Archive for October, 2020
Thursday, October 15th, 2020
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය ජෝන් කීල්ස් සමූහ ව්යාපාරය විසින් කොළඹ 12, ජස්ටිස් අක්බාර් වීදියේ ඉදි කරන ලද (Waterfront Integrated Resort) නිවාස සංකීර්ණයේ පැවති පිරිත් දේශනාව සඳහා ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමන් අද 2020.10.15 දින එක්විය. එම නිවාස සංකීර්ණයේ පළමු ගොඩනැගිල්ලේ මූලික වැඩ අවසන් කිරීමට සමඟාමීව මහා සංඝ රත්නයේ ආශිර්වාද ලබා ගැනීම සඳහා මෙම පිරිත් දේශනාව සංවිධානය […]
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Thursday, October 15th, 2020
මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ ශ්රී ලංකා ප්රජාතාන්ත්රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ අග්රාමාත්ය ලෝක ආහාර දිනය (World Food Day) අද දිනයට යෙදී තිබේ. මෙවර එහි තේමාව වන්නේ සැවොම එක්ව, වැඩෙන්න, පෝෂණය කරන්න, පවත්වා ගන්න, අපගේ ක්රියාවන් අපගේ අනාගතයයි” යන්නයි. 1945 වසරේ දී එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානය විසින් ආහාර සහ කෘෂිකර්ම සංවිධානය හඳුන්වාදීම අනුස්මරණය කිරීමට සෑම වසරකම ඔක්තෝබර් 16 වැනිදා ලෝක ආහාර […]
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Thursday, October 15th, 2020
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය ජාත්යන්තර සුදු සැරයටි සුරක්ෂා දින 50 වන සැමරුම් උත්සවයට සමඟාමීව සමරු මුද්දරයක් හා විශේෂ සමරු කවරයක් නිකුත් කිරීම ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් අද 2020.10.15 දින පස්වරුවේ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී පැවැත්විණි. තැපැල්පති රංජිත් ආරියරත්න මහතා විසින් ජාත්යන්තර සුදු සැරයටි සුරක්ෂා දින 50 වැනි සැමරුම් උත්සවය වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කළ සමරු මුද්දරය හා විශේෂ […]
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Thursday, October 15th, 2020
Prime Minister’s Media Unit October 15, 2020 The High Commissioner of India Gopal Baglay called on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa this afternoon at Temple Trees and discussed several ongoing projects as well as possible cooperation in new sectors. The primary purpose of the High Commissioners’s visit was to follow-up on the virtual summit that was […]
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Thursday, October 15th, 2020
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ඉන්දීය මහ කොමසාරිස් ගෝපාල් බාග්ලේ මැතිතුමා අද 2020.10.15 දින පස්වරුවේ ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා හමුවිය. අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ පැවැති මෙම හමුවේදී දැනට ක්රියාත්මක ව්යාපෘති කිහිපයක් සහ ඉදිරියේදී සහයෝගීතාව ඇතිකරගත හැකි ක්ෂේත්රයන් සම්බන්ධයෙන් සාකච්ඡා පැවැත්විණි. මුලික වශයෙන් මෙම හමුව පසුගිය මාසයේදී ඉන්දීය අග්රාමාත්ය නරේන්ද්ර මෝදි මැතිතුමා සහ අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා […]
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Thursday, October 15th, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana Attorneys-at-Law and other parties from curfew-imposed areas have been requested to refrain from entering the Supreme Court premises at the Superior Court Complex in Hulftsdorp. The Registrar of the Supreme Court, Pradeep Mahamutugala communicated the decision in a notice. Accordingly, the aforementioned parties have been advised not to enter the Supreme Court premises […]
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Thursday, October 15th, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News Another 19 from Minuwangoda Brandix cluster tested positive for Covid-19. Among them 09 are from quarantine centres & 10 are close contacts.
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Thursday, October 15th, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News Attorney General Dappula de Livera has instructed DIG Prasad Ranaweera of the CID to act without disregarding the advice of the Attorney General and court orders. That was when the DIG of the CID was summoned to the Attorney General’s Department this afternoon (15) to inquire into the delay in the arrest […]
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Thursday, October 15th, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News The Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing alleged incidents of political victimisation has issued notice to former President Maithripala Sirisena and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to appear before the Commission on 19 October. They were summoned to testify regarding a complaint made by former Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga. In addition, former […]
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Thursday, October 15th, 2020
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Thursday, October 15th, 2020
Courtesy The Times of India CHENNAI: Sri Lankan drug trafficker Sunil Gemini Fonseka alias ‘Katta’ Kamini has been arrested from his hideout in Bengaluru by the ‘Q’ branch of the Tamil Nadu police. He has been remanded in judicial custody. Read more at:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/78678489.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
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Thursday, October 15th, 2020
Fact Check An image that appears to show Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Yang Jiechi, a high-ranking Chinese official, holding a framed aerial photograph of the island of Sri Lanka has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts. The image, however, has been doctored; the original photo shows Rajapaksa and Yang […]
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2020
N SATHIYA MOORTHY Courtesy ORF Given the trajectory of the China relations — Sri Lanka’s ‘India First’ policy will obviously be confined to bilateral security issues and New Delhi’s concerns in the matter. The short-notice Colombo visit of a high-level Chinese delegation, to be followed now by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s this month-end […]
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2020
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා සහ Mother Sri Lanka ආයතනයේ නියෝජිතයින් අතර හමුවක් ඊයේ 2020.10.13 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී පැවැත්විණි. Mother Sri Lanka ආයතනයේ වර්තමාන ප්රගතිය හා ඉදිරි වැඩපිළිවෙළ පිළිබඳව අග්රාමාත්යතුමා දැනුම්වත් කිරීම මෙහි මූලික අරමුණ විය. 2008 වර්ෂයේ ස්ථාපනය කර ඇති Mother Sri Lanka ආයතනය, වගකිව යුතු පුරවැසියෙකුවීම සඳහා පෙර පාසල්, පාසල් දරුවන් […]
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2020
