අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය 20 වෙනි ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය අධ්‍යයනය කිරීමට පත් කළ කමිටුව විසින් අදාළ වාර්තාව අද 2020.09.15 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය  මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාට භාර දෙන ලදී. කැබිනට් අමාත්‍යවරුන්, රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරුන් හා පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරුන්ගෙන් සැදුම්ලත් අදාළ කමිටුවේ සභාපතිත්වය දරනු ලැබුවේ කැබිනට් අමාත්‍ය මහාචාර්ය ජී.එල්. පීරිස් මහතාය. විසි වෙනි සංශෝධනය සම්බන්ධයෙන් කළ අධ්‍යයනයේදී හඳුනාගත් අලුතින් […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය සිරකරු  සුභසාධක දිනය වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන සමරු කොඩිය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාට පැළඳවීම අද 2020.09.15 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී සිදු විය. ජනාධිපති විශේෂ ව්‍යාපෘති අධ්‍යක්ෂ සිරකරු  සුභ සාධක සංගමයේ  හිටපු උප සභාපති, හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී ආර්.ඒ.ඩී. සිරිසේන මහතා, අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාට සමරු කොඩිය පැළඳුවේය. කොඩි අලෙවි කිරීමෙන් ලැබෙන මුදල් සෘජුවම සිරකරු සුභ […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය සමස්ත ලංකා බෞද්ධ මහා සම්මේලනය 14 වැනි වරටත් සංවිධානය කළ බෞද්ධ සාහිත්‍ය උත්සවය සඳහා අද 2020.09.15 දින ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා එක්විය. බුද්ධ ශාසන, ආගමික හා සංස්කෘතික කටයුතු අමාත්‍යංශය හා එක්ව සංවිධානය කළ, මෙම බෞද්ධ සාහිත්‍ය උත්සවය කොළඹ 07, බෞද්ධ සම්මේලන ශාලාවේ දී පැවැත්විණි. පරිවර්තන, පර්යේෂණ, නව ප්‍රබන්ධ, ගී කාව්‍ය නිර්මාණ, […]

By P. K. Balachandran/Daily Express Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Among the main reasons is opposition within the ruling party and alliance Colombo, September 14: The ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna’s (SLPP) decision to revisit the draft 20thAmendment (20A) to the Constitution follows multiple dissensions over it both within the party and its alliance. Although the draft 20A […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia China never forces Sri Lanka to choose sides and is happy with the latter’s friendship with its neighbors, Hu Wei told Kelum Bandara of Daily Mirror. By Kelum Bandara/Daily Mirror Colombo, September 14: The Acting Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Hu Wei, spoke to Daily Mirror about the present status of bilateral relations between China […]

By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Courtesy Ceylon Today A major overhaul of Sri Lanka’s diplomatic service is well overdue. The new Government aims to re-organise and make significant changes in overseas diplomatic missions abroad. According to news Media in the Sunday newspapers, the reorganisation will come into effect within a month.  Those diplomats who had […]

By Dr. C. G. Ilangakoon Courtesy Ceylon Today It’s high time we made use of the power of intelligence, gifted by God and discard fake concepts of political deception and obfuscations of scriptural texts, rooted, consecutively, in communal violence and religious racism. The Tamil voters, in the void of destructive racist politics and power-greedy opportunism, […]

Courtesy Adaderana September, 15, 2020 According to the latest external trade data released by the Central Bank, country’s trade deficit narrowed in July 2020, with a more than expected rebound in merchandise exports and notable reduction in merchandise imports. Sri Lanka’s external sector recovered further in July 2020 supported by an increase in merchandise exports and increased […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka can use its unique locational advantage to become one of the world’s leading maritime hubs, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said today (15). He pointed out that development goals could be achieved speedily by developing the ports in the country while emulating the world’s most advanced ports as examples.   The President emphasized the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The total number of positive COVID-19 cases confirmed in the country reached 3,271 as six more arrivals tested positive for the virus today (15). In the meantime, the number of recoveries from the disease in Sri Lanka moved up to 3,016 as 11 persons infected with the virus were discharged from hospitals upon […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) investigating the Easter Sunday Attacks, heard evidence on Monday (14) from two former intelligence service chiefs – Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena and Retired DIG Sisira Mendis – who exposed a lack of responsibility and leadership in the country’s national security establishment. During their individual testimonies, the subject […]

Courtesy Adaderana The committee appointed to study and review the draft bill of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution handed over its report to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees today (15).  The nine-member committee comprised of Cabinet Ministers, State Ministers and MPs is chaired by Minister of Education Professor G.L. Peiris.  The committee […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala When the Working Committee of the UNP met yesterday at Siri Kotha  to decide who will succeed the Leader, Ranil Wickremesinghe, the voting was decisive: 28 voted for Ruwan Wijewardene and 10 voted for  Ravi Karunanayake, according to informed Party sources. It was a secret ballot. Shamal Senarath prepared the ballot […]

By Garvin Karunaratne , former G.A.Matara The other day, locked down in Sri Lanka because of the Corona,  I ran out of the Starbucks Coffee I had brought with me. Being a coffee connoisseur,  the tastes of Island, Hariischandra and Wijeya Coffee did not satisfy me. I have yet to find Soul Coffee.  They are […]

Sunil Yatalamatta Gamage  Almost 41 years ago the first president of this country who had a long nose introduced a constitution which he boasted himself that he is capable to do anything in his power as the president, except converting man to a woman and women to man. he belong to present day demised UNP […]

