Courtesy Adaderana Notorious underworld figure and drug kingpin ‘Makandure Madush’ has been shot dead in a crossfire between police and other suspected underworld figures at Maligawatte Housing Complex.  After uncovering information regarding a stock of 22 kg of heroin hidden at the Maligawatte Housing Complex, officers of the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) had visited that […]

By Thameenah Razeek  Courtesy Ceylon Today Minister of Environment, Mahinda Amaraweera, has instructed the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB) and the Atomic Energy Board (AEB) to conduct an investigation regarding the claims made by the heads of certain authorities that the sand distributed and sold locally for construction purposes, subsequent to the removal of […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale In the tea industry, the tea taster reigns supreme. Yet strangely enough tea tasting begins with the plucker. This is because the taster’s judgment depends on how the leaves have been plucked. There are two forms of plucking: fine and coarse. The former is essential to a good cup of tea, and […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS The scholarship examination has become a stressful test for parents, teachers, students, and the government.  Many people in the country say it is an examination of parents as the interest of parents is greater than students take the test. Generally, the test may be a method of determination of the competitive quality […]

චන්ද්‍රසේන පණ්ඩිතගේ විසිනි සැවැත් නුවර බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ වැඩ වසන සමයෙහි, රාත්‍රී කාලයෙහි උන්වහන්සේ වෙත පැමිණි, දේව පුත්‍රයෙක්’ අන්තෝ ජටා බහී ජටා ජටාය ජටිතා පජා තන් තන් ගොතමී පුච්චාමි කො ඉමං විජටයේ ජටං යන ප්‍රශ්නය ඇසිය. ඇතුලේ ගැට පිට ගැට -ලෝ සත ගැටෙති වෙලී අසමි හිමි ගොයුමාණෙනි -කවුරු මේ ගැට ලිහාදැයි දැන් මේ රට තුල පැන […]

ජනමාධ්‍ය නිවේදනයයි. ලංකා ගුරුසේවා සංගමය. ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය හා මුදල් අමාත්‍ය, මහින්ද රාජපක‍ෂ මැතිතුමා, මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශය, කොළඹ 01.අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමනි, 2021 වර්ෂයට අදාලව සිදුකරනු ලබන අය – වැය යෝජනා සංවර්ධනය අරමුණු කර ගත් රටකට එහි වැදගත්ම සම්පත වනුයේ මානව සම්පතයි. එම මානව සම්පත සංවර්ධනයට අවශ්‍ය මුලික පදනම වැටෙනුයේ එරට අධ්‍යාපනය තුළිනි. ඒ අනුව අධ්‍යාපනයේ මුලික කාර්යභාරය පැවරි ඇත්තේ […]

Andres Oppenheimer,Miami Herald When people ask me why I’m so critical of President Trump, I tell them that it’s not just because — as I discovered first-hand when I interviewed him in 2013 — he’s a horrible human being and a terrible role model for our children. It’s for reasons that go far beyond his […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ජාතික ජල සම්පාදන හා ජලාපවහන මණ්ඩලයේ සේවකයෝ සිය දිනක වැටුප එක්කොට රුපියල් මිලියන 15ක මුදලක්, ඉටුකම කොවිඩ් – 19 අරමුදල සඳහා අද 2020.10.19 දින පස්වරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමාට භාර දුන්හ. ජාතික ජල සම්පාදන හා ජලාපවහන මණ්ඩලයේ සියලුම කාර්යය මණ්ඩලය හා කළමනාකාරීත්වය නියෝජනය කරමින් ඊට අදාළ චෙක්පත ජාතික ජල සම්පාදන හා ජලාපවහන මණ්ඩලයේ […]

By Sugeeswara Senadhira/Ceylon Today He wanted the Northern Province for the Tamils only, says Sugeeeswara Senadhira Colombo, Octobr 19: The inhuman order given to 90,000 Muslims of Sri Lanka’s Northern Province to leave the province in October 1990, giving them just a few hours to obey the diktat had proved to the international community the ultra-racist, […]

Sonali Wijeratne Kotte Courtesy The Island The latest massive Covid-19 surge of over 1,700 cases at the point of writing popularly referred to as the Brandix Cluster” is fast becoming the most formidable and challenging denominator of the nation’s GDP and Public Health. Apparently, the contact source who impregnated the worker in Brandix with the […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island AG wants report within one month Close on the heels of Attorney General Dappula de Livera, PC, alleging serious lapses on the part of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), in respect of the probe on Riyaj Bathiudeen’s alleged involvement with those responsible for the Easter Sunday attacks, the premier […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A total of 40 individuals have tested positive for COVID-19 increasing the number of patients in the Minuwangoda cluster to 2,162, the Government Information Department said. Nineteen of the infected have been reported from quarantine centres while the others were reported as their close associates.

Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Government today reiterated that it would make several changes to the 20th Amendment to the Constitution at the committee stage including an amendment to allow citizens to challenge the President’s action by filling Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions. Education Minister Professor G.L. Peiris said the President’s immunity was constricted […]

Courtesy Adaderana MP Rishad Bathiudeen who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has been ordered to be remanded by the Fort Magistrate’s Court. Accordingly, the parliamentarian will be held under remand custody until October 27. Former Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen, the director of the project Mohamed Yaseen Samsudeen and the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Seven suspects have been arrested for aiding and abetting MP Rishad Bathiudeen to evade arrest, stated the Police Media Spokesman. The suspects arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) are to be produced before the Fort Magistrate’s Court this evening (19), stated DIG Ajith Rohana speaking at a press conference held earlier today. […]

Courtesy Adaderana Attorney General Dappula De Livera had advised the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on the prudence to place MP Rishad Bathiudeen under surveillance 24 hours before the issuing of the directive to arrest the former minister. AG’s coordinating office State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne said that the arrest of MP Rishad Bathiudeen is not something […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Director of the State Intelligence Service (SIS) Nilantha Jayawardena believes that the forewarning given to him by a foreign intelligence agency ahead of the Easter Sunday attacks might not have been so secretive a mere week later. Testifying before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks, Jaywardena […]

Courtesy Adaderana Handing over the letters of appointment to the trainees selected from families of the lowest income category in the society under the program to recruit 100,000 individuals for employment commenced today (19). Under the first phase, 34,818 eligible candidates have been selected, stated President’s Media Division. Accordingly, the appointees will receive a 06-month […]

There is a major misconception that Sri Lanka in its cash-strapped status should ignore all questionable aspects of the MCC and just sign MCC Compact as MCC is holding a carrot of $480m which they call a gift from US to the people of Sri Lanka. We have very eminent personalities going out of their […]

H. L. D. Mahindapala Taking an overview of  the 20th  century it can be argued that the seeds of the major forces that shaped the political landscape of post-independent era were sown in the thirties. Three events in particular stand out from the thirties as defining points of departure from the semi-feudal, semi-colonial, semi-capitalist past […]

මාර්ග සංවර්ධන සේවක සංගමය අග‍්‍රාමාත්‍ය, මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා අරලියගහ මන්දිරය, කොළඹ-01. අධිවේගී මාර්ග සම්බන්ධයෙන් නව සමාගමක් පිහිටුවීම පිළිබදව මාර්ග සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය යටතේ ඒකකයක් ලෙස දැනට පවතින අධිවෙගී මාර්ග මෙහෙයුම් අංශය හා අධිවෙගී මාර්ග ඉදිකිරීම් ව්‍යාපෘතින් සියල්ලම මහා භාණ්ඩාගාරය යටතේ වෙනමම සමාගමක් වශයෙන් පිහිටුවීමට කැබිනට් අනුමැතිය ලබා දී ඇති බවට අප සංගමය වෙත දැන ගැණිමට ලැබී […]

Sheain Fernandopulle Courtesy The Daily Mirror A 43-year-old woman was arrested for making defamatory remarks against Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith in a video uploaded to social media, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said. The suspect was arrested in Battaramulla. He said the video also contained content that arouse hatred between Buddhist and Catholic communities. She […]

Courtesy Adaderana The All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) says its leader MP Rishad Bathiudeen will appear publicly after the 20th of October. The Deputy Leader of ACMC, Attorney-at-Law N.M. Shaheed stated this holding a press conference today (18). On October 15, MP Bathiudeen filed a writ application through his lawyer, seeking an order from the […]

Courtesy Hiru News Another 39 from Minuwangoda Brandix cluster tested positive for Covid-19; Among them 13 are from quarantine centres & 26 are close contacts. Accordingly, the number of infected people in the Brandix coronavirus cluster increased to 2075.

Courtesy Hiru News The Boossa Prison was officially designated as a High Security Prison this morning (18) by the Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya.

The Indo-Lanka Accord was signed on 29 July 1987 in Colombo under emergency while the 13thAmendment to Sri Lanka’s constitution was passed on 14 November 1987. Does the Indo-Lanka Accord mention, amending Sri Lanka’s Constitution? No.Does the text of the Indo-Lanka Accord have even the mention of ‘devolution’? No.There is no mention of constitutional amendment or […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Feisal Mansoor (‘Muslims and ban on cattle slaughter’/The Island/October 9, 2020) opens his piece with a quote from Mahatma Gandhi, obviously taken from the web: The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” However, there is some doubt about the […]

By Raj Gonsalkorale 55 largest SOEs delivered net Return on Assets (ROA) of only 0.64% in 2017. The combined losses among the loss-making entities reached Rs.87bn in 2017 compared to Rs.42bn in 2016. Some are in deep trouble. The Petroleum Corporation carries a negative equity. Sheer incompetence and corruption have pushed Sri Lankan Airlines close […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය විදෙස් සේවයට පත් වූ නව රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රික නිලධාරීන් සිව් දෙනෙක් අද 2020.10.16 පස්වරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා හමු වූහ. නිව්යෝර්ක් හි එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ නිත්‍ය නියෝජිත ලෙස පත් කළ මොහාන් පීරිස් මහතා, චීනයේ නව තානාපති ආචාර්ය පාලිත කොහොන මහතා, ජපානයේ නව තානාපති සාජිව් ගුණසේකර මහතා හා ජිනීවා […]

Prime Minister’s Media Unit Permanent Representative-designate of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York Mr. Mohan Peiris paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa this afternoon at Temple Trees.  Ambassador-designate to China Dr. Palitha Kohona paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa this afternoon at Temple Trees. Permanent Representative-designate […]