Archive for October, 2020
Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana Clause 17 of the draft bill of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, which calls for removing the barrier on dual citizenship was passed in the Parliament with a majority of 93 votes a short while ago. Out of the 213 Members of Parliament who were present at the parliamentary sitting, 157 had […]
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka reported its fourteenth death from the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, a short while ago, confirmed the Ministry of Health. A 50-year-old female from Kuliyapitiya has succumbed to the virus in this manner. She had passed away while receiving treatment at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) in Angoda. The deceased patient had been […]
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana The Government of Sri Lanka says that it has been made aware of the Open Judgement by the Proscribed Organizations Appeals Commission (POAC) of the United Kingdom on delisting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a proscribed terrorist organization. The government also said that it will appeal against the judgement of […]
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News The second reading of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution passed with a 2/3 majority in Parliament. 156 Voted for while 65 voted against.
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
නිදහස් වෙළඳ කලාප සහ පොදු සේවා සේවක සංගමය 2020 ඔක්තෝබර් මස 22 වන දින. ලූතිනන් ජෙනරාල් ශවේනද්ර ශිල්වා මැතිතුමා හමුදාපති සහ සභාපති කොවිඩ්-19 සම්බනධ ජනාධිපති කාර්ය සාධන බලකාය කාර්ය සාධන බලකා කාර්යාලය, රාජගිරිය. ප්රිය මහත්මයාණෙනි, කෝවිඩ් 19 වසංගතය හේතුකොටගෙන මේ වන විට කටුනායක නිදහස් වෙළඳ කලාපයේ වසා දමා ඇති සහ සේවයට නොකැඳවා ඇති ආයතනවල සේවක […]
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
from The Sri Lanka Study Circle Dear Parliamentarians, We urge you to refrain from voting for any Amendment to the Constitution that would permit foreign citizens to enter Sri Lanka’s Parliament and hold political office. This is the newest tactic being used by the former Colonial Powers to re-colonise our Country. If you vote in favour […]
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
By Senior Lawyer — Sri Lanka Study Circle . srilankastudycircle@yahoo.com Excellent analysis Shenali , yes we have very eminent personalities going out of their way to hold panel discussions and promote MCC parroting how lucky Sri Lanka is to benefit from this ‘gift’. Do they know the legal implications of the Land Project? Do they […]
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) has been recognised as one of the effective methods that can be used to treat PTSD. The Cognitive processing therapy was developed by Dr Patricia Resick – a renowned Psychologist in 1988 and she did a lot of single cases until the first publication on it in […]
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය රාජ්ය ඉංජිනේරු සංස්ථාව හා ඉන්සි සිමෙන්ති සමාගම අතර ගිවිසුමක් අත්සන් තැබීම ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා ඉදිරියේ දී අද 2020.10.21 දින පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී සිදු විය. මාතලේ ප්රදේශයේ පිහිටා ඇති රාජ්ය ඉංජිනේරු සංස්ථාවට අයත් ඩොලමයිට් නිධිය තුළින් ලබා ගන්නා ඩොලමයිට්, සිමෙන්ති නිෂ්පාදන ආයතනයක් වන පුත්තලම ඉන්සි සිමෙන්ති සමාගමට අලෙවි කිරීමට අදාළව මෙම ගිවිසුම අත්සන් […]
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය විසි වැනි සංශෝධනය ගෙනඑන්නේ රට අරාජික කළ ජනතාවට එපා වූ 19 වැනි සංශෝධනය ඉවත් කිරීමට බව ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා අද 2020.10.21 දින පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී පැවැසීය. 20 වැනි ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත දෙවැනිවර කියවීමේ විවාදයට එක්වෙමින් අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා මේ බව අවධාරණය කළේය. පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ලැබූ ජනවරම තුළ ජනාධිපති ශක්තිමත් කිරීමේ […]
