Philippines were among the four persons tested positive for COVID- 19, increasing total infected in Sri Lanka to 3,115.

Courtesy Hiru News Presidential Commission probing incidents of political victimization issued notice on Mangala Samaraweera and Shani Abeysekera to appear before the Commission on September 16.

Courtesy Hiru News The Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Air Force, Sri Lanka Ports Authority, the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard continues to work together to contain the spread of fire erupted on board the oil tanker, MT New Diamond on 03rd September 2020 at 8.00 a.m. Accordingly, an MI 17 helicopter of […]

CNN An oil tanker carrying 270,000 metric tons of crude oil has caught fire off the coast of Sri Lanka, sparking a transnational firefighting mission.  https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2020/09/04/oil-tanker-on-fire-sri-lanka-india-jba-lon-orig.cnn/video/playlists/around-the-world/

Courtesy NEXTSHARK A newlywed couple in Sri Lanka decided to do a kind gesture for the needy on their special day.  ishan Thilakshanaabout a month ago ගුරුදෙවිඳුන් ගෙන් අහලා තියෙන්නේ මංපුතේ,දන් දෙන්න පුළුවන් වේලාවේ දෙන්න පුළුවන් හොදම දේ වටිම දේ දන් දෙන්න කියලා.💝 අතේ තියන සතේ හරි වියදන් කරලා මනුස්සයෙක්ගේ කුසක් පුරවන්න හිතුනු හැම මොහොතේදීම […]

Courtesy The Daily News Minister of Industries Wimal Weerawansha and Hambantota International Port Group (Private) Limited (HIPG) held a meeting regarding a proposal to set up a tyre factory in Hambantota at the Ministry of Industries, Colombo 03 recently. HIPG CEO Ray Ren said the first tyre factory was to be built with an investment […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ  මෙරට ජනතාව වන අප විසින් විශාල පරිශ්‍රමයක් දරා නව රජයක් බිහිකරගෙන ඇත. එහි පළමු අදියර පසුගිය වසරේ නොවැම්බර් මස ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ජනාධිපතිවරයා වශයෙන් පත්කරමින් තැබූ පළමු පියවර, මහාමැතිවරණය නිමවෙන තෙක් ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පවත්වාගෙන ගියේ දහසක් දුෂ්කරතා මධ්‍යයේ බව අපි දුටුවෙමු. එතුමා දේශපාලන බිම්බෝම්බ අටවා තිබු මගදිගේ ගමන් කලේ ඉතා පළපුරුදු දේශපාලඥයෙකුටත් […]

Vimukti Publishing Dr. Asoka Bandarage discusses the new edition of her book “Colonialism in Sri Lanka: The Political Economy of the Kandyan Highlands from 1833-1886.” This second expanded edition includes a significant new chapter, Neocolonialism in Sri Lanka, 2020, assessing the beleaguered state of Sri Lankan sovereignty in the midst of 2020, under the powerful […]

වෛද්‍ය රුවන් එම් ජයතුංග  රබීන්ද්‍රනාත් තාගෝර් ඉන්දියානු සාහිත්‍යයේ හා සංස්කෘතියේ වඩාත්ම බලගතු චරිතයකි. ඔහු ජාත්‍යන්තර පිළිගැනීමක් ලැබූ පළමු ඉන්දීය ලේඛකයන්ගෙන් කෙනෙකි. තාගෝර් කවියෙකු ලෙස හැඳින්වූවද , ඔහු නාට්‍යකරුවෙකු, නවකතාකරුවෙකු, කෙටිකතා රචකයෙකු සහ ප්‍රබන්ධ නොවන ගද්‍ය රචකයෙකු ලෙස සාහිත්‍යයට කැපී පෙනෙන දායකත්වයක් ලබා දුන්නේය.  තාගෝර්   ඉන්දියානු සංස්කෘතික පුනරුදයේ ප්‍රමුඛ කාර්‍යභාරයක් ඉටු කලේය. ඔහු දළ වශයෙන් ගීත 2,230 ක් […]