By Rohana R. Wasala  A simple solution to the tyranny of minoritarianism. This is just a personal opinion for what it’s worth.  Post-independence politics in Sri Lanka has been characterised by a continuous struggle between exclusive minority communalism and inclusive majority nationalism, in the form of roughly thirty years of cold war between the two […]

චන්ද්‍රසිරි විජයවික්‍රම, LL.B., Ph.D. සිය මාමාවූ, මියගිය කාලෝ ෆොන්සේකා මහතා විසින් වරක්, <ලංකාවේ හැරල්ඩ් ලැස්කි> යයි නම්කල, ලංකාවේ 13-ඒ ප්ල්ස් කතාවේ පියා ලෙස නම්දරණ, ආචාර්ය දයාන් ජයතිලක මහතා විසින් පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී අද්මිරාල් සරත් වීරසේකර මහතාගේ ප්‍රකාශයක් දඩමීමා කර ගනිමින් (1) 2020 ව්‍යවස්ථා කෙටුම්පත් සම්පාදන කමිටුවේ සංයුතිය හා ඔවුන්ගේ සුදුසුකම් ගැන ප්‍රශ්ණ කර ඇත. මෙය 2011 […]

By Garvin Karunaratne, former G.A. Matara President Trump is reported to be trying all sorts of methods not to concede defeat.  The more he tries his pranks, the more does our Prime Minister’s image gets boosted.   Let us see what Prime Minister Mahinda did: Sri Lanka: President Mahinda Rajapakse concedes defeat in election  Wasantha […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය අධ්‍යාපන ශිෂ්‍යත්ව සහ හුවමාරු වැඩසටහන් වැනි මුලපිරීම් තුළින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සමඟ වැඩි  සබඳතාවක් ඇති කර ගැනීමට ප්‍රංශය උනන්දු වන බව ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ප්‍රංශ තානාපති එරික් ලැවර්ටු මහතා පවසයි. අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී හමු වූ අවස්ථාවේදී  තානාපති එරික් ලැවර්ටු මහතා ඊයේ 2020.11.03 දින මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කළේය. රාජ්‍ය අංශයේ සේවකයින් ගණනාවක් […]

Prime Minister’s Media Unit France is keen on establishing more people-to-people contact with Sri Lanka, through initiatives such as scholarship and exchange programs. This was expressed by the Ambassador of France in Sri Lanka Eric Lavertu when he met Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday (Nov. 3) evening at Temple Trees. The Ambassador mentioned that a […]

Garvin Karunaratne former G.A.Matara Some are aghast at the news trickling in that Basil Rajapaksa is to be anointed with a Ministerial position.   But when one thinks of things actually done, Basil Rajapaksa stands out.  It was no other than Basil that created a political party from scratch when both Chandrika and Maithripala were holding […]

සංවර්ධන නිලධාරී සේවා සංගමය. ලේකම්, අභ්‍යන්තර ආරක්ෂක, ස්වදේශ කටයුතු හා ආපදා කළමනාකරණ රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය, නිල මැදුර, නාරාහේන්පිට. ලේකම්තුමනි, #කෝවිඩ්-19 #Covid- 19 වසංගතය දැඩි අවධානම් කලාපවල රාජකාරීවල නිරත සංවර්ධන නිලධාරීන් ඇතුළු ක්ෂේත‍්‍ර නිලධාරීන් සඳහා අවශ්‍ය සෞඛ්‍යාරක්ෂිත උපකරණ කඩිනමින් ලබාදීමට පියවර ගන්නා ලෙස ඉල්ලීම. #කෝවිඩ්-19 #Covid- 19 වසංගත තත්වය රට පුරා සීග‍්‍රයෙන් ව්‍යාප්ත වෙමින් පවතින් බවත් කොළඹ, […]

Courtesy CNN Biden moves closer to the presidency as Trump launches legal challenges Former Vice President Joe Biden has moved to within 17 electoral votes of claiming the presidency by winning the state of Michigan, CNN projects, in the latest twist of a dramatic election clash with President Donald Trump that has left America’s political fate uncertain hours after […]

Courtesy Ship Technology Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), the flagship of India-based Adani Group, is in the lead to develop the stalled East Container Terminal at Colombo port in Sri Lanka. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), the flagship of India-based Adani Group, is in the lead to develop the stalled East […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The government has provided more than Rs. 7.3 billion (Rs 7355.53 million) to provide relief to the people in the quarantine process to control the Covid-19 virus outbreak, the Government Information Department said today. These funds have been allocated for the above activities up to now after the Covid-19 virus was […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A total of 443 Covid-19 patients were detected today increasing the total cases in Sri Lanka to 12,187, the Government Information Department said. Out of the cases reported today, 25 cases were from quarantine centres while 418 were identified as close contacts of the Peliyagoda cluster.

Courtesy Adaderana A 79-year-old woman from Colombo 13 has been found to be infected with the COVID-19 virus posthumously, the Department of Government Information stated. It is reported that she had been sick at her home for some time and had been suffering from chronic illnesses prior to her death. The cause of death has […]

Courtesy Adaderana Total Covid-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka went past the grim milestone of 12,000 today (04) the Ministry of Health announced. The latest spike in figures came after 274 more persons were tested positive for the virus. Health Ministry’s data revealed that Sri Lanka has confirmed 12,018 novel coronavirus infections to date. All […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stresses that the country cannot be kept under a lockdown until a cure is discovered for Covid-19. During a meeting held today (04), the President noted that people should adhere to health guidelines and prepare to continue normal day-to-day life. The President pointed out that medical health officers who interact […]