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය අධ්යාත්මික ගුණ දහමින් පොහොසත්වීමට නම් සෑම පුරවැසියෙකුම නිවැරදි හා සැබෑ ආගමික අනුගාමිකයන් විය යුතු බව ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා 2020.10.20 දින පැවසීය. අග්රාමාත්ය කාර්යාලයේ අනුග්රහයෙන් අරලියහ මන්දිරයේ පැවැති නවරාත්රී උත්සව අවස්ථාවට එක්වෙමින් අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. කොවිඩ් – 19 වසංගත තත්ත්වය පැතිරීම පාලනය කිරීමට රජයක් ලෙස ගත […]
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
By Shiran Illanperuma Courtesy NewsIn.Asia On the “Chinese debt trap” Kohona said that 90% of Sri Lanka’s debt is owed to Western and multilateral financial institutions COLOMBO, Oct. 21 (Xinhua): Sri Lankan exporters should particularly take advantage of the annual China International Import Expo set to open next month to boost exports, Palitha Kohona, Sri […]
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
By Rienzie Wijetilleke Courtesy Ceylon Today Sri Lankans around the world remain bemused at disclosures from the on-going 2019 Easter Attack investigations. The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) has so far seen a roll call of former leaders and high ranking officials from the previous regime providing any number of vague excuses and abdicating responsibility […]
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera Health Minister Pavithra Vanniarachchi, who responded to a question in parliament, said a mechanism is in place together with the Health Ministry and army to trace contacts of COVID-19 patients and added that Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa who visited a Hotel in Yala recently was swiftly informed that he was […]
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Sheain Fernandopulle Courtesy The Daily Mirror There is always a possibility of sub-clusters emerging from the Minuwangoda main cluster and one has already been created from a private apparel factory in Katunayake, Chief Epidemiologist Dr Sudath Samaraweera said today. He told the media that each case reported daily was either directly or indirectly linked to […]
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana Courtesy The Daily Mirror The sole objective of the 20th Amendment is to safeguard the unitary status of the country and to ensure the nation’s security, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa told Parliament yesterday. Speaking during the debate on the 20th Amendment Prime Minister Rajapaksa said the 19th Amendment to the […]
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Courtesy The Daily Mirror 57 personnel tested positive for COVID-19 increasing the total number of cases from the Minuwangoda cluster to 2,508, the Government Information Department said. Out of 57 tested positive today, one from quarantine centres, 56 are close contacts of previous patients. Earlier Another 109 personnel tested positive for COVID-19 increasing the total number […]
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The US Department of State today said Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo will travel to Colombo to underscore the commitment of the United States to a partnership with a strong, sovereign Sri Lanka. In a statement, Department’s Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said, the visit will also advance our common goals of […]
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana Quarantine curfew will be imposed within the Gampaha District from 10.00 p.m. today to 5.00 a.m. on Monday (26), Army Commander Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva said. The decision has been taken due to a surge in the number of coronavirus cases reported within the district. Currently quarantine curfew has been imposed in 24 […]
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana The 20th Amendment to the Constitution is brought to remove the 19th Amendment which turned the country into anarchy, said Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at the parliament today (21). The proposed 20th Amendment was taken into the debate at the Parliament this morning. The recent parliamentary election and the presidential poll showed that […]
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