Sarath Bulathsinghala 14 Sep 2020 What is the use of all the sacrifices people have been asked to go through and are making if the likes of MCC come to pass. People will be made vassals in their own country. The nation is being encouraged to save, to grow, to be more self-reliant, to be […]

Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM FRCP(UK)FRACP( Aust/NZ) Wellington New Zealand The about 10% Tamil minority in Sri Lanka were the privileged minority of one hundred and fifty years of  Divide and Rule” British Colonial administration, while the about 75% Sinhalese majority were the oppressed and disadvantaged majority, as they posed  the greatest threat to the colonial […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඉතාලි තානාපතිනි රීටා ජුලියානා මැනෙල්ලා මහත්මිය අද 2020.09.14 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී  ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා හමුවූවාය. ඉතාලිය හා ශ්‍රී ලංකාව අතර සහයෝගයෙන් කටයුතු කළ හැකි ක්ෂේත්‍ර ගණනාවක් පිළිබඳව දෙරටේ නියෝජිතයෝ මෙහිදී සාකච්ඡා කළහ. ඉතාලි රජය මේ වන විටත් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ග්‍රාමීය සංවර්ධන හා කෘෂිකාර්මික ව්‍යාපෘති සඳහා ආධාර ලබා දී […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ජාත්‍යන්තර ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී දිනය ලෝකයේ ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදයේ තත්ත්වය සමාලෝචනය කිරීමට අවස්ථාවක් සපයයි.” ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය සුරක්ෂිත කළ රටක අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා වශයෙන් ජාත්‍යන්තර ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී දිනයට සමගාමීව පණිවිඩයක් නිකුත් කිරීමට ලැබීම පිළිබඳව මම ප්‍රථමයෙන් සතුටට පත් වෙමි. ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය ශක්තිමත් කිරීම හා තහවුරු කිරීම සඳහා ලොව රටවල් දිරිමත් කරමින් 2007 දී එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මහා මණ්ඩලය සෑම වරසකම සැප්තැම්බර් 15 වන […]

By B.A.Hussainmiya Courtesy NewsIn.Asia B.A.Hussainmiya suggests integration of the dispersed cottage industry to enable it to grow both stylistically and economically. Colombo, September 14 (newsin.asia): In the latest round of Ministerial appointments made by the new Gotabaya Rajapaksa government in Sri Lanka, the Batik industry has been given an elevated status. For the first time, […]

By P.K. Balachandran/Ceylon Today  Courtesy NewsIn.Asia The inspiring story of the Sri Lankan armed forces’ make over done by Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa is told in a gripping way by the current Defense Secretary Maj.Gen.(Rtd) Kamal Gunaratne. Colombo, September 14: In 2005, when Gotabaya Rajapaksa took over as Sri Lanka’s Defense Secretary at the request […]

Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror The committee chaired by Minister of Education Professor G. L. Peiris which was appointed to look into the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, will study it in depth before making recommendations, Minister Peiris today said. Cabinet ministers Udaya Gammanpila, Ali Sabry, Nimal Siripala de Silva, Wimal Weerawansa and State […]

JAMILA HUSAIN Courtesy The Daily Mirror Ranil Wickremesinghe will continue as the leader of the United National Party at least till early January despite his earlier announcement that he is ready to resign and appoint a new leader, senior party sources told Daily Mirror yesterday just after a secret ballot elected former Gampaha District MP […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former MP Ruwan Wijewardene has been elected as the Deputy Leader of the United National Party (UNP). He was reportedly elected to the position following a secret ballot held during the UNP’s Working Committee meeting today (14). Former Minister and UNP Vice Leader Ravi Karunanayake had also contested for the position. Former State […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed officials to implement a short-term and long-term plan in collaboration with the public, private sectors and small-scale farmers to meet the local demand for liquid milk. The President stressed the need to improve grass cultivation, dairy cow breeding and research institute services in order to achieve the set […]

Courtesy Adaderana Nine more novel coronavirus cases have been identified increasing the total number of confirmed cases reported in the country thus far to 3,262. According to the Govt. Information Department, five passengers who arrived from United Arab Emirates (UAE) and another four arrivals from Bangladesh tested positive for Covid-19. Accordingly, 28 new cases have […]

Courtesy Adaderana The United Nations human rights chief said on Monday that she is troubled that the new Government of Sri Lanka is swiftly reneging on its commitments” to the Human Rights Council since it withdrew its support for resolution 30/1. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet also warned that the proposed 20th […]

Courtesy Adaderana The person who passed away at the Chilaw Hospital earlier this evening (14) has been identified to have been infected with COVID-19, confirmed the Department of Government Information. The deceased is a 60-year-old seaman who had been undergoing quarantine after returning from abroad, according to Dr. Sudath Samaraweera of the Epidemiology Unit of […]

Malin  Abeyatunge Congratulations to you on being designated to china as Sri Lankan Ambassador. I watched the Sirasa Pathekade program by Asoka Dias  interviewing you. President Gotabaya has quite rightly picked the right person to the right position. Mr. Kohana has already identified his role and Sri Lankans can be assured that he will perform […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia DEW Gunasekera said that the Lankan communists convinced Colombo to sign the Rubber-Rice Pact with China in 1952 and to recognize Communist China in 1957 Colombo, September 13 (Xinhua): China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), of which Sri Lanka is an early participant, is beneficial to developing countries and creates multi-polarity in world […]