Xinhua BEIJING, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — China will further strengthen its cooperation with Sri Lanka, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Algeria and Serbia under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative with a new development pattern, a senior Chinese diplomat said Monday. Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee […]
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2020
By Prarthana Basu Courtesy The Diplomat Pompeo’s trip would come weeks after a high-level Chinese delegation visited the country. On October 8, a high-powered Chinese delegation headed by the Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office and former ambassador to the United States, Yang Jiechi, visited Sri Lanka as part of his four-legged visit, which included the […]
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo High Court has imposed a fine of Rs 12 million on the Captain of the crude oil tanker ‘MT New Diamond’ which caught on fire while on Sri Lankan waters. When the case was taken up today (14), the Greek Captain Stereo Sterio Ilias plead guilty for the charges filed against […]
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana UPDATE: (5.10 p.m.) – The accountant arrested in connection with the case against former minister Rishad Bathiudeen, over transporting IDP voters in state-owned buses, has been remanded until October 26 after being produced before the Fort Magistrate’s Court. Alagarathnam Manoranjan, the accountant of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Resettling project implemented under former Minister […]
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana Attorney General Dappula de Livera has directed the Police to conduct investigations into MP Rishad Bathiudeen’s brother, Riyaj Bathiudeen under 07 counts, says the Police Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana. Riyaj Bathiudeen was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in April this year for allegedly having direct links to the terrorists involved in […]
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana More individuals have tested positive for the novel coronavirus expanding the Minuwangoda COVID-19 cluster by another 113 cases. According to Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, 05 of them have been detected among the persons undergoing quarantine at quarantine centers. The remaining 108 cases are identified as close contacts of the Minuwangoda apparel […]
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News Police Curfew will be imposed in Katunayaka police area from 5.00 am tomorrow. Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva stated that Police curfew will be imposed in Katunayake police division from 05:00 a.m. tomorrow (15 October) until further notice. Army Commander states that employees in the Export Processing Zone can submit their […]
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
Stanley Gunaratne After Sarath Weerasekera finally stating what patriots have long stated regarding the Indo Lanka Accord (in stark contrast to the “India first” mantra foolishly and treacherously stated by other members within the government), I share part 2 in the hope that citizens will call for an urgent correction of our nation’s laws. This […]
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
Sunil Yatalamatta Gamage Many countries especially western world wants our country to be vulnerable for attacks. They don’t want our country to be politically stable with strong national security! they will use NGO’s and various elements to destabilize the government. The people of this country had given the mandate to make that change immediately but […]
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
Shivanthi Ranasinghe This is in response to the October 06, 2020 The Island editorial titled Lajja!”. This particular editorial had most unfortunately deviated from its usual high standard of professionalism. Instead, this is quite presumptuous and in fact caters to fake news. It is true that the release of MP Rishad Bathiudeen’s brother has raised […]
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
By Sri Lanka Study Circle This is a response to the article by Shenali Waduge on MCC and relating it to the claim by a MP that the MCC will be signed but subject to Sri Lankan Law. Unfortunately, the statement from this MP has come AFTER the article showing how foreign laws will prevail […]
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
Dilrook Kannangara Summary: At Least 40% of Chinese Loans to Sri Lanka Had Immediate Economic Benefits to Sri Lanka Private Sector All Chinese loans to Sri Lanka are for the construction of valuable physical assets. Even if only 40% of those projects are given to Lankan organisations and individuals, that is highly profitable. In other […]
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය දෙදහස් දහනවය වසරේ පහ ශ්රේණිය ශිෂ්යත්ව විභාගය සමත්වූ සේවා නියුක්තයන්ගේ භාර අරමුදලේ සාමාජිකයන්ගේ දූ දරුවන්ට ශිෂ්යත්ව ප්රදානය සඳහා ලබාදෙන රුපියල් මිලියන 90ක් (රු.89,895,000) වටිනා චෙක්පත අද 2020.10.13 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාට පිරිනැමිණි. සේවා නියුක්තයන්ගේ භාර අරමුදල් මණ්ඩලයේ සභාපති ශ්රියාන් ද සිල්වා විජයරත්න මහතා විසින් අග්රාමාත්යතුමාට මෙම චෙක්පත භාරදෙන […]
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය ටවර් හෝල් නාට්ය හා රංගකලා පාසලේ සිසුන්ට ලබා දෙන රුපියල් දෙදහසක්වන මාසික ශිෂ්යත්ව අරමුදල රුපියල් තුන්දහස දක්වා වැඩිකිරීමට ගරු අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා අද 2020.10.13 දින උපදෙස් දුන්නේය. ටවර් හෝල් රඟහල පදනමේ 296 වැනි භාරකාර මණ්ඩල රැස්වීම අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී පැවැති අවස්ථාවේ මෙම තීරණයට එළැඹිණි. මෙයට අමතරව ටවර් […]
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Courtesy Ceylon Today The scientific community believes that all activities of the cosmos are governed by nature. Some believe that there is a massive force embracing gravity that consists of ‘the weak force; electromagnetic and the strong force’. These fundamental forces together seem to govern everything that occurs in the […]
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
Yoshitha Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror Several issues cropped up after a relative of an LTTE member was appointed to a high position of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) by the previous government, former president Maithripala Sirisena told the PCoI into the Easter Sunday attacks. He said due to such issues, he […]
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