By M. Lakshhman Wickramasinghe In the public discussion about the merits and demerits of the 19th or 20th Amendments the most vital national issue, it seems, has not received high recognition that it deserves. Our two thousand plus years of history and the unfortunate developments that took place in the post- Independent era have taught […]
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
Aloysius Hettiarachchi It has been announce yesterday (20/10/’20) that the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is to visit in about a week’s time to our country. The GOSL cabinet spokes person Mr. Rambukwella said that we give a warm welcome to him just like to any other high official of a friendly country. I […]
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
විමල් පටබැඳිගේ (ශාස්ත්රවේදී, නීතිඥ, විශ්රාමික සොලිසිටර්) ‘හැට පැන්නත් බිමින් යන්නෙ නැතැ’යි කියන කථාව මතකයට ගෙනෙමින් විග්නේස්වරම් අසූව පැන්නත් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ පළමු දිනයේ ම වාර්ගික අධිමාන්නයෙන් යුතුව ගෝත්රවාදයේ මූලික නිගමන දෙකක් ප්රකාශ කළේ ය. ශී්ර ලංකා භූමියේ මුල් ම වාසීන් ඔහු අයත් වෙන දෙමළ ජනයා ය. මු`ඵ ලෝකයේ ම මුල් ම භාෂාව ඔහු කථා කරන දෙමළ භාෂාව […]
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
ආචාර්ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර මහනුවර 20.10.2020. “මුට්ටිය කේතලයට කලුයි කියන්නාසේ” යන්න සින්හල සමාජයේ ඉතා ජනප්රිය ආප්තෝපදේශයකි. එකෙකු තමන්ගේ වරද අනුන් පිට පටවන අවස්ථාවලදී මෙම ආප්තෝපදේශය යොදාගැනේ.එහෙත් මෙම කලුකිරීමට මුල් වරද කරුවා ලිප බව කිසිවෙකු නොකියයි.ඒ අනුව ඇත්තවශයෙන්ම මුට්ටිය සහ කේතලය යන දෙකම කලුකිරීමේ වරද භාරගතයුත්තේ ලිප නොවේදැයි යන ප්රශ්නය මතුවෙයි.එමනිසා “මුට්ටිය සහ කේතලය යන දෙකම කලුකොට […]
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
RANJITH SOYSA When the recent top level Chinese delegation visited Sri Lanka they had a touching message for Sri Lanka. The message was.. CHINA WILL STAND WITH SRI LANKA TO PROTECT ITS INDEPENDENCE, SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY AT INTERNATIONAL FORA” . In our present day world of varied challenges much to our discomfort , we […]
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
Prime Minister’s Media Unit Prime Minister of Korea Chung Sye-kyun called Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning, and the two leaders discussed a number of areas of mutual bilateral interest while expressing the desire to further enhance relations between the two countries. While congratulating Prime Minister Rajapaksa on the victory at the recently-concluded General Election, […]
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය ශ්රී ලංකා අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා සහ දකුණු කොරියානු අග්රාමාත්ය චුන්ග් සයි-කියුන් මැතිතුමා අතර අද 2020.10.20 දින පෙරවරුවේ දුරකථන සාකච්ඡාවක් පැවැත්විණි. අධ්යාපන, සංචාරක හා නව ආයෝජන අවස්ථා සම්බන්ධයෙන් දෙරටේ අග්රාමාත්යවරු මෙහිදී සාකච්ඡා කළහ. අන්යෝන්ය අවබෝධය මත ද්විපාර්ශිකව උනන්දුවක් දක්වන අංශ ගණනාවක් පිළිබඳව අවධානය යොමු කළ අග්රාමාත්යවරුන් දෙපළ දෙරට අතර සබඳතා වර්ධනය කර […]
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News Justice Minister Ali Sabry states that the Government has decided to withdraw clauses 05 & 22 of the proposed 20th amendment to the constitution which were directed by the Supreme Court to be passed through a referendum.
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana A total of 120 more persons have tested positive for Covid-19, says Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva.COVID-19 cases count soars as 120 more test positive. A total of 120 more persons linked to the Minuwangoda cluster have tested positive for Covid-19 today (20), says Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva. According to […]
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana Former Director of the State Intelligence Service (SIS) Nilantha Jayawardena was seriously contradicted at the Presidential Commission probing the Easter Sunday Attacks, during cross-examination. When Jayawardena said he only contacted the former President on 61 occasions from the 1st of December 2018 to the 1st of May 2019, the President’s Counsel Shamil Perera, […]
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